July 2010
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“You know what? I have good ideas. In fact, I used to carry around a notebook and...”
– Pete Campbell, Mad Men
Jul 23rd
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“Another time, Allen Watson, a relief pitcher, threw a bagel at a clubhouse...”
– from Joe Torre and Tom Verducci’s book, “The Yankee Years”
Jul 13th
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Jul 13th
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“We understand that John Henry must be embarrassed, frustrated and disappointed...”
– George Steinbrenner on the Red Sox complaints about the Yankees signing Alex Rodriguez.  He was the best.
Jul 13th
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Jul 13th
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Jul 13th
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Jul 11th
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Jul 9th
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Jul 7th
5,874 notes
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Jul 1st
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June 2010
29 posts
Jun 25th
57 notes
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Jun 24th
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Jun 17th
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Jun 16th
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Wayne
Me: Manny is asking out this guy named Wayne.
Tarik: Oh, is his first name Bruce or 'Lil?
Jun 14th
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Dates
Manny: I was thinking of asking out one of the teacher's I work with.
Me: Oh nice.
Manny: Wayne.
Me: What the fuck?
Manny: That's her last name. Shit, I should have said her first name.
Jun 14th
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Jun 14th
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Jun 13th
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Jun 12th
“J.R. Smith’s suburban Denver mansion was robbed during the Nuggets’ first-round...”
– (via Deadspin). (via nbaoffseason)
Jun 11th
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Jun 9th
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Super Tuesday
Eddie: big night tonight
Eddie: strasburg
Eddie: plus nba finals game 3
Eddie: stanley cup
Eddie: as dick vitale said
Eddie: super tuesday
Me: yeah its a huge sports day
Eddie: huge
Eddie: super tuesday
Me: super tuesday
Eddie: oh yes
Eddie: love super tuesday
Eddie: hockey bball, baseball
Eddie: and hell's kitchen new episode
Jun 8th
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Jun 8th
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Jun 8th
Jun 7th
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Glee
Janine: i watched all 21 episodes of glee this past weekend
in time for the season finaly
me: oh wow
Janine: yep
thats right
me: i hear that show is really gay
like not bad, but gay
Janine: oh totally
it's seriously homosexual
it's right up my alley
me: hahahahaha
Janine: i'm pretty sure i have the taste of a gay man
Jun 7th
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Jun 6th
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Tea-storms
niner: and i can’t sleep. You should’ve had a decaffeinated tea-storm.
Jun 5th
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Jun 5th
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“Maradona’s status as one of the two greatest players of all time is...”
– David Hirshey on Argentinian soccer legend Diego Maradona I’m planning on getting into the World Cup in a big way this summer.  I don’t follow soccer at all, it takes me a minute to realize what people mean whenever there’s talk about Lionel Messi being the best football player in...
Jun 4th
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“They can have it. I was wondering whether they would get together, eight...”
– NBA Commissioner David Stern on the supposed “Free Agent Summit” between LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh and the other stars of the 2010 Free Agent Class. He’s the best.
Jun 4th
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Jun 3rd
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Teachers
Manny: I'm a little worried. Our union rep came in today and said the city is cutting budget, so my school may have to lay off a bunch of teachers.
Me: That sucks, would your job be in trouble?
Manny: I don't know, I'm the third lowest-ranking teacher in the school.
Me: Oh, so maybe one of the other teachers will get let go instead of you.
Manny: Yeah, it would stink though. There's this one woman teacher who's really cool.
Me: Oh, is she hot?
Manny: She's looks like she's twelve, but she's hot. She's just my type.
Me: Wait, what?
(A little later)
Tarik: What's going on?
Manny: I'm a little worried, the city is cutting budgets for schools, so they may have to lay off a bunch of teachers.
Me: Yeah, it looks like Manny's gonna have to start blowing some principals to get a job.
Manny: Well, some of them are pretty cute.
Tarik: You realize he said "blowing some principals"
Manny: ....
Jun 3rd
Jun 3rd
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“On June 2, 2010, [[Armando Galarraga]] of the Tigers gave up an infield single...”
– Perfect Game Wikipedia Entry on June 2, 2010 at 9:05 PM, minutes after Umpire Jim Joyce blows the call on the final out of Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga’s perfect game bid.  This will go down as the worst call by an umpire in baseball history.  Not only was it the final out of a...
Jun 3rd
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King and The King and Lady Gaga
LARRY KING: What do you think of we -- she was with us last -- this -- earlier this week. What do you think of Lady Gaga?
LEBRON JAMES: Oh, she's an unbelievable performer, unbelievable talent. And she has a great -- she has a great following.
KING: Are you going to go see her when she...
JAMES: Absolutely. Absolutely.
KING: She's coming to Cleveland.
JAMES: I'll be there.
Jun 2nd
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I really like Canada.
(via niner) Me too.  Do you want to meet up sometime and sing the national anthem together?
Jun 1st
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Jun 1st
May 2010
49 posts
May 29th
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“Holy cow, the Magic are losing by 20 points! What they need now is 7 unanswered...”
– Dad on Celtics-Magic Game 6
May 29th
May 28th
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Me: What do the Amish do with their lives?
Mom: They go to school....they farm...
May 28th
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May 26th
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May 25th
May 25th
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May 25th
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May 24th
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Burgers
Me: Hey Manny we're going to get food. You want to go to the Diner or Igloos?
Manny: ...Igloos.
Me: Yeah that's my vote too.
Manny: I feel like having breakfast.
Tarik: You know they serve breakfast at the Diner too.
Manny: I only like going to the Diner when I want burgers.
Me: Why?
Manny: They make better burgers at the Diner.
Tarik: Have you ever had burgers at Igloos?
Manny: No.
May 22nd
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May 21st
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May 21st