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It’s been a rough harvest season for the Hill People, so Lothar can use some cheering up. Plus there’s baseball on this evening (dirt Jets vs. baby Bears). I started watching John Wick this afternoon while working out and he didn’t finish killing everyone tangentially related to the murder of his dog yet, so I can use some cheering up too. Have at it, you savages.
Tuesday Evening Baseball and Cheer Up Lothar Open Thread
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By the way, best part of my day–other than reading Herr Doktor’s funnies–was watching the new Star Wars trailer.
Felt like I was goddamn 10 years old again, watching Ray Rayner show preview clips of The Empire Strikes Back on his morning show.
I am not a Star Wars guy. Never got into, always fell into the Harlan Ellison “It’s a bad western with lasers” camp. Then Lucas wasted any potential interest I had with the prequels (Killing Darth Maul in the first movie?! WTF?!).
That said, the new trailers make the movie look like ridiculous amounts of fun.
That’s what I keep coming back to. The reason why kids (and adults, I guess) loved the first trilogy is because they looked so different, so great.
The look of these trailers is fantastic. So. much. eye candy.
Even if the movies are absolute crap as far as stories and acting go (i.e., like the prequels), they’ll be lovely things to watch.
I don’t know why, but I want to see light sabers in a bunch of really non-practical applications. Like baseball bats, or sewing needles.
Good news, Wick kills everyone tangentially related to the death of his dog.
Saved you some time there.
They’re making a sequel. I hope it involves puppies.
Dirt Jets retake the lead; Kristen and her dead eyed stare will show you how surprised I am:
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She might be one of the least talented actresses alive, but I have to admit she is good looking.
She’s actually pretty good in American Ultra.
Also: this is sort of how I feel about Avril Lavigne. She can sing but chooses shit material, which makes her seem horrible. But to me, she’s ungodly attractive.
I feel the same way
I thought she was pretty decent in On The Road.
We’re getting serious. Here’s a fun song about drinking and infidelity:
Thanks for the cheer, everyone. No news is good news, I guess.
Funny thing. I’ve become pretty left-wing over the past 14 years, but I still own a handgun (back from the days when I was trying to get a job in federal law enforcement). No ammo in the house, and I don’t think the thing’s been out of it’s locked case in my closet since before my daughter was born. Now I’ve had a death threat, my first thought isn’t “I should buy some ammo and clean the gun,” because I know how bad guns are at home defense.
My Louisville slugger is by the front door, my 5-D cell mag-lite is by the garage door, and the kitchen knives are near the back door. Any fuckers who get ideas of breaking in my house with a gun are gonna get fucked up.
Though I doubt the kid will figure out where I live. He threatened to shoot me in the classroom. He’s too stupid/lazy to stalk me (I hope), but then again, he was disconnected enough from reality to tell his therapist he was going to shoot me in the first place.
Let’s get a kickstarter going to send Lothar a bag full of doorknobs.
Sounds like the threat was documented, so that’s a good thing. Hopefully dude is under enough supervision that you won’t have to worry too much.
That’s the grey area now. He’s been “removed from the university” and “transferred to his parents.”
Which doesn’t tell me if the threat was credible. Technically, the therapist fucked up by not finding out if he could in fact get a real gun. If there’s a gun at the parents’ house, removing him from the university and sending him home might give him access.
Of course, the behavioral intervention team is meeting tomorrow. They invited me (how nice!) to the meeting. While I’m teaching at another school across town, thanks.
It’s sounding more and more like this kid lives in a delusion. But, as the resident psychologist in my house tells me, this is the exact sort of thing that makes delusional people act. I’m pretty sure by next Monday the threat will be gone, but that gives me a few days of wondering–and, given all the privacy concerns in mental health AND universities, I’m going to be left largely in the dark.
Not that I’m any expert on these matters, but I also recommend buying a can of bear spray that you can carry around with you. He comes close with a weapon, you take out his eyes.
Then, while he can’t see anything, punch him repeatedly in the balls.
Don’t use it when it’s windy; don’t ask.
12 gauge pistol grip here.
And I too am fairly left aside from 2nd amendment issues.
That being said, I’d much prefer to rope a double via the maglite or slugger, both of which keep close. It’s amazing how heavy D cells get when they stack up.
You are absolutely right. Guns are, on average, TERRIBLE for home defense, because people do not put in the effort to know the damn things (not saying you should get familiar with them, either). The sheer number of things you can use as weapons around you in any normal situation is staggering, and you’ve gone and made sensible, non-lethal precautions.
The student has a therapist and stated his intention. That’s enough to get him some supervision, and take other precautions to safeguard you and yours.
All that said, a nice liner-lock knife for your pocket isn’t a bad idea, either.
When I was doing kung fu, I’d spar with friends/dorm-mates who were brown & black belts in TKD. Only the best of them could ever land any blows on me. Now, that was 20 years ago, but I still practice now and then.
I’m a very good shot with my Beretta, but I’ll take my mag-lite over a gun in a darkened hallway any day. Even though my Beretta has Trijicon sights that make it easier to hit stuff in the dark than in the light.
Honestly, my biggest concern is that this kid is prime age for going from just “mentally ill” to full-blown schizophrenia, and maybe he’s on that trajectory. And I don’t want to be incorporated into his delusional world. If this is him talking out of his ass to a therapist and he forgets it in a week, great. But I don’t want to be the anti-Pope that his Knights Templar are pledged to destroy for the next 50 years of his unhappy life.
Good points all. Awareness is the best defense in any situation.
The inexactness etc. of the schizoid element is what makes it the most difficult to figure how best to go. I’d say lay low (within reason), stay vigilant but not paranoid, and stay in touch with therapist and parents if you think it’s prudent and/or appropriate. Which is another whole bag o’ worms depending upon how clued in they are.
Well, the system seems to have seen fit to still that gif in as a response, rather than at the top. But you gotta admit, Olivia is a good example of a double barrel.
Fuck you Aaron Rodgers.
God bless and keep her and her awful, attention-whore ways.
Aaron Rodgers is sooooooooooooooooo gay you guys.
Have we rounded up the posse for Lothar yet?
Because if we have, I’m in. I’m most definitely in.
I’m a certified Terrible Person, and am willing to join in.
I am worse than entropy, which says a lot, but I am in as well. Sorry I couldn’t think of anything sincere Lothar.
Something about this stoner nightmare works for me:
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Almost closed this one by accident. It needs to be shared
Still can’t find a HQ Flash download so you get Olivia Munn in her underwear
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Holy shit I hope this is real:
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I guess embalming leaves plenty of time to make it to the gym.
Bodies are heavy….?
But what are they doing with them to get every upper-body muscle group?
The obvious answer is squats and clean and jerk.
But that only opens the door to more questions I think.
“Let the bodies hit the floor” is literal in that mortuary.
I thought you saw my earlier post, which was 2007.
I ordered an ice maker today. Soon, I’ll be able to make 26 lbs of ice a day, for some reason!
Bodies pile up, you need the ice.
Are you dating a mortician?
I bet morticians have their own dating site. Like FarmersOnly but less creepy.
No, but that’s an idea. Or I could just make a lot of frozen drinks.
Wait. Why 26? Why not 25, or 30, or some other number people usually multiply by? Does it make one-pound ice letters? Because that would be AWESOME.
Why not both?
Yeah. It is happening. Rachel Bilson again
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Woohoo! THREAD LEVEL: REPEAT ACHIEVED!!! Here we go!
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I really just wanted to post that Rachel Bilson gif again. But I stopped myself. Have an Alison Brie
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I am fan of your tendencies, sir.
Can’t go wrong either way.
That…. that was a perfect sequence. Well done.
Stolen.
Scarlett, because we need more of her:
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I watched “Lucy” last night. Would have turned it off early if not for the talent of Scarlett.
Oh, and Morgan Freeman’s voice….he makes me tingly all over.
That movie is refried dogshit. If she hadn’t changed into the black dress, I *would* have shut it off. That tired-ass “we only use x% of our brain” trope needs to die.
Moar Rachel Bilson
Stay Classy Wrigley!
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I was at Wrigley one night in 1990 when a fan of an opposing team got beaten badly enough to be taken away by an ambulance.
Yeah, but the White Sox fans are the dangerous ones!
Laundry in dryer, with the exception of air dry items. Roasted beets peeled. Broth still coming to a boil, because it’s a giant pot, but no immediate action required. I even cleaned up a bit! I’ve earned me some adult beverage. Mmmmm. Maybe I’ll put on the police scanner to see if there are any early Wrigley arrests.
Oh, the Mets take the lead, I’ll just lay here in total surprise:
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Dat ball got mashed.
I hate when you sit down wrong!
Caroline Munro in Starcrash.
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Imagine if this gif was a reply to Lothar of the Hill People’s comment below….
I really want to jam music loudly, but my kids are in bed and I like it when they’re quiet and asleep.
SONOFABITCH, BRING ME A DRINK!
Where are headphones??
This is my anthem for today, and maybe should be the anthem for DFO:
I like it. Let it ride.
I know I posted this yesterday. Don’t care. Rachel Bilson is awesome
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Yeah she is. When ya look like that, ya don’t need rhythm.
I would, however, love to try to teach her some.
It’s difficult to teach rhythm is 19 seconds.
Fair point.
But I did qualify by saying “try”.
Mets fail to impress me early. Sometimes, there’s no justice. But, sometimes, there is:
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I have been wanting to post some Amy Poehler since like Sunday at noon. I kept getting distracted and never got around to it.
C’mon, Mets, you bastards! REWARD MY BELIEF IN YOU!
That… that was not rewarding my belief in you. That was akin to asking for a pony for Christmas and getting an Ertl Ford Escort model instead.
Lothar, you have a safe house available in Portland if you need one. There’s delicious beer all around it, and I’m even sort of up on a hill.
Meanwhile, I keep telling myself to get up and go reheat dinner, but the couch has me secured.
Siobhan is havin’ a whiskey, Siobhan is havin’ a gin
Siobhan is havin’ a Red Bull n Vodka
And won’t be home again:
Someone make me stop listening to this on repeat:
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(Between this and “Come Join the Murder,” the only good thing from the SoA finale, I may well slit my wrists by the 7th Inning Stretch. Send whiskey and nurses.)
Who would have thought she’d have the bigger career from That 70s Show?
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Ashton Kutcher married Demi Moore and got pity fame then that shitty show whose name I forget now. But she was by far the best of the cast
This makes me so happy.
Everything she does makes me happy. Her vodka commercials are just amazing. I hope she drinks like that when I meet her.
I hope she drinks like that BEFORE I meet her.
I like to believe I get more charming if you drink WITH me, rather than have to land a good line on a drunk woman. Sort of avoid that cold open, as it were.
Haha….kinda lubricate socially as you go.
I like it.
“Know your limits,” I always say.
I’ve been feverishly googling myself (good thing I use lotion!) and scrubbing my social profiles to ensure I can’t be internet-stalked.
It’s not going well, because I’ve published academic articles. But at least it’s harder for the cro-magnon who made the threat.
Pre-emptive homicide sounds viable.
I work cheaply.
The Cubs just did a good. Holy crap that crowd is loud.
I will take it, as it only ties the game. Dirt Jets can still stomp all over the hopes and dreams of a fanbase that is a century removed from the Promised Land.
The sound is really carrying well tonight. I usually can’t hear the crowd from my apartment, with the windows closed.
The helicopters associated with the ball basing event occurring in my vicinity have been flying around for the last hour and a half already. I am being weirdly domestic today, and am doing laundry and making broth. In the spirit of my cooking and cleaning evening, I’m considering dressing up in 50’s housewife garb and eating some sort of gelatin dessert with a glass of wine.
Make sure you take pictures* if you do.
*Of the wine and jello.
She seems so sad. I just want to cheer her up. And make her make better music:
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Last year I used the “X Gonna Give It To Ya” clip to psych myself up, this season this one seems to do the trick.
John Wick was marginally fun, and I, too, just wanted him to go apeshit killing the folks who done harmed his dog (I find that is a uniquely American mindset, “DO NOT FUCK WITH MY DOG,” and movies will do damn near anything to show the dog survives… until this movie, and Shooter, which show the lengths a truly homocidal maniac will go to in order to avenge his dog. That said, here are pretty girls and pitbulls:
A friend of mine actually did have an ex who stole his dog. He got his dog back, but now he must endure the shame of knowing that his life is a bad country song.
Did he lose his truck, too?
Alison Brie to start off the comment section.
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I promise to adhere to me saying I won’t post Alison Brie pics all night as well as I followed that the last 2 nights
You can break this self-imposed rule as often as you’d like.
I broke it every 5 minutes for the last 2 days. Hence the self mockery
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