Ice Machine - Tin Roof Rusted?

June 30th, 2008 by Tuffy

Ice Machine’s busted.  (Not the site, just the feature.)  Moose out front should’ve told ya.

No word on when it will return.  Until then, we posted a lot on SPORTSbyBROOKS over the weekend (and did two very silly pieces today) and will have a very special treat or two tomorrow, including actually showing up for a podcast.

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Ice Machine - Melty McMelterson

June 25th, 2008 by Tuffy

Here’s a clear shot from the daily Ice Machine, with crystal blue linkage of stories that will refresh you during your lunch break (where the heat lamp is on):

• We can’t wait to see what The Blowtorch does with this.
• Hanley Ramirez probably doesn’t need to work on a second career, but there he is.
• SHHHHHHHHHHHH.
• Oh, THOSE steroids!
• Sad panda.
• We won’t miss the parkland soon; we’ll play all our sports indoors.
• And we used this video elsewhere today, but we couldn’t resist playing it again:

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Ice Machine - Home Ice Advantage

June 24th, 2008 by Tuffy

Here’s a clear shot from the daily Ice Machine, with crystal blue linkage of stories that will refresh you during your lunch break (wherein you share a corned beef sammich with the dog):

• We hate when Greg Wyshynski makes sense.  We’re coming ’round on this Sean Avery thing, slowly but slowly.
• We’re not here to mock Vin Baker for his latest foreclosure.  Instead, we’re just glad to hear there is still a Vin Baker.
• Nerd salute.
• We believe this article about the Pixar spin machine is entirely accurate and yet don’t hold it against them.  That’s how good the Pixar spin machine is.  (We’re off to write this down in our new Wall-E journal.)
• And here we have a point/counterpoint.  First, the original:

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Ice Machine - Hydrogen and Oxygen, Working Together

June 23rd, 2008 by Tuffy

Here’s a clear shot from the daily Ice Machine, with crystal blue linkage of stories that will refresh you during your lunch break (mutualism with brown sugar):

• We were busy Sunday at SPORTSbyBROOKS.  If you aren’t convinced it’s worth a look, consider that we thought this was a good idea:

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Ice Machine - Shiver Stutter

June 20th, 2008 by Tuffy

Here’s a clear shot from the daily Ice Machine, with crystal blue linkage of stories that will refresh you during your lunch break (ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes):

• Best Buy will provide instant replay for the American Association All-Star Game.  (It’s an indie league dominated by the St. Paul Saints of “hey, you used to be famous; put on this tutu and get out to first base” fame).  We love that it’s basically a Slingbox (not likely to be a TiVo, as the article says) hooked up to a cell phone in the umpire’s pocket.  Yes, that should clear it all up.  Why didn’t Stern think of giving one of these to Bavetta in 2002 to let him know when to call a charge?
• “Kobe Bryant says he won’t play GM this summer” - ahahahahahahahahahahahah.
• Thank goodness: kung pao chicken finally arrives in China!  This decision by the Beijing authorities couldn’t say “ugly Americans with weak dollars” more clearly.
• We’re workin’ the Brooksin’ on Sunday.  We have a rather explosive notion in mind for one of our pieces.  Drop by.
• And now settle in for a long lunch with this classic:

Our Question of the Day (blasphemy edition): Is it permissible for us to not care too much about the White Sox/Cubs OMGOMGOMGSHOWDOWN4EVA!!?!?!  We just… y’know, it’s not even a National League game, so it couldn’t have less to do with the Cubs’ ability to make the playoffs.  And who will punch A.J. now that Carlos is hurt and Barrett’s… well, who cares where Barrett is?

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Poor metschick…

June 19th, 2008 by Tuffy

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Angles on a Coaching Prism

June 18th, 2008 by Tuffy

We’ve got a cute li’l photo essay we’ll toss up when we’re actually blogging again, showing how those outside the major media centers reacted to the Celtics win last night, but this photo grabbed our attention while editing this morning:

What’s the difference between Jim Cleamons and Doc Rivers, really?  Where did these two men separate from “fairly intelligent and observant journeyman NBA player” into “Phil’s right-hand man” and “emotional leader of the world champion Boston Celtics”?

And, for that matter, what’s the difference between Michael Curry, Vinny Del Negro, and Terry Porter?

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Doing the Lord’s Work

June 17th, 2008 by Tuffy

Guess the location.

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Ice Machine - Wings Frosty

June 17th, 2008 by Tuffy

We’re off the grid this afternoon and tomorrow.  Don’t look for us.  We’re unlookable.  

So: This was Big Tilde-worthy, this was a thoughtful consideration about hockey players, and we really laid a wet one on Rocky Wirtz this morning.  Also: Tiger broke Wall Street.

And here’s a video of the song stuck in our heads most mornings:

See you on Thursday.

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Ice Machine - Tiger Butt

June 16th, 2008 by Tuffy

Here’s a clear shot from the daily Ice Machine, with crystal blue linkage of stories that will refresh you during your lunch break (Tiger Tiger Tiger Tiger):

• We didn’t know people in Minnesota hated clocks so much.
• Your boutique armed forces.  (Now where can we put the Genius Bar…)
• We’ll believe it when we see it.  Literally, in this case.
• “Hey, are you an athlete?  Then I can’t sell you these ’special creams’.  Sorry!”
• Nerdgasm:

Our Question of the Day (no Rocco): Tiger Tiger Tiger Tiger… Tiger?

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