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Botch · February 1

lousubcap said:

The Best Table Tennis Points Of 2024 - real talent
https://kottke.org/25/01/the-best-table-tennis-points-of-2024

Oh, those were FUN!
Thru my teens, 20s and 30s, I was very good at pingpong (the two DVTs/PEs I've had since, I can't run around that quickly anymore for more than a game, without gasping for breath).
One specialty I had, that I didn't see happen once in the above clip, is when the ball whaps the top of the net, loses most momentum, and then flies pretty much straight up; sometimes it hits on the opponent's side (point) and sometimes on your side. In my younger days I had the reflexes to lunge forward and lightly tap the ball to the left or the right, within 15º of the net; nobody could return those shots (so much fun!) The shots that hit the edge of the table, nobody could know the angle they'd take, and nobody (including the above champs) could return them.
Like skiing, and Wild Hotel Monkey Sex, I miss a few things from my younger days that I can't do anymore....

Botch · February 1

Bummer! Just learned this morning that Blue Man Group are hanging up their PVC pipes and retiring!

Some may view them as just a Las Vegas act, but they developed a totally unique persona, comedy show, their own musical instruments, and a worldwide empire.

And they were musical. I have both their audio CDs and a DVD concert, and it is wonderful music, a struck tube of PVC has such a great, percussive sound. Glad I got to see them live a couple times.

https://youtu.be/kZS4O97Bem8?si=VhpXKBgPe-jEKQJl

JohnInCarolina · February 2

@Botch - I was lucky enough to see Blue Man Group a few times over the years.

I'm not sure why, but I always wondered if the vibe of this Pearl Jam song was inspired by their sound at all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzv7OtPL8S4

Botch · February 2

Sure sounds like it; and the styling of that video sure looks like the cubicle worker featured in some of their shows. Wonder if it's the same guy/studio.

JohnInCarolina · February 2

Botch said:

Sure sounds like it; and the styling of that video sure looks like the cubicle worker featured in some of their shows. Wonder if it's the same guy/studio.

I'm glad you agree. Your musical ears are surely much better than mine.

The song stands out in the PJ catalog because it's very different from most of their other stuff. But looking for a link, I never found anything online.

lousubcap · February 22

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Botch · February 23

I'll just leave this here.

https://youtu.be/HLOSe79KUhA?si=aknVC942EfRHvlh5

fishlessman · February 25

Botch said:

I'll just leave this here.

https://youtu.be/HLOSe79KUhA?si=aknVC942EfRHvlh5

i would eat that though i grew up with bean sandwiches, rice-a-roni sandwiches, french pork spread sandwiches.....

JohnInCarolina · February 25

fishlessman said:

Botch said:

I'll just leave this here.

https://youtu.be/HLOSe79KUhA?si=aknVC942EfRHvlh5

i would eat that though i grew up with bean sandwiches, rice-a-roni sandwiches, french pork spread sandwiches.....

Only one of those things sounds any good, fish.

fishlessman · February 25

JohnInCarolina said:

fishlessman said:

Botch said:

I'll just leave this here.

https://youtu.be/HLOSe79KUhA?si=aknVC942EfRHvlh5

i would eat that though i grew up with bean sandwiches, rice-a-roni sandwiches, french pork spread sandwiches.....

Only one of those things sounds any good, fish.

do tell which one......there is also the spam spread with goobers p&j, miracle whip on a good onion roll.....they stopped making the spam spread and im not happy with that. the gorton french spam spread might be a substitute with a good amount of red food coloring added

Legume · February 25

I think the creamed corn on white bread sandwich the mostly toothless guy at the gas station ate is still undefeated.

Buckwoody Egger · February 26

bell brothers video. tommy boy on shark tank.

https://youtu.be/A2U_3oWc19E

Botch · March 3

Love this photo:

Legume · March 3

Is that the salt lake at night?

Botch · March 3

Um, not quite.

It's the shadow of the "Blue Ghost" spacecraft that landed on the Moon a couple days ago; that's the Earth in direct sunlight in the sky.

lousubcap · March 8

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Botch · March 9

Stevie Wonder and Tiger Woods are in a bar talking about golf and singing.

Woods turns to Wonder and says, “How is the singing career going?”

Stevie Wonder replies, “Not too bad! How’s the golf?”

Woods replies: “Not too bad, I’ve had some problems with my swing, but I think I’ve got that right now.”

Stevie says, “I always find that when my swing goes wrong, I need to stop playing for a while and not think about it. Then, the next time I play, it seems to be all right.”

Tiger asks, “You play golf?”

Wonder replies, “Oh yeah, I’ve been playing for years.”

And Woods says, “But you’re blind. How can you play golf if you’re blind?”

Wonder replies, “I get my caddy to stand in the middle of the fairway and call to me. I listen for the sound of his voice and play the ball towards him. Then, when I get to where the ball lands, the caddy moves to the green or farther down the fairway and again I play the ball towards his voice.”

“But how do you putt?” asks Woods.

“Well,” Stevie says, “I get my caddy to lean down in front of the hole and call to me with his head on the ground and I just play the ball towards his voice.”

Woods asks, “What’s your handicap?”

Stevie says, “Well, I’m a scratch golfer.”

Woods, incredulous, says to Stevie: “We’ve got to play a round sometime.”

Wonder replies, “Well, people don’t take me seriously, so I only play for money, and never play for less than $10,000 a hole.”

Woods thinks about it and says, “OK, I’m game for that, when would you like to play?”

Stevie says, “Pick a night!”

JohnInCarolina · March 15

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