As a die-hard Marlins fan we're more stunned when we do well rather than expecting it.
Heh. I live in *Cincinnati.* 'Nuff said.
Giles, help! He's going to scold me!
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Nov 06, 2009 11:48:07 am PST #17586 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Calli - Nov 06, 2009 11:50:45 am PST #17587 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I am from Detroit. I've heard we *have* professional sports organizations, but I don't think that means what they think it means.
Well, I'm pretty sure they don't suffer from sore loserdom, given all the practice.
The first time I ever read the phrase "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" was in the Detroit Free Press sports section. I'm pretty sure they were talking about the Lions.
And yet, when the Tigers had that run of not sucking a while back, I was all kinds of pleased for my team. 25 years gone and I'm still fond of them.
Polter-Cow - Nov 06, 2009 11:50:46 am PST #17588 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm equal opportunity, I'm pretty sickened by most professional sports organizations.
I don't understand loyalty to sports teams since there's so little continuity. The Yankees winning this year has nothing to do with the Yankees winning decades ago. And it's not like everyone on the team is even from New York. Unless they are, I don't know.
-t - Nov 06, 2009 11:56:21 am PST #17589 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't understand loyalty to sports teams since there's so little continuity.
It's a nice illustration of the Doctrine of Anatta. The team is made up of different players than it was, different coaches, can be owned by different people, can move to a different city and change its name, but it is still, somehow, the same. Except when it is not, of course.
Trudy Booth - Nov 06, 2009 11:56:57 am PST #17590 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I once tried to explain the Buffy fandom to a rabid hockey fan I know. I said they're pretty much the same thing -- a group of people enjoying something, getting together, dressing weird, having fun. He was bewildered.
Some people juggle geese.
NoiseDesign - Nov 06, 2009 11:59:23 am PST #17591 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
Will no one think of the geese.
Barb - Nov 06, 2009 12:01:33 pm PST #17592 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Oh, the humanity.
Kathy A - Nov 06, 2009 12:02:02 pm PST #17593 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
ION, I love this photo.
msbelle - Nov 06, 2009 12:08:02 pm PST #17594 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Dear today,
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Dana - Nov 06, 2009 12:10:53 pm PST #17595 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
As a die-hard Marlins fan we're more stunned when we do well rather than expecting it.
t cough Saints t /cough