The Roundup: What Did Roger Federer Say That Got Him Muted, the NCAA’s Terrible AJ Green Decision & Video of Woman Taking Watermelon to the Face
Baseball, College Basketball, College Football, Fans, Former Athletes, NBA, NFL, Olympics, Reality Television, Trendspotting, Twitter, Video September 9th. 2010, 8:45am
Ashley Tisdale & Blake Lively … read! “Scientists identify moves that make men irresistible on the dancefloor” … Gawker media does more traffic than all newspapers but one … for fans of NBA Jam … hammering away at media critic Michael Wolff … yes, we’ll slow down when 3D images of kids pop up … Paris Hilton put the drugs where? … lookin’ good, Wozniacki … man found in shark’s belly … don’t shave “Get Money” into your head if you don’t want to be easily identified … Jeter selling NYC “lovenest” …
Saints-Vikings season opener tonight means a short day of school in New Orleans. Gotta avoid traffic jams. And pregame festivities trump classes, obviously. [NOLA]
The “real” Stuff White People Like. Mind-blowing study. [OK Trends]
More on the ridiculous NCAA double standard regarding the AJ Green jersey fiasco. [SI]
Yes, let Reggie Bush keep his Heisman. [Post-Dispatch]
Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice learns the hard way how a poor choice of words on twitter can cost you. [Daily Mail]
Mat Latos a Cy Young contender? After he finds the missing T from his first name, maybe. [Union Trib]
Ten wins are possible for the Raiders? Ha. [Oakland Tribune]
Got QB? Can rise, quickly. [NBC Sports]
Yes, a penalty flag in a college football game cost someone a $20,000 vehicle. [ACC Sports]
The 14 types of people you’ll see at a college football tailgate. [Toilet Paper]
Harold Miner gives his first interview in over a decade, says that he’s lost 25 pounds after ballooning up to 280. [Yahoo]
Antwan Jamison talks about Cleveland’s lack of chemistry last postseason. [Hoop Notes]
Ocho Cinco and Terrell Owens, obviously, are getting their own reality show. [USA Today]
We’re always up for reading about Tark’s 1990-1991 Runnin Rebels. [SI]
Ten crazy moments at “The U.” [Lost Letterman]
Roger Federer’s talking about his kids to Pam Shriver and for some reason, ESPN bleeps out a portion of it. But the crowd in Flushing laughed. Anyone? [via Bruce Arthur]
We didn’t believe this at first, but people who actually watch the show claim the watermelons were a big soggy and not rock-hard, which is why her face wasn’t broken. [via Hot Clicks]
USC fan bites the dust at the Hawaii game. [via Guyism]
- Nevin Shapiro Plans on Taking the University of Miami Football Program “Down to Chinatown”
- Dwight Howard Even Complains After Wins
- Nolan Richardson’s Ferocity Carries Nostalgic “40 Minutes of Hell”
- NCAA Wants to Increase Sanctions Dramatically for Major Violations
- Blake Griffin Took Chris Paul’s Behind-the-Back Pass, Flew Through the Lane and Dunked
- Nada on Nevin Shapiro Plans on Taking the University of Miami Football Program "Down to Chinatown"
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September 9th, 2010 at 8:46 AM
Are you ready for some Football?
September 9th, 2010 at 8:48 AM
for fans of NBA Jam …
Won’t match the original. BTW, Danilo Galinari???
Saints-Vikings season opener tonight means a short day of school in New Orleans. Gotta avoid traffic jams. And pregame festivities trump classes, obviously.
No work. No classes. The city is shutting down around lunchtime and there’s enough Abita Beer in my fridge to get me through the weekend!
September 9th, 2010 at 8:51 AM
This Tisdale girl looks like a slightly attractive Snooki, do not want. Blake is perfection.
Brett Farve!!! Drew Brees!!! ‘Merica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 9th, 2010 at 8:52 AM
The “real” Stuff White People Like.
Phis, the Dropkick Murphys and the Red Sox? Did they do this survey at the set of The Town?
September 9th, 2010 at 8:55 AM
Nicely done. Tom Clancy has a pretty homogeneous audience, apparently.
September 9th, 2010 at 8:57 AM
“He had ‘MOB’ shaved into one side of his hair and ‘GET MONEY’ on the other,” Clement wrote. “He had ‘GET’ tattooed on his right hand and ‘MONEY’ on his left hand. He had flame designs on both forearms. He held the pistol with his right hand.”
gangsta
Ten crazy moments at “The U.” [Lost Letterman]
dont know what to say about that list
September 9th, 2010 at 8:57 AM
i like tom clancy books, you callin’ me gay?
September 9th, 2010 at 9:00 AM
A lot of phallic shaped exploding things in those books.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Same conclusion I came to, and that white chicks think the internet is some kind of fantasy world.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:01 AM
Rainbow Six FTW. The Bear and the Dragon was pretty good as well.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:01 AM
Amazing Race has about 5x the viewers as Gossip Girl, and 12 more Emmys. I don’t think it has as many Teen Choice Awards, however.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:02 AM
Tark’s 1990-1991 Runnin Rebels.
Where’s that 30 for 30?
Antwan Jamison talks about Cleveland’s lack of chemistry last postseason.
What chemistry? The chemistry hinged on LeBron being the Alpha Dog. But since he wasn’t interested, they crashed out.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:02 AM
hunt for red october, patriot games, and clear and present danger are all awesome movies
September 9th, 2010 at 9:03 AM
pssh…i read clancy books for the hot, steamy sex passages.
like in the bear and the dragon where the american CIA guy undercover bangs this chinese diplomat’s sceretary and she keeps calling his dong “japanese sausage.” clancy sure knows how to woo ‘em.
ok…maybe tom clancy is gay and you’ve stumbled onto something.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:04 AM
I have a feeling I’m going to forget about the game tonight.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:05 AM
uh, i don’t want to be lumped in with all you whites
/half english, half salvadoran, so i get to choose
September 9th, 2010 at 9:05 AM
USC fan bites the dust at the Hawaii game.
have to love the YouTube videos w/ the pop ups. reminds me of VH1 when it was good. that cop should be suspended for pushing that poor college student down the seats
September 9th, 2010 at 9:06 AM
Vince Flynn > Tom clancy.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:07 AM
dalton fury and marcus luttrell > tom clancy
September 9th, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Homer
September 9th, 2010 at 9:07 AM
can we stop being outraged at NCAA hypocrisy? let’s just assume the worst, and that things won’t change as long as folks are getting rich and the government looks the other way
September 9th, 2010 at 9:08 AM
America’s Game was sick last night.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:08 AM
I thought people stopped reading Tom Clancy in 2000?
September 9th, 2010 at 9:09 AM
What an awful roundup pic. I thought Tisdale was Snooki and Blake’s head looks enormous. Don’t even get me started on her awful yellow tutu dress.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Tom Clancy
If you went to school in the early 90s, every damn reading list would include one Clancy book, one Grisham book, a Stephen King book (one of the shorter ones), To Kill A Mockingbird and Night (because 100 pages may be the most anyone can read).
September 9th, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Is the yellow one enormous or is the one in the gray robe just really small?
September 9th, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Could not agree more. What exactly does it prove by taking it away from him? He was the best player that year, period.
That division stinks, but 10 wins for the Raiders is getting carried away.
I’m pretty sure in one of the concentric circles of Hell, this is what will be playing on television.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:10 AM
After last night’s discussion there’s going to be at least two posts on this. Staples piece is definitely one of them.
I can already hear Spencer saying “Just fucking pay them”.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Clancy married this huge black TV reporter from Buffalo years ago. She looked like Wendy Williams or a low rent Oprah. Probably gave him the street cred
September 9th, 2010 at 9:12 AM
can we stop being outraged at NCAA hypocrisy?
It’d be easy to do if they weren’t so blatant about it.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:12 AM
Abbey Clancy >>> Tom Clancy
September 9th, 2010 at 9:12 AM
just fucking pay them.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:13 AM
with as many books as are sold, and how much people love their favorite authors, why are they so anonymous? is it the whole artist as hermit thing? seriously, i couldn’t pick out in a crowd clancy or the lawyer guy from oxford or dave sedaris or you name it
September 9th, 2010 at 9:13 AM
Rainbow Six is my favorite Tom Clancy book. The characters in it are bad asses.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:13 AM
Ha-
injuryexpert Tom Brady has longstanding deal with Audi – has both R8 and S8, plus gave linemen Q7′s. If he walked away unscathed, great ad.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:14 AM
Cap Rooney is back!
September 9th, 2010 at 9:14 AM
After seeing a pic of Lively the other day, I’m now fully convinced those are bolt ons. They sit up like a dog begging at the table. Part of me died when I realized this.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:15 AM
Enough people prolly still recognize Clancy here in Minnesota. His wanting to buy the Viking was a debacle.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:15 AM
???
September 9th, 2010 at 9:16 AM
Click on sparty’s name!
September 9th, 2010 at 9:17 AM
agree, sg. the RU pics here are consistently questionable, and with as many images available, that’s unacceptable. hey TBL, how about during the US Open, you have a tennis player each day? these red-carpet things are mostly awful and the same roster. how about concert pics, or screen grabs or any million of the photo shoots out there? how about TV babes, like erin burnett, becky quick (acquired taste), and a whole buncha unknowns who are hot, like babes from commercials?
/glad to help
September 9th, 2010 at 9:17 AM
you could pick out clancy…he’d be the guy wearing the USS Pinafore hat and aviators at night.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:19 AM
Clancy became famous after 9/11 for having a passenger plane used as a terror tool in one of his books. He looked like someone’s grandpa that’s waaaaaay into the Military Channel…which he probably is.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:19 AM
Really? I never had any of those books on any school reading list except TKAM, which was required in 8th grade.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:19 AM
You could pick out David Sedaris too. He’s more gaunt than I am. Tall lanky fellow. His sister is a great writer too.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:20 AM
If my twitter is any indication, CRM is pissed I thread jacked his post on Tuesday’s 30 for 30. I apologize for asking a question about significant other’s farting, Stephen.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:20 AM
Clancy became famous after 9/11 for having a passenger plane used as a terror tool in one of his books. He looked like someone’s grandpa that’s waaaaaay into the Military Channel…which he probably is.
king in his collection the bachman books has a terrorist-plane story i bleev, and that was in the 80s
September 9th, 2010 at 9:22 AM
God, Michael Wolff is a douche.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:22 AM
Yeah I agree. What school did you go to, Fredo? How did you manage to get out of reading portions of Canterbury Tales, Hamlet and Dante’s Inferno?
September 9th, 2010 at 9:23 AM
If my twitter is any indication, CRM is pissed I thread jacked his post on Tuesday’s 30 for 30. I apologize for asking a question about significant other’s farting, Stephen.
yeah, sg, keep it to dog diseases and delhomme dreams
/for the record, i don;t think farting is fun to share with the opposite sex, even after 50 years of marriage. once again….it’s from yer ass, and it smells like shit! how is that nice to share with someone you like to have sex with, and yes, cuddle with
September 9th, 2010 at 9:23 AM
Where did you go to school, NYT Bestsellers High?
September 9th, 2010 at 9:23 AM
king in his collection the bachman books has a terrorist-plane story i bleev, and that was in the 80s
But the guy Fox News trotted out was Clancy.
Really? I never had any of those books on any school reading list except TKAM, which was required in 8th grade.
You didn’t have to read Elie Wiesel’s Night?
September 9th, 2010 at 9:24 AM
lee child > vince flynn > tom clancy
September 9th, 2010 at 9:24 AM
don’t forget Beowulf, sg. that’s great stuff
September 9th, 2010 at 9:24 AM
that book fucked me up.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:25 AM
thats a nice looking dress that horse has on in the roundup pic.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:25 AM
The ending to the Running Man has Ben Richards flying a plane into the network building.
/after he was eviscerated and put his intestines back in
//seriously, it’s a great read
September 9th, 2010 at 9:26 AM
The best stable of writers in the blogosphere.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:26 AM
i think the running man had a plane crash into a building…he also had a school hostage/shooting story that’s been out of print since columbine…he took it out of circulation after that.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:27 AM
Fuck his posts.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:27 AM
Youre a brave man
September 9th, 2010 at 9:27 AM
both of these and throw in the Great Gatsby for me.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:28 AM
Where did you go to school, NYT Bestsellers High?
The teachers filled the reading lists with every big selling author. Don’t ask me why.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:28 AM
st bear and wilhelm, that’s the one. forgot that it was running man. i can clearly recall the sentences about him stepping on his guts and how much it hurt
September 9th, 2010 at 9:29 AM
Never read a single one. I’ve been forced to read enough Hemmingway to make me want to put a shotgun in my mouth.
Oh… wait…
September 9th, 2010 at 9:29 AM
funny watching manager joe madden in the One A Day commercial telling a batter in batting practice, that’s a hit!
September 9th, 2010 at 9:30 AM
I mean, come on. Just go look at that Murderer’s Row over at S&F.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:30 AM
His presence in that commercial is….awkward.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:30 AM
Tale of Two Cities
September 9th, 2010 at 9:30 AM
Horonzy went to Second City Hockey? I didn’t even know he was a fan.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:31 AM
You’re missing out. Canterbury Tales is entertaining, but Dante’s Inferno is just flat out badass.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:31 AM
pic of Tahhmy’s Audi
September 9th, 2010 at 9:32 AM
Damn, Ashley Tisdale looks like Snickas in that pic.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:32 AM
That’s the last time I hire one of your hitmen, JPQ. I expected that thing to be able to fit through a keyhole for what I paid that sonofabitch.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:33 AM
I did get to read the Hobbit in 9th grade, which almost made up for having to read Silas Marner in 11th and Custom of the fucking Country in 12th.
Plus the usuals…Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, Gatsby, Death of a Salesman, Scarlet Letter, Crucible, etc.
Custom of the Country…that was just a brutal fucking book. And of course, all the girls loved it…
September 9th, 2010 at 9:33 AM
brady only suffered whiplash. so, tame compared to a couple sacks on a sunday. rub some dirt on it
/not that dirt
September 9th, 2010 at 9:35 AM
Daisy Miller by Henry James in 9th grade. Book blew goats.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:35 AM
My English Lit curriculum in 6th grade consisted of reading, and practically memorizing the Merchant of Venice. I forget the other works of Shakespeare I had in 7-9th grades. It wasn’t the easiest thing to do, but dammit if my teachers didn’t ride us on the exams.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:37 AM
Arthur Miller was a fantastic writer. Plus he left his wife for Marilyn Monroe. He and my favorite President have that in common.
If you’ve never read his short play The Last Yankee, it’s quite good. Real short, but so good.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:37 AM
Anything by Jane Austin was the worst. I don’t understand how she’s as highly regarded as she is.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:37 AM
That’s the last time I hire one of your hitmen, JPQ. I expected that thing to be able to fit through a keyhole for what I paid that sonofabitch.
you should have seen me the time I almost hit Marino & his wife as they walked through a parking lot down here. Sorry I missed.
/true story
September 9th, 2010 at 9:38 AM
She set the women’s movement back about 100 years.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:38 AM
His hair helmet no doubt protected him from any brain trauma
September 9th, 2010 at 9:39 AM
you should have seen me the time I almost hit Marino & his wife as they walked through a parking lot down here. Sorry I missed.
Just like the Bills, almost….
September 9th, 2010 at 9:40 AM
We getting a Pigsplosion today or do we have to wait until tomorrow?
September 9th, 2010 at 9:41 AM
Here comes the Tawmmy from Quinzee post.
/rubs hands in glee
September 9th, 2010 at 9:41 AM
A perfect example of why fantasy football is a 10 or 12 person raffle, Mike Tomlin apparently deciding yesterday this Redman character is the goal-line back.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:41 AM
Put on something cute and move it on into the kitchen.
/Slater’d
September 9th, 2010 at 9:41 AM
Football! Cue Cinderella Man.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:42 AM
CRM was petitioning for pictures of exploding pigs on Twitter yesterday, so I’m assuming we will.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:42 AM
dan still woulda got the pass out.
/loved his quick release
//no homo
September 9th, 2010 at 9:43 AM
I’m sorry, we were looking for this instead.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:43 AM
brady only suffered whiplash
His hair helmet no doubt protected him from any brain trauma
he looks ridiculous in that video game commercial. whack hair and emaciated. i have no problem saying when other guys are good looking, and the barometer is would i want to look like him? i’ve seen him where i would trade looks. that ad is a big step back
/homo away
September 9th, 2010 at 9:44 AM
Brutal in a different sense, freshman english in college featured this Russel Banks book, which from start to finish was brutally depressing. Revolved around a small Adirondacks town where a bus accident wiped out nearly a generation of their kids.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:44 AM
@SC – I just saw your Charmin Soft comment in the Crosby post. Owning a Hossa jersey means you don’t ever get to call Crosby (or almost anyone else in the NHL) soft.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:44 AM
I have never heard of this.
I hated having to read to Thoreau, Hawthorne, Emerson and all those other dopey poets/authors from the 1800′s.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:44 AM
The worst was fucking Joy Luck Club in 10th grade. I don’t even know how I finished it. I’ve heard the movie is decent but the book was painful, especially for males.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:47 AM
Return of the Native and Ethan Frome also sucked
September 9th, 2010 at 9:48 AM
I’ll tell you, Hard Times is the one book by Dickens that I haven’t liked. Had to read that for AP English Lit in high school. The story’s not that bad but it’s about 150 pages too long.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:49 AM
same author as Custom of the Country.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:50 AM
Crosby is the best player in the NHL, best player in all of hockey for that matter. He’s still soft. So, so, soft.
Hossa might be a mercenary but he’s anything but soft. Guy is one of the top 5 forechecking forwards in all of hockey. Doesn’t shy away from a hit and loves laying them on players… even if they result in a five minute major when you’re down 1 in a playoff game in a series that is tied at 2 in a best of seven. He made up for it.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:50 AM
Does Auburn/Miss State get its own post or what?
September 9th, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Can anybody shoot me a link to where I can listen to Czaban online?
September 9th, 2010 at 9:51 AM
I just read the description of Custom of the Country. Completely understand why girls like it but guys find it boring.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:51 AM
OH! Almost forgot!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY V4L!!!!!!!!!
September 9th, 2010 at 9:53 AM
Ethan Frome also sucked
This.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:54 AM
Yes, it will be posted at 1:57
/Get it? Because it’s THREE to TWO!
//Leave me alone
September 9th, 2010 at 9:55 AM
yes, v$L, what sc said!
September 9th, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Happy birthday you coug, you.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Does anybody have the link to those Mad Men Power Rankings with the Don Draper Fingerbang Meter? TBL had been putting those in the round up but not this week
September 9th, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Favorite novels?
I’m odd I know but mine is Heart of Darkness.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:55 AM
stalker
September 9th, 2010 at 9:56 AM
Well maybe if you came off as the coolest auntie in the world, I’d remember when your birthday was too, CJ.
Jealous.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Reading “Heart of Darkness” was PAINFUL in high school.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Charmin. Soft.
SC – from the Crosby thread.
Fuck you. That is all.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:00 AM
Sure- google.com
September 9th, 2010 at 10:01 AM
iowa sucks.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:01 AM
this brady accident….isn;t this how the tiger stuff started?
September 9th, 2010 at 10:02 AM
No mention of animal farm in this post, you guys are killing me.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:02 AM
Its a sad world when even Oilers fans are Crosby lovers.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Here you go, Sanders
September 9th, 2010 at 10:03 AM
This.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Is Orwell done in many public high schools? I’m betting no.
I guess the best thing I read in HS was The Great Gatsby. Hated the Scarlet Letter, though it was still better than reading Moby Dick as a 10th grader.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:06 AM
So any idea what Federer said?
September 9th, 2010 at 10:07 AM
Is this the same reason Chase Daniels didn’t win the Heisman?
/deliberately misspelled
September 9th, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Not really really. But how much does he wish he had already signed that contract extention yesterday?
September 9th, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Did he call his kids “cunts”?
/didn’t watch the vid
September 9th, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Ah shit, Mike Tanier has 2,000 new words on the McNabb legacy. My morning is shot.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Animal Farm, no. 1984, yes.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:09 AM
I read Animal Farm for class in 9th grade. It was definitely good but I prefer 1984. And on top of that, I prefer Brave New World to 1984 in the futuristic dystopia genre.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:10 AM
So any idea what Federer said?
he praised his nanny
September 9th, 2010 at 10:10 AM
Its a sad world when even Oilers fans are Crosby lovers.
The F you was more re: 2010 Winter Olympics. But, he is the best Canadian born player in the world currently.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:11 AM
Saw that, trying to carve out some time to take it all in. We are the Walkthrough!
September 9th, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Forgot that I read that, same class as The Great Gatsby. That teacher had his shit together.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:12 AM
“I’m the GOAT. Suck it, Sparty.”
September 9th, 2010 at 10:12 AM
But, he is the best Canadian born player in the world currently.
Paul Bissonnette
September 9th, 2010 at 10:13 AM
I prefer Charlotte’s Web myself.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Is Orwell done in many public high schools? I’m betting no.
1984 was taught at my high school’s AP English class. Private.
Only required reading I had that was close to Tom Clancy was this book called “Angel of Death.” Really cool.
Actually, I wish schools would make kids read several shorter books (Of Mice and Men, etc) and then build up to something bigger and more dense by the time they hit high school (To Kill A Mockingbird). I wish they’d go modern, like The Road or No Country.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Any of you hockey people been following this whole Dan Ellis twitter “saga?” I’m cracking up at all the media people scolding people because Ellis refuses to tweet now.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Toews’ 2010 Olympics > Crosby’s 2010 Olympics
I had to. Now the Pittsburgh contingent and fetch can throw rotten vegetables at me.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Yeah, I’m going to need to print and make sure I’ll be uninterrupted. I still don’t have McNabb closure. Stupid Philadelphia.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:14 AM
I prefer Brave New World to 1984 in the futuristic dystopia genre.
Fahrenheit 451, FTW. Ray Bradbury got a number of things right in that book, especially reality TV.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:15 AM
Read Animal Farm in 9th grade (as well as Brave New World). Didn’t get assigned 1984 until college.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:15 AM
SG – He can take his $3M and build a bridge to get over the river he’s crying. We jacked a thread on Tuesday I think and talked about it.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:15 AM
I swear Fetch would agree with this.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:16 AM
Cousin Ron is seething over yesterday’s threadjack.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:16 AM
I never got this book. Do not see what’s so great about it. I think the only book I liked in high school was Catcher In The Rye.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:16 AM
Toews’ 2010 Olympics > Crosby’s 2010 Olympics
Without a doubt.
Toews on the international stage > Crosby.
Crosby overall body of work > Toews.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:17 AM
I feel badly… sort of?
September 9th, 2010 at 10:18 AM
Cousin Ron is seething over yesterday’s threadjack.
i’d complain but i dont send links. who did the threadjacking?
September 9th, 2010 at 10:19 AM
I found his tweet rage to be amusing.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:19 AM
I feel badly… sort of?
well i guess that answers my ?
September 9th, 2010 at 10:19 AM
@heldover To Kill a Mockingbird is not long at all. But I get your point. High school lit classes don’t delve into many good and well-known books written before 1975 and that seems pretty foolish in 2010.
Then again, one might argue that at this point there aren’t that many great works of literature that attract sufficient public attention to be considered worthy of being taught in secondary education. That and they all have sex and drugs.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:19 AM
Interesting, thought TKAM love was pretty universal.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:20 AM
sg wanted to know when she should start tootin’ in front of her boo.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:20 AM
Possible Duckwoth, but did anyone see the vid of Sid the Kid taking BP before the Pirates game? He nailed one in the upper deck.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:20 AM
+1
September 9th, 2010 at 10:20 AM
I’ll send him a case of PBR in dry ice to help him cope. Or a samurai sword.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:21 AM
Have you checked Google Wave or geocities.tripod.com/~cousinsofronmexico? Shits hittin’ the fan, kids.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:21 AM
/Farts
September 9th, 2010 at 10:21 AM
Friedman is really pissed ellis got lambasted for his comments. I’m pissed Friedman thinks it’s his place to lecture the public about mocking celebrities.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:22 AM
You should just feel badly for where it ultimately ended up. It was so red in here it was like 1951 Soviet Union and you were Stalin.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:22 AM
not only is this a Duckworth, it might just be the best one yet. +1.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:23 AM
To Kill a Mockingbird is not long at all. But I get your point. High school lit classes don’t delve into many good and well-known books written before 1975 and that seems pretty foolish in 2010.
You’re right that it isn’t that long, but when I was handed this book in grade school, I thought, “this sucks, look how long this book is!” I think modern kids are even worse.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:25 AM
not only is this a Duckworth, it might just be the best one yet. +1.
Thanks, Miz.
(Hangs head in shame.)
September 9th, 2010 at 10:25 AM
You’re right that it isn’t that long, but when I was handed this book in grade school, I thought, “this sucks, look how long this book is!” I think modern kids are even worse.
i read helter skelter twice when i was 11, once while in el salvador. 600 pages, baby
/vincent bugliosi FTW!!!
September 9th, 2010 at 10:25 AM
bsanders, based on a rec a couple of months ago, finally got around to watching “all the real girls” last night. good flick. and as always, zooey rocked the attainable thing.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:26 AM
how did the duckworth thing start?
/has someone asked this before?
September 9th, 2010 at 10:26 AM
You could pick out David Sedaris too. He’s more gaunt than I am. Tall lanky fellow. His sister is a great writer too..
David Sedaris is about 5’6″. Yet another thing you think you know that you’re incredibly wrong on.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:27 AM
I am!
I can’t believe the day is finally here. The games actually count starting tonight. Bring it on. Love the Vikings chances tonight.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:28 AM
Back in the spring I substituted at my local high school some for a paycheck and one day I had to watch this 10th grade regular-level English class for a period. They were nice kids but to make a long story short, I was stunned by their lack of desire to read Golding’s Lord of the Flies. I read that shit in a few hours one day sitting at home back in 9th grade or so since for some reason I didn’t read it in school like many people. Kids today have the attention spans of a dog running around in a wild bird preserve. And I’m 23 saying this.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:29 AM
Wow, it was its own fucking post….
Brees-damnit I must be slipping in my old age.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:29 AM
When the real Duckworth ended
September 9th, 2010 at 10:29 AM
Yum.
/cracker jack
September 9th, 2010 at 10:30 AM
Thanks for combing through 168 comments to point that out dirt. Jolly good work.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:30 AM
Love the Vikings chances tonight.
Wouldn’t surprise me if the Vikings won. They won’t, but it wouldn’t surprise me…
September 9th, 2010 at 10:32 AM
Love the Vikings chances tonight.
Yeah!! Um, to do what?
I read that shit in a few hours one day sitting at home back in 9th grade or so since for some reason I didn’t read it in school like many people. Kids today have the attention spans of a dog running around in a wild bird preserve
no doubt. well, i’m a lot older than you, but in my day there was TV and books and outside play, and not even cable TV. i wonder with all that is available, if evolution will one day throw down and change folks based on this multimedia environment. yknow, before the great oil wars
September 9th, 2010 at 10:34 AM
Vikings by double digits tonight. New Orleans get to make the statement that the partying is finally over, and the Saints go on another run.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:36 AM
You know they dominated the stat sheet last time, right? They ran 82 plays compared to the Saints’ 58? And even the Football Outsiders stat nerds concede that it’s impossible to predict lost fumbles, too much luck and chance. They didn’t get the bounces last time. But they handled the Superdome crowd (no false starts) and kept Drew Brees in check (17 for 31, 197 yards)
So yeah, I love their chances to WIN
September 9th, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Thanks for combing through 168 comments to point that out dirt. Jolly good work.
when all you can think to say is something woefully inaccurate, or completely wrong, try not talking. You’ll look far less stupid in the end.
I have no idea how you came to the conclusion that a tiny man was somehow a tall thin man, but it seems like something you could easily figure out wasn’t true.
If you want to have your wronggness continually pointed out, you’re going to have to stop being continually wrong. It’s on you, not me.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:39 AM
Vikings by double digits tonight. New Orleans get to make the statement that the partying is finally over, and the Saints go on another run.
I’m really, really hoping Favre gets injured. I wish I weren’t, but I am.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:39 AM
Thanks for combing through 168 comments to point that out dirt. Jolly good work.
when all you can think to say is something woefully inaccurate, or completely wrong, try not talking. You’ll look far less stupid in the end.
I have no idea how you came to the conclusion that a tiny man was somehow a tall thin man, but it seems like something you could easily figure out wasn’t true.
If you want to have your wronggness continually pointed out, you’re going to have to stop being continually wrong. It’s on you, not me.
or you guys could just, you know, ignore each other. like i do
/wait..um..
September 9th, 2010 at 10:41 AM
This doesn’t make any sense. I think you wanted a “don’t” in there somewhere. It’s cool though. I’ll let it slide this time.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:41 AM
and weeze, i don’t care one way or another, but yer missing some key pieces tonight. rice, taylor and gerhart. one nasty hit on favre, an early hit, and yer done. i expect the saints to be ankle-hunting
September 9th, 2010 at 10:45 AM
I fully expect the refs to be calling it tight on the Saints tonight.
September 9th, 2010 at 11:40 AM
Federer said something about not getting sex.
September 9th, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Ah Paris Hilton…how proud your parents must be.
I got Saints -6 tonight. Not gonna be the game that was played there last January