Go Seahawks!!
Update [2006-1-22 21:52:7 by BooMan]: Congratulations to Susan and all the Seahawk fans. And congratulations to the Steelers fans too. It should be a great matchup.
Update [2006-1-22 22:2:5 by susanhu]: THANK YOU, BooMan! Thanks for your tremendous support (in so many ways) and for your enthusiasm! This has NEVER happened to us before. Oh, how I wish my mom and dad were alive to see this. They were both devout Seahawk fans. This will thrill children in Eastern Oregon, in tiny towns in Idaho, and in small coastal villages of Washington state because — like the Mariners — the Seahawks are a true Northwest team, and everybody in the surrounding states, rural towns, and little farms miles from anything else loves them!
BF is very happy that the Steelers won. I have no opinion of the NFC game…
Sorry . . .this is non-football related (and probably a day late and a dollar short with the question).
What’s this I hear about BooMan Tribune getting a mention from the media? If true, that is way cool – and sincere Congratulations! (If not, please disregard the praise ;^)
I really had no major rooting interest one way or another — but I remember many years ago when I was working in order entry, I had a very good friend in Accounts Receivable who was a Pittsburgh native. One of my favorite parts of the day was coming downstairs to the lunchroom and seeing him there, and asking, “Hey, Paul, who are the Steelers going to lose to this week?”
He’s probably no longer around (he was at least 65 when he left the company back in 1991-92), but if he was ornery enough to last this long, I hope he’s enjoying the Steelers’ resurgence.
Now let’s bring on the real game…hope Susan has some fingernails left for the game… 😉
years after Bush pronounced Bin Laden “Wanted, dead or alive”, this from the NYT:
BT is up for Best New Blog. Ok, so are a million other blogs, but still, it’s nice to see Booman recognized.
Yeah, this is a really cool place to sit, read, and comment.
I sure hope that (a) Bootrib makes the final cut and (b) it isn’t up against My Left Wing.
I don’t know how to reconcile the fact that I feel pretty much the same way about MSOC’s blog.
Even slower than here. So you can reconcile your conflict on a technicality, even if it is only a matter of a small degree.
Also My Left Wing does not have pictures of people with Absinthe on their heads and/or bosoms, or a frog, and it is not named for a prestigious fur pupdog.
Ducky, does our site load slower than, say, Kos?
I’d really like to know. I could try removing some ads and see if that helps … but I’d need someone to work with me as I test it out.
If anyone’s willing to be a guinea pig — preferably someone with dial-up — e-mail me your phone number and we’ll make a date for the tests.
It is slower than My Left Wing.
I am unable to confirm or deny, much less reveal, any information that might be traceable to a human being, for security reasons, but I do have dial-up and I would welcome removal of any and all ads, and Scoop itself, which I do not love, as it discriminates against both dial-up and fine museum quality computers. Once a thread has many replies, the rate all button disappears, and I can give no 4s.
If it gets very big, I cannot even open it at all.
Shoot. Well, I do need to do it scientifically so I do need to be with someone on the phone to see which ads slow us down the most.
Another thing: I finally went to DSL through Earthlink, which I stick with because of its magnificent service.
To afford it, I took off call waiting and the message service from my telephone … that doesn’t quite cover the increased cost of DSL, but it is SUCH a joy! Even if you have an “antique” computer, you’ll notice an incredible difference.
(And I assume you do all the ordinary maintenance to keep your computer running spiffy.)
you celebrating with absinthe?
Alas, I can’t drink because of my medications but I’m sorely tempted tonight! 🙂
I’m so curious about absinthe! I wonder if it’s delicious … so amusing that figures in that Caribbean cruise lines death mystery that Scarborough and Nancy Grace and Greta can’t stop yakking about.
commit nerdhood on the computer, which is powered by a drunken squirrel tied to a stick.
Dial-up is better if you are concerned about security, because it is not static, and one’s IP address can be more thoroughly fictionalized. Or so they say. I have not been troubled by browser hijacks and spyware. My “hosts file” whatever that is, is said to be a fortress.
DHCP (the process that farms out IP numbers to a dialup, and some DSL customers) isn’t a panacea. Anyone with a warrant can still find you through your ISP, and there are other, even more nerdy, ways to track you down. I’m not going to tell what they are here, because I don’t want to make people to start disconnecting their computers and crawling under their beds until the Internet gets undiscovered.
There are ways to be relatively anonymous, though. In your case you might want to look into colocating an OpenBSD server in a country that isn’t afraid to tell anyone with a US warrant to take a flying leap at a rolling donut. The less paranoid among us might want to use an anonymizing proxy that tells people your browser is connecting from Buzzoffistan.
(No knock against your paranoia, Ducky. Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.)
I am pleased to assume that your preferred pugilists have won the croquet matches with several well-bowled home runs!
local paper
for defendants right to challenge origin of government’s evidence:
Defense attorneys in the Lodi terror case successfully petitioned for a trial date, now set for February 14. The government wanted more time to build their case:
Yea, I’ll bet those NSA headlines aren’t have nothing to do with it!
Somehow, I doubt that insuring a defendant’s right to inquire into the origin of gov’t evidence in these cases won’t be a consistent concern of the DOJ.
Yea, Steelers! Go Seahawks!
WHY didn’t you wake me up? I left the TV on the other game but woke up to infomercials! Glad I awoke just in time!
TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!
Tatupu — Tatupu to you too!
(Football fans sounds so mature.)
Panthers have zero points.
OMG! TATUPU TO YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
Hey now, wait a minute! I live in Carolina and I couldn’t be happier that the Seahawks are off to a good start. I (silently) despise the Panthers and their wimpy colors.
However, if it comes down to the Seahawks and Steelers in the Super Bowl, I’m gonna have to root for the Steelers. They’re an old-school, rustbelt team with manly colors. No teal or silver or baby blue for them, no sir.
We have never had a team — in the entire Northwest (the Seahawks being that only team( — ever make it this far.
I think it’s our turn.
The Steelers have plenty of rings. Let us have one chance at one.
I didn’t realize that. My affinity for the underdog may trump my allegiance to the rustbelt.
I’m sorry. I’m sensitive about it. I’ve lived in the Northwest almost my entire life and have endured decades of being dismissed or made fun of by the East Coast.
is not being talked about. Seattle gets little to no mention in the media sportswise unless something spectacular happens, like the Mariners’ 116-win season in 1991 or the Seahawks’ run this year.
This is hardly surprising. The media is centered on the East Coast, the vast majority of media consumers are on the East Coast, so it’s no surprise that the majority of sports coverage covers the East Coast.
One other thing I wondered about is, at the beginning of the broadcast someone said that the city hadn’t had a professional championship in decades. Is the WNBA that invisible? Probably. I don’t suppose the count the UW Huskies in 1991, either . . .
And there is soccer legend Michelle Akers from Seattle … btw, HBO has the most wonderful documentary about the U.S. women’s soccer team and all the difficulties they had in getting support, funding, etc. It’s something every young girl should see!
And what’s with this macho shit re the East Coast teams? Rustbelt, many colors ? Oh pleaaaaaaaase …
I don’t care if the Seahawks play in pink tutus. It’d be nice if they got a shot.
Macho is what gets us into conflicts we don’t belong in.
Well, I was talking about the Panther’s colors. I just have an affinity for the older teams. I hate the Panthers because they’re such a marketing ploy….they play and train in Charlotte but to increase marketing potential they give them a regional name to draw money from both of the Carolinas. My Clevland Browns may be perenially sucky, but there’s no doubt what city they belong in.
I’m in complete sympathy with you there … that was a TRAVESTY what they did to the fans of the Browns.
did to fans of the Browns!!
Grrrrrrrr! Don’t mention that name! It still makes my blood boil. Hey, Gooserock, I’ll bet you were as glad as I was to see the Broncos lose after those heartbreaking AFC Championship games against the Browns.
A) i love the carolina colors and i admired the marketing geniuses who came up with them
B) i picked carolina back in sept to win the super bowl
C) im back
Hiiiiiii, Anna! We missed you. Were you bad while you were away? (I so hope so.)
was i bad?….hmmmmm…except for having sex in my parents craftmatic adjustable bed on new years day i think i was pretty good….unfortunately so….ive been too busy to be bad…
but that has to change soon.
i did get lots of insight into what people are thinking across the country…..i really listened…we are in big trouble….
i also got to listen to a lot of music while i was gone….18 hour car drives will do that to you….mostly i was in the mood for woman’s voices, esp after seeing the roches in concert just before i left…..so im all filled up on that…and looking for something fresh….anybody got anything for me?
Hey there–where ya been, if you don’t mind my being so nosey. I noticed the other day that I hadn’t seen any of your comments.
BTW, I was cleaning out the closets recently and found some unopened and of course, uneaten edible undies.
I decided to take your advice.
Who knows WHAT I’d have found in there…
i been to jersey and florida….3 weeks ago i was sitting on a beach trying not to ruin my gothic palor.
the new thing in edible panties are panties, mainly g strings, made from candy necklaces….they are pretty stretchy and i got a bunch to give away at the valentines party im going to…..they taste wya better than the fruit roll up kinds.
Read more of this article at Eat 4 Today where Puget4 has written an article about depression, Heavy Chains, “Yeah-but”, Numb
(reposted from a closed cafe)
I ran over to both of the front windows of the men who live in a duplex next door, and Danced in front of their windows! They cracked up!
(OF COURSE, they’re watching the game! — they give me the local daily paper every day, and the day’s TV sports schedule is neatlly cut out of the sports page.)
Appropriate dress for dancing in front of the window for the benefit of neighbors include:
Colorful national costume (always appropriate, anywhere, any time)
Billowing flannel nightwear, preferably a coloful cartoon cow print
Sequined baton twirling outfit, baton optional unless you are from Texas, in which case it must also be aflame, despite the fact that you are indoors
Underoos as long as they are worn on the outside
Anything by Betsey Johnson
I have the sexiest Betsy Johnson mini-dress that’s a bit too small at the moment (20 lbs. to lose). ….
but I just went over in my tight blank pants and big heavy sweater (damn it’s cold) and wiggled for them. They laughed! 🙂
(cough) Thinking about your weight? (clearing throat)
(muttering)signature?
Did Seahawks see the flag and let up??? Then the zebras pick it up??? Grrrr…this better not be a momentum-changer play…
the refs appear to want to improve the ratings by preventing a blowout. I’ve never seen a block in the back penalty flag get picked before in my life.
I’m thinking the Hawks pick up five TDs in a row here and run away with this thing.
OK, just joking. Four would do.
Being ahead at the end of the game is even better.
That lousy punt was depressing but otherwise the Seahawks are looking like a Super Bowl team.
My guys did their part, looks like the Seahawks are going to Detroit, too.
Before the partisanship gets too heavy around here, let me remind you that the Seahawks colors may be blue but the Black and Gold are a blue team in the blue/red game. The Rooneys are a model of civic citizenship and just plain kindness. So is Jerome Bettis and young Big Ben is getting a similar rep in town.
Somebody congratulated me for the Steelers win, and at first I felt silly about it, but then, sure, I earned it–I was a hometown fan of the 70s teams, but I also suffered through Bubby Brister and Mark Malone and Neil O’Donnell, and a couple of decades of broken hearts. This is our year!
I don’t live in Pittsburgh now but I can feel the energy from 3000 miles away!
we left behind the years of blood-feuding between the Browns and Steelers, and rooted for the Steelers this afternoon. Great job!
We’d love to see a PA-WA Superbowl, we think it’d be a great game, and if we get it we’ll root for both sides!!
the Seahawks are going to Detroit, too.
We’ll keep ’em!!! (Hell w/the Lions, enough is enough!)
Woot!!
You get Seahawk Fan of the Day award for that PHOTO! WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!
Looks like an all AFC Superbowl..oh I forgot the NFC somehow got the Seahawks? Where is Jim Zorn??
Isn’t he the Seahawks QB coach?
I’d know a lot more but I can’t get any Seattle AM stations inside my place up here because of the mountains … I can sort of get them in the car … I’ve actually driven east to Sequim many times just so I could hear a certain radio show I wanted to lsten to. I wish more AM stations had ‘net access, but I can dig that it’s too expensive probably.
in technical terms anyway. There real expense is artificial stuff like record-keeping requirements and extra royalties for webcasting. Some of it is corporate policy, which is why Entercom stations like KIRO aren’t available.
Some stations are coming back. KOMO does podcasts of their news items, and KIXI (soft rock/easy listening) apparently is streaming now, but I haven’t checked them out yet.
What’s the show you try to catch?
I just saw Jim Zorn hugging Hasselback … !
(Anna in Philly would dig Jim Zorn … slurp, slurp!)
Okay Steeler fans and Seahawk fans, listen up. You’re coming to my hometown. I know it’s not much, but there has been a lot of improvement – in spite of a highly corrupt mayor. There are plenty of cool things to do and good places to eat. If you would like any advice, please feel free to ask.
No, we don’t have a good mass transit system and yes you may laugh at the People Mover (a kickback if I’ve ever seen one). That said, if any Tribbers are coming in for the game, even to just watch it in a bar and hang around the party, feel free to e-mail me.
Thank you, Toni! We look forward to coming! I hope your city makes a lot of money off the game!
That would be great. It would be even greater if that money wasn’t spent buying the mayor a new diamond earring or for a lawsuit settlement – but a girl can dream.
ethic (below) I remember some of what I don’t miss about the east coast school of hard knocks –
it isn’t as corrupt out here in nice seattle.
rmm.
Sunday before my birthday!!!!
Hoo-Ray for Susan’s SeaHawks! Congrats to their fans, and to the Steelers also. Should be a good match up. Now if we can keep the weather in line for another two weeks, hopefully visitors will come away with a favorable view of Detroit and S.E. Michigan. The way things have been going lately, we need every bit of good will we can muster.
& don’t know if I’ll EVER figure out this west coast nice thing, and I’ve lived in Seattle since 1989, after living in Boston for 11 years, after growing up in MA.
background –
aunt and uncle have lived in Pitt for 10 yrs, – I visited 3 yrs ago for the first time.
auntie and I are driving down some hill & there is some sign commemorating some strike of 18whatever where 20 odd were killed in Pittsburgh.
…
do any of ya’ll remember RayGun Democrats? they were from the rust belt – like – uh – Pittsburgh!
the kind of places where the 40 hour work week was won with a fucking shovel upside the head the aristocrats.
and, even though Pittsburgh is now hoping that the economy will grow on the backs of CMU & U of Pitt, and even though the burbs are booming with malls and mall jobs, and even though too many of those old time used to be Dems vote against their interests – maybe those ghosts, that knock head history –
and guys like Howard –
maybe in places like Pitt this lame and tame party can get back to its roots of knocking heads, it sure seems like this area is too tame and too lame to fight for anything.
given my whole, entire, complete political philosophy against the thugs is just beat the sons of bitches, 24*7*365
and there is a longer history of battling in Pitt than out here
I am rooting for Pitt in 2 weeks !!
to hell with nice teams, nice political leaders, nice political parties, and nice politics.
rmm.
Congratulations Susan and all of the northwest. I never doubted the Seahawks would pull it off. But of course saying that out loud would jinx it.
here
as reported by MSM/RWCM–seem a tad low to me! and of course, no mention of people with disabilities…why am I not suprised?
As to the comments above, MLW could not compete with this place. Not even close.