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Mario's mushroom supply might not always have come from question-mark blocks...

I'd like to see less coverage in female beach vollyball ...... oh wait ..... you were talking about TV coverage and not their "uniforms." http://beachvolleyballblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/hot-beach-volleyball-picture.html

The first period last night made it look like the Pens were gonna run away with it. But holy fuck, the Canes rallied back and made a really fun game of it. It was completely frenetic at times. The scoring chances that Carolina had could have allowed them to steal this game for sure. Fleury and Ward were great in nets. I'd like to see another replay of Cole's knee getting hit. From the only angle they showed it, it could be a little dirty. I hope he's OK. His bad blood with Orpick was showing and creating some great sparring.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2009/05/bak47-the-gun-that-will-revolt-and-defeat-terrorists.html BA-K-47: America's No. 1 bacon-based assault rifle After feasting my eyes on the vicious beauty of the BA-K-47, an AK-47 replica made of bacon (and wire), I'm not sure whether to call the NRA, the National Pork Board or Ted Nugent. Made with two full cases of bacon by the geniuses at This Is Freaking Ridiculous, I'm thinking this crispy, greasy a-salt rifle could inspire a whole line of meat-based weaponry. A Bakalashnikov? A Bacolt .45? A TEC-Porcine? The possibilities are endless. -- Elina Shatkin Photo: Courtesy of This Is Freaking Ridiculous

A nice recap by Lemieux: Well, after 22 shows, it has been a trip watching this tour develop, grow and around the midway point hit its stride and stay in a consistently fine place. The first half of the tour definitely had some high moments, with the second Worcester show on 4/19/09 being a particular standout to these ears, and other good stuff at other shows. It seemed that the MSG show was when the tour really clicked, and aside from the occasional miss, the rest of the shows were widely praised as pretty good-to-excellent. This was, without a doubt, a grueling tour for the band and crew, as it was considerably longer than a typical Grateful Dead tour of the 1980s and 1990s, which usually ran about 13-17 shows, with many of those shows being three, four, six and occasionally eight or more night runs at one venue. The shows themselves back then must have been exhausting (these guys work hard!) but the touring itself was less strenuous than it was this time around. There was one stretch on this tour with five shows in six nights, in five different venues. And on the night off during that run, the band and many of the crew members had to be at the Letterman studios for the entire day into the evening for the TV taping. That would be tiring for anyone, not least of all to guys in their 60s. And through this schedule, they really didn’t show any signs of fatigue. The people who most-enjoyed the shows were the people who went in with no specific expectations for the music, going out to simply have a great time dancing with 18,000 friends and see where this new being would take them. And if that was your intent, I guarantee you left the show satisfied. For those looking to hear the Grateful Dead, disappointment was bound to set in, as this was something entirely different, but remarkably the same. The music was played by some of our favourite living musicians, featured some of our favourite songs, and every single show provided an inspired, occasionally draw-droppingly insane set list. Songs most of us never thought we’d see live (Cream Puff War, Born Cross-Eyed, etc) were polished off and played well. Of course, the Grateful Dead scene was about music first and foremost, but the other major element was the community that grew from the Grateful Dead world, and no matter what your take on the music was for this tour, there is no denying that the genuine Grateful Dead community was present at every show, and was perpetuated through the online world. One of the coolest things was the huge number of people who brought their kids to the shows so that they, too, could experience one of the most defining aspects of their parents’ personal growth. And just as the saying goes that loads of babies are born nine months after a major urban power outage, there sure did seem to be a lot of 12 and 13 year old kids accompanying their parents, born around 1996-1997. And loads of toddlers. It was pretty darn amazing. It was also fun seeing people from back in the day, 20 years later with the same smiles. A personal anecdote: around 1989, I used to see a taper in the tapers’ section at virtually every show who had a pronounced German accent. We all just figured he was a German living in America. All of being so busy taping, I never actually met this guy. But there he was on this tour, taping the first 10 shows. It turns out he lives in Frankfurt, Germany, and used to come over for every American tour, with his first show being 4/24/72 Dusseldorf. Peter, it was great to finally meet you! And Paul as well! No one knows what the future will bring for this band. Whether they get back out there again remains to be seen, but in the meantime, there’s still some great stuff going on with Phil and his band, RatDog, and the drummers doing their always-interesting things. The Dead mightn’t be the real thing as it relates to the Grateful Dead with Jerry, but it’s close enough to pretend and have a good time with 18,000 of your closest friends. Thanks for the good times, guys, and to everyone checking this site out during the tour, a heartfelt thanks. David Lemieux vault@dead.net

This really was a great tour. Full of positivity and new ground being explored. The sheer variety of songs performed, and in totally different set positioning too, provided for a real mystery before each show as to what could possibly be played. I am one fan who is hoping for a Fall Tour to emerge and that they can keep this train rolling and covering new territories. Here are some links to all the tour (SBDs) in case anyone was looking; http://jollyjoke.blogspot.com/2009/05/dead-2009-spring-tour-sbd.html

http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/16/let-sleeping-pigs-lie/ These piglets are just trying to get a little shuteye, but some humans have found a way to make them twitch their ears in unison.

Second Set: Passenger > Hell In A Bucket Althea Eyes Of The World > Jam > Drums (Obama Funk Jam)> Space > Days Between > Jam > Dark Star One More Saturday Night Encore: Box Of Rain Mickey thanks the crew and gets them on stage

First set: Music Never Stopped Loose Lucy > Crazy Fingers > jam > dark star pt 1 > dire wolf Tom Thumb's Blues Into The Mystic Women Are Smarter 150 diff songs on tour 22 shows so far

2 hour first set for The Dead? Or did they just start late? Fuuuuuck. People are def getting a lot for their cash at this show It's gonna be a late night.

The show up to the Dead. Doobies and ABB Doobie Brothers Setlist: Take Me In Your Arms Jesus Is Just Alright Dangerous Rockin’ Down The Highway Nobody Back To The Chateau Guy Allison piano solo> Takin’ To The Streets Don’t Start Me Talkin’ Little Bitty Pretty One Black Water Long Train Runnin’ Encore: China Grove Without You Listen To The Music The Allman Brothers Band Setlist: Mountain Jam, Trouble No More, Leave My Blues At Home, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Statesboro Blues, Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More, Orfeo> Midnight Rider Who’s Been Talking Black Hearted Woman In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed

Just got home and am tuning in. Time to grab a drink and enjoy

They lit it up for 6 runs in the 4th inning. They made it look easy. By the 5th inning Cassidy was asleep across 2 seats (good there is lots of room at these games ) and we were starting to fade too. Fun time though. We bailed in the 6th and it turns out we didn't miss much after that Nice tip of the hat to John Mayberry at the Dome tonight too. Flasback Fridays in their powder blue uniforms brought back a lot of memories. Go Jays Go.

Wow ... another killer setlist. What a way to close the show out after Space through the encore (Set 1) Jack Straw U.S. Blues Mason's Children Ship Of Fools Friend Of The Devil Standing On The Moon Lady With A Fan Terrapin Station Standing On The Moon (Set 2) Estimated Prophet New Potato Caboose Born Cross-Eyed Dear Mr. Fantasy Drums Space Morning Dew China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider (Encore) Scarlet Begonias Fire On The Mountain Deal Set 1 This is such a bizarre show in that it was scheduled four full days after the previous the show here. Split runs weren’t entirely unheard of for the Grateful Dead, with two shows at the Philadelphia Spectrum in January, 1979 split by a week coming to mind, but they were pretty rare. This second Shoreline show starts out with five pre-1975 songs, always a good sign to these ears. The opening Jack Straw was followed by US Blues, with an appearance by none other than Hippie Bill waving the flag. Way to go Bill! Mason’s Children was a real standout at its first appearance on the tour in Charlottesville (I think…), so it’s nice to see it pop again for its third appearance of the tour. A couple of earliesh Garcia-Hunter tunes in Ship o Fools and Friend of the Devil are followed up by a later era Garcia-Hunter medley of Standing On The Moon-Terrapin-Standing On The Moon. Pretty cool. By all indications, they’re ready to pull out all the stops for the last Bay Area set of the tour. Set 2 I think I mentioned here that Estimated Prophet to open a second set, although somewhat rare for the Grateful Dead, was always a great opener. This is one of my favourite Weir tunes, so it’s been good to see it appear on this tour. Following this was a classic 1968 sequence of New Potato Caboose and Born Cross-Eyed, two tunes dropped by the Grateful Dead by 1969, so this has been a good tour for this type of song. One song I saw early on in the tour, in Worcester, was Cream Puff War, unfortunately played only that time on the tour. Not only is it a great little song, but it was played really well in its one and only performance in Worcester. I have really come to appreciate the entire alternate chorus of this song (both words and melody) that was included on the Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 CD a few years ago. Check it out if you haven’t heard that album. Aside from that really cool Cream Puff War, there are 18 or so really good rare cuts. And oddities. From 1966. Dear Mr. Fantasy next has always been a good Shoreline song, as the venue, to me, is always associated with Brent’s era. Yes, they played loads of non-Brent shows 1991-1995, but the GD started playing here in 1987, and it was their outdoor Bay Area home during some very good Brent years. Another cool Rhythm Devils and Space sequence leads into the tour’s second Morning Dew, likely one of the most-desired songs to hear on this tour. Going back to the 1968 well as they’d done earlier in the set, China Cat Sunflower comes out of Dew. I’ve heard a few people seeing shows on this tour say “I hope they play stuff from Anthem and Aoxomoxoa,†and for those of you who were hoping for that type of stuff, this is a good set. Add to that a Dew from the first album in 1967, and you have some dyn-o-mite! (hey, I saw Good Times on TV the other night…) older Grateful Dead stuff. Add to that I Know You Rider, and you have an always-great way to end a set. After the encore on Sunday at the first Shoreline show, a few people were speculating if they’d try to do something extended for this encore, or would they do a more standard one song encore then head north. The former guess won out, with a triptych of great songs, Scarlet>Fire>Deal. Add the last two encores up and you pretty much have an entire set of great songs. Pretty darn cool. Safe travels as you go north…

http://www.manolith.com/2009/05/14/top-5-of-the-gnarliest-college-drinks-known-to-man/ The Bacontini This was made after me and my roommate at the time had literally nothing to do nor drink except the ingredients to a martini and bacon. I’ve actually seen this served in a real bar in New York - somewhat different. * Cook 3 strips of bacon until crisp. * Immediately eat one. Why? Just because. * Crumble up the second one, put into ice in the Martini shaker. * Strain the gin and vermouth through one of those Martini shaker things. * Place other bacon strip into this new drink. * Congratulate yourself.

LOL. So, let me get this straight, the reason that Boston scored was because YOU changed channels and started watching? [color:purple]I didn't know that viewers of television sets could directly effect the outcome of games!! "Dumb fuck?" come on Booche, please. It's early yet, but how about a cocktail? I know I could use one.

What??? You watch almost 2.5 periods of a Game 7 and then bail when it is tied? You TURNED OFF a Game 7 in the playoffs??? You turned off a Game 7 that was heading for OVERTIME? You couldn't watch an OVERTIME GAME 7?? WTF? How much better can the deciding game get? Damn, it was just the other day that you were saying: "Born and bred" to turn off Game 7 OVERTIME?! I think I woke up in an alternate universe today

wow!

http://gizmodo.com/5253324/how-big-is-the-new-enterprise-compared-to-galactica How Big Is the New Enterprise Compared to the Old One? By Jesus Diaz, 2:00 AM on Thu May 14 2009, 89,053 views 725.35 meters. A whoppumental 2,379.75 feet. That's how big the new super-sized Enterprise is. Here you can see it compared against the Battlestar Galactica, the good old Enterprise, the Blockade Runner, and the ISS. Click on this image to see the full picture. When JJ Abrams said that he wanted to put some Star Wars into Star Trek, apparently it also applied to the scale of spaceships (and matching viewscreens.) And while the new Enterprise doesn't even reach half of the 1,600 meters—that's a mile long—of an Imperial Star Destroyer, it's still amazingly big compared to the 288 meters of the old Enterprise. Maybe now you would be able to take down an Star Destroyer with a couple of these. The battle I would really want to see now, however, is not the old Star Trek vs Star Wars (we already know who would win that one.) No, you know what I want to see. Yes, Starbuck vs Uhura. In a chocolate pudding pit. Maybe Galactica vs Enterprise too, but that's a distant second. [Thanks to David B. from Bad Robot Productions]

awesome! Each game 7 got better ... wayyyyy better. Pitts - Carolina should be fast and a lot of fun. Another 7 game series i'm sure.