I mean, unless they go to a really awesome Taco Bell they’re just asking way too much of their drive-thru attendants. That’s a huge order, for one thing, and they’re not entirely clear with it. At my local Taco Bell — the Worst Taco Bell in the World — they’d probably wind up with a single Volcano Taco and it wouldn’t even have a red shell. Via Nate.
So in the midst of a day spent mostly trying to tie up loose ends before I head to Port St. Lucie next week, I changed the color scheme here. I had grown pretty attached to the handsome autumnal tones (which, my wife will tell you, are also the colors of the furniture in our extremely masculine living room, since everything needs to match Vin Diesel and Usher Riding Into Battle on a Chariot Pulled By White Tigers, the obvious focal point of the room [it really ties the room together]), but with Spring Training on the horizon and all I figured I should probably switch to something more baseball-appropriate.
Problem is, bright colors hurt my eyes and I stare at this site for a good portion of the day, so I had to keep ’em reasonably neutral. And I like to keep the colors distinct from Mets colors because this isn’t technically a Mets blog.
First I had a darker blue with gray accents (whatup Hoyas), but some early Twitter feedback said it looked too much like a Yankees blog that way. So I worked in some green, because, you know, baseball.
Now I’ve looked at it and tweaked it so many times that I can’t decide if I like it or if I’m just sick of futzing with it, so I’m going to go with this for a little while and see how it plays.
Half of you read the site on RSS anyway, so in that case carry on. But if you hate it or love it or it gives you a seizure, let me know.
Rich checks in from Port St. Lucie:
Excellent. I’m not sure if I’ve ever mentioned it here, but I am a big fan of all the South American camelids. I cannot look at a llama without giggling uncontrollably.
Also, she’s going to google alpacas this evening. Heh.
Since it has been almost a decade now, I can confirm that I will giggle about this Tenacious D sketch every time I order at a drive-thru for the rest of my life. Language NSFW:
On the heels of the story about Raymond Felton’s pathetic party comes this video of Landry Fields trying to get people to appreciate Landry Fields in my local Modell’s. Via Tommy Dee.
Watch as several newscasters manage to get through an entire segment on Harry Baals without giggling. Also, tell me that the deputy-mayor lady isn’t the Leslie Knope of this situation:
Via Brendan Bilko.
I know it pained Gary Apple to recap this, and probably whoever cut the clips too. Like 75% of people in sports broadcasting went to Syracuse. Sucks to be you right now, 75% of the people who work here.
Tedquarters 