FTB - Forgetful Edition
I got a digital recorder for my interview with Pat Quinn and of course I hooked it up incorrectly so I have nothing but my sweet sweet memories to remind me of the day he came my BFF. I should probably start carrying it around because I tend to see things or think of things that I want to mention and I subsequently forget because there is just too much awesome in my head. Thank God I listen to the radio in the morning because that's how I remembered that Georges St. Pierre, BJ Penn, and Dana White were at the game Monday night.
Now, as DGB has pointed out, it's common practice to give the celebrities in town or on stage a local sports jersey to pump up the crowd. Obviously, no famous person except washed up rappers like Belly actually like the senators. So during the game they had GSP pump up the crowd in a Leafs jersey. I mentioned to my buddy that he should be glad that the game wasn't being broadcast in Montreal. Then an astute cameraman caught him ripping off his jersey like it was a diseased blanket from an Englishman. The boos were lusty but safe for work. Dana White and BJ Penn did a much better job of pumping up the crowd and not getting caught on camera rending their garments so I hope BJ Penn drills GSP.
Oh, and there were two odd jerseys among the sea of Leafs shirts. One dumb and the other funny:
- 13 with "The Big Swede" - Dude, it's not a copyright infringement to use his name.
- 67 with "Overdue" - That's either a fed up fan or a guy determined to throw a gag gift back in the sender's face.
Onto Sie Links:
- Wendel Moment # 4 will probably coincide with some stupid dust in your eye.
- Just as I expected: Jeff Finger is awesome.
- Don't Panic. It's just a formality.
- TSM is going to unveil something awesome. Oh, and he wonders if there is anyone to report on other than Burke.
- MF37 says That's Life.
- This article about Bayern Munich actually has parallels with Toronto. See if you can find them. Hint: It's everything.
- Day Two of Burke Week with Sleek.
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Ridin’ High in April Shot Down in May: The Musical Story of the Ottawa Senators.
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by Chemmy on
Nov 19, 2008 9:42 AM EST
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I found a difference...
…in the Bayern article…they keep blowing two goal leads, while the Leafs keep spotting teams two goal leads.
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by Kim Jorn on
Nov 19, 2008 10:31 AM EST
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Cox may have a future in Germany.
(excellent distasteful joke deleted)
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by PPP on
Nov 19, 2008 10:35 AM EST
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Wow
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by Chemmy on
Nov 19, 2008 10:39 AM EST
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Wow what?
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by PPP on
Nov 19, 2008 10:51 AM EST
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You got the gears turning in my brain and I came up with some awful stuff.
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by Chemmy on
Nov 19, 2008 11:12 AM EST
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Oh Yeah
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by PPP on
Nov 19, 2008 11:23 AM EST
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Screw it
He also may have a future in the Sudetenland, Austria, Belgium and France but not Russia.
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by PPP on
Nov 19, 2008 10:40 AM EST
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I just made some tweaks to my site layout. Anyone seeing any issues?
http://downgoesbrown.blogspot.com/
You know, other than that the ad server is currently sending a fucking Nickleback ad, which is probably a deal breaker on it’s own.
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by Down Goes Brown on
Nov 19, 2008 10:40 AM EST
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Nickelback + McD's = fifteen in suburbia
Site looks clean to me…which ad service are you running?
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by mf37 on
Nov 19, 2008 10:45 AM EST
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thankfully...
i read wendel post #4 yesterday, so I’ll not be clicking the link until Nickelback is gone…
JK – looks good!
Anybody throws me against the boards I'm gonna piss all over myself.
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by blurr1974 on
Nov 19, 2008 10:47 AM EST
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Looks great
Love the wider reading panel.
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by eyebleaf on
Nov 19, 2008 10:48 AM EST
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Me too
Sometimes my wheel rolling finger gets tired.
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by PPP on
Nov 19, 2008 10:52 AM EST
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Upon further review...
the ad on the right, the McDonald’s one, the box is being cut off on the right.
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by eyebleaf on
Nov 19, 2008 10:49 AM EST
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NICKELBACK!!!
Also, the McDick’s ad is cut off. But I like the new layout.
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by PPP on
Nov 19, 2008 10:50 AM EST
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Are you viewing the site in a full window? i.e. is it just running out of room in the side panel?
They have that ad set at 300 pixels wides, where the blogger sidebar can shrink smaller than that depending on browser size.
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by Down Goes Brown on
Nov 19, 2008 10:58 AM EST
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Full Window
So it’s running out of room in the side panel.
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by PPP on
Nov 19, 2008 11:03 AM EST
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Are you at 1024×728, or a higher resolution?
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by Down Goes Brown on
Nov 19, 2008 11:08 AM EST
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I was at that resolution. Now I am at 12whatever by 10something or other and it works fine.
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by PPP on
Nov 19, 2008 11:11 AM EST
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Also
The wide view of this site is awesome. Where have I been on that one!
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by PPP on
Nov 19, 2008 11:12 AM EST
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OK, so problem solved.
Anyone who is seeing a chopped off ad, please buy a larger monitor.
(Send the bill to PPP.)
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by Down Goes Brown on
Nov 19, 2008 11:22 AM EST
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Make sure to mark it C/O Chemmy.
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by PPP on
Nov 19, 2008 11:23 AM EST
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Yes I’ll take money straight out of PPP’s wallet and give it to you.
May I suggest the following? http://www.apple.com/displays/cinema/specs.html
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by Chemmy on
Nov 19, 2008 11:27 AM EST
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i'm on my work PC
and i don’t have the ad cut off…res is 1280×1024…
Anybody throws me against the boards I'm gonna piss all over myself.
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by blurr1974 on
Nov 19, 2008 11:09 AM EST
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although...
it would be nice if i could somehow chop off the nickelback ad…
Anybody throws me against the boards I'm gonna piss all over myself.
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by blurr1974 on
Nov 19, 2008 11:10 AM EST
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I have two monitors at 1600*1200 up in this piece, son.
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by Chemmy on
Nov 19, 2008 11:28 AM EST
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err...
OK…
i have a wonderfully small 15" monitor at my work place. allowing me a minimal view of my work day.
Anybody throws me against the boards I'm gonna piss all over myself.
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by blurr1974 on
Nov 19, 2008 11:49 AM EST
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Haha, that sucks.
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by Chemmy on
Nov 19, 2008 12:00 PM EST
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OK, tweaked the percentages on the layout so that the ad should no longer cut off except on very small browser windows.
Approximate chances that this will introduce new, more serious issues: 100%.
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by Down Goes Brown on
Nov 19, 2008 11:38 AM EST
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I liked your old motto: You’re happy? Let me fix that.
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by PPP on
Nov 19, 2008 11:41 AM EST
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I thought about just going with: “It’s worse than you think”
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by Down Goes Brown on
Nov 19, 2008 11:48 AM EST
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Fixed...
now on mine too. Lovely.
And Sean I tried that tag cloud based on the link you sent me, and for some reason it just won’t work. I had it up for about a month, then one day it magically disappeared. And I put it in again, exactly as the link suggested, and no luck.
It’s just not meant to be.
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by eyebleaf on
Nov 19, 2008 12:44 PM EST
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That’s really strange. I haven’t had any issues, once I got past that line break issue.
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by Down Goes Brown on
Nov 19, 2008 1:49 PM EST
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Looks great.
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by Chemmy on
Nov 19, 2008 11:15 AM EST
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Ooooh
that link to the archive of Life’s photographs is addicting…
by Karina on
Nov 19, 2008 12:15 PM EST
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Tell me about it – you name it and Time seems to have a shot of it.
As part of my day job I occassionally get to work with a photo archive of over 300,000 news photos from 1929 to 1989. One of my favourite things is to pull a random box from the archives, put on the white gloves and go through the prints. From Trotsky feeding rabbits to shots of Muhammad Ali training undwerater It’s an amazing way to spend a day…
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by mf37 on
Nov 19, 2008 2:24 PM EST
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Finger
See, back when he signed I was all like “don’t panic, this guy is solid”. I liked what I had seen of him on the Avs..
by LeafFanInVan on
Nov 19, 2008 1:56 PM EST
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Figers are good
even when they don’t fing
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing
by loser domi on
Nov 19, 2008 2:00 PM EST
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true dat...
i have 8 of them. they rock!
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by blurr1974 on
Nov 19, 2008 2:03 PM EST
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Wood shop accident?
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by Chemmy on
Nov 19, 2008 2:33 PM EST
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thumbs don't count as fingers
…do they?
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing
by loser domi on
Nov 19, 2008 2:35 PM EST
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My way is funnier.
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Nov 19, 2008 2:44 PM EST
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