Tuesday Halolinks: What's the Buzz? Facebook, Cats, and Idiots!
The week between Christmas and New Years is notorious for being the slowest baseball news period of the year. It's almost like being a Pittsburgh Pirates fan during the rest of the year...yeah, that boring. So while billionaire owners vacation in exotic locations and millionaire players are trimming their trees with hundred dollar bills, we riff-raff will have to pass the time with this:
- Speaking of Pittsburgh Pirates' fans: Man jailed after Facebooking a store burglary - msnbc.com. "An 18-year-old Pittsburgh man is accused of burglarizing a market with three teens, then posting pictures on his Facebook page showing the suspects mugging with some of the loot." Then the brilliant detective added, "Well, I guess they're just stupid kids," Detective Valerie Milie said Monday. Obvious quote is obvious.
- The only question I have is...why did it take 6 hours? Man crashes Lamborghini 6 hours after winning it - San Francisco Chronicle. "A Utah man who won a $380,000 Lamborghini in a convenience store chain's contest says he crashed the sports car six hours after he got it."
- Ahhh, that's soooo nice! Anonymous donors pay strangers' layaway accounts. "Before she left the store Tuesday evening, the Indianapolis woman in her mid-40s had paid the layaway orders for as many as 50 people. On the way out, she handed out $50 bills and paid for two carts of toys for a woman in line at the cash register." Mrs.Pujols spending her ashtray money.
MORE STUPID LINKS AFTER THE BREAK...
- Need something to do? Here: theyearinreview's Channel - YouTube
- Need something to do? Please don't do this: Buzz Lightyear Should Not Be Inside Your Ass - Gizmodo.com. "Somewhere, someone knows how this Buzz Lightyear action figure wound up in an anus. It could be a long story. It could be a short story. Maybe there's no real story at all. But there is this x-ray."
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You know what I find amazing (besides the obvious)? There's a book. Yeah, I know, there's always a book. Stuck Up!: 100 Objects Inserted and Ingested in Places They Shouldn't Be.
- Margarine still missing after stolen truck found - MiamiHerald.com. "Authorities say a thief who slipped away with $50,000 worth of margarine remains at large even though the truck that carried the payload has been recovered." Well, now we know how Buzz Lightyear got up there.
- Remember the hub-bub about hating cats? Here's my apology: The Kitten Covers: Albums re-imagined with cats! - CBS News
- And no, I was nowhere near Ohio: Cat travels 200 miles under car hood in Ohio - MiamiHerald.com. "A cat has survived a four-hour, 200-mile ride under the hood of a car traveling through Ohio." Some animals will do anything to get out of the midwest.
- Portland police arrest man after alleged 'Star Wars' light saber assault at Toys R Us - OregonLive.com. "None of the victims of the light saber assault needed medical attention, Simpson said." Thank God, I was worried someone might've lost a hand!
- That goddam Elvis. He was more of a boss than Napoli! Nun famous for kissing Elvis prays for miracle - abc7chicago.com
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Winning a $380,000 car would suck...
Seriously, the tax on that alone would be something like $160K – the only way to pay the tax bill is to sell the car. Then, you could take the extra $200 K and buy like 4 nice luxury cars.
Super-rich folks are crazy. Who buys a car that expensive? And why?
How does this team win with this offense? Hey, anyone....DRAW A WALK!!!
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
I think most people who win these do sell them
for that very reason. I know that sometimes they offer a cash award as an alternative. What’s a middle class guy gonna do with a lambo? BIG TARGET on back!
Crashing it is the smart move money-wise.
Now he gets the money for the car’s brand-new value, which he can use to pay the tax, and then he walks away with a cool 160K. The only problem he’ll have is if the insurance co takes him to court for fraud, claiming he intentionally crashed the car—it’d be difficult to prove, but you can bet for 160K, they’ll try.
~Till the Halo burns out...
Though now that I read the article it sounds like he didn't manage to total it. So either he wasn't trying for that
or he was, and it didn’t work.
~Till the Halo burns out...
I think most of those high end sports cars don't work that way.
I know that Ferrari takes even a totalled car and rebuilds it to factory spec. They frown on people selling their cars as used cars. Not sure about Lambo, tho.
I don't know either
Sure, I’d buy a Lexus or BMW or something if I had the money, but a car that’s as much as a good-sized house? Nope.
Maybe it has something to do with creating jobs?
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Dec 27, 2011 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
My almost 2 yr old will vote for Buzz being slightly cooler
but he likes Woody too. And damn if I don’t know all 3 of the Toy Story movies and can recite the freakin dialogue verbatim.
CONGER, CONGER, CONGER !!!
Im going to say the younger crowd will vote Buzz, while the older crowd will vote Woody. Mainly because the two age groups can relate to both toys. Us young people prefer all the Technical cadgets and stuff, while the older crowd tend to be old fashioned and boring. haha
Be a Angel Fan till I die... The only good team to come out of Texas is my Dallas Cowboys Baby
Git off'n mah lawn, y'darned kid!
Rassum fassum mumble grumble, darned kids today…
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
So we can now say...
Pull the Buzz Lightyear out of your ass!
Peanuts...Get your Overpriced Peanuts!
by Angel Hawker on Dec 27, 2011 9:25 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Did the lightsaber guy have the death penalty in 12 systems?
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
huge gap
Between the 2nd and 3rd movies..brought 2 dif generations of kids to enjoy toy story..genius
me and the wonder dog got high!
by YOUknowulovetheIE on Dec 27, 2011 10:15 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Buzz
Because anything in space is automatically twice as cool as that same thing in another environment.
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Dec 27, 2011 11:17 AM PST reply actions
I think Jason X, Leprechauns in Space and Hellraiser IV suggest otherwise
CJ Wilson is OUR douche now!
Well, according to "Stinky Pete" the prospector in Toy Story 2 you are correct.
As he put it," Woody’s Round Up" was cancelled mid season because of 2 words “Sput Nik”
CONGER, CONGER, CONGER !!!
That's the same line used by the Mercury Astronauts to get laid.....
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by mustard_man on Dec 27, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
And James Bond

Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Dec 27, 2011 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
Hey guys, if i would to tell you guys that back in August i put CJ and Pujols on my 2k11 game on the Angels you guys would......(fill in the blank)
Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl Champs Tony Romo Super Bowl MVP
-Me, October 3,2011
Recommend getting MLB 11: The Show.
Winning doesn't matter. -Lyle
by 5thStarter on Dec 27, 2011 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
MLB 12 the show
I skipped 11 because they were going to implement a new control style.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
Follow the Chicken on Twitter
by SportsChicken on Dec 27, 2011 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
The new control style isn't too bad.
I don’t use it much. Luckily they kept the old style as an option.
Winning doesn't matter. -Lyle
rofl
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Dec 27, 2011 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
In the states, what time of the year does the Show usually come out?
hula dula da dominoes rula.
by DanishThunder on Dec 27, 2011 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
March 6, 2012 is the PS3 release date
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Dec 27, 2011 3:35 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Obviously Woody's cooler.
Buzz is probably pretty hot right about now.
Winning doesn't matter. -Lyle
I'm too G.A. right now to do anything about it, but....
… someone needs to build an Internet groundswell for us trading for Chase Headley! He has been described as the Pads’ most sought-after trade chip; they’re listening to offers (and asking for the moon!), they need outfielders and bats, he will start being expensive for them extremely soon, they have two 25-year-old 3Bmen who are ready or near-ready for a shot….
Callaspo, Izzy, Jepsen (hey, Bud Black knows him!), Vernon Wells, Vernon Wells’ salary-$9 million, Abreu, Abreu’s salary, any prospect not named Trout/Richards/Conger…. BE CREATIVE IS WHAT I’M SAYING.
Yeah ok it won’t work, because they’ll want Bourjos. But bro’s 28, is a very good hitter away from Petco, bats from both sides, and just close your eyes and imagine that infield for the next five years (after we extend Aybar/Howie).
How is Chase Headley much of an upgrade on Callaspo?
He’s better away from Petco but no way is he worth trading prospects for.
CJ Wilson is OUR douche now!
Six reasons
1) Lifetime OPS+ of 105 vs. 97 (the exact career difference between, say, Johnny Damon and Mark Kotsay).
2) Strong reason to believe he’s an even better hitter than that, given road stats: .303/.364/.441 (OPS+ of 119) vs. .276/.323/.405 (100).
3) One year younger.
4) Under team control for three years instead of one.
5) Better baserunner (44/10 SB/CS, for example).
6) Has shown steady, consistent improvement on offense, vs. being up one year and down the next.
Callaspo has been great for us on D, and I doubt that Headley would be better. But main point for me would be both upgrading somewhat at the position and solving it for a solid three-year window (during which we should be contending every year), instead of scrambling next offseason when we have far fewer trading chips.
All that said, I still think the absolute top priority for this team is trading Vernon Wells, by any means necessary. You could dump Wells and Abreu, and still not have regular ABs for Trumbo, if Morales is healthy. That’s messed up.
Seriously?
It could be the I’ve-got-the-week-off-and-therefore-I’m-drinking-tequila-in-the-morning talking, but I can’t believe that many people are voting for Buzz Lightyear. Eight seasons of Home Improvement? Seriously people, that bit was funny for about five minutes.
Woody is a beautifully restored ’55 Studebaker. Buzz is an ’82 DeLorean. OK, that could be the tequila talking.
Is it wrong that the Randy Newman/Lyle Lovett duet of “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” gives me a woody? And now we’re back…
by JohnBonhamRocks on Dec 27, 2011 1:58 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

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