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You know, I normally take delight in all of Michigan's failings, but its almost too early in the season for schadenfreude. Or maybe it isn't. OSU's game was kind of a yawner (which is nice, b/c I was actually somewhat nervous about an App State type scenario playing out here). Boeckman looked better than anticipated at QB, but the O-line has me nervous. The running game, which is supposed to be this team's anchor, got consistently stuffed all day long by YSU. That doesn't bode well for the conference schedule. Looking around the conference, maybe we need to keep our eyes on Penn St th

I'm pretty sure something must be terribly, terribly wrong with me (er, wronger than usual, I mean) because I really have not enjoyed anything I've heard from them yet. I keep trying mostly because of Neko's involvement. I love Neko's voice, but hate her "NP voice". Damn them for making a record where it sounds like they've shifted tempos/moods a bit, because now I'm probably going to end up having to give them another shot in hopes that I've just been listening wrong all this time...

Or at the very least, if we lose, maybe he can punch some people in the face. Not sure what to think about OSU this year. Defense will be its usual self, offense will be...well, lets just not talk about it. I admire the discipline and consistency that the Sweatervest has brought to the program compared to the unfocused late-season meltdowns of the Cooper years*, but dammit if his overly-conservative offenses don't drive me batshit crazy.** * - Except for that game last January. ** - With the exception of last season when he had so many Heisman candidates out on the field that he

I'll be the one in the fifth row who shows up drunk and yells for "Misunderstood" all night long, even after they've already played it once. You have been warned.

I don't like these officially-sanctioned whining threads. I'll bitch wherever I damned well want to bitch, thank you very much. Wait...I just ended up bitching in the appropriate forum, didn't I? Argh! Trapped by the system again! I'm such a conformist.

Finally, a practical use for excessive ear wax!

Hello, Cleveland!!!

Ok, in hindsight, I apologize for bringing Bush into this with that stupid photo. Another reminder that countering sarcasm with sarcasm really doesn't further the discussion. Duly noted. The events in New Orleans were certainly the most gigantic clusterfuck of incompetence that I have seen in my lifetime. Even moreso than 9/11 (to me, at least), it seemed as if it shook our collective sense of security and challenged a lot of the assumptions we make about the structure and resilience of our society as a whole. This time there was no scary bogeyman to distract us from the reality that, we

Say there, that's a nice sarcastic comment. I just wanted to let you know I think you're doing a heckuva job!

The basement? Nah, sounds like you'll have great seats. Enjoy!

moviegoer returning from bathroom: Did I miss anything important? other moviegoer: Miss anything? Fuck, he's just been sitting there meditating for the past hour. C'mon, dude, do something!! Shouldn't he be fighting ninjas using only his mind power or something?!

I initially read this as Pirates of the Carribean...which might have been even better. Still, nicely done.

Try SkyBus. They fly into Oakland...looks like $125 each way, which isn't as dirt-cheap as some of their flights, but hey, its something to consider. I do like Bela Fleck, though haven't listened all that much. The only time I've seen him play live is once probably a decade ago he opened a big arena show for Dave Matthews (hey, I was there b/c of my gf at the time, I swear! ) and his set was 100% better than the uninspired set Dave played that night.

On this chart it looks like the front row of B goes 1-8 or 9, but I can't really read it. I guess the number I'm more happy with is row 5, which is pretty nice. I originally had row 11, but got distracted by an emergency at work (damn them!) and when I came back I'd lost my first tickets and then came up with row 5. Sweeeeeet. chart

SEC B, Row 5, Seats (9, 8) Not too shabby. Hmmm...I think that puts me in the Nels Zone. Can somebody with better eyes than me tell me if the seat numbers for the front of Sec B are 0-9? Looks like I got aisle seats, which is kind of sweet.

Wait...there's a Wilco pre-sale?? How do I do that? I thought the pre-sale was only for students and Wex Ctr members.

Classy.

Yeah, I like the "Gosh, we didn't realize people would download the mp3s!!1!" attitude.

Yeah, thanks for not rubbing it in. I'll take my chances that the bulk of the OSU student body will say "Wilco who?" and there will still be plenty of tickets left on Friday.

Meh. No moreso than your average randomly-selected group of college students. You pack enough people onto a campus, you're bound to find your share of Wilco fans. That said, I knew a lot of Dave Matthews fans when I was in school there, so you may have a point.

Great! Too bad I'm not holding out much hope that his successor will be an improvement...

Dammit, I knew I never should have graduated!!! I think its interesting that Wilco keeps playing the Wex when they're in town, as opposed to some of the other venues. I guess they must like it. As for this: I can verify that during the mid-90s, I took a poll and I was the only person on campus who had heard of them.

I did a double-take when I read this and had to go check the standings to see for myself. Holy moly, that's terrible! (and strangely awesome) Go Reds!