tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post2014287508092948887..comments2024-02-05T05:56:50.392-05:00Comments on Insult Swordfighting: Friday afternoon tidbitsMitch Krpatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987162934932391765noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-77779349528350168332009-09-27T08:45:26.559-04:002009-09-27T08:45:26.559-04:00Mitch, thanks for the link to the Kill Screen kick...Mitch, thanks for the link to the Kill Screen kickstarter page - we're so close to the goal now that I'm actually kind of scared.<br /><br />And that Shirley article cracked me up. The hardest thing about writing music (or any?) crit is to separate what you'd rather be listening to from what is actually better. Just assuming that Oasis is better than the Beatles because it's new and you like it better (and oh yeah, because of the production?) is awesomely wrong. On the other hand, what he can do well that I can't is to put something crazy-stupid on the 'Net and say, "I'm right." I wish I could do that, it would save time!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05888342907848302579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-29763982888045967422009-09-23T05:14:44.456-04:002009-09-23T05:14:44.456-04:00I stopped reading that Shirley column at this quot...I stopped reading that Shirley column at this quote:<br /><br />"She couldn't understand my disconnect, which means either that I didn't do a good job of explaining it or that she's an idiot"<br /><br />Haha.. classic.Alex Denhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16076406155173515320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-19947282927166080242009-09-21T14:00:21.492-04:002009-09-21T14:00:21.492-04:00I think ESPN.com was so shocked to find a literate...I think ESPN.com was so shocked to find a literate athlete that they had to give him a column.Mitch Krpatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15987162934932391765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-88530373298630905292009-09-21T12:42:47.363-04:002009-09-21T12:42:47.363-04:00Yeah, Shirley sounds like an ass. Not because his...Yeah, Shirley sounds like an ass. Not because his anti-Beatles argument holds no water, but because he immediately decides he doesn't like somebody because they're overweight. Class act. Why are non-writers writing about music on a sports website, anyway?Garrett Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581824403171265877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-47303196248085323682009-09-19T14:15:44.010-04:002009-09-19T14:15:44.010-04:00I genuinely thought you were joking when you said ...I genuinely thought you were joking when you said Shirley argued that Koontz was better than Stoker. But no - Shirley's just a ranting buffoon. Excellent.Al Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09034692836429573795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-64728915797742420542009-09-19T13:20:13.154-04:002009-09-19T13:20:13.154-04:00We need a Kinsey report for people's secret Si...We need a Kinsey report for people's secret Sims behavior.Mitch Krpatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15987162934932391765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-35190493546739558542009-09-18T21:06:35.968-04:002009-09-18T21:06:35.968-04:001) I hated Da Vinci Code, but I rarely talk about ...1) I hated Da Vinci Code, but I rarely talk about it because I'm afraid people would assume I objected to the subject rather than the writing. <br /><br />2) <i>I can't even tell you</i> the despicable things I did with The Sims (after the initial recreate-your-own-house phase). I almost blogged about it at JD once, but chickened out at the last minute for fear of being branded some sort of sociopath.Garyhttp://web.mac.com/gwhodgesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-66724219510132466942009-09-18T15:46:28.815-04:002009-09-18T15:46:28.815-04:00Michael Cera's always jackin' my style.Michael Cera's always jackin' my style.Mitch Krpatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15987162934932391765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-5780628921134040632009-09-18T15:24:02.395-04:002009-09-18T15:24:02.395-04:00"I don't know, though. All I ever did whe..."I don't know, though. All I ever did when I played the Sims was make a bathroom with glass walls, and then I named two Sims after my friends and got them to kiss."<br /><br />This sounds like something Michael Cera would say in a movie. I don't even like Michael Cera, because he feels so fake. But this feels real, like how Michael Cera would feel if he were a real person and not fake. So you win my Internet for today.Simon Ferrarihttp://chungking.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-22959413402357368922009-09-18T14:02:33.229-04:002009-09-18T14:02:33.229-04:00I got about 50 pages into The Da Vinci code before...I got about 50 pages into The Da Vinci code before I had to quit in disgust. Those 20 sentences were exactly the reason why. Loved them.Tim Mackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342297476257564263noreply@blogger.com