May 2012
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Went to my first Pioneer League game last night - Washington Wild Things against the Lake Erie Crushers. And of course my friend signed us up to sumo wrestle at the end of the 4th inning. I’m in blue. Here are some things for context:
As we got ready, two really great staff persons helped us into our suits and waited with us until it was time to take the field. My buddy Chris and I were...
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Jon Hamm to star in movie about Pirates' Indian... →
Mad Men star Jon Hamm has become attached to play a sports agent in Million Dollar Arm, the drama based on the true story of how sports agent J.B. Bernstein discovered professional pitchers Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel through a reality show he staged in India with cricket players. Mayhem Pictures’ Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray are producing with Joe Roth and Palak Patel of Roth Films. Thomas...
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I had to google YOLO.
yesterday, in fact
April 2012
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birthday gifts already received
from my parents: playstation vita to play mlb the show
from my wife: private tour of roberto clemente museum
from my boss: gift card for pirates tickets
love being simple
reading about jew harps on wikipedia
The common English name “Jew’s harp” may be considered controversial or potentially misleading, and is thus avoided by some speakers. Other speakers believe the avoidance of the term to be offensive and deliberately use the term so as not to cause offense.
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cookiegate
“I’m not sure about these cookies. They don’t look like you made them,” Romney said to the woman sitting next to him “No, no. They came from the local 7-eleven, bakery, or whatever.”
mitt romney dissing the bakery my delicious wedding cake came from:
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baseball talk at the bank this morning
teller: did you have a good weekend?
me: yeah, pretty busy, but hey - it’s baseball season.
teller: have you been to any games?
me: yeah, i went thursday.
teller: did they win?
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March 2012
22 posts
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baseball real talk
me: so, in any case, he's an awesome dude. loves baseball. that's enough to be my friend.
Bill: haha. damn. i love drinking beer in bleachers, that's close... ish
me: it's actually the opposite
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is this all 'draw something' has to offer?
instead of drawing a picture, this person wrote simply ‘dino bird’.
i passed.
the word was ‘rapture’.
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my dad, the hvac king
przy: i feel like my brain grew a size while i was reading your dad's AC opus
me: he's the man
me: also i have a difficult time making conversation with him
przy: Summarize 'Dads' in two statements.
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graham is getting deployed again
dan: you could come to the beach with us in september
graham: i'll be in afghanistan.
dan: wait, what? i though you were done
graham: nope.
dan: not happy about this
graham: that's what the taliban said
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and a big shout out to the bro blasting DMB right...
and it’s new DMB. the worst possible DMB. i can’t even be shamefully nostalgic for it.
sometimes i wish my office with the big windows didn’t have any windows at all. i could draw a window on the wall and be happier.
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Pittsburgh Arena Football Team Releases Entire... →
“I’m putting food in my mouth and being read, from a piece of paper by our owner, that the Pittsburgh Power as a whole is now terminated,” said former Power center Beau Elliott.
The players that didn’t re-sign had to travel back to Pittsburgh at their own expense. What a joke.
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If body language is any indication of how the meeting went, then the Cardinals...
– Thanks for the update, ESPN. NFL players should really work on their poker face. Broad smiles sink ships.
The NFL offseason is the worst. Just the worst.
jheath asked: Tough break about AJ...
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February 2012
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and big ups to the person in my office who heated...
when i burned my calzone in the toaster oven, its smell could not be detected
so thank you, whoever you are
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