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8.07.2017

Yes, it's that time again

THT has alerted me to the fact you all are approaching 5,000 posts, which means it's time for a new thread. It would be my pleasure to create said new thread. Before I leave, however, I'd like to provide you a picture of the always-lovely Mariska Hargitay.

Have a nice day.

3749 Comments:

Tar Heel Tiger said...: Hardly any OL graduate transfers available this year. Time for J.B. to earn his wages this year.

1604 - Connery slips on the wet stage (it was always wet due to the overhead leaky waterpipe) and breaks a leg. His understudy, Leff, has no such issues with his traction-y feet and proves wildly popular with crowds at the Loews Cineplex theater in Stratford-on-Avon.; 12:06 PM
michael said...: 1605 - Due to yet another mouse shortage combined with the first ever squirrel shortage, "Of Mice and Men" restaurants rebrand, becoming "Of Lice and Men." The know-it-all business experts scoff at this decision, but the early Yelp reviews are pretty positive, so we'll see.; 11:27 AM
bubbs said...: 1606 - The population of homeless men with lice dwindles. No one knows why, but all political parties try take the credit.; 1:19 PM
THT said...: This nonstop intermittent rain is driving me nuts. MAKE UP YOUR MIND!

1607 - James Drury founds a town that still bears his name, on a river that still bears his name, in a state from which he gained his permanent nickname.; 1:32 PM
michael said...: I know a muffin man who lives on that guy's street.

1608 - Battle of Midway.; 1:39 PM
bubbs said...: I don't believe in muffin men.

1609 - Battle of Mostoftheway.; 1:53 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: right in the middle of hockey game in Pittsburgh last night, Ottawa Senators' Dion Phaneuf leaves the ice after a shift and never returned. He was traded to the LA Kings, whose next game is in..... Pittsburgh tomorrow night.

1610 - the first North African Sand Hockey season. The success of the league is memorialized by the subsequent founding of numerous towns named NASHville.; 10:36 AM
michael said...: Do teams run a lot of plays in hockey? Is it hard to switch teams midseason or is it more plug and play?

1611 - Polyester Reinforced Explosive Dinosaur Suitcases invented in NASHville.; 11:32 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Penguins are always running jet sweeps and bubble screens that get blown up at the blue line. It's so frustrating.

1612 - Johnny Smith publishes a map of Virginia just for grins and giggles, unwittingly prolonging the Battle of Midway.; 1:28 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Looks like US men's hockey team may be able to catch an earlier flight :(

1613 - expansion team Virginia Squires shock the world by winning the NASH championship. Sadly, travel expenses force the organization into bankruptcy. They come out of bankruptcy 350+ years later as an upstart basketball team.; 3:41 PM
michael said...: How come the NHL doesn't have any Olympic Spirit, THT? I wish some of my Preds had been allowed to go to Korea and dominate.

1614 - Memphis Shockers win the Cup.; 4:27 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: The quest for Lord Stanley's Cup is far more important than some silly little medal. Take two plus weeks out and 82 games get crammed pretty tight.

The downhill course seemed pretty dull. I don't think anyone was able to break 80mph.

How 'bout them Tigers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1615 - Caviar is first used as a lip balm to prevent chapped lips in the cold Russian winters. Someone accidentally ingested the balm and the rest is history.; 9:45 AM
E-Bro said...: The dullest is Downhill is still my favorite Olympic event.; 10:02 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Mine too, but only because the Olympics won't include speed skiing.

1617 - World Calendar Court hears case about whether or not the year 1616 should be repeated.; 10:51 AM
michael said...: Still haven't watched one single second of the winter olympics.

You know the ancient Greeks didn't even do winter olympics? This is all a lie.

1618 - The ancient Greeks do winter olympics; 11:14 AM
bubbs said...: Can't say I've watched any. I dunno. Just not compelling to me.

GO PREDS!

1619 - America refuses to participate in winter Olympics.; 11:38 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I end up watching them because I turn to NBCSN for NHL and get served up a dose of Olympics. Although if figure skating is on, I'd rather be doused in gasoline and set aflame.

1620 - The Pilgrims are banned from the Winter Olympics due to a doping scandal. They had no idea what was in that turkey the Native Americans brought to dinner.; 12:47 PM
E-Bro said...: Been watching as much as humanly possible for someone living 15 time zones away and working a 9-5 job. Love it.; 2:22 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Jimmy and I have Kings/Penguins hockey, served up on NHL.TV

Talk about a broken immigration system... while bazillions of people come here illegally, a hockey player may have to sit out tonight because of immigration laws. Dion Phaneuf, who played for the Senators on Tuesday night IN PITTSBURGH and who is still IN PITTSBURGH, may not be able to play for the Kings tonight because of immigration paperwork.

1621 - Plymouth Colony declares itself a sanctuary city for Canadian hockey players.; 3:40 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 1623 - Plymouth Colony's sanctuary status declared invalid due to the wrong year typed on the paperwork. Dion Phaneuf forced to sit out another year.; 4:17 PM
michael said...: This is the only figure skating performance that has ever really mattered:

https://vimeo.com/198304998

1622 - Space vortex causes this year to occur between 1623 and 1624. It was a good year, full of laughter and exuberance.

1624 - Terrible year. Just terrible.; 10:39 AM
THT said...: Then Weirather of Liechtenstein currently hanging on to 2nd place in the Women's Super Giant Slalom. If she wins the silver medal, it will be that country's first Olympic medal since 1988. They'll be dancing on the chess board in Vaduz.

1625 - Thousands are executed for their exuberance. There no longer laughing.

p.s. uh oh. TW has now been bumped down to bronze. Plenty of skiers still to go.

p.p.s. Buy More is open 24 hrs tomorrow. Come on buy. We'll have specials on gold medals.; 10:16 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: NO. 2 AUBURN POWERS PAST NO. 3 TEXAS A&M, 11-7
GO AU EQUESTRIANS!!!

1626 - Spanish mustangs left behind by Ponce de León hold their 100th Annual Piggyback Riding competition.; 9:31 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: talk about old gray mares! Maybe it was their offsprings' offsprings' offsprings' offspring that were competing in 1626.

1627 - Corn Crab soup is invented in Topeka, Kansas. Due to a shortage of ocean crabs, the local Chili's substitutes goldenrod crab spiders, giving it that famous buttery taste... and just as many non-clawed legs.; 9:41 PM
michael said...: NBA All Star game was great yesterday. The teams both tried to win. Super exciting to see the best of the best play hard.

1628 - coming off recent successes with some daring recipes, chili's comes up with a new dish: baby back ribs. Unfortunately, the ribs they use are Ponce de Leon horse ribs, and people are not very big fans. Their main competitor, Of Mice and Men, benefits greatly as hordes flock to their establishments. Despite the bad news, all is not bad in Alfred von Chili's life. He meets a new girl named "Philly" and asks her out on a date. She says yes.; 11:49 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: crazy busy in Buy More satellite office today, following record sales/give-aways at the 24 hour sale at Buy More Central on Saturday. Kerryon.

Super exciting to see the best of the best play hard.
I like how you changed subject in the middle of your post with reference to Crosby, Malkin, and Kessel. Obviously, we were both watching Penguins at Blue Jackets last night.

1629 - 103rd Annual Piggyback Riding competition is canceled. Lacking ribs, the horses have insufficient lung capacity to compete.; 2:23 PM
E-Bro said...: THT, what are our chances against the Czech Republic tonight?; 3:01 PM
E-Bro said...: Or tomorrow, as it is, technically.; 3:02 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Without Jagr, the Czechs won't beat us... as badly.

1632 - Mikhailovich Cheremukhin sails the ocean blue after missing his wakeup call 141 years earlier. Historians were pleased with this as his name didn't fit the rhyme very well.; 3:57 PM
E-Bro said...: Well, that shootout was not optimal.; 7:46 AM
E-Bro said...: BUT THAT FINISH FROM DIGGINS IN THE CROSS COUNTRY RELAY WAS!!!!; 10:05 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: watched the ski finish when I got to work this morning. Spectacular!

Early this morning it was 71 degrees warmer in Chapel Hill than in Laramie. Throw in the wind chill, and the difference was a delightful BEASLEY!!!.

I really miss winter.

1635 - a drunk Dutchman creates the first dyed Easter chick.; 2:27 PM
michael said...: Had to turn the AC on upstairs last night.

What I want is a good snow for my kids to play in. That hasn't happened in years. After that, I want the house to hang around 70 degrees so that I can save a bunch of cash on power bills.

1636 - Antibiotics are invented; 2:53 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Let MrsTHT control the thermostat in your house and I guarantee you'll save cash all year round.

1636 - Probiotics feel threatened, declare war on antibiotics.; 2:56 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: the war continued into 1637, concomitant with yet another flareup in the Battle of Midway.

1638 - biotic war rages on.; 2:58 PM
michael said...: What'd yall do to bubbs? He's probably upset Ebro isn't providing info on the years he posts.

1639: inches are standardized. an inch is defined as the length of the tip of Tom Macadema's left pinky starting at the last knuckle and ending at the tip of his skin (fingernail doesn't count). When Tom hits a growth spurt in October and the inch changes, some question the wisdom of standardizing the length based off a 13 year old boy's finger. But these people who are questioning this? They are a bunch of whiners. In this world, there are doers and whiners. Don't be a whiner.; 5:41 PM
E-Bro said...: I'll not be held responsible for bubbs' absence.

1640 - The Dutch and Portuguese have a fight in Sri Lanka, which is nowhere near either Holland or Portugal. Weird.; 7:57 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: How 'bout those 7 scholarship players last night! That was AUsome!!!

I fell asleep during the first intermission of the women's hockey final.

1641 - the Dutch start fighting amongst themselves as Bill Blaeu and Jan Jansson try to drown each other in a canal over charges that each was plagiarizing the others maps.; 11:26 AM
michael said...: Me and Ebro were tweeting about women's hockey at 2 am. That's what real hockey fans do.

I didn't get into work until 10:00 am though.

1642 - if the wine is bad, throw it out!; 11:47 AM
bubbs said...: I've been around. Just a lot going on.

Olympics, however, does not factor into that at all.

Good game last night. A pleasant surprise.

1643 - Herman Lay doesn't throw out the wine. Salt and vinegar potatoes make an appearance at the local pub.; 12:29 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: The Buy More has been absurdly busy these past two months. I can't waste... I mean I can't spend as much quality time here as I'd like.

1644 - hoping to capitlize on the success of his dyed Easter chicks, a sober Dutchman tries his hand at selling dyed Easter seals.; 3:19 PM
Jimmy said...: https://twitter.com/dprk_news/status/966829926035828736; 6:49 PM
E-Bro said...: Have an Olympics, North Korea!

1646 - Roger Scott is tried for sleeping in church in Massachusetts. Becomes first man acquitted using the "resting my eyes" defense.; 8:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: lovely day to be in prison. Penguins @ Hurricanes tonight in Raleigh. I think I'll just watch it on TV. I'm too cheap/lazy/tired to bother going.

1647 - English Puritans, the original Grinches, ban Christmas in an effort to quelch the rising popularity of Zu Zitter Carzays. On a side note, clever modifications to those innocuous looking Tar Tinkers leads to a decided tactical advantage in the Battle of Midway.; 11:35 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm busy not being at work today or tomorrow. Retirement can't come soon enough. According to MrsTHT, it can't come at all.

1648 - Greece lowers retirement age to 45, still one year above average life expectancy. Cruel Greeks.; 10:49 AM
michael said...: My phone is broken so it looks like I'll be a week without a phone. Which, really, it doesn't matter that much because no one cares about me so it's not like i get a lot of non-wife text messages or phone calls, but still, I never know what time it is now and THAT is annoying.

1649 - Gold rush!; 11:52 AM
E-Bro said...: Welcome to the life of E-Bro, MJT, minus not knowing what time it is.

1650 - False alarm. Was fool's gold.; 1:03 PM
bubbs said...: The guy in the office next to me has a countdown on his door (in small sticky notes) for when he retires (319 if you're curious). I've considered doing the same when I get below the 5 digit mark. Not so much because I don't like my job. I just think counting down on your door for ~10000 days would be fun.

On the occasion that I forget my phone, it doesn't seem to matter. Other than the fact that I can't listen to my books/podcasts on my way home. That's probably the worst part.

1650 - crypto currency enters the market and it largely criticized and or ignored.; 1:07 PM
bubbs said...: 1651 - Rush on wise man's gold!

1652 - Quakers plant a field of oats.; 1:10 PM
michael said...: Yeah I do miss the opportunity to listen to books/podcasts on my phone while driving. Been listening to CDs old school style a lot.

1653 - Land ho!!!!!; 1:53 PM
bubbs said...: Why are you going to be a whole week without it?

1654 - The land was an island that sank. All aboard!; 5:07 PM
michael said...: I have the phone through my company, and that's what the lady said.

1655 - we've been sailing in circles!; 5:21 PM
michael said...: Whatup?

1656 - Price is Right first airs.; 10:11 AM
bubbs said...: Been pretty quiet around here lately.

Man. I think I could take a nap about now.

1657 - The relatively unknown "Bob Barker" leaves his position as Ringmaster of the Eurasian National Circus to host PIR.; 10:20 AM
bubbs said...: Still quiet over here. I hope THT is too busy looking at maps to be in here, but I fear it's because the Buymore is wall to wall customers.

How far do you guys think we make it in the tournament?

1658 - Eurasia uses Bob to funnel stray dogs through the PIR.; 4:02 PM
michael said...: 2nd round and out.

Or win the natty.

You know, there's really no way to know at this point.

1659 - A man digs a pit.; 5:18 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Buy More has been toooo busy lately. Today I'm in prison. The whole place is locked down this morning so one dude can be brought to the prison's Buy More satellite facility for a little shopping. Means I'll have a fairly light day.

1660 - Hursey's barbecue opens. Withing weeks, the man has to dig another pit.; 7:12 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Re: AU basketball... I wonder how far we'll fall in the seedings by the time the brackets are finalized.

Wheels have fallen off of the Penguins wagon. They are in a downward spiral after botching the trade deadline. They got an offensive player they did not need and gave up a D-man they sorely need, not to mention their backup goalie would be no higher than 4th in the pecking order if he was on the Vegas team. And the Pens' starting goalie is out indefinitely after taking a puck to the head from a teammate in practice last week.

1661 - a boy sitting in the shadow of the Tower of Pisa starts crying inconsolably when he realizes it will be 110 years until the next palindromic year, and he won't be around for it. Dumb kid should have spent that time celebrating the current palindromic year.; 7:28 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I missed yesterday's football practice. I'm sure it must have been covered by all the major networks and streamed live on that web thing. Can't believe I missed it.

1662 - King Charles II is expecting.; 8:59 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 1663 - King Charles II gives birth to Carolina. WOOT! WOOT!!!; 8:59 AM
michael said...: My Preds are looking great. Love how they handled the trade deadline.

1664: Arnold Schwarzenegger begins developing the movie "Junior" based on King Charles II; 9:53 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: English language web sites are pitiful in their coverage of the Czech hockey league, and Google Translate is not exactly fluent in Czech language, but I think I get the gist of it. Jagr has a bum knee but needs to have a total of 15 starts to be on the playoff roster???

In the jersey of the Knights, Jaromír Jágr jumped on the ice. But after seven seconds, he headed for the inverter, then hurried into the cabin. The explanation for this maneuver is simple: The wounded knee is asking for calm, but Kamenov's attacker, according to the rules in force, needs to collect at least fifteen starts for his team.

1665 - Bob Barker and Jaromir Jagr get 10 minute fighting majors and game misconducts for their brawl on the ice.; 11:06 AM
michael said...: Nice reporting there from Feng.

Jumping on ice sounds dangerous. No wonder he needed the inverter after just seven seconds of it.

1666; 11:50 AM
michael said...: 1667 - humanity agrees we shall never speak of what happened in the devil's year, 1666; 11:51 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Trust me, John Ogilby loathed the year 1666.

1668 - cheese curds are touted as a cure to male pattern baldness.; 12:16 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Come on buy! We are having a 24 hour winter close-out sale at the Buy More today.

How 'bout them AU Tigers!

1669 - Zager & Evans fail to chart with the release of their song In the Year 2525; people were too worried about the plague to be concerned with machines and the environment. However, exactly 300 years later, Z&E re-released their song and hippies sent it to number one on the charts.; 8:29 AM
michael said...: THT, I am just no longer interested in your Buy More sales ever since I got all my cast iron needs met at Christmas. Sorry.

And Auburn is the greatest bbball team of all time!

1670 - Waterloo; 12:29 PM
E-Bro said...: 1671 - Austerlitz; 1:12 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: We're running a special on snow balls! How could you not be interested? We have pre-cooked frozen mud pies. All you have to do is add water and microwave for 20 seconds. You just don't know what you're missing.

1672 John Lederer publishes an account of his journeys, a small part of which may be true.; 1:40 PM
bubbs said...: Well, we have a pretty good idea of what were missing now that you told us. However, I'm still in the market for some hobo dishware.

1673 - Declaration of Dependence is signed and ratified by 5 colonies.; 4:51 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I wonder which five didn't ratify.

Knowing and not knowing what you're missing are not mutually exclusive. I didn't share all of our sale items. One of our secret sale items enables the purchaser to circumvent recent legislative restrictions on the toy industry. You'll never lose another water fight with our one gallon reservoir and bump stock attachment kits for your Super Soaker.

1674 - The Maoi take a collective vow to never speak again. They don't even say hi when Europeans arrived almost 50 years later.; 6:25 PM
bubbs said...: There's really no way to know, THT.

I'm glad I already stocked up on my pre-ban Super Soaker attachments. I bet they're getting pricey about now.

1675 - The Maoi file a lawsuit against Of Mice In Men due to alleged discrimination. The lawsuit claims they were unjustly banned from working the drive through.; 12:15 PM
michael said...: hey gang

1676 - america celebrates her precentennial.; 3:13 PM
E-Bro said...: Hey!

1677 - A bloviating fool is elected royal governor of New York on the back of a campaign where the slogan, "Make America Great!" featured prominently on red baseball caps.; 4:06 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm sleepy. I really need to go to bed at a decent hour tonight... like maybe right after dinner.

1678 - The other colonies plead with the Dutch to retake New York.; 8:48 AM
bubbs said...: Lately, I've had trouble sleeping. Not getting to sleep so much. That's pretty easy, but I keep waking up in that 230-330AM range. Even though I normally get up pretty early to start the day/run, that's too early for me. Guess my body doesn't want it's full 7-8 hours of sleep.

I've thought more than once about creating a sleeping space under my desk at work for naps. Maybe it's time to re-think that plan.

1679 - Dictators Collective vote Eurasia country of the year.; 9:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Of the 7 nonstop flights to NYC tomorrow, ours is the only one cancelled. I think a bammer must be in charge.

1680 - eerily prescient, we go get in line to get on another flight.; 10:30 AM
michael said...: bubbs, next time you are trying to get back to sleep, start reading this:

http://aufightclub.proboards.com/user/34/recent

You'll get there in no time.

(someone tell baldy1 to come read this website so he can see he is being made fun of)

1681 - Topeka!; 11:24 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: yea! well, sort of. I was really looking forward to this trip, but thankfully airline and hotel allowed me to cancel without penalty. Forecast just upped from 4-8" to 12-18" snow up there which very likely means many more flight cancellations and we'd have spent most of the time just trying to get there and get back.

1682 - Winter Storm Aabacasas, the first ever named winter storm, shuts down the Pony Express out of Topeka in both directions. Topekans, showing wisdom far greater than New Yorkers, move their book fair to late April in subsequent years.; 12:34 PM
E-Bro said...: Same things been happening to me, bubbs. Not as bad this week, but last week and few weeks before that, definitely.

Got frustrating there for a while, as every night I'd go to bed just knowing I'd wake up in a couple of hours.

1683 - Ottomans lay siege to Vienna before saying thanks, but no thanks.; 1:09 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: John Lederer forgot to yell BEASLEY!!! when he published his book.

1684 - In retaliation, Viennans lay siege to Sausage; 1:21 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: it's absurdly slow at the Buy More satellite office today. I'm not complaining. In fact, my fellow shelf stocker has suggested I go home. That's powerfully good advice.

1685 - Centennial, WY, has a brief claim as the edge of the known world... until that summer when someone hiked up Medicine Bow Peak and saw that there was something on the other side.; 2:51 PM
bubbs said...: It has not been slow here today. Which isn't bad, necessarily, but I have other (work related) things I want to be doing. I can't get to them ATM.

I wonder why E-Bro and I are having sleeping issues. Perhaps there's an alien abduction ring in the North Central area of Alabama. Then again, why would they choose E-Bro? Moonbeams? A shift in the tides of time?

1686 - A large portion of the population refuses to believe there's something beyond Medicine Bow Peak.; 12:12 PM
E-Bro said...: Perhaps with my freckled, fair skin, I'm sort of an anomaly that warrants further investigation.

1687 - Unfortunately for Utes and other far West tribes, people begin to believe that, indeed, there's something beyond Medicine Bow Peak.; 1:03 PM
E-Bro said...: 16BEASLEY!!!!

What are we angry about, bubbs?

http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/what-your-bodys-trying-to-tell-you-when-you-wake-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night/ar-BBK1p15?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=ientp

1688 - A possible Catholic usurper is born.; 3:03 PM
THT said...: That was beautiful, E-Bro. I wish I was at the book fair, but I don't regret missing out on being tortured by the airlines with all the travel chaos up that way.

How 'bout them Penguins last night! Probably an anomaly.

1689 - just over the Snowy Range and Medicine Bow Peak, Saratoga becomes the edge of the known world. Due to the overwhelming popularity and soothing powers of its Hobo Pool, travelers flock there, causing a dangerous tilt of the earth. Two people who weren't properly secured fall off the edge of the earth.; 4:20 PM
bubbs said...: Not sure I've ever looked forward to daylight savings time before. Pretty sure I never have. But since I keep waking up early, maybe this will help sort me out!

Don't know about you, E-Bro, but I'm angry about the BC coaching situation.

1690 - Snap bracelets are all the craze.; 8:50 AM
michael said...: Go Preds!

Daylight savings time is from the devil. I don't care what your situation is, you can't look forward to it.

My dog keeps waking me up in the middle of the night. I wonder what she's angry about? Or maybe it's just she has a tiny bladder.

1691 - After falling for two years, the two people who fell off the edge of the earth finally meet the dinosaurs.; 10:00 AM
E-Bro said...: Daylight Saving Time. It's not plural. If y'all watched Veep, you'd know.

I can't wait for it (says the guy without kids). I mean, I wish we didn't have it all, but I'm glad we're jumping forward and getting more daylight again.

1692 - Salem Witch Trails get underway for, I'm sure, totally justifiable reasons.; 10:08 AM
michael said...: Didn't know I shared a blog with so many spring forward lovin devil worshipers

1693 - Salem witch trials continue. Witches were often identified due to their love of daylights saving times. The trial and executions work wonderfully. Salem hasn't had a witch problem since then.; 10:44 AM
bubbs said...: Well, if we're going to be all technical, we don't "get more daylight," E-Bro. Everyone is just agreeing to shift their schedules by 1 hour. And by "agree" I mean they're forced to. I'm still vehemently against DST, or at least swapping back and forth. It just so happens that this time it'll end up being a positive for me.

I suspect your dog hates you, MJT.

1694 - Saugus sees a huge spike in its witch population.; 12:41 PM
E-Bro said...: We do too get more daylight, more and more in fact, at least until the June 21. Sucka.

I'm all for doing away with DST, but in the meantime, you want me to be sad about later daylight hours when the weather starts to get warmer and allows me to play tennis in the evenings? Sorry...not gonna happen.

I just don't understand how you heathens born in the CST handle not having daylight until after nine during the summer. Alabama is just terribly placed as time zones go.

1695 - Bank of Scotland is founded. Wales is like, "WTH, mate?"; 1:09 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Alabama is just terribly placed as time zones go.

So true.

That TV show I just watched was painful. I suspect there will be more pain tonight in the Barclay Center. :(

1696 - Wyllysabylldayllleeeyylllllalloyll Wlowiwwillllluy robs the Bank of Scotland and escapes back to Wales on an express train to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch; 2:01 PM
bubbs said...: Well, when you're day starts at ~530 with a run, sunshine on the backside of the day doesn't matter all that much. So ... I say "whatever." Just pick a danged time and stick with it the whole year.

AU basketball finally looking like itself.

1697 - Uncle Goat's Fairy Tales are published.; 2:34 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 38 and rain here. Doesn't look like we'll get another 1960 March when it snowed a total of 2 feet on three consecutive Wednesdays.

At least the Penguins returned to the win column last night. I just don't see them making much of a run in the playoffs. They are just not strong enough on the blue line.

1698 - Special prosecutor named to investigate alleged ownership of Uncle Goat by michael. Special prosecutor is never heard from again, leading to the oft-quoted warning, "never asks about michael's bidness"; 10:49 AM
michael said...: Let's just say that special prosecutor is sleeping with the dinosaurs and two people who weren't properly secured.

1699 - Nashville PREDS invent ice.; 11:55 AM
bubbs said...: Have you ever thought what it would be like to sleep with a dinosaur? Most of them were cold blooded, right? That would suck, because I bet it's like sleeping with one of your kids. All arms and legs constantly poking. They probably get all up in your business trying to suck the heat off of you.

I doubt any of them could be one of those cuddle people for their job.

1700 - PREDS start the ice bucket challenge to save the dinosaurs.; 4:20 PM
THT said...: Snowing like crazy for several hours, yet nothing more than a dusting on the ground :(
I would love to see feet upon feet of snow. Ok, maybe just foot upon foot. Lots of hockey tonight. Yea!

1701 - class action lawsuit against the PREDS is organized by two of the world's most (in)famous personal injury attorneys. Have you slipped and fallen? It may have been caused by ice. Have you seen ice? It may have injured you. Call 1-800-4BAD-ICE for a free consult.; 5:12 PM
bubbs said...: Hey, I called that number and they asked me "are you feeling lucky..." I'm starting to wonder if these "attorneys" don't just roll the bones to determine how they handle their cases. I give it a 50/50 chance anyone makes money off that class action.

No snow in sight over here, boss. Wish there was. People are talking about this being Old Man Winter's last gasp. Say it ain't so!

1702 - Congress proposes all roads be made of ice for quicker transport.; 8:39 AM
E-Bro said...: Heading to Turks and Caicos on Sunday. It better be Spring when I return.

1703 - Congress immediately repeals "ice roads" law after the gravel roads lobby does its thing.; 10:03 AM
E-Bro said...: I mean, technically speaking, it will be Spring when I return, but I want it to also FEEL like Spring.

1704 - WE LANDED ON THE MOON!; 1:02 PM
bubbs said...: You live in Alabama. You'll be gone the one week it "feels like spring."

1705 - The set where the moon landing was filmed burns down. The destruction is attributed to someone trying to melt the PREDS ice before a Pens game.; 4:33 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: greetings from another 24 hour Buy More sale. We have nothing of interest here for michael. The rest of y'all, come on Buy!

1706 - Amelia Earhart's bones are found on a grassy knoll behind where they filmed the moon landing.; 1:17 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm guessing Penguins left all their defensemen in the locker room at the 2nd intermission and played 5 forwards the entire 3rd period. That was downright ugly and a recurring pattern of profound defensive lapses that will get them bounced out of the playoffs in the first round.

1707 - Combatants temporarily move Battle of Midway to the Falkland Islands while the Zambonis resurface the Pacific Ocean.; 11:35 PM
bubbs said...: Been keeping up with Eddie on Strava. He snubbed me (didn't follow back), which is to be expected. He's burned all his HABOTN memories. He's still solid on the run, but he's really taken to the water. Not bad on the bike either. One of these days I feel like we'll get a chance to do a run or something.

1708 - The Dragon of the English Navy is encased in ice for a year at Midway. All the men become Pens fans as they feel like dead men floating.; 8:39 AM
E-Bro said...: I'm sure it's nothing personal, bubbs. He snubs his own family from time to time. Probably just didn't recognize your name or something.

After completing his Ironman last fall, I thought he'd take a small step back from swimming since it was his weakest discipline and he said he only planned on doing half-Ironmans if any at all, but he's stuck with it.

I think mountain biking is starting to become his latest fitness obsession, though.

1709 - Alexander Selkirk tires of the whole Robinson Crusoe thing and lets Woodes Rogers rescue him. He will miss his goats, though. Never ask him about his business!; 10:34 AM
michael said...: Go Preds!

I'm following all of you on strava, and you don't even know it.

1710 - The bakery cooks some bread; 11:00 AM
bubbs said...: Looks like Toys-R-Us is on the way out. That place was primo when I was kid, but I'm not even sure my kids know what it is. Another one bites the dust.

1711 - Due to low sales of cooked bread, bakery reverts to baking bread.; 1:14 PM
michael said...: My kids love the one here in Huntsville. It's still always super busy around Christmas

dang amazon.

1712 - baker cooks hotcakes, which sell really well proving once and for all that cooking bread wasn't a bad idea after all; 1:43 PM
bubbs said...: Everything is busy at Christmas.

1713 - Competitor across the street starts selling baked cakes. Sales far surpass cooked bread from bread cookers across the street.; 2:01 PM
michael said...: Water parks aren't busy at Christmas.

1714 - Competitor across the street reads a dictionary and realizes that baking is just a subcategory of cooking and jumps in front of a zamboni out of grief for looking dumb in an argument and hotcakes continue to sell like hotcakes.; 2:06 PM
bubbs said...: They are in the southern hemisphere. That's very northern hemisphere biased of you to think like that, MJT.

1715 - Precise language is abandoned. l;dhjfalskfhgb;oisfbhn,m uoinwklhrg;onbiu kjlhasuginjabvjklhlsifua.nbujkib.,hgokdj; 2:32 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I’ll eat good bread if it’s cooked or baked. Or neither. I love me some biscuit dough.

1716 PUNT BAMA PUNT!!!!; 3:09 PM
E-Bro said...: I didn't see no water parks when I was in Brazil, bubbs.

1717 - Stede Bonnet makes a bad deal.; 3:18 PM
michael said...: To piggyback on ebro's point, I know for a fact that there isn't a single water park in all the southern hemisphere.

1718 - Due to lack of business around christmas, the southern hemisphere's only water park closes. The water is frozen and a zamboni is purchased.; 3:26 PM
bubbs said...: I'm partial to cornbread batter, THT.

1719 - The frozen water park adds Christmas lights and is an instant hit.; 4:10 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'll eat cornbread batter, but biscuit dough is the real deal. The rest of my family thinks I'm weird, but what do they know.

Penguins got a much needed win last night, but they were still very porous on defense. The only reason they won was because they were facing a goalie who is about as bad as they come.

1720 - Shug Jordan's memoirs are published. He rocks the establishment with his claims that the best defense is a great defense, and the best offense is the opponent's punt team.; 9:05 AM
bubbs said...: Sad to say, we don't make biscuits a whole lot in my house. I grew up in a home that did, and yes. I always made sure I got the "extra" dough. It's good stuff.

Incidentally, all these people with gluten problems/aversions must have a terrible life. Give me those sweet, sweet prolamins and glutelins.

1721 - Vampires settle in Pennsylvania.; 12:43 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: our kids are lactose intolerant and 2.0 has a bunch of other frustrating food intolerances. As for me, I have an unlimited tolerance of ice cream. We only make biscuits on the weekend, bubbs. It's an extremely simple and reasonably healthy recipe that I grew up with (I suppose the simplicity is why my mom used the recipe; she didn't enjoy cooking a whole lot)
Turn the oven on to 450 degrees before you start
1 cup self-rising flour in a mixing bowl
put 1/3 cup milk in a measuring cup and then raise it to 1/2 cup full by adding 1/6 cup Mazola corn oil (I think MrsTHT has switched to another brand)
Pour the milk/oil onto the flour in a bowl. I just use a fork to mix/stir it up. Once it's all mixed thoroughly (if it's sticky, add small amounts of flour until it isn't), roll out the dough between sheets of wax paper; about 1/2" to 3/4" thick.
We use a cookie cutter that's maybe 2" diameter. Put on cookie sheet and bake until done lightly browned on top & bottom), slice open and slide a pat of butter in there while they are hot. Or eat the dough as is YUM! The grandpuppies and I are the only ones who eat them. If you have a bigger crowd, use 2 cups self-rising flour, 2/3 cup milk + 1/3 cup corn oil... or make thinner/smaller biscuits ;-)

They are awesome with bacon & eggs. Also awesome with sourwood honey (2.0 is the expert on the proper preparation of a honey biscuit). They are also awesome with McCutheons Apple Butter or with 2.0's homemade strawberry gin preserves.

1722 - The Palatines go back home once the vampires arrive. The term "Pennsylvania Dutch" sticks since it is easier to say than the rhymier "Transylvanian Pennsylvanians"; 1:26 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: McCutcheons... I knew something looked wrong with that.

1723 - Many of the residents of Saratoga, WY, in hopes of distancing themselves from vampires, expand the edge of the known world to Little America where they open up a truck stop.; 1:33 PM
bubbs said...: Welp. Looks like I'm making biscuits this weekend.

Also, that's pretty much the recipe my grandma used. Except she didn't measure anything. And she made it in a big bowl where she kept the flower. It was a work of art.

1724 - PenVamps create a children's show to soften their image. SayzMe Street is a huge hit.; 2:20 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: How were the biscuits? LB hates them, so don't feel obligated to say how great they were.

I'm glad I stuck with hockey or no tv at all this weekend. I expected awful results, but AU and UNC apparently exceeded my expectations. What a miserable end to the basketball season.

1725 - "Excuse me", said the well-mannered Moai after an unintentional burp. The other Moai knock him down for breaking the code of silence.; 9:51 AM
bubbs said...: The biscuits need some work. It was my fault, though. I didn't have self-rising flour so I had to convert all purpose, and I don't know how fresh the baking powder was (who keeps fresh baking powder?). And I made them a little to thin to start with. That said, that tasted mighty fine! A double batch disappeared in a couple hours with no problem.

1726 - France starts selling the Guillotine Knife set on late night DinosaurTV.; 10:37 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: LB doesn’t like them because they aren’t fluffy. MrsTHT is impressed with your ability to improvise. And yes, she always has fresh baking powder on hand. I wouldn’t have a clue if I didn’t have self-rising flour.

1727 - Moai order a Guillotine Knife set as a deterrent to those tempted to break their code of silence.; 4:01 PM
bubbs said...: Don't know enough about baking to help with the fluff, but you can make them "flakier." If you roll it out thin > dust well with flour on both sides (don't want it completely working back into itself) > fold it several times back onto itself > roll it out again to proper thickness > cookie cutter it out. That will produce several (depending on number of folds) distinct "flaky" layers (similar to how those store bought ones come apart). That might give the illusion of fluffier.

Again, not enough of a baker to know the quality of our baking powder. Maybe it was fresh? Maybe not?

1728 - Buy a set of Guillotine Knives now and get a wicker basket the perfect size for a large head of cabbage!; 8:07 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Greetings from the Library of Virginia. Just a quick stop here and then on to Yorktown.

1720 - Sandlapper trash is finally removed from the real Carolina.; 9:05 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Rats. I’ll never master typing on a phone; 9:06 AM
bubbs said...: I'll never master talking on one.

1731 - The black market for Carolinas heats up.; 1:14 PM
michael said...: Back on the subject of biscuits: I am a biscuit lover. My grandma used to make them and my mom used to make them and even I used to make them. However, I have gotten lazy at my old age and just buy the frozen pillsbury stuff nowadays. Can't get any easier than that, and they are still pretty darn good. And really, biscuits mainly serve as a a delivery system for jelly, jam, preserves, apple butter, gravy, sorghum, honey, etc (but be careful to not get too much etc).

Also bubbs, you used like three lines to say "knead the dough several times."

1732 - Rats master typing on phones; 4:40 PM
Cincytiger said...: THT, remind me to make you some of my Grannie Tense's biscuits this fall. They are delicious. I think the recipe is pretty close to yours. Haven't made them in quite a while. I will make them provided we have a kitchen again. :) No, really the repairs are coming along nicely. Not sure they will have it complete in time for A-Day, but close.

1733 -The Molasses Act is passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. Speaking of molasses, we love our biscuits with butter and sorghum molasses. Remind me to have that for our biscuits.; 10:22 PM
Jimmy said...: I dare you not to cry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhwktRDG_aQ&feature=share; 12:38 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Holy mother of Bruce Pearl. Cincy and Jimmy sightings!

We are once again the recipients of an absolutely gorgeous snowfall yet, once again, despite the amount of snow that is falling, only a teasing little accumulation.

I think someone slips acid into my ice cream at night. In my dream, it was March 24, and we were living in some 200+ year old Southwestern type adobe dwelling. I was on the terrace watching UA-B win their bowl game, played in the snow in Birhmingham (why they were playing a bowl game on March 24 is beyond me, but then, my dreams never make any sense). It was bitterly cold and snow flurries at the bowl game in Birmingham, and I wondered if that cold weather would come our way. I then changed to the channel showing the UF and ua-t game. It was tied late when the ua-t punter kicked it sky high from his 20 yd line. The ball was blown backwards and downed at the ua-t 5 yd line. UF scored and won the game. Then the small snowflakes started falling on the terrace at our 200+ yr old adobe house. The initial flakes were small, each enveloped in its own little cloud. They eventually morphed into salad plate-sized snowflakes that had the most remarkable shimmer and internal designs. I woke up when I called for Judy to come see these snow flakes. About a half hour later, the real snow started and it's still coming down.

1735 - Entrepreneurs in Buffalo start a snow shipping business. Their first customer is my great x 7 grandfather. Sadly, the business fails because they hadn't forgotten to first invent refrigeration.; 7:38 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: hadn't forgotten? Must have been some other reason the business failed.

1736 - first shipment of refrigerated snow finally arrives in the middle of July. The use of rats to haul the snow 600 miles south was probably not a good idea for the business since they only traveled 200 yards/day. However, it did have the unforeseen benefit of eliminating Buffalo's plague epidemic. Buffalo Snowshippers, Inc. wins a Nobel Prize in medicine for curing Buffalo of the plague, prompting them to change their company name to Merck.; 10:13 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: It won't make it out of the 30s today and I'm stuck inside. At least there will be more daylight when I get home so I can get outside and enjoy the chill before it's gone tomorrow. I can't wait til Fall.

1737 - An inexplicably huge boundary survey error puts approximately 660 square miles of worthless pine barrens in North Carolina instead of South Carolina. The error went undetected for more than 30 years, at which time South Carolina received compensation in the form of mountainous terrain with beautiful waterfalls and expansive vistas that should have been in North Carolina. NOT FAIR!; 12:41 PM
michael said...: All I want is for it to be dry this weekend so I can kill some lawn weeds and get my garden going.

1738 - Biscuits are invented; 1:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: If it's dry here, please come kill our lawn weeds. I apologize for the redundancy.

1739 - In the first Annual Biscuit Topping Invention Competition, the inventors of Sourwood honey take first prize. The competitors who put a slice of apple and a butter pat on a biscuit failed to place, but they would have their revenge in 1740.; 1:31 PM
bubbs said...: Can't remember the last dry weekend. It's been rather annoying.

1739 - America invents cookies. British rename them "biscuits" so it looks like they invented them last year.; 1:32 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm looking forward to AU baseball and AU softball winnning their college World Series this year to take the sting out of March Badness.

1740 - Post office ups their rate to full biscuit per mailed envelope. Government responds with a mandatory weight loss program for postal workers.; 2:13 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bubbs tricked me!

1740something - That 20s Show is canceled after the pilot episode generates zero viewers.; 2:26 PM
bubbs said...: I want a biscuit.

1743 - The color manila is invented by Velma Smead.; 2:36 PM
bubbs said...: @Jimmy

Big fan of Mr. Rogers. Have high hopes for that movie.

1744 - US imposes a tariff on British biscuits.; 2:48 PM
michael said...: I remember loving Mr Rogers and then hating Mr Rogers (guess I was a sucker for explosions and fighting starting around age 4). But now I'm back to loving him.

1745 - Mr Rogers is born; 3:08 PM
bubbs said...: I think it might be common to have some middle years where Mr. Rogers is "boring" or "uncool." I don't think mine stared quite so young as yours, though.

1746 - Mr. Roger's mother knits him a new sweater.; 4:27 PM
bubbs said...: What a sad way to go into the weekend. No one showing up? Did you guys even go to the campfire? Sad!

I think I'll try making biscuits again this weekend.

1747 - Battle of Midway scheduled but no one shows up.; 4:39 PM
THT said...: yo, I was busy, ok? We had heavy snow tonight absolutely beautiful. Piled up an inch quickly then rain washed it away :(

Mr. Rogers was after my time. I was more into Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood. The first church we visited when we moved to Pittsburgh there was Mr. Rogers on the other end of the pew. We ended up traveling a couple miles further to a downtown church that we really liked.

I'm looking forward to bacon, eggs, biscuits, and cheese grits in about 8 hours. Yum!

1748 - John Harrison takes a brief respite from perfecting marine chronometers and, during a week long vacation, invents this awesome gadget; 11:08 PM
Jimmy said...: What a magnificent game between the Pens and Flyers, lost my mind for a moment when they appeared to flip to golf in OT.; 2:04 PM
michael said...: Go Preds!

1750 - quarter pounder with cheese is invented; 2:56 PM
bubbs said...: Hey, Monday!

What's up with this place? No one is producing!

1751 - France invents the 113.3981 grammer with cheese.; 4:10 PM
THT said...: I was swamped at the Buy More, primarily due to technical issues. Stuck in a meeting right now. Bacon, eggs, biscuits, and cheese grits were awesome yesterday morning. bubbs, did you make a batch of biscuits?

Yo, Jimmy, are the Kings going to snag a playoff spot? Penguins are just awful on the blue line and mediocre in net. It will be sad not to see them make a long run in the playoffs.

1752 - McDonalds invents styrofoam.; 5:56 PM
THT said...: Avs at VGK on the tele. We can watch a few minutes of it while waiting for Jimmy's Kings to host Calgary. I've got to get in playoff shape, so I think I'll watch.

1753 - T.Jeff, all but abandoned by a father who was too busy making a map, writes a poem entitled Cat's in the Cradle. He put it to music but it failed to chart. The world just wasn't ready for fortepiano rap.; 9:13 PM
E-Bro said...: Watched Alien: Covenant last night. It watched good.

Never really got into the original Alien films because I'm generally a big old wuss when it comes to horror, but have enjoyed Prometheus and Covenant.

1754 - French and Indian War begins. Washington unnecessarily surrenders Fort Necessity.; 10:21 AM
michael said...: Still haven't seen Prometheus or Alien: Covenant. I am a Lindelof and Ridley Scott fan, so I'm sure I'll like 'em. I loved the first two Alien films. Probably haven't seen either in about 20 years or so, though.

1755 - xenomorphs form an ice hockey team when they hear about the nashville predators; 12:13 PM
bubbs said...: Eh. Can't say the franchise is on my radar. Did see the early ones (about like MJT. 20 years ago or so).

I did make biscuits last weekend. Two batches, in fact. They seem to go pretty fast.

Hard to believe it's almost Easter!

1756 - Remnants of chocolate eggs are found in Israel in front of an ancient, empty tomb.; 1:13 PM
E-Bro said...: Definitely a Lindelof touch to Prometheus, which may account for my interest in this prequel series to begin with. Definitely dives into mythology more, but maybe the originals did that in some way too, or were they more just sci-fi horror?

Covenant isn't as good to me as it gets back to that sci-fi horror motif a bit more than Prometheus, but still highly entertaining with a really good cast. Michael Fassbender's work in both films is superb.

1757 - Chingachgook lays down the law to Magua.; 3:25 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: speaking of chocolate eggs, I'm generally not a fan of peanut M&Ms. I love peanuts by themselves, and I'm a fan of chocolate, but usually not together. However comma I can attest to the absolute yummines of these

1758 - Gibson publishes his itty bitty atlas. He was castigated for marketing it to midgets.; 3:49 PM
michael said...: Everyone vote for your favorite of the first two Alien movies: the original or the James Cameron version. You have to explain why.

1759 - Gibson, now a eunuch after being castigated, devotes the rest of his life to building guitars. It is all for not, as his company would fall apart a few hundred years later.; 4:17 PM
THT said...: all for not?

I haven't seen any Alien movie.

Speaking of aliens, I don't know if any sequel involving aliens could possibly be worse than Predator 2. The original Predator was superb. The Governor of Minnesota, "I ain't got time to bleed." The Governor of California, "If it bleeds, we can kill it."

1760 - Daniel Dunbibin bites the dust and dies. Another stupid and deadly fad starts just 'cause someone dared him to bite the dust. Yet even to this day, Eurasia doesn't require warnings on its dust.; 7:40 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Penguins are awful. They should have their playoff privileges revoked this year. They might as well be a #16 seed in the NCAA tournament... assuming they could get through the #16 vs #16 in Dayton, which would be doubtful. GO PREDS! Go ANYBODY! but the Bruins, Caps, Flyers, and Blue Jackets.

1761 - As the war drags on, the French & Indians manage to elude the British in the Battle of Midway, using an as yet uncharted Northwest Passage.; 6:52 AM
bubbs said...: GO PREDS!

I vote for the book of Alien.

Never read it, but I'm voting that way on principle. The book is always better.

1762 - People die.; 9:44 AM
E-Bro said...: I thought the movie "The Perks of being a Wallflower" was much better than the film, but then again, I think the film was directed by the author a few years after he wrote it, so maybe the film just allowed him to perfect his narrative.

1763 - More people die.; 10:03 AM
michael said...: GO PREDS!

Yes THT, Predator is superior to almost every other movie made, so it's not fair to compare to it. But those first two Alien movies are real good.

My vote goes to the first one. So creepy and well paced. Second one is a pure action movie. it's a fun ride, but the first is better (even if it has a couple of real hokie special effects)

1763 - Martha Dunbibin makes a commercial begging people to stop biting the dust. Just look at what it did to her family!!!; 10:07 AM
michael said...: 1764 - A movie was based on a book

1765 - A book was based on a movie; 10:08 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Who the heck was Martha? (Asking on behalf of Hannah Dunbibin, who wants to know. (I think she wants to try and dump some of Daniel's debts on her.))

1766 - John Wayne wins an Oscar for the movie and a pulitzer for the book. Al Gore's great x5 grandfather invents the tin cans/string communication device.; 10:30 AM
bubbs said...: Read the Wallflower book, but have yet to see the movie. Read the book a long time ago, so I looked to see how far apart they were. Almost 20 years. Also, he wrote both the book and the screen play. Which amounts to cheating. Therefore, your example of when a movie was better than the book is NULL and VOID.

Martha was an agrarian. I use her flour and cornmeal. It flours and cornmeals good.

1767 - John Wayne plays in a movie about writing a book on winning an Oscar.; 12:21 PM
E-Bro said...: Well, I did throw that qualifier in there about POBAW. It's been a few years since I read the book, but I remember my biggest issue with the book being the literary style.

Mainly, that the main character that he wrote through as first person in the book was much more nuanced and interesting in the film.

I know the main character was just a high school kid in the film, but came across as extremely juvenile in the book compared with the film.

The film is really good, by the way.

1768 - Cook departs on his first voyage of (Western) discovery.; 1:15 PM
bubbs said...: I do remember the main character as being "juvenile." I'm sure I'll eventually get around to seeing the movie. Good to know it's one to look forward to.

1769 - Cook develops a reputation for dispatching of anyone that's a pest.; 1:26 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: the real James Cook is actually in South Carolina, surveying and making maps in 1768.

It's nice not to be buried at work nonstop the entire day.

A family in our neighborhood with no connection to AU or the stat of AL has a daughter who is very interested in and applying for admission to Auburn. She is obviously incredibly smart.

1770 - would you believe another famous map was published? I won't bore you with the details. It has no effect on the Battle of Midway.; 1:47 PM
michael said...: The radio play of POBAW is better than the book and movie combined.

1771 - No maps are made of anything. Martha Dunbibin weeps.; 2:50 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm not going to stay up and watch a John Wayne movie til 2 a.m. following hockey tonight. When hockey is over I'm calling it quits tonight.

1772 - B&R expands to 3 flavors.; 3:10 PM
bubbs said...: Off for the next 5 days.

See you guys on the flip side.

1773 - PBJ sammiches are invented by Elvis.; 5:00 PM
michael said...: What's weird is Elvis is famous for FPBB, not PBJ. Funny that he invented them but didn't eat them.

1774 - Declaration of Independence; 5:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Double shift day at the Buy More :( No special sales going on, so y'all stay home, unless you want some dyed chicks.

1775 - Mecklenburg Declaration is signed, thereby pre-empting the DoI which lays idly in a drawer for another year before anyone actually signs it.; 11:55 AM
E-Bro said...: 1776 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3epTeZcpFkU; 1:03 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Yo! Jimmy! We've got Kings hockey on right now. Jeff Carter with the hat trick! You watching?

Crosby was butt-ended with a stick to the chest during a faceoff tonight. What is supposed to be an automatic 5 minute major and automatic match penalty went completely unnoticed by every striped shirt on the ice.

"Any player attempting to butt-end an opponent receives a minor penalty; any player who succeeds in butt-ending an opponent will receive a major penalty, an automatic game misconduct and an automatic fine of one-hundred dollars according to NHL rules. (That's the minimum, apparently the maximum fine is a strange number. It's probably tied to the offending player's salary.)

1777 - in a prelude to Act 4 of the Battle of Midway, the Americans find themselves low on ammunition at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek. Nevertheless, they inflict heavy casualties upon the British by using the butt ends of their muskets. Those caught doing so were forced to sit out the next battle.; 12:00 AM
THT said...: I hope we can find a few wide receivers before the trade deadline.

1778 - Elvis invents pre-sliced sandwich bread. Now we're talking!; 9:11 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: nothing better than spending the Monday after Easter in prison. I'm looking forward to an early parole based on my exemplary behavior.

Driving back from Winston-Salem on Saturday, we saw a digital billboard with an image of two Roman sentries in front of a sealed tomb. The text was something to the effect of "The tomb is sealed. The entrance is guarded."

Driving back from Winston-Salem on Sunday, the same billboard proclaimed,
HE IS RISEN!

He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!

1779 - The Battle of Midway spills over into the Savannah River.; 7:50 AM
michael said...: whatup?

1780 - declaration of independence; 2:36 PM
E-Bro said...: No mucho, apparently.

1781 - Suck it, Cornwallis!; 4:08 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Today is John Harrison's 325th birthday. Sure, he invented some super accurate chronometers but, more importantly, he was father and grandfather of several excellent map engravers.

1782 - Nathanael Greene sits on his porch swing reminiscing about how he was the catalyst for Cornwallis's ultimate defeat in the Battle of Midway.; 6:25 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: michael, I think your JHS end zone secret is safe with us, but you may want to go shovel some more dirt on top here.

1783 - I attended my first AU football game. When I asked what the fresh mound of dirt was in the end zone, I was told they thought someone had tried to build a pitcher's mound in the middle of the night.; 8:49 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I've been waiting for y'all to show up. I'm curious if we'll still be posting here by the time football season rolls around. Or 2019. Does this thing have an end point?

1784 - first maps of "United States" made in the United States are published but go unnoticed due to headline-grabbing Battle of Midway.; 12:01 PM
michael said...: I've been busy THT! !!!

Go PREDS though!

Is everyone going to A Day?

1785 - Bears record the Super Bowl Shuffle; 12:19 PM
bubbs said...: Doesn't everything have an endpoint?

I wouldn't wait on some of these other characters. We might not ever get anything done.

1785 - second maps of the "United States" are made.; 12:19 PM
michael said...: circles don't have endpoints

1786 - nothing happened

1787 - Frederick Sullivan domesticates pigs; 12:59 PM
bubbs said...: You can't prove that. They just haven't found a circle with an endpoint yet. I believe one is out there.

1788 - Pigs are adopted onto the Of Mice and Men menu.; 1:12 PM
michael said...: Oh my goodness bubbs what have you done. I even mentioned Sullivan in my post. What. have. you. done?

1789 - the world burns; 1:36 PM
E-Bro said...: A blind man could've seen it.

1790 - Still burning.; 3:10 PM
bubbs said...: THT will be crushed. Oh well. He's probably crushed on a daily basis. He's a Pens fan, after all.

1791 - The world continues to burn.; 5:02 PM
THT said...: Daily crushing in progress. Ouch, bubbs, that one really hurt. You'll need to post at least five times per day to get us to our next opportunity before we reach the endpoint of this circle.

Got home about 1am got up a few hrs later to go to W-S. Now I'm back home and there is a dachshund (a.k.a. elongated sleeping pill) in my lap. Good night.

1792 - world is not all burnt up, nothing left but a little charred orb, but the Battle of Midway rages on undeterred.; 1:22 PM
michael said...: My son has strep throat, and I stayed home from work all Monday to be with him. Then my youngest came down with some kind of virus yesterday. Climbed in bed with us last night, was sleeping on top of my wife and decided to throw up on her and our bed at about 3:30 am. Sheet changes and laundry starting and showers and setting up air mattresses and by the end of things I slept in and got into work about 2 hours late.

1793 - Jedidiah "Stinkbottom" Bubbs, the professional juggler who started the fire, attempts to convince everyone that the fire really had no begging nor an endpoint. He said it's been burning since the world's been turning. In his trial, the prosecution proves the world is flat and does not turn. He is burned at the stake. The burning had a definite beginning and endpoint, further proving the earth is flat.; 1:37 PM
E-Bro said...: Props for even going back to bed after all that effort, MJT. Thinking it would have been time for me to get up and go to work when all was said and done.

1794 - News of bubbs' trial makes it way across the ocean to London, where the newspaper reports that the prosecution's closing arguments concluded thusly, "JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say?"; 3:10 PM
bubbs said...: I'm with E-Bro on this one. No way I'm crawling back into bed after all that. I'd help clean things up, then head out on a run.

That said, seems like an awful lot of trouble to get out of 2 hours of work. Next time just schedule a dental appointment or something.

1795 - It's discovered that the underside of the earth was unscathed by the burning. However, no one moves to the underside because no one wanted to try to live upside down.; 3:29 PM
michael said...: U guys are dumb.

Also, GO PREDS!!!!

1796 - Summer Olympics in Atlanta; 10:35 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: We went to the baseball and ping pong at those '96 games. It was 100 degrees for the baseball and BORING. The ping pong was awesome.

Stinkbottom burned at the stake for starting a fire. I certainly hope sentence was carried out on July 9.

1797 - inferred images from a NASA probe show a small colony of previously unknown handwalkers living on the underside of the earthy disc. They have adapted by developing more than adequate arm length and traction-y finger pads.; 1:21 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Preds will need to buck the trend. Only 8 of previous 31 President's Trophy winners have gone on to win Lord Stanley's Cup.

1798 - President Washington donates an old cup to the NHL, prompting giggles and snarky remarks about how small it is.; 1:29 PM
bubbs said...: Sounds like they have a 26% chance of winning! Slightly better than the Pens I would think.

GO PREDS!

1799 - Washington gets in a brawl on the ice over the "small trophy" comments. 6 weeks later Ben creates a wooden set of teeth for George. TJ notes "I think the walnut finish really brings the blue out in your eyes."; 1:50 PM
michael said...: Wow that's harsh bubbs.

1800 - Napoleon starts construction on a new page; 2:19 PM
michael said...: That got me thinking about "best teams" winning championships. Like, in a given sport, how likely is it that the best team will win the championship? This of course will be influenced on how likely the best team wins a given game in a given sport (with football being most favorite friendly, bball in between, and hockey/baseball least fave friendly), and then the championship format.

My rankings:
1. NBA (7 game series, upsets aren't quite as likely)
2. NCAAF (single elimination, small playoff field)
3. MLB (7 game series, but weird things can happen)
4. NFL (single elimination, large playoff field)
5. NHL Hockey (Go Preds!)
6. NCAA Bball (exciting but terribly underdog-friendly format)

Maybe ebro can tell us about how MLS works.

1801 - New page is completed; 2:21 PM
E-Bro said...: MLS would probably rank #7 on your list.

It's gotten a bit more rewarding to the best teams lately, but we're talking about a league that used to have only 10 teams and 8 of them would make the playoffs. Their playoffs are still ridiculous with 12 of 22 teams making the playoffs, but it's at least gotten slightly less ridiculous.

Granted, there's a lot of parity in a still young league to the point that an expansion team can enter the league as a legit threat to win it all, but for such a long season (34 games), the teams who do the best in the regular season get little to no reward come playoff time, making most of the regular season feel rather pointless.

I'm not so dogmatic as to say do it like most of the rest of the soccer world (all the European leagues would probably rank #1 on your list) by not having any playoffs at all, but maybe split it up into four divisions and only division winners can compete for the championship. Literally anything else than what they do now.

1802 - bubbs, MJT, and THT die from boredom reading E-Bro's treatise on MLS; 3:14 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I was about to make the same comment E-Bro made, and then I read the final line of his post. I think the only reason I'm still alive is that I skipped the third paragraph entirely. I should probably move some place where soccer is outlawed.

1803 - Hellooooooooooooo Louisiana!; 3:42 PM