Monday, May 04, 2009

Life Lessons

Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo (born June 25, 1966) is older than me.

Posted by rob at 9:58 AM
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72 comments:

  1. T.J.10:05 AM, May 04, 2009

    Older...and a tad taller.

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  2. Whitney10:33 AM, May 04, 2009

    LeBron James has been in the NBA 6 years?? I feel as old as Mutombo.

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  3. zman10:54 AM, May 04, 2009

    A funny two-part story about Cedric Maxwell's tonsillectomy. Safe for work but keep the volume down anyway.

    http://tinyurl.com/ct9rcu

    http://tinyurl.com/dz2pyk

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  4. rob11:52 AM, May 04, 2009

    ny times group is threatening to shut down the boston globe. man, time to pour some out for my homies. i love that paper. reminds me of summer. what the fuck am i gonna do when the washington post ceases to exist?

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  5. zman12:29 PM, May 04, 2009

    I think the Post is much better than the Globe. I read it every day online. I never go to boston.com except to look at condo listings.

    I saw a guy on The Daily Show talking about the economics of the news and how newspapers did an atrocious job of adapting to the rise of the internet. It was interesting.

    Newspapers are screwed. Now that I have access to NYT, WashPo, and every other newspaper on the planet, I don't have to read my lousy local paper. Hell I have G:TB, who needs a newspaper at all?

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  6. rob12:41 PM, May 04, 2009

    i read the globe for one week every summer during my annual trip to the cape. it's got the best sports section i've ever read, but that may be parochial bias speaking, as i never get to read that much about the sox in one place. so my attachment is far more emotional than intellectual. i still read the post every day with my breakfast - i'm gonna need to figure out a new habit.

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  7. zman1:05 PM, May 04, 2009

    It's not the same without McDonough and (to a lesser extent) Borges. Bob Ryan is still great. Shaughnessy is a tool.

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  8. Whitney1:42 PM, May 04, 2009

    Victor Borge? That guy was hilarious.

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  9. rob3:00 PM, May 04, 2009

    do i watch caps/pens game 2 or sox/yanks armageddon: new beginnings this evening?

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  10. TR3:05 PM, May 04, 2009

    The heavy rains in NYC all day may make that decision on your behalf...

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  11. rob3:10 PM, May 04, 2009

    it was a trick question, anyway, i'm too a.d.d. to stick to one.

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  12. zman3:45 PM, May 04, 2009

    Too bad W&M's president doesn't write as well as its provost.

    http://tinyurl.com/dzwxbt

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  13. rob3:55 PM, May 04, 2009

    wonder how he felt about l'affaire nichol?

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  14. Whitney4:00 PM, May 04, 2009

    Provost, Spain?

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  15. Mark4:31 PM, May 04, 2009

    What about Celtics-Magic or Lakers-Rockets (probably too late for your blood...hell anything in the second half is for me too)?

    You're already back on Stern's bad side, Rob. Which, in case you didn't know, is not a good place to be...

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  16. rob4:37 PM, May 04, 2009

    forgot about celtics/magic - i'll add that to the mix. kinda like the alternate jersey.

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  17. Shlara4:42 PM, May 04, 2009

    Since this seems to be a random string of thoughts, I'm going to add mine for the day.

    I'm in Chicago for work and went to see the Old 97s play at the Cubby Bear last night. Awesome show. And, Rhett smiled at me. I know you're jealous, even if you are guys...

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  18. rob4:44 PM, May 04, 2009

    i am extremely jealous. damn you, shlara. i believe i will be seeing the boys at the recher theatre in towson on 6/27. and rhett's got a new solo record out on 6/9 - did he play any of it?

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  19. Whitney4:45 PM, May 04, 2009

    I'd be jealous just that you were at the Cubby Bear. Add the Old 97's in and you've got yourself a humdinger.

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  20. Whitney4:47 PM, May 04, 2009

    So I'm listening to a song by The National on some charity compilation album I downloaded. It's called "So Far Around the Bend" and I chuckle when I hear these lyrics:

    "Take a bath and get high through an apple / Wanted to cry but you can't when you're laughing"

    ...and I think, "Where's TJ this week?"

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  21. Shlara4:48 PM, May 04, 2009

    He did play a few solo tunes. And Murray played one of his solo songs. And, I think they are both going to play solo sets at the Bmore show too. I may have to miss that show, b/c I'll be back in Chicago--but if I do go, we can have a GTB reunion.

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  22. T.J.4:50 PM, May 04, 2009

    In small claims court getting a continuance so my contractor can finish my bathroom.

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  23. rob4:50 PM, May 04, 2009

    man, our code for illicit activity really has become quite elaborate. nice, teej.

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  24. T.J.4:51 PM, May 04, 2009

    That was good robert.

    That. Was. Good.

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  25. rob4:53 PM, May 04, 2009

    obft should be a madhouse of confusing sayings.

    and scott ian is 46 years old. i did not see that coming.

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  26. Geoff5:12 PM, May 04, 2009

    That is some surprisingly craptastic writing. In a related story, its quite odd that the Presidents of the schools I went to for 5th-12th grades and college are both now men named "Geoff." Odds of that aren't great.

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  27. Geoff5:19 PM, May 04, 2009

    Sorry, I was referring to the W&M president's prosaic dullness.

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  28. Whitney5:40 PM, May 04, 2009

    There's an ad below for the SAT. I'm not sure whether to take that as a compliment to G:TB, an insult, or to just remain confused as if I've had a heavy dose of going to small claims court to get a continuance so my contractor can finish my bathroom.

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  29. rob8:50 PM, May 04, 2009

    celtics seem a little hungover, metaphorically.

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  30. T.J.8:59 PM, May 04, 2009

    I'm quite surprised we haven't heard from Mark yet given the halftime score.

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  31. Mark9:00 PM, May 04, 2009

    Yeah, and they've also fallen into the trap of playing Orlando's style. Not to worry, the Magic specialize in giving away double digit leads.

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  32. T.J.9:07 PM, May 04, 2009

    Rob Dibble just called Ryan Zimmerman "Magnum Z.I."

    And in case you hadn't thrown one shoe at the tv to make the dibble stop, he repeated it. And chuckled heartily at his new creation.

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  33. T.J.9:10 PM, May 04, 2009

    Son of a bitch...he just said it again...

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  34. rob9:12 PM, May 04, 2009

    i need to resurrect my 'erudition of rob dibble' concept album/gtb post.

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  35. rob9:13 PM, May 04, 2009

    zorn is at caps game wearing red knee-high socks.

    http://twitpic.com/4kq92

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  36. T.J.9:14 PM, May 04, 2009

    So, rbi walk for Zimmerman...and Dibble drops the fourth Magnum Z.I. Reference in last three minutes.

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  37. rob9:20 PM, May 04, 2009

    so they're really trying to play this thing in the bronx?

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  38. T.J.9:21 PM, May 04, 2009

    Goaaaaaal

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  39. rob9:21 PM, May 04, 2009

    ovechkin!

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  40. TR9:23 PM, May 04, 2009

    And Donnie Wahlberg is at the Celts game, looking, oddly enough, a bit like Ice T.

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  41. T.J.9:23 PM, May 04, 2009

    Well, my Monday evening just got a bit longer...which game ends sooner, this Yanks/Sox game or the Lakers/Rockets game?

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  42. rob9:24 PM, May 04, 2009

    i don't think there's any chance they get this sox/yanks game in.

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  43. rob9:25 PM, May 04, 2009

    look at all those empty seats in the bronx. it's like nationals north.

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  44. rob9:27 PM, May 04, 2009

    steve phillips on pedroia: 'it's hard to have a long swing when you have short arms'. that's so dumb it's almost smart.

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  45. T.J.9:27 PM, May 04, 2009

    Wow. Ovechkin. Hat trick.

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  46. rob9:28 PM, May 04, 2009

    suck it, crosby.

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  47. rob9:29 PM, May 04, 2009

    who gets the hats? free lid night at mitch snyder's joint?

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  48. T.J.9:30 PM, May 04, 2009

    Rob, does it sadden you to watch the corpse of David Ortiz trudge to the plate four times a night?

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  49. rob9:31 PM, May 04, 2009

    i've written extensively on this topic. the answer is yes. but not as much as that double just saddened you.

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  50. T.J.9:32 PM, May 04, 2009

    Yeah, this game is over. Time to stop watching.

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  51. rob9:33 PM, May 04, 2009

    lean into that, j.d.

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  52. rob9:35 PM, May 04, 2009

    hughes throws hard.

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  53. T.J.9:35 PM, May 04, 2009

    That was a nasty hook from Hughes.

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  54. TR9:35 PM, May 04, 2009

    Phil Hughes has joined David Lee in this group: Famous NYC athletes who struggle to grow Brandon Walsh-like sideburns.

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  55. T.J.9:36 PM, May 04, 2009

    It's so cool the Caps let Alfred Hitchcock coach them.

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  56. T.J.9:38 PM, May 04, 2009

    Shit...lots of action in front of net just made this next 30 seconds dicey for the Caps.

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  57. rob9:38 PM, May 04, 2009

    crosby gets his hat trick.

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  58. T.J.9:40 PM, May 04, 2009

    Nats are up 8-4 in the 7th...odds this game ends up 8-8 in the 9th?

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  59. rob9:42 PM, May 04, 2009

    a full-service butcher shop?

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  60. T.J.9:44 PM, May 04, 2009

    Did Rondo just airball that free throw?

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  61. T.J.9:47 PM, May 04, 2009

    Mark, you getting nervous yet?

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  62. Mark9:52 PM, May 04, 2009

    I don't know what you're talking about. I expected much worse than this by now...

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  63. T.J.9:54 PM, May 04, 2009

    Yep, so did I when I typed that...fouls 4 and 5 there on Davis killed what I thought would be a little run to enter 4th.

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  64. T.J.9:58 PM, May 04, 2009

    Uh oh...

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  65. T.J.10:03 PM, May 04, 2009

    I think the Magic are going to make Mark very upset over the next ten minutes.

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  66. T.J.10:13 PM, May 04, 2009

    that was quite a block by young Mr. Howard

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  67. Greg10:14 PM, May 04, 2009

    Utah, Whitney.

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  68. T.J.10:19 PM, May 04, 2009

    Here they come...and Rondo is lucky as shit on that on that one play.

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  69. Mark10:21 PM, May 04, 2009

    Yeah, now I'm worried. But again, its all so damn predictable that its tough to get too bent out of shape. This is, quite often, what the Magic do.

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  70. T.J.10:23 PM, May 04, 2009

    Big Baby...elevation!!!

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  71. T.J.10:26 PM, May 04, 2009

    That. Is. Atrocious.

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  72. Shlara11:15 PM, May 04, 2009

    ewww...Battier looks so gross!!!

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