DBN: Writing Position Available
by Chris Pokorny on Jan 24, 2012 10:15 AM EST
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The powers that be at SB Nation have been pushing for each NFL blog to recruit additional writer(s), so this is the official announcement that a writing position is available for Dawgs By Nature.
Unlike when we have recruited in the past, the requirements are much more strict this time. The major requirement is that you must be able to make at least 20-25 posts per month. That is a big commitment, but it is still reasonable as it is less than one post per day, on average. Other recommended requirements include the following:
- Ability to write grammatically sound articles, without the need of an editor (perfection is not needed; you can see that based on the numerous errors you'll see in my posts from time-to-time).
- Passion for the writing/talking about the Browns without having to be motivated by pay. When I started DBN in 2006, I never intended for it to be some "get rich" scheme. There is a small stipend associated with this position, with an emphasis on small.
- In terms of length, the articles do not need to be of column-length for every post. Generally, posts should be over 150 words at a minimum.
Preference will be given to people who (1) have been regular/active users on DBN, and (2) have a good grasp of the community standards in general. Please contact me at pokorny@pfcritics.com if you are interested in applying. No special resume is necessary, but a couple of sentences explaining why you're interested, if you feel you can make the commitment, ideas you have, etc. might be beneficial.
Thanks,
-Chris Pokorny
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Dammit Chris. I want to do it again but 20 a month? Last time it was hard enough. Are slightly OT topics allowed?
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 24, 2012 11:04 AM EST reply actions
Can you hire two so the requirement can be split in half? And also, what even happened to Brownsyup?
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 24, 2012 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
I’d have to inquiry about the split-in-half idea. I’d pursue something like that if the candidates seem to fit that role better.
Dawgs By Nature - Covering the Cleveland Browns on SB Nation.
by Chris Pokorny on Jan 24, 2012 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
Well, technically, we could always use lesser time writers, just as our current staff does. I still need to recruit someone who can fulfill the 20-25 role though.
Dawgs By Nature - Covering the Cleveland Browns on SB Nation.
by Chris Pokorny on Jan 24, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
After a lot thought, I’ve decided to apply. The email will have to be later though, as I’ve got to a paper due for a class tomorrow that I need to finish.
"The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins."
by Simmsinns on Jan 24, 2012 12:14 PM EST reply actions 12 recs
I would like this. You’re pretty level headed. You tend to see both sides of the coin and sometimes you’re a hoot.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
Except for this: “WE HAZ TEH WORSE O-LIEN IN THE NFL, DoN”T yOU UNDERRSTAND?"……..lol.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
I voted for you through rec. You do good write ups.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
That would be great. I’ve always thought about volunteering, and I feel like I might have the time this semester, but I can never get myself to commit to it.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 24, 2012 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
That was my issue before as well, but I just felt that I can buckle down and just go for it.
"The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins."
Like Chris said in his terms, the articles don’t have to be full blown write ups (which you normally do). You can easily come up with some topics for discussions in a paragraph or two.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
If Chris gives me the job again, maybe he’ll take a split with both of us.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 24, 2012 4:18 PM EST up reply actions
If I don’t get it or we don’t split, I’ll make sure you get it at least.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 24, 2012 10:52 PM EST up reply actions
10 recs. Chris has no choice but to assign you.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 12:19 AM EST up reply actions
11.
If he needs a split guy. I’m your man Chris. If not, Ima start overloading the fanpost section.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 25, 2012 12:20 AM EST up reply actions
Nice try GOLAN.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 25, 2012 8:52 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
This joke needs to make a comeback.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 25, 2012 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
I’d quit if you or SB got hired. NM….flagging my own comment.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 2:19 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Already been a minion once. I have credentials bro.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 24, 2012 4:18 PM EST up reply actions
I’m pretty sure you blew your chance already.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
It’s not like I was fired. I stepped down because a personal issue had arisen that took considerable time to fix. It’s now since dissipated and I think I can become a regular contributor again.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 24, 2012 4:50 PM EST up reply actions
Just saying. You’ve been banned before and that won’t help your case one bit. And you do rub people the wrong way sometimes. You were fine back in the day but you’re a different SB. Hell, even I walk on eggshells when talking to you and you’re my homie. I’m not at all saying I’m better than you because I too have a banning. But my attitude changed drastically and yours did not.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 5:14 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve gotten better. But there goes any chance of me getting my job back. Thanks homie.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 24, 2012 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
Dude, it’s no secret. Don’t blame me.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
You took that seriously? Chill. I knew getting my job back was slim. But I believe in Chris.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 24, 2012 10:34 PM EST up reply actions
It’s all good, bro. You know you’re one of my favs here. Even though you are racist towards me.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 10:50 PM EST up reply actions
OH COME ON! That’s our thing! I can’t believe it bothers you even from me.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 24, 2012 10:51 PM EST up reply actions
You took that seriously? Chill.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 10:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
where is mooncamping? I would be so entertained by 25 posts a month from that guy, can we try to convince him to come back?
by BornAKardiacKid on Jan 24, 2012 2:26 PM EST via Android app reply actions
I don’t think anyone could convince him to do anything. At least not intentionally.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 24, 2012 2:51 PM EST up reply actions
I just don’t get how he can switch allegiances so quickly. His most recent post on the Detroit site:
Now that Caldwell is gone, maybe we can have Sims back.
I put emphasis on the “we” part. It’d be like if I just switched to being a Bucs fan and said “we” in reference to who the team should hire.
His post frequency has been significantly down since going from Cleveland-to-Detroit, though.
Dawgs By Nature - Covering the Cleveland Browns on SB Nation.
by Chris Pokorny on Jan 24, 2012 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
He’s just an internet wanderer. He never had any allegiance to the Browns.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
I’m picturing a pre-historic nomad.
"The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins."
Looks like we finally found the missing link.
Dawgs by Nature -- where Montario Hardesty, apparently, 'did some good things'.
by North Coast Flea on Jan 24, 2012 10:46 PM EST up reply actions
Aw, man. I can’t believe you didn’t put a link in your missing link post. You’re squandering opportunities faster than a Browns offense.
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened."
— Winston S. Churchill
I have the best wife - ever.
I’d love to do this.
Just doing some soul searching right now to tell if the time commitment is a feasible option for me.
I’ve had things published in the PD (editorial), Scene Magazine (music review), and Modern Drummer Magazine (my first International publication and $150!). I’ve been meaning to collect it all up and create some sort of writing “resume”. One of these days…..
What does that MEAN - TO PLAY US OUT?!!?!?
by DaveDawg09 on Jan 24, 2012 3:21 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
I would like to do it myself but I have a not-so-good DBN track record. Plus I dropped out of college because I hate writing.
HA! That would be cool. I know more about golf than anything in my life. I would have a complete field-day if that was allowed here. From A to Z, it would take me forever to get through everything.
The benefit of something like this would be that I could help you guys and you guys could help me with tips. You never know. One sentence can improve one’s game by 3 strokes.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
Alot of Golf
I teach good life choices. That's why I almost didn't graduate high school.
Follow @BRoss2013
by bross09 on Jan 24, 2012 8:17 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
LMAO….I forgot about the Alot.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously, jerk….I’m still LMAO 7 min later…….I hate you man…..
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry, but as a golfer this isn’t funny. A lot of golf balls? It doesn’t work.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 12:21 AM EST up reply actions
LOL.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 12:22 AM EST up reply actions
Dammit, I’m still geeking on the East coast.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 12:25 AM EST up reply actions
On the West coast “geeking” means you’re on E. You holding out on me?
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 12:35 AM EST up reply actions
I’ve always hear of it as “rolling”. I’ve only ever heard “getting geeked” in reference to puffin on the cheebah.
Dawgs by Nature -- where Montario Hardesty, apparently, 'did some good things'.
by North Coast Flea on Jan 25, 2012 12:38 AM EST up reply actions
“Geekin’, Rollin’, Gerpin’, Slidin’” It’s named many things out here.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 12:42 AM EST up reply actions
Was weird but i tried to reply and my comp went nutz a sec. I know noone and my comp is a piece of shit that knows nothing.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 12:45 AM EST up reply actions
check n reboot. be back.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 12:47 AM EST up reply actions
K…seriously my Comp went nutz, I’m here and down on the flow.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 12:58 AM EST up reply actions
Gerpin’ is a new one to me.
Dawgs by Nature -- where Montario Hardesty, apparently, 'did some good things'.
by North Coast Flea on Jan 25, 2012 12:45 AM EST up reply actions
When you’re on it, “Gerping” is a good way to explain it. Even though it doesn’t mean anything.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 12:50 AM EST up reply actions
that’s what I have heard to. Also probably a reference to E being called “rolls” here.
I teach good life choices. That's why I almost didn't graduate high school.
Follow @BRoss2013
Im cool with the new school. Truth is my bitch sucks from a a pipe that is is my beginning and my end. I didn’t ask her to start or finish. But I married her after the coupling….my life is mine and all in my name.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 1:12 AM EST up reply actions
She would kick my ass knowing I put her out there like that. And also letting everyone know everything I own is mine.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 3:09 AM EST up reply actions
Roll is correct. But you East coasters behind in the times.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 1:24 AM EST up reply actions
’s all right here where i need it
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 1:30 AM EST up reply actions
You have a hookup? Never found one since I moved to SoCal. I can get Tweak, Soda, Cotton, and Smurf Houses in 3 seconds. But that shit ain’t my game. Need to find someone who has Crack Backs around here.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 1:57 AM EST up reply actions
Seriously., I have stated out loud I am a nurse, can’t be bothered with crack back Kevin Macks.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 2:37 AM EST up reply actions
Wasn’t this in Big Daddy? lol.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
yes, things move very slowly here in this regard.
I teach good life choices. That's why I almost didn't graduate high school.
Follow @BRoss2013
Rolling: The new MC^2
Dawgs by Nature -- where Montario Hardesty, apparently, 'did some good things'.
by North Coast Flea on Jan 25, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
What else would I do? Alot of Gofers?
I teach good life choices. That's why I almost didn't graduate high school.
Follow @BRoss2013
I don’t get out as much as I want. It’s once a week now if I’m lucky. My handicap is 8. When I was 18 y/o it was a 4. I did shoot a 74 when I was 18.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve got a weekend job at a golf course. It’s awesome because I get paid a little extra cash and I get free golf whenever I can get out there, which includes a quick 9 after I get off of work during the week. I’m like you, when I was 18 I was a low 70’s golfer, but am now pretty pleased to break 80. 65 is my low, believe it or not. That was a crazy good day at the course.
Wow, 65 is a great day.
I was waiting for football season to end to get a part time at a course around here. The free golf makes it worth it.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 6:26 PM EST up reply actions
I played Scarlet with a freshman who as hoping to try out for the men’s team and watched him shoot 65. It was pretty amazing, I think he had a couple of eagles and just made birdies all day and that was after bogeying the first.
I’ve never played with a lights out golfer like that. must be amazing to see it first hand.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
I had one of my better rounds (on that course, which is a complete B****), something in the 80s, probably because I spent of the day watching him hit 180 yrd. 7 irons and didn’t really pay attention to what I was doing. Not thinking on the golf course is something my instructor and I work a lot on.
That’s one correct way to go about it. That “F*ck it” attitude. When you try too hard you get the Cundifs.
A 180 7iron is awesome!!! Even with the new set I get in a couple weeks I’ll hit it 165 at best. If I gained some weight I bet I could squeeze 5 yards out of each club.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
If you’re serious about getting better mentally, I’d recomment Bob Rotella. Particularly “Putting Out of Your Mind.” That book completely changed the way I think about golf.
If you’re serious about getting better mentally
Dawgs by Nature -- where Montario Hardesty, apparently, 'did some good things'.
by North Coast Flea on Jan 25, 2012 2:39 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Actually someone gave me one of those books, I’ll have to check if its Rotella, it might be. In any case, it wasn’t about putting, and I am actually a wicked putter (as the words leave my mouth I know I’m destined to a season full of 3 and 4 putts) but I read a few chapters and the on the course mind clearing exercises helped a ton. I played better instantly, however, I also like to play fast so I have to force myself to take the time to do them.
Even the stuff he talks about on the greens can apply to full shots or the short game. Like picking the smallest target possible. To paraphrase, he suggests focusing not just on the target (on the greens, it’s the cup of course), but a blade of grass on the inside of the cup. It’s crazy how it just frees everything up.
Lining up to a small target is the best way to do it.
I putt at coins in my living room. Also put magazines under the rug so I can play breaks.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 10:22 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t get out as much as I want.
Same here. Why is it so hard to get paroled?
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened."
— Winston S. Churchill
I have the best wife - ever.
I agree but only because he is wrong….I have the best wife ever.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 8:54 PM EST up reply actions
We’ll have to agree to disagree there. My wife was cool with me getting a convertible and got me tickets to the Browns-Steelers game (and all I got her was this tag in my signature block – and a nice ring) so I’m sticking by my sig.
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened."
— Winston S. Churchill
I have the best wife - ever.
What kind of convertible? It matters
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 25, 2012 5:03 PM EST up reply actions
A4
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened."
— Winston S. Churchill
I have the best wife - ever.
Good job. Would’ve also accepted S2000, MR2, or z3/z4.
XBL - TheRabbit087. Get at me.
by SpecialBrownie on Jan 25, 2012 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
My wife has been cool with me not working since April….I did work two jobs til then and remodel the house but she’s like “Ok, I get u need a break” Maybe we should just meet. Sounds like our wives are awesome. BTW, My name is Bob too.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 11:30 PM EST up reply actions
I did do two roofs and a few other jobs this summer though….not being a derelict.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
I have to say, it’s nice when you can put nine grand into savings in one summer and your wife’s salary pays the bills.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 26, 2012 12:04 AM EST up reply actions
My name is Robert. I hate when someone calls me Bob.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 26, 2012 12:24 AM EST up reply actions
I found a loop hole in the system. It does require some dedication. I get up a 5am and I am at the course by 5:30. I am the first one out no one behind me. I play 18 in 2:15 and usually home by 8:15. Kids and wife are just gettin up and then the day is there is do whatever she needs me to do. No interruption of the day.
Don’t tell….save it.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 12:32 AM EST up reply actions
Naw, they talk about the Tour over there. Not interested in Tour talk.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 5:56 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t necessarily have a slice, I just hit the ball to the right, about 10-20 degrees to the right. How do I fix this? When I “just aim a little more to the left” then I slice.
"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein
This is follow through….for what my opinion is worth. Swing through it like you hate it…but hit it on center…..
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 8:50 PM EST up reply actions
No, it’s not….if you stop your club face short you will slice. Golf 101.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
You should have said follow through. The hate it thing is what sounds wrong. You don’t try to hit the ball, it’s all about the swing. The ball just happens to be in the way. I don’t even look at the ball when I play.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
K..what I meant was know the position of the ball and don’t hold back when you swing through it? Get to know the distance of your clubs.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 10:02 PM EST up reply actions
That’s just follow through. You don’t want to try to kill it. The harder you swing the worse off you are.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
k….I did say follow through….I just meant push it all the way around “like u hate it”…..5:50 PST
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 10:11 PM EST up reply actions
“Swing it like you hate it” doesn’t make sense then. I know what you’re trying to say but it’s not the right terminology.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 11:45 PM EST up reply actions
But u know what i was trying to say.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 11:49 PM EST up reply actions
But the person you were talking to may not have.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 12:07 AM EST up reply actions
If you don’t want to slice, follow through. I swear I said it.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 2:30 AM EST up reply actions
You have no idea what you’re talking about. Following through isn’t a slice cure.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 2:51 AM EST up reply actions
LOL. Stopping short is a slice. Finishing your swing does cure it.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 3:00 AM EST up reply actions
Cutting it short after contact is not an automatic slice. That may be for your crappy swing, but it’s not the status quo.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 4:19 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
LOL…my swing is crappy…God I was drunk last night.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 10:10 AM EST up reply actions
Sorry, I was drunk as hell too. I started getting irritated with your responses. My apologies for calling your swing crappy.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
NP….I had a problem with slicing when I did hit it on center. I was kind of holding back on my follow through….and subsequently slicing. But there are definitely a myriad of ways to slice.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
If following through corrected your slice then the follow through corrected something in your swing.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
That has nothing to do with it, slice is from the club head cutting from out to in accross the face of the golf ball, causing it to have a left to right rotation which makes go right.
Short term fix is to close your stance, so basically do the exact opposite of aiming left, aim your body slightly right, you’ll have an easier time making an in to out swing and may even get a little draw. A PGA pro could probably fix it in 1 or 2 lessons for the long term.
http://www.golftoday.co.uk/proshop/tuition/index.html Read this, if you follow it, it will come.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry, Henry, I mean if you can’t afford lessons.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 9:09 PM EST up reply actions
I agree, even if you only play a couple times a month, but if you’re a few times a year golfer just looking for a way to get through a round without killing someone of one fairway over I think “tricks” are OK and they can work for a round or two, but much like Tebow, its not usually sustainable.
You’re totally spot on with that. I don’t think about the non average golfer. Which is something I should take in to consideration when we all talk about the game. You’re right about the tricks things.
The “killing someone” made me laugh. Have you ever been tagged before?
I got slammed in the back of the leg with a drive before. I dropped like a sack of potatoes.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 12:06 AM EST up reply actions
Never gotten pinged, almost by a buddy of mine but I ducked in time. I honestly don’t know how some of those people at the tour events get pinged and don’t get sent to the ER
It doesn’t hurt that bad. Kind of like a paintball. My friend got hit in the head once on the 18th. He got pissed when he realized he was bleeding. And being the asshole that I am, I fell on the ground laughing.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
My school played a par 3 for gym once and a kid took a slice to the head. There was blood everywhere!
XBL - TheRabbit087. Get at me.
by SpecialBrownie on Jan 25, 2012 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
Lol…not sure why, it’s like a guy taking a line drive to the nards. Funny but OMG that hurts.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
It’s funny as hell when it doesn’t happen to you!
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
Without seeing your swing first hand, I can only guess what’s wrong.
Your stance (aiming) could easily just be off. You may think you’re pushing it but in reality you’re hitting it right where you’re aiming. Look to see which way your divot is pointing. If it’s pointed to the right than your aim is off. An easy way to fix that, when practicing, is to lay a club on the ground as a guide. Then align your feet with the club.
If it’s not that then it could be anything, really. Shifting your weight too soon, swinging your hips too soon, or even a bad grip. I’ve fixed a lot of friends’ slice/push with the grip alone. If your thumb is aligned with the middle of the club, that’s no good. Assuming you’re right handed, turn your right hand over the club a little to where your thumb is more left than middle of the shaft. Being able to see your ring finger knuckle is a good thing. So try that. If it feels wrong than it’s right. It’s called golf.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
My instructor told me 70% of right handers aim too far right. He has me using snow sticks on the range at all time and it makes a huge difference.
What the hell is a snow stick?
Sometimes when I feel my aim is off on the course I’ll take my club and drag a line in the grass. Don’t think there is any rule against that.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 12:13 AM EST up reply actions
Lol, you wouldn’t know, being in So Cal. They’re orange and yellow sticks that people stick in the ground so they can tell where there might be curbs when the snow gets too high. You’ll see quite a few pros carrying them in their bags, they don’t count against the club total so you’re just supposed to keep them in there all the time for when you’re on the range.
My Dad gives lessons, so I run to him when I’m frustrated. That’s frequently…
Resident Tim Couch Apologist.
Shot an 84 today. I must have nailed like 5 10 footers for par. My chipping is just gawd awful right now.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 26, 2012 8:08 PM EST up reply actions
Rainy and in the 30s here in Central PA. However, I went to the Joe Paterno Memorial, so it was a good day.
Not trying to reignite any arguments here.
Resident Tim Couch Apologist.
Wish I could have been there….what a humanitarian he was. 81% of respondents in a poll in Erie said he will be remembered for his guidance, 19% were douches.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 27, 2012 1:37 AM EST up reply actions
Also making sure to rotate the hands as you come through contact – so that your right hand ends up on top of the left (if you’re right handed) when your arms are parallel to the ground on the follow through. Hard to explain, but when I learned to hit a draw I hit bucket after bucket of balls with a half swing to get the feel of turning my hands over coming through the ball.
What does that MEAN - TO PLAY US OUT?!!?!?
Be the ball.
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— Winston S. Churchill
I have the best wife - ever.
by JustBob on Jan 25, 2012 4:59 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
hmmmm. maybe i’ll go for it. i have a beer blog i already write…
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Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
Based on his epic Tebowing pic he has the glasses.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 6:01 PM EST up reply actions
I would do it, but then I’d have to be less pessimistic.
And then the world would explode
by The Licensed Pessimist on Jan 24, 2012 8:28 PM EST reply actions
TLP: Bringing balance to the force since 2009.
"The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins."
by Simmsinns on Jan 24, 2012 8:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You should just write a weekly column or something. “Why the Sky is Falling.”
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 24, 2012 11:47 PM EST up reply actions
You know what, this is gonna happen
by The Licensed Pessimist on Jan 25, 2012 12:43 AM EST up reply actions
I approve!
I take this optimism shit seriously.
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by The Licensed Optimist on Jan 25, 2012 1:19 AM EST up reply actions
I’ll bet you have a good feeling about it!
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 25, 2012 8:55 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
On point of this post, I would like to contribute once weekly….Any ideas? I seriously would do an ongoing post (fanpost). Monday Brunch? Tuesday night dinner? Who cares what he has to say Wednesday? Honestly, I love this place and you guys. Fun times.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 9:25 PM EST reply actions
Personally I like “Who cares what HE has to say Wednesday”. I wish I could go all out on this thing but i’m not that eloquent day to day.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
You should do one called “Tuesday Night Dinner” and the subject should actually be what you had to eat for dinner that Tuesday. The discussion would not open up to what we all had, either. It would just be about your choice of dinner on Tuesdays.
"We just lost to the Steelers 20 hours ago and that still hurts. I need to get home and eat a burrito." -Phil Dawson
I like this…..simple….easy….Chicken Salad. Not the kind with mayo…..nope. The kind with grilled chicken on greens….comments?
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 10:25 PM EST up reply actions
This is exactly why I wouldn’t do this.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
Dead serious, that is what I had for dinner but it was Monday night instead.
I should have made my screen name DerekAndersonIsMyBrother
Yummy and good for us.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
Would u work with me on it?
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
I know you were having fun but i’m going to do it. :-]~~
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
Bross, you just came up on my newsfeed. You are fb friends with someone I went to elementary school with.
This is odd.
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I am really curious now…I do remember you saying you used to live in Cleveland so doesn’t seem that odd in that sense.
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We had this conversation like 2 years ago Em.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 24, 2012 10:34 PM EST up reply actions
Bross went to a camp and is mutual friends with two of your hometown friends.
I remember.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 24, 2012 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t remember this. at all.
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You are smart, you should contribute much more.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 10:45 PM EST up reply actions
You know not what you just did.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 24, 2012 11:00 PM EST up reply actions 10 recs
?
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 11:03 PM EST up reply actions
Forgive him Joe Thomas…
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by North Coast Flea on Jan 24, 2012 11:10 PM EST up reply actions
My personal Jesus. Still….
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
Damnit now you made me want to listen to the song.
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by North Coast Flea on Jan 24, 2012 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
Depeche Mode< awesome song
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 11:53 PM EST up reply actions
He probably meant the Marilyn Manson version.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 25, 2012 12:07 AM EST up reply actions
No, DepecheMode had it covered special sweety
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 12:09 AM EST up reply actions
Sorry having a party here.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 12:11 AM EST up reply actions
I actually did listen to the DM version. I do like Manson’s too though.
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by North Coast Flea on Jan 25, 2012 12:10 AM EST up reply actions
and it is green
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by bross09 on Jan 24, 2012 11:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Green is green until it turns to red.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 11:26 PM EST up reply actions
Yep. You two figured it out when the DBN facebook page was created.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 24, 2012 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
I still don’t remember it, but whatever.
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Awkward.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 24, 2012 11:34 PM EST up reply actions
I wonder what I said to get on your newsfeed randomly.
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That was me actually.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 24, 2012 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
Meaning, he went to camp with a friend of mine, not that I went to camp with a friend of emily’s.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 24, 2012 11:50 PM EST up reply actions
Ur cool…Im on your shoulder if u need, just give me the same.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
This is weird!
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 24, 2012 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
I love that movie.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 24, 2012 11:53 PM EST up reply actions
This is one of my favorite scenes from any movie ever.
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by North Coast Flea on Jan 25, 2012 12:07 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
yeah, that sounds more familiar. I do remember going to camp with someone from chagrin falls.
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Now that I think about it. Me and DN need to update our menu.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 24, 2012 11:02 PM EST reply actions
The DBN Glossary could use an update too.
"The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins."
Indeeb
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by North Coast Flea on Jan 25, 2012 10:38 AM EST up reply actions
I may have time this weekend. I’ll need suggestions on what to add though.
Resident Tim Couch Apologist.
Crazytown specu/lates…….
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 24, 2012 11:43 PM EST reply actions
sORRY, WAS LISTENING TO aDAM lAMBERT. fIAR hOLNGREN.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 12:01 AM EST reply actions
I think I might try to do this. I dunno my time commitment 100%
I just worry about what could happen with unlimited power… muahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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Consequences will never be the same.
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by North Coast Flea on Jan 25, 2012 12:29 AM EST up reply actions
no, it takes about 6 for me to get tipsy/on the border of drunk. It takes about 10+ to get me blackout drunk.
I am unfortunately sober tonight.
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I’m sober every night. I don’t want to hear it.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 25, 2012 1:00 AM EST up reply actions
You’re a light weight. You shouldn’t blackout on beer. I’ll start throwing up after 18, but no blackout.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 1:33 AM EST up reply actions
I refer to blackout as times where I can’t remember stuff. The only time I ever passed out was about 14-15ish.
I also don’t drink exclusively beer. Every time I have gotten really, really drunk there have been hard liquors involved.
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Maybe you’re both lightweights……
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 2:04 AM EST up reply actions
Lol….My house is empty now, i’m crashing.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 2:24 AM EST up reply actions
I will confess I am not a heavyweight.
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The only way it can take that much beer for someone to get drunk is if they’re drinking the pee-water variety.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 25, 2012 9:01 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t pretend to be a heavyweight.
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Good old DaytonDog.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 25, 2012 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
He had two g’s right?
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 25, 2012 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t remember, probably.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 25, 2012 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
He made an appearance like a year ago. That was about it.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 25, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
Tuesday Dinner….I’ll tell you what i’m having for dinner and it will be our weekly O.T. thread.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 1:26 PM EST reply actions
Please no!
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 25, 2012 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
CANDY BARS!
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The shnozz berries taste like shnozz berries!
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by North Coast Flea on Jan 25, 2012 2:38 PM EST up reply actions
Littering and… littering and… littering and…
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 25, 2012 5:21 PM EST up reply actions
That was the funniest movie ever.
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 25, 2012 6:12 PM EST up reply actions
I can’t believe no one made the connection between me announcing this position on DBN, and Grossi’s “removal” from the Browns Beat.
Dawgs By Nature - Covering the Cleveland Browns on SB Nation.
Because we know you aren’t that stupid.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 26, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
…or are you, GOLAN?
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 26, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
There’s a little bit of golan in all of us.
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by Chris Pokorny on Jan 26, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 26, 2012 1:07 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
I'm Golan.
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by Dawg Nuts on Jan 26, 2012 9:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 27, 2012 1:45 AM EST up reply actions
Nice try Gola…Wait a minute!
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by North Coast Flea on Jan 28, 2012 3:10 AM EST up reply actions
And some Moon
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by The New Kardiac Kids on Jan 27, 2012 1:47 AM EST up reply actions
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