Game Thread: ALCS Game Two

already ate some pizza (pepperoni and eggplant) and will be drinking some Magic Hat IPA. Can’t do much, though, as I’m very unfortunately working.

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:11 PM EDT 0 recs

That’s cool. I’m working on some blog stuff and a cover letter for GLBC. I hate cover letters.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:15 PM EDT up 0 recs

I used to hate cover letters. But then I learned the pain of writing recommendation letters…

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up 0 recs

I bet. I’m struggling with how to make myself sound appealing to a brewery with a background in political science.

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by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:19 PM EDT up 0 recs

play it the other way…use your political science degree as an expression of your intelligence and ability to communicate, but communicate about your passion for Cleveland and beer

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:23 PM EDT up 0 recs

Yeah, that’s probably the best way to go.

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by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:25 PM EDT up 0 recs

shit.

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Oct 11, 2008 8:20 PM EDT 0 recs

This game is gonna suck

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:21 PM EDT 0 recs

i’m turning it off if it turns into Fausto vs. Sox.

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Oct 11, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up 0 recs

Same here. Not that I have anything better to do, I don’t wanna watch that.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:23 PM EDT up 0 recs

agreed…anyone up for an LSU/Florida thread if this turns ugly

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up 0 recs

did it start yet?

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Oct 11, 2008 8:25 PM EDT up 0 recs

7-0 Florida in the 1st. I hate just about everything associated with Florida.

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:27 PM EDT up 0 recs

so you’re rooting for Boston?

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Oct 11, 2008 8:28 PM EDT up 0 recs

“just about everything”

I’m essentially neutral on Tampa (although I kind of like Joe Maddon for some reason), but Boston deserves no more sports accomplishments for quite some time.

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:29 PM EDT up 0 recs

Re: deserving a sports accomplishment; I can’t wait till the Browns rattle off three super Bowls in 5 years, LeBron leads tha Cavs to a threepeat and the Tribe goes on a 6-year run all at once. We’re due.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up 1 recs

I can’t root for either of the two teams that have crushed the dreams of the only college FB team I’m marginally interested in.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:29 PM EDT up 0 recs

hah. I was admittedly rooting for both of those teams. I hate how everybody in ohio thinks they have to be an OSU fan.

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Oct 11, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up 2 recs

Eh, I’ve never seen any reason not to. I figure being a Tribe, Browns and Cavs fan, I’m allowed at least one bandwagon ride, especially if it’s in my own state.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:33 PM EDT up 0 recs

you’re my new favorite LGTer.

You know Selig? Ombudsman.

by rolub on Oct 12, 2008 12:21 AM EDT up 0 recs

haha

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Oct 12, 2008 12:37 AM EDT up 0 recs

College football’s not my thing really, but I’ll probably stick around.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:25 PM EDT up 0 recs

only time i watch college fb is when there’s a supposed NFL stud in the game. I don’t see tebow as that.

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Oct 11, 2008 8:26 PM EDT up 0 recs

I unequivocally hate Josh Beckett.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:31 PM EDT 0 recs

Tampa couldn’t find any of his ex-es to sing the N.Anthem?

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Oct 11, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up 0 recs

not exactly using their home field advantage to its full extent

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up 0 recs

anyone else think the “Drinkability” campaign is dumb? It seems to me to be the equivalent of George Bush actually running his election campaign based on “strategery”

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:35 PM EDT 0 recs

or if Doritos advertised edibility.

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Oct 11, 2008 8:36 PM EDT up 0 recs

I was talking about this the other day. I actually think it’s brilliant. Bud Light is exactly that — drinkable. It’s not good, it’s not bad, it’s totally neutral. I am drinking one right now. It’s drinkable.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:37 PM EDT up 0 recs

but as a beer drinker, i’ve drank lots of different kinds of beers in lots of different kind of settings and found them all to be “drinkable”. it just seems to me like they’re advertising for the high school crowd, saying, “drink me and you’re less likely to awkwardly boot in your friend’s mom’s passenger seat”

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:40 PM EDT up 0 recs

Well, that’s probably exactly it. I just feel like it’s probably the most honest ad campaign out there at this point.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up 0 recs

awkwardly boot in your friend’s mom’s passenger seat

I don’t even know what this means.

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Oct 11, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up 0 recs

i’m assuming boot to mean vomit

Anti-Ben Fran before it was cool.

by Gradyforpresident on Oct 11, 2008 8:42 PM EDT up 0 recs

ahh – vomit makes sense there.

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Oct 11, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up 0 recs

bingo

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up 0 recs

E-LO!!!!!!!!!!

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by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:37 PM EDT 0 recs

YES

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Oct 11, 2008 8:37 PM EDT 0 recs

boo-yah

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:37 PM EDT 0 recs

Haha, suck it, Beckett. I hope you choke.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:38 PM EDT 1 recs

recced

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Oct 11, 2008 8:38 PM EDT up 0 recs

that’s it…got to crack open a beer for that

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:38 PM EDT 0 recs

you know, if the government really wants me to learn turkish in izmir/antalya for three months next summer, you think they’d have different process than 4 300 word – 300 word – essays.

what the hell is 300 words?

Anti-Ben Fran before it was cool.

by Gradyforpresident on Oct 11, 2008 8:43 PM EDT 0 recs

That’s like, 2.5 pages

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by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up 0 recs

using Courier 16-point font

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:44 PM EDT up 0 recs

Haha, yeah, I just thought about that — maybe I was thinking double-spaced?

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by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:44 PM EDT up 0 recs

the attention span of a government worker

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up 0 recs

No, that’d be about the length of the minimum FanPost

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by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:44 PM EDT up 0 recs

jesus thats depressing

Anti-Ben Fran before it was cool.

by Gradyforpresident on Oct 11, 2008 8:44 PM EDT up 0 recs

yep…wait, what did you say?

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up 0 recs

This isn’t one of my essays but I like what I wrote.

There are a number of efforts that could be implemented to better U.S. foreign policy. Central amongst these efforts are greatly enhanced cultural diplomacy programs. The Strategic Language Initiative is an excellent path to not only provide current U.S. governments with better understanding of foreign lands and cultures, but to breed new generations of policy makers and thinkers. The U.S. government should make it possible for nearly any recent-college graduate, with interest and relevant commitment to an interest in foreign affairs, to learn valuable languages abroad. Young Americans are able to better serve their own futures, and the future of their country, by personally living a foreign context. We should strive to seek out dedicated adherents to cultural diplomacy amongst our youth, and do so with an entirely greater magnitude of urgency.

These new disciples of American foreign policy, upon their return, will carry a spillover effect into the public. Expertise, not ideology, must once again dominate our foreign policy discussions. If not, we will continue to chart a disastrous course for both this great country and the world at large.

Anti-Ben Fran before it was cool.

by Gradyforpresident on Oct 11, 2008 8:46 PM EDT up 0 recs

Pretty good. Really like this:

Expertise, not ideology, must once again dominate our foreign policy discussions.

But I’m not so sure about these phrases:

an entirely greater magnitude of urgency

new disciples of American foreign policy

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:50 PM EDT up 0 recs

its me being overdramatic

Anti-Ben Fran before it was cool.

by Gradyforpresident on Oct 11, 2008 8:51 PM EDT up 0 recs

Yeah, I gotcha. I only called ya on it because it sounds like something I would write.

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by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:52 PM EDT up 0 recs

I was thinking…

Young US Americans are able to better serve their own futures, and the future of their country, by personally believing that a foreign context is necessary for people to be identified on a map in the Iraq.

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Oct 11, 2008 8:51 PM EDT up 0 recs

i killed the thread

Anti-Ben Fran before it was cool.

by Gradyforpresident on Oct 11, 2008 8:50 PM EDT up 0 recs

my unsolicited advice: collapse the first two sentences into a single sentence. as it stands now, your opening sentence serves no purpose. secondly, that structure “…not only…, but to…” is one I use all the time. and I don’t think it is a good one. You can write that sentence without those words and it’ll be better.

back to drinking beer.

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:52 PM EDT up 0 recs

Entirely true, at least in my experience. SSS, though

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by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up 0 recs

actually, to be fair, it is probably the attention span of anyone forced to read many many essays saying more or less the same thing

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up 0 recs

Root beer. Spaghetti and meatballs from a can.

by Voltaire on Oct 11, 2008 8:52 PM EDT 0 recs

My hunan chicken was ridiculously spicy

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Oct 11, 2008 8:53 PM EDT up 0 recs

spaghetti and meatballs from a can sounds unappetizing. root beer sounds tasty, though…which brand?

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:53 PM EDT up 0 recs

It is unappetizing. I ran out of ravioli in a can.

Mug rootbeer. Love it. Cooled in the Trojan fridge.

by Voltaire on Oct 11, 2008 8:54 PM EDT up 0 recs

I like Mug, too. i recommend frozen ravioli. super easy to make. I used to live off that stuff. I typically find things out of a can gross.

by APV on Oct 11, 2008 8:55 PM EDT up 0 recs

The kitchen is two floors down and communal. I will eventually grow so sick of canned stuff I’ll start using it, but I’m trying to stay far, far away for as long as I can.

by Voltaire on Oct 11, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up 0 recs