War Room Lounge v97: Jesus Christ, you're even pedantic with foreplay.

[Anung Un Rama]

Wait, Rip Torn, Jan Micheal Vincent, Peter Fonda, and Luke Perry died last year? Luke frigging Perry?

Your emphasis on Luke Perry and not Rip Torn has my finger hovering over the unfollow button.

 

[luckyshot]

My little boy is learning about Dr. King in Kindergarten and it is bringing tears to my eyes.

“Daddy, did you know that people with white skin used say people with dark skin weren’t as good? But Martin Luther King told them that was silly...

But then they got angry and wanted to hurt him and put him in jail lots of times. Why did they do that?”

 

[Anung Un Rama]

Did Shinigami join the board too late to get any "worst poster of the year" nominations? If so, it's a shame he won't be recognized for his contributions until 2021.

An 03 account emerges like Lazlo from Real Genius. How goes it Sherbro?

 

[sickc0d3r]

Your emphasis on Luke Perry and not Rip Torn has my finger hovering over the unfollow button.

That was intentionally ironical, I hope you realize...

 

[sickc0d3r]

My little boy is learning about Dr. King in Kindergarten and it is bringing tears to my eyes.

“Daddy, did you know that people with white skin used say people with dark skin weren’t as good? But Martin Luther King told them that was silly...

But then they got angry and wanted to hurt him. Why did they do that?”

Kids are awesome. You have to learn how to be a dipshit from others, it seems.

 

[sickc0d3r]

An 03 account emerges like Lazlo from Real Genius. How goes it Sherbro?

Lazlo Hollifeld! I love that movie so much.

 

[Ruprecht]

That was intentionally ironical, I hope you realize...

Hah! I missed that. I thought the emphasis was because he was relatively young.

 

[Fawlty]

At least I'm acknowledging my own posts and tagging you, instead of insulting you, hoping you don't see, and then running when it's asked about or referred to.

That's really stupid. Of course I assume you read the comments.

Now, are we going to play that dumb game where I have to tag you so you can complain about being tagged, but complain about not being tagged too?

More girlfriend shit.

 

[sickc0d3r]

Hah! I missed that. I thought the emphasis was because he was relatively young.

That too. And then I had to include Jan Micheal Vincent because it was impossible not to. So yeah, any confusion is understandable.

 

[spin]

an alarming number of horses are dying at the Santa Anita horsetrack.

https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/s...se-three-days-dies-santa-anita-training-hours

"Santa Anita has had five horse deaths since Dec. 26, two days before the winter-spring meet began. Last year, 37 horses died at the Southern California racetrack."

 

[MVelsor]

We are at the science center and my son looked up on stage and yells

“Daddy High Voltage”

I took mine to one of the big 'haunted houses' down here last October. Some of the noises coming from that place sounded like Ric Flair being sodomized by a moose with its pecker greased in pepper spray FFS.

Fire in the disco!!!!!!

 

[Sketch]

That's really stupid. Of course I assume you read the comments.

Now, are we going to play that dumb game where I have to tag you so you can complain about being tagged, but complain about not being tagged too?

More girlfriend shit.

This is the first time you have had any (Real) girlfriend shit going on in years, you should be ecstatic.

 

[spin]

I took mine to one of the big 'haunted houses' down here last October. Some of the noises coming from that place sounded like Ric Flair being sodomized by a moose with its pecker greased in pepper spray FFS.

I mean, it could have been an ungreased, dry moose dick.

I feel like that moose should at least get partial credit

 

[Fawlty]

@Jack V Savage Roger Clemens not being first ballot HoF and possibly not even eighth is a testament to baseball being full of stupid dickwads.

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

@Jack V Savage Roger Clemens not being first ballot HoF and possibly not even eighth is a testament to baseball being full of stupid dickwads.

The voters are definitely pushing back too strongly against the steroid era players, which is a shame imo. There’s no way the Hall of Fame should be without Clemens and Bonds at least.

As an aside, as a young little league pitcher myself I had the pleasure of meeting my favorite player Roger Clemens and he was super nice and gave me an autograph. I’ve heard he’s a dick but he was cool to me and I was really grateful.

 

[Fawlty]

The voters are definitely pushing back too strongly against the steroid era players, which is a shame imo. There’s no way the Hall of Fame should be without Clemens and Bonds at least.

As an aside, as a young little league pitcher myself I had the pleasure of meeting my favorite player Roger Clemens and he was super nice and gave me an autograph. I’ve heard he’s a dick but he was cool to me and I was really grateful.

He was the one I wanted to meet most. I wasn't that good a pitcher but I did get pulled while throwing a no hitter in the 4th for the coach's son who showed up late. Still gotten to btw. I only got to meet freaking Todd van Poppel, who was supposed to be great but didn't do shit in the MLB.

The Bonds snub is obviously way worse than Clemens, McGwire is about even imo.

 

[Lord Coke]

Rare 16th Century Gothic Boxwood Carvings Are So Miniature Researchers Used X-Ray To Solve Their Mysteries

https://steampunktendencies.com/rar...d4IBdMO6Ya2Oqr7SajpbQzrSugUCk-91jIvejpWctxTSU

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Between 1500 and 1530 wood artists in Flanders and the Netherlands created of of the most exquisite miniature religious wood carvings ever seen.

Known as woodbox carvings there are only 135 of these artifacts known to exist. These miniature pieces of art are extremely detailed, the details of which was only truly appreciated after these miniature works of arts were examined by Micro-CT scans, advanced 3D analysis software, microscopes and X-rays.

The inner layers of these tiny carvings are pieced together so well that the joints could only be seen using microscopes and X-rays. It is a wonder that the original artists of these works were able to craft cravings so finely detailed and involved without the aid of modern equipment. Pins, smaller than a grass seed were used to hold some of the wood work in place.
However, despite the use of modern technology much of the production process of these carvings remain a mystery due to traces of gold which blocked much of the X-rays “view.”

Part of the draw of these wonderful woodboxes is the fact that much of how they were made remains a true mystery adding to both the intrinsic and artistic value of these little works of art.

These carvings were created out of a demand for quality portable religious carvings in Europe prior to the reformation period. However, once attempts were underway to reform both the Protestant and Catholic church the need for miniature accessories were no longer in high demand.

Researchers took these 500-year-old miniature boxwood carvings to the lab to find out their secrets

Photo by Craig Boyko
They think these miniatures were made between 1500 and 1530 in Flanders or the Netherlands

The human eye isn’t able to analyze details this tiny

So researchers used micro-CT scanning and Advanced 3D Analysis Software

To find out how intricate the pieces really are

They found joints in the inner layers so tiny that only a microscope or an X-ray can detect them

Photo by Craig Boyko
And pins, smaller than a grass seed

But even the advanced technology couldn’t see everything

Because traces of gold and other decoration materials conceal the X-ray views

The miniatures were a result of a rising new social class in Europe that created a demand for these high-quality portable religious carvings

Photo by Ian Lefebvre
However, soon the Reformation began and a lot of church-related accessories went out of fashion

Photo by Ian Lefebvre
More info: ago. ca | YouTube (h/t: colossal / The Mind Circle)

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

He was the one I wanted to meet most. I wasn't that good a pitcher but I did get pulled while throwing a no hitter in the 4th for the coach's son who showed up late. Still gotten to btw. I only got to meet freaking Todd van Poppel, who was supposed to be great but didn't do shit in the MLB.

The Bonds snub is obviously way worse than Clemens, McGwire is about even imo.

Bonds is of course the worst snub. By far. But I rank Clemens far ahead of McGwire, to the extent that you can compare pitchers to position players. But I’ll defer to Jack on that one

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

Rare 16th Century Gothic Boxwood Carvings Are So Miniature Researchers Used X-Ray To Solve Their Mysteries

https://steampunktendencies.com/rar...d4IBdMO6Ya2Oqr7SajpbQzrSugUCk-91jIvejpWctxTSU

That’s cool as hell

 

[spin]

The voters are definitely pushing back too strongly against the steroid era players, which is a shame imo. There’s no way the Hall of Fame should be without Clemens and Bonds at least.

As an aside, as a young little league pitcher myself I had the pleasure of meeting my favorite player Roger Clemens and he was super nice and gave me an autograph. I’ve heard he’s a dick but he was cool to me and I was really grateful.

Vehimentely disagree.


They cheated, and not only should they not be in the Hall, they all should have been thrown out and banned at the time. All of em. Everyone in the documents.

That MLB didn't do the right thing then, didn't change the fact that their accomplishments are nullified, and we should continue to let it slide because MLB did so.


Same shit is happening right now. The Astros win in 17 is null and void. They cheated, factual and documented. MLB isn't voiding it, players aren't being punished. It's still illegitimate, and everyone knows it.