The Roundup: Is Anyone Around This Week?
Baseball, College Basketball, NBA, Soccer, Video June 30th. 2008, 8:01am
There has to be one Party of 5 fan on board, right? Surely you enjoyed Lacey Chabert’s work in Mean Girls … can we get a show of hands as to who is working this week? Is everyone off Thursday? Just trying to get a gauge on how to frame this week … peanuts from a no-hitter, anyone? … penis barges into graduation … brace yourselves for another Hollywood strike, perhaps beginning today … need more rebates … any gun owners in the house? … boy takes shortcut at 6 Flags, ends up getting decapitated by the Batman ride … Reggie Bush in some strange gear in Vegas with his girl and her crew …
Seems like every athlete you could think of descended upon Vegas this past weekend, including Wayne Rooney for his “honeymoon.” (Review-Journal)
The documentary “Gunnin’ for that No. 1 Spot” is apparently very, very good. (Blazers Edge)
FOX seems intent on making the MLB All-Star game an over-the-top affair. (USA Today)
For whatever reason, we read this and thought about Patty Smyth’s “Goodbye to you.” (Sports on My Mind)
Sad story of former Chiefs RB Joe Delaney who drowned 25 years ago attempted to save three kids. (KC Star)
Would you pay $2.1 million for lunch with Warren Buffett? (Reuters)
When an NFL player becomes a nanny. Hey, there’s a sitcom there! (Dallas Morning News)
UConn’s Stanley Robinson won’t play for the first semester, and former Iowa State stud Wesley Johnson has chosen Syracuse. (Northwestern Wins)
Ryan Braun, easy guy to root for. (NBC Sports)
Saying yes to the Spain soccer team, and no to an adult film festival. (Lion in Oil)
One more time, in case you missed it when we linked it a couple weeks ago: a terrific baseball read. (Vanity Fair)
Best goals of the knockout stages of Euro 2008. (Run of Play)
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June 30th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Gee, I wonder where the NYT comes down on gun laws?
June 30th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Working every day this week except for Friday.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:09 am
i’m here all week except the 4th. This is one of our biggest weeks of the year…
June 30th, 2008 at 8:11 am
same tbl all week but fri
June 30th, 2008 at 8:20 am
I’m as here this week as I ever am.
/Checks 8 more blogs.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:20 am
so people will be at their desk Thursday? Shit, i thought everyone would be off …
June 30th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Taking off Thursday. Need an extra day at the lake.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:23 am
My little Claudia is 25 and all grown up. Neve peaked kind of early, but I applaud the perv/casting director for Party of Five for his eye for talent.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Unfortunately some employers are not very gracious with the time off…only Friday.
/just working for $5 gas
June 30th, 2008 at 8:25 am
That’s the idea, Ark! I’m surprised more people aren’t making it a four day weekend.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:26 am
perhaps you guys are working a half day thurs? i could probably swing a half day’s worth of posts …
June 30th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Listen to TBL beg for you guys to let him go to the beach.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:28 am
I still can’t believe how close the Supreme Court decision was on the DC Gun Ban. The 2nd amendment is one of our most basic freedoms.
Handgun bans don’t cut crime
How Gun Control Lost
June 30th, 2008 at 8:28 am
TBL is trying to bail, it’s ok, You could just do two posts. One hating one Kobe and giving love to Lebron, then do another hating on Lebron and giving love to Kobe. Those should keep us busy all day.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:30 am
he’s dyin’ to show of those guns CRM, leave him alone
June 30th, 2008 at 8:31 am
I have Thurs and Fri off.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:31 am
I finally took Mike & Mike off mute to hear what Kobe’s response to the Shaq rap is. And Kobe completely just dodged the question. Strange
June 30th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Famous last words
June 30th, 2008 at 8:33 am
gun owner and here monday thru thursday. you don’t have to post on thursday though; that way I can actually get some work in before the long weekend.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Can you imagine being in line for the Batman ride and seeing that kid get decapitated? How kids were traumatized by that?
June 30th, 2008 at 8:34 am
*How many kids were traumatized by that?
June 30th, 2008 at 8:35 am
crazy shit at Six Flags
June 30th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Can you imagine being in line for the Batman ride and seeing that kid get decapitated? How many people were amazed at how far special effect technology has come?
/fixed
June 30th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Tyson Gay (U of Ark) ran the fastest qualifying time in the 100 meters over the weekend. Would have been a new world record if it wasn’t wind aided.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:38 am
I’d pay $2.1M to have dinner with Buffet, since that would mean I have $2.1M.
I think we’re forgetting Ms. Chabert’s best work in “Not Another Teen Movie.”
June 30th, 2008 at 8:44 am
I’d pay $2.1 million to have dinner with Coconut Pete.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:45 am
the maxim spread wasn’t bad either, Nick
June 30th, 2008 at 8:46 am
You think Eddie Money has to put up with this shit?!?
June 30th, 2008 at 8:46 am
/’Cuz then you’re just left with pony-cock!
June 30th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Los Angeles Clippers guard Corey Maggette told friends over the weekend that he was encouraging the Orlando Magic to make a competitive offer in free agency, allowing him to return to the team where he started his NBA career nine years ago.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Lacey Chabert - sounds like a stripper name her parents made on facebook. On to more pressing matters is this lady neckid anywhere?
June 30th, 2008 at 8:51 am
TBL - go to the beach Thursday. Have yourself a nice Red Lobster dinner and relax. I’m sure we’ll all find alternative ways to screw off at work for one day.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Have yourself a nice
Red Lobster dinner80 gram protein shake and relax.June 30th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I’ll throw up a couple half-assed posts
June 30th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Is anyone really going to watch the all-star game? It will be NY/BOS versus the NL..
June 30th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I went to the Newseum in DC on friday and they have they hundreds of daily papers from around the US and on every front page was pictures and stories about guns. I was proud to be an american.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Also, I am only off on friday but I always only work mon-thurs. Will be off monday though..
June 30th, 2008 at 8:56 am
@guinessgirl- is this what it looks like and the bikini wash? mildly NSFW
June 30th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Taking half-day on Thursday. I’m the office hero this week for setting up tee times for everyone starting at noon.
The bad news is I start a 2.5 day training seminar in about 3 hours.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:59 am
i’m here this week though i might have to travel out of town for work tomorrow or wednesday.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:00 am
I’m here till’ friday myself. Just sitting here. Spacing out. Watching the elementary kids play kickball across the road.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:00 am
@Coop - How was it, worth the price to get into it?
/Wishing all museums were free like the smithsonian
June 30th, 2008 at 9:00 am
I will work everyday except Friday; actually, I’m anticipating lots of people in my office taking off Thursday, which means I can get some work done and get ahead. Sometimees that’s actually better than taking the day off, that way I can justify slacking on Monday when I return.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:01 am
*at
June 30th, 2008 at 9:04 am
i’ll be out thurs and fri watching wimbledon all day
/like i’m not watching it online while at work
June 30th, 2008 at 9:04 am
ok, that settles it - we will have a few posts Thursday.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:06 am
2 day work week por moi!
June 30th, 2008 at 9:08 am
what’s a sitcom?
/our children’s children
June 30th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Sterlin, yeaaah, I guess. There was some decent stuff and the building was amazing. I’m not a big fan of paying for museums either but at this point I’ve been to all of them.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:12 am
That’s called taking “the hard line.” Hope you young slackers in middle management are watching.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Nice Sparty…
June 30th, 2008 at 9:26 am
I’ll say it again… this blog is so lonely on American holidays. TBL, you really need a Canadian to fill in on your days off.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Motorboating…
June 30th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Here all week, hoping for 1/2 on thrusday.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:35 am
of course the owners are not here…
June 30th, 2008 at 9:36 am
I hope Mrs. 412 is on board with your plans…
June 30th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Half day on Thursday for me.
I went to the Newseum a couple weeks ago and really liked it. You have to pay 20 bucks to get in, and if you plan on spending a few hours there then the money is worth it. It is definitely set up for people with ADD as there are tons of TV screens everywhere.
The only people who should have a handgun are the police and the military.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Dirty Sanchez - Sorry, just doing a little word association. I see Miss Chabert and the word “motorboat” comes to mind!
June 30th, 2008 at 9:46 am
The only people who should have a handgun are the police and the military.
what, no hunters? Read the second amendment
In recent years, police officers have been known to murder spouses, families, suspects and others
June 30th, 2008 at 9:49 am
How am I supposed to stop British soldiers from waltzing into my house and playing my XBOX
June 30th, 2008 at 9:50 am
We live in a relatively crime-free area and have a security system. However, I have a firearm for added insurance in the event one of the scumbags my wife deals with (she’s an attorney) should think to go “Cape Fear” on us. Please tell me you don’t believe I should have this right.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Who the fuck hunts with a handgun irish?
I have no problems with people owning rifles and shotguns if they go through stringent background checks and are deemed safe to own and operate them. It is very hard to hide a shotgun or a rifle in your pants.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:50 am
http://www.maximonline.com/girls_of_maxim/girl_template_magnified.aspx?id=1253&ind=3
enjoy
June 30th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Please don’ttell me you don’t believe I should have this right.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Sounds like a wonderful world you live in pki.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Here is my issue with handguns. If you store them in a safe manner, this means that the handgun is locked up in one place and the bullets are in a different location. So a burglar breaks into your house. By the time you have gone to get your gun, then went and got the bullets, you could have easily beaten the shit out of them with a bat or golf club.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Who the fuck hunts with a handgun irish?
thousands of people
June 30th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Here everyday. Then again, not working right now so I’m always around… unless playing a quick 18…
Lacey gives me nightmares since I remember her when she was 10. She is absolutely smokin’. Who’d a thunk she’d be the hottest member of that show? No apologies necessary for finishing 2nd or 3rd in that race. Wow.
If the actors’ strike affects Lost, I will be PISSED. Don’t make me wait any longer for it!!!
Can the Kardashian girls (read: asses) please crash a plane into a deserted island where no one can find them?
When will Fox learn that baseball is not an “over the top” sport, even at the All Star Game. It is meant to be played naturally, without sound effects or red carpets or other garbage.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:55 am
tell me about it.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:57 am
If somebody has the balls to break into my house, which is equipped with a security system and is home to a very large dog, I’m thinking they’re bringing something a bit more badass than a 3-iron. I, for one, am not bringing a Titleist to a gun fight!
June 30th, 2008 at 9:58 am
And this is the only reason I give a deuce about any of this.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:02 am
As long as the writers of Ellen aren’t involved in the strike, I’ll live.
/CRM
June 30th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Only working Mon and Tue…..
June 30th, 2008 at 10:16 am
As an Ellen writer, as long as I don’t have to strike, I’ll live.
/fixed
June 30th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Normal week until Friday.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:22 am
Nice thought, but not realistic. The only thing a handgun ban does it make sure that criminals have guns and other people don’t. Crime has been shown to decrease without handgun bans since criminals don’t like a level playing field.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:24 am
LMAO!
June 30th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Surprisingly this one doesn’t have a link. Interesting. The guy who does a link drive by every morning doesn’t have a link.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:25 am
depends…Vokey wedges can get you. they have some deep grooves.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:42 am
I think we should just go ahead and put a ban on all automobiles, too. I mean, how many people die in car accidents each year?
June 30th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Yay!!! A straw man!!! My favorite kind of man.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:45 am
412, Kevin McAllister thinks you’re a pussy.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Everyone that’s ever died has done so on planet Earth. Can we ban this planet?
June 30th, 2008 at 10:46 am
planning on taking off from work on thursday and heading down early to the shore. then playing a couple rounds of golf over the weekend
June 30th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Just employing your type of “logic,” Hef. Guns are dangerous — let’s strip everyone of their 2nd amendment rights! Peace, love and happiness, man.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:47 am
I think we should go ahead and ban all solid food, that way people won’t choke and die. I mean, how many people die in car accidents each year?
June 30th, 2008 at 10:47 am
The SCOTUS’s decision was dead on: The 2nd Amendment guarantees the ‘right’ to own guns, but it leaves room for regulation and gun control legislation.
That’s the way it should be.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:48 am
you have to see how fast i can swing my Ping G10 at someone’s head
June 30th, 2008 at 10:48 am
they just banned smoking on the beaches down here. They found 7 lbs of cigarette butts on the beach this past weekend. $95 if you get caught lighting up
June 30th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Regular work week until Friday. After that, who knows? I put in my notice today. YEE HAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 30th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Hef, let’s hear your argument.
Preferably, something other than, “Guns aren’t, like, very nice.”
June 30th, 2008 at 10:50 am
You think I’m anti gun? Really? I’m more of an anti-cliche logic type myself.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:50 am
@J2B: I got some G10’s too. Good sticks.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:51 am
I have never been more in favor of a strike than I am right now. Not a single one of those movies mentioned should have even gotten to this stage… abort! abort!
June 30th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Guns are awesome!
June 30th, 2008 at 10:54 am
PKI - I used to think like this until about two years ago, and now my stance has changed. Not sure what happened, but I’ve also changed my stance on illegal immigration - used to be for it, now against it.
No, this does not make me a Republican … I think I’m a social liberal, but Republican in other matters.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Should I put this in the personal attack file? We’re keeping track, right?
June 30th, 2008 at 10:54 am
<let’s try that againa href=”http://www.neahin.org/programs/schoolsafety/gunsafety/statistics.htm”>
June 30th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Another reason for strict gun control: reducing workplace suicides induced by incessant ‘win a free iPhone’ talking ads.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:55 am
That boy’s family will end up suing Six Flags and blaming them, despite him climbing a fence and going into an area clearly marked as dangerous and that he wasn’t supposed to be there.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:56 am
In your five comments so far, you’ve yet to make your stance clear. Well you’ve commented on other people’s comments, but not the actual issue.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:58 am
driver or irons? driver = pimpest driver made since the original Big Bertha
June 30th, 2008 at 11:00 am
MikeNYC and PurdueMatt - TBL is one of us.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:03 am
You don’t think you’re actually going to have an actual debate with this guy, do you? Not going to happen…
June 30th, 2008 at 11:04 am
driver.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:07 am
And yet you feel the need to attack me before I say anything. Yeah, that one is totally going in my log.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Here is something funny for you guys. I actually work in the NRA headquarters building. I don’t work for the NRA or anything, but my company leases office space in that building.
My Obama bumper sticker has been torn off twice and as a joke, my buddy bought me a bumper sticker that says, “The NRA enables terrorists to buy guns”. I haven’t had the balls to put that on my car, but I just might do it on the last day if I ever quit this job.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Six.
And it will be noted you “attacked” me first.
/I do enjoy arguing with you though, I really do.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:10 am
I don’t know why people are even expending energy discussing immigration or gun laws when our economy sucks, gas prices suck, the unemployment rate sucks and the housing market sucks.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Calling something a straw man is a personal attack? Sounds like an attack on an argument.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Classic right wing diversion technique.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Sportsgal, cheap gas isn’t a core tenet of our country. PKI, that building is pretty cool with its reflective windows, and the gun museum on the 1st floor is fantastic.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Okay Hef, fair enough.
My apologies.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:23 am
@irish - you a smoker? if so you must be pissed. i smoked for 7 years and quit cold turkey right before they passed a ban on smoking in restaurants in TN. life is better without the cough.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Coop, it might not be a core tenet, but it affects a hell of a lot more people than the 2nd Amendment.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:29 am
@kfceater- yes i am. Also a midnight toker. I just walk to the private beaches and light up. they cant give you a ticket on a private beach, only public.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Mike, to be honest, I don’t care enough about guns to get worked up. I will say that I don’t like guns, don’t own a gun and probably never will. I’ll also say that just because something is a law doesn’t make it morally correct just as standing up and shouting your dissenting views at someone isn’t a moral act (not a personal attack). So there. I am a big fan of regulation though on this issue (as are you I imagine) and I don’t want a gun in the hands of just anybody.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Use Hope and Change to defend yourself.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Shouldn’t an alarm go off for one millionth use or something?
June 30th, 2008 at 11:38 am
SG I get that, but economic trends come and go so you can’t really get too worked up over it. Taking away guns is akin to taking away freedom of religion.
Smoked for nearly 10 years and quit last Sept, it sucks but is worth it. Still have a little cough, I didn’t give up all smokeable material.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:41 am
If somebody breaks into my house I will casually pull out the loaded (but not locked) .40 out of my nightstand and just wait for them to come down the hallway. guns are great. I don’t ever plan on using it for protection, but I do deer hunt with it for fun. And it will still kill believe me. Every man/woman should have the right to arm in there own house. It’s my property. If I want to drink, shoot, smoke, kill unwanted people, I should have the right too.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Quit smoking two months ago, take Commit lozenges and haven’t really wanted a cigarette since.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Hef Says:
to be honest, I don’t care enough about guns to get worked up.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Booted the quote code there…