Comments on: What to Write, What to Write http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/ Your Daily Source for Half-Baked Crap Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:02:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170445 Andrew Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:13:00 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170445 Including the classic "My Ocardial Infarction" where in Ted's acapella band The Worthless Peons vs. The Janitor's Hibberton have a sing-off with Elliot as judge. Including the classic "My Ocardial Infarction" where in Ted's acapella band The Worthless Peons vs. The Janitor's Hibberton have a sing-off with Elliot as judge.

]]> By: E-6 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170415 E-6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:31:28 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170415 That Darlene Love's version of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' doesn't appear in the top-34 X-mas song list suggests that something is wrong in Redux City. Just sayin'. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mbzhrjz_gVc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mbzhrjz_gVc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> That Darlene Love's version of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' doesn't appear in the top-34 X-mas song list suggests that something is wrong in Redux City. Just sayin'.

]]> By: 2ndCityTwinkie http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170410 2ndCityTwinkie Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:04:47 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170410 Scrubs is always "My _____." So, "My Perfection," "My Perfect Cup," etc. Scrubs is always "My _____." So, "My Perfection," "My Perfect Cup," etc.

]]> By: djas4000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170408 djas4000 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:31:08 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170408 My name’s Andy, and I dig your blog. Just in case you're still looking for writing ideas, I also humbly think I can offer some help. The holidays are approaching, and you know what that means...eggnog lattes at your local coffee chain, touching window displays, a red-and-greening of neck ties worldwide, and most likely, a obligatory blog post or twelve. This poses a challenge, as it can be a bit difficult to come up with a fresh and interesting take on an event that’s already happened a few thousand times. For people like us who may not have an inside scoop on Elmo’s next fetish, check out Redux and it’s pool of original, user-generated content. We’re throwing around all sorts of traditional-to-not collections of timely treasures for your amusement. I have taken the liberty of compiling our best for your consideration. Check them out, and feel free to use any that you wish: http://www.redux.com/playlist/black_friday_sales_madness Movies: http://www.redux.com/playlist/a_christmas_carol_the_movies http://www.redux.com/playlist/its_a_wonderful_life http://www.redux.com/playlist/rudolph_the_red_nosed_reindeer http://www.redux.com/playlist/a_charlie_brown_christmas http://www.redux.com/playlist/a_garfield_christmas_special http://www.redux.com/playlist/very_special_tv_christmas_specials http://www.redux.com/playlist/classic_christmas_movie_scenes Gift Ideas: http://www.redux.com/playlist/cheap_christmas_gift_ideas_20 http://www.redux.com/playlist/christmas_gift_ideas_for_men http://www.redux.com/playlist/christmas_present_ideas_for_girls http://www.redux.com/playlist/victorias_secret_holiday_lingerie “FUN” http://www.redux.com/playlist/how_to_cook_a_perfect_thanksgiving_turkey http://www.redux.com/playlist/christmas_party_game_ideas_and_how_to_play http://www.redux.com/playlist/how_to_wrap_a_gift_present http://www.redux.com/playlist/famous_real_christmas_trees http://www.redux.com/playlist/the_best_christmas_lights_ever http://www.redux.com/playlist/the_best_christmas_commercials_ever Learning http://www.redux.com/playlist/history_of_hanukkah http://www.redux.com/playlist/the_nativity_story http://www.redux.com/playlist/the_history_of_christmas Music http://www.redux.com/playlist/auld_lang_syne_new_years_song http://www.redux.com/playlist/the_best_christmas_songs_of_all_time http://www.redux.com/playlist/christmas_carol_music My name’s Andy, and I dig your blog. Just in case you're still looking for writing ideas, I also humbly think I can offer some help.

The holidays are approaching, and you know what that means...eggnog lattes at your local coffee chain, touching window displays, a red-and-greening of neck ties worldwide, and most likely, a obligatory blog post or twelve. This poses a challenge, as it can be a bit difficult to come up with a fresh and interesting take on an event that’s already happened a few thousand times. For people like us who may not have an inside scoop on Elmo’s next fetish, check out Redux and it’s pool of original, user-generated content. We’re throwing around all sorts of traditional-to-not collections of timely treasures for your amusement. I have taken the liberty of compiling our best for your consideration. Check them out, and feel free to use any that you wish:

http://www.redux.com/playlist/black_friday_sales_madness

Movies:
http://www.redux.com/playlist/a_christmas_carol_the_movies
http://www.redux.com/playlist/its_a_wonderful_life
http://www.redux.com/playlist/rudolph_the_red_nosed_reindeer
http://www.redux.com/playlist/a_charlie_brown_christmas
http://www.redux.com/playlist/a_garfield_christmas_special
http://www.redux.com/playlist/very_special_tv_christmas_specials
http://www.redux.com/playlist/classic_christmas_movie_scenes

Gift Ideas:
http://www.redux.com/playlist/cheap_christmas_gift_ideas_20
http://www.redux.com/playlist/christmas_gift_ideas_for_men
http://www.redux.com/playlist/christmas_present_ideas_for_girls
http://www.redux.com/playlist/victorias_secret_holiday_lingerie

“FUN”
http://www.redux.com/playlist/how_to_cook_a_perfect_thanksgiving_turkey
http://www.redux.com/playlist/christmas_party_game_ideas_and_how_to_play
http://www.redux.com/playlist/how_to_wrap_a_gift_present
http://www.redux.com/playlist/famous_real_christmas_trees
http://www.redux.com/playlist/the_best_christmas_lights_ever
http://www.redux.com/playlist/the_best_christmas_commercials_ever

Learning
http://www.redux.com/playlist/history_of_hanukkah
http://www.redux.com/playlist/the_nativity_story
http://www.redux.com/playlist/the_history_of_christmas

Music
http://www.redux.com/playlist/auld_lang_syne_new_years_song
http://www.redux.com/playlist/the_best_christmas_songs_of_all_time
http://www.redux.com/playlist/christmas_carol_music

]]> By: davidwatts http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170225 davidwatts Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:50:14 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170225 pumpkin bars rock. pumpkin bars rock.

]]> By: freealonzo http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170196 freealonzo Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:52:00 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170196 The other night on the Fox Movie Channel they had on the Silver Streak. When I was like 14 me and a friend took the bus from Mound to downtown Minneapolis to see that movie. We stayed in the theater all afternoon and early evening and saw it like 3 times. Remember this was 1977 or so and most of the movie theatres downtown were porno palaces. When we got out of the theater (the Academy which was moved a block and half and is going to be a dance theater) it was darkish and the streets were a lot more sinister. Scary stuff for a 14 year old 20 miles and an hour bus ride from home. Anyway, there's a great line from that movie when Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder are in a train station restroom and Pryor is putting shoe polish on Wilder's face to make him "black" to get past the police looking for him. Wilder is protesting the application of the shoe polish and Pryor quips "What's wrong, worried it won't come off?" The other night on the Fox Movie Channel they had on the Silver Streak. When I was like 14 me and a friend took the bus from Mound to downtown Minneapolis to see that movie. We stayed in the theater all afternoon and early evening and saw it like 3 times. Remember this was 1977 or so and most of the movie theatres downtown were porno palaces. When we got out of the theater (the Academy which was moved a block and half and is going to be a dance theater) it was darkish and the streets were a lot more sinister. Scary stuff for a 14 year old 20 miles and an hour bus ride from home.

Anyway, there's a great line from that movie when Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder are in a train station restroom and Pryor is putting shoe polish on Wilder's face to make him "black" to get past the police looking for him. Wilder is protesting the application of the shoe polish and Pryor quips "What's wrong, worried it won't come off?"

]]> By: New Guy http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170190 New Guy Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:16:16 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170190 I think this is the true spirit of blogging. Not having anything to write about, but making it to seven paragraphs anyway. I think this is the true spirit of blogging. Not having anything to write about, but making it to seven paragraphs anyway.

]]> By: meat http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170186 meat Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:25:12 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170186 ZING! ZING!

]]> By: Yickit http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170184 Yickit Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:08:27 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170184 Yeah I've heard good things and I'm borrowing the book over break to read. But I was looking for fiction which made <em>Downtown Owl</em> an attractive option. They do talk about Gordon Kahl but only in passing references, which Klosterman used <em>Bitter Harvest</em> as the source. Yeah I've heard good things and I'm borrowing the book over break to read. But I was looking for fiction which made Downtown Owl an attractive option.

They do talk about Gordon Kahl but only in passing references, which Klosterman used Bitter Harvest as the source.

]]> By: thisisbeth http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170180 thisisbeth Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:29:35 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170180 My fantasy football team is tied for first (in a league of eight or ten), despite the fact that I know nothing about football players. It's always a mystery to me every week when my players are given the points and they're all added together--on the weeks I remember to check on my team. (I know how the game is played--the downs, touchdowns, field goals, etc., although I couldn't tell you one play from another, and I certainly don't know the formations. I have no idea what the positions are on the field, and I really can't name any players. I give all credit to the fact that the league was an auto-draft, so I was at less of a disadvantage there.) My fantasy football team is tied for first (in a league of eight or ten), despite the fact that I know nothing about football players. It's always a mystery to me every week when my players are given the points and they're all added together--on the weeks I remember to check on my team.

(I know how the game is played--the downs, touchdowns, field goals, etc., although I couldn't tell you one play from another, and I certainly don't know the formations. I have no idea what the positions are on the field, and I really can't name any players. I give all credit to the fact that the league was an auto-draft, so I was at less of a disadvantage there.)

]]> By: E-6 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170179 E-6 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:15:24 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170179 Careful. Those Venti cups are Built to Spill. Careful. Those Venti cups are Built to Spill.

]]> By: meat http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170178 meat Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:52:33 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170178 I'm gonna be perfect from now on I'm gonna be perfect starting now <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kpVrSkZM6DE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kpVrSkZM6DE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> I'm gonna be perfect from now on
I'm gonna be perfect starting now

]]> By: SBG http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170172 SBG Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:41:46 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170172 I've heard that he writes about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Kahl" rel="nofollow">Gordon Kahl</a>. If you want to read a very good book about ND, read <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bitter-Harvest-Gordon-Comitatus-Heartland/dp/0670815616/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227022820&sr=8-10" rel="nofollow">Bitter Harvest</a></em> about Kahl, the <em>Posse Comitatus</em>, and the shootout at Medina. Good book. I've heard that he writes about Gordon Kahl. If you want to read a very good book about ND, read Bitter Harvest about Kahl, the Posse Comitatus, and the shootout at Medina. Good book.

]]> By: Yickit http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170165 Yickit Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:22:33 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170165 I read <em>Downtown Owl</em> this weekend on my flight from Des Moines [connection in St. Louis] to Washington DC. I thought it was pretty good, but not great. But then again there aren't many <em>great</em> books about North Dakota. I read Downtown Owl this weekend on my flight from Des Moines [connection in St. Louis] to Washington DC. I thought it was pretty good, but not great. But then again there aren't many great books about North Dakota.

]]> By: Rhubarb_Runner http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170163 Rhubarb_Runner Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:22:16 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170163 Or, <em>The Man From U.N.C.L.E.</em> title format, "The Perfect Coffee Affair" Or, "The Night of the Morning of the Perfect Coffee Order" a la <em>The Wild, Wild West</em> Do many newer shows use a similar episode naming convention? Or, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. title format, "The Perfect Coffee Affair"
Or, "The Night of the Morning of the Perfect Coffee Order" a la The Wild, Wild West

Do many newer shows use a similar episode naming convention?

]]> By: brianS http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170159 brianS Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:06:58 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170159 The Boss, living <strike>large</strike> venti. This episode shall be known as "The One About the Coffee". Oh, wait, is that <i>Friends<i>? The Boss, living large venti.

This episode shall be known as "The One About the Coffee". Oh, wait, is that Friends?

]]> By: E-6 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170156 E-6 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:58:26 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170156 Hee hee! :) Excellent work, Stick. How about a <strong>venti</strong> order of these in the future? Hee hee! Smile
Excellent work, Stick. How about a venti order of these in the future?

]]> By: SBG http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170153 SBG Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:23:39 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170153 Well, my experience is that you write about it on <strike>your blog</strike> The WGOM and then you revise the article about 10 times until it loses some of the crispness it originally had, thereby destroying the perfection. The human existence is certainly fragile. Well, my experience is that you write about it on your blog The WGOM and then you revise the article about 10 times until it loses some of the crispness it originally had, thereby destroying the perfection. The human existence is certainly fragile.

]]> By: Jeff A http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170152 Jeff A Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:19:35 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170152 Never having achieved perfection (although John Wesley says it is possible in this life), I'm just wondering--once you've acheived perfection, then what do you do? Never having achieved perfection (although John Wesley says it is possible in this life), I'm just wondering--once you've acheived perfection, then what do you do?

]]> By: Rhubarb_Runner http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/11/18/what-to-write-what-to-write/#comment-170147 Rhubarb_Runner Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:07:55 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=9056#comment-170147 Like the <em>Seinfeld</em> episode of blogs entries: a post about nothing, but a joy to read. When some Anthony Robbins-type presses you to strive for perfection, you can lean back in your chair with your hands behind your head, and say, "Too late -- I'm already there." Like the Seinfeld episode of blogs entries: a post about nothing, but a joy to read. When some Anthony Robbins-type presses you to strive for perfection, you can lean back in your chair with your hands behind your head, and say, "Too late -- I'm already there."

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