Just when baseball was actually looking like baseball again

we have this argument about adding the (unrestricted) DH to the NL.

uggh. What absolutely terrible timing.

Kansas City is the new standard bearer. How did they win?

Was it a big fat lazy selfish PED-using swing for the fences then go sit and take selfies douche? No. It was actual baseball. Speed, pitching, defense, and legitimate offense like situational hitting, some bunting, steals, etc. combined with the occasional bomb.

You are seeing the same evolution across the game as the large-headed roid freaks (save Ortiz to this point) retire. The Boston Red Sox now have the most defensively sound 9 man defensive unit that they've had in years, except for the Hanley Ramirez embarrassment of course, and the fat Panda disaster, though he may yet rebound. But both of those players. who were taken under fuckface David Ortiz' wing last season as they were new to the organization, were completely ostracized by the young guys who now have to spend time pretending like they respect the steroid using fraudulent clown in his sad, pathetic, "please please tell me you love me" tour that will be more nauseating and disingenuous than any you have ever seen before.

From their statements at this weekend meeting when they were asked to talk about Ortiz, they ALL know he's a joke but they are professional enough to say mostly "the right things." But it's the way they said them that showed me they hated having to say them. They were uncomfortable and felt forced to lie. That told me so much.

Anyways, back to the original point. The game is finally changing BACK to actual baseball, and now they want to pull the rug out from under the progress made by these hard-working (SMALL MARKET) teams which allows them to compete, by MAKING THE LARGER CONTRACTS LESS DANGEROUS TO THE TEAMS BY ALLOWING THEM TO STUFF CLOWNS AT DH FOR ENTIRE CAREERS.. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME YOU TURDS?

Apparently actual baseball doesn't sell enough tickets to support their outsized financial expectations, so now they will make it even worse for everyone but the largest markets by allowing them to toss money at losers like Hanley Ramirez and then when it turns out that he's a classless clown who's bad for the team, just throw him in the DH spot and blast the audience with commercials of the dude smiling so we all forget what a fucking dick he is.

Fuck that.

Fuck them.

If the NL adopts full-time career DH'ing as an option, I shit you not I will have watched the last major league baseball game of my life. The idea of watching sports is, itself, fucking stupid and the degree to which many adults dedicate themselves to it is more than a little embarrassing (it is in fact pathetic), but at least in the past we've had the illusion of supporting individuals who succeeded as a result of hard work and discipline, rather than taking the easy way out at

every

point

of their

entire

careers.


I hope David Ortiz gets injured early in this season (not life-threatening of course, just career ending, and I mean it) so that his farewell tour will be an accurate representation of the rest of his career - a fraudulent, marketing driven lie based on illegal substances and the fact that he DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO PLAY THE GAME OF BASEBALL.

Creating a fake position so that people who are TOO OLD TO PLAY THE GAME, OR SIMPLY COULD NEVER ACTUALLY PLAY THE GAME so that fat one-toolers can stay on teams for marketing purposes is an insult to everyone who works hard at anything. It's also sad and pathetic. For each old guy who is shuffled off, a new young player gets a chance. That I had to point that out to you is again, embarrassing and indicative of your stupidity.

So do me a favor, dickheads. Go ahead and make this change, and by doing so, free up for me the amount of time I'd normally spend paying attention to grown men in tight pants. All such developments which free me from spending time doing the stupid shit I fell into as a result of my surroundings during my upbringing (ie. watching sports as anything more than an occasional background noise) is essentially a positive development in my life.

Just know that I will also be spending more time pointing out to people how embarrassing it is to watch them fawn over millionaires who don't care about them. ie. make this change and I'll no longer resist the urge to tell people how dumb the idea of being a fan really is.

Do as I say, or you will be my sworn enemy for life, and I'll help point out to young people how boring the game really is.

Moments of Justification

Art Garfunkel on CNN is one of those moments that justifies cable news.

5 minutes, maybe. Nothing earth-shattering or inflammatory. No unnecessary drama. Nice human stories. Etc.

That was a wonderful interview. He feels no compulsion to overdo it and pander. That was the key for me. Pandering means dishonest. It means you don't care whether you tell the truth or not. You only care about the immediate gratification of pretending like you agree with someone when you do not.

Along those lines, it's fun watching nice people deal with awkward moments. Like when the host said his friend only remembered about 30 minutes of the iconic New York concert. Art felt no need to pretend like he wanted to go down that road of promoting drug use. If you can not do that, if you can not say no in an awkward moment, even by simply staying silent, you are drastically limiting your ability to be a good person.

Learning to say no (literally or figuratively) is the very first step in being a good person.

As the Pope says, a priest's first job is not to preach but to pray. What might that require? Saying no to too many demands on one's time. What would happen otherwise? The ability to empathize and be present would be reduced.

Ok we've gone far afield at this point (and in so doing, probably revealing the deeper, essentially self-serving reasons why I particularly enjoyed that segment).

Point is, thank you Art for taking a moment to talk about what may prove to be a meaningful political statement, which consisted of to little more than finding the right moment to say "Yes."

What an incredible family.

Bruins captain Zdeno Chara with Denna Laing and her family
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2016/01/21/bruins-zdeno-chara-surprises-denna-laing-with-visit/qWFTLJfPXcWcJQOHUlbAhI/story.html

Think Will has to ask Jada for permission?

I do. Poor guy deserves so much better but no good deed goes unpunished and that poor fellow made a mistake early on but didn't want to go back on his vows because he's a good person and she's awful i mean just awful.

and apparently, stunningly un-self-aware.

Jada Pinkett Smith

is queen melodramatic of first world problems of the elite.

You could not force me to spend 5 minutes with that personality. You could not pay me enough to be around her on any sort of regular basis. Can you imagine the never-ending stream of perceived injustices?

No thanks.

Mark Zuckerberg

might be the most destructive coward in the history of the world.

Marijuana is among the most extensively safety-tested substances of all time.

Also, root beer and marijuana go together quite well.

Here's my take...

does that sound "journalistic" to you?

Perhaps it should?

"Sean Penn is not a journalist"

is something ONLY stupid people say.

Jarmal Reid is a loser

and any team that has him on it is disgusting.

any college that pays him to continue to represent them should be banned from sports.

Jarmal Reid WILL prey on innocent people as he goes about his future career as a criminal thug.

Jarmal Reid WILL sexually abuse his daughter in the future.

Jarmal Reid WILL NOT succeed in life and will bring others down with him. First up is that school if it keeps him on the payroll.




edit: there's an 'r' in there

Marcus Smart

is one of my favorite new athletes of the millennium.

I stand by my Xander Bogaerts / Marcus Smart parallel. I think they are similarly poised to establish themselves as standouts of their generations, for similar reasons of professionalism, intelligence and hard work. Xander worked himself into a gold glove-worthy defensive performance after showing little to no natural defensive abilities until last season. And it seems like every morning there's another Smart highlight that's all about Garnett-esque want-to.

For shiggles it would be funny to throw them into an ad campaign with David Pastrnak. David's smile and enthusiasm would be a nice addition in terms of the media posters, etc. He's not at the same level as the other two yet in his career but has shown a consistent willingness to learn and work on his areas of weakness that have led to the career explosions of the other two.

It's enjoyable to watch such effort and performance from young players still finding their way.

The #1 reason people oppose marijuana legalization

is that marijuana usage exposes the fucking retardation in much of our social norms (particularly those that tend to lead to authority worship), and those individuals who have dedicated their lives to succeeding among and inside those social norms feel their "victory" being taken away from them.

Marijuana frees you from social straight jackets imposed by those who (unknowingly voluntarily) wear essentially same. They live in a "self-imposed" straight jacket by virtue of their acceptance of and acquiesence to social norms, regardless of the validity of such norms. The popularity of an idea is all that they need to measure legitimacy and morality. In short, they are FUCKING STUPID BY VIRTUE OF NEVER HAVING SMOKED MARIJUANA, and are in line for the most AMAZING, MIND-EXPANDING EXPERIENCE OF THEIR LIVES when they finally get the courage to tell their stupid moms to stfu because they can make their own choices.

Time to INVEST IN MUSICAL BUSINESSES and ARTISTIC BUSINESS because ART IS LIFE and MARIJUANA HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND ART.

MARIJUANA CONTRIBUTES EMPATHY OUTSIDE OF THAT WHICH SOCIAL NORMS HAVE ESTABLISHED AS ACCEPTABLE.

STUPID, SELFISH, CONTROL FREAK LOSERS SET YOUR NORMS FOR YOU? REALLY? WHY DO YOU ACCEPT THAT? I DO NOT, AND I THINK YOU ARE SHITTY FOR ACCEPTING IT AND I DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND YOU AND YOUR STUPID INTERPRETATION OF LIFE.

now, to prove the point, i have empathy for them and i understand completely, much better than they themselves of course, what their motivations are. Knowing those motivations, knowing what they REALLY are saying and doing helps me avoid the exhausting and time-wasting experience of "debating" them in favor of LIVING MY LIFE as I SEE FIT.

ALWAYS REMEMBER, NAZISM WAS ITSELF THE ULTIMATE SOCIAL NORM. YOU FUCKING NAZI TURDS CAN AND MUST GO FUCK YOURSELVES UNTIL DEAD, OR SMOKE YOURSELVES SILLY UNTIL YOU ARE WILLING TO REPENT AND PAY FOR YOUR SINS OF SELFISH STUPIDITY.

Every single person

still supporting marijuana prohibition would have made an excellent Nazi.

You stupid fucking disgusting pieces of selfish trash. KILL. YOUR. SELVES. and let free people live freely.

You watch these loser bureaucratic do-nothing nobodies wandering around Colorado looking at pot plants like children looking at the toys they desperately want but cannot have for fear of being yelled at by their stupid selfish moms (so of course they'll just wait until Mom is out of the room before playing with the toy and then lie about it afterwards) and you realize how truly childish and pathetic the whole concept of paternal government really is.

Is there anything more obnoxious, stupid and disgusting than a wiry nerd or a fat turd who thinks it's his job to protect other adults from themselves?

Stupid Moms beget Stupid Bureaucrats.

Stupid Dads beget destructively selfish stupid assholes.

Those who are afraid of marijuana are essentially afraid of coffee and/or cough medicine. And GOOD GOD ARE THEY FUCKING STUPID. LORD, DO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY DO? KNOW THEY HOW STUPID THEY ARE? LORD, DO YOU HEAR ME? YOUR CHILDREN ARE FUCKING STUPID AND DISGUSTING. WHY DID YOU MAKE THEM THUSLY? WHY MAKE SUCH STUPID, USELESS BUREAUCRATS, LORD? WHY?

(the known catastrophically destructive process of prohibition must.. you know... be maintained... at least for a while here.. it's for your own good.. i want to make sure you're ready for legalization when it comes... i want to make sure you can do it right... again, it's all for your own good.)

FUCK OFF YOU FAT FUCKING LOSERS. GET THE FUCK OUT OF EVERYONE'S WAY. LIVE YOUR STUPID BORING LIFE AS YOU SEE FIT. IF YOU FIND IT UNSATISFYING, GO FUCK YOURSELF HARDER, AND MAYBE SMOKE A SPLIFF. OR DON'T, AND JUST SIT THERE AND BE BORED AND SELFISH AND TRY TO CONTROL OTHERS THROUGH GOVERNMENT FORCE. YOU FUCKING TURDS.

The belief in the viability of "collective celibacy"

is a childlike delusion designed to maintain the illusion of the "perfect" (ie. pure) in the imperfect realm.

Fact is, by and large, most kids are fucking awful too. It's just that they're fortunately small and weak and we can generally scare them when we need to.

So you're trying to maintain a delusion about a state that is based on your misunderstanding of an earlier state... and even though you you yourself had to pass through this earlier state, you are still unwilling to accept its true nature.

Deeeeee

Lewwww

zzzsssinn

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The floating orb of inclusivity.

Ever see that screen saver that looks like a magnifying glass is wandering over various parts of the screen? That's essentially how we see the world, certainly when it comes to areas of interpretation.

I agree with Aaron Rodgers

The NFL has missed an amazing opportunity to allow for back and forth, tet ... a tet?? iunno.. scoring in playoff overtime by allowing each team to "equal or better" the other.

so if they score 3, you score 3 to continue, or a td to win.

they score a td, you score a td to continue or its over.

it could make nfl playoff overtime as exciting as nhl playoff overtime. well not as exciting but exciting in a similar way.

Insist... insist upon... insists upon him/her/itself

insists insists insists....

talk about insists

talked about it before

INSISTS

INSISTS

INSISTS


tic. tic. tic.

I hated The Martian.

nearly as much as I hated Star Wars.

In the interest of saying something positive, I thought both films were extremely visually pleasing.

Sometimes we have these moments where

we essentially discredit ourselves.

Forever.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCALIA_RELIGION_SPEECH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-01-02-15-30-00

METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Saturday the idea of religious neutrality is not grounded in the country's constitutional traditions and that God has been good to the U.S. exactly because Americans honor him.

Scalia was speaking at a Catholic high school in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, Louisiana. Scalia, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 is the court's longest serving justice. He has consistently been one of the court's more conservative members.

He told the audience at Archbishop Rummel High School that there is "no place" in the country's constitutional traditions for the idea that the state must be neutral between religion and its absence.

"To tell you the truth there is no place for that in our constitutional tradition. Where did that come from?" he said. "To be sure, you can't favor one denomination over another but can't favor religion over non-religion?"

He also said there is "nothing wrong" with the idea of presidents and others invoking God in speeches. He said God has been good to America because Americans have honored him.

Scalia said during the Sept. 11 attacks he was in Rome at a conference. The next morning, after a speech by President George W. Bush in which he invoked God and asked for his blessing, Scalia said many of the other judges approached him and said they wished their presidents or prime ministers would do the same.

"God has been very good to us. That we won the revolution was extraordinary. The Battle of Midway was extraordinary. I think one of the reasons God has been good to us is that we have done him honor. Unlike the other countries of the world that do not even invoke his name we do him honor. In presidential addresses, in Thanksgiving proclamations and in many other ways," Scalia said.

Fortunate Cowardice

i'm far too cowardly to ever become addicted to hard drugs.



now that i think about it, i guess most forms of cowardice can be termed "fortunate" at least (usually) from the perspective of the individual's own self-preservation.


but no, i will never, under any circumstances, save perhaps the complete unavailability of healthier options like marijuana, stick a needle in my arm or start regularly taking opioid pills in order to "get wasted". it's just not in my blood.