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It's Your All-Star Game Live Blog, Ya'll

Grimey — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:19:38 EDT

Anybody still around? I'm having another happy Tuesday.

Grimey

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Moonshine Mike — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:21:33 EDT

@jane: so it's Jerry Yang on the left i think, of yahoo fame. I love the hammered sweaty dude on the right.

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becky — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:16:29 EDT

@jane:
now with extra all-star douche action!!!

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jane — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:12:42 EDT

I call it "Five Douchebags and One Moustache in a Luxury Suite -- All-Star Edition."

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jane — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:11:18 EDT

Random Flickr just handed me this gem

I think my favorite part has got to be the outfield grass design kind of making a little halo for the completely trashed guy's head.

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flipper baby — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:10:55 EDT

@becky: Heh, probably. But there's that whole "New Jersey" issue- I just can't handle the river crossing.

Time to go, g'nite.

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UkraineNotWeak — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:06:32 EDT

Nibbles is too much trouble. I'm calling it a night.

UkraineNotWeak

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becky — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:02:01 EDT

@UkraineNotWeak:
I know how you feel...
see, cuz it's...
it's just another manic Monday...
I wish it was Sunday...
oh cuz that's my Funday...
my don't-have-to-run day....
oh just another manic Mondayyyyyy

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becky — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:56:01 EDT

@flipper baby:
I think if we were taking NJ, we could totally pull that off....

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UkraineNotWeak — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:54:46 EDT

Here goes:

Talking to myself and feeling old

Sometimes Id like to quit

Nothing ever seems to fit

Hangin around, nothing to do but frown

Rainy days and mondays always get me down...

UkraineNotWeak

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UkraineNotWeak — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:50:03 EDT

@TheStarterWife:

My nipples are hard in anticipation. You can squeeze orange juice on them.

UkraineNotWeak

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Moonshine Mike — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:43:31 EDT

@becky: "excellent!" But Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.

@jwaves: Do you want a breakdown for shots, stabbings, bitings?

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My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:42:27 EDT

OK, people. I'm outta here. Till tomorrow night.

My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH

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flipper baby — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:42:01 EDT

@becky: Nice. I came to that realization a couple days ago- ergo have been watching all-star game instead of a very necessary bit of studying. Plan to write simply, "I am truly wise," in lieu of at least one essay.

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goathair — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:39:49 EDT

@flipper baby: I guess that's what I'll have to do. Buying CDs is so silly.

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jwaves2007 — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:39:12 EDT

What's the over/under on how many people Pac Mans entourage shoots at the ESPY'S?

jwaves2007

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becky — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:37:46 EDT

@flipper baby:
The only true wisdom consists of knowing that YOU, know NOTHING.

@Moonshine Mike:
PUT themmmm in the IRON MAIDEN....

@UkraineNotWeak:
dude, let's go. I walked in armed with Maxi Priest and my non-administered threats of Billy Ray Cyrus.

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Moonshine Mike — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:36:35 EDT

I like how the ESPYs are not even live.

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flipper baby — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:36:19 EDT

@goathair: I'm not necessarily advocating that method- it's pretty invasive. But the DRM on Z is pretty tight (and really stupid).

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goathair — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:32:22 EDT

@flipper baby: Thanks. I was just looking at that. So confusing. And stupid.

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TheStarterWife — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:30:11 EDT

@pr0ff3ss0r_j3rkwh3at: @UkraineNotWeak: You know you love it! Christmas and Hanukkah and Kwanzaa and Flag Day all in one!

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Disgruntled Goat — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:29:36 EDT

@TheStarterWife: Hooray! I voted for LeBron, like, a million times.

Disgruntled Goat

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flipper baby — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:29:18 EDT

@goathair: there's a walkthrough here, but I have not done this myself. Pretty amusing bit of DRM shenanigans.

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jane — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:28:01 EDT

thinks seriously about pushing moving day up by a couple days

How did I manage to get stuck with a husband who doesn't like baseball?

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UkraineNotWeak — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:27:37 EDT

@TheStarterWife:

Don't tell me the results. The build up to the televised event is part of the excitement of the ESPYs.

UkraineNotWeak

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Jerkwheat vs Gawker IT — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:27:27 EDT

@TheStarterWife:
/kills self

Jerkwheat vs Gawker IT

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Moonshine Mike — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:25:44 EDT

@UkraineNotWeak: I carry the "local" for just an occassion.

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TheStarterWife — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:25:20 EDT

@pr0ff3ss0r_j3rkwh3at: What are you talking about, slowest day of the year for sports? THEY TAPE THE ESPYS TOMORROW.

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goathair — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:25:13 EDT

Anyone know how I can get My Morning Jacket Z on my computer without all the skips from DRM?

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UkraineNotWeak — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:24:54 EDT

@Moonshine Mike:

You can spike the punch.

UkraineNotWeak

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jane — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:24:39 EDT

@Roy Hobbs: Sigh. Our moving day is september 14. We'll be driving up from SF, staying one night on the Oregon border.

I would really really have gone to that M's game, to. I was born and raised in Seattle and still haven't been to the new ballpark.

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Moonshine Mike — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:23:31 EDT

@becky: Will you go to the San Dimas prom with us? We will have a most triumphant time.

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UkraineNotWeak — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:23:00 EDT

Is it time for bad lyrics/songs?

UkraineNotWeak

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flipper baby — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:22:39 EDT

@becky: Yes, yes! Like sands through the hourglass! These are the days of our lives!

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My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:22:14 EDT

Somewhere in Houston Brad Lidge was saying " I could've done that."

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becky — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:21:53 EDT

@Moonshine Mike:
DUST.
WIND.
DUDE.

[deadspinpantsparties.wordpress.com]

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UkraineNotWeak — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:21:41 EDT

@flipper baby:

Don't forget Buck's sweaty palms.

UkraineNotWeak

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Roy Hobbs — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:21:29 EDT

@jane: Jane, if you're back in Seattle in September, we have a pants parts scheduled, including the Dear Leader:

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Moonshine Mike — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:20:43 EDT

@becky: "We are all but just dust in the wind..."

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Le Légende de Vincent Tremblay — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:20:39 EDT

@becky: A 10-win improvement at the break, and the Pirates are still 8 games under .500. This time is not going to count for me for a very, very long time, I'm afraid.

Any other cliches you want to beat into the ground, though, and I'm your huckleberry.

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flipper baby — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:20:11 EDT

@becky: Hell, I'm namin' my first kid Bob Genghis.

@UkraineNotWeak: Just something about that playful, nigh-flirty head flick and, oh, that lustrous pink tie... a satisfying wrapup to another grossly successful McCarver-Buck game.

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Kid Canada — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:20:04 EDT

Is it weird that I often forget friends' birthdays but I always remember that Abraham Lincoln was bornh February 12, 1809 from his police interrogation?

Kid Canada

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businessorleisure — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:19:51 EDT

@becky: Yeah, I saw those and decided it was time to deliver one as well. The fire of the internet is now blazing in anger (I can tell by the capital letters).

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Yostal — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:18:52 EDT

@PeteJäyhawk™: I'm going to cut in line for it by going through Belgium.

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UkraineNotWeak — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:18:31 EDT

Don't blame me. I wasn't here most of the night.

UkraineNotWeak

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Le Légende de Vincent Tremblay — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:18:04 EDT

@PeteJäyhawk™: Belgium, not so eager to see that.

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becky — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:17:39 EDT

@Moonshine Mike:
Lyrics, dude. Recite her some LYRICS.

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becky — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:16:33 EDT

@Kid Canada:
I still fantasize about the Ziggy Piggy.

@businessorleisure:
I WAS BEING SERIOUS.
no one backed me up on my "THIS TIME IT COUNTS" jokes all night and then you rode in here on your steed of heroic snark and...oh, nevermind.

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soozycue — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:16:27 EDT

goodnight deadspinners. i have to actually go back to work now.

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Moonshine Mike — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:16:14 EDT

@becky: "Be Very Excellent to each other...."

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UkraineNotWeak — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:16:09 EDT

@flipper baby:

Saw it and I agree.

UkraineNotWeak

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PeteJayhawk — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:16:01 EDT

@Kid Canada: I can't wait for the Maginot Slide.

PeteJayhawk

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businessorleisure — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:14:54 EDT

@becky: Eat alone on Friday.

*cough.

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flipper baby — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:14:41 EDT

Please tell me someone else has yet to change the channel. That little shove... that was a thing of beauty.

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The Devil's Advocate — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:13:56 EDT

@Roy Hobbs: Jane Chastain just threw her remote at her television...

The Devil's Advocate

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Kid Canada — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:13:09 EDT

Someday the French army is going to build a bunch of waterslides and the rest of Europe will be sorry.

Kid Canada

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UkraineNotWeak — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:12:21 EDT

Ichiro's housekeeper is really going to love that car.

UkraineNotWeak

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Peter Cavan — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:12:15 EDT

@jane: The translator used to work for Sammy Sosa.

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Yostal — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:11:57 EDT

A round of applause for the Babes and their Liveblog tonight. When the world was crumbling down, they made the best of what's still around.

100 cocktails to you both ladies...

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goathair — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:11:27 EDT

Adding Menomena, My Morning Jacket, and Modest Mouse to my girlfriend's ipod. My plan to make her like good music is coming along very well.

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The Devil's Advocate — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:11:16 EDT

@PeteJäyhawk™: per the WWL, sports talkradio is all the rage now. They only replayed the spot a billion f-ing times in one week...

The Devil's Advocate

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I Party With 33765-183 — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:11:09 EDT

@wes mantooth: I was waiting for the mandatory "Asians cant drive" joke.

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jane — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:11:01 EDT

I fucking love Ichiro. He better re-sign with the Mariners because I am moving back to my hometown in the fall.

And he clearly understands English. That translator is just freeloading at this point.

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becky — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:10:14 EDT

@flipper baby:
SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES.

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wes mantooth — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:10:00 EDT

Hey Seattle, keep an eye out for a black GMC Hyrid truck driving 45 in the left lane with its blinker on.

wes mantooth

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Kid Canada — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:09:57 EDT

@PeteJäyhawk™:

You're telling me that Woody Paige can read? Get the fuck outta here!

Kid Canada

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Roy Hobbs — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:08:54 EDT

Fuckin' A Zalasko. You couldn't ask him to confirm the rumors that he's signed an extension?

Good journalism, lady.

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Clare — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:08:37 EDT

Oh goody, now I can tick off the "Ichiro says something cryptic" box.

...

Wait. That was remarkably lucid.

Never mind.

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Le Légende de Vincent Tremblay — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:08:24 EDT

Ichiro understands "free agent", I see.

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flipper baby — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:08:23 EDT

"He also loves... San Dimas."

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Jerkwheat vs Gawker IT — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:07:38 EDT

bring on tomorrow - the slowest day of the sports year! wooooo!!!

Jerkwheat vs Gawker IT

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becky — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:07:23 EDT

uh...Ichiro's translator...
...
ummm...
nevermind.

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The Devil's Advocate — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:07:07 EDT

and Jeannie Zalasko, what are you wearing? Take a tip from Erin Andrews, for God's sake!

The Devil's Advocate

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becky — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:06:57 EDT

hybrid, eh?
they give away smug for free these days?

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becky — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:06:29 EDT

@Peter Cavan:
HA. now I KNOW you're lying.

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The Gut of Cecil Fielder — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:06:21 EDT

@Kid Canada: He did it with his incredible Japanese mind tricks.

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Roy Hobbs — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:06:07 EDT

Yay Ichiro. Enjoy your hybrid.

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PeteJayhawk — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:06:03 EDT

@Kid Canada: I don't know how you bastards roll up in the arctic, but down her we have moron hosts and illiterate callers and that's how we like it. Any deviation from this formula would give comfort and aid to the terrorists.

PeteJayhawk

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goathair — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:05:39 EDT

@jane: I saw them at festivals, so that's not always a good way to judge.

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bubbaprog — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:05:37 EDT

What the hell does Ichiro want with some crappy American car? Can he even reach the pedals?

bubbaprog

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Kid Canada — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:05:32 EDT

I think it's very apropos that Ichiro managed to put on his suit so fast...I mean, he was still in the dugout watching the end of that exciting game, right?

Kid Canada

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Disgruntled Goat — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:05:31 EDT

Wow, Ichiro, that is a narrow fucking tie.

Disgruntled Goat

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Reasonable Doubt for a Reasonable Price — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:05:28 EDT

And that means it's time for me to bolt. Good night, gang. Ichiro Suzoki just won the MVP. Nice job, Bud. Asshole.

See you in the morning!

Reasonable Doubt for a Reasonable Price

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Peter Cavan — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:05:26 EDT

@becky: Your jokes are never not funny.

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Le Légende de Vincent Tremblay — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:05:13 EDT

And Ichiro is accepting his Big Detroit Iron in street clothes.

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becky — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:04:53 EDT

@businessorleisure:
man, what would I do without YOU?

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Roy Hobbs — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:04:01 EDT

um...*next* Crap.

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becky — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:03:52 EDT

@Peter Cavan:
I was kind of hoping that one of those times would be funny.
so...how did that go?
well, hm?

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Kid Canada — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:03:52 EDT

@PeteJäyhawk™:

Ahem, don't leave out the illiterate hosts and moron callers.

Kid Canada

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Yostal — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:03:33 EDT

@wes mantooth: It's a brilliant brilliant plan. The man is a mad genius.

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businessorleisure — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:03:21 EDT

@Yostal: 10 in a row, and this time it COUNTED.

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Texy — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:03:04 EDT

@Clare: SOB!

Texy

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PQ Crash — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:03:01 EDT

@Roy Hobbs: Unfortunately, that's exactly what I thought as well.

PQ Crash

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Reasonable Doubt for a Reasonable Price — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:02:51 EDT

@UkraineNotWeak: 5-4, AL

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Moonshine Mike — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:02:49 EDT

@SunDevilDogg: "Managerial Genius" and all that.

There was never any doubt.

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PeteJayhawk — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:02:44 EDT

@SunDevilDogg: I hope you're fucking joking.

OMG a sports figure's going to be talked shit on by moron hosts and illiterate callers! STOP THE FUCKING PRESSES

PeteJayhawk

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The Gut of Cecil Fielder — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:02:40 EDT

@Peter Cavan: But its Deadspin Up ALL Night.

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Roy Hobbs — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:02:37 EDT

@wes mantooth: Coincidence that the Tigers play the Mariners yet? Probably not - Leyland's just not that deep.

Going to be interesting to see how he gets around the no-smoking nazis at Safeco. (You actually have be 25 feet outside of any entrance).

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Clare — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:02:21 EDT

@Texas Gal: Let's hold hands and cry.

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UkraineNotWeak — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:02:21 EDT

What was the final score?

UkraineNotWeak

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Texy — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:02:17 EDT

Beckett got the win.
At least there's that.

My Bacon had the chance to be a hero. And he went 0-fer.

Texy

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Peter Cavan — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:02:08 EDT

@becky: I admire how much you're into this game. That's dedication to the cause.

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Red Sox Monster — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:02:02 EDT

Whew. Now THAT's a game.

Good night all. I need to START a paper for my summer class. Yes, I have problem -- All-Star Game baseball was still enough of a draw for me to put off a term paper.

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jane — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:02:02 EDT

@goathair: Really? They are mostly known as a very good and very tight live band, but when they are off, they are way off.

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Yostal — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:01:47 EDT

Ahh yes, the AL wins again!

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The Devil's Advocate — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:01:35 EDT

Oh, LaRussa's gonna get skewered on sports talkradio tomorrow...

The Devil's Advocate

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Moonshine Mike — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:01:24 EDT

@wes mantooth: Now you know how us pirates fans felt at times.

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The Gut of Cecil Fielder — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:01:20 EDT

Well that was an entirely Fox-icized version of the All-Star game.

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Peter Cavan — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:01:18 EDT

@BoSox Siobhan: You can go to bed now.

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becky — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:01:07 EDT

THIS TIME IT COUNTS.

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Texy — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:48 EDT

Shit.

Texy

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Reasonable Doubt for a Reasonable Price — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:38 EDT

Dear Jim Leyland,

Good job blowing the Papelboner's wad in the 8th.

Reasonable Doubt for a Reasonable Price

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Clare — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:36 EDT

Where is Chutley to go to the mound and tell K-Rod to "throw fucking strikes?"

Who gives a shit: BACON AT THE PLATE!!

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BoSox Siobhan — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:34 EDT

Finally - a game managed to break out here.

BoSox Siobhan

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UkraineNotWeak — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:33 EDT

@Texas Gal:

If he gets a hit, he come the multiple orgasms.

UkraineNotWeak

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My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:23 EDT

@Texas Gal: Oh, boy.

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wes mantooth — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:05 EDT

Jimmy Leyland has managed to fuck up the head of the two most dominant closer in the AL. Good job, Jimmy.

wes mantooth

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Le Légende de Vincent Tremblay — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:59:58 EDT

Somewhere in Los Angeles of Anaheim, Mike Scioscia is shitting his pants.

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TheStarterWife — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:59:57 EDT

@Clare: The cynic in me says fixed, but I will go with exciting.

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Red Sox Monster — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:59:46 EDT

Whose next out of the pen? Okajima?

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Kid Canada — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:59:44 EDT

Pujols...or Aaron Rowand?

This One Counts.

Kid Canada

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The Devil's Advocate — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:59:14 EDT

yesssssssss

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Texy — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:59:12 EDT

BACON.
OH MY GOD.
BACON.

Texy

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Disgruntled Goat — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:59:11 EDT

mellllltdown.

Disgruntled Goat

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soozycue — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:59:11 EDT

oh my god. the horror.

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UkraineNotWeak — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:59:09 EDT

@wes mantooth:

Pull a Rudy Stein.

UkraineNotWeak

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Roy Hobbs — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:58:52 EDT

Wonderful. Now Putz's head is screwed up for the second half of the season.

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goathair — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:58:48 EDT

@jane: The two times I've seen Spoon, I was not impressed. Is this usually the case? Are they just not a good live band?

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Peter Cavan — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:58:45 EDT

Posada's going to punch K-Rod in the face.

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Gabe Ruth — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:58:28 EDT

can they just pinch hit pujols right here in this count?

Gabe Ruth

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Moonshine Mike — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:58:13 EDT

@businessorleisure: pick a deadspin blog. or start one! i don't see enough releases, so i'm totally old skool. i'm driving around with a car full of Wire, Slits, Buzzcocks, and Gang of Four CDs...

I don't see anyone getting Bingo....

(and I thought of a way of randomization of the cards for each person with a bit of php and some clip and cut sort of thing. that way it's more of a kool contest. ah well)

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Clare — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:58:12 EDT

All of a sudden, this game has gotten...dare I say...exciting?!

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I Party With 33765-183 — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:58:06 EDT

Stick out a kneee you bum!

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wes mantooth — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:58:05 EDT

Lean into one, Dorn.

wes mantooth

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Red Sox Monster — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:57:57 EDT

Have to love all these lights-out closers, really.

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Reasonable Doubt for a Reasonable Price — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:57:56 EDT

@bubbaprog: Putz = Stokes

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My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:57:50 EDT

I don't think Jim Leyland likes that call.

GODDAMNIT, LET'S GO!!

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UkraineNotWeak — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:57:44 EDT

La Russa not using Pujols tells you how much they care about winning.

UkraineNotWeak

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Texy — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:57:31 EDT

I can't believe the fate of the NL rests on a fuckin' Diamondback.

Texy

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bubbaprog — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:57:06 EDT

AL fans, welcome to my Devil Ray world.

bubbaprog

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wes mantooth — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:57:05 EDT

put in POO-holes

wes mantooth

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meyer hochstein — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:57:02 EDT

The O Diggity

meyer hochstein

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Disgruntled Goat — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:56:59 EDT

Go out and fight a bitch, Leyland.

Disgruntled Goat

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Gabe Ruth — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:56:54 EDT

pppsssyyychh

Gabe Ruth

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Red Sox Monster — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:56:42 EDT

Now that he's on base, Derrick Lee will now look to go punch Chris Young in the face... again.

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Gabe Ruth — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:56:22 EDT

It is high, it is far, itt issss GONE!

Gabe Ruth

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jane — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:56:07 EDT

@goathair: Every time I hear it my skin crawls. I had a (very) brief email exchange with Mr Daniel last summer but I was too chicken to bring that up.

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Reasonable Doubt for a Reasonable Price — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:55:49 EDT

...Angels in the outfield?

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becky — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:55:48 EDT

@jane:
ah chaaaaa.

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The Devil's Advocate — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:55:44 EDT

WHY isn't he on second yet?

The Devil's Advocate

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businessorleisure — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:54:53 EDT

@Moonshine Mike: I got plenty or those.

I'm actually looking for a new place to do music reviews since the company I work for hired a bunch of new guys and started stonewalling me.

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Texy — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:54:31 EDT

"had that ball been fair, Mike had a chance to make that play"

Great analysis, guys.

Texy

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soozycue — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:54:18 EDT

@UkraineNotWeak: that slayed me.

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goathair — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:53:52 EDT

@jane: Yeah, you're right. It is Top Chef. I couldn't remember which show, but that's pretty much an exact replica.

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Disgruntled Goat — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:53:33 EDT

@Clare: I believe it's Ken Rosenthal.

Disgruntled Goat

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Texy — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:53:09 EDT

@Clare: Well you know I'm gonna agree. I love the first-timer All-Stars. So cute and enthusiastic and boy-like.

Bacon CARES.

Texy

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jane — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:52:19 EDT

@becky: Britt Daniel of Spoon did the soundtrack and score for "Stranger Than Fiction."

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Moonshine Mike — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:52:19 EDT

@jane: Good to know and boo for now leaking the info to us (maybe you did and I wasn't around which is more than likely).

@becky: I may have to watch that movie. But that song is a Spoon title, so who knows.

businessorleisure, I will have to check out your recoomendations.

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Red Sox Monster — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:52:16 EDT

Conversation overheard:

Fat Slob 1: There's no way Lizzy is going to make it to work on time.

Pete Rose: Wanna bet?

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I Party With 33765-183 — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:51:37 EDT

@Texas Gal: Who said my O's were good for nothing?

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soozycue — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:51:25 EDT

someone get balco on the horn...

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Yostal — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:51:09 EDT

Come on K-Rod, the Angels are vested in this...

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Clare — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:51:04 EDT

Way to go, Soriano! I know how #### this will sound but the look of pure unadulterated joy on Bacon Pants' face in the dugout just now was just heartwarming.

Who is that dweeb in the AL dugout in the striped shirt and navy blazer? He looks like David Spade in PCU.

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jane — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:51:00 EDT

@goathair: You mean Top Chef, and it's a scandalous rip off of that bass riff and I'm surprised Britt hasn't done anything about it yet.

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My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:50:50 EDT

Armando Benitez's soul has crept into J.J. Putz's body.

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Texy — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:50:46 EDT

DLee! DLee!'

Thank goodness for Brian Roberts.

Texy

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Reasonable Doubt for a Reasonable Price — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:50:41 EDT

I think Putz might have gotten Lidge'd by Soriano, there. Hope he doesn't lose his touch in the second half.

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Moonshine Mike — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:50:27 EDT

@The Legend of Vincent Tremblay: Good Question, some friends did get shocked when they ran into the furries.

@BoSox Siobhan: Then I've learned well from you my dear.

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UkraineNotWeak — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:50:23 EDT

Putz shot his load too soon.

UkraineNotWeak

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becky — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:50:18 EDT

@goathair:
I don't know about that bc I don't watch it, but they had nondescript clips of that song all throughout that Will Ferrell movie "Stranger Than Fiction"

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Peter Cavan — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:49:59 EDT

If this game goes into extra innings Lizzy's going to need some coffee. And greenies.

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Red Sox Monster — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:49:50 EDT

@The Gut of Cecil Fielder: Fair enough. Still heard it. Still wrong.

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Jerkwheat vs Gawker IT — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:49:07 EDT

damn you JJ Schmendrick

Jerkwheat vs Gawker IT

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goathair — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:48:49 EDT

Is the song they play all the time on Project Runway "I Turn My Camera On?" It definitely sounds like it, but they never play enough so that I can tell for sure.

HmptnStvns (Formerly Jocksniffer)

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The Gut of Cecil Fielder — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:48:38 EDT

@Red Sox Monster: Tim McCarver

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Texy — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:48:38 EDT

Don't choke, J.J.

Texy

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HmptnStvns (Formerly Jocksniffer) — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:48:21 EDT

Pete, I actually haven't lived in Larry for years. KC now. But the town gets in your blood.

We could have a ballgame.

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UkraineNotWeak — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:48:02 EDT

The tying run is coming to the plate. The crowd is on the edge of their seats. Who are we kidding. Most of those who are left aare asleep.

UkraineNotWeak

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Red Sox Monster — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:47:56 EDT

Soriano weighs 150 pounds? What the hell is Joe Buck smoking?

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bubbaprog — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:47:56 EDT

Please, please, please go to extra innings.

bubbaprog

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My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:47:38 EDT

Uh-oh, Soriano! 5-4 AL.

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wes mantooth — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:47:18 EDT

@Red Sox Monster: Makes sense. At first I thought it was Carrot Top's pubic hair.

wes mantooth

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The Devil's Advocate — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:47:16 EDT

RALLY CAPS!

The Devil's Advocate

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Texy — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:47:14 EDT

CUBBIES!

Texy

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Red Sox Monster — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:47:05 EDT

@becky: Yep. Like the back of NASCAR fans.

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Le Légende de Vincent Tremblay — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:47:03 EDT

@Moonshine Mike: @becky: Dammit, what is it with Pittsburgh and furries this month?!

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Peter Cavan — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:46:58 EDT

Putzie is coming unglued.

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becky — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:46:50 EDT

@I Party With Smoot:
I DO like darts.
and...no comment, still.

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BoSox Siobhan — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:46:47 EDT

@Moonshine Mike:
Beaver cruising, indeed. I believe that's how you always roll, my friend
And with that, I'm out - there's a boy born in the 80's waiting for me in our bed.

BoSox Siobhan

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becky — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:45:58 EDT

@Moonshine Mike:
did you say....FURRY???

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I Party With 33765-183 — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:45:44 EDT

@becky: Here. To make up for calling you easy, I got you a present.

You like darts?

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TheStarterWife — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:45:32 EDT

@pr0ff3ss0r_j3rkwh3at: Ok, I thought that email addy went to all the DeadOn-crew.

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Moonshine Mike — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:44:49 EDT

@wes mantooth: $10.49 a case of cans thank you very much. I just bought some for a boat ride I'm doing tomorrow night. Bringing some night vision googles are going beaver cruising (the furry mammals, you pervs).

@pr0ff3ss0r_j3rkwh3at: I buy from half.com or amazon, and I want the "hard copy" as well.