DTOUR - Week of 10/24 (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Wait for the Regular Season)

by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Oct 24, 2010 12:20 PM CDT in DTOUR

Are you dressing up for Halloween? I think I'm going to go with the Archie McPhee mask...

How about you?

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I just logged on to post a DTOUR. Guess I’m going to wait a couple more days.
And Halloween isn’t something people in Belgium participate in.
Something else: am I the only Belgian on PtR?

The Eurbro - By Tim C.

by Bakkie009 on Oct 24, 2010 1:11 PM CDT reply actions

I am sorry you guys don’t participate in Halloween. One would think being in relatively close proximity to Ireland (The birthplace of Halloween), you guys would celebrate it.

The Spurs = Not your granddaddies 7th seed !

by alamobro on Oct 24, 2010 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions

I’m not really a big baseball fan. I just want to give a shout-out to Filipino-American Giant’s pitcher Tim Lincecum. Good luck in the World Series.

by TD21 on Oct 24, 2010 1:14 PM CDT reply actions

Very interesting article. However, the Rangers will be too much for Lincecum and the Giants.

by 4Him on Oct 24, 2010 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions

And how! ::Claw::

by DrumsInTheDeep on Oct 24, 2010 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions

He’s Fil-Am? No way! How come they’re not pointing that out in the local broadsheets?

"A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s what happens while you wait for moments that will never come." - Lester Freamon, The Wire

by silverandblack_davis on Oct 24, 2010 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions

His mother is supposed to be Filipina, as relayed by a friend from L.A., who is a big baseball fan.

by TD21 on Oct 25, 2010 8:51 AM CDT up reply actions

Manila Times had an article about him when he won the Cy Young Award in 2008.

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by day_late_friend on Oct 25, 2010 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions

This was my first time seeing that mask, and I had to get one, despite being mentally scarred afterward. I don’t think I’ll be doing anything Halloween related, except for watching The Walking Dead on AMC. Is anyone else looking forward to that? I’ve never been a zombie movie fan, but with AMC’s current success and the show’s pedigree, I’m definitely giving it a shot.

"I like the fact that he’s a man." – Hubie Brown on DeJuan Blair

by Manu ex Machina on Oct 24, 2010 1:27 PM CDT reply actions

Welp.

Biggest coach Pop/Tiago Splitter homer on the internet™

by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Oct 24, 2010 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions

that horse mask reminds of a Godfather scene…..

Yo, I’m 6-11, but I just want to dribble through my legs and shoot jumpshots like a guard. - Marc Blucas on Tim Duncan

by TDzilla! on Oct 25, 2010 5:33 AM CDT up reply actions

No kidding.

"We suck on 'D. Both individually and team-wise, we suck. We're pretty consistent that way. I don't know if I have an answer to that. If I did, we wouldn't suck quite so bad." - Popovich

by Aaron "Hirschof" Preine on Oct 25, 2010 9:17 AM CDT up reply actions

Yep. That’s the one I was thinking of.

by DrumsInTheDeep on Oct 25, 2010 9:27 AM CDT up reply actions

Haven’t seen that one, but I’m a big zombie movie fan. Among others the old Dead series by Romero, and 28 Days Later…

The Eurbro - By Tim C.

by Bakkie009 on Oct 24, 2010 1:28 PM CDT reply actions

It’s a new TV series based on a comic book that airs the first episode on Halloween night. It’s “written and executive produced by three-time Academy® Award-nominee Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile), who also directs the pilot, and executive produced by Gale Anne Hurd (The Terminator, Aliens).” That’s what I mean by it’s pedigree.

"I like the fact that he’s a man." – Hubie Brown on DeJuan Blair

by Manu ex Machina on Oct 24, 2010 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Have you seen “Pandorum” ? Its not a classic by any stretch, but it was a cool movie.

The Spurs = Not your granddaddies 7th seed !

by alamobro on Oct 24, 2010 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions

Haven’t even heard of it. I might give it a shot sometime.

The Eurbro - By Tim C.

by Bakkie009 on Oct 25, 2010 3:13 AM CDT up reply actions

Sounds very good. Now that you’re talking about it… I recently bought the first graphic novel adaption from The Dark Tower by Stephen King. I got a lot of folders with it about other comics. There was a preview from The Walking Dead there, I liked it.

The Eurbro - By Tim C.

by Bakkie009 on Oct 24, 2010 1:54 PM CDT reply actions

Alright, those aren’t Reply Fails! For some reason, it just doesn’t want to show as a reply.

The Eurbro - By Tim C.

by Bakkie009 on Oct 24, 2010 1:55 PM CDT reply actions

Aww, that gif is just not right (lol faceplant:)

Been waitin for a DTOUR to ensure Q sees this:
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/10/god-of-cake.html
(hope it hasn’t already been posted elsewhere!?!)

Oh, and GoSpursGo!

Honestly. You kids today, with your hippity-hop music and your Twiddle. - Lauri

by p2cat on Oct 24, 2010 2:12 PM CDT reply actions

Very funny blog. Thanks for sharing.

by Spurlady on Oct 24, 2010 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions

CAAAAKKKEEE

by Tim C. on Oct 24, 2010 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions

That is effing epic. Awesome! And like LatinD’s posts it just makes me sad and envious that I cannot write like that.
I think it was you that first turned me onto that site a year back – just want to let you know you are personally responsible for me tuning out countless hours of work just to read that site and all the cool links out of that site. If I get fired and you find me sleeping on park benches with half eaten tacos out of garbage bins you know who is to blame.

Lauri: thank goodness I have you magnificent bastards to waste [the offseason] with.

by swgeek on Oct 24, 2010 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions

I can no longer read that site at work because I start laughing hysterically and my co-workers think I’m even crazier than I actually am.

CAAAKE!

With all due respect, gentlemen, we're not as crazy as she is.

by CapHill on Oct 24, 2010 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Not sure who first posted about H&1/2 but I found it via thebloggess.com (another site I highly recommend – sofa king funny!)

Let me know if you lose that job, SWG, and I’ll send CAAAKKE:)

Honestly. You kids today, with your hippity-hop music and your Twiddle. - Lauri

by p2cat on Oct 25, 2010 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions

I absolutely LOVE this blog… I only discovered it myself a few weeks ago. The story about the fish is my favorite.

by DrumsInTheDeep on Oct 24, 2010 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions

See, and people looked at me weird last time I was at a big charity dinner and I cut past the line to the dessert table. That cake was gone by the time I’d made it through the buffet line. I would have missed the cake. Those people just don’t know how close they came to seeing a nuclear meltdown.

Basically voted most normal person on PtR.

by Queness on Oct 24, 2010 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions

Life is short, eat dessert first! Especially if there’s CAAAKKE:)

Honestly. You kids today, with your hippity-hop music and your Twiddle. - Lauri

by p2cat on Oct 24, 2010 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions

The best post on there so far. I shared it to my co-workers before and they enjoyed it a lot.

"A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s what happens while you wait for moments that will never come." - Lester Freamon, The Wire

by silverandblack_davis on Oct 24, 2010 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Alright, a question.

I’m 19 years old, and still play youth basketball in my hometown. We have two adult teams (let’s call them One and Two). Two asked me at the beginning of the year to play with them. I played an avg. of 15 to 20 minutes per game (from 40, not 48). The last two weeks, I played the last 4 minutes, when the game was already over. In the first of those games, we were up by 23 at the half and eventually won by 52. The night before that game, our training wasn’t that good, and our coach himself said to a friend of mine that I was the best player (effort, defence) from that training… And then I get to play 4min!?! The same thing happened yesterday.

Do you think I should go and ask my coach what I’m doing wrong, what the reason for my (low amount of) minutes is? Or should I just keep playing and proving him wrong through my actions on the court (training, since I don’t play in games _’).

The Eurbro - By Tim C.

by Bakkie009 on Oct 24, 2010 2:19 PM CDT reply actions

If you do it politely, it would be fine to ask what you need to do to earn more playing time. Good luck.

by Spurlady on Oct 24, 2010 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions

That’s what I thought. It also shows I want to improve. Thank you.

The Eurbro - By Tim C.

by Bakkie009 on Oct 24, 2010 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions

A reply!! It’s a miracle :D

The Eurbro - By Tim C.

by Bakkie009 on Oct 24, 2010 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Here’s another, with no content.

I smell death... everywhere.

by LatinD on Oct 24, 2010 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Do they celebrate Halloween in Argentina? Surely they must at least do a “Dia de los muertos” type of thing.

The Spurs = Not your granddaddies 7th seed !

by alamobro on Oct 24, 2010 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions

No. Día de los muertos doesn’t exist in Argentina, that I know of. Maybe in the north they have something like that, but I doubt it.

They’re trying to push Halloween in Buenos Aires, because it’s a great way to sell orange crap and costumes. I hate it with a passion.

I smell death... everywhere.

by LatinD on Oct 24, 2010 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions

The name Hallow e’en actually is derived from being the Eve of All Hallows, or All Saints. The day following All Saints day in the Catholic world is All Souls day in which the Souls of the deceased are prayed for. Both events can be celebrated in odd ways in the secular world, particularly in the U.S. They would be celebrated in church universally.

by Alamo on Oct 24, 2010 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Ultimately, Halloween has its roots in an ancient Celtic festival thought to be about 2000 years old (predating All saints and all souls day) that was called “Sam Hain”. It was a festival mainly meant to honor the dead, and was held from October 31st, through November 1st

About 700 BC, Pop Boniface came up with a new holiday, All saints day, meant to honor the saints.
It is believed by some that Christianity, (realizing they could not eradicate this “pagan” holiday), decided to try to disguise it and put a religious spin on it. Hence, all Souls day was born.

The Spurs = Not your granddaddies 7th seed !

by alamobro on Oct 25, 2010 1:21 AM CDT up reply actions

But it isn’t. Never heard if it here. Or anywhere in South America.

I smell death... everywhere.

by LatinD on Oct 25, 2010 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions

What if you emphasize a different color & a cheerleader costume :)

by cojones2thewall on Oct 24, 2010 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

I was at Halloween on Castro in San Francisco one year, and they had a full cheerleading team doing routines in the street. Only catch: all guys. Big tall muscular guys dressed in skimpy (women) cheerleader costumes doing perfect tucks and jumps. It was really funny.
This probably ruined whatever mental picture you were previously enjoying, but hey, this is PtR.

Lauri: thank goodness I have you magnificent bastards to waste [the offseason] with.

by swgeek on Oct 25, 2010 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions

Oh, San Francisco, what WONT you do??

Biggest coach Pop/Tiago Splitter homer on the internet™

by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Oct 25, 2010 7:55 AM CDT up reply actions

You almost had me at ‘big, tall, muscular’ , lol. Yeah, Castro street use to be great fun regardless of creed :) but it’s become pretty dangerous in recent years.

by cojones2thewall on Oct 26, 2010 1:25 AM CDT up reply actions

Cheerleaders? That’s so passé.

I smell death... everywhere.

by LatinD on Oct 25, 2010 11:51 PM CDT up reply actions

I hate it with a passion.

Killjoy! I love Halloween. My favorite party time of the year.
Talking of pushing merchandise – Hallmark and other card companies are now pushing thanksgiving cards! There will be some early adopters that will do it as a cool “something different nice gesture”, then next thing you know everyone expects Thanksgiving day cards and gifts. Those guys know how to market.

Lauri: thank goodness I have you magnificent bastards to waste [the offseason] with.

by swgeek on Oct 25, 2010 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions

Well, I hate it because it represents cultural colonialism, not because I don’t like pumpkins or women decked in sexy costumes.

I smell death... everywhere.

by LatinD on Oct 25, 2010 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah sexy costumes don’t really need halloween. Does cultural colonialism stem from the attempt to infiltrate Buenos Aires with Halloween or because every aspect of our US society is engulfed with Halloween this next week? Even our language takes on a different buuaahhhaahA to it.

by cojones2thewall on Oct 26, 2010 1:47 AM CDT up reply actions

The first one, c2tw. Halloween in Buenos Aires just doesn’t fit, and it’s an excuse to sell crap. Halloween in the States sounds fun. :)

I smell death... everywhere.

by LatinD on Oct 28, 2010 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions

I thought maybe Argentina would celebrate dia de los muertos, it being a Catholic deal and Catholicism being the country’s main dominant religion.

As for Halloween, it certainly is a profitable holiday. I think I have read that it is the second highest grossing holiday in the US for total sales of goods.

I have always loved Halloween but I think its true meaning certainly can be lost amidst the candy, costumes and good times. It certainly was lost on me until a few years ago when I decided to research it. It seems several cultures have days of remembrance for the deceased at around this time of year, and It’s got me to thinking a little more about that. Not to mention I love getting dressed up and seeing the variety of costumes when I go out.

The Spurs = Not your granddaddies 7th seed !

by alamobro on Oct 25, 2010 1:37 AM CDT up reply actions

Alamobro, Dia de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday.

by xman130 on Oct 25, 2010 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions

I see. Honestly, I don’t know alot about dia de los muertos, I thought it was maybe part of the whole " All saints day" or " All souls day " deal.

I haven’t celebrated it, but it seems to be a big thing here in Tucson.

The Spurs = Not your granddaddies 7th seed !

by alamobro on Oct 25, 2010 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions

I just googled it and the days it is celebrated on coincide with the Christian holidays, so I’m sure it is related.

The Spurs = Not your granddaddies 7th seed !

by alamobro on Oct 25, 2010 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions

Gol

by SaSleepless on Oct 24, 2010 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions

What she said. The important thing is to stay humble and work hard. I sound like a damn coach.

"A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s what happens while you wait for moments that will never come." - Lester Freamon, The Wire

by silverandblack_davis on Oct 24, 2010 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions

you’re too young to be the JV

Yo, I’m 6-11, but I just want to dribble through my legs and shoot jumpshots like a guard. - Marc Blucas on Tim Duncan

by TDzilla! on Oct 25, 2010 5:34 AM CDT up reply actions

Hey! Stop saying my dad is too old to play!

The Eurbro - By Tim C.

by Bakkie009 on Oct 25, 2010 7:16 AM CDT up reply actions

Actually, I wonder if Gee is also wondering what’s wrong with his playing time.

The Eurbro - By Tim C.

by Bakkie009 on Oct 25, 2010 7:16 AM CDT up reply actions

No costumes for me, although I’ll don an orange shirt with a halloween scene on it to pass out candy.

by Spurlady on Oct 24, 2010 2:26 PM CDT reply actions

I"m planning on having my halloween costume be Charlie from always sunny. But I’m not going as green man, I’ll just wear the long johns, old t shirt, and walk around with a bag to huff paint from. So, a combo of these photos

You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime

by the little o on Oct 24, 2010 3:18 PM CDT reply actions

Haha, nice choice. I’d like to see a Day Man costume.

"I like the fact that he’s a man." – Hubie Brown on DeJuan Blair

by Manu ex Machina on Oct 24, 2010 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Haaa. That show cracked up. But no green man?

by cojones2thewall on Oct 24, 2010 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions

total awesomeness achieved.

Electric Dream Machine forever!!

gospursgo. hook 'em. metal rules. ganja rules.

by metalandganja on Oct 25, 2010 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Biggest coach Pop/Tiago Splitter homer on the internet™

by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Oct 24, 2010 4:06 PM CDT reply actions

Biggest coach Pop/Tiago Splitter homer on the internet™

by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Oct 24, 2010 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions

My wife and I are going as Claire and Charlie from LOST, respectively… we had to take advantage of the whole preggo thing!

by DrumsInTheDeep on Oct 24, 2010 4:21 PM CDT reply actions

Absolutely, you can’t pass that up.

I’m going to be Alice (from the American McGee game).

Basically voted most normal person on PtR.

by Queness on Oct 26, 2010 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Combining Spurs and Halloween for the game Oct 30 – purple shirt with black bats on the front, black & purple stripe sleeves – added Manu’s number and name to the largest bats on the front, put a big 20 on the back with “BatManu” above that. We have to commemorate the Great Bat Capture somehow. I’ll accessorize with matching socks and bat earrings.

"Ginobili. . .He's weaving, he's throwing up triple axels in sneakers, he's willing the ball into the basket. It's Cirque du Soleil with refs." Dan Oshinsky / KENS 5

by janieannie on Oct 24, 2010 6:45 PM CDT reply actions

Please post a picture of your outfit for us, it sounds awesome. I wanted to go Saturday but we have company this weekend.

by Spurlady on Oct 24, 2010 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Sounds awesome, JA – yes to the pix please!

Honestly. You kids today, with your hippity-hop music and your Twiddle. - Lauri

by p2cat on Oct 24, 2010 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions

I am dressing up as the GhostRider, and hand-making the costume from the ground up.

The Spurs = Not your granddaddies 7th seed !

by alamobro on Oct 24, 2010 8:24 PM CDT reply actions

I sure hope Tiago is out of his “phantom” costume by then and dressed as a real basketball player.

"Ginobili. . .He's weaving, he's throwing up triple axels in sneakers, he's willing the ball into the basket. It's Cirque du Soleil with refs." Dan Oshinsky / KENS 5

by janieannie on Oct 24, 2010 10:45 PM CDT reply actions

I think I am going to be the carnival " balloon pop " game. I will have dummy darts, naturally. & it won’t cost more than a bag of balloons strapped. Or the “ring toss” game has less strapping to do :/

by cojones2thewall on Oct 24, 2010 11:09 PM CDT reply actions

I’m going as Buddy Christ. People seem to be a little less offended when I say that instead of “I’m going as Jesus.”

NFL thoughts: I don’t believe what Jones says. If the Cowboys lose tonight, someone is getting axed.

Go Browns, Go Raiders. :-)

"We suck on 'D. Both individually and team-wise, we suck. We're pretty consistent that way. I don't know if I have an answer to that. If I did, we wouldn't suck quite so bad." - Popovich

by Aaron "Hirschof" Preine on Oct 25, 2010 9:24 AM CDT reply actions

NOLA waives C Jerrells, meaning #spurs don’t get Hornets’ pick after all. That was the condition of the conditional pick.

- Jeff McDonald

"We suck on 'D. Both individually and team-wise, we suck. We're pretty consistent that way. I don't know if I have an answer to that. If I did, we wouldn't suck quite so bad." - Popovich

by Aaron "Hirschof" Preine on Oct 25, 2010 10:10 AM CDT reply actions

I’m not sure who that sucks more for: us, or Jerrells.

by DrumsInTheDeep on Oct 25, 2010 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions

Someone in the NBA will sign him. He has shown too much not to get picked up.

"We suck on 'D. Both individually and team-wise, we suck. We're pretty consistent that way. I don't know if I have an answer to that. If I did, we wouldn't suck quite so bad." - Popovich

by Aaron "Hirschof" Preine on Oct 25, 2010 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions

So NO got him purely for leverage when negotiating the Bayless trade? Ugh.

by doggydogworld on Oct 25, 2010 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions

If NO does not put in a “last cut” claim on him for their D-League affiliate (Albuquerque?) and he is not added to anyone’s NBA roster, could the Toros make a claim for him as a prior year player?

by Alamo on Oct 25, 2010 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions

Doc Funk

"We suck on 'D. Both individually and team-wise, we suck. We're pretty consistent that way. I don't know if I have an answer to that. If I did, we wouldn't suck quite so bad." - Popovich

by Aaron "Hirschof" Preine on Oct 25, 2010 9:24 PM CDT reply actions

The Super Guppy

My current phone wallpaper. Took it at this weekends Wings Over Houston Air Show.

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by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Oct 25, 2010 10:55 PM CDT reply actions

That’s the aircraft that the Spurs have used to travel ever since drafting Blair, right?

The point with intangibles is that no one can see them.

by J.R. Wilco on Oct 28, 2010 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions

James Gist just signed with Partizan Belgrade. That’s a damn good team he’s going to.

by Tim C. on Oct 26, 2010 8:35 AM CDT reply actions

Actually, this is as good a chance as any to gauge interest in the idea of bringing back the international updates from last season. Does anyone want us to continue those this season?

by Tim C. on Oct 26, 2010 8:37 AM CDT up reply actions