Woot! Go Cubs!
Oh, Pacey! You blind idiot. Can't you see she doesn't love you?
Spike ,'Help'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Consuela - Nov 01, 2016 6:40:31 pm PDT #522 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
aurelia - Nov 01, 2016 6:50:48 pm PDT #523 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Cubbies!
I left work around 8 and paused to check the score as I walked by the ESPN radio broadcast booth. There were a dozen or so homeless folks gathered there, watching the game and engaging in typical sports bar banter. 3rd inning, Cubs were up... I headed for my car. As I was getting into my car I heard a roar of cheers from the crowd I'd just passed through (plus the people in front of the Chicago Theatre). I missed the grand slam! And I couldn't get the game on radio until I got out of the garage and out from under the L tracks. It was neat to see that crowd enjoying the game though.
WindSparrow - Nov 01, 2016 6:53:14 pm PDT #524 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Lots of ~ma for keeping your job, Zen.
-t - Nov 01, 2016 7:29:20 pm PDT #525 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
They can't fire you, Zen. They hardly let you take a vacation.
aurelia - Nov 01, 2016 8:01:01 pm PDT #526 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
-t does have a point.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 01, 2016 10:38:49 pm PDT #527 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, being so indispensable you have to fight tooth and nail for a day off should be reassuring when people's jobs are in question. Though I know "should be" and "is" are two entirely different things.
My dad is getting really thrilled by the Cubs' chances now that they have some wins under their belts. I hope he does get to see them win the World Series, but instinctively expected them to take it to a 7th game so as to cause Chicago fans the maximum amount of heartbreak.
Steph L. - Nov 02, 2016 3:48:31 am PDT #528 of 30002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I'd like to see the Cubs win, and not just because the Indians are the Reds' in-state rivals. (Although my dad told me last night that we have to root for the Indians because they're an Ohio team and "rivalries don't matter in the postseason." I told him that was crazy talk and called him a hippie. He laughed.)
Calli - Nov 02, 2016 3:54:11 am PDT #529 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Job~ma, Zen. Even if your position isn't at risk, it still makes for a tense work environment.
Gudanov - Nov 02, 2016 4:37:22 am PDT #530 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
Much job~ma Zen.
Kalshane - Nov 02, 2016 5:31:51 am PDT #531 of 30002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Much job~ma, Zen.
I generally root City>Division>League if my own team is out of it and everything else is equal (though I don't think I could ever root for the Detroit Lions, just because the years with Jim Schwartz as coach and Suh on defense permanently soured me on the team) but I've never cared for the whole "rivalry" thing. I like my team, other people like their teams. Why should I hate them and try to make them feel bad if they lose?
I pulled for the White Sox in 2005 despite being a diehard Cub fan for as long as I can remember. (That being said, the number of White Sox fans I've met who are ridiculously spiteful when it comes to the Cubs makes me feel a bit of satisfaction whenever the Cubs are playing better than the Sox.)
The sad thing is I'd be pulling for the Indians this year if they were playing anyone else.