Fuck its silent in here.......

[J. Walter Weatherman]

The Cheesecake Factory finally gets some recognition.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/08/13/120813fa_fact_gawande?currentPage=all

About time. I can't convey how overjoyed I was when they opened a restaurant in Buffalo.

Slowly I turned. Note to New Yorker: the small caps are even dumber than the fucking dieresis.

Oh, and fuck HCAHPS. You get a Z-pack if you need one, not because you want one.

I am not exaggerating when I say that I understand less than 1% of your posts.

Does Wheezer even like sports? How did he end up here?

It has something to do with moving into an apartment with poor shortwave radio reception or something, which forced him to start listening to Cubs games on WGN again. Or something.

[Wheezer]

The Cheesecake Factory finally gets some recognition.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/08/13/120813fa_fact_gawande?currentPage=all

About time. I can't convey how overjoyed I was when they opened a restaurant in Buffalo.

Slowly I turned. Note to New Yorker: the small caps are even dumber than the fucking dieresis.

Oh, and fuck HCAHPS. You get a Z-pack if you need one, not because you want one.

I am not exaggerating when I say that I understand less than 1% of your posts.

Does Wheezer even like sports? How did he end up here?

It has something to do with moving into an apartment with poor shortwave radio reception or something, which forced him to start listening to Cubs games on WGN again. Or something.

That, in a nutshell, is it. I think the actual vector (fomite, perhaps) was a Sosa Dose.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/08/07/158320294/one-clue-to-romneys-veep-pick-whose-wiki-page-is-getting-the-most-edits

Tech President reminds us that one way to possibly figure out who will be a vice presidential pick is to watch the various contenders' Wikipedia pages in the days before such an announcement is likely.

In 2008, as The Washington Post wrote at the time, "just hours before [Sen. John] McCain declared his veep choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, her Wiki page saw a flurry of activity, with editors adding details about her approval rating and husband's employment. ... Palin's entry was updated at least 68 times, with at least an additional 54 changes made to her entry over the preceding five days."

Meanwhile, the Post said, "on Aug. 22, the day before the Obama campaign officially named [then-Sen. Joe] Biden as the veep pick, Biden's Wiki page garnered roughly 40 changes. Over the five days prior, users would make at least 111 other changes to his entry."

The obvious — in hindsight — implications of the Wiki activity: Aides were going into the entries to tune them up and clean out any material that was either embarrassing or erroneous.

So what's going on now with some of those said to be among the leading possibilities to be joining Mitt Romney on the Republican ticket?

— Ohio Sen. Rob Portman's Wiki page has been revised 16 times so far today, by someone called "River8009."

— Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's Wiki page has been revised nine times so far today and 11 times from Aug. 2-6.

— Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's Wiki page has been tweaked four times today.

— Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan's Wiki page has been edited once today, and 11 times from Aug. 2-6.

— Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's Wiki page hasn't been edited today, but was revised eight times from Aug. 3-4.

— New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte's Wiki page has not been touched today. It was last revised on July 28.

— New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's Wiki page hasn't been revised since July 24.

In unrelated news, Gil has reportedly been out of the country since the end of July.

[Wheezer]

In unrelated news, Gil has reportedly been out of the country since the end of July.

Oh, I have my guesses.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/08/07/158320294/one-clue-to-romneys-veep-pick-whose-wiki-page-is-getting-the-most-edits

Tech President reminds us that one way to possibly figure out who will be a vice presidential pick is to watch the various contenders' Wikipedia pages in the days before such an announcement is likely.

In 2008, as The Washington Post wrote at the time, "just hours before [Sen. John] McCain declared his veep choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, her Wiki page saw a flurry of activity, with editors adding details about her approval rating and husband's employment. ... Palin's entry was updated at least 68 times, with at least an additional 54 changes made to her entry over the preceding five days."

Meanwhile, the Post said, "on Aug. 22, the day before the Obama campaign officially named [then-Sen. Joe] Biden as the veep pick, Biden's Wiki page garnered roughly 40 changes. Over the five days prior, users would make at least 111 other changes to his entry."

The obvious — in hindsight — implications of the Wiki activity: Aides were going into the entries to tune them up and clean out any material that was either embarrassing or erroneous.

So what's going on now with some of those said to be among the leading possibilities to be joining Mitt Romney on the Republican ticket?

— Ohio Sen. Rob Portman's Wiki page has been revised 16 times so far today, by someone called "River8009."

— Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's Wiki page has been revised nine times so far today and 11 times from Aug. 2-6.

— Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's Wiki page has been tweaked four times today.

— Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan's Wiki page has been edited once today, and 11 times from Aug. 2-6.

— Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's Wiki page hasn't been edited today, but was revised eight times from Aug. 3-4.

— New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte's Wiki page has not been touched today. It was last revised on July 28.

— New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's Wiki page hasn't been revised since July 24.

In unrelated news, Gil has reportedly been out of the country since the end of July.

I LOL'd.

[Internet Apex]

men's basketball:

will selfless play by outspoken Christian Kevin Durant overcome ball-hogging by Overrated Sports Stars Kobe Bryant and LeBron James on USA Basketball?

If only LeBron would pass more instead of always trying to be the hero. Sigh....

[Gilgamesh]

Gil was wrong.

It's Paul Ryan.

[Slaky]

Gil was wrong.

It's Paul Ryan.

If Paul Ryan is so amazing as the Internet says he is right now, why isn't he running for President?

[Chuck to Chuck]

Gil was wrong.

It's Paul Ryan.

If Paul Ryan is so amazing as the Internet says he is right now, why isn't he running for President?

Because he's going to run in 2016. Dur...

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Gil was wrong.

It's Paul Ryan.

If nothing else, this should go a long way towards winning back the Beltway media vote. They love them some Paul Ryan baby blues.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Wait! Ryan's running now!

http://youtu.be/FKJjkP6AJqQ

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Wait! Ryan's running now!

http://youtu.be/FKJjkP6AJqQ

If Romney can retroactively retire, why can't he also preemptively resign?

[Tinker to Evers to Chance]

Wait! Ryan's running now!

http://youtu.be/FKJjkP6AJqQ

Yeah.  That's totally a reason not to vote for him.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Wait! Ryan's running now!

http://youtu.be/FKJjkP6AJqQ

Yeah.  That's totally a reason not to vote for him.

I think I'd rather vote for Ryan over Romney. At least Ryan has a governing philosophy.

[Eli]

Ryan's appeal is to the far right, a group that -- while they don't like Romney -- already hates Obama. How does this help Mitt?