We're Back Up

by Al on Dec 12, 2006 12:46 PM CST in Meta BCB

As you likely noticed, BCB was down for about eight or nine hours today.

This was due to some bugs which inevitably fly in and buzz around when upgrades are made. That's what our tech gurus were doing last night -- and here's the deal.

They are located on the West Coast, and work late into the night there. Thus, if there's a problem in the early morning in the East or Midwest, where most of us live and wake up, they're likely sleeping, and thus the frantic emails of SB Nation bloggers go unanswered till later.

This isn't to blame anyone, because things like this happen to computers and servers, and I want to say here and now that our web gurus do a fantastic job of keeping over 100 sites up and running the vast majority of the time.

Anyway, welcome back, and I'll get the top 100 post up later in the day.

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Man, I thought someone blew up the internet

Then I remembered to check a few other web sites and they were up. Welcome back.

by LT on Dec 12, 2006 12:47 PM CST 0 recs

I blame Julie's...

...creepy stalker for this.

by Santos L Halper on Dec 12, 2006 12:50 PM CST 0 recs

Oh come now

I'm not a stalker. I merely extolled her beauty.
So I found her hot. Sue me.
All you cubbiejulie worshippers and defenders need to get a new hobby. I'm quite certain she's capable of taking care of herself.

by legalcubsfan on Dec 12, 2006 2:10 PM CST up 0 recs

I sent you an email...

... about your inappropriate post which you failed to answer. I'd think you might want to reconsider that position.

by Al on Dec 12, 2006 2:13 PM CST up 0 recs

How about an email to all the people

who keep calling me a stalker? Did they all get emails, too? Because that's probably slander.
Jesus H. Christ, it's not like I said she was an ugly ogre. I said she was beautiful. That makes me a stalker?
I find it pathetic that all the guys go running to her defense at the first hint of a "threat." Their probably all trying to endere themselves to her so they can have a shot at her.

by legalcubsfan on Dec 12, 2006 2:30 PM CST up 0 recs

shit. I've been exposed!

I hoped no one would ever realize that I'm tired of my girlfriend, and instead spend my time trying to endear myself to a married woman with kids whom I will probably never meet.

I'm the Mark Foley of BCB

except for the whole teenage boy thing.

Baby, you got a stew goin'

by Thelonious on Dec 12, 2006 2:40 PM CST up 0 recs

LOL!

n/t

by Al on Dec 12, 2006 2:44 PM CST up 0 recs

You just don't get it....

...do you?

You just.....don't.

Your mistake was not in finding someone attractive. It was in posting something to an internet message board that was so utterly classless and potentially dangerous that it honestly bordered on scary.

If you can't figure out why what you did was "wrong" and why you got the reaction you did, then I don't know what to tell you...

Now then, I apologize to everyone (especially to Julie, but also to you) for bringing this back up today. I was trying to be funny and it backfired. Badly. And for that, I'm sorry.

Now, I'm done with this. DONE. No more. legalcubsfan, you can continue to flame away at Al, the other members of the site, and me...but I urge you to just drop it and stick to baseball.

by Santos L Halper on Dec 12, 2006 2:43 PM CST up 0 recs

I am answering this only to say...

... that you said this well, and I appreciate you posting this.

And legalcubsfan, if you read this, know that Santos is also a lawyer.

by Al on Dec 12, 2006 2:45 PM CST up 0 recs

it seems like 80 percent of the people here...

are lawyers. And I am about to start applying for................................................................................................. ...................... YES, Law school.

Baby, you got a stew goin'

by Thelonious on Dec 12, 2006 2:48 PM CST up 0 recs

ah, you're overreacting

it was just weird and awkward. Leave it at that.

Baby, you got a stew goin'

by Thelonious on Dec 12, 2006 2:45 PM CST up 0 recs

Yep

It's over and done. Let it go. I think one of the biggest reasons it was sooooooo weird is I don't think you ever posted before that. So, out of nowhere here you come with the love fest. No worries, just let it go.

WARD!

by cubbieboy on Dec 12, 2006 2:50 PM CST up 0 recs

Huh?

I've been posting here for months now. I was here before you, I think.

I wasn't the one who made the awkward comments. That was legalcubfan.

Baby, you got a stew goin'

by Thelonious on Dec 12, 2006 2:57 PM CST up 0 recs

That is

who I was referring to. I was agreeing with you, my good man.

WARD!

by cubbieboy on Dec 12, 2006 3:07 PM CST up 0 recs

Dude, she's married

And has kids. So I don't think any of us is trying to get with her. Besides that, I think a lot of the lads on here have wives or girlfriends of our own. We happen to think Julie's cool. Is that alright with you? And for the record, using the phrase "extolling her beauty" does sound kinda creepy on an internet message board. Just remember how many sickos are out there on the internet and use some common sense.

ROTHSCHILD!

by Perkins on Dec 12, 2006 2:48 PM CST up 0 recs

I have it on good authority

that she has a husband. I'd watch out if I were you, pal.

by TyWebb on Dec 13, 2006 8:42 AM CST up 0 recs

P.S. that was not to Perkins

the ordering of the comments made it look like that. Sorry for any confusion.

by TyWebb on Dec 13, 2006 8:43 AM CST up 0 recs

ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!

#&@#@!!!@@#$%@&*@

HENDRY!

by cubbiejulie on Dec 12, 2006 5:13 PM CST up 0 recs

good god no kidding...

PTBNL!

by gravedigger on Dec 12, 2006 5:42 PM CST up 0 recs

This problem...

... has been taken care of.

by Al on Dec 12, 2006 5:46 PM CST up 0 recs

Thanks, Al

n/t

HENDRY!

by cubbiejulie on Dec 12, 2006 5:47 PM CST up 0 recs

You're welcome!

n/t

by Al on Dec 12, 2006 5:48 PM CST up 0 recs

Is everyone okay?!?!?!?

If not, stay where you are, and stay alive. We will find you!

(grabs flashlight and pitchfork and runs out the door)

HENDRY!

by cubbiejulie on Dec 12, 2006 12:51 PM CST 0 recs

What in the hell are you going to do...

...with that pitchfork?

by Santos L Halper on Dec 12, 2006 12:56 PM CST up 0 recs

(Shrug)

Why, use it to fight off the evil cyber cave trolls that took down the server, of course.

You thnk the BBQ tongs would work better?

HENDRY!

by cubbiejulie on Dec 12, 2006 12:58 PM CST up 0 recs

Actually, I thought...

...that a cattle prod might work better.

by Santos L Halper on Dec 12, 2006 2:14 PM CST up 0 recs

Chainsaw

A chainsaw is always the best choice for fighting the agents of the damned.

PAGAN!

by Jesse Guam on Dec 12, 2006 2:14 PM CST up 0 recs

I gotta go with

a boomstick. But the chainsaw is an excellent choice.

ROTHSCHILD!

by Perkins on Dec 12, 2006 2:35 PM CST up 0 recs

Good choice

"This... is my boomstick! The 12-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about $109.95. It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart."

PAGAN!

by Jesse Guam on Dec 12, 2006 2:44 PM CST up 0 recs

Haha, awesome

It's been so long since I've seen that.

ROTHSCHILD!

by Perkins on Dec 12, 2006 2:50 PM CST up 0 recs

Greatest. Movie. Ever.

Okay, "Evil Dead 2" is right up there.

BTW, if you're in New York, I highly recommend "Evil Dead: The Musical".

PAGAN!

by Jesse Guam on Dec 12, 2006 2:51 PM CST up 0 recs

There really..

Are few things funnier than getting flipped off by your own hand.

by Damen Jackson on Dec 12, 2006 3:02 PM CST up 0 recs

Army of Darkness?

n/t

by Damen Jackson on Dec 12, 2006 2:51 PM CST up 0 recs

Yup.

"Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun."

PAGAN!

by Jesse Guam on Dec 12, 2006 2:52 PM CST up 0 recs

I feel like we were just talking about the...

tree rape scene from the first Evil dead a few weeks ago here.

Funniest. Scene. Ever.

Baby, you got a stew goin'

by Thelonious on Dec 12, 2006 2:59 PM CST up 0 recs

I think we were

Because I had previously mentioned "Evil Dead: The Musical" (cause I tend to repeat myself).

But I would disagree. I think the Ash hand-possession scene (in ED2) is the Greatest. Scene. Ever.

PAGAN!

by Jesse Guam on Dec 12, 2006 3:02 PM CST up 0 recs

It was

lonely without all fo you. I'm so happy we're back.

COTTS!!!

by sue369 on Dec 12, 2006 2:15 PM CST 0 recs

I agree!

I was about to go into convulsions.

by Scott on Dec 12, 2006 2:18 PM CST up 0 recs

Apologies again...

... for the downtime in the last hour. There was a planned software upgrade that, well, just didn't quite work out, so the backups had to be restored. Takes a little while on 100+ sites -- the entire SB Nation had to be redone.

by Al on Dec 12, 2006 2:19 PM CST up 0 recs

It happens

Just had to happen on a day when I have NOTHING to do at work. Didn't know how addicted to BCB I'd become!

by Scott on Dec 12, 2006 2:25 PM CST up 0 recs

I'm at school...

so I miss everything that happens in the morning.

I am addicted to BCB too! :)

"I don't talk. I just let what I do talk for myself." -Johan Santana

by sparkles721 on Dec 12, 2006 4:32 PM CST up 0 recs

Usually

I log on in the morning just to see if I missed any big news while I was sleeping. I get to work around 9 and actually work for about an hour before I open the internet browser. Keep a good eye on it until about 6, then start all over the next day. :)

by Scott on Dec 12, 2006 4:39 PM CST up 0 recs

I understand

Al. I was just being silly. But I really did miss this place....sniff

COTTS!!!

by sue369 on Dec 12, 2006 3:42 PM CST up 0 recs

Meanwhile..

Back at the ranch...Care to comment on 6 million for Kenny Lofton Al?

by Damen Jackson on Dec 12, 2006 2:22 PM CST 0 recs

Well...

... the market's nuts, as we all know. Would I have paid that? Yes, because I wanted him here, and if that's what the market would bear, that's what Hendry would have had to pay.

Now, he's gone elsewhere -- and perhaps Rocco Baldelli or Ryan Church could be had, and those guys would work for me too.

by Al on Dec 12, 2006 2:29 PM CST up 0 recs

You know..

If you read the tea leaves, you definitely come away feeling that Jim is looking for not only short-term, but cheap. I suspect that Church or Wilkerson will be here shortly. Or someone talks Jacque into calming down enough to at least start the season with us.

by Damen Jackson on Dec 12, 2006 2:33 PM CST up 0 recs

I was reading on Rotoworld earlier

that Wilkerson will likely be tendered, but that Marcus Giles won't be. Now, if for some strange reason Marcus isn't on a plane to San Diego as soon as the announcement is made, does his availability change the landscape at all? Meaning, what's the chances of the Cubs signing Marcus for 2B and using DeRosa in RF, Soriano in CF and Murton in LF, supposing a trade of JJ.

Use JJ and Izturis as a possible trade duo for a CF and have DeRosa as the starting SS. I think this is the more likely scenario. However, I do think that Marcus will end up in San Diego.

by Scott on Dec 12, 2006 2:41 PM CST up 0 recs

You're asking the wrong person....

I would have never signed DeRosa in the first place, and would have dealt Izturis as soon as the season ended. But I would be agreeable to still dealing Cesar, move Derosa to SS, and sign Giles on a 2 year if it were possible.

by Damen Jackson on Dec 12, 2006 2:47 PM CST up 0 recs

I hope you'll forgive me, Al

Because when I tried to log on this morning and BCB was still down, I was happy. I thought, "Now, finally, I'll get some work done." But no, I still didn't.

PTBNL!

by gravedigger on Dec 12, 2006 3:07 PM CST 0 recs

LOL

... and now, you SURELY won't!

by Al on Dec 12, 2006 3:09 PM CST up 0 recs

Yeah I'm not expecting to

Though this paper is due tomorrow. I should consider starting it at some point.

PTBNL!

by gravedigger on Dec 12, 2006 3:18 PM CST up 0 recs

I'd think that'd be a good idea.

n/t

by Al on Dec 12, 2006 3:25 PM CST up 0 recs

What's your

hurry?

COTTS!!!

by sue369 on Dec 12, 2006 3:44 PM CST up 0 recs

I don't know

Its only 18 pages.. that'll take me 4 hours tops.

PTBNL!

by gravedigger on Dec 12, 2006 3:51 PM CST up 0 recs

That's fast.

I'm a very slow person and I don't like writing, so it takes me about an hour to write one page.

"I don't talk. I just let what I do talk for myself." -Johan Santana

by sparkles721 on Dec 12, 2006 4:33 PM CST up 0 recs

I don't start writing

until I know, in my head, exactly what I want to say. If I start too early I'll write something crappy and can't continue. That's part of why I like to do it last minute - I can take all the time before to read and reflect before I write. Then it just flows.

PTBNL!

by gravedigger on Dec 12, 2006 5:07 PM CST up 0 recs