CanadianGuitarist

This is the Broncs' eight-straighth win over Cleveland. I don't want to say I'm surprised Denver won tonight, but I really thought Cleveland was the better team going in. Jay Cutler throwing for damn near 450 yards will do that, I guess.

Constantly. I was called names I'd never heard before during the hockey draft.

On that note, I have an upconversion question. Having established that the 360 can indeed upscale 480i/p DVD's, a discussion on GameFaqs has my back against the wall. I offered that you may need the HD add-on to upscale, given my experience a few weeks ago: I ran my 360 off HDMI on a 720p TV, but my movie stayed 4:3. The wheels that are being spun centre around my inabilty to argue that upconversion also turns 4:3 into 16:9, on the grounds that all HD is widescreen. Yay or nay?

Awesome. I mentioned this in the HDTV thread, but I got hired on at Best Buy for seasonal work, with the possibility of staying on in the new year. My Facebook work info thing lists my job title as Christmas Ape. I fully intended to change it to "Christmas Ape goes to Summer Camp" if I get hired on permanently, but thus far, no one got the reference.

Cowboy didn't actually make a pick; you've got, in theory, till early Saturday morning. Realistically, you'll have until sometime tomorrow evening. No worries. But while we're on the subject, I did allow posters to PM me their potential picks in the hockey draft. If anyone would like to pm me a few potential draft picks and quotes if they're going to be away, I'll fill them in.

Some big nights for some big names: Ovechkin and Malkin each have three assists in their 4-3 and 5-4 wins. Iginla has two goals and two assists in the Flames' 7-6 win. Another similarity in the latter two? Both Pittsburgh and Calgary nearly cough up huge leads: Pittsburgh led 5-0 at one point, and Calgary squeaked by after opening 4-0.

EXACT quote from a law seminar a buddy of mine conducted in Grade 12. We were assigned "Hi-Tech Crime". Neither of us knew anything about it. Neither of us bothered to learn. Our seminar consisted of the George Peterson clip from Ferris Bueller, and this: "It used to be that yelling was the only way to communicate across far distances. But with the Internet, there's far fewer sore throats." As was marked on our 30/100: "The Ferris clip was entertaining, but not really hi-tech crime. I hope you do a lot better on this project next year."

As both a leftist and a lousy football prognosticator....I like the top ones better.

It's hard to believe, isnt it? I know it's been dwindling to a halt for about six or seven years, but I'd say, when I was at Wal*Mart, I sold about three VCR's a week, and probably a dozen combo units per week.

Some of you may have noticed that I updated the board about an hour prior to my pick. Well, I blame it on three things: First, a good football game getting the better of my attention. Second, trying to decide between two picks still out there. I went with the more obvious, as I believe the second can make it back to me in the next round. Third, trying to find a good picture. The pic I used, it turns out, will be the same as when I used a reference by this character in the hockey draft. "What else could cause such a delay? A fat-free fudge cake that doesn't let you down in the flavour department like so many before?" Kent Brockman.....UCKman!

I don't follow. Did the link open up my YouTube favourites, or are you saying my dad looks like DC? Both of those are reasonably likely.

Denver. Cleveland will win, but the extra half-point opens up a second drive, and that's enough to sway me.

Case-by-case basis. "Drunk" and or "Professor Barney" are duplicates. "Squeaky voice teen" will probably be allowed.

This is indeed what I meant to say. Board is updated. Scorpio is a fucking fantastic pick, and I thought Sideshow Bob would slip under the radar enough that I could scoop him up. I'm back to the drawing board.

You must have missed something; I don't know what you're talking about...........

Bob Barron had never seen this. If he were anyone else, it wouldn't necessarily surprise me*, but given his regular posting in the sports thread, I'm astonished. Come to think of it, Gundy did rag on newspapers, which is Barron's gravy train. *Red Baron and I have been known to have entire conversations when drunk in pissed-off coach lines, along with our mutual friend Nick; Nick and I did this a few weeks ago, but he didn't recognise "I'm a man, I'm 40!".

Albeit for seasonal, I got hired Tuesday at Best Buy. Home theatre. No commission, which I'd have liked, but considering I was working for a placement agency the last two months, I'll take it.

Rando, have at 'er.

Go on........ That's it. Why do your parents refer to your ass whatsoever? Let alone with a name like "Professor"? Does a fart at a really high or low tone sound smarter than others?

From Toronto yesterday. My Dad and I went to Gretzky's restaurant to eat, when we see Cake from Rent a Goalie. We got a picture of him, but then we went inside and Walter freakin' Gretzky was there! Not ten minutes prior, we were discussing how, if meeting any celebrity, we'd much rather have a picture than an autograph. As it turns out, we got both. He was almost too freakin nice. We felt a little guilty getting just one pic from him, but he took three, and offered to take more on both our cameras, etc. When signing (albeit, pre-made papers), he kept asking "anyone at home I can sign for?", and both of us saying "I live alone", he found more: My brother in Alberta and my nephew in Newfoundland now both have Walter's autograph.

* PM the next person when you've selected. * Eight-hour window is in effect. * Any Simpsons character ever is eligble, regardless of how much or little they've been on. * No couples or groups together; one at a time only. Sorry. * The NFL Draft rule is in effect. If time expires for a draftor, he or she does not lose their pick, they simply lose their priority. If anyone misses a few picks, we'll look at eliminating them, but no one can "lose their pick". * Justify your pick. Have some fun with it. CubanLinx has the final pick in the draft. Round 1 of 10: 1) Cuban Linx: Monty Burns 2) Scroby: Homer Simpson 3) HollywoodSpike: Bart Simpson 4) Gosunkugi: Hank Scorpio 5) BlackFlagg: Krusty the Klown 6) JJ: Sideshow Bob 7) Mattdotcom: Seymour Skinner 8) Franchise: Lisa Simpson 9) YouthNAsia: Moe Syzlak 10) CG: Kent Brockman 11) Al: Marge Simpson 12) Aero: Troy McClure 13) Takerhart: Abe Simpson 14) Cowboy: Dr. Nick 15) Brooklyn Zoo: Lionel Hutz 16) Dr. Venk: Superintendent Chalmers 17) Milky: Milhouse van Houten Round 2 of 10: 1) Milky: Chief Wiggum 2) Dr. Venk: Professor Frink 3) Brooklyn Zoo: Rex Banner 4) Cowboy: Fat Tony 5) TakerHart: Ned Flanders 6) Aero: Mayor Joe Quimby 7) Al: Duffman 8) CG: Ranier Wolfcastle 9) YouthNAsia: Groundskeeper Willie 10) Franchise: Comic Book Guy 11) Mattdotcom: Apu 12) JJ: Bumblebee Man 13) BlackFlagg: Herbert Powell 14) Gosunkugi: Jasper 15) Hollywood Spike: Ralph Wiggum 16) Scroby: Bret 'Hitman' Hart 17) CubanLinx: Waylon Smithers Round 3 of 10: 1) Cuban Linx: Hans Moleman 2) Scroby: Jay Sherman ("The Critic") 3) HollywoodSpike: Nelson Muntz 4) Gosunkugi: Edna Krabbapel 5) BlackFlagg: Jimbo Jones 6) JJ: Lunchlady Doris 7) Mattdotcom: Cletus 8) Franchise: Barney Gumble 9) YouthNAsia: Lenny Leonard 10) CG: Larry Burns 11) Al: Ozzie Smith 12) Aero: Poochie 13) Takerhart: Itchy 14) Cowboy: Gil Gunderson 15) Brooklyn Zoo: Lyle Lanley 16) Dr. Venk: Otto 17) Milky: Kirk van Houten Round 4 of 10: 1) Milky: George HW Bush 2) Dr. Venk: The Iron Yuppie 3) Brooklyn Zoo: Number One 4) Cowboy: Maggie Simpson 5) TakerHart: Jebediah Springfield 6) Aero: Disco Stu 7) Al: Sherri 8) CG: Luigi Risotto 9) YouthNAsia: Karl Karlson 10) Franchise: Snake 11) Mattdotcom: Scratchy 12) JJ: Cecil Terwiliger 13) BlackFlagg: Reverend Lovejoy 14) Gosunkugi: Drederick Tatum 15) Hollywood Spike: Dr. Hibbert 16) Scroby: Artie Ziff 17) CubanLinx: Kang Round 5 of 10: 1) Cuban Linx: Kodos 2) Scroby: Sea Captain 3) HollywoodSpike: SpiderPig 4) Gosunkugi: Santa's Little Helper 5) BlackFlagg: Louie 6) JJ: Agnes Skinner 7) Mattdotcom: Conan O'Brien 8) Franchise: Radioactive Man 9) YouthNAsia: Frank Grimes 10) CG: Ernest Borgnine 11) Al: Sideshow Raheem 12) Aero: Sideshow Mel 13) Takerhart: Capital City Goofball 14) Cowboy: Bleeding Gums Murphy 15) Brooklyn Zoo: Herman 16) Dr. Venk: Martin Prince 17) Milky: John Round 6 of 10: 1) Milky: Cooder 2) Dr. Venk: Mr. Black 3) Brooklyn Zoo: Leopold 4) Cowboy: God 5) TakerHart: James Woods 6) Aero: Gabbo 7) Al: Charlie 8) CG: James Taylor 9) YouthNAsia: Mcgarnigle 10) Franchise: Michael Jackson 11) Mattdotcom: Matt Groening 12) JJ: Charles Bronson 13) BlackFlagg: Blue Haired Lawyer 14) Gosunkugi: Old Jewish Man 15) Hollywood Spike: Ken Griffey, Jr. 16) Scroby: Peter Frampton 17) CubanLinx: Bill Clinton Round 7 of 10: 1) Cuban Linx: House of Evil Owner 2) Scroby: Joey Ramone 3) HollywoodSpike: Fox Mulder/David Duchovny 4) Gosunkugi: Space Coyote/Johnny Cash 5) BlackFlagg: Mister Sparkle 6) JJ: Sarcastic Clerk/Shopkeep 7) Mattdotcom: Handsome Pete 8) Franchise: Tony Blair 9) YouthNAsia: Lou the Cop 10) CG: Mick Jagger 11) Al: Mojo 12) Aero: Squeaky-voiced Teen 13) Takerhart: Zutrov 14) Cowboy: Rich Texan 15) Brooklyn Zoo: Johnny TightLips 16) Dr. Venk: Freddy Quimby 17) Milky: David St. Hubbins Round 8 of 10: 1) Milky: Nigel Tufnel 2) Dr. Venk: Guy Incognito 3) Brooklyn Zoo: Ron Howard 4) Cowboy: Sherry Bobbins 5) TakerHart: Khlav Kalash vendor 6) Aero: Surly 7) Al: Stephen Hawking 8) CG: Roger Myers 9) YouthNAsia: Arnie Pie 10) Franchise: Britney Spears 11) Mattdotcom: Kearney, Jr. 12) JJ: Mr. Teeny 13) BlackFlagg: Uter 14) Gosunkugi: Selma Bouvier 15) Hollywood Spike: Mel Gibson 16) Scroby: Crazy Cat Lady 17) CubanLinx: Sugar Thief Round 9 of 10: 1) Cuban Linx: Inanimate Carbon Rod 2) Scroby: Unibrow Baby 3) HollywoodSpike: Gerald Ford 4) Gosunkugi: Patty Bouvier 5) BlackFlagg: Ralph's Leprechaun 6) JJ: Mona Simpson 7) Mattdotcom: Gentle Ben 8) Franchise: Bender 9) YouthNAsia: Sideshow Luke Perry 10) CG: "Malibu" Stacy Lavelle 11) Al: Princess Kashmir 12) Aero: The DJ 3000 13) Takerhart: StanLee 14) Cowboy: Col. Klink 15) Brooklyn Zoo: Neil Patrick Harris 16) Dr. Venk: Alec Baldwin 17) Milky: Derek Smalls Round 10 of 10: 1) Milky: Peter Griffin 2) Dr. Venk: Arnold Schwarzenegger 3) Brooklyn Zoo: Baron von Wortzenberger 4) Cowboy: Fidel Castro 5) TakerHart: Ozmodiar 6) Aero: Big Daddy 7) Al: Weird Al 8) CG: Tom Brokaw 9) YouthNAsia: Don Mattingly 10) Franchise: Hugo Simpson 11) Mattdotcom: Adam Clayton 12) JJ: Linguo 13) BlackFlagg: Smilin Joe Fission 14) Gosunkugi: Russ Cargill 15) Hollywood Spike: Mark Hamill 16) Scroby: Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky 17) CubanLinx:

Ditto. Not withstanding, I just a had a feeling it wouldn't be Homer, even though he surely comes to mind for each draftor.

My thoughts exactly during my brief run as Tweeter. Off the top of my head, you and Barron were the only regulars who never had a name change.

Go on........

When I'm drunk on Facebook, I call it Faceboozing. Does a similar term exist for being drunk at TSM?