No, it's not a five-star tight end from Pennsylvania, but Black Shoe Diaries did just land the commitments of four-star Jared Slanina (loses a star for being from Ohio) and four-star Keith Platt (same, but New Jersey). Welcome to the BSD family, Jared and Keith!
Their individual introductions after the jump...
Jared Slanina
@ForeverJVP
Former BSD handle: "whiteout1"
We are very pleased to introduce our newest member to the Black Shoe Diaries staff, lucky number thirteen, Jared Slanina. Jared will be working as a recruiting analyst and will play a major role in our efforts to increase the recruiting coverage we provide to our valued readers.
Jared will provide some much-needed MACtion to BSD, as he has a master's degree in journalism from Kent State. He lives in Stow, Ohio and is employed as a public relations specialist. Besides Penn State football, he enjoys reading nonfiction, spending time outdoors, enjoying dinner and a few beers with friends and family, and being with his pets—Pillsbury, an American Bulldog/Pug mix and Tamba (named after you know who), a dog trapped in a cat’s body. Jared is a self-proclaimed "Simpsons geek," which will make him a great fit with the BSD staff.
Jared quickly picked up his father’s passion for the game of football, especially his two favorite teams, Penn State and the Cleveland Browns. Fortunately for us, his dad’s admiration of Joseph Vincent Paterno likely saved Jared from being a Buckeyes fan. Jared grew up in Warren, Ohio, a football-crazed, blue-collar rustbelt town straight out of Friday Night Lights. He played football at Howland High School, also attended by former Penn State safety Tony Davis and incoming freshman Anthony Stanko. He grew up in the same area as other notable players such as Daryll Clark, Brandon Beachum and Michael Zordich. His football career was cut short after a serious knee injury.
Jared made his first trip to Beaver Stadium for the 1997 Ohio State game, which Penn State won 31-27 in thrilling fashion with the help of the monster ground game of Curtis Enis and Aaron Harris. This experience of being surrounded by 100,000-plus propelled his Penn State fandom into a completely new level. He has traveled to Penn State for several games each year and is glued to the television every Saturday of the season. Jared has made a habit out of somehow being present at Beaver Stadium for milestone moments, including LJ reaching 2,000 yards against Michigan State, JoePa’s 400th and 409th victories, the Big Ten championship-clinching game against Sparty in 2008, and his personal favorite, the 2005 "whiteout" game against Ohio State.
Welcome to the chaos, Jared.
Keith Platt
@kmplattesq
Former BSD handle: "kmplatt"
We would also like to welcome Keith Platt to our staff as one of our new recruiting analysts/reporters. Keith’s duties, primarily, will be to focus on players that Coach O’Brien and the rest of PSU’s coaching staff are recruiting. We’re very excited to have Keith as part of our team and would like to take this opportunity to tell you a little more about him.
Keith is originally from Philadelphia and is a graduate of Stockton College and Widener University Law School. He currently resides in New Jersey and where he practices civil litigation. Although, he did not attend Penn State, Keith is an avid Nittany Lion Football fan and has been since the Lions won their first National Championship under Joe Paterno. Well versed in what "Success With Honor" means to Penn State, his analysis will be focused both on the athletic and academic prowess of those who may have the honor of wearing the Blue and White.
Keith has been a member of our BSD community since November, 2011 and has provided great insight into "It." Keith has also provided thoughtful commentary on the coaching search and the resumes of those who were rumored to be candidates. Lastly, his open letter to Coach O’Brien was well written and very respectful. Based upon his past submissions to our forums, we know that Keith will be a valuable member to our team.
Please join us in welcoming both Jared and Keith to our team.
Be sure to become a fan of BSD on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter!
1 recs | 448 comments
Widener Represent!
I don’t care about stars, I want to see their offer sheets.
jman07 - February 8, 2012
Stars don't matter
But can you “coach them up”?
Welcome.
PaJoe - February 8, 2012 via mobile
BSD...
where lawyers go to waste a day.
Good recruits by the BSD staff. Shows great hustle.
Esteban d' Amur - February 8, 2012
FTFY
where lawyers go to waste a
daycareer.PSUCharmas - February 8, 2012
Welcome
Love the sound of @ForeverJVP! hopefully will love sq also. So great to see the wonder of all things valued for our blackshoed lions. Thanks for all you are going to offer.
ComfortHePuHuTh - February 8, 2012
my bad
‘esq’
ComfortHePuHuTh - February 8, 2012
got me all pumped up...
thought it was some defensive backs, but its just another lawyer…
HAVE YOU SEEN OUR DEPTH CHART AT LAWYER???
dude will never see the field…
but for real real, welcome, look forward to reading your stuff!
Why did I Graduate? - February 8, 2012
Underwhelmed...
These guys are too old school and still use HITs
Good luck!
SweepTheLeg - February 8, 2012
Tips for the new guys
Make sure to include hilarious captions for all pictures and throw in as many esoteric pop culture references as possible.
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
NEEDS MOAR SELENA GOMEZ!!!1!!
jman07 - February 8, 2012
WHO DOES THAT?????
Peter Gray - February 8, 2012
Damn
I forgot gifs as well.
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
skarocksoi,
Pop culture references is not a food.
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
#buckleup
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
Welcome guys
I am glad you guys are aboard. If the crew hired you I know you will both work out well. I am glad to get a little more insight / input from NJ. Even though you are a lawyer lol, I am looking foward to reading your input.
NJDeadhead - February 8, 2012
Welcome Gentlemen
I look forward to enjoying your contributions to BSD.
James - February 8, 2012
Chasing recruits and ambulances...
since 2012.
LB31Monster - February 8, 2012
Bob Loblaw. No habla Espanol.
Chris Grovich - February 8, 2012
the Bob Loblaw Law Blog
swiggy04 - February 8, 2012
"Well, we're not here to talk nonsense to Bob Loblaw."
DrewRusse - February 8, 2012
"Well sir, you are a mouthful"
Kyle_Martin - February 8, 2012
All I have to say is
BSD just hired a guy who wrote this, and then never apologized for it to the guy he said it to.
M1EK - February 8, 2012
are you gonna cry?
tlrpsu - February 8, 2012
Now, now
A little sand in your bajingo can be very uncomfortable. Or so I’ve heard.
kijana's acl - February 8, 2012
So boycott the site?
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
I want to be clear, M1EK
I’m not suggesting that I personally want you to boycott the site, I was simply suggesting one possible course of action that has been used by many people who disagreed with many other people/corporations for a variety of reasons
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
"He said,'Ride On!' TO ME!!!!!
TheSwish - February 8, 2012
I did not get this until now and fuck me.
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012 via mobile
I don't get it
letsgopsu - February 8, 2012
That was not addressed to anybody directly
Sure, you can believe that it was directed at you but he didn’t say, “Yo M1EK, go off yourself dude”
jman07 - February 8, 2012
It was a call for mass suicide...
…rather than individual suicide, so that makes it okay? Or is that reductio ad absurdum?
jesse. - February 8, 2012
Now there you go
referencing Jonestown again
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
Speaking of Jonestown
I just watched a very interesting show on H2 highlighting some famous cults and cult leaders. It was pretty informative and very eye opening. Its amazing how someone who started out with such great intentions and really a pretty good organization could degenerate so quickly by the wave of paranoia. It actually made me want to learn a little more about the rise and fall of the leader/cult. But that requires more work than watching a two hour tv show, so I haven’t yet.
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
Not saying it's ok or not
I’m not making a judgement either way. Just making the point that the full quote was not directed at anybody in particular.
jman07 - February 8, 2012
I dont know
I hear Glocks are just coming into season about this time of year. Exceptionally tasty if you cook them au jus and accompany them with a nice red wine.
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
I like to think that this type straight shooting is what gets a guy hired around here
Pun intended.
kijana's acl - February 8, 2012
BSD pulled the trigger on this hire
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
They've had him in their sites for a while
BlueWhiteLife - February 8, 2012
It was well targeted.
SubLime - February 8, 2012
I just hope they didn't jump the gun
jman07 - February 8, 2012
He'll be fine
lock, stock and barrel
BlueWhiteLife - February 8, 2012
M1EK is our version of Hell Week At BSD...
So now you boys have been Hazed.
87Townie - February 8, 2012
At least a creative and eloquent threatgestion
PSUCharmas - February 8, 2012
chocochuck02 - February 8, 2012
He's quite consistent
In his consistency.
chocochuck02 - February 8, 2012
Also consistent in that he is always the victim
kijana's acl - February 8, 2012
You don't have any respect for the victims!
jman07 - February 8, 2012
Not to get into semantics, but...
It was a suggestion, not a demand.
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
You've earned my smile.
MainLion - February 8, 2012
All I have to say is
jls83 - February 8, 2012
Welcome
Violent Fish in their Wringing Felt,
Albert Unser Believes in Jared and Keith.
Alice, Alice, Get more Pie
Don’t Be A Sentence High!
joefromboalsburg - February 8, 2012
Always good to see a PSU / Browns fan
There aren’t enough of us.
ckmneon - February 8, 2012
I'm just shocked to learn the Browns actually have fans.
By the way, as a Texans fan, I’m 100% aware that this is a textbook case of the “pot calling the kettle black.”
DrewRusse - February 8, 2012
What are these Browns and Texans you speak of?
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
Teams rumored to exist but not confirmed
as they exist in a mysterious land even the most intrepidsports journalists dare not explore (the part of America not located on the East Coast).
DrewRusse - February 8, 2012
Ok, then explain the Dallas Cowboys to me
kijana's acl - February 8, 2012
It's the Macau of our Cathay.
DrewRusse - February 8, 2012
Cult
letsgopsu - February 8, 2012
damn, the image did not show up and I have go to a meeting
letsgopsu - February 8, 2012
Yeah
In Holmgren we trust, at least for the time being. I still believe if the Browns had a couple reliable receivers other than Jordan Norwood, they would have made a very strong push for the playoffs this past year. Greg Little may have set records in drops, but he was a far, far cry from alone.
ckmneon - February 8, 2012
Stop.
There are many things where it’s reasonable to be optimistic. The Browns, though?
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
If I had a dollar for every time a third down conversion failed due to a bad drop, and no other reason this past year
I would have collected about 3-5 dollars per game. Statistically, the difference in first downs and TOP alone would have led to 4 or 5 more wins.
That being said, you do have a point.
ckmneon - February 8, 2012
We're a rare breed
and vastly outnumbered by Ohio State/Steelers fans.
Jared Slanina - February 8, 2012
There is no such thing as an Ohio State/Steelers fan.
jesse. - February 8, 2012
Visit NE Ohio and you'll meet tens of thousands of them.
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
(don't actually visit NE Ohio)
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
always love posting this video
NE Ohio
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
Better advice has never been givien on this or any other website.
DrewRusse - February 8, 2012
lmao
tlrpsu - February 8, 2012
I'll move there
ckmneon - February 8, 2012
I know you're Johnny Ohio but NE Ohio?
Come on.
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
Got a house in Chagrin Falls and everything
ckmneon - February 8, 2012
Oh well look at you Mr. Fancypants!
How about “stay out of Youngstown, land of Ohio State/Steeler fans and general blight”?
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
Well, obviously
Part of my soft-religion involves avoiding OSU and Steelers fans like those of the Islamic and Judaic faiths avoid pigs: they’re just disgusting, unclean creatures that do nothing but bad things for your blood pressure.
ckmneon - February 8, 2012
I hope you don't really feel that way about bacon
Or sausage. Or scrapple. Or apparently pork roll. Or hot dogs.
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
I am neither Islamic nor Jewish.
Just drawing a parallel. Bacon is the perfect food.
ckmneon - February 8, 2012
finally some common ground
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
that and an unsafe love for Adult Swim
ckmneon - February 8, 2012
No I won't
I also will not meet Santa Claus there. What you are describing does not exist.
jesse. - February 8, 2012
maybe it's just a NE Ohio thing
trust me, I’m surrounded by them.
Jared Slanina - February 8, 2012
You must be imagining them.
There is no such thing.
jesse. - February 8, 2012
If you need to believe this in order to cope
I won’t stop you, but it is in stark contrast with reality.
ckmneon - February 8, 2012
Yes there are.
SubLime - February 8, 2012
Too many, if you ask me.
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
I adopted the Browns
but have done it wholeheartedly. It was a marriage compromise. I had to become a Browns fan, she had to become a PSU fan.
ckmneon - February 8, 2012
Proof, once again
that Love Conquers All
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
Terrible offers
If they were any good at blogging, they would have been recruited by an OSU blog. We’re stuck with scraps.
/Urbz
In all seriousness, good luck. We’re all counting on you.
Tailgate Shogun - February 8, 2012
I would be kind of funny
if in a week we found out they switched commitments to the OSU blogs.
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
It would be funny
not I would be funny. I would never be funny.
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
Actually just leftovers from Pitt and Rutgers
SweepTheLeg - February 8, 2012
Is there any film on these two in action?
It always helps to have a scouting video as well.
Drea1020 - February 8, 2012
Good question!
How fast can they type?
LowcountryLion - February 8, 2012
According to sources
they both recorded over 150 WPM at the Nike Elite Writer’s Camp last summer
CMUWR12 - February 8, 2012
"Is there any film on these two in action?"
Yes, but only on the pay sites.
No.21 - February 8, 2012
BSD: Now Comes with Degrees!
Kyle_Martin - February 8, 2012
Caring is creepy.
No.21 - February 8, 2012
For the last time
I will address the concerns raised by those who have problems with things I have written in the past, regarding the passing of Coach Paterno and the scapegoating of same that preceeded it.
Sometimes, in life, when we see people that we care about being attacked in a manner we determine to be unfair, we lash out without thinking. In the digital age, where words can be transmitted in nanoseconds, such an inclination is particularly dangerous, because those words are there forever. That said, M1EK deliberately takes the quotes out of context and I thank my fellow travelers on this road for pointing that out for me.
To be clear, I do not advocate anyone killing themselves. It was a stupid thing for me to write, whether I was angry or not. While I did not direct it toward anyone in particular, I will admit that the awful things that M1EK has written over the past few months accumulated to the point that, when he continued to pile on Coach after Coach had passed, I lost my sense of self-control and wrote what I wrote. I have regretted it ever since I hit send. This is evidenced by reading a subsequent posting of mine, where I wrote that I am embarrassed by some of the things that I have written in the aftermath of Coach Paterno’s passing. Nevertheless, since M1EK will, apparently, not be satisfied until I specifically apologize to him, then so be it…
M1EK, I apologize to you and to everyone else for writing “I invite you to dine on a Glock 9mm tonight.”
There it is. M1EK, now you can brag to your friends (inflatable and otherwise) that you made me apologize online for something I already said I was embarrassed by. Good win by you.
To all of the other travelers on the site, as a new staff member, I will be transitioning my focus to the football team and to potential recruits. As such, I won’t be commenting as much on other stuff. However, I look forward to reading your comments on the analysis I provide on the players I profile and news I bring you.
Have a Good Day
Keith Platt - February 8, 2012
Congrats on the gig
might I suggest you dine on some scrapple and bacon?
(uh oh, was a meme just born?)
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
Heart disease apologist.
Chris Grovich - February 8, 2012
I Hate Heart Disease
and diabetes more than you do
Keith Platt - February 8, 2012
I was impressed
that you were being that civil.
FB6244 - February 8, 2012
I'm sure his cat will be impressed when he is regaled with this tale of triumph over evil
kijana's acl - February 8, 2012
I'll take what I can get.
But that’s not a real apology, son.
A real apology is “I was wrong. I’m sorry”.
Not “You were a dick. I’m sorry you’re so lame”.
Chris, you can and should do better than this. And everybody else who thinks this is acceptable, you are horrible, awful people.
M1EK - February 8, 2012
Have a tissue.
FB6244 - February 8, 2012
What if we just dont care
Are we just slightly detestable people?
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
Yeah
how can you just look the other way when someone has just been apologized to in a way they find to be inadequate? Enabler.
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
This reminds me
of my buddy’s 21st birthday. He was trashed and we were all having a good time. Another guy’s girlfriend came out (who nobody cared for). Well in his drunken state he goes, “You’re a bitch”. She was obviously offended and his older brother told him to immediately apologize. So he looks at her and says, “I’m sorry that you’re a bitch”
jman07 - February 8, 2012
I like your friend.
He sounds like we follow the same drunken logic.
psuwxman - February 8, 2012
I'll just go ahead and translate that as "apology accepted, thank you."
Chris Grovich - February 8, 2012
I'm glad we have these talks
I do so love good conversation
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
New BSD position recommendation:
M1EK translator.
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
Seriously?
That wasn’t enough?
Artiefufkin10 - February 8, 2012
You are adorable.
Do you usually include a reference to inflatable friends in your serious apologies?
M1EK - February 8, 2012
I don't
but then I don’t typically solicit apologies on the internet. I also wear big boy pants.
kijana's acl - February 8, 2012
I think..
that was said tongue in cheek.
Esteban d' Amur - February 8, 2012
And M1EK's response was foot in mouth.
We are entering the realm of double dog dares.
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
I don't know what realm..
BSD is in now. It’s beyond surreal.
Esteban d' Amur - February 8, 2012
We've reached Monty Python level.
Any comment section that includes the merits of the Cleveland Browns, deep fried bacon-wrapped scrapple, the black shoe diaries diaries and pork roll should be considered nothing more than shenanigans. Now get your broom!
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
As somebody who does not comment much
I have not been involved in the bickering, but I have read it all. Honestly, you come off as a 5 year old complaining. Look, if you do not accept his apology just do not comment about it. Be the grown up you claim to be and move one. That way the discussion threads can get back to talking about Penn State athletics.
Ben16 - February 8, 2012
move on*
Ben16 - February 8, 2012
Or
That way the discussion threads can get back to talking about
Penn State athleticsthe metameaning of football blogging.PSUCharmas - February 8, 2012
Or
Scotch.
Whiskey.
Beer.
Breakfast Meats.
The relative merits of Hoss’s.
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
All the basic food groups?
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
This was implied.
Ben16 - February 8, 2012
Speaking of apologies, you haven't lived until you've seen his sports blog
Its apparently a sports blog, if by sports you mean “‘BSD is homer central!’, ‘Shut up apologists!’, and ’I’m still banned over at homer central!’” and blog as in
But there isn’t any mention of reinstatement, or apologies for the strongly worded statements contained therein.UNSUCCESSFUL TROLL IS UNSUCCESSFUL
chocochuck02 - February 8, 2012
Aw hell
THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS!
jman07 - February 8, 2012
Is this the equivelant of crying to your mommy?
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
He's not a troll
Just ask him
Kyle_Martin - February 8, 2012
You are truly an eternal turd in the BSD punchbowl
TheWrathofQBEagles - February 8, 2012
.
i
letsgopsu - February 8, 2012
Will you marry me?
jman07 - February 8, 2012
yes
letsgopsu - February 8, 2012
WOOHOO!
I’m tired of the dating scene anyways.
jman07 - February 9, 2012
BSDers can attend?
Open bar?
PSU wedding cake?
dbl5030 - February 9, 2012
Holy crap that is amazing
jman07 - February 9, 2012
Well
I know what my future wedding cake looks like now. I wonder how my future wife will take it. I also wonder about her thoughts on the wedding cake.
psuphysicist - February 9, 2012
I dont even understand how open bar is a question
thats a requirement.
skarocksoi - February 9, 2012
If I ever get married
and have an open bar, unfortunately it’ll probably be bottom shelf. Maybe not even on a shelf. Unless I’m able to find a new revenue stream in the next couple years. Open bars, while awesome, are EXPENSIVE!
jman07 - February 9, 2012
There are some places that will let you bring your own
You buy a keg, a few boxes of wine and four staple handles. You’ll survive.
jesse. - February 9, 2012
my sister's wedding was a church hall
we brought it all in and hired a bartender.
There were also many kegs of Yuengling.
letsgopsu - February 9, 2012
I was at a redneck version of an open bar for a wedding once.
The reception was at a banquet hall, and a local beer distributor took care of the bar. The open bar consisted of 1 handle of vodka, 1 handle of whiskey. There were also 2 kegs. When either of the kegs kicked, they’d run and get new ones, but as far as the liquor went, when the 2 handles were empty, it was out.
Fortunately, instead of centerpieces, the bride & groom decided to use liquor bottles. Before they could even do the centerpiece winner announcement, most of the bottles had been consumed.
Succss With Honor Always - February 9, 2012
This is probably one of the better ideas I've heard.
dbl5030 - February 9, 2012
It worked surprisingly well, but it was all by accident.
The couple had no idea they would only be getting 2 handles from the distributor. They also had a pig roast instead of a caterer, and unfortunately they ran out of pig after only 70% of the guests had eaten. Pizzas were ordered. This is why I consider it a redneck wedding, not really for the alcohol situation.
Succss With Honor Always - February 9, 2012
Wow
“Well sorry folks, we’re out of food. But you can imagine how great it tasted. Right? Right!”
jman07 - February 9, 2012
Yeah that sucks.
I’m all for the pig roast, but you always over-prepare, not under.
But that isn’t going to stop me from at least considering an all-beer open bar, with a handle on each table. That’s 40 shots per 8-person table, right? Should be plenty.
dbl5030 - February 9, 2012
Exactly
growing up my dad always said, “if you leave our house hungry, well that is your own fault”
jman07 - February 9, 2012
more food, more booze
more single bridesmaids. The 3 mantras to live by for any wedding.
skarocksoi - February 9, 2012
halftime of the tO$U game?
Maybe Larry Johnson Sr. can perform the ceremony. Microphone Man can DJ
letsgopsu - February 9, 2012
I like it
The Lion can be the ring bearer.
jman07 - February 9, 2012
This is so awesome.
MainLion - February 8, 2012
Ironic microcosm of our philosophic differences
Yet again, those of us in the “cult” think the apology was good enough
Yet again, M1EK thinks he should have done more.
swiggy04 - February 8, 2012
Hey, Keith...
My dad ALSO went to Stockton college, and ALSO went to Widener for law school, and we are ALSO from New Jersey…
…. are you… ARE YOU ACTUALLY MY FATHER?!??
psuwxman - February 8, 2012
No
<a href="http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=darth%20vader%20i%20am%20your%20father&tnr=21&vid=1466711998708&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts1.mm.bing.net%2Fvideos%2Fthumbnail.aspx%3Fq%3D1466711998708%26id%3D53b76f3d1abe4d8ba28e9a6c7772564c%26bid%3DRsMZyCjlOkq5Kg%26bn%3DThumb%26url%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.youtube.com%252fwatch%253fv%253dUm_dn7Fe-lw&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DUm_dn7Fe-lw&sigr=11a3a2quv&newfp=1&tit=I+am+your+father+-+Darth+Vader+to+Luke+Skywalker" target="new">That’s not true. That’s impossible.
Although just to be sure, I recommend that you search your feelings.
jesse. - February 8, 2012
Fail.
jesse. - February 8, 2012
EPIC FAIL
well done sir
letsgopsu - February 8, 2012
Possible
There was this one time in Tijuana…
Keith Platt - February 8, 2012
Delaware campus?
Esteban d' Amur - February 8, 2012
Yeah
Right there on 202
Keith Platt - February 8, 2012
as did I.
Esteban d' Amur - February 8, 2012
And why didn't these two announce on signing day?
Just trying to draw attention to themselves.
No.21 - February 8, 2012
WELCOME GUYS
and I CAN’T WAIT TO SUBMIT MY APPLICATION TO BSD.
Mostly because I’m interested in what crap I’ve posted in the past that you guys can pull up.
Artiefufkin10 - February 8, 2012
Are these guys getting paid
In BSD blow and BSD divas?
If so, I am so signing up for whatever postion comes up next.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
I'd do it for the Bacon and Scrapple!
87Townie - February 8, 2012
Can I sub Scrapple for sausage?
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
BANHAMMER
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
Didn't realize
That scrapple hold such high standards around here.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
BSD
Where we use ALL of the pig.
chocochuck02 - February 8, 2012
I love me some pig
Scrapple just scares me.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
The best thing about scrapple
It comes in block form. BLOCK FORM.
How American is that? I like my amorphous mystery meats to be presented to be after being hand shaped. Or machine shaped. Whatever, I’m not picky
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
So you love Spam?
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
Have you ever had Spam?
Its awesome.
Not awesome like real meat, but its still pretty damn good. And I’m pretty sure it could survive a nuclear holocaust. Which is why my bunker is full of Spam and Twinkies.
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
I have not
Not a fan of it really. There are certain things that immediately off put me when it comes to meat. Like when cooked it still shouldn’t be pink. Hence I no longer eat hot dogs. I know that might be sacrosanct around these parts, but I stick by my convictions.
Also you are a physicist, so your bunker intrigues me on many levels.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
YOU DONT EAT HOTDOGS??
BLASPHEOMY
Seriously, hot dogs are the perfect food. A solid ball park frank loaded with ketchup, mustard, relish, onions and whatever else you can find is the tits. But the hot dog has to be cooked right. A slightly crispy outside and a juicy center.
Hot dogs may be my favorite food. Except of course, hotdogs covered in bacon
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
Chili dogs FTW!
jman07 - February 8, 2012
I know I am a horrible American
I don’t like Hot Dogs. But I do enjoy the mini wieners wrapped in crispy bacon with a maple bbq glaze.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
I have a theory about hotdogs
they can only truly be enjoyed when you eat them somewhere other than your own home. Ballpark; awesome. Picnic; great. Tailgate; amazing. For dinner in your house; poor people. And we all know Ohio is for poor people.
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
You've got to buy the good ones
Don’t just pick up the cheapest pack. Get the big, girthy, ball park franks and grill ’em up. They have to be grilled. But, if you do, they can be delicious at home.
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
dont try to push your gourmet weiners on me
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
or in me
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
Sage advice
for Kobe or Ben Rothlesibergererefererer
jman07 - February 8, 2012
I hope
TNWSS
jman07 - February 8, 2012
TWSS.
PSU_Lions_84 - February 8, 2012
"girth"
\giggles
letsgopsu - February 8, 2012
I like to work that word into as many everyday conversations as I can
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
Never.
SubLime - February 8, 2012
And speaking of hot dogs and sausages . . .
there is a place uptown in New Orleans on Freret near Loyola (the university, not the street) called Dat Dog. It is righteous.
Off menu they serve a Guinness sausage (you can taste the beer) with something called “andouille sauce.”
For anyone visiting the city, this joint is worth the trip uptown.
SubLime - February 8, 2012
SPAM
ComfortHePuHuTh - February 8, 2012
The fact that it does come in the shape of a brick is appealing.
jman07 - February 8, 2012
It's Pig Polenta!
Nothing like a big block of greyish pig for breakfast. It’s a central P.A. thing.
87Townie - February 8, 2012
I'll allow it
/does not like scrapple
jman07 - February 8, 2012
I do not understand that last sentenece
Scrapple is like sausage. But scrapple, and therefore almost every bit as delicious.
Where is Rambler when you need him
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
Don't sully the good name of Sausage
By comparing it to scrapple.
Been wondering where Rambler has been, haven’t seen him on here in a long time. Maybe he banned himself or was banned again.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
I think we can agree though
All breakfast meats have their pros and cons. Bacon is by far the most delicioius of the breafast meats. Unfortunately, you usually need to eat about a pound of it to feel full at all.
Sausage is the second most delicious; however, what it lacks in taste (compared to bacon) it makes up for by being filling. For this reason I will often choose a sausage egg and cheese breakfast sandwhich over a bacon egg and cheese breakfast sandwhich, especially when I don’t know the establishments predisposition towards amount of bacon to place on a breakfast sandwhich.
Scrapple comes in a block. That in of itself deserves a point. It also taste very similar to sausage. Also, you know that you aren’t wasting anything when you eat scrapple.
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
I enjoy your positions
And wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
But your right about bacon, the one thing I hate is when you get a breakfast sandwich and the bacon is rubbery not crispy, that annoys me.
The one thing that I love about sausage is that you can get differeny kinds of it and filled with differnt things. Once went to an Eagles game and hit the reading terminal market first and got provolone stuffed sausage. Little bits of provolone cheese in the pork sausage. Thought I was going to die happy right there. .
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
Well I'm headed to Philly this weekend
Looks like I know where I’m making a stop
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
Yeah there are a bunch of Amish stands
And they have tons of great home made food, including all kinds of sausages. Wonderful place, right in down town Philly.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
I've been there once or twice
I’m just glad you reminded me. I’m definitely going on Saturday
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
Amish and cured meats are a match made in heaven.
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
When we were at State,
we would drive back to North Carolina to visit Mrs. 84’s parents. South of State College, we would pass “Rotz Meats”. Note the use of the word “pass” — we never stopped there.
PSU_Lions_84 - February 8, 2012
Clearly there is good Amish
And bad Amish.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
This?
PSU_Lions_84 - February 8, 2012
I swear
That the Amish actually have been using modern technology for like 2 decades now, just don’t tell anyone since they fear it would break our hearts.
Like have a refridgerator and AC and the works, just hide it when we come around to visit.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
We occasionally stop in the Port Trevorton area --
north of Harrisburg — to look at Amish quilts. I would be heartbroken if Annie, the lady who displays and sells them, had a 60" LCD TV in her living room.
PSU_Lions_84 - February 8, 2012
And that is what they want you to think
Have been playing us all for decades now.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
I've just lost my virginity
again.
Thanks a bunch, Aries!
j/k.
PSU_Lions_84 - February 8, 2012
I try
Just a theory though, nothing concrete. Also think it is funny to try and convince people of it.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
Sounds plausible to me.
Why should we be the only ones who have to put up with 300 shopping channels on DirecTV?
PSU_Lions_84 - February 8, 2012
Damn right
They probably have internet as well, tape into it underground so no one sees the lines, or can go full wireless. Probably order alot of stuff online, with fake addresses to ship to to keep up the illusion.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
Explains the "Made in China"
label on that last quilt we bought.
PSU_Lions_84 - February 8, 2012
Knew it
Those cheeky Amish.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
she learned to quilt on the internets
letsgopsu - February 8, 2012
My father...
sells lumber to Amish shed builders. Many have websites and phones etc. They rationalize it by having these conveniences at their place of business but not in their homes.
Esteban d' Amur - February 9, 2012
a co-worker of mine always talks about a sign in Wisconsin that said “Dave’s Cheese and Taxidermy”
Gross
letsgopsu - February 8, 2012
I kid about scrapple
I don’t really care. I like any sort of flavorful and delicious meates. I’m Italian as hell, so I enjoy a good dry salami or soprasat’ as much as anything.
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
If it tastes good in your mouth, it's good food
Hoss’ new motto.
jman07 - February 8, 2012
Thats what she said?
Not sure if it works there.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
No
That ends badly.
kijana's acl - February 8, 2012
Thats what I thought.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
Ha, thanks for remembering that
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
From now on
Octa = Hoss’ in jman’s world.
Sigh. I’m a simpleton.
jman07 - February 8, 2012
I've been remembered by worse
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
I was actually at Hoss's a few weeks ago
and I thought of you.
Cari Greene - February 8, 2012
That's the sweetest thing
anyone has ever said to me
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
<3!
Cari Greene - February 8, 2012
Good Salumi is a great thing
I thnk it would be hysterical when someone bad mouths a certain breakfast food they get a 2 hour an to go get said meat and eat it.
I feel this has to be in place incase anyone says they don’t like bacon.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
I think Rambler's heart broke
some of us checked in on him on Twitter, he replied that he is alive but has not been active on Twitter either. I worry about him.
letsgopsu - February 8, 2012
Broke from Joe dying?
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
yes
letsgopsu - February 8, 2012
Pork Roll
Gotta be pork roll
Keith Platt - February 8, 2012
The seldom known about Pork Roll, bold choice.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
I've never received a good answer to this.
What in the world is pork roll?
Chris Grovich - February 8, 2012
There are some questions
that you do not want answers to. Same goes for a hotdog. Just know it tastes good and leave it at that.
jman07 - February 8, 2012
round spam
letsgopsu - February 8, 2012
No way
Pork Roll >> Spam
FB6244 - February 8, 2012
Okay
Not sure i can adequetly tell you. But in essence it is pork , that is made into a roll then thinly sliced like deli meat. I have really only seen it around me in Eastern PA, a very unique thing.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
Oh, I thought this was a Jersey thing.
That’s what I thought while living and working in Philly, though. The Greek people who ran the food cart above Suburban Station always had bacon, scrapple, ham, and pork roll. It scared me. I miss them.
Chris Grovich - February 8, 2012
I present...Pork Roll
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
They look like Pacmans
jman07 - February 8, 2012
delicious meat Pacmans
Oh the irony, this time you will be eaten pacman!
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
TAYLOR pork roll to be exact.
It’s a sourish sliceable breakfast meat. Like tubular spam.
87Townie - February 8, 2012
Taylor at its finest
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
Taylor ham and egg
Might be the greatest breakfast sandwich ever made.
LoggingLion - February 8, 2012 via mobile
its ham that people in philly go way too crazy over.
its round ham. in fact, its original name was “Taylor Ham” Its merely ham and anyone that says otherwise is either from philly or has never had ham.
swiggy04 - February 8, 2012
From near philly
It’s pork roll to me.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
This is an accurate description
My girlfriend made me a ‘pork roll’ breafast sandwhich a few years back. I had no idea what it was, but sounded delicious. Then she gave it to me and I was like, oh, why didn’t you just say ham?
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
I have a friend who got
“ham loaf” at a diner one time.
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
\vomits
letsgopsu - February 8, 2012
yea i dont know why people get so mad when you equate it with ham
They just happen to call it pork roll. Doesnt make it taste any more or less different. Yet every human in my office berates me verbally if i call it ham. even some non humans.
swiggy04 - February 8, 2012
Because its fried?
And not deli thin, nor hamsteak thick. I guess I understand giving it another name, but it isn’t necessary
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
That looks a whole lot more processed than ham.
“Comes from a pig”, and “potentially round” are probably the only two things those have in common.
jesse. - February 8, 2012
They taste the same
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
My butt and a midsummer's dew taste the same sometimes.
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
We DON'T want to know
how you know how your own butt tastes . . . .
PSU_Lions_84 - February 8, 2012
MainLion - February 8, 2012
Is this where this product should be countered in the interest of
east/west balance with arguments praising the virtues of Isaly’s chipped chopped ham? If so somebody else will have to carry the flag. I’ve always hated that shit.
SubLime - February 8, 2012
I've actually never had it.
jesse. - February 8, 2012
You are better off for the omission.
SubLime - February 8, 2012
Has anyone ever tried to deep fry bacon or scrapple?
I’m sure someone has deep fried bacon… but think of the Scrapple possibilities!
Deep fried scrapple with maple syrup center. Deep fried bacon-wrapped scrapple. Damn it, now I’m hungry!
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
Deep fried, bacon-wrapped scrapple
would be a great way to start the day, as long as you didn’t mind having a heart attack sometime around noon.
jman07 - February 8, 2012
Noon?
You’d be lucky to make it up form the table.
FB6244 - February 8, 2012
Dredged in funnel cake batter. With powdered sugar.
Instant widow-maker.
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
We can do a tailgate for BoB's
First game and this can be our main meal. Would then be a challenge to see if we get in the actual stadium or not.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
"...please report to the First Aid station underneath the west stands."
Chris Grovich - February 8, 2012
Correction
The West stand first aid station is full, please report to the Mash unit being set up in front of the BJC.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
Butter your bacon boy
But dad, my heart hurts.
jman07 - February 8, 2012
It will be the turducken of pork!
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
My house my rules...
You can’t leave that part of the quote out.
jesse. - February 8, 2012
We'll deep fry some Diet Coke.
You know, to keep it healthy.
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
Have seen it on tv
Also saw chicken fried bacon. I almost passed out from extasy just watching. Woke up an hour later covered in pork grease, roommates never talked about it after that. Just kept saying….wasn’t right, just wasn’t right.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
I must try that
Where can I find it?
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
I think it was in Texas somewhere
Was on a travel channel show, deep fried paradise, and the dude used chicken fried batter, and dropped in some thick cut bacon and fried it up and served it with sausage gravy. I think i gianed some weight just watching it.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
When I was in Law School
There was this hot dog place down the street that wrapped a hot dog in bacon, deep fried it and then topped it with cheese
After I survived my quadruple bypass, I had another one
Keith Platt - February 8, 2012
Make sure
that you never tell a life insurance company you had one. You’ll never be able to get life insurance.
jman07 - February 8, 2012
When I was in law school
There was a guy a block or so away that would give you a free hot dog if you asked, sometimes he even offered it. They changed the zoning and put the guy out of business. His business plan was sell hot dogs to college kids with money, and give trash hot dogs to kids that didn’t. Then sell them a Coke.
And they zoned him out of business. They told him you can’t sell f@#king hot dogs on this street corner anymore. WTF? He’d been on that corner probably 15 years. He sold Christmas trees in the winter.
There are things about this country that I hate. And the way it treats people who hustle to make their own way in the world is one of them. The University of Pittsburgh took away an honest mans livelihood to pad their endowment that’s still bigger than Penn State’s.
Whatever. Sermon over.
jesse. - February 8, 2012
It's funny.
Because the same people that put those hard workers out of business to pad their wallets are the same people who cry socialism and class warfare every time the government tries to help the poor. They say there’s nothing stopping everyone from working hard to make their own money to afford things like healthcare, and then when someone tries to do just that they squash ’em.
dbl5030 - February 9, 2012
There's a joint in Austin that deep fries bacon-wrapped hot dogs.
Page down this menu and find the Tavern Dog.
It is delicious.
SubLime - February 8, 2012
There is no point in deep frying bacon.
There is so much fat in it already, it literally fries itself. Microwave, skillet, oven, doesn’t matter. It’s part of the beauty of bacon. Unless you bread it. Then your crazy.
Also, I made pork fried rice the other day with bacon drippings. It was tasty.
jesse. - February 8, 2012
This is where I advocate for chocolate covered bacon strips.
Chris Grovich - February 8, 2012
well, it's a real thing
Looks pretty easy.
Cook bacon
Melt chocolate
Dip bacon in chocolate
letsgopsu - February 8, 2012
Oh, I'm aware. I've had it.
It’s…weird and good.
Chris Grovich - February 9, 2012
I've made bacon with a Jack Daniels candied glaze before
that was yummy
skarocksoi - February 9, 2012
Bacon flavored bourbon?
My roommate made some for a friend a few years ago. Cook some bacon and pour the drippings into a bottle of whiskey, let sit for anywhere from half a day to a week. When you’re ready to serve, let chill in the fridge or freezer overnight for the fat to congeal, then strain.
The technique is called fat-washing. You can adjust the amount of bacon fat (as little as 1 oz) and the time it sits to satisfy how much bacon flavor you want in the bourbon. If you’re going for a heavy bacon flavor you should use a cheaper spirit, since the nuances will be overpowered anyway.
dbl5030 - February 9, 2012
This sounds like the best breakfast beverage ever
speedotito - February 9, 2012
Great
like most of the people here already dont have a drinking/cholesterol problem.
skarocksoi - February 9, 2012
2 birds - 1 stone.
Besides, it also makes life much more efficient. Combining bacon & bourbon into 1 frees up a hand for other things, such as an additional beer or scrapple.
Succss With Honor Always - February 9, 2012
The engineer in me wants to
combine the beer and scrapple into one to make life even more efficient.
The part of me that doesn’t hate itself knows that’s a terrible idea.
dbl5030 - February 9, 2012
You have parts that dont hate yourself?
skarocksoi - February 9, 2012
Well I'm not very religious, so...
dbl5030 - February 9, 2012
DAMN SERVERS!
skarocksoi - February 9, 2012
BSD
Come for the free lawyering advice, stay for the assorted meats discussion.
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
We are NOT chattel!
letsgopsu - February 8, 2012
But you are Hot
And was meant to mean your a Hot commodity.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
GOOD BLOW THIS IS
Peter Gray - February 8, 2012
x
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
I've had neither
I must be doing something wrong
Kyle_Martin - February 8, 2012
Ladies and Gentlemen.
I have an announcement.
I deleted a snarky response before posting it a few minutes ago, took a shower and asked myself why staying out of certain debates was too difficult to resist sometimes. Then I decided fuck it, I’m starting my own blog. However, it will not be a blog about Penn State, because this one covers it too well for me to compete with. So I bring you….
www.blackshoediariesdiaries.com
My blog will be about nothing else than what happens on this blog. First weeks content to include;
A seven part series called Mike versus Chris, discuss;
A historical retrospective on on the M1EK Wars of the summer of 1998;
I’ll have guest commentary from Fugi, telling me how a real journalist would address the issue;
Point…Counterpoint… Ban him?
I think it’s going to be a hit.
jesse. - February 8, 2012
Well played Sir, Well played.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
I swear I was on here one time, circa 2009,
And we talked about the football team and coaches and players and issues surrounding them, and upcoming oppositional football teams. It was pleasant.
chocochuck02 - February 8, 2012
You're a god damn liar
there was a conversation about beer or favorite 90’s tv sitcom star in there somewhere.
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
No...
Maybe it was about Devlin’s transfer? That was srs business.
chocochuck02 - February 8, 2012
You must have been on PennLive or something
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
God, I hope not
chocochuck02 - February 8, 2012
Is this a good time to mention again
that Devlin finished the football season on the active roster of the Miami Dolphins? An actual NFL team.
Smee - February 9, 2012
Congrats for him
that doesn’t mean he would have been a better option than Clark at the time.
jman07 - February 9, 2012
I think the fact that it was the Dolphins
proves he wasn’t a better options.
skarocksoi - February 9, 2012
But Clark isn't in the NFLjman07 - February 9, 2012
I'm honestly curious as to what would've happened if Devlin had taken over after Morelli.
I appreciate what Clark did for us, and would never trade it for anything. It’s just fun to think about.
Does Devlin beat Iowa in 2008? For that matter, does he beat OSU? He looked capable while he was in that game. Wisconsin? Clark had a career night in Madison, and it’s doubtful Devlin would have ran for two TDs.
dbl5030 - February 9, 2012
Please update us on posts.
I am eagerly awaiting: Why M1EK’s assumptions are worth more weight than facts, but yours are not.
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
I'm angry
I clicked on the link and expected a real blog, started up, with z key functionality.
If it doesn’t have the z key, then sir, I cannot endorse it.
Otherwise, brilliant.
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
I guess I just like the idea of commentary about commentary
I’d like a podcast of two commentators commenting on the comments. A real solid analytic guy, maybe ckmon with a plethero of statistics and a good color commentator, possibly WorldBFat or Mainlion adding their one liners.
“Oh and look at that tangent”
“Yes, scrapple. Its been brought up 50 times here on BSD, twice by 87Townie alone”
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
I'd listen to that
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
How about commentary
on people who comment on their own comments? :-P
No.21 - February 8, 2012
I'd like to hear that as well
I get excited and post. And then I realize I need to say something else. I think 3 comments in a row is my record though.
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
I want to hear that tangentialization of the posts as people are writing them.
So they somehow start on one topic, somewhere in the middle completely forget that topic, and end up discussing scrapple. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
I would enjoy reading that thread
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
It's practically every post I make.
Which is why they are ungodly enormous. I hate to read, and yet I force others to do it. I am that which I despise.
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
I know what you mean
I go through the massive threads looking for the random thread jacks, can be a real good time.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
LETS HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME
jman07 - February 8, 2012
There's a joke about Pitbull and Old Yeller here somewhere.
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
You mean
BSD doesn’t stand for Bacon Scrapple Diaries?
No.21 - February 8, 2012
It should Damnit!!!
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
Bacon Scrapple Diabeetus?
kijana's acl - February 8, 2012
Very chronological
speedotito - February 8, 2012
actually, the next step would probably be defibrillator
kijana's acl - February 8, 2012
It depends what point in the cycle you are at.
It starts as Bacon, Scrapple, Delicious.
It then progresses to Bacon, Scrapple, Deep fried.
From there we reach Bacon, Scrapple, Defibrillator/Diabeetus (depending on your body type).
Finally, Bacon, Scrapple, Death.
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
Dunno what happened there.
Bacon, Scrapple, Delicious turns into Bacon, Scrapple, Deep Fried, turns into Bacon Scrapple Defibrillator/Diabeetus depending on how your body handles it, to finally Bacon, Scrapple, Death.
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
Like BSD Directors cut edition?
“here I was trying to make a general commentary on the socio-economic state of upper class American in comparison to the more European trends we now see”
“Chris, I’m pretty sure that was just a dick joke”
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
www.postmodernblackshoediaries.com
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
Trust me
Don’t bring up Post modern in an internet forum, you will not like what drags their sorry behinds in there.
Looking at you Gertrude HImmelfarb.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
It'll just be comments about comments
littered with Pynchon references and David Lynch animated gifs
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
And comparing Hitler to Buddah
jman07 - February 8, 2012
As long as Gertrude does not show up
I am good. Hate that woman, irrationally so.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
I'm about to start deconstructing everything.
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
Please no
For the love of everything holy. Please no.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
I don't get too into it.
I’m more from the David Foster Wallace school of thinking:
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
Of course Anthony Giddens says
that there is no postmodern condition. Instead we are inhabiting a runaway form of late modernity.
SubLime - February 8, 2012
Then what does that make
post-postmodernism? Just regular post-modernism or a prodigal son form of very late modernity?
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
It's all passé now.
The post-human theory is where the action is — lots of talk about boundary creatures and such.
SubLime - February 8, 2012
Jean-François Lyotard's critique of science
is my idea of postmodernism.
SubLime - February 8, 2012
maybe just an entire blogroll of BSD offshoot blogs
take over SBNation with splinter blogs all feeding off the main blog.
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
WorldBFat can be my Statler,
and I’ll be his Waldorf.
MainLion - February 8, 2012
MainLion, this tangent isn't half bad.
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
Hmm.
Chris Grovich - February 8, 2012
I'm sitting here, waiting for the response
so excited.
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
Keep waiting.
MainLion - February 8, 2012
/continues staring at screen
/clock in backgroung moves in fast-motion, hilariously.
/5 o’clock shadow emerges
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
This tangent is ALL bad!
MainLion - February 8, 2012
Mainlion
Do you have that stars .gif you made a while ago? If so would you mind posting it?
I have stat project that I have to do this semester. Depending on how it goes, it may end up as a fanpost down the road.
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
Can you describe it?
It’s not ringing a bell.
MainLion - February 8, 2012
The guy in the camo
That throws the flashbang into a tree, which then rebounds back at him. You put the star from mario brothers or something over top of the flashbang
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
Ooooo.
Shoot. I never save them, so I’ll have to find it. Give me 15 minutes.
MainLion - February 8, 2012
Thanks, I appreciate it
I should have saved it when I saw it.
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
I've given it more than the old college try,
and I cannot remember in what thread or about what time I posted it. I’m really sorry. I need to save these things.
MainLion - February 8, 2012
You are internet fired
jman07 - February 9, 2012
Thanks anyways
I think it was before the start of last season, but I couldn’t remember either. I just thought that you would have saved it, seeing as you took the time to photoshop that star into 75 frames worth of a .gif. Its ok, I probably wouldn’t have either.
Its probably one of my favorite gifs, so I’ll keep on looking. When I eventually find it I’ll make sure its saved and you get the appropriate credit.
psuphysicist - February 9, 2012
Yeah, I never save the images, and I never registered
an account with whatever free hosting service I use (I always Google “free image hosting”). So, they’re all truly floating in cyberspace.
Going forward I’ll save them.
If only there was a way to view every comment made. I could skim 500 at a time and pull everything off. Like the Jim Tressel-South Park mashup.
MainLion - February 9, 2012
...which reminds me of
BlueWhiteLife - February 8, 2012
Dear geniuses
I wrote those articles while I was banned from here. Duh.
If you want to volunteer to be banned from BSD, just so this joke is apropos, go ahead.
M1EK - February 8, 2012
This is gold.
This exactly what my blog will be about. I’m thinking we get 30 or 40 comments on this discussion alone.
jesse. - February 8, 2012
Why isn't it called Roundtine?
Sorry, I see “gold” and I immediately go to Kenny Bania.
I’m also starting to think that M1EK is really trolling at an exceptionally high level level right now. Like trolling while playing a troll (movie within a movie kind of shit). If this is a character, then it is pure gold. If it’s real, then I’d like ten minutes notice before he goes Steve Buschemi in Billy Madison.
kijana's acl - February 8, 2012
"Dear geniuses" had me laughing out loud
mostly because I actually imagined this comment being hand written in long-form by a 19th century M1EK with a top hat, and dictating in a sort of vague British accent, like a Jane Eyre character:
“Deah Geniuses…”
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
Now that you said that
That will be in my head everytime I read a thread. Classic
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
We should
get the guy who narrates masterpiece theatre to read it aloud.
Or maybe the Inside the Actor’s Studio Guy
Keith Platt - February 8, 2012
James Lipton?
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
No way
Morgan Freeman and nobody else.
jman07 - February 8, 2012
Jimmy Cefalo
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
Fran Drescher
jman07 - February 8, 2012
And that, my friends,
was the day the internet died.
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
Dining on a 9mm
might not be such a bad option afterall.
jman07 - February 8, 2012
James Earl Jones
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
Dear geniuses?
NOW I KNOW WHERE I REMEMBER YOU FROM! It was alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.goats! How’ve you been after all these years?
chocochuck02 - February 8, 2012
Please don't ever change.
I’ve enjoyed the unintentional comedy of your comments for too long without publicly acknowledging your inherent comedic genius. No ordinary man could so deftly hit so many notes of hilarity without being a genius.
Sometimes I wonder if you’re Reading Rambler’s Chris Gaines. In my heart, I hope you are.
MainLion - February 8, 2012
YES
Thank you.
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
Rec'd
I was just thinking this when someone mentioned Rambler, but the Chris Gaines reference sealed it (in part because RR would not have approved).
kijana's acl - February 8, 2012
He's like Bennett from Texts From Bennett
It all makes sense now.
ckmneon - February 8, 2012
That would be genius.
I would go back and rec every single post. Andy Kaufmann-esque. Brilliant.
jesse. - February 8, 2012 via mobile
Speaking of Reading Rambler,
where has he been? It seems like he’s disappeared from here.
icavalera - February 9, 2012
he's disappeared from twitter too
I think he’s very sad right now, and so he goes into isolation.
Cari Greene - February 9, 2012
Are these guys elite?
Any offers from Virginia Tech blogs?
jls83 - February 8, 2012
I had an offer from Ohio State and a few SEC blogs
but when i went to commit they said they already gave my spot to someone else.
Jared Slanina - February 8, 2012
How much money suddenly mysteriously appeared in your PayPal?
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
sudden massive jump in Google Ad clickthroughs
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
So much hostility in this thread.
But to the point at hand, a warm welcome to the new guys. Looking forward to reading what guys come up with.
Swiggs - February 8, 2012
Nothing to see here. BORING POST.
Just kidding. I echo your thoughts Swiggs. Welcome guys.
jls83 - February 8, 2012
I'm relatively new to BSD, so I guess I missed the M1EK vs. BSD battle.
Which is fine with me. I have to admit that it is rather entertaining to pick it up mid stream.
Swiggs - February 8, 2012
This is where Jesse's blog would come in especially handy
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
Might as well check it out.
Work can wait.
Swiggs - February 8, 2012
You didn't miss much.
Paterno’s the devil vs. Paterno’s not the devil vs. Paterno could be the devil with affiliations of various degrees.
No progress has really been made. But feel free to join whichever side you like!
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
Decisions, decisions.
Swiggs - February 8, 2012
Has anyone ever tried playing the audio from one of Paterno's press conferences backwards?
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
Yeah, but it's all references to Macbeth in pig latin
Not worth your time.
kijana's acl - February 8, 2012
Yes,
he sounds Irish instead of Italian.
Esteban d' Amur - February 8, 2012
Take it back.
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
Redrum, redrum, redrum.
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
!maet llabtoof a fo kceh a era yehT
87Townie - February 8, 2012
Yvan eht nioj
Emit doog laer a evah stel!
jesse. - February 8, 2012
Great Simpsons episode
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
We've got subliminal, liminal, and superliminal
skarocksoi - February 9, 2012
I don't think...
he ever said that. I thought he found Paterno to have made an immoral decision with respect to how he handled what MM told him.
Esteban d' Amur - February 8, 2012
I wasn't trying to say he represented Paterno is the Devil.
I was just making the case that we’ve basically seen every opinion stated in this war, including people from outside the community chiming in.
Honestly, I don’t really know M1EK’s opinion and I’m not going to try and speak for him. I don’t really understand the point of some of his posts, but for the most part I agree with your summation of his position.
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
sorry, my bad.
Esteban d' Amur - February 8, 2012
No, I definitely see how it could've been taken that way.
Thanks for pointing it out so I could clarify it.
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
I know
The Aries hotdog hate got a little out of hand. I expect an apology to Oscar Meyer soon.
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
Whoa Whoa Whoa.........
^^^Look at skarocks post. Anyone see a nickname for our favorite coach in Ohio?
jls83 - February 8, 2012
Aries Hotdog?
I don’t get it.
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
......Oscar Meyer?
jls83 - February 8, 2012
Huh.
I’ll be damned.
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
That IS a cool nickname for Terry Bowden.
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
Yeah
I’ve figured out I lose more than I win in the comments section.
jls83 - February 8, 2012
No, I'm just a nutcase.
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
We all lose something here
We all do.
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
I think the word you are looking for is productivity
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
virginityWorldBFat - February 8, 2012
Well played
jls83 - February 8, 2012
Pride
skarocksoi - February 8, 2012
Did you say pride?
OctaShields - February 8, 2012
I.E. it's going to be a long ride back to TO$U after that performance
Especially in that
jls83 - February 8, 2012
I've always
wanted to try driving that thing
Keith Platt - February 8, 2012
My Response...
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
Quote from London via Bennet/ESPN's B1G blog
“We’re going to run a pro-style offense and a really attacking defense.”
Man, I absolutely LOVE the sound of that.
DrewRusse - February 8, 2012
Pro-style?
I don’t watch a lot of NFL. Do the pros change QBs after each drive regardless of how they are playing? How many middle managers proofread their handwritten play calls before they are relayed to the field?
PSUCharmas - February 8, 2012
A man in my office has the same accent as Janosz Poha.
WorldBFat - February 8, 2012
vie am i zrippings viff goo?
swiggy04 - February 8, 2012
Also of note
Maryland QB Danny O’Brien is officially transferring out. He’d be a step up from antyhing we have right now, and BO’B has a connection to him through Ralph Friedgen. Wonder if we go after him…
DrewRusse - February 8, 2012
He just tweeted that it was a false rumor.
He’s still a Terp
Jared Slanina - February 8, 2012
Just read a tweet from Danny O'Brien refuting the rumor
My bad, yo.
DrewRusse - February 8, 2012
Somewhat related
to part of the discussion above…Favorite Breakfast Sandwich?
I have 2 (that I don’t eat anymore, because my doctor told me she’d punch me in the face if I did) that I love:
1) Sausage, Egg and Cheese Croissant from Dunkin Donuts
2) Sausage, Egg and Cheese McGriddle from McDonalds
Feel free to add your thoughts and/or suggestions
Keith Platt - February 8, 2012
You have a woman doctor?
I gotta get me one of those. More gentle touch.
PSU Mudder - February 8, 2012
Smaller fingers, too.
Important as you get older.
PSU_Lions_84 - February 8, 2012
I get it!!!
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
You will
in the end!
PSU_Lions_84 - February 8, 2012
/rim shot
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
Two words.
K-Y.
PSU_Lions_84 - February 8, 2012
You think
If you ask the doctor they would use the K-Y intense?
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
Like when you get to pick the flavor
of the colonoscopy prep mixture. That stuff is nasty in whatever flavor.
PSU_Lions_84 - February 8, 2012
So I have heard
/can’t wait
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
If you have no family history
and no polyps, it’s a once-every-ten-years procedure. It’s every five for me . . . .
I’m out, Aries. Gotta get to work early to brief my boss for a meeting with his boss tomorrow morning. He makes changes up until the last second, then is late to the meeting. Sheesh.
PSU_Lions_84 - February 8, 2012
Peace out
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
Your doctor is
Kevin Young?
No.21 - February 9, 2012
Those are only acceptable with some form of deep fried potato.
Succss With Honor Always - February 8, 2012
Theres a convinience store in San Diego
Its right across the street from the Hilton GasLamp. They have everything you could ever want. Hands down the best breafast sandwhich I’ve ever had.
Bacon, egg, and cheese on a crossaint. Every breakfast sandwhich comes with approximately 1/2 pound of bacon. Everytime I’m in San Diego I make at least 1 stop there.
psuphysicist - February 8, 2012
For breakfast I make some great concoctions
1 – Grilled ham steak, then add cheese on top, then have some fried hasbrowns on top of that, with more cheese on top of that, with eggs and bacon (when I have it)
2 – Mashed potatoes, covered in cheese, bacon bits, sassuage, and a fried egg.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
My favorite breakfast concoction that I might have invented but probably not
Is to fry bacon, then use the grease to fry eggs, but add a little flour to soak up all the grease. Place all of the above in a tortilla. Winner.
ckmneon - February 8, 2012
Mmmm
Sounds good.
I used to make a sandwich where I would cook a small omlet with cheese, then on a toasted bagel add peanut butter, and put the omlet on the bagel and eat.
I am sure alot of you think that is beyond gross, but if you like the ingredients, it is really tasty. Don’t do it much now, since trying to lose weight and all, but was good stuff.
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
I got home from work, cooked some dinner, and then waded through this thread
And despite already eating, I am seriously considering heading to the supermarket so that I make pancakes, and top them with scrapple, bacon and sausage gravy. Thank you all.
ppfcpp - February 8, 2012
Thank you everyone.
THIS is the BSD that I’ve been sorely missing for months now.
dbl5030 - February 8, 2012
Glad we can help
Both you dbl5030 and above ppfcpp
AriesGD - February 8, 2012
we officially joined
at the same time…WELCOME
ktd5048 - February 10, 2012
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