Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

[i am gay and i like cats]

hi im avril . . . i need crazy kooky videos because my music, well, my music, well, ill just leave it at that.

[vansmack]

"Avril Lavigne's "Rock N Roll" video is a live-action comic book in which she fights a bear-shark, encounters Billy Zane on a Segway, blatantly shills for Sony, and kisses Winnie Cooper from "The Wonder Years":

http://on.fuse.tv/16ZUS0G"

You weren't awake at midnight to watch it's World Premiere?

[vansmack]

I hope every pitcher does what Ryan Dempster just did to A-Rod.  Baseball has a history of self-policing and those that care enough should continue to drill him.

Dempster suspended 5 games, fined for plucking A-Rod

What did we learn here?

[atomicfront]

I hope every pitcher does what Ryan Dempster just did to A-Rod.  Baseball has a history of self-policing and those that care enough should continue to drill him.

Dempster suspended 5 games, fined for plucking A-Rod

What did we learn here?

Dempster is a loser. 

[vansmack]

I hope every pitcher does what Ryan Dempster just did to A-Rod.  Baseball has a history of self-policing and those that care enough should continue to drill him.

Dempster suspended 5 games, fined for plucking A-Rod

What did we learn here?

Dempster is a loser. 

While that might be true, I don't know him personally.

What we learned here is he needs to be more accurate.  If he hits him with the first pitch and not the fourth pitch, he doesn't get suspended nor does he get fined.

[atomicfront]

I hope every pitcher does what Ryan Dempster just did to A-Rod.  Baseball has a history of self-policing and those that care enough should continue to drill him.

Dempster suspended 5 games, fined for plucking A-Rod

What did we learn here?

Dempster is a loser. 

While that might be true, I don't know him personally.

What we learned here is he needs to be more accurate.  If he hits him with the first pitch and not the fourth pitch, he doesn't get suspended nor does he get fined.

Well maybe that is true.

 So he loses money being suspended for games he wouldn't pitch anyway. (4 of the 5 games)   I think that is funny. 

[Venerable Bede]

I hope every pitcher does what Ryan Dempster just did to A-Rod.  Baseball has a history of self-policing and those that care enough should continue to drill him.

Dempster suspended 5 games, fined for plucking A-Rod

What did we learn here?

we learned that Dempster didn't take his ninja training seriously.

[sweetcell]

so i'm 4 months late to this party, but i finally got a Galaxy S4.  wow, what a phone.  the screen is ridiculous.  i haven't figured out all the "air movement" stuff, and i'm still generally getting used to it... but wow.

in other news: things smackie already knows but doesn't mind being reminded of

[kosmo vinyl]

Let's know if are still using those hand gestures next week

Me I'm totally on board with my HTC one

[Yada]

Yeah... I agree. I used the hand gestures for about a day and then found them annoying.

The hovering over email one is kind of useful though for work as I get boat loads of email all day and it's nice to get a quick preview.

[vansmack]

we learned that Dempster didn't take his ninja training seriously.

This is true.  A Ninja doesn't miss with a baseball or a star.

[vansmack]

The debate between the HTC One and he GS4 is an interesting one.  They're both great phones, but I agree with Kosmo here - I'm in the HTC One camp, but really you can't go wrong with either.  The front speakers, metal casing and it's camera tricks are what puts the HTC One ahead for me, though it suffers from serious software problems, most notably the menu button.

I'm really liking the new Moto X, if nothing else but for the Bluetooth safe screen unlock.  That will be a reliable app soon enough though.  If you haven't seen it, whenever your device is connected to a bluetooth device that you deem safe, it turns off the lockscreen.  Brilliant.

I went to the Microsoft store this weekend to take a look at the Nokia Lumia 1020 and while I like the concept, I think I'm looking more at what Sony is planning on doing with the lens than I am with the Nokia solution.

Also, this happened this morning:

   

[vansmack]

The Pirates with their first winning season since "that night in 1992"


Things might be looking up for Smackie....

[Yada]

The Pirates with their first winning season since "that night in 1992"


Things might be looking up for Smackie....

I was at that game... still one of my most vivid sports memories.

[vansmack]

I was at that game... still one of my most vivid sports memories.

I was inconsolable for days.