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Tom O'Hawke
December 27th, 2012
10:33 pm
I can’t even imagine how JU must be feeling right now…
Good… if the Braves are in the mix!
DS1
December 27th, 2012
10:40 pm
I’d love to have Justin in the outfield with Jason and BJ. Keeps Prado at third and makes us a much stronger team offensively, IF we don’t have to mortgage the farm.
Later folks……………. Sudoku calls.
Ima Adiktin Sudoku
December 27th, 2012
10:50 pm
YO… Wayne!
phil
December 27th, 2012
10:54 pm
An enjoyable and thought-provoking book…
Cabin, by Lou Ureneck
Two brothers from a fairly rough upbringing decide to build a cabin in Maine. Well worth the 16 bucks.
kenhotlanta
December 27th, 2012
10:56 pm
Shortest Science Fiction book ever written:
He was the last person on Earth. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.
The End.
Tom O'Hawke
December 27th, 2012
10:58 pm
Geez, ken, even the Doors song is longer than that!
kenhotlanta
December 27th, 2012
11:02 pm
That won some kind of writing contest many years ago.
Joe 12-Pack
December 27th, 2012
11:04 pm
Another day, another day of idleness for Frank Wren.
Tom O'Hawke
December 27th, 2012
11:08 pm
Meanwhile, the a-troll is as busy as a beaver, spitting out his myriad of monikers!
Norris Chuck
December 27th, 2012
11:08 pm
Diamondbacks Notes: Upton, Kubel, Ross
By Zach Links [December 27 at 5:51pm CST]
Just before holidays, Rangers assistant GM Thad Levine told Jim Bowden of SiriusXM that the club has had nothing but great conversations with the Diamondbacks about outfielder Justin Upton. However, despite talking for the bulk of the winter, the two sides have yet to hammer out a deal. Could Upton have a new home in the New Year? Here’s more on that and other links on the Diamondbacks..
•It appears that a possible trade of Upton has become a reality again following the surprise signing of Cody Ross, writes Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. General Manager Kevin Towers will almost certainly be entertaining offers and one person familiar with their thinking says that “someone will go.”
Read more at http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/#EzWw4Fyw8Kk6×7iB.99
phil
December 27th, 2012
11:12 pm
Why knock?
Venice Jim
December 27th, 2012
11:20 pm
Yes, Frank should have interrupted Christmas week to do something unilateral since no one else is doing anything…
Tom O'Hawke
December 27th, 2012
11:22 pm
Homer!!
kenhotlanta
December 27th, 2012
11:28 pm
phil, I guess that’s why it’s called Science Fiction. SciFi fans used to publish newsletters full of fiction and articles similar to today’s blogs, and this 2 sentence story was discussed forever and in every way possible as to what it means and why. It was always interesting stuff. I think this would have been in the 60’s.
uga-brave
December 27th, 2012
11:48 pm
mora vs. lame kitten in the same town.
said it before the season started. they both think they are bigger then the huge program they coach.
Venice Jim
December 27th, 2012
11:52 pm
Only one is a huge program – and I hope you are not referring to the nonsensical “late to dinner” story, which was a travesty of a mockery of a sham…
Wes Jorga
December 27th, 2012
11:54 pm
You were right. Gattis is done for the season!
uga-brave
December 27th, 2012
11:57 pm
still cant believe BOSS was cancelled.
Wes Jorga
December 27th, 2012
11:57 pm
But in back in Venezuela for round robin next week.
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
12:01 am
vj, why not? deflated footballs. changed numbers on his kickers
preseason #1.
Venice Jim
December 28th, 2012
12:03 am
That was not the question I asked, but it’s okay to respond in a totally non-linear manner – just humorous how jealous SEC people are to have lost him from the sacred brotherhood of football perfection…
David O'Brien
December 28th, 2012
12:05 am
Braves are high on Graham. Don’t see them trading him — brian
That is correct.
Yunel's Frosted Tips
December 28th, 2012
12:07 am
Nobody in the SEC gives a S*H*I*T that Lame Kitten left……
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
12:08 am
vj, down here in the south we call paul johnson Megamind.
the guy really believes he can out score every team he plays.
talent has nothing to do with it. he really believes his system his talent proof, and he blames his players for not executing proper.
David O'Brien
December 28th, 2012
12:10 am
phil
December 27th, 2012
7:40 pm
No offence, But DOB has almost the entire winter off, only has to cover winter meetings for a few days. — George_George
No offense, but is anybody really still buying into George’s ridiculous faux-naivety act?
And George, in answer to your comment this morning regarding the chances of this being the last blog of the year, I’d say chances are pretty good, since Carroll and I are both on vacation.
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
12:12 am
DOB, pretty sure you snowboard. ever ski anymore?
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
12:13 am
a-hem (cough, cough) please don’t feed the a-trolls! It just makes them come back for more.
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
12:15 am
as far as the braves go I Love the BJ upton signing and i have zero problem with them going internal as long as prado is on board as going back and forth between left and 3rd base.
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
12:18 am
we finally signed a guy in their prime. at least their is upside.
i give credit to wren on this one.
David O'Brien
December 28th, 2012
12:21 am
This is parked behind a house on my sister’s street here in Colorado, where I’ve been since Christmas:
https://twitter.com/ajcbraves/status/284478862707011584/photo/1
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
12:22 am
vj. lame kitten is not in that sacred brotherhood. he did a drive by in the sec and put tenn on near probation.
Yunel's Frosted Tips
December 28th, 2012
12:22 am
Cousin Eddie from Christmas Vacation in that tin can…….
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
12:25 am
Nice Airstream, DOB – top-of-the-line, IMO
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
12:25 am
Dob, please tell me you are not staying in that gulfstream?
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
12:27 am
i think tom nailed it better. .
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
12:35 am
so lets rank really good shows
the killing
boss
breaking bad
boardwalk empire
homeland
justified
sons of anarchy
walking dead
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
12:36 am
the killing start to end was pretty damn good.
kenhotlanta
December 28th, 2012
12:39 am
Lane Kiffin, Jim Mora, Bobby Petrino, Paul Johnson: Drop ‘em all off at Alcatraz and let ‘em swim back. I think you could add Nick Saban to that group, he just hasn’t been caught yet.
DS1
December 28th, 2012
12:40 am
That there Clark, is an “Arrrrrrr-Veee”. And don’t go getting attached to it, cause we’re taking it with us when we leave next month!”
kenhotlanta
December 28th, 2012
12:41 am
Good list, uga…I would add Falling Skies and Hell on Wheels.
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
12:46 am
i guess i should learn how to make smiley face. i guess that would take away tone.
DS1
December 28th, 2012
12:49 am
uga
Colon
no space
Spell: wink or LOL or twisted or evil
no space
Colon
Heckuva lot easier than bolding and italics; which I refuse to do.
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
12:49 am
ken, great coach list but i respect saban.
i respect urban meyer also.
DS1
December 28th, 2012
12:51 am
I’m betting that if Gattis makes the squad, that’ll be a popular fan uni for 2013.
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
12:51 am
:WINK:
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
12:52 am
Colon
no space
Spell: wink or LOL or twisted or evil
no space
Colon
I was gonna shut down, but I’ll stick around a tad longer. I want to see how this comes out.
DS1
December 28th, 2012
12:52 am
Don’t care for Saban since the Miami promise.
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
12:53 am
wayne, colon and a wink went just above like a fart in a church.
DS1
December 28th, 2012
12:53 am
this shyt might be too hard for uga………….. Heck, he hasn’t figgered out capitalization yet!
DS1
December 28th, 2012
12:54 am
lower case…….on the wink, that is
kenhotlanta
December 28th, 2012
12:54 am
uga, Saban and Meyer are the best of the best, no doubt.
Yunel's Frosted Tips
December 28th, 2012
12:55 am
I like the new batting practice caps with the screaming brave………grew up with him and Noc a Homa…….you know the panty wad crowd gonna scream over that………I woulda put the screaming brave on the sleeve of the new cream uniforms last year like it used to be instead of the crossed tomahawks but nobody asked me…..Noc a Homa had a kid named Hit a Single that came with him……loved it when he came out the tee pee and yelled at the old ballpark………better than the chick fil a cow I’m telling you……..selah (I miss Furman Bisher)
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
12:55 am
uga – it’s faster if you use a semi-colon and a rightside parenthesis (the thing over zero)
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
12:57 am
:WINK::
DS1
December 28th, 2012
12:58 am
More than one way to skin a cat, huh.
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
12:58 am
uga… you haven’t quite nailed it, yet.
DS1
December 28th, 2012
12:59 am
Tom
Whaddya expect from a UGA guy?
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:00 am
:LOL:
David O'Brien
December 28th, 2012
1:02 am
DOB, pretty sure you snowboard. ever ski anymore? — uga-brave
Never. Rode skateboard when I was a kid, and snowboarding is real similar in the turns and general lines and grooves you follow. Love it. No interest at all in learning to ski at my age.
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
1:02 am
Ha, ha Wayne, the funny thing is uga NEVER uses upper case!
DS1
December 28th, 2012
1:02 am
David O'Brien
December 28th, 2012
1:03 am
Nice Airstream, DOB – top-of-the-line, IMO — O’Hawke
Absolutely. I’d like to have one myself.
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
1:04 am
uga
STOP WITH THE CAPITAL LETTERSI mean, stop with the capital lettersDS1
December 28th, 2012
1:05 am
When we moved out this way back over 10 years ago, my youngest two sons were 10 and 15. They took to boarding like they were born doing it. Both have toned down their participation in recent years, but as they tell me, it’s a darn site easier than learning to ski.
uga
lower case buddy, lower case………
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:05 am
exposed, for a guy that carries a jitterbug.
Yunel's Frosted Tips
December 28th, 2012
1:05 am
some people used to insunuate that Noc A Homa drink and smoked left handed cigarettes in that tee pee………well………if you had to watch some of those 70’s teams every night you would too……real name was Levi Walker…..later had a falling out with the Braves and they parted ways…….
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:07 am
;lol;
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:08 am
colon lol, colon right?
DS1
December 28th, 2012
1:09 am
My dream retirement is to have a basement apartment in one of my kid’s home up in northern Utah, a condo in St George (which we sorta have already w/ my mom-in-law’s place that she doesn’t use) and a permanent lot at the Pirateland Campground just south of Myrtle Beach!
Add in a convertible (preferably a Mustang) to travel between them in………….. And then I’m set. Figger about 5 more years of working and I should be able to pull it off.
But that Airstream would be too much………. Just showin off!
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
1:10 am
right, buddy .. You should have it this time!
DS1
December 28th, 2012
1:10 am
right……… and no spaces.
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
1:14 am
I’m getting all anxious here… waiting… and wondering… and waiting…
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:17 am
got several duplicate comments, so we may see a ton of smiley faces.
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:19 am
everytime i go colon LOL colon i get dup comments.
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
1:19 am
Ya know, uga… “ton” spelled backwards, is “not”.
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
1:20 am
Just submit it ONCE, uga. The blog hasn’t been working too well, lately. It’ll get there… patience. Don’t submit it a 2ND time.
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:22 am
tom, i am the least wired in guy alive.
i did colon lol colon. :lol;
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:23 am
try one last time
DS1
December 28th, 2012
1:23 am
Tom
Not sure he’s gotten the concept of “no lower case” yet. Can’t expect too much from these Georgia boys early on. They take a while to catch on.
We Clemson guys might not be the brightest flashlight in the drawer, but when compared to UGA folk, we shine like the sun!
DS1
December 28th, 2012
1:25 am
Well I’ll be damned, he got it!!!
Great teaching job Tom!
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
1:26 am
uga… you finished with a semi-colon. The smiley people are fussy… they won’t allow that kind of lackadaisicalness !
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
1:27 am
To quote Marv Albert:
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:28 am
tom o”hawke now you have created a smilin face monster.
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:30 am
an entire new world has opened up for me.
thank you tom and wayne.
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:31 am
thanks guys:lol:
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
1:33 am
You’re welcome, uga
Now, try the winky face… either the way Wayne told you, but with lower case wink or the shortcut that I had mentioned… semi-colon ; and then the right parenthesis ) with no space and a not next to any else
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
1:34 am
Have to skip a space on your colon,lol,colon uga
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:35 am
DS1
December 28th, 2012
1:35 am
keep at it uga…………
Not sure what was wrong with that one:lol:
maybe it has to go on the next line or have a space before the first colon?
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:37 am
DS1
December 28th, 2012
1:39 am
http://www.funtechtalk.com/wordpress-smiley-faces-codes-emotions-and-text-codes-how-to-make/
Now, we’ve created a monster!
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:39 am
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
1:39 am
IT’S…. ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DS1
December 28th, 2012
1:40 am
Heckuva lot more interesting than talking about whether Schafer or Constanza are going to be the 5th outfielder…………. or if we are even going to have a 5th outfielder.
Nite folks.
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:40 am
wayne total monster.
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:42 am
bas, look away, look away.
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
1:44 am
I take it BAS isn’t a big fan of the emoticons, uga?
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:44 am
tom, straight up, thanks for the patience. you are good agent, really mean that.
uga-brave
December 28th, 2012
1:45 am
hates em.
Tom O'Hawke
December 28th, 2012
1:48 am
My pleasure, uga, my pleasure. I just wish someone was writing this all down, dangit!
As time will be the final witness, I think many will consider this to rank right up there with Jesus rising Lazarus from the dead!
Of course, only time will tell…