PC Board OT thread

sp6r=underrated · Post #1061 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:57 pm

ESPN punishing Stephen A Smith for his retrograde remarks would be no different than punishing a guard dog for biting an intruder. Stephen A Smith was hired to say outrageous things that would get people watching ESPN. He fulfilled his duty.

Post #1062 » by **PaulieWal** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:28 pm

Started watching Daredevil today. Liked the first episode.

What did y'all think of GoT's S5 finale? I was letdown and thought it was a meh season overall.

Post #1063 » by **Moonbeam** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:57 pm

RSCD3_ wrote:
Moonbeam wrote:And yes, Prince owns. I met my wife thanks to Prince.

Please come and tell us the story sir.

I had finished my degree a year early and took a "year off" to figure out what I wanted to do next (bad idea in retrospect). With more free time, I spent a fair amount of time on a Prince website called prince.org. Being a Prince fan my age was not very common, and I got teased all the time for it, so I looked for a community where I could talk all things Prince. Well, I just so happened to meet the love of my life there, despite being skeptical of online relationships given the many that had crashed and burned for friends while I was in college. She lived in Australia, so it was about as long of a distance as the Earth allows.

Flirting on forums turned into instant messenger, which turned into phone calls, which turned into letters, etc. We finally met around 16 months after when she came to visit me in graduate school. We knew then that we wanted to get married, and it was just a matter of working it out. Due to a lot of tragedies in my family, we waited 3 more years before I moved to Australia, getting by with visits to see each other whenever we could have the time and money. I couldn't be happier.

Prince finally came back to Australia in 2012, and we bought tickets to the most deluxe seating available for 3 shows. During the first 10 minutes of the first show, I tore my Achilles when I pogo-jumped onto a metal barrier. That didn't stop me from dancing the night away with my weight on the other foot all night.

Our son's due date happened to be Prince's birthday (completely unplanned, I swear!), but he decided to come a few days early.

Post #1064 » by **Moonbeam** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:57 pm

Mark K wrote:Because we've loosely been talking about music, i will post this.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWRMOJQDiLU[/youtube]

Not really a Rush fan, but they have chops.

Post #1065 » by **Moonbeam** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:58 pm

ThunderDan9 wrote:
Moonbeam wrote:And yes, Prince owns. I met my wife thanks to Prince.

Prince had that groove in the 80's... I'm listening to Dirty Mind right now, what an absolutely fantastic album!
(Atrocious album cover though... as is the standard with Prince. )

I love his album covers, usually! Dirty Mind does the job well of describing the sound underneath - seedy, raw, and in-your-face.

Post #1066 » by **Moonbeam** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:59 pm

E-Balla wrote:
HeartBreakKid wrote:
GSP wrote:Prince>Michael Jackson IMO

Easily.

I will slap both of you. I love me some Prince but... It's Michael. Dude is the only artist that has at least one song known by everyone.

It's down to opinion, but Prince is certainly more of a musical virtuoso. I love MJ, but he's more of an entertainer than a musician. Prince is waaaaaaaaaaaaay more prolific as well.

Post #1067 » by **Moonbeam** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:03 pm

PaulieWal wrote:Started watching Daredevil today. Liked the first episode.

What did y'all think of GoT's S5 finale? I was letdown and thought it was a meh season overall.

I think it was a slow season to start with Game of Thrones, but it certainly picked up with episode 8. It delivered irrevocable imagery over the past 3 episodes, so I can't complain. The atonement walk was brutal.

E-Balla · Post #1068 » by **E-Balla** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:07 am

PaulieWal wrote:Started watching Daredevil today. Liked the first episode.

What did y'all think of GoT's S5 finale? I was letdown and thought it was a meh season overall.

"For the watch." Pretty much sums up my thoughts.

E-Balla · Post #1069 » by **E-Balla** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:11 am

Moonbeam wrote:
PaulieWal wrote:Started watching Daredevil today. Liked the first episode.

What did y'all think of GoT's S5 finale? I was letdown and thought it was a meh season overall.

I think it was a slow season to start with Game of Thrones, but it certainly picked up with episode 8. It delivered irrevocable imagery over the past 3 episodes, so I can't complain. The atonement walk was brutal.

I couldn't stop myself from laughing through the whole scene. God I hate Cersei. Surprised we didn't really see Bran. I was hoping for at least a glimpse at what he was doing.

Post #1070 » by **PaulieWal** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:20 am

E-Balla wrote:
PaulieWal wrote:Started watching Daredevil today. Liked the first episode.

What did y'all think of GoT's S5 finale? I was letdown and thought it was a meh season overall.

"For the watch." Pretty much sums up my thoughts.

Spoiler:

Other than that, the entire episode was way too convoluted for my liking. And I haven't read the books but there were some character inconsistencies which were annoying.

Post #1071 » by **penbeast0** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:35 am

That's George Martin's MO . . . to a lesser degree in his other series like "Wild Cards" but really came out in the Game of Thrones books. The point is that heroes die just like everyone else . . . only more so because they put themselves in harm's way. He does kill off bad guys too though so it's not just evil triumphant.

E-Balla · Post #1072 » by **E-Balla** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:27 pm

For the first time in a long time Grantland has me laughing hysterically.

sp6r=underrated · Post #1073 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 4:57 pm

Dr Spaceman · Post #1074 » by **Dr Spaceman** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:06 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/kpelton/status/610902199506329600[/tweet]

sp6r=underrated · Post #1075 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:52 pm

Dr Spaceman wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/kpelton/status/610902199506329600[/tweet]

There had been a gradual increase in the amount of minutes played by international players from 2005 through 2004. The change from 2014 to 2015 was larger than the previous ten seasons combined.

Approximate Number of Minutes played by American players
1995: 498,117
2015: 476,160

Dr Spaceman · Post #1076 » by **Dr Spaceman** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 10:56 pm

Rxn to Lance trade seems pretty favorable in most circles. Personally I don’t buy it, and could see it being basically a worse version of the Rondo trade.

sp6r=underrated · Post #1077 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 11:02 pm

Dr Spaceman wrote:Rxn to Lance trade seems pretty favorable in most circles. Personally I don’t buy it, and could see it being basically a worse version of the Rondo trade.

I'm going to enjoy the vicious rebounding battles between Lance and Deandre.

E-Balla · Post #1078 » by **E-Balla** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 11:43 pm

Dr Spaceman wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/kpelton/status/610902199506329600[/tweet]

Darn commies. Get them out of the league. 'Merica!

Post #1079 » by **bondom34** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 11:44 pm

Dr Spaceman wrote:Rxn to Lance trade seems pretty favorable in most circles. Personally I don’t buy it, and could see it being basically a worse version of the Rondo trade.

Ultimately, they cut 2 years off a terrible contract. At best it works, at worst its a short term loss and they lost Hawes's awful contract. I (and most from the trade board at least) are more confused w/ the CHA part of it.

Post #1080 » by **Clyde Frazier** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 9:36 pm

I can't get past this... 11 media members? How did the NBA come to decide on this random assortment of voters, and why such a small voter pool? I'm not saying it's some travesty that iggy won finals MVP, but it makes you wonder if some of these guys talked to each other beforehand to make sure lebron wouldn't win.

For the record, I would've voted for curry. I just can't help but think a larger voter pool would've been beneficial. It's bizarre.