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No spell check in openoffice?
I built openoffice.org 3.0.0 on my FBSD 7.2-release (laptop) system from ports. However I don't seem to have spell check working in openoffice. I can type any arbitrary garbage I want and it is not found as misspelled while typing or when running spell check from tools.
The auto-correct does work, though (which I presume is a separate function).
I can't check right now but you should have a button at the top with "abc" and a red wavy line under it? That should be toggled on for spellcheck.
The button you refer to is toggled on, but no spell checking is occurring. Even when I enter nonsense or intentionally misspelled words it does nothing. It only catches the common typing errors like "teh" instead of "the".
Is openoffice spell checker dependent on a working java installation? I don't currently have a jre or jdk installed on here.
In OO3, dictionaries are packaged separately. For FreeBSD, that should be the chain of ports/editors/ooodict* ports, including oodict-all.
Are you sure they are packaged separately? They are not in my (pretty recent) ports tree, nor are they listed on the FreeBSD site.
The Dictionary does not work for me either. There was a bug early in the OO.o 3 cycle, but I *think* I saw that this was fixed. This still doesn't work for me, and it is a major irritation.
After further research in FreeBSD's source repository, it looks like the editors/oodict* ports were pulled from the tree several years ago. I'm not a fbsd user; I got my information from external sources, such as:
More information
So I looked around a bit more today. I found that you can download the dictionaries from Sun, in particular you can find the US English dictionary at :http://extensions.services.openoffic...ect/en_US-dict
And there are a few ways that one can install it. However, if you installed openoffice 3 on FreeBSD you will likely get an error trying to install it, something like
Which in my case seems to be bad news. I, like many others, installed openoffice using a package from good-day.net. And of course we don't ordinarily make a habit of compiling packages (that would make them ports, wouldn't it?). However someone did find where the bug is that makes it impossible to install dictionaries in openoffice3 in FreeBSD 7 or above; and they released a patch for it.
Last night I began building openoffice-3 from ports/editors. I did a full cvsup before I began to (hopefully) get the latest of everything. The discussion I pointed to at freebsd.org earlier suggests that the patch may be integrated into the build now, so I have begun make.
At this point make has been running for about 14-18 hours. I saw mention of it needing around 11gb, right now the work directory is at about 7gb currently This is on a P4m 1.6ghz with 2gb ram.
After I complete make, I would like to roll this into a package for my own use (particularly if I need to reinstall it later), what is the command to do that?
This is slightly dated but still works. Use your own parameters.
Something like
pkg_info | grep openoffice
en-openoffice.org-US-3.0.0 Integrated wordprocessor/dbase/spreadsheet/drawing/chart/br
pkg_create -b en-openoffice.org-US-3.0.0
pkg_add en-openoffice.org-US-3.0.0.tbz
As of FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, it is also possible to create packages of the installed application's dependencies at the same time you create a package of the installed application. This might make installing the package on another system easier.
pkg_create -Rb en-openoffice.org-US-3.0.0
ORBit2-2.12.4_1.tgz jpeg-6b_3.tgz atk-1.10.3.tgz libIDL-0.8.6_1.tgz bitstream-vera-1.10_2.tgz libXft-2.1.7.tgz cairo-1.0.2_1.tgz libbonobo-2.10.1_2.tgz cdparanoia-3.9.8_7.tgz libiconv-1.9.2_1.tgz en-US-openoffice.org-2.0.0.tgz libxml2-2.6.22.tgz expat-1.95.8_3.tgz linc-1.0.3_4.tgz fam-2.6.9_6.tgz openldap-client-2.2.29.tgz fontconfig-2.3.2,1.tgz pango-1.10.1.tgz freetype2-2.1.10_1.tgz perl-5.8.7.tgz gconf2-2.12.1.tgz pkgconfig-0.20.tgz gettext-0.14.5.tgz png-1.2.8_2.tgz glib-2.8.4.tgz popt-1.7.tgz gnomehier-2.0_7.tgz samba-libsmbclient-3.0.20b_2.tgz gnomemimedata-2.4.2.tgz shared-mime-info-0.16_2.tgz gnomevfs2-2.12.2.tgz tiff-3.7.4.tgz gtk-2.8.8.tgz xorg-fonts-encodings-6.8.2.tgz hicolor-icon-theme-0.5.tgz xorg-fonts-truetype-6.8.2.tgz howl-1.0.0.tgz xorg-libraries-6.8.2.tgz
One incredibly important note about packages. If you create a package in FreeBSD 5.x and attempt to install it on a FreeBSD 6.x system, you'll probably be okay so long as the 6.x system has compat5x enabled. However, you CANNOT install a package created in 6.x on a 5.x system. There is no "compability mode" allowing the older system to run packages created on the newer one. Installing a 6.x package on 5.x will not work, and will give you nothing but headaches.
Because of changes in xorg and directory structure you may not be able to move a package from one version to a newer one. Better off to update your ports tree, resolve all dependencies, build the app, have it working well, then make a package of it that you can use for another machine running the same version no of BSD.
Last edited by teckk; 27th July 2009 at 06:50 PM.
It works!
The make process took about 36 hours, though make install was done in about 10 or 15 minutes. Once I started openoffice I found that it still had no dictionary installed by default (and hence spell checking wasn't doing anything out-of-the-box).
I just downloaded the dictionary, and installed it as an extension, then restarted open office, and life is good again.
Note that openoffice had to be restarted after installing the dictionary in order for spell check to work (it did not tell me it would need me to do that).
Adding the extension in 3.1.0 does not work. It gives the usual "bad transfer url" error message.
I did not run into the bad transfer url error that I saw in 3.0.0. Did you build 3.1.0 from ports? What version of FreeBSD are you running?
On my system, running FBSD 7.2-release, I built 3.1.0_2 from ports, and I was able to add the dictionary as an extension without running into the bad transfer url error. It now checks spelling on-the-fly as expected and has a useful dictionary. In my case this is all done on i386 architecture.
If you could share a little more information on your setup we may be able to figure out why you cannot install the dictionary. Alternately if you are running 7.2-release on i386, I could send you my openoffice build (as a package) - it is around 130MB.
I don't have time at the moment to diddle with it. I'll portupgrade again in a couple of weeks.
I've never used the portupgrade utility before, I would recommend cvsup'ing your ports tree, uninstalling your existing openoffice, and then building from the newest port. It worked for me without any further manipulation beyond the installation of the dictionary.
Though why the dictionary isn't rolled in is a question I cannot answer.
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B29. She is a young woman who recently moved with her husband and eight children to Central Florida from Chicago. The juror, who has has been married for 10 years, once worked as a certified nursing assistant. She learned of the shooting in the news and first assumed Trayvon was 12 or 13 based on photos. A lot of people in her family took "the child's side," but she didn't form an opinion, she said. She said that when she lived in Chicago, there were reports of many shootings, so she didn't pay special attention to Trayvon's death. She likes watching Bravo, episodes of the Real Housewives series, and is still adjusting to a calmer life in Florida.
B76. The middle-age woman has lived in Seminole County since 1995. She has two children, one of whom is an attorney. She's heard about the case only three or four times, she said. She thought Zimmerman was a security guard. During questioning about her exposure to news reports, she turned toward Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, and asked, "Is that his mom?" Prosecutors tried to get her dismissed for that moment. B76 said it's natural to be sympathetic but that shouldn't affect deliberations. A pet lover, she manages rental properties.
B37. The middle-age woman is the daughter of an Air Force captain and has been married to a space attorney for 20 years. She has two children, 24 and 27, and works in a management position. She told lawyers she knew several names in the case but has not kept up with it. "Newspapers are usually in the parrot's cage," she said. She told O'Mara she had a problem with what kinds of guns people can own, that someone obtaining a concealed-weapons permit doesn't mean they will act responsibly and that more training is needed for concealed permit holders. She has three dogs, four cats and "a couple of lizards" and has been called to jury duty four times before this case.
B51. She is an older woman who has lived in Seminole County for nine years. She retired from a job in real estate five years ago, has no children and often visits her elderly parents and siblings in north Florida. She told lawyers she thought Zimmerman may have done something wrong because he was arrested. She said she heard hat the police investigation may not have been carried out properly.
E6. The middle-age woman is married and has two children, 11 and 13. After the shooting, she talked about "appearance" and "safety" with her kids. She got emotional when talking about being a victim of domestic violence. One of the most talkative people during the group questioning, she often spoke up when lawyers questioned potential jurors. She asked how jurors would deal with "paranoid" and "anxious" people who claim self-defense. Prosecutors tried at least twice to get her stricken from the jury for recognizing four names on the potential witness list. E6 is a churchgoer who used to volunteer at a school and likes gardening and babysitting.
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- The Y said...
Seems like the new one is as good as the departed thing. Which laptop brand do you endorse by the way?!
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- Tsomo85 said...
Oh wow. Would had never guessed your son is a richie rich. Ohio? Ohhhh so close yet so far. Hahaha just kidding. And ya read your column on that Goa politician. After all that cool attitude & gesture, decided to google just as how me & my sis did with "sunny leone" with expectation of some young hunk with shirt & jeans with spiky hair but turned out to be super duper down to earth looking "uncle." lol
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Now that Al Gore is probably going to pay alimony he will stopping by at everyone's house for a free dinner more often :)
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Actually I am kidding about the alimony thing, since Tipper is independently wealthy and the Gores are so bloody staid and boring they will not provide us any entertainment in the form of legal catfights. We need more Clintonesque shenanigans for our viewing pleasure!
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One girl's twistedly fantastic interpretation of what the hell is really going on in those tribes.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
A Warm Glass Of Shut The Hell Up
The egg. Delicate, sturdy, creamy. A giver of life. Beaten, whipped, scrambled. Folded, poached, fried... dropped. Plop! Smashed with wild abandon. Goopy and sticky in an unruly thicket. Terra cotta and periwinkle coagulating in the Filipino sun. What seemed so innocent like a childhood game - a Victorian pastime with giggles and curls and lace - is actually a heinous slime fest rotting and festering in the unforgiving noonday sun. Putrid stenches carried on the wind tell a Gothic tale. A tale of jumbles and labyrinths. A tale of nameless wraiths flitting hither and thither. Scratching at the window and begging to be let in. Catherine? Danica? Girl? Hey you! How did you come to be here? Was it a duck call on the breeze? Have you been hiding in the blind this whole time? Oh specter in the trees. Oh silent apparition. Would that he, the hirsute fellow, had your slight of hand and trickery. Your chicanery razzle-dazzle. Would we be where we are today? Let's recap, shall we?
Careening over the lush and zooming through the brush, we continue our terminal Filipino tale in the broad daylight. How new, how strange! No moon up above. No flesh biting insects chirping in their nocturnal opera. Just that sun shining down and shedding light. Shedding light and giving light. With that fiery orb peeling back the cloaks and baring truths, we find ourselves at Baklava (Bikal) where a huffy troop of foot stompers have smashed the sand all the way home. Calgon (Dawn), always trying to look on the bright side of things, interrupts the hushed scoffs, "Well, it was our first unanimous vote. I think we all deserve a gold star and some orange slices, don't you?" Phillip Sheppard, on the other hand, drops his rucksack to the ground and shouts, "Traitor! From where I come from, St. Augustine's Institution For The Mentally Ill, we'd call Brandon a traitor. He damaged me." A wild eyed and toothy Corinne nods in agreement, "He screwed everyone by dumping out all of our rice. Mel Gibson!" Whether a traitor or a Mel, I still maintain that Lil Hantz was the only honest Baklava out there. Sure, he spoke in apostrophes and dropped consonants, but he spoke the truth dammit!
Phillip and Corinne aren't done yet. They continue their back and forth over which one of them Lil Hantz hated more.
"I never said a bad word to him!"
"I actually liked him!"
"I told him he could be The Exfoliator!"
"No one stood up for me. I hate you all!"
And then Calgon stepped in and offered everyone some celery sticks and peanut butter. "I'm sorry he slandered you both, but you need to keep your energy up so you can finish your chores and homework before bed. Chop chop! No video games until after you've cleaned your rooms." With nods and forced smiles, the Baklavas reluctantly gather in a circle and do the Baklava cheer, "Go team!" Calgon smiled to herself pleased with what a little tough love can do for unruly brats and then she spun her chore wheel as fast as she could. Her Chablis is getting warm and that Danielle Steele isn't going to read itself.
Over at Goiter (Gota), Dame Reynold, adjusts his cravat and tips the feather in his hat just so. Gather round ye lords and ladies! Tis time to read ye olde Tree Mail. With a pause to find his center and a quick clearing of his throat, Dame Reynold begins, "Beaten by exhaustion. Battered by the weather. Winners will have fun and... *dramatic sweep of one ruffled arm* celebrate together!" In the rafters, Michael claps and giggles. Some people might think that the matinee showings are second rate, but not Michael. Dame Reynold gives so much of himself in every performance. And Like Eve Harrington, Michael waits outside the stage door every night just to get a glimpse of the great Dame.
And this brings us to the big Reward Challenge. At least it looks like a Reward Challenge. There are wooden contraptions sprinkled about the arena, puzzle pieces piled up in the distance, floaty rings hanging haphazardly in trees. But something is amiss. That sassy Dimples has a twinkle in his eye and that twinkle spells trouble. Come on in guys!
Dimples begins by asking the Goiters how they felt about all that drama with Lil Hantz the other day. Michael replies that it was good. "It was good to feel something good." Why, thank you Michael for your insight. Next to reply is Duck Dynasty (Matt). "I actually feel sorry for Phillip." Say what now? Come again? Baking powder? Does Duck know what is about to happen? Is he wisely laying the framework for possible new alliances? Or is he soft and fluffy and smitten? Are there Precious Moments figurines living in his beard? Is chintz his favorite color? Something tells me he might not hunt squirrel after all. Something tells me he names all of his squirrel friends and builds them squirrel cabins in his backyard with handwoven wicker baskets to hold their nuts.
Enough dilly dallying. Drop your buffs, bitches! We are switching tribes. After smashing colored eggs placed conveniently in little bowls labelled "Pretty" and "Ugly", the new tribes are as follows:
The new Goiters are Theddie, Mascaroni (Andrea), Freebush (Sherri), Dame Reynold, Golden Boy (Malcolm), Erik and Mowgli (Brenda).
The new Baklavas are Corinne, Phillip, Michael, Cochran, Duck Dynasty, Calgon and Phantom (Julia).
Dimples stands across from the new tribes and looks very pleased with himself. With a smirk and some jazz hands, he asks the Baklavas what they think of their new tribe. Scruffy dandy Cochran grits his teeth and announces, "The game just started anew." In that wild ginger head of his, you know he's having an anxiety attack while recalculating theorems and logarithms.... Mormon times beard cubed with crazy divided by gay equals??? Meanwhile, Duck Dynasty is embroidering I LOVE PHILLIP with strands from his beard onto his periwinkle stained shorts, "I'm psyched! I love these players I'm with!" Now you listen to me Duck Dynasty. No one, and I mean no one, loves Phillip Sheppard. We tolerate him and then it ends there. And if you're not careful he'll start calling you The Coiffurist or some shit like that. You'll be sharpening his pencils and fetching him coffee before you know it. Tread lightly, Duck.
With the new Goiters linking arms and skipping into camp, everyone is beaming and radiant. Dame Reynold climbs up on the trellis he created for a moment such as this and announces, "We will win all the challenges now!" He then whipped off his top hat and bowed deeply at the waist. Staring at the ground, he waited. But there was no applause. Michael, his biggest fan, is a Baklava now - drat! An expert in improvisation, Dame Reynold doesn't let the silence impede his performance. Instead he leaps off his trellis and spreads his arms wide. "Come everyone, come. Group hug!" And they did. The Goiters hugged. Well, they hugged until Theddie tried to say "ecsthatic". Nothing breaks up a group like flying spittle.
With the group dispersed - manly men breaking twigs, ladies in the water - Dame Reynold wastes no time filling Golden Boy and Erik in on their past history with Freebush. "She's the worst," Dame Reynold declares. "She's been trying to get me and Theddie out since day one." Theddie contributes, "Yesth! Sthe wasth aligned with everyone but usth." Dame then kicks the sand and shifts his eyes downward, "And if, you know, you guys like, aww shucks, wanna vote her out, we're TOTALLY with you!" Shaggy hippy flower child Erik listens to all of this, but knows that something isn't right. Something about Dame Reynold isn't exactly genuine. It's almost as if he's acting. With his tousled hair, beautiful baby blue eyes and toothy grin, there is something disingenuous about the Dame, something very "used car salesman".
Meanwhile, the womenfolk are bathing in the sea and hearing a similar story from Freebush. She tells Mascaroni and Mowgli that Theddie actually isn't that bad of a guy - when he's not with Dame Reynold. But the second he gets around used car salesman Reynold, he's all over you trying to sell you a Buick. Mascaroni takes the hint as Freebush nods enthusiastically over voting out Dame Reynold were they to lose a challenge. Mascaroni then asks what's going on with the Hidden Immunity Idol. Freebush, happy to have lady friends to gossip with, tells her new tribemates all about how Dame Reynold played his Idol already and how he's definitely out there looking for another one. Clearly, there is no loyalty whatsoever when it comes to Freebush and her fellow Fans. She jumped ship before there was even a ship to jump off of.
Over at Baklava we find Corinne painting a rainbow on the side of the shelter and humming Kyle Minogue to herself. You see, Corinne loves herself a gay. So when Michael came skipping into camp with his scarves and martini glass collection, not only did he get a new nickname (Gay), but he got a new bestie. They're not game besties mind you. They're more everyday besties. Even though Corinne is fond of Gay, she's not silly enough to abandon her Favorites alliance and vote one of them out.
The tone then changes as a plucky awkward tune begins to play. Ugh. It's time for The Phillip Sheppard Show. Hunched in his pink panties, we find Phillip decimating a piece of flint as he tries to show off for Phantom and, I think, get her to switch loyalties and join his corporation...
"Back when I first played Smurvivor, Slurvivor, Sturvivor, I had to make a big move and I would be a double agent if I had to. Chichaw! You need to make a big move with me so we can get you at least to the Merge. I'm not inviting you into Smealth R Us, but you could be The Internist and be our company gopher. I'll need some filing done, data entry, copies made, the twigs on my antenna replaced and my bamboo missile launcher cleaned thrice weekly."
"What is it about me that makes you want to make such an offer?"
"That was the incorrect answer, young lady. You were supposed to say, 'Sir, yes sir!'"
Phantom is a smart girl, not college educated smart like one Mr. Phillip Sheppard who attended a fictional university on a marshmallow campus with gingerbread dorms, but she's smart. And so, being a smart lass, she seeks out Gay to see how he feels about the new tribe shuffle. Quietly planning a coming home dinner party for himself while humming the soundtrack to Pippin, Gay tells Phantom that he is positively tinkled pink by the tribe shake up. He couldn't be happier! They seem like a crackerjack bunch of people who are lovely and welcoming. Oh Gay. Tapas are not fitting for every single meal and this isn't The Pajama Game. Only one person can have a happy ending on Survivor, not the entire cast.
Elsewhere, Phillip is informing Corinne on how he told Phantom to put up or shut up. Either she submits her resume immediately or the internship will go to someone else. Corinne, however, thinks that getting a flipper is unnecessary. They have the numbers! They don't need anyone else. As long as the Favorites stick together, they're good to go. Phillip then hears an imaginary chopper whiz overhead so he ducks out and takes cover behind a spiderweb. Corinne watches him standing still behind the transparent web and wonders to herself how the hell this guy was a federal agent. What cases has he solved? The Clue Of The Whistling Bagpipes? The Secret Of The Old Lace? Scooby Doo And The Monster Of Mexico? What government agency would give this freak a badge? Is Phillip the reason why North Korea wants to blow us off the map? Did he call Kim Jong Un, The Kimchiest? So many questions. Not enough answers.
And this brings us to the big Immunity Challenge. Come on in guys! For today's challenge, two members from each tribe will race to roll back a big ass crate to the start. Then, the next two will go. Once your tribe has collected all six big ass crates, you will then build a set of stairs and solve a puzzle that says FANS VS. FAVORITES. Survivors ready, go!
We begin with Erik and Theddie for Goiter and Phillip and Phantom for Baklava. Both teams reach their crates at almost the same time, but Erik and Theddie come up with the genius idea of continuously rolling their crate while Phillip, on the other hand, sits and tries to negotiate with his. Is he trying to recruit his crate into Stealth R Us? Your guess is as good as mine. All you need to know is that the Goiters immediately gain a one crate lead and continue to send out team after team.
As the challenge nears its close, people are sent out twice, sometimes three times if you're Phillip Sheppard. And each time Phillip heads out, he turns on his speaker phone and has a conference call with the other crates back at the start line. "You can be The Lumbercator and you can be The Boxinator and you can be The Cubist. To start off, we'll use you as storage units for my many files on The Mystery Of The Fire Dragon, but if you complete your jobs to the best of your ability, I can move you up to front desk. Literally, you'll be my front desk. We'll remove one of your sides and slide a giant chair underneath." Oh shut the hell up, Phillip.
Let's just skip ahead to what we knew would happen. The young buff strapping team quickly sails to a victory while the old disfigured creepy team is still waiting for their crates to send some faxes. Long story short... GOITER WINS IMMUNITY!!!
Back at Baklava, the battered and creaky castaways shuffle their way into camp. As a mom, Calgon knows how important it is to keep a brave face and not let the others know how upset she truly is. With a gulp and a forced smile, Calgon declares, "I'm going to open up a coconut!" It's understandable. She's probably parched and a little peckish. A coconut would be immensely satisfying right about now. Not so fast, Calgon! Phillip has something to say so you just pipe down and tolerate the shakes as your blood sugar plummets.
"We did our best today. We actually did cu-gel together as a group here in camp.We've worked very effectively together. I think we all went in there thinking you know we can go in there and kick some ass. We didn't expect the network to crash and our I.T. guys to take so long. No one threw the challenge. I had to take that conference call from my handler or else the crates could have turned on us and pinned us down to the ground. And trust me, I've been pinned to the ground before. A decade ago on the Jersey Turnpike a box of pipe cleaners flew off a speeding Wide Load and pinned me down on the shoulder. Now, I won't tell you why I was walking on the shoulder of the Turnpike. Sometimes, you have to go undercover as a homeless indigent man who escaped from the nearby mental asylum. But I will tell you this. It's all about upper body strength and that's how I got those pipe cleaners off of me."
Meanwhile, Calgon has passed out and her limbs are twitching as drool seeps out of her mouth and onto the sand. Just let the lady have her damn coconut, Phillip!
After the meeting is over and Calgon has successfully been resuscitated, we find Duck Dynasty and Phillip nibbling on what looks like dried rice. Duck asks, "Who do you think should go home tonight?" Phillip replies, "The Girl." The Girl. Instead of having another Francablebox moment and stammering through the butchering of Juliennecarrots, Phillip simply calls Julia/Phantom, The Girl. Duck nods and tells Phillip he'll do whatever Phillip wants him to do. Gay, too, approaches and asks, "Is it time to plead our cases to Phillip?" Look, I get that the Fans are in the minority and that they have to cozy up to one of the vets, but why would you choose Phillip of all people?! Why not Cochran or Corinne? Calgon is busy making a stew and setting the table so you probably don't want to approach her, but Corinne seems like a viable option especially when Gay is her new best friend.
And then, AND THEN! Phillip, secret keeper extraordinaire, tells Duck and Gay that he still runs Stealth R Us. He won't tell them who the members are, but it is a force to be reckoned within this game. If Phillip chooses to bring the two wide-eyed Fans in as assets then, and only then, will they be given their official names. Others in the tribe might pretend to be the leader of Smelf R Fuss, Inc, but they're not. Unless you hear an order come directly from Phillip, don't do it. There are double agents everywhere. Nikita was one such agent and look at her now. She's gone rogue and is trying to topple the corporation. And by the way, this conversation will self destruct in 10 seconds. Then Phillip rolled himself up in the tarp and waited for his papaya bomb to go off.
With Phillip quietly napping in his tarp cocoon, Duck and Gay steal away to try to figure out what they'll tell Phantom when she asks them how they're voting. And oh look, here she comes now.
"So who do we put down?"
"Golly gee, I have no idea!"
"What do you think they're thinking?"
"Dude, I'm so confused. I just don't know what name that starts with a 'J' I'll be writing down on that parchment."
"Maybe they want to vote for one of their people."
"Maybe they do! Wowzers that would be peachy keen."
"I think we should vote for Calgon."
"Yes! Let's vote for Juli... I mean, Calgon. We'll all write down Calgon. Good idea!"
Not long after Phantom leaves the two traitors, they are approached by both Corinne and Cochran. Corinne is paranoid that one of them has the Idol and is hesitant to reveal any information to them. Duck Dynasty then stammers about how much he'd love to have the Idol. How much he wishes he had the Idol. Dude, it would be so cool to have the Idol! Cochran watches the fidgeting Duck and quickly surmises that the guy is way too desperate to have an Idol. And while he doesn't mind the idea of taking out Phantom tonight, Cochran thinks splitting up the power couple that is Gay and Duck is a much better idea.
Cochran takes his plan to the rest of Smurfs R Us and finds a loyal comrade in Calgon. Calgon is sure Duck doesn't have the Idol. While all Corinne cares about is saving her Gay, both she and Phillip are still adamant about getting rid of Phantom. Phillip thinks he can turn the Duck and Gay into exemplary Girl Scouts while Corinne thinks Phantom is simply boring. Plus, her voice is too nasally. Off with her armpit hair!
And this brings us to Tribal Council. The camera swoops in from a long shot and I see what I'd hoped I'd never see again as long as I live... Dimples in sandals! There is something unseemly about seeing our Dimples in his best khakis and prison sandals. It's like I can't take him seriously anymore. He could ask me a question and all I'd do is giggle and stare at his little toes.
Anyhow, Dimples begins by asking Duck how he feels about his new tribe. "I'm super stoked! I was always a big fan of Cochran and Phillip. And even Calgon!" *snickers*
The discussion turns to exactly how much danger the Fans are in tonight. Phantom gives a roundabout answer about how the Favorites have the numbers, but Gay comes right out and says, "100% A Fan is going home tonight." Corinne then waves her rainbow flag and says how she'd happily replace anyone in her Favorites alliance with her new dandy, Gay. For someone being so careful not to turn on her own alliance, I thought it was an odd thing to say. And something that could possibly come back and bite her in the ass later.
Alright, enough of this jibber jabber. Honestly, I hated this episode. I think this season blows and I need to finish unpacking so let's get to the vote. In a weird and stunning (?) upset, Duck Dynasty is the 7th person voted out of Survivor Caramoan. It is not the outcome I expect or wanted. Duck seems to be a lovely man and once or twice he's even sent a "Quack!" my way on Twitter. So, godspeed DuckMan. That Cochran is much more dangerous than he looks. Cryptograms and logic puzzles fly around that moppet head of his and, believe me, he's not scared to use them and chop your beard off while you sleep. Best of luck to you.
So, what did you guys think of last night's episode? Was it wise to split up Duck and Gay? What if the Favorites dump Phillip and replace him with Gay? Will Mowgli ever speak? Will Dame Reynold ever not speak? Comment it out bitches and have a great day!
19 comments:
I thought the episode was boring too. I was hoping Phantom was the one to get the boot. (I missed how you arrived at the name Phantom for her - have time to remind me?)ReplyDelete
My favorites lines of yours this week were: little bowls labeled pretty and ugly.
Morman times beard cubed with crazy divided by gay equals. haha
The whole Philip paragraph where he is talking about StealthRUs and says "twigs on my antenna replaced", etc.
When Phantom approached Gay and Duck about who they were voting off, she came off pretty dumb and very slow on the uptake there. The whole conversation was so lame, and your mocking of it right on target.
Brandon's gone now. Nothing excited to watch at the moment. Still love your Calgon references. For someone who hated the episode, I thought you did a stellar job at recapping it.Replies
All that jibber jabber in the opening about a specter and an apparition was about her. She's like the ghost of Catherine in Wuthering Heights scratching at the window. I was probably way too cryptic. LOLDelete
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2013 at 1:45 AM
Not really loving this season so far. Your recap made a boring episode more exciting! I like Matt, so was sad to see him go. I'm really confused as to why everyone is kissing Philip's ass instead of conspiring to vote him offDelete
Season after season, I'm amazed at the idiocy of tribal alliance and loyalty. Who gives a rat's ass what tribe you started on? Why wouldn't the fav's get together and get rid of resident crazy man, er... secret agent Phillip?? I don't like that it was automatically assumed a fan had to go, and that's what they all acted on. You're all going to have turn eventually and vote for each other, so why put yourself through three more agonizing days of the Stealth R Us bullshit? And, while I'm on this rant, if you're going to stick to tribe alliance, why get rid of the one guy who might actually show up during the challenges? What was big threat having Duck and Gay together? You still have the numbers. Was there fear they would start recruiting some of the ass-picking monkeys and hatch a scheme to overthrow the current regime? I could just spit.ReplyDelete
My favorite jab of the evening came from Dimples himself, during the challenge when he stated that the Baklavas must be on some kind of medication. I love you Dimples, and I will be the highest bidder if you auction a Hantz Specialty massage on the eBay Charity auction site.
Thanks for a great review of a sucky episode Colette!! Loved the part about the egg dishes being labeled pretty and ugly – couldn't be more true!!Replies
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2013 at 1:53 PM
The fact that alliances and loyalty can influence the outcome is the main aspect of the so called "social" game or back where we work "office politics". It's our human nature to travel in a pack. We sit there sometimes in disbelief thinking why are the sheep following the Sheppard? (For the slower among us, I just made a pun and a point.) Some players are just timid followers. Some are the true architects and leaders. Then some are cleverly hiding in the crowd until the time is right to break from their alliance.Delete
I think the alliances are hard to break early in the game. The players look for certainty and breaking from your pack too early is sure to lead to uncertainty. What is truly frustrating is when players are satified being #5 or #4 in an alliance all the way to the end and never seem to fight for themselves. The Boston Rob and Prunes seasons were just embarrassments for the human race.
By the way, people will keep Special Agent around as long as they can tolerate him for the same reason Boston Rob kept him around. He ain't going to win a damn thing. People will be fine allegedly letting him lead an alliance for awhile as long as he continues to know where and who the alliance actually is.
- AnonymousMarch 21, 2013 at 4:36 PM
I feel like the swap went down so fast I don't know what happened, but it seemed fishy that they split so evenly. Did probst have separate bowls of eggs for each tribe? I get the sense that they feel like the fans are boring and want to make sure the favs are playing it out in the end. Also I'm sad to see Matt go - he would be a good choice for a returnee.ReplyDelete
What an awful episode. What an awful season. Given how subservient the fans are to the "faves", it's probably a good thing that they are no better than C-level former players. Imagine how much kissing of the feet would go on if they were true stars?ReplyDelete
As if that wasn't bad enough, I knew exactly how this was going when the split happened. Over to the left, you have the fit, attractive (or as attractive as this cast gets), and/or young. Over there, barely in range of the camera, you have the goofy looking, the out of shape, the aged, and Jay Leno's chin. All under the supervision of Super Double-Knot Spy Black Jethro Bodine.
A 4-3 split is not insurmountable, though. Why Duck Dynasty and "The Gay" (how condescending) immediately dropped onto their knees to beg for acceptance makes no sense to me. Why not use the info they learned from the Brandon incident to understand that not all of them were under Phillip's spell? Why not sound off Ol' Jay Leno Chin or Corrine to see if they wanted to rid their tribe of the CEO? Instead, Duck Dynasty became a narc. He reminded me of those Cops episodes where they would send a bearded, and completely unbelievable, agent into the parts of town he should stay away from to purchase a lid or pot or a crack rock. As soon as he said in Tribal Council that he would tell anyone about any idols I would have sent him away.
Matt played like a loser and appropriately went home. He was basically begging to be the gopher for the favs. Loser.ReplyDelete
The problem with casting lunatics so that you get cool explosions on camera is that once they're gone everything is an anticlimax. Still, if you think this cast sucks, imagine what they would be like without Golden Boy. Not only is he the sole sign of brain activity anywhere on the island but he is not bad to look at either.ReplyDelete
One vital question remains. Is it my imagination or did Freebush actually do relatively well, for Freebush, in the challenge?
- AnonymousMarch 21, 2013 at 7:59 PM
I think I've worked out Julia's strategy. You can't be voted out of the game if no one writes your name down, and how can they write your name down if no one knows what it is. Voting "The Girl" is hardly unambiguous. But I appreciate the irony that the members of Stealth R Us are anything but stealthy, while Julia is protected by a shield of invisibility, silence, and namelessness.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 21, 2013 at 9:57 PM
I would run stark raving mad down the beach within 48 hours if I had to live with Phillip! I did feel sorry for him for a nano second that he had to go 3 times during the challenge. Totally surprised about Duck. And I kinda like Corinne. She's like the Brittany Haynes of Suvivor. I like her snarky remarks. Lol about Julia's armpit hair. Unfortunately noticed that. Great recap!ReplyDelete
I'm a little surprised there's so much hate for this season. It hasn't been dull. Yeah; Phillip, Brandon and Shamar have had too much screen time, but two of 'em are gone and Phillip, classic runt of the litter that he is, is giving you plenty o' material. The passage under the fire dragon is responsible for my laugh this week, not to mention "The Coiffurist". You may hate him, but it must beat having to come up with stuff about Prunes, or Kim, or Christina, or Tarzan, or that dull-ass midget or dwarf or smurf or whatever the fuck the politically correct term is these days.ReplyDelete
Remember One World Lala? I remember it. In a cold sweat.
This season has plenty of interesting people. Dame Reynold is a great character. Phillip's even giving Corinne golden material! Even Calgon is contributing to the blog.
This season has three people I'd love to see win. They are (in order) Cochran, Corinne and Malcolm.
Most seasons there's only one. Some seasons there's none. Phillip hasn't got a hope, and the episode when it dawns on Secret Agent Man should be delicious.
Very atmospheric intro. Julia as a fleeting phantom, tapping at the glass desperate to be let into the game? Goosebumps. I liked Matt, and would rather Catherine had been ghostbusted, but it was the idol wariness of Corinne and instincts of Cochran, combined with guilelessness from Matt, that sealed his fate.
Thanks for the pics of the Nancy Drew Mysteries. I read Nancy Drew when I was a kid. And Trixie Belden. And the Three Investigators. Those pics gave me a 'Rosebud' type feeling.
Great blog. I'll see you next week, unless you're still unpacking. Too many bottles of gin? Too many flakes of glitter? Too many pitchers of infusion? You obviously own too much stuff. If you won't go on Survivor, maybe you should go on Hoarders.
I have to agree, this episode promised so much. New tribes, a new game in the post-Brandon era but unfortunately never lived up to it. Corinne is funny though describing Phillip and that poor baby on the plane. Reynold thinks he is all of a sudden untouchable, just because they comfortably won the challenge. The passing of the eggs seemed to be from the same format as the One World switch, too obvious to be true. Another great recap, you somehow seem to make the not-so-great episodes better with your blog the following day.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2013 at 9:56 AM
Cntrl-Alt-Del. Reset. Do Over. Whatever.ReplyDelete
(Did anyone notice that this week we got the full title shot showing all 20 castaways? Aside from the tremors I felt when I saw Shalimar and Lil Hantz again, I got stuck on Francesquoi's face. Note to the producers: let's keep the title shot focused on those remaining in the game. I'm not interested in the early losers. Goodbye. Oh, and get casting in here and that includes Probst. I have a bone to pick with them. Something about a shark. And tell Allison Grodner to slip out the back way, since Dame Reynold has "found" his nineteen idol already.)
I have to agree with all the commenters that watching Survivor has become a two step process: watching the latest episode and reading The Bitch's blog.
Everyone brings their bags to the "reward" challenge, yet they looked SO surprised when it was announced that they get an egg for a new tribe assignment. I'm sorry, but I'm struggling with the reality show scripting versus pure social experiment of Survivor. Will we be watching this show in 5 years? In 10 years? Next season even? I ask myself what the producers can do to keep the show FRESH and PURE without resorting to Big Brother antics. I don't have the answer, short of sitting back, stop bitching and enjoy what Burnett is selling.
Nah, that won't work...
What's with Erik talking about Dame Reynold's Beautiful Baby Blue Eyes for? I'm going to keep a gay eye on Erik. I love the "bikini" shot of Phillip in his pink one piece, nonchalantly strutting his junk for the cameras. Miss Jay, have you been giving him runway lessons since his last season?
Ugh, Phillip. Double Ugh. Sucking all the oxygen out of the Phillipines. The faces of his tribe as he pontificates tell the story. What a stifling effect he has while the real game play goes underground. I'm STILL not that into you, Phillip. Not. That. Into. You.
Stealth my ass, buddy. (Is casting here yet?)
Funny how none of the misfits (the uglies) have found (favor with the producers?) a hidden immunity idol...
-Reckless Wrestler
PS. Wait, did Lala say she was close to (Big Brother's meltdown) Willie Hantz last summer in last week's comments section? What in the name of gin and glitter does that mean?
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2013 at 1:42 PM
You missed the part when Malcolm said he was good at lying to women lol.ReplyDelete
I try and try not to believe that the producers are rigging everything. I mean I really try. But the shake up of the tribes couldn't seem any more fixed. All the fit, "pretty people" (except for Freebush) on one side, and the nerds on the opposite side. It's like that moment in Revenge of the Nerds where Louis finally realizes THEY are the nerds.ReplyDelete
It was so predictable when Dame Reynold and Theddie went right to Golden Boy and the Ice Cream Man. Finally, a couple of young, fit guys they could relate to. At least they were smart enough to realize they couldn't go and start rubbing up on Mowgli and Mascaroni. It was nice to see that the Ice Cream Man didn't fall for Dame Reynold's act. And Freebush dishing on other two guys was expected as well. It will be interesting to see who they go after when they finally lose a challenge.
I don't understand why Duck and Gay went right to the Specialist (he was a federal agent you know) especially after Brandon's outburst. When he was explaining StealthRUs to them they should have figured out right then and there that Phillip (did you know he was a special agent?) was bat-shit crazy. What I don;t understand was that the Favs in Baklava all agreed that Phillip is insufferable to live with and they all want him out, but yet they keep him around? Especially after the "pick-me-up" speech after they had their asses handed to them in the immunity challenge.
Duck going around to everyone in Baklava telling them he was more than willing to spill his guts about what was going on in the other tribe made me think, would Corrine spill the fact that Golden Boy has an idol now? It can't help her anymore, at least not for the next few weeks until the merge, so would she use this to help her somehow?
Anyway, show of hands please, who didn't think that the new Goiter tribe would destroy Baklava in the immunity challenge? Go ahead, don't be shy. Raise your hand. Anyone? Anyone? Right, I didn't think so. The shuffle is going to be the same as the pre-shuffle. Look for the ranks of the Baklavas to dwindle in the coming weeks until the merge.
Overall, this was one of the weaker episodes. But it looks like Golden Boy and Dame Reynold try to take control next week. I don't know, if I were Golden Boy, if I would want to hitch my cart to that horse.
- kandeekaneMarch 23, 2013 at 10:50 AM
OMG! When I saw the title of this weeks blog I screamed with delight. When Corrinne said that, I rewound it a bunch of times and said I am going to use that saying, it is hilarious. I am actually liking her this season. She is not acting like a nasty, mean ole hag.ReplyDelete
When Jeff handed them the eggs I rewound that too cuz I noticed that he had 2 bowls and he handed 1 bowl to a certain couple of people and then he handed the other bowl to a certain couple of other people. I think the bold and the beautiful as Cochran referred to them should have included Phantom and not Freebush but we know that the disentia is between Theddie, Dame and Freebush and that is how they conveniently and not Alison Grodner rigged at all (yeah, right) ended up on the same tribe.
If you remember in Ambers season when they switched tribes she was the only one who ended up being switched. The rest of the tribe all picked the same color rock or whatever it was and she was the sole new person. I'm sure that is why they did it the way they did, but it was just too convenient that Theddie and Dame ended up together and the girl that they ended up with just happened to be the one that they had the biggest problem with.
I like the fact that Golden Boy is teaming up with Theddie and Dame and not automatically staying in his original alliance just because. I think those 3 would be good together but hopefully Theddie and Dames lack of basic kindergarten math skills doesn't rub off on Golden Boy and they interview a 4th person for their new Pretty People alliance.
The reason they aren't turning on Philip yet is cuz he is the one that helped the Faves win the last several challenges. Just by a micro second Philip is the one, not Golden Boy. So as much as Philip is annoying he was needed to win.
I think voting off Duck was a big mistake right now cuz they are going to need his strength to win a challenge. They don't want to have to keep voting off their own tribe even if it is someone from the fans while the other tribe stays strong and forms new alliances.
I do think Cochrans logic in it was good but just at the wrong time. Glad to see someone else suggesting something instead of Philip controlling everything. It was just at the wrong time.
I liked Duck and wanted to see him go farther in the game. I guess it's too bad he wasn't gay too. Then according to Corrine there wouldn't have been any question of who would have been voted out.
Golden Boy has to make eyes at Dame Reynold because Corinne blew the serpentine counteralliance apart with her idiocy. He also needs to peel Calgon or Cochran off Philip, which shouldn't be difficult but I guarantee it will be. The way this lot play peeling Michael off Philip would be difficult.ReplyDelete
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AL East will again be MLB's powerhouse division
Welcome to the American League East, where four teams believe they're good enough to win the World Series and one is finishing up an extremely encouraging Spring Training.
Go ahead and pick a favorite. Nothing could be easier. You can't be wrong.
Welcome to the American League East, where four teams believe they're good enough to win the World Series and one is finishing up an extremely encouraging Spring Training.
Go ahead and pick a favorite. Nothing could be easier. You can't be wrong.
Here we go:
Rays? Absolutely. Solid club. Virtually no holes.
Red Sox? Good enough to go back-to-back titles. No doubt about it.
Orioles? Tremendous lineup. Great leadership. Deep rotation. What's not to like?
Yankees? Do NOT underestimate them. Derek Jeter's farewell season could have a magical quality to it.
Yes, welcome to the AL East. The Rays, Yankees, Orioles and Red Sox have all been to the postseason in just the past two seasons. And Boston just won the World Series for the third time in 10 seasons.
Now about those Blue Jays. Unlike last year, when they'd just made all those splashy acquisitions, they've flown under the radar, understanding they'd be picked by no one.
The Jays are absolutely fine with that, because they've quietly gone about their business and constructed a club they believe could surprise the entire sport.
Yes, welcome to the AL East.
Other divisions have parity. Other divisions have produced multiple postseason teams in recent years. But the AL East is the division every other is measured against. If things work out the way it looks like they could, we might have a September to remember, with every team fighting for playoff spots into the final days.
So sit back and enjoy.
Tampa Bay Rays
Strengths: David Price, Alex Cobb, Chris Archer and Matt Moore form the front four of arguably the best rotation in the game. The Rays have quality depth in the Minors behind them. Third baseman Evan Longoria, shortstop Yunel Escobar, second baseman Ben Zobrist and first baseman James Loney anchor a tremendous defensive team. Manager Joe Maddon is the best in the business. Grant Balfour returns to Tampa Bay to anchor a bullpen that is deep and talented.
Weaknesses: The Rays don't have a regular designated hitter, so Maddon will use matchups and rotate his regulars into the spot to give them some rest. Otherwise, health is the only question. Price, Moore and Cobb spent time on the disabled list in 2013, and they probably need to stay healthy for Tampa Bay to make the postseason for the fifth time in seven seasons. Maddon typically has had to play the matchup game with his daily lineups, but he may do that less this year, as center fielder Desmond Jennings and right fielder Wil Myers establish themselves.
Spot to watch: Myers had a very solid rookie season and appears to be on his way to being a middle-of-the-order hitter for a long time. If he's good again, he and Longoria could do serious damage from the middle of the lineup and also enhance opportunities for those around them.
Sign of trouble: Escobar wore out his welcome in Atlanta and Toronto, but he was on his best behavior in his first season with the Rays. If he struggles, Maddon might be forced to rearrange the entire lineup, and a defense that is critical to the pitching staff could suffer.
They'll be be rolling if …: The rotation rolls out the quality starts. That front four of Price, Cobb, Moore and Archer could carry the Rays right to the postseason, and if Jeremy Hellickson returns and pitches at a high level, Tampa Bay could sprint right into October.
Boston Red Sox
Strengths: A winning attitude. Second baseman Dustin Pedroia simply will not let the Red Sox get complacent. Designated hitter David Ortiz remains productive at 38. John Lackey and Jon Lester form a great 1-2 punch at the front of the rotation. Koji Uehara was baseball's best closer in the second half of last season. Manager John Farrell is the prototype of what a big league skipper should be in terms of persona, consistency and honesty.
Weaknesses: Center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury's departure via free agency opens a huge hole in the lineup. Veteran Grady Sizemore, who hasn't played a game in the big leagues since 2011, outplayed rookie Jackie Bradley Jr. in Spring Training. Third baseman Will Middlebrooks played his way back to the Minors least season, and Boston is hoping he'll have a breakthrough season.
Spot to watch: Right-hander Clay Buchholz, who made just 16 starts because of a tired shoulder, could elevate a solid rotation to something approaching greatness. He pitched just four innings in the World Series, but he has been as good as ever this spring.
Sign of trouble: If Sizemore can't withstand the grind of a long season and Bradley struggles offensively, then the Red Sox could have some offensive challenges. But seeing how they led the big league in runs in 2013, they've got some margin to play with.
They'll be be rolling if …: Buchholz makes 30 starts, Middlebrooks has a breakthrough season and rookie shortstop Xander Bogaerts is as good as he's projected to be. In short, this is a very solid club with a winning vibe. The Red Sox will be tough to beat.
Baltimore Orioles
Strengths: Great lineup, enhanced by the addition of free agent Nelson Cruz. First baseman Chris Davis led the Majors in home runs (53) and RBIs (138). There is tremendous clubhouse leadership in catcher Matt Wieters and center fielder Adam Jones. The Orioles have perhaps the most underrated player in the game in shortstop J.J. Hardy. Third baseman Manny Machado is a coming-of-age superstar, and like Hardy, a great defensive player. No one gets more out of his clubs than manager Buck Showalter, and no one has done a better job of finding players than executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette.
Weaknesses: The rotation doesn't have a true No. 1 starter, and there is some uncertainty in other spots as well. Signing free agent Ubaldo Jimenez deepens the group, but the O's need Bud Norris, Miguel Gonzalez and Wei-Yin Chen to stay healthy and pitch at a high level. Machado will open the season on the disabled list, thus leaving a large hole in the lineup and at third base. Second baseman Ryan Flaherty could shift to third to replace Machado, opening a spot for top prospect Jonathan Schoop.
Spot to watch: With the trade of closer Jim Johnson to the A's, Tommy Hunter -- who has four career saves -- will be asked to step up and pitch the ninth inning. The Orioles say they're confident that he'll be fine, but until he does the job, there will be some doubt.
Sign of trouble: If Machado doesn't return from the disabled list in April, and if he doesn't play at a high level, his absence would impact the O's both offensively and defensively. The rotation has so much uncertainty that Showalter and Duquette could test the organization's depth.
They'll be be rolling if …: Jimenez pitches the way he did in the second half of last season for the Indians. With Chris Tillman, Gonzalez and Jimenez at the top of the rotation, the Orioles might have enough pitching to hang with the division leaders.
New York Yankees
Strengths: New York has a great outfield with Brett Gardner, Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran. Ellsbury has few peers defensively, and the three of them could make for the best offensive outfield in the game. The Yankees also have a potentially very solid rotation, led by CC Sabathia and Hiroki Kuroda. There's an outstanding manager in Joe Girardi, a winning tradition and an expectation of winning. The Yanks will leave Spring Training much more confident about their Minor League system than they were a year ago. They also have the resources to swing a deal at the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline.
Weaknesses: The Yankees have no idea what to expect from Jeter and first baseman Mark Teixeira, both of whom missed virtually the entire 2013 season. They also don't know what they'll get from second baseman Brian Roberts, who hasn't played in more than 77 games since 2009, and third baseman Kelly Johnson, who has started just 12 games at the hot corner in his eight-year career. Sabathia and Michael Pineda are attempting to adjust to life with diminished velocity.
Spot to watch: David Robertson is stepping into the Yanks' closer role for Mariano Rivera, the greatest of all time. Robertson has a 2.79 ERA and an 11.7 strikeouts-per-nine average in six big league seasons, the past four of them as Rivera's setup man. Every indication is that Robertson will succeed. But because he hasn't done it, and because the spotlight in New York is so bright, it's simply impossible to know just how he'll perform.
Sign of trouble: If Jeter looks like a 39-year-old ballplayer riding off into the sunset, it will be a bad omen for the Yankees. One reason is it could create an extremely uncomfortable dynamic with Girardi. Another reason is that the Yanks don't have very much depth, and certainly no one who deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Jeter.
They'll be be rolling if …: Jeter, Teixeira and Sabathia have roll-back-the-clock seasons. All three of them have passed every test in Spring Training and seem confident they'll have healthy, productive seasons. But the real answers to the questions surrounding them won't be known until the season plays out over the weeks and months ahead.
Toronto Blue Jays
Strengths: There is plenty of offense in the first six spots of the batting order. Shortstop Jose Reyes is one of the game's most dynamic players. Outfielder Jose Bautista is a proven offensive producer. First baseman Edwin Encarnacion has averaged 39 home runs and 107 RBIs the past two seasons. Center fielder Colby Rasmus and designated hitter Adam Lind hit 22 and 23 home runs, respectively, last year. The top of the rotation has three reliable starters in R.A. Dickey, Drew Hutchison and Mark Buehrle. Closer Casey Janssen made good on 34 of 36 save chances last year.
Weaknesses: There is uncertainty at the back of rotation. J.A. Happ and Brandon Morrow won seven of a combined 28 starts in 2013. Dickey's ERA spiraled from 2.73 with the Mets in 2012 to 4.21 in his first year with the Blue Jays. Toronto can't win until its starters get better. If some of the club's young guys -- Hutchison, Kyle Drabek, Marcus Stroman -- get a chance, they must step up. Left fielder Melky Cabrera hit three home runs in 344 at-bats last season.
Spot to watch: Catcher Dioner Navarro, a 10-year veteran, was the Blue Jays' only major offseason acquisition, despite the questions in the rotation. He has a good reputation for helping pitchers find their comfort zones, and if Dickey has a big bounceback season, Navarro could be a shrewd under-the-radar pickup.
Sign of trouble: If Dickey struggles again, the Blue Jays are in trouble. Because the knuckleball is so unpredictable, scouts couldn't get a read on him this spring. But he's where it starts for Toronto.
They'll be be rolling if …: A group of competent starters emerge. Hutchison has front-of-the-rotation stuff, and with all their offensive firepower, the Blue Jays might not need great starting pitching to hang in the race. But it has to be better than it was last season.
The Rays begin the season with fewer questions than the rest of the teams in the division. For the first time in franchise history, they seem to be the most logical choice to win the division. Still, if Buchholz is healthy, the Red Sox should be right there. The Yankees and Orioles have a few more questions, but they both seem good enough to play meaningful games in September. With so much balance in one division, that's what every team is reasonably shooting for.
Favorite: Rays
Challengers: Red Sox, Orioles
Darkhorse: Yankees
Never say never: Blue Jays
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U.


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'Supremes' making ugly music at Obamacare hearings
by JIM HARRIS
The hottest ticket in the nation's capital these days is the "Obamacare" hearings going on at the Supreme Court. Folks camp outside the building for days to get seats in the gallery. Some even pay illegal aliens to stand in line for them. I see pictures of protesters with signs that say things like "Keep government out of my body," "Keep government in my body" and "Only airport agents may touch my body."
Personally, I'm just happy when I wake up in the morning. I can't even imagine getting so worked up over the machinations of bureaucracy that I would take a day off, make up a snappy protest sign, ride a bus to D.C. and stand in the street for hours next to people who hate me. But hey, that's just me. God bless all the political junkies out there. It's just a good thing that we have a Supreme Court to ultimately decide who's right and who's far-right. So, you may ask, who are these nine justices anyway, and how did they get such a good gig?
Well, in order to get on the court, you have to know someone — ideally, the president or his top aides. This does not guarantee acceptance, however. In 1987, when Reagan-nominee Robert Bork's video rental history was leaked to the press, it was discovered that he had rented the Marx Brothers movie, "A Day at The Races." Fearing Marxist connections, Congress rejected his appointment.
On the other hand, Clarence Thomas, whose favorite movie was "Long Dong Silver," made it through the confirmation process, although he has been living in the Witness Protection Program ever since. And Justice Antonin Scalia is such an extreme conservative that he will not go to a baseball game if he thinks there will be a switch-hitter in the game. And right-wing Chief Justice John Roberts is so compassionate that he has started a charity to help rich boys who could not get into Harvard.
Because justices are appointed for life, most of them are over 100 years old. Some are so old that many of their stuffed animals are now extinct. During a session, one or more of them will invariably blurt out some bizarre, nonsensical statement like "You can't make people buy broccoli" before falling back to sleep. Even though a tortured thought process has spread like pinkeye among the five right-wing justices, attorneys pleading a case before them still must observe proper protocol and pretend that the political hacks are actually objective jurists. Anyone wishing to speak has to first rise, bow to a 92-degree angle and kiss their robes before straightening back up. Justices may never be addressed as "Ho," "Dawg" or "Sparky."
If you have been following the arguments for and against Obamacare, you may have noticed the frequent use of the word "Briefs." That's because in the early days of the court, only crude, itchy buckskin underwear was available, but later, as weaving technology progressed, the justices were given the option to choose between "briefs" or "boxers." Now that women are on the court, they too can choose whichever they prefer, but thongs are forbidden.
The wise decision by the founding founders to have the justices all wear black robes had multiple objectives: to prevent fashion one-upmanship and jealousy between the justices, to prevent them from wearing lascivious or inappropriate clothing like low-cut, frilly pirate shirts or low-slung jeans with holes at the knees. Many types of uniforms were initially considered, ranging from overalls to suits of armor, but in the end, black robes were chosen because one size fits all, and they don't show stains.
Even though a law degree is not a constitutional requirement to be on the Supreme Court, nowadays you pretty much have to graduate from an Ivy League law school to be considered. But even though an ordinary person can never BE a Supreme Court Justice, it doesn't mean you can't ACT like one. Judge the slimy behavior of other people every chance you get. Try to have opinions on everything. Write them down and read them aloud to anyone who will stand still long enough to listen. Your friends might desert you and your family will find you insufferable, but that's a small price to pay for living in an ivory tower and being superior to ordinary mortals.


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Silly questions to ask
Total newbie here. Driving wife nuts trying out all sort of baking recipes lately but it has been fun :)
I don't really own any quality sheet pans to make a cake in. Is there any certain size and or brand that you recommend and is a Jelly pan something to consider also? I also do a lot of smoking of meats so I don't know if a Jelly Pan would help transport meat to and from smoker and such or not. That or maybe put a cooling rack over the pan to let the meat dry before I season it or afterwards.
Also what do you recommend for a brand of cake pan in a 9 or 8 inch variety and is it better to have an 9 or 8 inch one if you had to make a decision? I have a Chicago Metallic 9 inch pan now that I like a lot. Ive made a few gingerbread cakes in it recently.
I have been using parchment paper for my cakes and cookies should I have been using wax paper instead?


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What WM/DE do you currently use?
Ok I know this question is overdone. But lets face, it never goes out of fashion.
So, what Window Manager/Desktop Env. are you currently using?
I am currently using Xfce & contemplating a switch to KDE 4.2 ...
PekWM and happy with it.
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things.
cwm(1). Minimalism is where it's at, baby...
I'm using fluxbox for a couple of years now, after being a long-time fvwm user and getting sick of it. Though, I don't do anything very fancy (transparency, slit) with it, and in fact have gone to considerable lengths to make it look boring, lol
For those who like playing with new wm's just for fun, a couple that caught my attention while searching were:
ratpoison A different, tiled, paradigm (not for me).
evilwm Fairly minimal. This might be worth a look for someone wanting to write their own wm, since the code is so small.
For those looking for interesting little coding projects to play with, TinyWM is written in less than fifty lines of C:
cwm is a bit different, but it has a place. If you like keyboard shortcuts, you might really like it.
I use OpenBSD implementation of cwm.
Before cwm was a part of OpenBSD base and cleaned of bugs I used OpenBox. I also like JWM and recommend it to people who like more conventional desktop environment. Actually JWM uses less memory than OpenBox and even less memory
than TWM. It has as dependency only one X library so in practical sense is smaller than dwm.
I use fluxbox these days, and prior to that.. blackbox.
cwm doesn't quite offer what I need from a Window manager.
I've been OpenBox for the last 3 or 4 years on FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -Philip K. Dick
I often switch between Xmonad, StumpWM and IceWM.
Xmonad for the most part, though.
I am currently using KDE 4.x. I switched from KDE 3.x to KDE 4.x in January 2009 and have been very pleased with the desktop itself. I have been a little disappointed with the rate at which certain applications are transitioning from KDE 3.x to KDE 4.x, though. I guess I'll have to keep those 3.x libraries installed for a while.
I've been using KDE ever since I started using FreeBSD in 2003. The funny thing is when I installed FreeBSD for the very first time, I wanted to install GNOME but it didn't work so I tried KDE instead. I've been hooked ever since.
At home, on those rare occasions that I use X, I use Openbox. Prior to that, I used Fluxbox and Blackbox, with brief sojourns into ratpoison, fvwm and twm.
Since reading an article on undeadly, I've wanted to give cwm a spin now that it's in base, but will probably wait for 4.6 to do that. I've been going more and more minimalist with each release, in the sense that I try to add as few packages as possible now.
That's nothing a couple o' pints wouldn't fix.
Main machine is icewm, but did install lxde on my linux partition (pclinuxos) and was quite impressed.
Used to run KDE 3.5, then switched to 4.2 when it became more or less stable and usable. Tried to installed 4.2 on 8-Current, but it failed when compiling USB-related code. Installed XFCE from packages - so far fine.
BTW here is the error when building KDE 4 on 8-current (updated July 10):
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/usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:34: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_SPEED_VARIABLE' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:687: error: 'USB_SPEED_VARIABLE' has a previous declaration as 'usb_dev_speed USB_SPEED_VARIABLE' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:35: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_SPEED_LOW' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:688: error: 'USB_SPEED_LOW' has a previous declaration as 'usb_dev_speed USB_SPEED_LOW' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:36: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_SPEED_FULL' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:689: error: 'USB_SPEED_FULL' has a previous declaration as 'usb_dev_speed USB_SPEED_FULL' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:37: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_SPEED_HIGH' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:690: error: 'USB_SPEED_HIGH' has a previous declaration as 'usb_dev_speed USB_SPEED_HIGH' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:38: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_SPEED_SUPER' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:691: error: 'USB_SPEED_SUPER' has a previous declaration as 'usb_dev_speed USB_SPEED_SUPER' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:45: error: multiple definition of 'enum usb_revision' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:698: error: previous definition here /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:46: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_REV_UNKNOWN' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:699: error: 'USB_REV_UNKNOWN' has a previous declaration as 'usb_revision USB_REV_UNKNOWN' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:47: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_REV_PRE_1_0' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:700: error: 'USB_REV_PRE_1_0' has a previous declaration as 'usb_revision USB_REV_PRE_1_0' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:48: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_REV_1_0' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:701: error: 'USB_REV_1_0' has a previous declaration as 'usb_revision USB_REV_1_0' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:49: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_REV_1_1' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:702: error: 'USB_REV_1_1' has a previous declaration as 'usb_revision USB_REV_1_1' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:50: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_REV_2_0' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:703: error: 'USB_REV_2_0' has a previous declaration as 'usb_revision USB_REV_2_0' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:51: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_REV_2_5' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:704: error: 'USB_REV_2_5' has a previous declaration as 'usb_revision USB_REV_2_5' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:52: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_REV_3_0' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:705: error: 'USB_REV_3_0' has a previous declaration as 'usb_revision USB_REV_3_0' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:59: error: multiple definition of 'enum usb_hc_mode' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:712: error: previous definition here /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:60: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_MODE_HOST' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:713: error: 'USB_MODE_HOST' has a previous declaration as 'usb_hc_mode USB_MODE_HOST' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:61: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_MODE_DEVICE' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:714: error: 'USB_MODE_DEVICE' has a previous declaration as 'usb_hc_mode USB_MODE_DEVICE' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:62: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_MODE_DUAL' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:715: error: 'USB_MODE_DUAL' has a previous declaration as 'usb_hc_mode USB_MODE_DUAL' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:69: error: multiple definition of 'enum usb_dev_state' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:722: error: previous definition here /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:70: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_STATE_DETACHED' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:723: error: 'USB_STATE_DETACHED' has a previous declaration as 'usb_dev_state USB_STATE_DETACHED' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:71: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_STATE_ATTACHED' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:724: error: 'USB_STATE_ATTACHED' has a previous declaration as 'usb_dev_state USB_STATE_ATTACHED' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:72: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_STATE_POWERED' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:725: error: 'USB_STATE_POWERED' has a previous declaration as 'usb_dev_state USB_STATE_POWERED' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:73: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_STATE_ADDRESSED' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:726: error: 'USB_STATE_ADDRESSED' has a previous declaration as 'usb_dev_state USB_STATE_ADDRESSED' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb_revision.h:74: error: conflicting declaration 'USB_STATE_CONFIGURED' /usr/include/dev/usb/usb.h:727: error: 'USB_STATE_CONFIGURED' has a previous declaration as 'usb_dev_state USB_STATE_CONFIGURED' *** Error code 1 Stop in /home/ports/x11/kdebase4/work/kdebase-4.2.4/build. *** Error code 1 Stop in /home/ports/x11/kdebase4/work/kdebase-4.2.4/build. *** Error code 1 Stop in /home/ports/x11/kdebase4/work/kdebase-4.2.4/build. *** Error code 1 Stop in /home/ports/x11/kdebase4. *** Error code 1 Stop in /home/ports/x11/kdebase4. *** Error code 1 Stop in /home/ports/x11/kde4. *** Error code 1 Stop in /home/ports/x11/kde4.
In M$-Linux I use Gnome for my main account and openbox+awn on the guest account. In FreeBSD it's ash.
My main work-getting-done system (FreeBSD) runs FVWM 2.5.
TinyWM and dwm are good code bases for those that want to play with WM code; they are very small and very very simple beasts.
My Journal
Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays), for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type ``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.
On my FreeBSD systems I've been happily using IceWM for some time. (On my Fedora laptop I'm running GNOME.)
Kill your t.v.
My primary WM is XFCE. I use XFCE primarily because of xfce4-panel and terminal.
I will also use Fluxbox when I need a "minimal but usable" WM on a system where I don't want a lot of extraneous things installed, but need an X application. I have Ocicat to thank for introducing me to Fluxbox.
I have an Ubuntu partition on my laptop for some Linux-only apps, and use the default Gnome. I used to have Xubuntu installed, but switched because Xubuntu has Gnome libraries and applets installed anyway, so it may as well be Gnome, and Ubuntu was easier to adminstrate than Xubuntu.
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