2017 Madness Open Thread – Friday Afternoon Block

Day #2 – we can do this!!  Rest is for the weak, and you can sleep when you dead.  Or comatose.  I’ll give ya that.

#10MW Oklahoma State v. #7MW Michigan (12:15, CBS)

Starting it off with a quality fixture!  The Pokes are a Hippo Sleeper ™ and the Wolverines are a media sleeper.  Something gotta give, ya know?  Early returns are better for the Big 12 than the B1G whatevs, so…

#14E New Mexico State v. #3E Baylor (12:40, truTV)

Another team I know fuckall about taking on an enigmatic, weirdly-coached team that I expect will rise to the occasion and make a deep run or completely shit itself.  Or rape a whole bunch of people, that seems to be the BayBay default setting.

#9S Seton Hall v. #8S Arkansas (1:30, TNT)

Pig Sooey is back, and they draw perennial Big East pain-in-the-ass Seton Hall.  This should be a fun, free-flowing game, so obviously it will be a total turd.

#14MW Iona v. #3MW Oregon (2:00, TBS)

Ooooooh, Hippo smells upset.  Or maybe I’m having a stroke.  Hey, it could be two things!  The not-St. Mary’s-varietal Gaels have a fighting chance with the Ducks’ leading rebounder out with a blown ACL.

#15MW Jacksonville State v. #2MW Louisville (2:45, CBS)

This is the first ever dance for Jax State, but don’t expect it to go as sweetly as it did for Northwestern yesterday.  Fuckface, Sr. will look to get the family back to .500 at least.  He has a really good team, which is good given how extra evil KS is this season.

#11E USC v. #6E SMU (3:10, truTV)

So many initials!  So much high-temp basketball!!  An early tip time for a team that played late Wednesday night…spells buh bye, Troi boiz.  But we got to enjoy your song girls, at least.

#16S Texas Southern v. #1S U*NC (4:00, TNT)

All I will say is, get this most unlikely win, and I will buy a sweatshirt and wear it proudly.  Definitely to the office.

#11MW Rhode Island v. #6 Creighton (4:30, TBS)

It’s a shame thinking about how far Creigh-Creigh could have gone had they not lost their starting PG in January.  But they did, and they’re still quite good.  Rhode Island is a tough, fairly athletic team that should give the Jays a tough game.

 

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Reclusive, vulgar Broncos fan. Also a proud fookin' Evertonian. Likely dropped on my head repeatedly as a small child. [Insert George Carlin quote followed by thoughtful nod.]
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Fronkenshteen

And a lovely, wet snow has begun to fall here in the Shenandoah Valley.
Lock it in, baby!
/cracks 4th Guinness

laserguru

Technically I did work today. I just finished payroll from home.

With a beer in my hand!

Productivity motherfuckers!

laserguru

Beer #6.

Beer 5 never had a chance, poor little guy.

Fronkenshteen

Brian Eno & Talking Heads “King’s Lead Hat”(for all you anagram fans). Thought everyone would like the song. Thought Moose might LOVE the video.
https://youtu.be/Yp0k_o8gfQI

laserguru

That is an awesome pull.

Great stuff.

laserguru

From his solo stuff.
More Eno.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5fezBnvkiU

WCS

“I joined USAA in…”

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Dick E. Phuck

The least these schedule makers can do is not air these games in the middle of goddamn work days.

WCS

This is why God invented “sick” days.

litre_cola

I think the DFO collectively called in sick today.

laserguru

I scheduled this day off months ago.

It’s good to be the boss.

Dick E. Phuck

I had to go in today, couldn’t get out of it.

Dick E. Phuck

Good afternoon, men and women of the commentist party.

laserguru

Greetings Mr. Phuck!

litre_cola

Reporting for duty sir.

WCS

These USAA commercials are going to cause me to throw the baby into the television at some point.

Fronkenshteen

A refreshing new spin on “Poltergeist”.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

[signs Fronkenshteen to a three picture development deal]

– Old School Zero

Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

Air Force Baby

litre_cola

Home, stoned, hoops is on, mrs cola went out of her way and got the best fried chicken in the city (not good southern by any means), glass of powers irish whisky, let’s do this.

laserguru
laserguru
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laserguru

Beer #5.

Fuck it, we need music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTN3ODSCEuo

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blaxabbath

So I just got off the phone with the state corporation commission. Fortunately they are owned by the energy utilities so I’m optimistic that they’ll be of some help. First I got the, “Well, if you didn’t document the outages…” talk but I told her I have my bill adjusted almost every month because of their shit — and the months when I don’t, it’s because I just don’t have the time/energy to fight with CenturyLink (fuck you, Seahawks/12ers).

So I guess they have a week to acknowledge the complaint. Then I start pushing to take them to small claims court every month (probably against my contract but fuck them).

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laserguru

That was a hell of a game.

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laserguru

I had that on my bracket.
Things are going to start happening for me now!

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blaxabbath

So for all your lawerly/tech types.

Our work phone/internet is through CenturyLink. For years we’ve had service issues (like, once a week our phones go out for 4+ hours and our internet speeds never exceed 7 Megs though we pay for 20) and the issue is that the lines in the street are fucked but CL has told us they aren’t going to replace them. Since any provider uses the same lines, we can’t use Cox for any better service.

Now, I thought the reason we gave these fucktards publicly protected monopolies was so they would guarantee a certain level of service to everyone. Mind you, I’m not in a rural area, it’s just that our office is in an industrial area and our neighbors are on corners so they use lines from the adjacent streets, so I guess their reasoning is that the line updates would service only one office (mine).

What recourse do I have to strong arm them on this? I’d like to file an FCC complaint but I don’t know how far that will go considering we still have ANY level of service.

herodotus450

Do you have a normal Joe Blow consumer account? If they offer Business accounts, some isps care a little more about quality of service for those. Otherwise, you’re pretty much fucked unless you want to front the bill for them to build out better infrastructure (10k+ usually).
Or, document the status of your service impeccably, noting down times and speed tests and the like, and try to get refunds; if they dont pay up, take it to small claims court.
And whatever you do, don’t look into who runs the FCC these days and his statements/rulings, unless you want to induce a rage-clot. At least then you wouldn’t have to deal with bad internet.

blaxabbath

We do have a business account. CL has been wiling to issue credits on our bill but my concern is that we’re, you know, a business who doesn’t have reliable phone service. I mean, why the fuck do I need to pay for their line repairs? They get to gouge everyone, I figured in return they could at least be responsible for their own shit.

herodotus450

Basically, they can make you pay for whatever they want, since you have no other options and it’s not regulated like a utility. Hell, my gas bill gets a mysterious “infrastructure replacement” charge during/after major construction which will probably never go away. And since there’s no competition, they don’t need to upgrade their services to keep your business. When google fiber was about to roll out in select cities, att conveniently found the money to upgrade their services only in the same locations where google would be, and finally, SOMEHOW found it profitable to drop prices in those areas as well.
Maybe there is some wireless internet provider in the area? Sometimes they are adequate.

blaxabbath

Wife’s uncle is techy. He got me info on some local wimax providers. Sounds like that’s my best bet considering, as you pointed out, CenturyLink will never upgrade the lines.

Don T

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WCS

Why didn’t Eric Dickerson U. call timeout to set something up?

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laserguru

Yeah fuck it.

/ opens beer #4

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Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Up to 7 meself. Why do I still feel sober?

laserguru

I would switch to Jameson but the oven is still on for another 2 hours.

laserguru

Fuck the fire damage I want some corned beef!
It smells incredible and I can have some in just 2 1/2 hours.

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Bloody Lethal

So the USC Song Girls were genetically designed in a lab to induce happiness right? They are mathematically appealing.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Yeah, but not at USC. Their command of scientific principles is tenuous at best.

laserguru

Mr Hippo,
I’ll try to say this nicely, you probably don’t need to feature the SMU cheerleaders any time soon.

They seem nice though.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

More like the SMH cheerleaders, amirite?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

My uncle has the same condition, where a gentle touch on the neck causes you to act like you are choking and pass out.

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HE HAS SEX WITH SUPER STRONG ROBOTS?

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Well, I imagined something else and pants need a-changing’

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Rapey forest is rapey.

or; those roots is CRAZY!

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SAVE HER FROM TEH ROOTS!

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Drunk?
Just Buzzed?
Dancing?
Pants?
Still at fucking work?
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laserguru

Listen carefully. That was the sound of beer #3 opening.
I’m going to give a running tally.

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laserguru

Bob had bitch tits.

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