Thursday (1000th post!) edition: Wha’ Happened?
Posted on August 30th, 2007 – 7:59 AMBy Michael Rand
It kind of snuck up on us, like a pack of Desert Storm trading cards or a really quiet hippo. But here it is, folks: This is post No. 1,000 on this little experiment we like to call RandBall. Much like the conception of a child, we started this nonsense about nine months ago. The way we figure, that means we’ve posted, on average per weekday, about five times. We think the chart will show that’s pretty impressive. In any event, this seems like a good time to evaluate what we have going on here. So: We’re going to play a little game called just the We Wish We Hadn’t Said That/We’re Glad We Said That/We Wish We Would Have Said That, a short trip down RandBall memory lane. So catchy. And we’re also going to open up the floor to commenters to let us know what they’d like to see more/less of going forward. Just don’t say more nudity. It’s so obvious you don’t even have to mention it. Also, are there any posts/subjects/comments worthy of a RandBall Walk of Fame?
We Wish We Hadn’t Said That: “Dallas over Seattle. 24-21. Last-second field goal. Romomania starts anew.” Jan. 5, 2007, a prediction right before the famous Romo botched snap playoff game. Unbelievable. … Joe Mauer: .312, 17 HR, 86 RBI. Yeah, that was about right.
We’re Glad We Said That: That nugget about the Twins from 2.5 months ago. We had this team fairly pegged by mid-June, at least.
We Wish We Had Said That: This jacket is dry-clean only. Which means, it’s dirty. Love that Mitch Hedberg line.
So let’s hear from you: What do you like, dislike, want more of, want enshrined? What is your favorite post, comment, running topic, etc., of all-time? And who do you like for Commenter Of the Week?
20 Responses to "Thursday (1000th post!) edition: Wha’ Happened?"
More Cowbell!!!
I’m confused. Awhile back, I can remember The Proprietor using the p=xxxx number in the link name to calculate the number of RandBall posts. (I think it was when he passed Hank Aaron, or perhaps Sadaharu Oh.)
Yet I look at this post (p=1035) and I wonder - what has changed? Because I can remember arguing against the p=xxxx method of calculation (for example, post number 1 doesn’t exist) and being shouted down.
Why the two orders, Colonel RandBall?
Jon — as far as I can remember, I’ve always used the number of posts under “main” to calculate how many I’ve really done. But I will concede that sometimes I don’t remember things all too well.
Favorite Post: the ones that weren’t mine.
Favorite Comment: pretty much everything from Tubby Smith Day. There was so much genius in that thread that it should be battered, deep-fat-fried, smothered in gravy and devoured in one sitting by a shirtless Dennis Franz, TV’s Sipowicz.
Running Topic: ACCESS VIKINGS IZ TEH AWESOME, CHILDRESS SUXXOR!!!11!1
Commenter of the Week: Brandon.
This is the 1st response ever on RandBall. It was the only response on your opening thread. Hey at least you didn’t get shut out! Just recently joining the fun of Randball I look forward to great things to come. (Bears winning the Superbowl)
Paul Paulos says:
December 11th, 2006 at 2:11 pm
Problem with blobs is that unlike working on something productive like a book or doing court ordered community service, blogs are a constant brain drain. They are voracious. They can never be satisfied. They are like my college girlfriend. No, I’ll save myself for more sporadic bursts of wordfire. Blogs ? Even the name is ugly .. like something I stepped in.
Id just like to say congrats and I feel a special warmth that I have contributed to this blog… just like Nick Punto has contributed to the success of the Twins this year.
RandBall - Perhaps it is I who am remembering things backwards. In which case, I think the equality “Jon = dumba**” has been well established in the first 1,000 posts of this blog.
Favorite Posts: I think Stu’s Hunt Downs, as a collective group, deserve enshrinement. Also the RandBites podcasts, surely the best podcasts to ever be saddled with a vaguely creepy/insulting name.
Like to See More: I propose that, from now on, we have a running contest between the DC Sports Bog and RandBall, determined by the number of posts each day. It’s New Media outlets at Mainstream Media sources, battling to the death! (Over the last 30 days, DCB is beating RB 3.6 ppd to 2.5, according to Google.)
In other words: more of everything, please.
Commenter of the Week: I’m liking Paul Paulos this week, if only we can track him down. It’d give things a very full-circle feeling.
Congrauation! Now try on harder level!
I liked this post, largely because it was one of my first forays into RandBall, and because I got into a “comment-fight” with a total bonehead. (I was “David” at the time, it was pre-nicknames and state abbreviations)
http://www.startribune.com/blogs/randball/?p=181
My fight even brought Paul Paulos into the fray.
Andrew Largeman: So knock…knock and barter for Desert Storm Trading Cards.
Mark: Don’t tease me about my hobbies. I don’t tease you about being a [redacted]hole
In the trading card set, Saddam looked like he just ate a huge dinner of sausage and sauerkraut…and it was taking its revenge…
Sadly, the only complete set of any cards I own are the Desert Storm cards. I wonder if I can get anything for them on eBay…..
I remember that one post when the Raging Violet rumors started to pick up and someone totally went off on Proprietor. BC Beneke was the poster’s name, I think.
I know that after we clarified we weren’t hating on KG, he was okay, but that rant was pretty memorable.
Also the many Pac-Man posts. We just made it rain on those days!
I love reading Ozzie Guillen’s quotes and figuring out which words were the expletives. It’s really a fun game.
“I’m tired of seeing that [expletive], day in and day out. And I don’t want to spend a miserable September seeing the same [expletive]. If I have to see the same [expletive], I told [team GM Kenny Williams], ‘Bring somebody up. [Expletive] it.’ If it’s my fault, I should be moving out of here then. If it’s my fault, [expletive] fire my ass and I’ll be fine. I have the job to do, and I get paid a lot of [expletive] money to make this club work, but it’s not easy to work with people like that. It’s not easy.”
Bpar, you just gave Mad Libs their new book…
Okay, I need an expletive. Alright, another expletive. Okay, good, now I need a plural expletive. Now an action verb that is an expletive…
That’s the only way to do mad libs. If my teacher would have found my mad libs book I would have been sent straight to the principal’s office.
Jon
He probably used the same formula to calculate # of posts as McHale uses to calculate player values for signing them to contracts…over inflated.
Frankly, I miss We Said/She Said, but mainly because I miss Sooze and Lizzy.
Overall Stu gets my female approval. Although JPF usually makes me chuckle.
A fan of COW. Would like to see more ….not sure. I like change, but I enjoy the overall sarcasm and comments.
COW vote: The guy who got his marriage proposal rejected at the Astros game. Apparently she warned him not to and he did it anyways. Maybe one of the Strib’s crack investigative reporters can track the guy down. If they’re not all working the Strib booth at the fair.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7141730?MSNHPHMA
If not him, Paul Paulos. Because his name was in the paper this week.
fwiw, p=1035 also includes started but unposted/rejected posts/drafts
