mike van stan van dan d'antoni
Hey guys how does it feel that your about to become the first nba team history to blow a 3-0 lead uh? If you don't think the suns can go on a 3 game win streak to take the series you are sadly mistaken and will be proven otherwise in about a week when your team is knocked out of the playoffs and fishing. You guys used up so much energy to beat us the first 3 games that you be tired and shot 30 percent the rest of the series and the suns will take every game and then go on to win the championship. It was a good season for you spurs fans but championships are won in the postseason and the suns know all about that GOOD NIGHT SPURS BY THE WAY I'M NOT TROLLING
mike van stan van dan d'antoni
You apparantly like getting banned and thinking up new names to post your drivel.
How does it feel to be up 3-1?
Pretty good. A win today would have been nice, but even I didn't think the Suns sucked that bad.
Worst Case Scenario...
Suns drag it out to game 7, and Pop is forced to use Bonner to drop 50 and get us to round 2.
Feels pretty bleeping good.
One another message board I browse occasionally, they post recipes when trolls show up. I think that's a fun idea. I'll start.
Key Lime Pie
INGREDIENTS
• 1/2 cup fresh key lime juice
• 4 teaspoons grated lime zest
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 - 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
• 11 graham crackers
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
PREP WORK
It's easier to remove the lime zest from whole limes so I would start with that. Then I would cut the limes in half and squeeze out the juice being careful not to include any pits.
Process the graham crackers in a food processor or blender and then melt the butter and have it at the ready.
HOW TO MAKE AT HOME
1. Whisk the egg yolks and lime zest together in a bowl until tinted light green. This takes about 2 minutes
2. Beat in milk, then juice and set aside at room temperature till it thickens.
3. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
4. Mix graham cracker crumbs and sugar in another bowl.
5. Add butter and stir with a fork until well blended.
6. Pour this mixture into a 9-inch pie pan and press over the bottom and up the sides of the pan. Try using the bottom of a measuring cup to make sure the graham cracker mixture forms a firm crust on the bottom of the pie pan.
7. Bake on the center rack for about 15 minutes until the crust is lightly brown, remove and let cool to room temperature.
8. Pour the lime filling into crust, spread evenly, and then bake for 15 minutes until the center sets, but still wiggles when shaken.
9. Remove from oven and cool to room temperature.
10. Refrigerate for at least three hours until well chilled.
Some of you might like to serve it with a whipped cream topping or a meringue topping, but I prefer keeping it simple. If the pie seems to be sticking to the pan when serving, try dipping the pan into a bowl of warm water to loosen it.
It feels a lot like we're up 3-1 in a best of 7 series.
I'm pretty the Suns can go on a 3 game win streak. The thing is, they need to go on a 4 game win streak.
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u can smell a troll from his first post.
i wonder how this idiot will act if theyre the one who is up 3-1
He would be doing push-ups
Sig material.
This guy just posted a recipe for bull .
- Mars
One better...
War and Peace, Chapter I
Having thanked Anna Pavlovna for her charming soiree, the guests began to take their leave.
Pierre was ungainly. Stout, about the average height, broad, with huge red hands; he did not know, as the saying is, to enter a drawing room and still less how to leave one; that is, how to say something particularly agreeable before going away. Besides this he was absent-minded. When he rose to go, he took up instead of his own, the general's three-cornered hat, and held it, pulling at the plume, till the general asked him to restore it. All his absent-mindedness and inability to enter a room and converse in it was, however, redeemed by his kindly, simple, and modest expression. Anna Pavlovna turned toward him and, with a Christian mildness that expressed forgiveness of his indiscretion, nodded and said: "I hope to see you again, but I also hope you will change your opinions, my dear Monsieur Pierre."
When she said this, he did not reply and only bowed, but again everybody saw his smile, which said nothing, unless perhaps, "Opinions are opinions, but you see what a capital, good-natured fellow I am." And everyone, including Anna Pavlovna, felt this.
Prince Andrew had gone out into the hall, and, turning his shoulders to the footman who was helping him on with his cloak, listened indifferently to his wife's chatter with Prince Hippolyte who had also come into the hall. Prince Hippolyte stood close to the pretty, pregnant princess, and stared fixedly at her through his eyeglass.
"Go in, Annette, or you will catch cold," said the little princess, taking leave of Anna Pavlovna. "It is settled," she added in a low voice.
Anna Pavlovna had already managed to speak to Lise about the match she contemplated between Anatole and the little princess' sister-in-law.
"I rely on you, my dear," said Anna Pavlovna, also in a low tone. "Write to her and let me know how her father looks at the matter. Au revoir!"- and she left the hall.
Prince Hippolyte approached the little princess and, bending his face close to her, began to whisper something.
Two footmen, the princess' and his own, stood holding a shawl and a cloak, waiting for the conversation to finish. They listened to the French sentences which to them were meaningless, with an air of understanding but not wishing to appear to do so. The princess as usual spoke smilingly and listened with a laugh.
"I am very glad I did not go to the ambassador's," said Prince Hippolyte "-so dull-. It has been a delightful evening, has it not? Delightful!"
"They say the ball will be very good," replied the princess, drawing up her downy little lip. "All the pretty women in society will be there."
"Not all, for you will not be there; not all," said Prince Hippolyte smiling joyfully; and snatching the shawl from the footman, whom he even pushed aside, he began wrapping it round the princess. Either from awkwardness or intentionally (no one could have said which) after the shawl had been adjusted he kept his arm around her for a long time, as though embracing her.
Still smiling, she gracefully moved away, turning and glancing at her husband. Prince Andrew's eyes were closed, so weary and sleepy did he seem.
"Are you ready?" he asked his wife, looking past her.
Prince Hippolyte hurriedly put on his cloak, which in the latest fashion reached to his very heels, and, stumbling in it, ran out into the porch following the princess, whom a footman was helping into the carriage.
"Princesse, au revoir," cried he, stumbling with his tongue as well as with his feet.
The princess, picking up her dress, was taking her seat in the dark carriage, her husband was adjusting his saber; Prince Hippolyte, under pretense of helping, was in everyone's way.
"Allow me, sir," said Prince Andrew in Russian in a cold, disagreeable tone to Prince Hippolyte who was blocking his path.
"I am expecting you, Pierre," said the same voice, but gently and affectionately.
The postilion started, the carriage wheels rattled. Prince Hippolyte laughed spasmodically as he stood in the porch waiting for the vicomte whom he had promised to take home.
"Well, mon cher," said the vicomte, having seated himself beside Hippolyte in the carriage, "your little princess is very nice, very nice indeed, quite French," and he kissed the tips of his fingers. Hippolyte burst out laughing.
"Do you know, you are a terrible chap for all your innocent airs," continued the vicomte. "I pity the poor husband, that little officer who gives himself the airs of a monarch."
Hippolyte spluttered again, and amid his laughter said, "And you were saying that the Russian ladies are not equal to the French? One has to know how to deal with them."
Pierre reaching the house first went into Prince Andrew's study like one quite at home, and from habit immediately lay down on the sofa, took from the shelf the first book that came to his hand (it was Caesar's Commentaries), and resting on his elbow, began reading it in the middle.
"What have you done to Mlle Scherer? She will be quite ill now," said Prince Andrew, as he entered the study, rubbing his small white hands.
Pierre turned his whole body, making the sofa creak. He lifted his eager face to Prince Andrew, smiled, and waved his hand.
"That abbe is very interesting but he does not see the thing in the right light.... In my opinion perpetual peace is possible but- I do not know how to express it... not by a balance of political power...."
It was evident that Prince Andrew was not interested in such abstract conversation.
"One can't everywhere say all one thinks, mon cher. Well, have you at last decided on anything? Are you going to be a guardsman or a diplomatist?" asked Prince Andrew after a momentary silence.
Pierre sat up on the sofa, with his legs tucked under him.
"Really, I don't yet know. I don't like either the one or the other."
"But you must decide on something! Your father expects it."
Pierre at the age of ten had been sent abroad with an abbe as tutor, and had remained away till he was twenty. When he returned to Moscow his father dismissed the abbe and said to the young man, "Now go to Petersburg, look round, and choose your profession. I will agree to anything. Here is a letter to Prince Vasili, and here is money. Write to me all about it, and I will help you in everything." Pierre had already been choosing a career for three months, and had not decided on anything. It was about this choice that Prince Andrew was speaking. Pierre rubbed his forehead.
"But he must be a Freemason," said he, referring to the abbe whom he had met that evening.
"That is all nonsense." Prince Andrew again interrupted him, "let us talk business. Have you been to the Horse Guards?"
"No, I have not; but this is what I have been thinking and wanted to tell you. There is a war now against Napoleon. If it were a war for freedom I could understand it and should be the first to enter the army; but to help England and Austria against the greatest man in the world is not right."
Prince Andrew only shrugged his shoulders at Pierre's childish words. He put on the air of one who finds it impossible to reply to such nonsense, but it would in fact have been difficult to give any other answer than the one Prince Andrew gave to this naive question.
"If no one fought except on his own conviction, there would be no wars," he said.
"And that would be splendid," said Pierre.
Prince Andrew smiled ironically.
"Very likely it would be splendid, but it will never come about..."
"Well, why are you going to the war?" asked Pierre.
"What for? I don't know. I must. Besides that I am going..." He paused. "I am going because the life I am leading here does not suit me!"
To be up 3-1 about to send the Suns home another year pretty damn good, thanks for asking.
Don't be ridiculous! The Spurs took a break today...YOU CANNOT WIN EVERY GAME you know??? LOOK AT THE LAST YEAR PLAYOFFS - SA at Utah in game 3- GAME 3: Jazz 109, Spurs 84, after this game everyone was talking TRASH, but we beat them afterwards!
WE WILL CLOSE YOU OUT ON TUESDAY, THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF TEARS ON TUESDAY!!!
STUPID SUNS FANS! YOU WILL NEVER WIN ANYTHING!!! NEVER!
GO SPURS!
it feels like this
That sounds really good ... I'll definitely have to try that.
Here's my contribution:
I never like salmon until I made this ... it is awesome. :p
Lime and Honey Glazed Salmon with
Warm Black Bean and Corn Salad
Recipe from: Rachael Ray 365
by Rachael Ray
- 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (divided use)
- 1 medium red onion, chopped
- 2 large garlic cloves, chopped
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon ground in (1/3 palmful)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Juice of 2 limes
- 3 tablespoons honey (3 gobs)
- 1 teaspoon chili powder (1/3 palmful)
- 4 (6-ounce) salmon fillets
- 1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded, and chopped
- 1 (10-ounce) box frozen corn kernels, defrosted
- 1/2 cup chicken stock or broth
- 1 (15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 to 3 tablespoons fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
- 6 cups baby spinach
- Preheat a medium skillet over medium heat with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil (twice around the pan). Add the onions, garlic, red pepper flakes, in, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes.
- While the onions are cooking, preheat a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat with the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
- In a shallow dish, combine the juice of 1 lime, honey, chili powder, and salt and pepper to taste. Add the salmon fillets to the lime-honey mixture and toss to coat thoroughly. Add the seasoned salmon to the hot skillet and cook until just cooked through, about 3 to 4 minutes on each side.
- To the cooked onions, add the bell pepper and corn kernels and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the chicken stock and continue to cook for another 2 minutes.
- Add the black beans and cook until the beans are just heated through.
- Remove the skillet from the heat and add the juice of the second lime, the cilantro and the spinach. Toss to wilt the spinach and then taste and adjust the seasoning.
- Serve the lime-and-honey-glazed salmon on top of the warm black bean and corn salad.
Since we've gone the random route, here is some useful information for those interested in purchasing their first guitar.
How about an acoustic?
People get this idea that an acoustic is easier to play because you always see people playing simple chords of them. Guess what? The reality is that this is the case precisely because acoustic guitars are hard to play... which is why most players are limited to strumming. They have thicker strings that make them difficult to fret without blistering your fingers, and it's impossible to bend strings unless you're an experienced player.
The reality is that more often than not, an acoustic guitar will frustrate all but the most determined aspiring musicians... And yet this is the guitar most parents give their kids when they want to start them playing.
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A classical guitar?
A classical guitar is easier to play and learn on in some senses, but not all. For example, the strings are nylon, not steel (even though it looks like three of them are metal, they're just nylon with thin metal cover to keep them from sounding dull like a bass guitar). These strings are easier to push down. Unfortunately, they don't sound as good when you strum them. They just don't ring out like steel ones.
A sort of mixed blessing for new players is that the neck is wider than any other type of guitar (well, except a 9-string bass), so it makes it easy to touch one string without touching the others, something that's very hard for clumsy newbies. However, this almost means that it makes it easy to touch one string without touching the others. Yes, I repeated myself. Some of the chords like G, for example, require separate finger positions, but one like A requires you to use two fingers to fret three strings. That's hard to do if they're far apart. It's a toss-up.
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Well, what about a bass?
While a bass is a little easier to play, both physically and mentally (you only have to play one string at a time to look competent), it is really limited. Bass lines are fun, but can be monotonous. Also, even at a low volume, bass travels through the walls, so it is more conducive to bugging the neighbors as well as those in your own place.
Admittedly, I did start out playing a bass, but I found that I got bored on it and quickly moved on to an small classical guitar and learned some chords. Bass guitars do not encourage improvisation or actually accompaniment. At best they fixate players on riffs, but most just end up playing one-note basslines and thinking that's all there is to music. And parents and neighbors will hear every bad note through the walls no matter how low you play.
While different basses *do* produce different (and sometimes brand-specific) characteristic tones, because they are of a lower frequency, it generally takes a semi-professional to hear the difference. And for most rock songs, there is little difference to be had since the bass is rarely very prominant in the mix (contrast this with, say, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers or any number of jazz recordings). About the biggest difference might be if you are playing a fretless, because the play style is a little different and it is hard to match the sound of the strings against the frets (it's brighter; fretless = dull sounding). I have a fretless, and it's fun to play, but now wish I had just gotten a fretted version. A Fender Precission is a good bass. It's probably the Honda of rock music: doesn't come on so strong that you notice it, but it gets you there. Most of the bass playing in Roger Waters-era Pink Floyd material fits this description.
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Maybe an electric then?
Yes, absolutely. The reasons are many. Here are a few:
-They're usually the easiest to play.
-They're versatile. You can start out playing rhythm, but can also do full-on leads when you're ready.
-They're more interesting. You can't go from "clean" to "distorted" on any other instrument, and many cheap amps come chock full of effects now-a-days (e.g. chorus, delay, reverb, flange, etc. in addition to distortion and a 3-band EQ).
The easier and more rewarding the playing experience, the more engaged a presently non-musician will be to experiment with the possibilities. Think of it like this: If someone can sound like Eric Clapton or Slash, wouldn't that make him or her want to play like the virtuoso (s)he can emulate sonically? That's what happened to me.
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The conundrum: Strat or Paul?
Whether you go for a Stratocaster or a Les Paul really depends a lot on the music you want to play.
If you're into anything "metal," any music where there's a lot of distortion or a thick tone like in jazz guitar, a Strat just won't do it for you. The reason is that Strats mostly have single coil pickups rather than humbuckers (the thicker type made out of a pair of coils wired together). Strats don't have as high an output, so they don't distort as well.
However, Strats are great for playing lead guitar or for strumming "real" chords. If you like RHCP, Nirvana, and other guys with a clean or just trashy sound, a Strat is probably better. They're also easier to play on average. To give you an idea, I had three Strats at one point and only one LP. Most people tend to think of the Strat at the Stradivarius of guitars whereas Les Pauls are more of a Cadillac: pretty, but not especially utilitarian. What do these guys play: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour, Eric Johnson, and SRV? I rest my case.
Of course, most people want to sound like their hero(es). Well, look at what they play most of the time, and that will give you a good indication of what kind of guitar will produce the vibe you're looking for. Check out this list of guitarist and their signature instruments.
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An overlooked alternative
I'm going to suggest an alternative to the Strat vs. LP debate for beginning guitarists. There is a relatively inexpensive line of guitars out there by Steinberger (who is presently owned by Gibson, incidentally). Because they have humbucking pickups, they sound a lot like Les Pauls, but they also have a tremolo (i.e., a whammy bar) and a 5-way pickup selector like a Strat. They look like they're from outer space (Where's the headstock?!).
But here's the most important feature: They NEVER go out of tune. I think that's one of the most important things a guitar should do for you when you're just beginning and need to be concentrating on playing instead of worrying about staying in tune all the time, especially since it takes most players a while to develop an ear. Also, should you break a string, they're incredibly easy to change because you don't have to thread them and spend forever winding keys. I have one and so does my girlfriend. I also have a couple Strats and a Les Paul, so it isn't like I'm just promoting something because that's all I've ever played.
Read a little more about mine on this page. I think that's the best option for anyone looking to start playing. You can always get another guitar or two or a dozen when you get to be a better player. Good luck.
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Pawn shopping
What I don't recommend for a first-time guitar buyer of any variety are pawn shops. I know what is worth it and what isn't, but you won't right off. Consider that a lot of things ended up there because they weren't wanted. Who knows why? Too hard to play, never stayed in tune, etc. And don't even think about buying an amp in one. If it doesn't work properly, I can't imagine you or anyone you know could repair it.
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The hype
The price of guitars is a complete mystery to me. I never believe the hype anymore. When shopping for a guitar I like, there are three areas I look at: Aesthetics, Playability, and Sound. The first area is obvious. It has to look nice and/or interesting or require minimal effort to get it to look the way I would like. Playability refers to how easy it is to pick up and play and perform tricks on. This includes issues of fretboard material (if it's smooth, etc.), string height (so my fingers don't bleed after playing it for 5 minutes), etc. as well as which features it includes such as which type of tremolo (if any), tuners, and so on. Sound refers mainly to the electronics, but other factors come into play. A guitar is a deceptively complex system.
In most cases, you can get a decent guitar that looks, plays, and sounds as good to a beginner as the top of the line model will. You shouldn't s out more for a guitar than you need to. If you want a status symbol, wait until your playing matches the guitar you want.
While Fender is great, they also make a line called Squire, which are "entry-level" instruments. These are made a little bit more cheaply, but they play just fine. To give you an idea, I have two Squires to my one Fender. They look the same as the "originals" except that "Fender" is written in small print on the headstock while "Squire" stands out. You can save over $100 and get essentially the same guitar. Same thing with the Gibson look/sound-a-likes from Epiphone.
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Accessories
Some other items to get:
Electronic guitar tuner - This is essential... unless you have perfect pitch or years or music training. They're around $20
Extra strings - Get a couple sets, either size .009 or .010. Larger sizes than that and you will end up with blisters the first time you change them.
Some sort of basic song book with chords - Get your favorite album, the one with the most tracks you are going to want to learn to play all the way through. The way I learned the play was to buy a few Pink Floyd songbooks. Anything that is "piano/vocal/chords" is great. This type (as opposed to "guitar tabulature") writes out the sheet music for piano (with a melody above those clefts) and little grids representing the chords above that. Having a familar piece of music to work with is really important. I was never one to sit around and play the same chords over and over just for the sake of practicing. (For completeness' sake, "guitar tabulature" explains where you put each finger on the strings, how to bend them, which ones should have vibratto, etc. This is great for solos, but everyone starts by strumming chords, so these editions are unnecessarily complicated for beginners.)
Oh and just to keep things kosher, GO SPURS GO.
We are going to win the championship the suns own your ass your sorry team is full of crybaby flopers who have no respect for other teams and have to hurt their star player in order to win a championship I fing bet that if your pathatic team started sucking half of you bandwagon fan losers wouldnt even show up here were were you guys when duncan wasnt here and you sucked ass through the robinson years uh answer me that sherlocks
Here wasn't here before the Duncan years.
CREAM PUFF PASTRY
1/2 c. butter
1 c. boiling water
1 c. pre-sifted flour
1/4 tsp. salt
4 eggs
Put butter and water in small saucepan; stir over high heat until melted and liquid is boiling rapidly. Add flour and salt at once; raise saucepan a few inches above heat. Stir briskly. Mixture will come away from sides of pan and form a ball in center.
Cook and stir 30 seconds more. Remove from heat. Break 1 egg into the paste; beat fast until smooth and fluffy. Repeat until all the eggs are used.
Drop by whatever size you want (1/4 cup) onto ungreased cookie sheet 3 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees until puffed and golden 35-40 minutes. Cool away from drafts. Cut off tops and fill with filling or ice cream.
CREAM PUFF FILLING:
1/3 c. sugar
2 c. milk
2 tbsp. butter
2 tsp. vanilla
2 tbsp. cornstarch
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
Mix sugar, cornstarch and eggs in 2-quart saucepan. Stir in milk gradually. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and boils. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Cool and fill cream puffs.
BLA-BLA-BLA! GET LOST BEFORE WE MAKE IT HAPPEN...
Ever notice how we park in driveways and drive on parkways???
GO SPURS GO!!!
Has anyone ever considered making an ST Cookbook?
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