Your New Year’s Eve Open Thread

/arrives home today at 3pm

Son: All done work, dad?

Me: No. I’ve got to make a few phone calls and then put something together and then email it off. [walks downstairs]

Son: Let me know when you’re done.

Me: [mumbles and grumbles about this time-sensitive thing that has to be done] Yeah, sure.

Me: [walks upstairs about 30 minutes later-is presented with a jigger of Dalwhinnie by son]

There’s so much talk about “The Christmas Spirit”, why does no one talk about “The New Year’s Eve Spirit”? [wipes away tear thinking about son’s gesture]. Okay, I’ll assume that we’re split with respect to guys/gals going out/staying in. Whatever you’re up to, have yourself a good time. As far as the typical New Year’s sentiments are concerned, I sorta-if I bother to think about it-wish you folks well all the year long so I won’t now indulge in that stuff. That’s just me-you guys do whatever the hell you want. Whether you’re drinking up, snacking up, trying to get laid, bingeing yet again on the many sports offerings this evening (guilty) or whatever, take care of yourself so that we can keep this little thing that we’ve got rolling on into the future.

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Beerguyrob

Well, back in from NYE dinner. The fireworks from atop Grouse Mountain have gone off. All that awaits is midnight, and then my annual dog walk out to the roadblock to watch people breathe into the machine and lose their cars.

Currently enjoying a Rickard’s Red Ale and watching Guardians.

Thank all of you for being a delightful part of my internet life. I get far more than I give.

Horatio Cornblower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iwC2QljLn4

He didn’t make it but I’ll be damned if I’m starting 2016 without Lemmy.

Why Thank You Eddie

Well I’m no big city Forensic Pathologist *hitches up suspenders* but I’m sure if he’s not cremated he’s probably still pretty pliable.

Beerguyrob

January 1 = Ace of Spades! Well done.

Hard to believe we lost both Lemmy and Philthy Animal. Well, within a couple of months.

Why Thank You Eddie

/UFO Door Flies Open
Thank god I made it back in time. We’ve gotta stop the election. The next president is really Pitbull. He starts his campaign on 12/31..aww shit. I’m too late

JustStopDude

I’m voting for Trump or Cruz…whichever gets the GOP nod…just to cause the implosion of America that much quicker.

ballsofsteelandfury

Wooooo

Why Thank You Eddie

Oh that’s your response to everything….I love your gold butt. Happy New Year,

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Mr. Balls prefers octupi to squid, but it is what I had on hand. Right back attcha!

JustStopDude

Dealer finally showed up….

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FYI;…I automated about 40% of the shipping that your crap from China has to go through about about 40% of the steel production in the US.

My junkie ass literally makes your life livable.

Why Thank You Eddie

Y’know, if he was a real dealer to you, he’d stay and watch the Twilight Zone marathon with you until you pass out.

JustStopDude

No…not Twilight Zone…just Twilight…

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JerBear50

There aren’t enough drugs to excuse that.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I stepped away for about 20 minutes and I return to….I don’t know what the fuck I returned to.
But it has the stench of LSD, meth, asian hookers at a circus and illegal moonshine.

Not that I know anything about any of those things.

JustStopDude

The original gone in 60 seconds was so much better than the remake.

Croooow

Happy New Year’s from the Central time zone!

JerBear50

Do they have a festivus pole?

ballsofsteelandfury

HAPPY NEW YEAR, CENTRAL!

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JustStopDude
JustStopDude

I walk the girl to the uber driver. Hand off a $50 to get her home in one piece. Walking back to my place, the old bird that live next to me ask…

“What was her name?”

“Amy…or some shit. Something with an A”

“You sailors are all the same”

“yeah”

“You couldn’t handle me”

I look her up and down. She has an old quality. The old birds you can tell used to party hard,

“Yeah Gloria….I know…I fucking know”

My new years is off to a rough start.

laserguru

I would have fucked her.

JustStopDude

Gloria is my muse. If she lets her guard down…I am notching that geriatric ass to my bed post.

Horatio Cornblower

If blaxabbath doesn’t use this in one of his ‘Speakeasy Stories’ I will.

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JustStopDude

Clowns aren’t going after me for child support.

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Well, it WOULD be funny.

makeitsnowondem

That was like the 25-year Glee reunion.

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JustStopDude

I wanted to watch the fucking football game in the bar I lived above. Just calm and cool and no drama. I did not want fucking insane shit like giving a taxi driver a $50 just to make some woman disappear.

I really need to get my fucking shit together. My dick is a fucking dick.

And my fucking dealer has NOT ANSWER MY FUCKING PHONE CALL IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES! I AM PUTTING YOUR KIDS THROUGH COLLEGE YOU FUCK STAIN!!!

makeitsnowondem

Watching the ABC NYE show and I guess I had forgotten what absolute shit everything people like is.

laserguru

I hear you.
Buy you a drink sailor?

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I am a bit o’ the drink and fondly remembering some time in New Orleans:
Things I learned directly in New Orleans………….
1. Don’t say “put another shot on this hurricane for me, it doesn’t taste strong enough” (see picture).
2. Be polite and generous with beads to girls flashing you, they will keep flashing you.
3. Don’t walk around with your hand in your pants and fingers sticking out your zipper like you are
flashing, you need both hands free to toss beads and catch yourself on over-follow-through.
4. Cheap seafood is better and in more quantity than in the “fancy” places.
5. Don’t say “I’ll have one of those ‘Fahrenheit 109’s'”
6. Don’t say “I’ll have another one of those ‘Fahrenheit 109’s'”
7. Don’t say “I’ll have just one more of those ‘Fahrenheit 109’s kind sir’
8. Gay’s make REALLY strong drinks.
9. If you are offended by different lifestyles; look into a bar before entering and ordering (see 8).
10. If you don’t care, but care deeply about buzz/$ ratio, just get a to-go cup. (see 8).
11. Screaming at a girl who is not showing anything but still asking for beads and inciting the crowd
around not to give her beads after many drinks will make you hoarse for four days.
12. Plane flights, and lay-overs SUCK with a third degree hangover.
13. Sometimes it’s a good thing to buy a homeless dude a big cold beer.
14. DO NOT honk at a NOPD during a bust in the street.
15. A latte and the sugar pastries at the Cafe du Monde
can give you a buzz equivalent to injecting a large load off methamphetamine.
16. Bus persons know what they are talkin’ ’bout when discussing local food.
17. You CAN’T understand Ebonics with a thick NO accents, even when intoxicated.
things I learned indirectly in New Orleans…………..
1. If you are short and insanely jealous DON’T bring your ivory skinned girlfriend to Bourbon Street.
2. Don’t ask for beads without doing anything to earn them (see 11).
3. Do not pimp you ho directly in front of the NOPD.
4. If you don’t want to shop, don’t bring her.
5. Voodoo is scary for the young kids.

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Second visit:

1. Limit raw oyster intake to three dozen per day.
2. Using the “do not mix your drinks” rule does no good whatsoever when your only criteria is “orange”.
3. Most women at DIA will do nothing in exchange for beads.
4. In reference to number 2 in combination with some food items: things that go in predominantly orange………..
5. The bar called “Temptations” is aptly named.
6. Sugar and caffeine in high doses can turn a whole day around for the better (we knew this before).
7. I think I will be on Japanese TV sometime soon.
8. Politicians who say they want to “clean up” an area really just want to clean up.
9. College football in the south is WAY bigger than anywhere else I’ve been.
10. Saints fans are pessimistically optimistic.
11. Some Japanese tourists really, really, really love big blond strippers.
12. Some men (of which I’m one) are like old Cadillacs: certain women can drive them anywhere.
13. Some horseradish is way hotter than other horseradish.
14. Try the trolley, it’s fun seeing people get shot into a seat after you did the same thing.
15. At 9:00 in the morning when people are washing off the sidewalks, there is something pure about two guys with beers who obviously are not on there first one walking down Bourbon street.
16. Dumaine Street could be renamed to “Dude-maine”.
17. A person who seems to have had way more than one cup of beverages tries to regurgitate in said cup will over flow that cup.
18. In reference to number 17: DO NOT walk too close to said person while said process is taking place.
19. It’s ok to go shopping and drinking, just don’t go drinking and shopping.

laserguru

Laissez les bons temps rouler

Horatio Cornblower

Here’s what I learned in New Orleans. if you walk by a bar that has a sign saying “You won’t believe they’re not women”, you will in fact believe that they’re not women.

But you will still have a good time, because unless you are the uptightest of uptight asshole it is impossible not to have a good time in New Orleans.

nomonkeyfun

Good Night all y’alls. I wish you all a happy New Year and may the commentist party become so strong that we swing elections to the candidate who promises the greatest amount of debauchery, if we don’t actually elect any of our friends to office. Or at least o Otto if he is actually Hilary Clinton. Though I would have thought he’d a Bernie man, at least in the primaries.

I am available for ballot stuffing if needed.

JerBear50

I too am always up for a good box stuffing.

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laserguru

New year appropriate.

These guys?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zq4MrctxZM

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“No WAY!”

-D. Trump

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JerBear50

He’s concerned that your recipes might be rapists.

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theeWeeBabySeamus

I know it’s early, but so far 2016 still sucks.

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nomonkeyfun

Fatty!!!

laserguru

Biscuits and gravy for breakfast?

Old School Zero

I see you’re feeling better! Huzzah!

laserguru

Thanks. That was not a fun 48 hours.

I’m ready to face the new year with a smile on my face,
and a boner in my pants!

ballsofsteelandfury

Happy New Year, East Coast!

nomonkeyfun

You’re a few minutes early, but Thank You, Thank You verrra much.

ballsofsteelandfury

That’s what she said!

nomonkeyfun

I’m glad I gave you that tee as my last benevolent act of 2015.

I can say with confidence NJ loves Balls.

JerBear50

Thanks Balls. And Happy New Year to you all from Florida.

Redshirt

Happy New Year from Ohio

nomonkeyfun

OH

JerBear50

Or y’all, if you prefer.

laserguru

HELLO NEW YORK!

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Croooow

Why is MSU keeping its first team out there?

theeWeeBabySeamus

Sure as shit ain’t to pad their stats.

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Prolly should just email yeah right, but I’ve had a couple so what the heck:

MOLE SAUCE RECIPES

Classic Red Mole (Mole Poblano):

5 Tomatillos, roasted
1 C. Sesame Seeds, toasted and divided into two portions
1 C. Lard
12 Chiles Mulato
6 Chiles Ancho
5 Chiles Pasilla
5 Chiles Guajillo
8 Cloves Garlic
1 C. Almonds
1 C. Raisins
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. Fresh Ground Black Pepper
1/2 tsp. Fresh Ground Anise
1/4 tsp. Fresh Ground Clove
2 Slices Firm White Bread Toast, cubed
2 oz. Mexican Dark Chocolate, finely chopped
3 Quarts Chicken Stock
Salt and Sugar to taste

Heat a medium pan half-full of water to a boil. Meanwhile, in a wok or earthenware cazuela over an exterior burner, heat lard over medium-low heat. When oil is hot, fry the chiles, stirring constantly for about 10-20 seconds, then strain the chiles out of the lard with a fry strainer. Do not over toast. Transfer the chiles to the pot of boiling water and turn off the heat under the water. Let chiles soak until well rehydrated for about 20 minutes.

As soon as the chiles are removed, and while the chiles soak, fry the garlic and almonds, stirring constantly for about three to five minutes. Do not burn the garlic. Remove the garlic and almonds with a fry strainer to a mixing bowl along with the roasted tomatillos. Add the raisins to the lard and fry for 10-20 seconds just until they are slightly puffy, and strain them off into the tomatillo bowl. Take the lard off the heat and turn off the burner.

Add the spices (except the salt and sugar), along with the bread and the chocolate into the tomatillo bowl. Add two cups water and mix well.

Add the soaked chiles into a blender, and add two cups water to get them to blend. Strain the chile paste through a wire strainer, pushing paste through with a spoon. Add two more cups of water to the strainer and repeat. Discard the strained solids.

Return the wok to the burner and heat over medium heat. When lard is hot, pour the chile paste into the lard. The paste will sizzle and fry, and will immediately run to a boil. Continue to boil stirring constantly for about one half hour until the chile is a thick paste.

Wash out the blender and transfer the tomatillo mixture to the blender. Blend / liquefy for 5-10 minutes until you have a completely smooth sauce adding water only as necessary to keep the mixture moving through the blades. Strain the mixture through a wire strainer and discard any solids. Add the strained tomatillo mixture into chile paste and continue to cook, stirring occasionally for another ten minutes until rich and slightly darkened.

Add the chicken stock to the mixture, reduce temperature to a low simmer and maintain at a low simmer for two hours. Add water as necessary to maintain the mixture the texture of a creamed soup. Season with first with salt and then with sugar to taste. Serve over boiled chicken and sprinkle with the remaining toasted sesame seeds.

Green Mole (Mole Verde):

8 oz. Tomatillo, roasted, peeled, and cored
2 Jalapenos, roasted, peeled, with stems, seeds, and veins removed
1 Poblano Chile, roasted, peeled, with stems, seeds, and veins removed
1 Manzano Chile, roasted, peeled, with stems, seeds, and veins removed
1/4 C. Cilantro Leaves, rough chopped
2 Tbsp. Sea Salt
2 Cloves Garlic, minced
1-1/2 8-inch Flour Tortillas
1/4 C. Pumpkin Seeds, toasted and crumbled
2 Tbsp. Epazote (optional), rough chopped
1 C. Chicken Stock
3 C. Chicken Stock
3 Tbsp. Canola Oil

On a hot grill, on a comal, or in the oven; roast the peppers until the skins blacken, remove to a plastic bag, seal and wrap in a dish towel until they cool and can be peeled. Once peeled, remove stems, seeds, and veins. Add the chiles to a blender, then add in the cilantro, salt, garlic, the toasted tortillas, and the pumpkin seeds and epazote (optional). Add in one cup chicken stock and blend / liquefy until mixture is perfectly smooth.

Heat oil over medium-high heat in a heavy stock pan or a cast-iron dutch oven until just before the smoking point, and pour in the blended mole mixture all at once. Fry stirring constantly for about 10 minutes, until the blended mixture becomes a thickened paste. Stir in the remaining three cups of chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a low simmer and cook for about 1-2 hours until the sauce thickens to a smooth sauce about the consistency of a medium gravy. Ajdust salt to taste, and serve over boiled or grilled chicken, pork, or as a green mole enchilada sauce.

Yellow Mole (Mole Amarillo):

6 Dried Guajillo Chiles
1 C. Chicken Stock
2 Fresh Poblano Chiles, roasted, peeled, with stems, seeds, and veins removed
3 Large Tomatillos, roasted, peeled
3 Large Tomatoes, roasted, peeled
1 Medium White Onion, diced
1/2 Head (about eight cloves) Garlic, minced
1 Clove
1 All-Spice Berry
3 Peppercorns
1/8 tsp. Cumin
3 Epazote Leaves (optional), chopped
1 Tbsp. Lard
1/2 C. Masa Harina or Garbanzo Bean Flour
1/4 C. Water
3 C. Chicken Stock

Heat a medium pan half-full of water to a boil. Transfer the dried chiles to the pot of boiling water and turn off the heat under the water. Let chiles soak until well rehydrated for about 20 minutes.
Add the soaked chiles into a blender, and one cup chicken stock to get them to blend. Strain the chile paste through a wire strainer, pushing paste through with a spoon. Retain the chile paste and discard the solids left in the strainer.

Add the Poblano chiles, tomatoes, tomatillos, onion, garlic, and spices (including the epazote) into the blender and blend / liquefy the mixture until perfectly smooth. Add in a little of the remaining three cups of chicken broth if necessary to get the mixture to move smoothy through the blades of the blender.

In a wok or earthenware cazuela or in a large cast-iron dutch oven, heat lard over medium-high heat. When lard is good and hot, add in the chile paste and fry, stirring constantly for about one to two minutes. Next, add in the tomato and tomatillo mixture and fry for another five minutes until the sauce begins to thicken.

Blend the garbanzo flour with the quarter cup of water and work into a smooth paste. Mix the paste into one cup of chicken broth and add the broth / paste mixture into the mole. Reduce heat to a low simmer, and cook the mole for about twenty to thirty minutes until it thickens to a heavy gravy consistency. Add in enough of the remaining broth to bring the mole to the consistency of a heavy cream. Serve the sauce over chicken or beef laid on a bed of cooked white rice. Serve with warm flour tortillas.

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theeWeeBabySeamus

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nomonkeyfun

My tongue is both watering and on fire.

Seriously, you need to start posting these in the offseason.

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A guy at work who is a great from scratch cook has developed these from others and I tried a few times and they came out great.

ballsofsteelandfury

Moose, are you Mexican?

Holy shit, that’s good work! I’m copying and pasting as I type.

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The guy at work lived in El Paso for years, also the Mexican population here is great and have markets to get all of these things pretty fresh. Donal Trump hates this.

laserguru

Get down with your bad ass!

theeWeeBabySeamus

Wow, I was pretty pissed at my family for, you know….being here. But checking in on this abortion of a game, I’m glad I missed it.
I mean, WTF Sparty?

Redshirt

If we can make a Holographic Tupac, why can’t we have a Holographic Dick Clark to do the countdown?

ballsofsteelandfury

I’m dying to link to Punte’s Dick Clark post, but I just know Uproxx has destroyed it.

nomonkeyfun

Because Tupac is still alive, so they used whatever tech gave us the holographic CNN anchors a couple of elections ago.

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A slightly different take for yeah right:

Carne Adovada:

1/3 C. High Temperature Oil
3-1/2 lb. Pork Loin or Butt, in large (1 to 1-1/2-inch) chunks
2 C. Onion, diced
4 C. Chicken Stock
2 tsp. New Mexico Chile Powder or Chile Caribe
4 Tbsp. Chimayo Chile Powder
1 Tbsp. Honey
2 Tbsp. Sherry Vinegar (may substitute Red Wine Vinegar)
2 Tbsp. Garlic, minced
2 tsp. Coriander Seed
2 tsp. Oregano
1/3 tsp. Ground Cumin
1 Tbsp. Salt – or to taste

In a large porcelain lined cast iron dutch oven, add in the oil and heat until just starting to smoke. Fry the pork in three batches until browned well, removing each batch to a bowl to keep warm. When pork is all browned, add the onion to the dutch oven and sauté until onion begins to caramelize. Add in the garlic and cook for one minute. Deglaze the skillet with one cup of the chicken stock.

Add the spices, the honey, and the vinegar to a food processor or blender along with the onion, garlic and broth. Add in two more cups of stock and blend until smooth. Return the browned pork to the dutch oven and cover with the chile mixture. Allow the mixture to cool completely and transfer to the refrigerator. Refrigerate overnight. The next day, pre-heat the oven to 350-degrees. Remove the Acovada from the refrigerator, stir in the remaining one cup of chicken stock and bake for 30-minutes to one hour, or until pork is tender. Serve at once with pinto beans, fried potatoes, and fried eggs along with warm flour tortillas.

Carnitas:

1/4 C. High Temperature Oil
4 lbs. Pork Shoulder cut in very large (2-inch) chunks, or use whole Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs
3 Tbsp. Salt
1 Onion, rough chopped
1 Tbsp. Garlic, minced
2 Tbsp. Lime Juice
1 Tbsp. Chimayo Chile Powder
1/2 tsp. Dried Oregano, finely crushed between your fingers
1/2 tsp. Cumin
1 Qt. Chicken Stock

In a large porcelain lined cast iron dutch oven, add in the oil and heat until just starting to smoke. Season the pork with the salt, then fry the pork in batches until browned well, removing each batch to a bowl to keep warm. When pork is all browned, add the onion, garlic, lime juice, chile powder, oregano and cumin to the dutch oven and sauté until onion begins to caramelize. Deglaze the skillet with one cup of the chicken stock, and then add the pork back in. Add in the remaining chicken stock, bring to a boil, reduce heat to a low simmer, cover, and cook for two to three hours until pork is very tender.

Preheat the oven to 400-degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and transfer the pork on to the cookie sheet with a slotted spoon, reserving the hot liquid in the dutch oven. Keep the liquid warm on the stove top, drizzle the pork with some broth, and place the cookie sheet in the oven. Bake for about 30-minutes, until well browned, drizzling more broth on the pork about every 10-minutes as it cooks. Serve with small warm flour tortillas, salsa, fresh onion and cilarntro chopped together, guacamole, and if desired grated white (jack or mennonita) cheese.

ballsofsteelandfury

Nice! I’m going to have to try that out in the new year.

nomonkeyfun

That looks great, but I’ll never remember it. You’ve got to do a post with that recipe so we can find that while sober.

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OK, or copy paste since I’ve got in in a word document.

Croooow

You know, now I’m glad Iowa lost the Big Ten Championship.

Redshirt

Holy shit, Sparty. Way to represent the Big 10.

ballsofsteelandfury

Happy New Year, Don T!!

ballsofsteelandfury

I’m slipping. I was 20 minutes later on that one.

laserguru

That’s why they call it a go homer.

JustStopDude

I am a whore.

nomonkeyfun

You saw the redheaded ex again tonight?

ballsofsteelandfury

10 will get you 1 that’s an AFFIRMATIVE.

Redshirt

How do you know, Balls? Are you stalking him?

ballsofsteelandfury

Did you see the picture of her that he posted? I know what I’d be doing.

nomonkeyfun

Damn straight!

Redshirt

Then its settled. He’s not a whore. He’s just coming back for seconds, and thirds, and fourths…

JerBear50

This seems like a good place to re-post said photo so we can all draw our own conclusions.

laserguru

And?

nomonkeyfun

I think she rebroke his back, so we won’t be hearing anymore details tonight. I had one girlfriend. That on my sad level was that good, without the lovely body and I don’t know what I would do if she called me for a booty call today, 10 years later.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Okay, so good evening and Happy New Year to everybody. My wife and I tried watching Interstellar tonight (probably a bad idea considering we watched Ex Machina last night) and shut it off halfway through. It just joined the list of the worst science fiction movies I have ever seen. The list, at the moment:

1. Prometheus
2. Her
3. Interstellar

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

For reference, some science fiction movies I liked: Primer, Blade Runner, District 9. Moon was good but not great.

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I pseudo enjoyed those, they were bad considering the money, star power, and hype, but hell, E.T., Independence Day, and Encounters of the Third Kind blow them out of the water for being terrible in my book. To each their own for hating, at least you be hatin’.

Have not seen Her; it does not look like my type of movie at all.

nomonkeyfun

Independence Day wasn’t a sci-fi movie, it was just a war movie with enemies that came from space.
Howevah, it was hiiiiilariously bad even when it came out.

“In the words of my generation, up yours.”

I watched it as a parody like Mars Attacks. It makes it so much better.

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A lot of sci-fi is just another common story in space; you are just using semantics. The concept of aliens is inherently a science fiction concept.

ballsofsteelandfury

I wouldn’t even call those science fiction movies. I don’t think a decent sci-fi flick has been made since the 80s.

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yeah right and everybody probably saw this already, but it is sad news;
http://blog.seattlepi.com/washingtonbeerblog/2015/12/22/breckenridge-brewery-acquired-by-anheuser-busch/

They SAY they’ll let them keep going as is, but…..

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laserguru

That was a damn crime.
Although Ballast Point did receive a B..B..BBBillion dollars for the sale!
Good for them but a lot of the locals in the craft movement say THEY are buying the locals only to absorb them and shut them down.

THEY’re the Borg!

JerBear50

Oh man, I love that Ballast coffee porter one of you all turned me onto this year. I really hope they don’t fuck around with them.

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nomonkeyfun

My guess is that it will be essentially the same beer for the next few years, but there won’t be any real experimenting with new brews. After the first few years the bean counters will get a hold of the company then the quality will drop.

ballsofsteelandfury

You’re sadly pretty much right on.

ballsofsteelandfury

I hope they do let them continue as before, but, like you, I’m not holding my breath. It would seem to make sense from a business standpoint. There are lots of different types of beers for lots of different tastes. The small guys are not really competing with the big guys.

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The craft brew market is increasing by huge amounts. That being said it is 6.5% of the market; peanuts. That is why Coors tries sneaking labels of “craft” brews in the stores. They are huge companies for a reason; ruthless distribution and buying up smaller ones they can sell to their stockholders.

ballsofsteelandfury

Exactly. It makes no sense. The market is tiny for craft brews. They will not take over the big boys. Never.

JerBear50

Only the finest of tap water for me because I’m at work, like always. Four hours down, eight to go. The clock doesn’t seem to be moving.

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NSFW; never forget:

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ballsofsteelandfury

NEVER

JerBear50

Goddammit Moose, I can’t look if it’s NSFW.

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I am a fucking tease; you’ll have to waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait.

Hints; 80s, horseback, stupid comedy, best scene in movie.

JerBear50

Bo Derek?
Oh, horseback makes my brain go straight to Kate Upton.

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Betsy Russell – Private School …

ballsofsteelandfury

Looks like Alababama has this wrapped up.

Hockey?

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ballsofsteelandfury

And stain your sheets.

nomonkeyfun

It’s like she is a pre-internet Alison Brie, catering to just about any fetish a man could have. Except Caroline is agressively hot where Brie is pretty and cute. Not an insult to Alison Brie in anyway.

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I like the weird B movies too.

ballsofsteelandfury

Yup. That’s a pretty good assessment. She would be bigger than Kate Upton now.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Well, sorta.

laserguru

Mixing mass marketed macro-brews, Sierra Nevada and have a half bottle of the French red and a glorious cabernet from North California coast and maybe some Makers.
I’m in this shit for the long haul!

/falls asleep at 10:00

ballsofsteelandfury

Plus, you worked today. That had to suck a ball or two.

laserguru

I did actual work but let all of my people free!
It was slow and I had to close the month so everybody else got sent home! With pay!
I just crunched a bunch of numbers and blogged.

That may be foreshadowing.

Fuck it! Let’s drink!

nomonkeyfun

You sound like a good goddamed boss. May you have large profits, devoted employees, much excellent gravy, and excellent alcohol in the new year.

laserguru

Thank you.
I can repeat the sentiments. Best to you and the rest of the nomonkeyfan family.

Now if you are short on gravy I can probably help out with that too.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Mass marketed?

Ad budget is a fraction of Sam Adams which is thousandths of any of the big boys.

ballsofsteelandfury

I think he’s just ashamed to mention what he has in addition to the Sierra Nevada. My guess? Corona.

JerBear50

I lol’d the first time I saw Corona Light. Didn’t seem possible.

ballsofsteelandfury

Me too.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

That CAN’T be in Mr. Right’s fridge, unless somebody brought it.

laserguru

There is no way IN HELL that will ever darken my refrigerator’s doorstep.

Man’s got to have standards.

laserguru

It’s plain old Budweiser in the familiar red white and blue can.

Guilty pleasure. It’s perfect for every food.
Including Twinkies.

I have the SNPA because it’s right next door and very convenient.

The wine now? That’s my shit tonight. French red first.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

No comma. Nobomma.

laserguru

God bless you Brother Moose.

Happy New Year to you and the other mooses.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

May the Flying Spaghetti Monster bequeath more craft beer on sale in your path in the upcoming year than you would have expected. May the bank balance be available for the premium selection that you would otherwise forgo.

JerBear50

Hooray, Gulden Draak for everyone!!!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I love some of SN’s beers, others are kind of meh. As big as Sam Adams is getting; I don’t mind at all since it is descent and you can get it in places that would otherwise only sell the big boys stuff.

blordinaryfagicmox

HA! 180 rush yards per game is 80th in college?

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ballsofsteelandfury

She had an amazing body and gorgeous face. She should be more widely known.

nomonkeyfun

Was she like Claudia Cardinale, insanely gorgegous, but unable to act her way out of a paperbag?

I really feel like I should’ve know who she is before Moose started posting pictures.

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ballsofsteelandfury

She pretty.

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ballsofsteelandfury

Amazing.

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Don T

30 mins. to 2016. I should be drunker.
Happy New Year [gender neutral ‘fuckos’]! ’15 SUUUUUUKD. But being here ROKD.

King Hippo

I also hated this year. I have little hope that 2016 will be much/any better. But we shall bitch about it TOGETHER, as the fine imaginary chums we are.

nomonkeyfun

This year was shitty for me as well, until the last week when my sister gave me a niece for Christmas.
Don’t mean to brag but I’m still loving being a monkey Uncle for the second time.

But, other than that wonderful thing I’m most thankful for finding you wonderful fucktards and will introduce my cousin who told me about Deadspin in the early Leitch days.

Don T

Truly. Let’s bitch As One.

nomonkeyfun

Happy New Year, Newfoundland. May your giant dog escort you home safely.

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ballsofsteelandfury

That’s unbelievably life-like.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

*not large enough.

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Her Bond.

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If you sell it you should believe in it.

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blordinaryfagicmox

When was the last Heisman winner who wasnt an rb or qb? Fucking garbage.

blordinaryfagicmox

Woodson and Desmond Howard are the only two since 1969 (heh) when a fullback won.

blordinaryfagicmox

Which is still technically a running guy dude. Have to go to 1949 and 1936 to even get an “end” which I guess is a predecessor of the tight end.

nomonkeyfun

Don’t forget at the start of the Super Bowl era they were referring to wide receivers as split ends, so an end in ’36 and ’49 might have been a slot receiver in today’s game.