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Still alive
Hey kids, I’m still alive. For the past week I’ve been bogged down with:
- Work
- Car repairs
- A nasty, fever-filled cold bug
- Play rehearsal
I should hopefully be back to posting on a semi-regular basis next week.
UPDATE: In response to this heresy, I give you…
And it makes perfect sense why America hates Boston. If I sucked as much as the rest of America did and had to look with envy upon a golden city made of sparkledust that had world-famous educational institutions, a prominent role in American history and the most winning sports teams in recent memory, I’d hate it as well.
His Grace said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:35
So I lost the bet then?
Brad said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:36
What bet?
actor212 said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:37
Work
Car repairs
A nasty, fever-filled cold bug
Play rehearsal
Well that’s no fun!
Especially that last. I hate rehearsal.
His Grace said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:41
Was a poor attempt at teh funny, (and for some reason my first blockquote gotten eated).
pedestrian said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:41
When is your play exactly? I wanna gooooooo!
Brad said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:44
pedestrian- it’s Moliere’s TARTUUFE and it’s playing at the footlight club in Jamaica Plain, MA. Times are 8 pm tonight, 2 pm tomorrow, 8 pm tomorrow and 2 pm Sunday. Send me an email via the contact form if you want directions.
mikey said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:45
Harrumph.
If I lived in San Francisco, I’d smile in sympathy to this sad delusion, and all the misery and self-loathing wrapped up within it.
But, alas, I live in SiliValley, so I can only think of those who live in cosmopolitan cities with vibrant cultures with a certain amount of envy.
Blaarrgghh…
mikey
Jake H. said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:46
And it makes perfect sense why America hates Boston. If I sucked as much as the rest of America did and had to look with envy upon a golden city made of sparkledust that had world-famous educational institutions, a prominent role in American history and the most winning sports teams in recent memory, I’d hate it as well.
So America has an inferiority complex towards a city that has an inferiority complex towards New York? Man, we do suck.
Brad said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:46
Jake- what, you think America loves New York anymore than it hates Boston?
Jake H. said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:49
Jake- what, you think America loves New York anymore than it hates Boston?
No no no, everybody hates BOTH you jerkos, don’t worry. It’s just funny to watch all the Bostonians finally get to play Yankee Fan, which retroactively validates the enormous obnoxiousness of the actual Yankee Fans who always claimed they were Just Jealous.
Brad said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:53
Jake- very fair- and since the Sox now spend almost as much as the Yankees do, I can’t whine about payroll disparity anymore. I CAN, however, continue to laugh at the absurd clownshow that is Isiah “Rummy of the NBA” Thomas and the Knicks.
Hoosier X said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:54
I live in Lancaster, Calif., which means I hate everyone who lives anywhere else because I am so jealous.
(Except maybe mikey. At least WE have the Jethawks.)
Hoosier X said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:55
And I miss Los Angeles almost as much as I miss Bruce.
actor212 said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:57
envy upon a golden city made of sparkledust that had world-famous educational institutions, a prominent role in American history and the most winning sports teams in recent memory
When did you move to New York?
Jake H. said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:58
I CAN, however, continue to laugh at the absurd clownshow that is Isiah “Rummy of the NBA” Thomas and the Knicks.
But Rummy got canned! And Rummy wasn’t involved in a hugely embarrassing and expensive sexual harassment lawsuit! Incredible as it is to believe, there is an building in America with less accountability than the Bush White House/Pentagon, and its name is Madison Square Garden.
Appropriately enough, Bill Simmons has already pointed out the obvious “crappy legacy kid” parallels between James Dolan and Dear Leader.
pedestrian said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:58
I hate countries with free health care.
Some Guy said,
January 18, 2008 at 21:58
I think we can all agree, though, that Alabama blows.
Jake H. said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:00
I think we can all agree, though, that Alabama blows.
As long as you leave Arkansas alone! I just can’t get enough of that freshly popped squirrel….
Brad said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:01
And incidentally, I agree Bill Simmons is basically insufferable. The whining about curses was OK after watching your baseball team lose in horrific ways for 86 straight years. But now? C’mon. Boston sports teams have never had it so good. And even when the Sox were losing, they were still at least COMPETITIVE throughout the ’70s, ’80s and late ’90s. That’s more than you can say for, say, the Kansas City Royals for most of their history.
Brad said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:01
Jake- hey, man, you leave Huck alone! His victory in the GOP primary is the key to GOP defeat this fall!
fardels bear said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:02
MIT and Hahvahd are in Cambridge, not Boston. They are the New England Patriots, not the Boston Patriots. Larry Bird was from Indiana, Kevin McHale was from Minnesota, which, come to think of it, should be given credit for that younger Kevin now bringing glory to the Celtics.
What does Boston have to do with any of that?
Brad said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:04
What does Boston have to do with any of that?
Boston is so great that it’s had to outsource some of its finer assets to lesser places like Cambridge and Foxborough.
t4toby said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:04
Don’t forget to add, “Collectively wets pants when confronted with a Lite-Brite.”
Wouldn’t be Baw-stun without it!
Funkula said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:05
This was a triumph.
I’m making a note here: huge success.
It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction.
Aperture science:
We do what we must because we can.
For the good of all of us
Except the ones who are dead.
But there’s no sense crying over every mistake
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
For the people who are still alive.
I’m not even angry.
I’m being so sincere right now.
Even though you broke my heart and killed me.
And tore me to pieces.
And threw every piece into a fire.
As they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you.
Now these points of data make a beautiful line
And we’re out of beta we’re releasing on time.
So I’m glad I got burned, think of all the things we learned
For the people who are still alive
Go ahead and leave me.
I think I prefer to stay inside.
Maybe you’ll find someone else to help you.
Maybe Black Mesa -
That was a joke. HAHA. FAT CHANCE.
Anyway, this cake is great:
It’s so delicious and moist.
Look at me still talking when there’s science to do.
When I look out there it makes me glad I’m not you.
I’ve experiments to run, there is research to be done
On the people who are still alive
And believe me I am still alive.
I’m doing science and I’m still alive.
I feel fantastic and I’m still alive.
While you’re dying I’ll be still alive.
And when you’re dead I will be still alive.
Still alive
Still alive
t4toby said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:06
Hear, hear!
Dhalgren said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:07
Isiah Thomas is still alive, too. But I fear not for long.
And yes, Boston is the Hub of the Universe. Boston haters just have to deal with us, whether we’re up or down.
Jake H. said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:09
And incidentally, I agree Bill Simmons is basically insufferable. The whining about curses was OK after watching your baseball team lose in horrific ways for 86 straight years. But now? C’mon. Boston sports teams have never had it so good. And even when the Sox were losing, they were still at least COMPETITIVE throughout the ’70s, ’80s and late ’90s. That’s more than you can say for, say, the Kansas City Royals for most of their history.
I actually semi-defended Simmons in the other thread (and I do read all of his columns and listen to his podcasts featuring rotating guests who all fetch coffee for Jimmy Kimmel for a living), but you’re exactly right. In fact, that’s what I basically said–I like Simmons, but his brain just isn’t wired to handle all of the recent success for his teams. His default mode is self-flagellation and misery.
And as a Buffalo sports fan (essentially no major championships ever unless you count the AFL, and no one counts the AFL, 4 straight Super Bowl losses, Norwide, Music City Miracle, Hull’s skate in the crease…hell even our basketball team that left town disgraced us by morphing into the Clippers), I have NEVER had any sympathy for Boston’s supposed sports misery, or that of any other city except Cleveland. I sided with the Sox in 2004 because I’ve always considered Fuck New York to be principle numero uno in every sport.
Dhalgren said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:09
Don’t forget to add, “Collectively wets pants when confronted with a Lite-Brite.”
Indeed. Not to mention a fascist dictator who’s been in-charge for 14 years and can’t speak clear English.
Arky - Chuthuhlusexual said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:09
Nation’s Capital, beotches!
Hamster said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:13
Why do you have to be hatin’ on the Royals? Man, that’s just uncalled for.
Thursday said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:14
Anywhere that has as many bookstores as people is a beautiful place sez me!
KiwiHopeful said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:15
Thanks, Brad, for calling ‘em like you see ‘em!
Legalize said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:15
Oh good, the Tom Brady prostate massage continues. Look, we all know that the Pats are are the product of a collusive mischief on the part of the NLF, Robert Kraft, and ESPN, created to elicit more subscriptions to the NFL Network and to line the pockets of the corporate whores who greedily pick the meat off the bones of REAL AMERICANS, i.e. New York sports fans.
I believe that Spy-gate, and the zebras giving preferential treatment to the Pats at every available moment, only strengthens my point.
Go Knicks!! :(
Lawnguylander said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:17
Boston doesn’t suck too bad as a city but I still feel bad for anyone who has to live there or anyplace else besides NYC. The only thing about Boston that is better than NYC is its sports teams so no wonder Bostonians won’t STFU about them. Oh and maybe you’re airport but you’ve only got one. Face it your city is never going to be cooler than ours. And some of you know it:
P.S.
pedestrian said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:17
Menino is a drag. Every time someone has a bold new idea, he likes to play wet blanket. I wish we could get some new blood in, but he was elected for life, so there’s nothing we can do.
Sigh.
I miss Felix Arroyo
pedestrian said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:20
Oh good, the Tom Brady prostate massage continues.
If only. I keep offering, but he never returns my calls.
Hoosier X said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:25
Everybody calm down, take a few breaths.
Save some of that hate for the Pistons.
Some Guy said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:25
Legalize said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:15
“Oh good, the Tom Brady prostate massage continues. Look, we all know that the Pats are are the product of a collusive mischief on the part of the NLF, Robert Kraft, and ESPN, created to elicit more subscriptions to the NFL Network and to line the pockets of the corporate whores who greedily pick the meat off the bones of REAL AMERICANS, i.e. New York sports fans.
I believe that Spy-gate, and the zebras giving preferential treatment to the Pats at every available moment, only strengthens my point.”
Don’t forget 9/11. NEPats and NFL were behind that to drum up patriotic frenzy and propel their team to the front.
It’s true! A friend read it on wikipedia!
Jake H. said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:26
Boston doesn’t suck too bad as a city but I still feel bad for anyone who has to live there or anyplace else besides NYC.
I’ve spent plenty of time in both, and I’m sorry to tell you this, but San Fran blows you out of the water. Just a cooler, more interesting, more beautiful city. Sorry.
For all of my reflexive New York hatred, I’ve enjoyed every visit, love seeing the sights, love the food, etc. But sorry, San Fran is just better to me. And I’m saying that as a Buffalonian expat living in DC, so I have no dog in the fight.
NoahC said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:28
“Don’t forget 9/11. NEPats and NFL were behind that to drum up patriotic frenzy and propel their team to the front.
It’s true! A friend read it on wikipedia!”
Two words: Tuck Rule
Legalize said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:31
“Two words: Tuck Rule”
Which I believe is a form of Tom Brady prostate massage.
tigrismus said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:31
Why the assumption we hate New Yorkers? All the Mets fans I’ve encountered have been great!
pedestrian said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:32
And I’m saying that as a Buffalonian expat living in DC
HAH! Hahahahahaha. hah… ohhh…hah.
Someone from Buffalo has no reason to be biased against NYC. And Hiroshima has nothing in particular against Truman.
sxwarren said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:34
As a current New England resident (and former Ann Arbor MI resident – yes, when Brady was there, but don’t go getting any ideas), I feel comfortable making the following assertions:
1) Boston/New England sports fans have always been obnoxious but nobody paid attention until their teams started winning. Similarly, the Bush Admin wouldn’t give two shits how obnoxious Ahmedinejad is if Iran didn’t have oil and natgas (a lot of the latter among Boston sports fans, too).
2) Ann Arbor MI is the true Hub of the Universe. Just ask anyone who’s ever lived there.
So there.
Jacob Singer said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:36
Screw all you guys. Try being a local professional sports fan in Atlanta. That takes some cohones, my friends.
Lawnguylander said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:38
Cooler and more interesting?? Please. What can you do in SF that you can’t in NYC? And SF is a beautiful city if you’re talking about the mountainous backdrop but I lived there for about a year and couldn’t wait to come home. The main problem besides missing my peeps was the ocean. The water is cold all year round and that is just a cruel fucking joke. Put on a wetsuit to go boogie boarding in August? You’ve got to be kidding.
actor212 said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:38
Boston is so great that it’s had to outsource some of its finer assets to lesser places like Cambridge and Foxborough
More like Roxbury was too ashamed to let their people head into town on the T
Jake H. said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:42
Someone from Buffalo has no reason to be biased against NYC. And Hiroshima has nothing in particular against Truman.
Eh, I know there’s state-level political animosity between upstate and downstate, but I never really noticed any cultural animosity. Growing up as a kid, no one ever really talked about New York. It was a separate universe. Buffalo is closer to Toronto and Pittsburgh. New York was a place people went on vacation, but I don’t really remember having an opinion one way or another about it until I went off to college in DC.
Sure, we hated the Jets as division rivals, but not as much as we hated the Dolphins. And we hated the Giants for Super Bowl XXV but not as much as we hated the Cowboys for destroying us twice. If there was a special Buffalo rivalry with New York City, I never got the memo.
Righteous Bubba said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:42
I’ve spent plenty of time in both, and I’m sorry to tell you this, but San Fran blows you out of the water.
I’d go with New York, although the weirdness of San Francisco culture is hard to beat. Mainly I like walking around and New York has more stuff that’s easy to reach in a short time.
Nait Deth said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:43
Green Bay Will Beat You.
Jake H. said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:44
Put on a wetsuit to go boogie boarding in August? You’ve got to be kidding.
I must have missed all the boogie boarding on the Hudson.
gniPgnoP said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:46
CNN’s Roland Martin is a micro-faced puddin-headed moron.
His credentials?
To wit:
Roland S. Martin is a nationally award-winning journalist and CNN contributor. Martin is studying to receive his master’s degree in Christian communications at Louisiana Baptist University…
At some point he’ll learn that the word is Quashed not Squashed…
Jay B. said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:49
I love San Francisco, but really. The hills are nice. And there are great restaurants. But overall the architecture is pretty shabby and it still requires a human sacrifice to afford. Boston, while nearly expensive, gives you way more. There’s not a single neighborhood in SF that is as architecturally lovely as the Back Bay, or the South End, or Monument Square. North Beach can’t hold a candle to the North End when it comes to authenticity.
And SF has an arts scene, but its insular and tepid compared to ours out in LA (that’s right bitches, I’m a New Englander living in Los Angeles! I get to pick and choose what I want to brag about).
billy pilgrim said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:54
Hey, being a Fan in Wisconsin is an exercise in self-control.
Not only do you have to endure years with abysmal teams, you have to do it in the cold Atlanta! hah.
But the funniest part is that nobody is willing to badmouth the Pack and “Storied Lambeau Field” or Tha Frozen Tundra because in this day of free Agents, salary caps and teams ready to move out of your City at the drop of a Funding Referendum, Lambeau is the only thing even close to Hallowed Ground.
Hah. Even when we’re losers, we’re winners. What is the NAME OF THE FRIGGIN TROPHY AGAIN?!?
See you Pats fans in Phoenix, where we will outnumber you 2 to 1, and we will outdrink you 5 to 2; because we are willing to wait decades in the snow and cold for something like this and that makes us Strong.
(of course, now having said that, I have jinxed the Sunday game and so I will just apologize now – I’m sorry – and eat pre-emptive crow)
Shope Fan Socky Mops Chooooo said,
January 18, 2008 at 22:59
This was a triumph.
actor212 said,
January 18, 2008 at 23:00
I must have missed all the boogie boarding on the Hudson.
Well, we do have windsurfers.
pedestrian said,
January 18, 2008 at 23:02
Heh, Roland Martin doesn’t need to learn nothin. That’s what Jeebus is for.
Did anyone see the exit polls on personality/policy coming out of Iowa? Democrats preferred a candidate with good positions, while Republicans preferred a good personality by an equally large margin. That is the sort of thing that you suspect is true, but don’t expect to see people actually admit. Then I thought back to my fundie days and I realized why.
Liberals, whether religious or not, generally believe that the world can be made better. They approach problems with the assumption that humans are capable of finding solutions. Religious conservatives believe that leaders should be open, empty conduits to the will of God. That is, they would prefer a praying idiot to a smug genius. That isn’t just jealousy, or a cultural divide – they really see education as an obstacle to hearing the divine plan. To a true believer, a blowjob really is worse than a war, because the blowjob is a sin that keeps the president from hearing God’s direction, while a war might somehow be part of the big inexplicable plan for the best possible outcome?
How?
Well, with man this is unpossible, but with God, all things is possible.
Lawnguylander said,
January 18, 2008 at 23:03
I must have missed all the boogie boarding on the Hudson.
The Hudson River? That’s for parasailing. What I think you missed was the existence of Rockaway Beach.
Ugly In Pink said,
January 18, 2008 at 23:05
I’m pretty damn glad Boston isn’t New York. I’ve been there a few times and just constantly felt grimy and claustrophobic. Some of the teeny hole-in-the-wall bars are fun, but everything’s expensive, dirty, noisy, and smells like piss. Boston has enough of a city feel to keep me comfortably supplied with restaurants, bars, and theaters, but still has trees and open spaces, and is small enough to make me feel at home.
Never been to San Francisco.
And LA was…interesting, but kind of plastic and didn’t have much in the way of character to fit my snobbish, limousine liberal blue-blood intellectual sensibilities.
Northern Observer said,
January 18, 2008 at 23:10
American cities over 500 000 people are depressing rat holes. Sorry but murika gives urbanism a bad name.
I have to spend 10 days in NYC every February and I frikken hate it. Dark streets, dry air, expensive everything, crowds. Bleck.
The only redeeming factor is the expensive restaurants. New York has really good expensive restaurants. So I eat well while I’m trapped like Snake Plisken in a hostile environment. I guess that’s something.
Oh course NYC is paradise compared to Detroit, I drove through the ‘ruins’ with my mouth hanging open. It is something to see. Like the 28 days later movie set.
LA has no trees. Cleveland is where people go to die. Cincinnati is a conservative religious horror park. Dallas, oh god Dallas – the epitome of boredom. Arrogant self satisfied people in Dallas, New Yorkers can be rough, but they aren’t assholes.
pedestrian said,
January 18, 2008 at 23:15
Ugly, I used to feel exactly the same way about all three cities. But lately I’ve spent some more time in Brooklyn and in various less-know venues, and I have to say I’m coming around to NY.
Boston is starting to feel a little too pristine. Not that I prefer the smell of piss, but I’ve decided I do like a little disorder and dirtyness. It feels more honest, somehow. In NYC i get the feeling that everyone is represented and nobody can quite make heads or tails of it. Boston is just too damned sterile for me anymore.
Also, not that you would probably care, but we have about the worst gay scene of any metro area in the country. I mean, it is truly pathetic. People come in from around the world hoping for a big gay welcome from the gay marriage state and there just nothing here.
spencer said,
January 18, 2008 at 23:18
Boston would be a great city if it weren’t filled with Bostonians.
Hoosier X said,
January 18, 2008 at 23:25
I love Los Angeles.
You can say whatever you want about it. It’s all true.
But I love it and I miss it.
San Francisco is great to visit. So’s Las Vegas. And New Orleans. (And Tijuana.)
I love Chicago too. But the winter suxxit!
Never been to New York. Or Boston.
You want to talk about “depressing rat holes”? Or “conservative religious horror parks”? Or “arrogant self satisfied people”? All in one horrifying package? Try Lancaster, Calif. Yuk!
You have never seen so many people with a boner for Rudy Giuliani.
billy pilgrim said,
January 18, 2008 at 23:27
American cities over 500 000 people are depressing rat holes. Sorry but murika gives urbanism a bad name.
That’s true. The suburban lifestyle has tainted us forever, I fear. Our misfortune was for our cities to be densifying right when mass transit was being invented, allowing the densification to happen in ugly ways; the American idea of ‘Manifest Destiny’ combined with the semmingly limitless spaces to foster a mindset where there would ALWAYS be more room to expand into, moving ever further from the urban areas….
It’s going to KILL us when gas starts becoming truly scarce…..
sxwarren said,
January 18, 2008 at 23:28
mr. pilgrim -
The Greybeard Farve who plays with the passion of a kid leading the young, upstart Pack versus the younger Brady who plays like a machine leading an undefeated team of septugenarians. What’s not to like no matter what the final score? Especially for me, since I predicted this Superbowl matchup during Week Two of the pre-season.
Which reminds me, it’s probably time for somebody to loosen these restraints, eh? Somebody? Anybody? I mean, c’mon, it’s been five months! Close enough now, isn’t it?
sxwarren said,
January 18, 2008 at 23:28
Umm . . . sorry . . . Favre.
Geez! NEVER buy replacement fingers at Wal-Mart, I tell ya.
Smiling Mortician said,
January 18, 2008 at 23:56
Ann Arbor MI is the true Hub of the Universe.
I was going to say Prague is the true Hub of the Universe, but then I remembered American Exceptionalism, so Ann Arbor it is!
Um, and I also kinda like Portland, if that’s okay.
Landru said,
January 18, 2008 at 23:59
For some reason, I felt compelled to mentally add UNDERPANTS! to the list of things bogging you down. I have no idea why.
And I’m really sorry, Brad, but D.A. pwn3d you. Just put down The Sports Douche and everything will be tribally copacetic, mmkay?
BJS said,
January 19, 2008 at 0:03
Re: Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor has nothing on Austin TX. Best college town in America and I spent four years in Charlottesville. Boulder is strong, but no Austin.
Josh R. said,
January 19, 2008 at 0:14
Since I”m hastily leaving work, I respond to the guy who said that the Patriots play in Foxboro and thusly doesn’t reflect upon Boston.
Um, the Giants and Jet play in frigging New Jersey. So, there! Face! See you on the flip side!
acrannymint said,
January 19, 2008 at 0:18
I grew up in Jersey and to me NYC will always be “The City”. I never really liked going there. Its just too overwhelming. However, one of my oldest friends lives in Brooklyn and that is a totally different vibe.
Right now I’m just out of Baltimore which is actually an interesting city. However, The Wire is a bit too true to life.
Dan Someone said,
January 19, 2008 at 0:33
This whole discussion is like the Mac-PC or Xbox-Playstation wars in multiple dimensions.
As long as I don’t have to eat the cookie, you may all carry on.
justme said,
January 19, 2008 at 0:36
So many things to say, but…
I’ll leave it at this. It might be an interesting NY-Boston thing here, if, of course, NY actually had a football team. That’s right, real NYers still hate the both of them for not having the honesty to put the letters “NJ” on their damned helmets.
And “Fuck NY” isn’t rule #1, “Fuck Texas” is, which made last weekend oh so yummy.
Living out here in Sam Clam’s Disco, football season has been rough going, but the climate, scenery, food and general pleasantness seem to make up for it somehow.
Righteous Bubba said,
January 19, 2008 at 0:38
Sam Clam’s Disco
I still tell that joke, much to everyone’s regret.
Batocchio said,
January 19, 2008 at 0:45
Brad, I told ya to break a leg before on the play, but now I mean it in the other sense.
Nawh, rock it at the play. And I’m hoping for a competitive Super Bowl…. just watch out for snortin’ too much of that sparkledust, though!
Blue Buddha said,
January 19, 2008 at 1:31
I’ve been living here for two years… how come I didn’t get any of that sparkledust yet? >:(
Blue Buddha said,
January 19, 2008 at 1:35
I remember NYC being like that in the 80’s. Entire landscapes of rubble, and any car that was left on the side of the highway was stripped down to its chassis in less than 8 hours.
liberalrob said,
January 19, 2008 at 1:46
Boston also has “the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world.” (With one of the longest URLs I’ve ever seen.) The Golden Gate is still #1, however.
Travel Channel’s Top 10 Bridges
g said,
January 19, 2008 at 2:24
Ah, me! Can I play too?
Lived in: New York, Los Angeles, Seattle. – Love ‘em all, different as they may be. Thought I’d hate Los Angeles, but I was totally wrong.
Visited long enough to get a feel for whatit would be like to live in them: Boston – love it. Tampa – Ybor City good. The rest sux. Try St. Pete instead. Houston – shitty weather, ugly deserted downtown, kinda cool neighborhoods near town . Charlotte – nice, growing. Detroit – what a tragedy. makes me want to weep.
bob said,
January 19, 2008 at 2:43
I have never understood the Patriot haters. But then, I’m a 49er fan and I’m used to having losers from Chicago and New York and St Louis and Minnesota and Buffalo and Atlanta and Houston and Washington and Denver and New Orleans and Seattle and most of all FUCKINGSMELLSLIKEASSDALLAS being jealous. Brady is unconscious this year. Go Pats.
FlipYrWhig said,
January 19, 2008 at 3:00
That’s more than you can say for, say, the Kansas City Royals for most of their history.
Waitaminit. The Royals were excellent for most of the ’70s _and_ ’80s. Compare that to the inglorious history of my Philadelphia Phillies.
Oregon Guy said,
January 19, 2008 at 3:12
Boston is cold.
I’m sitting at my computer with the door to the lanai wide open, its 81 degrees and sunny out, and I’m going to walk two blocks to Ala Moana park and go surfing later today. Tomorrow I’m going snorkeling. There’s a college around here somewhere… and I also have the freshest sushi this side of Japan.
Of course the traffic sucks here almost as much as Beantown.
Strangely, I don’t really miss the NFL.
I’ll keep Honolulu, thanks.
Oregon Guy said,
January 19, 2008 at 3:14
And I don’t own a wetsuit. Water temps right now are as cold as they ever get 78-80 F.
Rightwingsnarkle said,
January 19, 2008 at 5:27
For anyone who cares, I’ll be live-blogging a play by Molliere tomorrow night.
The missus picked up a super-cheapo webcam at a yard sale last summer, so maybe I’ll even vblogit.
Just imagine – grainy, jerky, badly-lit off-kilter images of people walking into each other, accompanied by quickly-typed sentence fragments chock full of misspelled and misunderstood dialog.
C’mon, It’ll be fun.
mikey said,
January 19, 2008 at 6:11
OG. Hitch a ride across the island to the windward side. If you go across the middle, stop in Turtle Bay (CRAZY rich enclave, but they’ll serve you a drink if you’re in), or go around past the stupid Oahu snorkeling spots.
Out on the other side of the island, Waimea and such, less crowds, better surfing.
Is the crows nest still the place to go at night?
mikey
Doug Watts said,
January 19, 2008 at 7:39
So how many warm, sunny southern states have legalized gay marriage … ?
Thought so.
How many have aggressively enforced hate crimes laws protecting gay people ?
Thought so.
Rugosa said,
January 19, 2008 at 17:44
pedestrian – if Boston is too pristine for you, I worry about your hygiene standards. The place is fucking filthy. If you don’t like the smell of piss, maybe you prefer dog crap and litter on the sidewalks and in the parks. Mayor-for-Life Mumbles is doing his best to hand over the city to developers while shortchanging basic services. For all Buffalo’s woes economic and athletic, it’s still a city where you don’t have to wade through garbage every day. (Hi Jake! I grew up on the Big Bad East Side. You?)
dave said,
January 19, 2008 at 20:08
Everyone needs to cut my fellow Bostonians (especially the Sox fans among us) some slack. We have been in near constant combat with The Evil Empire for a long time and, like Frodo at the end of Return of the King, have been warped by the struggle. Our sudden sports dominance has caught us off guard and we are struggling to adjust to the new reality.
Oh, and Simmons is a hack. He ran out of A-material 5 years ago.
Nate P. said,
January 19, 2008 at 20:56
All this Minnesota resident has to say about Boston is that they can steal Ortiz and Garnett from us, but the Litter, Prince, Husker Du, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Dillinger Four and Atmosphere will always be better than the Standells, Aerosmith, SSD, Maurice Starr, the Dropkick Murphys and 7L & Esoteric.
Mooser said,
January 19, 2008 at 21:27
Ha! Except for the nasty cold, I should be so lucky as to have your problems. Well, car repair is nasty, too. But you are rehearsing a play, you lucky bastard! Soon, the sovereign elixer, the euphoric panacea, that perfect sustenance from which one never gains a pound, that enriches you beyond measure but on which there is no tax, the apreciation, applause and laughter of an audience, will be washing over you. And with that to look forward to, you have problems? Feh!
dwiff said,
January 19, 2008 at 21:30
Boston is not made of sparkledust; ’tis constructed out of Colonial Witchdust (TM Ye Olden Tymes) lovingly pestled by hand in nearby Danvers.
And, since I be ye Native Beantownian, let me just finish by saying : “Duh.”
Now ye may suck me chowda. I’m goin ta Durgin Pahk.
D. Aristophanes said,
January 21, 2008 at 8:20
What can you do in SF that you can’t in NYC?
Um, bang my wife? Get a burrito? Not have to be within 3,000 miles of Pam Atlas?
Righteous Bubba said,
January 21, 2008 at 8:37
What can you do in SF that you can’t in NYC?
Um, bang my wife?
We don’t all want to bang your wife.
actor212 said,
January 21, 2008 at 17:52
What can you do in SF that you can’t in NYC?
Um, bang my wife?
We don’t all want to bang your wife.
You only say that because you drew number 5,678…
Linnaeus said,
January 21, 2008 at 20:26
Never been to Boston, but I suppose I should go there. Of course, I currently live in the fine city of Seattle and have no plans to leave, even if the only home I could afford here is a cardboard refrigerator box.
Ann Arbor has nothing on Austin TX. Best college town in America
Never been to Austin, but being a Big Blue alum, A^2 will always hold a special place in my heart. And, when I needed to get away, I could go 4 hours to the west and be in Chicago. Five hours to the east, and I’d be in Toronto (one of the most underrated cities in North America). Not bad, my friend.
Detroit – what a tragedy. makes me want to weep.
As one who grew up in the Detroit area, it makes me want to weep, then scream. What’s happened to Detroit isn’t just a tragedy, it’s a fucking crime. What is to be done? No one seems to know, or even care anymore.
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