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2.16.2016

Welcome to another 5k

OK. So you all have reached 5,000 posts, so THT has asked that I make a new thread. I'll gladly acquiesce. But first, a photo of the always-lovely Jenna Fischer to user in a new post. Please enjoy.

4999 Comments:

michael said...: Got good news today: I won't be benched for Auburn's first game even though I messed up that page turn. This has nothing to do with the fact we are playing Clemson, either.; 5:59 PM
E-Bro said...: Your punishment fits the crime.; 7:38 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: it's about time we get one right...; 7:45 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!; 7:45 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I can't wait to Yell Help tomorrow. It will be more awesome than Irony Day.; 7:47 AM
bubbs said...: I went into hiding for Irony Day. Don't ask me about it.

Gus blew me away with all the stuff he said at media days. My view of the program and the missing 2016 season has changed drastically.; 8:58 AM
bubbs said...: Hey, Jimmy! Are you around? I got a question for you.; 8:58 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 72 yesterday in Laramie with 12% humidity. Sounds awesome. Then there's the little matter of 35mph wind most of the day. I'd still take it over our moldy muggy weather.

bubbs, I think Cincytiger snuck up behind and placed orange sun glasses over your eyes.

Disappointment from unmet expectations is far worse than a pleasant surprise. I'll wait for results worthy of boarding the Gus Bus.; 9:45 AM
bubbs said...: I was being snarky, THT. It was nothing but coach speak. Unless Cincy is reading this. If Cincy is reading this, I've completely bought in. The world has a definite orange tint to it.; 10:02 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I confess that I wasn't using my snarky-detector monitor. Perhaps if I had actually read or listened to anything at all said/reported during SEC Media Days, I might have picked up on the snarkiness even with this generic monitor.; 10:12 AM
E-Bro said...: Went to Laramie for a football game once in September and needed to wear a sweatshirt. It was awesome.; 10:32 AM
michael said...: What's it like to be so cynical, bubbs and THT? Do you guys even know how to love anymore?!; 10:37 AM
bubbs said...: Mind your own business and stop worrying about my inky black heart, MJT. But since you asked, I still love these Circus Peanuts and Banana Runts. Does that count?; 10:44 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: we reality-based pessimists, dare I say REALISTS, are always being mistaken for cynics. Cynics are losers.; 11:28 AM
bubbs said...: If AU actually had a 2016 season and won the SEC championship, I'd let you call me a cynic, MJT.; 11:39 AM
michael said...: Look. The natty is in the bag. Anyone expecting less is a BAMMER!; 11:42 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Well, if you've got it in the bag, keep it there.; 12:35 PM
bubbs said...: Well, I'm certainly not expecting anything LESS than Tim. Phew! Glad I passed the test. Not a bammer!!; 12:56 PM
bubbs said...: Man, the Penn state stuff just wont resolve.

http://footballscoop.com/news/mike-mcqueary-says-tom-bradley-greg-schiano-knew-jerry-sandusky-sexual-assaults/; 1:06 PM
Jimmy said...: I'm here for you Bubbs

also

Drones to unleash vaccine-laced M&Ms in bid to save endangered ferrets
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/12/us-government-black-footed-ferret-mandm-vaccines?CMP=share_btn_tw; 1:09 PM
bubbs said...: Jimmy!

Okay, so I figure you might know the answer to this. I'm a fan of a lot of Netflix originals and such. One thing I can't figure out. They'll suck me in after a couple/few episodes, then introduce all the gratuitous skin. I don't understand that. If someone is looking for a show with lots of boobs, wouldn't they have bailed already after the first few episodes? Conversely, if I'm already invested in a show for the story, why bother with it?

I'm sure there is reasoning behind it, but it's not obvious to me. To be fair, I've noticed this as a Netflix thing, but I'm sure they're not the only ones that do it this way.; 1:23 PM
bubbs said...: I would have used banana flavored Runts instead of M&Ms, but whatever. Not a bad attempt by the wildlife types.; 1:28 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: sounds like we've been concerned about prairie dogs only so other animals will have something to eat. Poor little prairie dogs.; 1:51 PM
bubbs said...: Well. That and so Tony Franklin has an illustration on how OLineman are supposed to receive their instructions.; 2:06 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: well that explains the utter failure of the Tony Franklin Experiment at AU. Our linemen were mimicking meercats, not prairie dogs.; 2:10 PM
bubbs said...: TGWOS; 2:17 PM
michael said...: I feel ya on your Netflix complaint, bubbs. There have been many Netflix, HBO, or other pay channel shows I'd like to watch but didn't because I knew they have strong sexual content (especially bitter about game of thrones).

On the one hand, I'm like, it is 2016, people can see this stuff (and much much more) on demand on their phones or computers or whatever, why you gotta steam up these shows?

But I'm guessing the truth is that the group of people who are OK with cussing and heads getting blown off but not OK with boobs and weiners swinging everywhere is a pretty small percentage of viewers. It's basically you, me, and maybe 10-15 other people.

So to your original question on why they would wait a couple of episodes to get raunchy, they probably figured you knew what you were getting into when you saw that head get chopped off at the beginning of the first episode.; 2:34 PM
bubbs said...: Maybe so. Maybe so, MJT. It's a plausible theory.

Wait a minute. You're not Jimmy! I'm not listening to you!; 4:11 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: y'all drop by the Buy More. Amazon Prime ain't got nothing on all the free giveaways at the Buy More. I'll be here til the cows come home. I hope they know the way. What if they recently mooooved?; 6:47 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 10 hours til cheeseburger, fries, and diet cherry coke at Sutton's!; 1:32 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I won't have an opportunity to post this again until 2022, so enjoy. I draw your attention to the section between 2:30 and 3:00

I was actually at an Elton John concert on the 13th of July in 1976, but it was a Tuesday.; 8:49 AM
bubbs said...: I understand your post, but I have no idea what that songs about.; 9:23 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: something about a fat ugly woman in New Orleans? None of the songs on that album rate highly with me, but the date/day of that one always stuck in my head. Lyrics are usually irrelevant to me, but this has to be my favorite Elton John song from a lyrical perspective.; 10:07 AM
bubbs said...: Appears that Saban mixed it up with Finebaum today. Got into it over the Cam Robinson arrest stuff. They got into during the SEC network interview then it carried over into the break. From the looks of twitter, we should be able to eventually get an idea of what was said during the break. All I've read so far was that Saban insinuated the arresting officers were LSU fans.

Also, Saban gave a big long speech on how great Verne is. So. You know. That confirms MJT AS A BAMMER!!!; 12:42 PM
bubbs said...: I think the only news from yesterday was that Mullen ended up making himself look like a rube. Which doesn't REALLY qualify as news I don't guess. He does that on the regular.; 12:44 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm not an electrical engineer or audiophile, but it's quite apparent that songs on youtube sound waaaaay better than the same songs purchased from Amazon; 4:34 PM
bubbs said...: Muschamp has been entertaining. Only nice things to say about Gus and AU. I bet Jet is getting a little weepy about not having him as HC.; 10:03 AM
michael said...: Jet who?; 10:44 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I don't know his last name, but his father was as bold as the sergeant major; 10:58 AM
bubbs said...: Jet McJetterson; 11:13 AM
bubbs said...: WOOPS! What was that, pal?!

Josh Vitale ‏@AUBlog 2m2 minutes ago
Leonard Fournette on whether he'll go pro or not after this season: "I love college. Everything is free."; 11:27 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: yeh, who needs to be a rock and roll star. I admire his honesty. I wonder which AU defender(s) he'll make look stupid this year.; 12:15 PM
michael said...: He did give a free piggy back ride to Tray Matthews last year, so at least he is paying it forward.; 12:41 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 75 days until the Penguins' first preseason match vs the Red Wings
Go Pens!

415 days until AU kicks off the 2017 football season.
Go Tigers! WARRRRRRRRR EAGLE!!!; 12:57 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: well, it's that time of year again.
Invoking the far-reaching executive powers so recklessly practiced by the current POTUS, I hearby elect bubbs and Jimmy to the Ring of Fire, Class of 2016. I also hereby promote paulmain's avatar, not paulmain, just the avatar, from Notable Newcomer to Feeling the Heat.; 2:09 PM
bubbs said...: WOOT! Finally made the ROF!; 2:28 PM
bubbs said...: Hey, THT, you should probably explain to this hack that it's hard to win a conference title when you don't play in it that year.

"Josh Vitale ‏@AUBlog now54 seconds ago
Auburn received no votes to win the SEC title. Somewhat inexplicably, Vanderbilt and South Carolina each earned one vote."; 2:29 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: That's like reporting that Ruth Ginsberg received no votes in the Miss Fiji swimsuit competition.; 2:49 PM
E-Bro said...: Welcome to the club, bubbs and Jimmy. We got jackets (and hats and t-shirts).; 3:24 PM
michael said...: Someone tell Jay G to come over here and make it official. I mean, not that it's not official, but you know, even more official.; 4:08 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: The hats & t-shirts are cool, but what I'd really like are some ROF socks.; 10:38 AM
bubbs said...: I assumed we got some kinda decoder ring.; 12:35 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: yes, you do. You'll have to decide which nipple.; 12:39 PM
bubbs said...: Well, I've already got a silver, eagle broach sticking through the right one, so ... Left it is!; 1:21 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: y'all stop by and say hi at the Buy More tonight and I'll give you the same 100% discount that most of our customers receive. otherwise you can sell me some of your homegrown veggies at farmer's market at 7 a.m. tomorrow morning.; 3:24 PM
THT said...: well, I wasn't going to let this just sit on an odd number the entire weekend.; 3:45 PM
Jimmy said...: whoo hoo! It's been a long road from "notable newcomer" to "feeling the heat" to ROF 2016. If only I could rub this in Bortak's nose.; 6:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Only 356 days til Irony Day!; 10:45 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: There are still 356 days until Irony Day. I'm starting to think it will never get here.; 1:56 PM
bubbs said...: It'll be here before you know it. Unless we die before then. Is there irony day in heaven?; 2:17 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: do they even have Eurasians there?; 3:20 PM
bubbs said...: Oh. That's a good point. Not sure I could see that being a possibility.; 4:14 PM
michael said...: I don't know what happens to Eurasians when they die. But as long as they are alive, they are required to know as much as possible about the Kanye/Kim-Taylor Swift feud. If you don't pass a quiz at the supermarket, you can't buy food.; 5:20 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'd starve in Eurasia. Or worse, I'd be locked in a dungeon with onions.; 10:59 AM
michael said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 11:47 AM
michael said...: Guys, I feel like you should hear this from me before you hear it in the news: 70% of the stuff I tell you about Eurasia is based on Michelle Obama speeches.; 11:50 AM
bubbs said...: Sure. Whatever. How is Pokemon Go doing in Eurasia?; 12:37 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Who needs to buy Oreos? The Buy More supplies them for free to its shelf-stocking employees.; 12:55 PM
michael said...: Double Stuf?

and we have real Pokemons in Eurasia, so Pokemon Go would be a pretty boring hobby to take up; 12:58 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Of course not! Just regular. We have to go off the clock if we want to remove the tops and combine them to make double stuf.; 1:09 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: just had 88th customer of the day. My shout of BEASLEY!!! evoked some strange stares.; 1:42 PM
bubbs said...: We don't have a candy supply at my job. This seems unjust all the sudden.; 1:45 PM
bubbs said...: BTW - I think MJT overestimates the fandom of double stuffed. I mean, they don't even really have double the stuff. It's a scam.; 1:46 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bubbs, we don't have Blue Bell Ice Cream anywhere within a 100 mile radius, so stop your whinin.; 2:11 PM
bubbs said...: Ohhhh. Yeah, I didn't mention the one thing. We do have a Blue Bell Freezer at work. Nothing but Blue Bell from top to bottom; always stocked and always free. So there's that.; 2:18 PM
michael said...: i got two blue bell vanilla ice cream cartons in my freezer at home at this very moment. Ate some last night with some bday cake. it was ok, but i really miss that listeria aftertaste.; 2:30 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Ha! You lose. Our kitchen AND basement freezers are stock full of listeria.; 9:33 PM
bubbs said...: You'll probably to a secret compartment under the rug, THT. I hear that when HC becomes the president, she'll want a listeria sharing program. She's gonna try to make you spread that stuff around.; 11:21 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: that's the point where I'd want to move to Queenstown.; 11:48 AM
michael said...: Such a dumb idea. Everyone will eventually get trickle down listeria. Big Government strikes again.; 11:57 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: the visual of "trickle down listeria" is pretty gross; 12:03 PM
bubbs said...: I hold to a "rising tides of listeria raises all toilet seats" theory of listeria economics. This is where I remind you that I'm not voting for one of the major parties. Trump just tells you how great he makes listeria. So I don't see how he'll be any more effective.; 12:10 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bubbs, you and LB have the same voting intention. I tell him almost every day, as far as election outcome goes, not voting for one of the major parties is almost indistinguishable from voting for Hillary.; 12:43 PM
bubbs said...: 1. I'm bound by conscience (as a Christian) to vote for the candidate I think would be best for the job. The outcome is not my concern (sovereignty and all that).

2. That's wonky logic. My vote is for the person I voted for. No amount of "equating" changes that. Voting, in my mind, is not a strategic endeavor.

3. It's a false dilemma:
a. I'm in a red state. If you're logic follows, my vote doesn't matter anyway. My state will go for Trump. (Statistically, LB can argue the same. His vote doesn't matter).
b. Let's say that I would normally vote Red. The only way they will hear my objection to their current trajectory is through casting my vote elsewhere. Otherwise, I'm following the party rather than the party representing me. It's backwards. If folks would vote their true beliefs, if not thing else we might get more than two parties. So you see, I'm not the problem it's the rest of the folks.
c. It's never wrong to do right. Let's say we had Hitler(D) and Stalin(R) as our "choices" this year. Would you still vote for one over the other and be okay that you voted for one of those guys? At some point, does the "lesser of two evils" argument become moot? We live in a country where you don't have to vote for either! I mean, you can always say, "No, I refuse to vote for either one. I'll write someone in/vote for someone that isn't a 'choice.'"

Bottom line: I don't fear HC or DT becoming president. Truly, I'm not worried about it. I feel like it's my responsibility (as citizen and Christian) to vote principledly.; 1:16 PM
bubbs said...: Dang it, THT! I've got stuff to do, and you baited me into that post! I'm not changing anyone's mind over here. STOP IT!; 1:17 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Don't sell yourself short, bubbs. You changed my mind. I'm no longer going to provoke you into commenting on voting philosophy.

NC is not a guaranteed red state anymore. I bet close to half the population is from up north. We voted for Obama in 2008 by a 49.7% 49.4% margin and voted for Romney in 2012 by a whopping full 1% margin, so LB's vote may matter. In 2008 that razor thin margin of victory translated to a NC electoral vote of Obama 15 McCain 0. If I ever move to Laramie, I'll be much more tempted to vote principledly instead of strategically.; 1:48 PM
bubbs said...: I don't think NC will make the difference this election, THT. I think HC is gonna win regardless. That said, I think the country "loses" either way.; 1:58 PM
michael said...: I'm with LB and bubbs!

The only thing worse than Hillary Clinton winning is a republican party in power shaped in the image of Trump.

It's shame too. I don't know if the Dems have ever trotted out a weaker candidate than Hillary. Why didn't the repubs try a misogynist/ableist/policy-lightweight/racist/amoral/business-bankrupting/evangelicalism-appropriating reality-tv-star-joke-of-a-candidate back in 2012 when they were gonna lose anyway?

Unlike bubbs, I have a higher threshold of pain when it comes to voting strategically, but Trump is about 2 miles past that line for me.; 2:05 PM
michael said...: Saw this via Twitter:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/paul-ryan-delivers-earnest-unity-sermon-to-fractured-convent?utm_term=.noK7GNBB2#.di9qM3QQd

During a breakfast for Texas delegates Tuesday morning, Ryan tried out a college football metaphor in his efforts to convert the state’s Ted Cruz backers into enthusiastic supporters of the GOP ticket.

Pointing to the in-state rivalries between teams like the Texas Longhorns, Texas A&M Aggies, and TCU Horned Frogs, Ryan said, “You guys are at each other’s throats … [But] when one team advances to a big bowl game or a national championship, don’t you root for the Aggies? … Don’t you root for the Longhorns?”

The ballroom full of Texans erupted in laughter, boos, and shouts of, “No!”

Ryan chuckled, taken aback, and said, “Start thinking that way, OK?”

And then, “Holy moly, this explains everything right now.”; 2:17 PM
bubbs said...: LOLZ! Oh yeah! That's rich, Ryan!

I'm all bammer when they make it to the championship game and we don't! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA!

What an ignoramous.; 2:35 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: You know what's really rich?; 3:02 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!; 3:02 PM
bubbs said...: I decided to pick up the book The Swiss Family Robinson. It's not a bad read (my first time). But have you guys read this before? Where in the world is it set? Talk about an unbelievable array of flora and fauna. It didn't take me long to figure out the author was not going for believable/authentic.; 4:29 PM
michael said...: The movie had a tiger, so I always figured Indonesia or thereabouts. The movie was completely believable; it's sad the book adaptation sounds liked it strayed away from that.; 4:56 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I always thought it was at Chewacla State Park.; 5:51 PM
bubbs said...: Penguins, rubber trees, potatoes, jackals, flamingos ... I was thinking Tristan da Cunha.; 8:40 AM
bubbs said...: Citizens for ugly produce!

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/20/486664266/walmart-world-s-largest-grocer-is-now-selling-ugly-fruit-and-veg?

Hey, if I can save a buck, I'll buy some gnarly looking veg.; 10:14 AM
bubbs said...: I consider this a bit alarmist, but one thing I do agree with:

"This is what happens when you let a flamboyant reality star this close to the highest office in the land: You get someone who doesn’t understand the machinery of state, and plays with literal nuclear fire as a result."

I mean, it's not like I'm qualified to do the job, but at least I KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW how to run a country. My question, though, is would Trump really act on his own? Or would he end up doing whatever his advisers tell him? Would he end up just being a loose cannon in speech only? I certainly hope so. That's kinda what I'm banking on, but maybe I'm short changing his narcissism.

It would be interesting to see how fast "common sense" breaks down as a political strategy. I think most of his supporters would agree that "if they don't pay we shouldn't keep our side of the deal either." But politics is about thinking 10 moves ahead, not 1.

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/21/12247074/donald-trump-nato-war; 11:03 AM
michael said...: My wake-up alarm is very alarmist.; 12:05 PM
bubbs said...: Right. Which is why you don't listen to it.; 12:17 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: micheal is addicted to the snooze button.

Trump is awesome!

I keep telling myself that hoping that one day I'll believe it. I think the day AU starts the 2017 football season is a closer day.

Hey, just wait a minute there bubbs. I just read that and the writer is a dimwit flaming liberal who is full of crap. He wrote:
Trump is saying that his unequivocal commitment to NATO hinges on whether particular NATO states — including the Baltics — have forked over enough cash.

Trump did not say anything of the sort. He made absolutely no comment on what he'd do (or not do) if Latvia didn't pay their NATO bill and got invaded by Russia.

HABERMAN: And if not?

TRUMP: Well, I’m not saying. I.e. HE DID NOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION one way or the other.

well, thanks to bubbs and that moron writer, I now believe Trump is AWESOME!; 1:44 PM
bubbs said...: Glad to be of service, THT!; 1:55 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I wonder if I can talk MrsTHT into another hike up Medicine Bow Peak. Could be risky planning such for late September. Avg hi/lo 66/33 in Laramie, but it has been -2 in Laramie in September and that's 5000 feet lower elevation than MBP. Plus all the students will be in town cluttering up the place. Rats, I think I just talked myself out of it.; 2:56 PM
bubbs said...: I would go for it, THT. I predict unseasonably warm weather for you in Laramie.; 3:25 PM
THT said...: Can we elect Ivanka instead?; 9:45 PM
bubbs said...: Can we? Sure. The number of people that meet the presidential (technical) requirements is massive.; 11:11 AM
michael said...: Wait, I thought we all agreed we would vote for me?; 11:16 AM
bubbs said...: Are you voting for yourself? Who ARE you voting for, MJT?; 11:39 AM
michael said...: Certainly with a few of my assumed identities I will be voting for me.; 11:44 AM
bubbs said...: Sounds like a plan. I'll vote for you too. I need to get your full name, social security number, birth date, and current address. I want to make sure I'm voting for the right guy.; 11:54 AM
michael said...: Name: Michael Jan Terri
SS#: 999 89 9998
Bday: It was a Tuesday
Address: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC

Please handle this information carefully. I don't want it to fall into the wrong hands.; 11:59 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: not a fine of 9, I'll vote for someone with more 8s in their SSN.; 12:31 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Ok, that settles it, I'm voting for Ivanka. Since she won't be on the ballot, I'll just write-in TRUMP and hope that works.; 12:35 PM
bubbs said...: Hey, have you watched Stranger Things on Netflix, Michael Jan Terri?

No cussin' or boobs. There's a little blood but not much. I would consider it creepy/intense but not scary (for an adult. wouldn't recommend for the kids). Pretty good series.; 12:44 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: fine? I should be fined for that typo.

In other news, Matt Cullen still hasn't signed with anyone.; 1:02 PM
bubbs said...: "Not a fine of 9" sounds like the start of a good song, THT.; 1:35 PM
michael said...: yeah bubbs, I watched one and a half episodes of Stranger Things a couple of nights ago. I loved it. I'm trying to convince my wife to watch it with me. Reminds me of a cross between the Goonies and the first season of Lost so far.; 2:49 PM
bubbs said...: As you might guess, the first season ends with room for more seasons. I can only hope it doesn't go the way of Lost.; 3:58 PM
michael said...: Don't make me bring Ebro in here. We'll slap you around if you talk too much trash about late-season Lost.; 5:10 PM
E-Bro said...: Like a bee to honey, I come a calling when somebody disses the last seasons of Lost.

Sure, the end was a bit wonky, but that's the way of series finales these days, it seems.; 7:45 AM
E-Bro said...: Also, if it weren't for the boobs and the cussing, I would really suggest y'all watch Season 2 of The Leftovers. Lindelof (Lost) is the showrunner, and I'm still not sure it wasn't the best season of television last year that I watched.

Granted, to watch Season 2, you would need to watch Season 1, and that's a dicey proposition given how bleak (but good) it was to watch at times.; 7:49 AM
michael said...: Leftover boobs, huh? Hey, that pretty well describes the bunch of idiots who post in these parts!

My marriage is currently on the rocks because my wife refuses to watch Stranger Things. She says it is too scary looking. She won't even watch a second of it! Not sure we're gonna make it through this one.; 9:46 AM
bubbs said...: MJT, my advice to you, my friend, would be to send her to your neighbor's kitchen for a chat during dinner. While she's getting straightened out, watch yourself another episode of Stranger Things.; 9:55 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 2.0 and I made a road trip to the beach on Saturday to play two rounds of miniature golf here, sandwiched around a shrimp burger at this place. Stopped by the Regional History Museum in New Bern (some very nice original 16th-18th century maps) before heading to the renowned Skylight Inn in Ayden for some tasty barbecue. It was good, but it didn't bump anyone out of my top 5 NC BBQ locations.

p.s. we actually never saw the beach. The public access parking lot was a looooooong way from the public access, and it was too blame hot, so we didn't bother.

404 days until 2017 football season!
GO TIGERS!
WARRRRRRRRRR EAGLE!!!; 10:15 AM
bubbs said...: Another ATH/QB. I dunno. Hard to get excited about a guy that no one else was going to give a shot at QB.

http://www.oanow.com/sports/college/auburn/football/auburn-makes-huge-splash-with-commitment-from-qb-tray-bishop/article_cf752a7c-5284-11e6-a04c-e3ebed62fc6e.html; 11:48 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: that led me to this
http://www.oanow.com/sports/college/auburn/football/sulonen-are-no-expectations-turning-into-expectations-for-auburn-fans/article_fa781be8-4c2c-11e6-96af-f3d97f0896f0.html

There's a reason I'm counting down to the 2017 season. It's called double reverse psychology... or is it triple? All I know is, our defense mightbe better (especially if CL can play the entire year), but our offense will still flounder.; 12:22 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: is this a sign of the end of time? or just a sign that the ratings services are clueless?

Okeke joins five-star center Austin Wiley, a center from Spain Park ranked No. 17 nationally and four-star point guard Davion Mitchell in the class and Auburn's class is now ranked No. 1 overall in the 247Sports composite.; 12:27 PM
bubbs said...: It's a sign of the BRUCE PEARL TIMES!!

If AU basketball is ever going to have sustained success, the time is now.; 12:39 PM
E-Bro said...: At this point, I'd settle for unsustained success.; 1:07 PM
bubbs said...: That other article is dead on. There's no reason to believe AU will amount to anything this football season. It's very difficult to do so when you aren't participating.; 1:07 PM
michael said...: Natty is in the bag.; 1:37 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: E-Bro makes an excellent point and generates an audible chuckle. He gets a navy blue star.

michael, if you ever apply for a job with a gov't agency, don't discuss your delusional tendencies. Unless, of course, it's the Eurasian government, in which case you can have any job you want.; 1:53 PM
bubbs said...: Let's just hope Sara doesn't take the bag with her when she splits. I'd hate for Bruce to lose his first Natty over Stranger Things.; 1:53 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: can someone please stop summer from happening? Just don't top the fresh peaches, peas, corn, and okra.; 8:25 AM
bubbs said...: Not even with Blue Bell, butter or salt? Man, THT. That's hardcore non-topping.

However, if Trump promises to end summer, I might reconsider my vote.; 8:45 AM
michael said...: But the party conventions happen in summer. We couldn't do without those.; 9:24 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: In the spirit of compromise, I'll reach across the aisle to the esteemed member of the Eurasian Puppet Party and offer to allow one out of every four summers to happen. Just don't make me watch the conventions.; 9:34 AM
michael said...: Be careful reaching across the aisle to the EPP. They may bite off your hand.; 10:57 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'll extend Chubbs's right hand.; 11:03 AM
bubbs said...: I don't know who Chubbs is, but I would ask Leff to do it.; 1:52 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bubbs, did you sleep through the 90s? Chubbs; 1:56 PM
michael said...: So Devin Hester got released today.

I was reminded of the great slam against Harrison: "I bet you feel like Devin Hester behind that keyboard." I did some digging to find the original post... but it appears to have been wiped from the internet.

It should be here:

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=23235343&postID=3930353434648168022

Everyone is reacting to it (Forrest apparently said it)... but it isn't there. No "this post has been removed" or nothing. As the resident 1.0 historian, I find this all very strange. Someone tell me what's happening.; 3:21 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: If I'm not mistaken, JayGTate stored all the HABOTNv1.0 posts on Hillary's server.; 3:28 PM
michael said...: Have Donald shoot Putin an email and see if he can put that post back up.; 3:29 PM
E-Bro said...: Haha, you said pootin.; 3:33 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I found it... sort of...

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=23235343&postID=3930353434648168022&page=1&token=1469565601538

I'm only on the 14,332nd message on wikileaks. Forrest's original post may be in one of the next 5,668.; 3:42 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: haircut appointment Trumps puppet hour; 3:50 PM
bubbs said...: I've seen the movie a time or two, but a Adam Sandler movie buff I am not. Ironically, I often like his more serious movies.

Can't believe you guys can't find the Hester post. A historian and map aficionado can't find their way around a blog's comment section ... This is sad.; 4:56 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bubbs, locating old posts is part of the initiation ceremony into the RoF. Get busy.

Looks like I won't have to worry about a cooler and dry ice when I head to Auburn for visits this Fall...

BRENHAM, Texas, July 20, 2016 – Blue Bell Creameries is excited to announce it will be expanding its distribution area in North Carolina and South Carolina in September. Beginning on Sept. 12, products will be available in all of South Carolina and the central part of North Carolina. The following week Blue Bell will return to Raleigh and the surrounding areas!!!!!; 7:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Theory: Forest typed the last sentence of his comment using non-permanent text.

Theory: JayGT has administrative post editing capability and when he said he was going to put the last sentence of Forrest's post on the front page he accidentally used cut + paste instead of copy + paste.

I'm not a fan of either theory, so I'm open to other ideas.; 7:28 PM
bubbs said...: I don't know. I don't find either theory convincing, but I can't come up with one that is.; 9:33 AM
michael said...: All the internet caches don't have old versions of that page logged, so I can't tell when the change occurred.

I think there must have been some sort of wait, though, because if you look at the next thread, I comment on how Harrison got served (and distinctly remembered reading the Hester behind the keyboard part), yet I wasn't there when it was happening live (which Jay G apparently was). This would make the "Jay G cutting and pasting the source code" scenario unlikely.

Someone go to HABOTN and ask Jay G what he did to it.; 10:16 AM
E-Bro said...: Joan Shelley's recent album was probably my favorite new LP last year. She played a set at Newport Folk Festival this past weekend that's streaming right now on NPR. Soothing work time (or any time) music.

http://www.npr.org/event/music/487324284/joan-shelley-live-in-concert-newport-folk-2016?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=20160727; 10:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: too busy to listen to anything, soothing or not :(; 11:48 AM
E-Bro said...: So it sounds like JF3 is going to feature in this new Netflix documentary coming out...

http://www.avclub.com/review/last-chance-u-shows-what-comes-after-friday-night--239675?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=Subvert:1:AVTVClub; 12:42 PM
bubbs said...: Featured heavily from what I've read. Sounds like he comes across brash (to be nice) in the first couple episodes anyway. That said, I read somewhere that the creators/directors said you come away liking him by the end.

Frankly, I don't care one way or the other. Perform on the field and stay out of trouble, and you can come across any way you want.; 12:47 PM
bubbs said...: Been reading Jesus Outside the Lines by Scott Sauls (paper book). It's pretty solid. Didn't intend to pick it up in conjunction with the political season, but it matches well in that it contrasts the general tone of things.

One of the reasons I do The Twitter Machine rather than FB is because there tends to be less crazy and venom there. Mercy, that has not been the case lately. Every other thought boils down to, "If you don't see things the way I do, you're crazy and stupid! How are you still breathing you knuckle dragger!?!"

Maybe I should stop following MJT....; 9:27 AM
E-Bro said...: I use Twitter less as a social media outlet and more of a filter for news/stories I want to see.

Sure, I follow people that occasionally tweet random gibberish or political bias, but my favorite thing about twitter has always been the ability to streamline information to myself.; 10:17 AM
bubbs said...: That's how I use it too, E-Bro. For the most part. But I don't just follow major outlets; I also follow blogs/associations (idea generators). As well, I follow both people I tend to agree with about certain things and those that I tend to disagree with (perspective etc etc). Throw in the fact that I follow some folks for, let's say, technology or literature etc. Well, they've all decided to make their off topic opinions known.

It's chippy out there, and it's getting a little old. But, hey, that's my problem. I can always not pay attention to it.; 10:30 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Harrison and I don't use FB, but we aren't averse to profiting on social media. We've got a startup company DEB (stands for Dry Erase Bored). We are currently seeking venture capital to get it up and running. If you don't like what someone posts, you can erase it from their board. For example, this thread would probably now have about 15 posts instead of 1564.; 1:14 PM
bubbs said...: I've got some nice cash flow coming in from DEH. I'll invest in DEB. Where do I mail my Eurasian cash?; 1:55 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Send it to the HABOTN treasurer, Dear Leader.; 2:30 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Finally, they admit how stupid they were.; 3:17 PM
bubbs said...: I remember hearing an interview on why they did it that way in the first place. Had something to do with conflicts with some other sporting event or something ... I dunno. Clearly, it was never going to work. Glad they made the change.; 4:23 PM
THT said...: Darvin Adams with fantastic catch on the sideline. Go Blue Bombers!; 8:32 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: That was one heckuva Thursday night football campfire last night!; 9:09 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: PLAYER REC YDS AVG LG TD
ADAMS, D 10 121 12.1 34 1; 9:12 AM
bubbs said...: Will always have a fondness for Darvin. A little surprised he's still trying to make a career of it.; 9:45 AM
bubbs said...: Some times I like to remind myself that I was in the Turner Gill camp. It helps me to remember that things could be worse. And that I don't know anything.; 9:46 AM
E-Bro said...: Turner Gill was another of Eddie's express trains. One that I hopped on as well.; 10:04 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I was also in the Turner Gill camp... pre-Kansas, of course. But that pales in comparison to being in the Zeke Pike camp. No one bothered to tell me that he was a drug addict.

We are exactly 400 days from kickoff!
GO TIGERS!
WARRRRRRRRRR EAGLE!!!; 10:05 AM
bubbs said...: Sometimes being a drug addict can work in your favor, THT. Like a DL who's into roids and speed.

Or, you know, like the 90% of college players into weed.; 10:11 AM
bubbs said...: Who starts at QB in 400 days, THT?

Ironically, I think it might be easier to figure that out vs this year's.
In a month: JFIII
In 400 days: WB; 10:32 AM
michael said...: bammer; 10:48 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Raymond Cotton?; 10:49 AM
bubbs said...: Detecting and maps! http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-a-champagneladen-steamship-ended-up-in-a-kansas-cornfield; 1:01 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: that's a fantastic story, bubbs. Thanks for sharing it.; 1:21 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: you know what else is fantastic?; 1:22 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: here's a clue...; 1:22 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!
BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!; 1:22 PM
bubbs said...: Hey, E-Bro. In case you're not already there you can live stream Lollapalooza here: http://www.redbull.tv/; 4:35 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Knoxville newspaper took bookstore's money for ad, then didn't run the ad because it contained an offensive word: Christian. They didn't even bother to tell the bookstore. Turns out it was a combination of people incompetence and a prejudicial computer program.

The Buy More is open tonight to people of all faiths. Drop by and say hello; I'll be stocking shelves, as usual.; 5:23 PM
E-Bro said...: bubbs, I'm afraid Bonnaroo is the only (big) Music Festival waters that I've dipped my toes in thus far.

Not that I wouldn't like to head to Lolla or Coachella or something of that ilk. Maybe one day.

Given how copy and paste music festivals are said to be these days, I'd like to to go to others and have a comparison for myself. I still go to the Roo every year and love it. But regular festival goers say they're all the same these days (certainly similar lineups) and there were about 30,000 less people in Manchester this year (not that I minded all the extra space).; 7:41 AM
michael said...: My brother was at Lollapalooza. I followed the activities via snapchat. Looked like he saw a bunch of bands I had never heard of plus a couple I had heard of.; 10:04 AM
michael said...: Hey y'all see that Tre Mason is kind of going crazy or something? That's a bummer.

I was also shocked to see that he is only 22 years old. Still such a yung'un.; 4:14 PM
michael said...: knock knock; 9:45 AM
E-Bro said...: Quien esta alli?; 10:04 AM
bubbs said...: Little old lady.; 10:26 AM
bubbs said...: Watched all of Last Chance U. Good stuff. JFIII doesn't come across well (as was reported). They make it appear as though both his talent and demeanor is suspect. I might suggest it could be editing, but his twitter didn't make it seem like he was upset about how he was portrayed.

Anyway. I don't reckon it much matters, now.; 10:29 AM
michael said...: Do you see JFIII's boobs?; 10:41 AM
bubbs said...: With all the player's boobs that you do see, his was not among them. I'm okay with that.; 10:49 AM
bubbs said...: This is a pretty good write up about it by Brandon:

http://auburn.247sports.com/Article/Review-John-Franklin-III-rises-in-extraordinary-Last-Chance-U-46538974; 10:55 AM
bubbs said...: I should clarify. Brandon's write up is about the docuseries, not boobs.

Sorry, E-Bro.; 10:59 AM
michael said...: Early reviews for Suicide Squad are in... and apparently its terrible. Disappointing. Why can't Warner Bros make a decent DC movie these days? They need to scrap that whole universe and start again.; 11:35 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Word on the street is that there are idiots who will stare at docuseries and wonder what a dah CU suh reez is. I think docuseries should be hyphenated, for their benefit.; 12:07 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm pretty certain Norm will let us down... again.

It's on the tee for someone.; 12:09 PM
bubbs said...: BOOOOOMMMMM!

New page smell.; 12:16 PM
michael said...: What do new pages smell like anyway?; 12:24 PM
bubbs said...: It's a cross between "new car" smell, a new package of socks, and the cookie part of Oreos.; 12:29 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 0111100110101111100010101011100101; 12:41 PM