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Anime Dad wrote:I blew up a Greenpeace boat ;)

:rofl:

All hail the Whalers....down with the Sperm Whales...we must harvest their oil and sell their blubber to the Japanese...it is the natural way of things.

Anime Dad wrote:I blew up a Greenpeace boat ;)

green peas boat?

is that like a mushy peas pie from Harry's?

krim wrote:

green peas boat?

is that like a mushy peas pie from Harry's?

:lol:

You've been to Harry's? A Sydney institution :)

unfortuantely no :puppydog:
i've not been there, but it's one of the first places i'll go when i do. right after i finish stalking Nat.

krim wrote:unfortuantely no :puppydog:
i've not been there, but it's one of the first places i'll go when i do. right after i finish stalking Nat.

Even better, take Nat on a date to Harry's :victory:

Anime Dad wrote:

Even better, take Nat on a date to Harry's :victory:

Ooo.. that'd be nice. She's actually in LA this week, maybe I can drag her into an In n Out.

krim wrote:

Ooo.. that'd be nice. She's actually in LA this week, maybe I can drag her into an In n Out.

Ooh! I didn't know our Nat was a jetsetter!

who knew.. she's here for a movie premiere. :shocked:

krim wrote:who knew.. she's here for a movie premiere. :shocked:

See? Fame and fortune thru video blogging.

Being damn cute obviously has advantages :D

Anyone watch that puke Jose Canseco get pummeled in the boxing ring yesterday? :thumbsup:

If anyone was more deserving, I can't think of them.

bmwracer wrote:Anyone watch that puke Jose Canseco get pummeled in the boxing ring yesterday? :thumbsup:

If anyone was more deserving, I can't think of them.

In boxing? :headscratch:

Wynter wrote:In boxing? :headscratch:

Yup.

http://sports.yahoo.com/box/blog/box_experts/post/Canseco-knocked-for-a-loop-in-boxing-debut?urn=box,93737

bmwracer wrote:
Yup.

http://sports.yahoo.com/box/blog/box_experts/post/Canseco-knocked-for-a-loop-in-boxing-debut?urn=box,93737

Thanks for the link! Jeez, what a loser. :shakehead:

Wynter wrote:Thanks for the link! Jeez, what a loser. :shakehead:

Yup.

The dude was at the top of the baseball mountain in the late 80's, now he's resorted to this... :shakehead:

Big time loser. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
Yup.

The dude was at the top of the baseball mountain in the late 80's, now he's resorted to this... :shakehead:

Big time loser. :bleh:

Since it appears no one will sign him this season, I wouldn't mind seeing Barry Bonds get in the ring against Canseco :victory:

Better yet, have a battle of the Bash Brothers. McGwire vs. Canseco!

deseipher wrote:Since it appears no one will sign him this season, I wouldn't mind seeing Barry Bonds get in the ring against Canseco :victory:

Better yet, have a battle of the Bash Brothers. McGwire vs. Canseco!

Hypodermics at twenty paces? :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
The dude was at the top of the baseball mountain in the late 80's, now he's resorted to this... :shakehead:

Big time loser. :bleh:

I think Canseco inspired the quote "Million dollar talent and a 10 cent head" [/list:u]

Let me preface this by stating that I was not a fan of Jose Canseco when he played baseball, and I have found much of what he has done since he retired to be distasteful.

That said, if it were not for him, America would be kissing Barry Bonds' ass, prostrating at the feet of Roger Clemens, and putting Mark McGwire on a pedestal.

He was certainly a major catalyst in exposing the rampant use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, which is very ironic since he was also largely responsible for introducing those drugs to players in the first place.

While Canseco's reasons for revealing this were far from noble, the effects were profound and far-reaching.

Disparage the guy all you want--I certainly do with a lot of what he's done--but he did reveal an ugly truth about baseball that needed to be revealed and helped trigger a series of ramifications which continues to this day.

So on that score, I say good for him.

Btw, when I heard he got pummeled by Vai Sikahema, I was happy.

shin2 wrote:Let me preface this by stating that I was not a fan of Jose Canseco when he played baseball, and I have found much of what he has done since he retired to be distasteful.

That said, if it were not for him, America would be kissing Barry Bonds' ass, prostrating at the feet of Roger Clemens, and putting Mark McGwire on a pedestal.

He was certainly a major catalyst in exposing the rampant use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, which is very ironic since he was also largely responsible for introducing those drugs to players in the first place.

While Canseco's reasons for revealing this were far from noble, the effects were profound and far-reaching.

Disparage the guy all you want--I certainly do with a lot of what he's done--but he did reveal an ugly truth about baseball that needed to be revealed and helped trigger a series of ramifications which continues to this day.

So on that score, I say good for him.

Was he really the spark for all of this?

I find it hard to believe that baseball could be that clueless to it all... Of course, maybe they just ignored it until the media got a hold of it...

Btw, when I heard he got pummeled by Vai Sikahema, I was happy.

LOL. :hehe:

Was Canseco the spark?

He sure was. Until he published his tell-all book, baseball was dragging its feet investigating illegal ergogenic drug use among its players.

But with all the publicity his book generated and his subsequent appearance before a senate committee, the media ran wild with this, and baseball was forced to begin seriously addressing the abuse it tried to previously ignore.

Anabolic drug use was great for baseball. The Sosa-McGwire chase to break Roger Maris' home run record brought fans back to the game after a players' strike caused many people and the media to look negatively at baseball.

The long ball brought unprecedented profits and attention to MLB. So the last thing MLB wanted to do was kill the goose that laid the golden egg. That's why MLB officials and owners turned a blind eye to what was happening.

Canseco changed all that.

His printed and verbal accusations and his willingness to name names--all done for publicity and profit and not for any ethical reasons--stirred the media into action which in turn forced baseball to confront a truth it did not want to confront.