tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460882024-02-19T00:34:52.877-05:00middlespace liveYou can come over to my place Tuesday evening. I'm on Royal and Barracks.Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.comBlogger1493125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-69908859206364232932007-12-18T17:50:00.002-05:002008-02-13T12:17:46.802-05:00To Be Continued...continues in Book Four. [<-- go there.]Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-15743605089019830052007-12-17T13:12:00.001-05:002007-12-17T13:12:53.518-05:00Book Break/SyncEnd of Book 3Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-92015679339659854672007-12-17T13:01:00.001-05:002008-02-14T13:43:11.339-05:00In a Perfect WorldIn a perfect world I wouldn't receive no damn auto-dial recorded messages from Campaign Volunteers.[cue music here - below]But Barack "Barry Oh!" Obama would pick up the damn phone hisself and wake my ass up to tell me how pretty my eyes are and that he was thinking about me. In his smoky, nondescript kind of midwest baritone, he'd mention how the sunset reminded him of me and how he'd like to Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-14116532783212043482007-12-17T13:00:00.001-05:002008-04-17T14:14:19.778-04:00The Whiffenpoofs of KentlandsPre-edit photo by some fellow named phil who didn't copyright this image nor get my name correct for the paper he pap's for.Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-80701073475713327092007-12-17T11:52:00.000-05:002007-12-17T17:13:13.096-05:00Yeah, I Know (WRT Flickr WTF)Yeah, I know.... Sorry. It's a "thing." It's because of this: [Gener Clicky]Jealousy = Inspiration.Anyway, uh, here's the back catalog at the Flickr link; Raw History:[clicky]"Ride it out. It all comes back."- RPWTyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-11174906523616189942007-12-17T10:46:00.000-05:002007-12-17T10:50:01.231-05:00Edit Request (= I Quit!)Oh, hey, uh...do you think you could edit my name out of your middlespace post about Eli Manning? I don't want him to get upset at me when he finds it during his routine Monday morning "Eli Manning" +mope Google search. I sent that to you confidentially.-Shrimpy Penis DudeTyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-17532350367395086912007-12-17T08:50:00.000-05:002007-12-17T08:51:16.950-05:00Oh Hillary!Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-20103921848258624822007-12-17T08:31:00.000-05:002007-12-17T08:37:01.706-05:00Unstoppable"You know who should be fired? Whoever green-lighted using Eli Manning for those watch commercials. Were they trying to appeal to the mope demographic or do they just never watch football? [Watch executive] "I hear there's a guy named Manning who plays at the football game that people are talking about! Get me Manning!"I have to assume that the watch is soft, whiny, and inaccurate."-Rich"Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-60928902266356932902007-12-15T12:43:00.001-05:002007-12-15T12:52:20.120-05:00Cliché (Song of the Year®)Jerry Hsu© 2007 tKoL, of course[clicky]It's a song about how Jerry Hsu saves the world from alien invasion at the 2012 Beijing Olympics. You know, total cliche.Jerry HsuBaby where are youHow does your mother feel aboutwhat you doand all of your relativesremembered in furniturethis was your unclesthis was your grandfathersway back in Chinabut all that's behind yamost of them died therebut what Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-40330390319620456982007-12-15T12:39:00.001-05:002007-12-15T12:41:03.084-05:00DMK12.15.22 - 03.12.03Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-28575562398583966052007-12-14T16:14:00.000-05:002007-12-15T10:03:14.315-05:00Libertarian Update - UPDATESo, I'm supposed to be happy/grateful for the government to look into my car without cause and to contact me about what they observe?Uninvited, the authorities or those deputized by the authorities will look into my formerly private-like spaces and, working against a list they've created, inform me of what could become a problem for me. Huh? Montgomery County Police Employ Post Card Initiative Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-63815804290067639592007-12-14T14:28:00.000-05:002007-12-14T14:36:32.799-05:00Semi-Monster NYer AlertSedaris. Check. Gladwell. Check.Those are two elements that make the 12.17 issue of the NYer very good. But the following hidden-in-plain-view-gem will learn your ass something. Thus: semi-monster.Most people I know would automatically skip this:Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-83664782763908252722007-12-14T10:11:00.001-05:002007-12-14T10:14:39.071-05:00What Did YOU Do Today?[clicky]Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-88332653747873666522007-12-14T09:59:00.000-05:002007-12-14T10:11:07.462-05:00Dear Apple (and NYT)Dear Apple Inc.,It was funny at first; the "Mac" guy and the "PC" guy. We all got it. It then became arrogant and self-righteous, which isn't so bad. My friend James just typed "the arrogance of Mac" this morning. Then it became just downright mean but we didn't care since it was mean towards Micorsoft.Now, it's stupid. You've taken an effective and cute ad concept and rounded the bases Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-89361833937983065652007-12-14T09:29:00.000-05:002007-12-14T14:39:49.297-05:00Plus Twenty Years (SCV '87)"That stuff IS real corny to [ponder] now and around my "legit" musician friends I really don't talk about it because they wouldn't get it but dude, we were basically, Michael Jordan, Joe Montana, and Babe Ruth. We were among the best players in the WORLD who were playing in one of the best groups in the WORLD. There were maybe 50 or 60 other people in the WORLD who could do, as a group, what we Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-49539846610659236172007-12-14T09:23:00.001-05:002007-12-14T09:23:38.692-05:00TGIF!Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-80389741133443996182007-12-14T09:13:00.000-05:002007-12-14T09:26:12.813-05:00With Regard to Edits"Exxcuuuuuse me for wanting to protect some innocent person's feelings before they realize that the truth of life is pain and loneliness and downright bottom-of-the-barrel depression. Trying not to rain on parades here.Or [dripping with sarcasm just so you know], I'm so sorry I don't want to get fired from my job because I told you something personal that I thought wouldn't be funny on the Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-2691949367880041732007-12-13T17:18:00.000-05:002007-12-13T17:28:23.452-05:00Still Don't CareChad AllenManny AlexanderRick Ankiel √Mike BellDavid Bell √Gary Bennett Jr.Marvin BenardLarry BigbieBarry Bonds √Kevin Brown √Paul ByrdKen Caminiti √Jose Canseco √Mark CarreonJason ChristiansenHowie ClarkRoger Clemens √Jack CustBrendan DonnellyLenny Dykstra √Bobby EstalellaMatt FrancoRyan FranklinEric Gagne √Jason Giambi √Jeremi GiambiJay GibbonsTroy GlausJason Grimsley √Jose GuillenJerry Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-12375122748490478732007-12-13T17:15:00.000-05:002007-12-13T17:17:05.097-05:00Spot On"None of us reminded her that Monica had died of a terminal illness, as, in a way, that didn’t matter anymore. The point was that she was gone, and our lives would never be the same: we were people who knew people who died. This is to say that we had been touched by tragedy, and had been made special by it. By all appearances, I was devastated, but in fact I had never been so happy in my life. Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-75943628151638992352007-12-13T14:19:00.001-05:002007-12-13T14:22:37.186-05:00Uh, So.It's baseball. Like who cares? At least, who's surprised? If you're surprised, you're dumb.Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-89009330434348310742007-12-13T13:38:00.000-05:002007-12-13T13:43:21.803-05:00i Is SmrttSee Malcolm's review of James Flynn's What is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect.[clicky for NYer article][clicky for audio]Positions earned: 2Drop ad points earned: 4P.S. Gladwell, Malcolm Gladwell. Duh.Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-4687692172980544832007-12-13T13:02:00.000-05:002007-12-13T13:10:53.785-05:00Dave Got A ScannerDave, don't make me "edit" this."Seriously though, what if my grandma saw that?"-DaveTyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-85674760619382917102007-12-13T12:24:00.000-05:002007-12-13T13:09:26.870-05:00Three Strikes and We're OutSo, as some people know, I sometimes take the emails or experiences or stories of friends (and audience members) and I post them here on the "middlespace live." I try to make the postings "not directly identifiable" in most cases. Often I embellish the stories and I sometimes I'm even nice enough to fix your nasty syntax and spelling errors.But, and holy shit, I am really done with your edits!Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-72063570460597960672007-12-13T10:41:00.000-05:002009-09-22T16:06:11.010-04:00Ask Ty...December 13Q: Dear Ty.I need your opinion because people around here are making me feel bitter, mean, and old.Yesterday on the elevator at work -- had just purchased lunch and had my iPod® on, loud. I'm clearly listening to music, loudly. I wanted to listen to music. That's why I had my iPod® on and it was on loud. Got it?Woman gets on the elevator, I'm holding my lunch (and listening to my iPod®, loud)Tyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646088.post-30101181114601205982007-12-13T10:22:00.001-05:002007-12-13T10:24:00.191-05:00WazooTyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14731688190737048861noreply@blogger.com0