peaberry

Easily my favorite non-local, national coffee.

chargers 21 giants 20

Wow. That was a very nice win for the Bolts.  Also, a nice realization that Norv is not the only dolt of a coach out there. Coughlin's 4th down decsions were downright puzzling. Have some balls! Plus he tried to throw a challenge flag on an out-of-bounds call, a challenge, that if it were allowed and he would have won, would have resulted in an incomplete pass. That five yard loss would not have been worth burning a challenge on. Jeez, Norv outcoached someone! A coach with a Super Bowl ring, no less.

The good:

• The offense came up clutch when it had to, and won the game.  On that last drive, the drops stopped, the bad passes stopped, and the play-calling was excellent. This supersedes any criticism leveled below.
• The defense came up clutch when it had to, and gave us a chance to win the game. For as long as they were on the field, they were clutch when it mattered most. 
  
• While the sacks weren't there to show it, overall, the blitzing scheme was effective.
• The secondary was 'meh' on passing game (which is always a bit of a challenge), but was really good when Eli Manning actually dropped back. As much as I hate Manning, he played very smart, and wasn't tempted to throw into good coverage. 

The bad:

• The defense has to get more three-and-outs against ball-control offenses. It's not like they aren't trying, but Christ. They were on the field way too much. By the fourth quarter they were understandably exhausted. Fortunately, they bet, but never broke, and came up clutch when they had too. That's not always going to happen though. 
• Along with that, in a game like this, the offense needs to sustain longer drives, simply to help the defense rest. I don't really know how you do that, with an ineffectual running game and receivers dropping passes, but it has to be done.
• The dropped passes absolutely cost SD points. I thought in getting rid of Chambers we got rid of the drops. Guess not.
• The fact the the Giants scored on the play masked yet another Shawne Merriman offsides. Dude!?!?

Coaching

• Trick play on a crucial 3rd and 5? If it worked, I'd be praising you, but it didn't. So, there ya go.
  
• I like throwing down the field, but not on 3rd down. You need 8 yards? Get 9.
• Sproles up the middle should hardly ever happen, and never in critical situations.
• Jacob Hester should only be on the field during special teams.

Great win. Again, a week where I have no major criticism of Norv Turner.

jon beck? glenn stewart?

tancredo's kryptonite: the truth

Democrats could learn a lesson from this exchange between Kos and Tancredo. Nothing backs a bully down faster than a proverbial fist to the nose. 



Kos is refering to this:

As a Republican student activist Tancredo spoke in support of the Vietnam War. After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado he became eligible to serve in Vietnam in June 1969. Tancredo has said he went for his physical, telling doctors he had been treated for depression, and eventually got a "1-Y" deferment... 

In 1970 after Tancredo's student deferments ran out, he appealed his 1-A draft status, which would have put him at the top of the list for draft eligibility during the Vietnam War. Tancredo was then given a 1-Y status, which put him at the bottom of the list after he reported that he had been treated for mental illness as a teenager.

Markos hurt his widdle feelings, so he took his ball and went home. Boo fucking hoo.

automatics - makin' out (1996 mutant pop)

Awesome power pop/pop-punk from Portland, OR. "Makin' Out," the song, borrows heavily from the Buzzcocks "I Don't Mind".

1. Makin' Out
2. Let's Fall In Love
3. No Big Deal
4. Leaving Tonight

DL 'MAKIN' OUT'

glenn beck is a crybaby

Plinky asks, "Who's the most obnoxious celebrity in headlines today?"

Wow, that's an easy one. Glenn Beck. I have no idea whether he believes what he says or not. I suspect he doesn't, he simply found that Ann Coulter-ish niche which pays very, very well. Feed bullcrap to idiots and watch the money flow in. There's no law against being disingenuous, but when you start making the Nazi comparisons, you've crossed a line, not only into obnoxiousness, but into a dangerous sort of buffoonery.

what atrios said

Exactly.

When your first reaction to tragic events is to consider how they might support your politics, it's time to go for a nice long walk.

that would be me

Drew Magary:

By the way, every league has at least one team that has a good roster, yet for some reason gets every other team's best performance every week. So they end up 1-7 because the schedule shit all over them, despite being in the top 5 in total scoring for the year or something like that. It's happened to you, and it's happened to me, and it makes you want to poison the world's water supply.

Yup. I finally got that elusive win last week, so I'm exactly 1-7.  The world's water supply is safe. For now. Just kidding, DHS/FBI.

opposition - s/t (1995 figure four)

Hardcore/metalcore from Massachusetts. Honestly don't know anything more about this.

1. Pre-Packaged
2. Second Sickness
3. Unlinked
4. Nine Minute Sleep
5. Natural Man
6. With One Less Life

DL 'OPPOSITION'

Buy at eBay:

what a difference a year makes

November 4th, 2008: Barack Obama elected. Not everybody celebrates, but I sure as hell do.

November 4th, 2009: the despicable Yankees win the World Series. The world (outside of NYC) mourns.

That's quite a slap in the face on Barack Obama Day.

ny-23

Here's a list of Presidents that have taken office since the last time there was not a Republican seated in New York's 23rd Congressional District.

• Ulysses S.Grant 
• Rutherford B.Hayes
• JamesGarfield 
• Chester Arthur
• Grover Cleveland 
• Benjamin Harrison
• Grover Cleveland
• William McKinley 
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William Howard Taft
• Woodrow Wilson
• Warren Harding 
• Calvin Coolidge 
• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Harry S. Truman
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• John F. Kennedy
• Lyndon Johnson
• Richard Nixon
• Gerald Ford 
• James Carter
• Ronald Reagan
• George H.W. Bush
• William J. Clinton
• GeorgeW.Bush
• Barack Obama

You throw some Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin into the campaign, and suddenly a Democrat is elected. A lot of Republicans looked at a Palin-ite Republican and a moderate Democrat and chose the Democrat. I'm heartened by that. Democrats had a rough night overall last night, but I take solace that the Republicans that won did so by taking a moderate stance. 

The Erick Erickson faction of the Republican party is very, very loud, but also very, very small. Cable TV and the internet has distorted their influence, so if they keep trying to "take down" moderate Republicans, I wish them the very best. That just means Democrats will be elected.

f.y.p - guido, where are u (1993 dieselhead)

More FYP. Never a bad thing.

One-sided 7" featuring the classic "Red Light Special", a Sheep Squeeze cover ("Suck My Ass"), and an angry diatribe against metermaids that I think we can all relate to.

1. Red Light Special
2. Suck My Ass
3. Kill A Metermaid (For Fun And Profit]

DL 'GUIDO'

fighting cause - deadtown (1994 last resort)

*** So, Blogger Beta has this glitch where my "scheduled posts" are moving to "draft" and don't publish on time. This was supposed top be up yesterday. Sorry about that. Blame Blogger. So today you geta twofer.***

Man, I forgot all about this. Really good pop-punk from the hellhole known as San Bernardino. They were a staple on my radio show back in the day. If you're a found of Schleprock or Rhythym Collision, you'll probably be a fan of this as well.

1. In The Dark
2. Dead Town
3. Just Another Attitude
4. Media Speak

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DL 'DEADTOWN'

douches of the world, unite

do you know what this lady is doing?

[barstool.ma]

have a bad day?

fast forward

Something overlooked by both Yglesias and Kevin Drum in the discussion of why people with DVR's tend to watch commercials rather than skip them is that commercials as a whole have gotten a lot, lot better.

Don't get me wrong, I skip a Progressive ad as quick as the next guy, but I can't tell you how many times I've actually rewound in order to watch a commercial. Crazy, I know, but DVR's have forced ad agencies to step up their game, and a lot of them have.

boris the sprinkler - drugs and masturbation (original) (1995 mutant pop)

Way back in June, I posted a version of this that had two different songs on the B-Side. Well this version is the original, and does contain "Yeah Yeah" and "Yeah Yeah No". So get 'em both and be a collector nerd.

1. Drugs And Masturbation (Extended Pacific Northwest Hit Novelty Single Version)
2. Yeah Yeah
3. Yeah Yeah No

DL 'D & M'

masked men

Preparation FAIL.

Police received a call Friday night that two men with hooded sweatshirts and painted faces had tried to break into a man’s home in Carroll, Iowa. When police stopped a vehicle matching the caller’s description blocks away, they were stunned by the men’s disguises. There were no ski masks or stockings pulled over their heads; instead, Matthew Allan McNelly, 23, and Joey Lee Miller, 20, streaked their faces with permanent black marker.

[barstool.ma]

yay for good news

I was just thinking "they should do something about this" during my 10 minute commute from my house to the freeway, which is less than a mile away.

Frustrated with idling on major thoroughfares because the traffic signals don't line up? Green lights are in sight.
Transportation planners will spend $6 million to coordinate signals on some of the county's busiest and most congested roadways to reduce bottlenecks.

Word.

pixie's a punk

The pic doesn't do it justice, but the hair on pix's back was in a full-on mohawk.

halloween notes

• I take no credit for the pumpkins, it was all SC. 
• Ok, kids, pay attention. This is the Halloween script. 

1. You:
   
2. Me:
   
3. You: Trick or treat!
4. Me: My, what a [scary, pretty, neat, etc] costume!
5. Me: ,Puts candy in your bag>
6. You: Thank you!
7. Me: You're welcome, have a Happy Halloween.

• This means:

a) "Hi" is not an acceptable way to address me.
b) Saying nothing at all is also not acceptable. 

• Wearing a costume is mandatory. 

I might let a non-costume slide, if you wear a goofy hat or shirt. But nothing at all, really? A ehole group of you, and not a costume to be found.

• When I answer the door, you shouldn't have to get off of your cell phone to say "trick or treat". 

I don't think I'm being Andy Rooney in my complaints. But this was the first year in quite a while that I've got to pass out candy, and something I've looked forward to. We did our part. We bought no candy corn, no Dum-Dums, no SweetTarts. We brought our A-game: Reeses Sticks, Snickers. Sure, some of you were adorable. But on the whole, y'all did not live up to your side of the bargain. That was amateur hour. It was like in was the first Halloween ever and you guys were working out the kinks. Do you need a crash course in Halloween 101?

Step up yo' game.

ghosts

halloween dance mix

I've been to the hospital many times, and I've never had a nurse with massive cleavage and a miniskirt. I've also never been pulled obver by a cop with the same. It's a sad life, I tell ya.

Happy Halloween!



Tracklist:

the crowd - dig yourself (1995 lethal)

I must admit, when I originally got this, I was prepared to be disappointed. Classic early Orange County 80's surf-punks reunite (I don't think they ever really broke up) to cash in on the mid-90's punk revival - a recipe for embarrassment. But that's not the case. The opposite in fact - this is really good! They didn't stray from what put them on the map, and it paid off.

1. Life's A Pill
2. Dig Yourself
3. Booze Blues
4. Love You More

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DOWNLOAD 'DIG YOURSELF'

best costume, 2009

In case you are not aware of all internet traditions, here is his inspiration: 

Dude does lose points for not hunting down that Cardinals shirt. Still, though, inspired.

[wonkette]

spooky

A Halloween treat for you. Warning though - DO NOT watch if you are squeamish.

matt drudge is very, very honest

The Drudge headline:

The story it links to:

The White House warns that many names that may appear familiar — and controversial —do not in fact refer to the most famous people to carry those names. Jeremiah Wright is on the list, but it's not the president's former pastor. Michael Jordan is not the basketball player. This Michael Moore is not a filmmaker. And William Ayers, who took a group tour of the White House, isn't the former radical from Chicago.

 Where's the list of Bush White house visitors? Oh yeah.

"The Bush administration fought tooth and nail to keep secret the identities of those who visited the White House," said Melanie Sloan, CREW's executive director.

lenovo sucks, and i will never buy from them again

Bought an IdeaCentre HTPC from Lenovo. The idea is to stream Netflix, Hulu and other stuff on my TV. It works pretty well. I like it. I'm excited to use Windows 7 Media Center on it, which I've read is awesome. The unit shipped with Vista, but I was promised a "free" upgrade to Windows 7 once it came out. I would have to pay shipping and handling, but for an upgrade disc, what could that be, $5? $6? It's just a CD. Actually, Lenovo probably has a ISO file I could download, then they would just have to send me a serial number. We all win!

Except that shipping is $17 and there is no ISO.

Is $17 going to break my budget? No. But does it cost $17 to ship a CD? No. It's the principle of the thing that has me upset. I called to clarify, and was basically told that it's $17, there is no download, and if I'm unhappy I could return the unit after paying for return shipping and a 15% restock fee.

Now that's what I call customer service!

This was my first, and last, purchase from Lenovo. Crazy that they would choose to alienate someone who actually likes their product over a bogus shipping charge.

deadly encounters hardcore compilation (1996 agitate-96/kill)

1997 comp featuring some of the heaviest hitters in the hardcore/powerviolence scene.

1. Psycho  -  Blinded
2. Anal Cunt  -  Newest HC Song 4-Newest HC Song 5
3. Crom  -  Drinkers Of Mung
4. Spazz  -  Redenbacher's Orgy Of Pain, Fear and Pestilence
5. Capitalist Casualties  -  Sarin (Live)
6. Dropdead  -  Boiling Point (SSD)
7. Lack Of Interest  -  Pressure (Negative Approach)
8. Vilently Ill  -  Viet Vet
9. Charles Bronson  -  Better Never Then Late
10. Laceration  -  Who Needs Kleenex
11. Bad Acid Trip  -  Dig Up Your Dead

DOWNLOAD 'DEADLY ENCOUNTERS'

handerpants

Christmas is a comin'.

odd headline of the day

Goes without saying that I feel bad for the girl and her family. But still...

it feels like summer in october

And I hope this day is never oo-oo-over.

f.y.p - cooties (1993 recess)

This particular EP changed the way I listened to music. Before hearing this, the punk I listened to tended to be of the Epitaph variety. Not that I limited myself to Epitaph, but most stuff tended to be a little polished. Then F.Y.P entered my life, and suddenly sloppy, raw punk became my favorite. F.Y.P was my favorite band for a few years, and this EP is a great example of why I loved them. Great fucking stuff.

1. Maynard
2. Born With A Dick
3. Predict The Past
4. Bring It On
5. Ice Cream
6. Animism
   

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DOWNLOAD 'COOTIES'

it's the not-so-great pumkin, charlie brown

While looking for either a Toboas Funke or Stephen Colbert pumpkin stencil, SC came across this site, which let to a full half-hour of "what the fuck"'s.














BUT NO SPUDS MACKENZIE STENCIL?!?!!? C'MON!!! /gobvoice