DBD 12.17.09 Final Exam Experiences
by Avinash on Dec 17, 2009 2:35 AM PST
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In homage to the most exhausting week of the year for college students, the Daily Cal talks about the fundamentals of Final Exam week, and nothing's more fundamental to a 21st century student than picking up the slack of three months of procrastination, as Stephanie Lee describes it:
Cramming
It's 6 a.m., the sun is rising and pages of dates and names swarm before my eyes. With three hours to go before my history exam, I'm immersed in an all-too-familiar activity: cramming.
Every time school starts up again, I swear to myself that this semester will be the one in which I attend (and stay awake during) every lecture. The one in which I show up to office hours. The one in which I don't just finish all my reading assignments when they're supposed to be finished, but-wait for it-the day before.
It turns out, however, that being a diligent student is much less fun than doing, like, non-school-related things. So when faced with a deadline, no matter how much time I'm given beforehand, I inevitably find myself paging through books I haven't read and memorizing factoids up until the very last second.
Though cramming may be exhausting and draining, it's also vaguely exhilarating in that giddy, haven't-slept-since-last-week kind of way. Powering through an all-nighter has to rank up there among the memorable, iconic rituals of college life. And it's not entirely without its payoffs-sunrises, after all, can be pretty darn beautiful.
-Stephanie M. Lee
What were your most intriguing/horrifying/exasperating/painful/depressing final exam experiences at Cal?
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I showed up two days early for a final because I misread the exam schedule and showed up for the wrong section of that class. That was exciting.
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Friend of mine thought it was in the afternoon, when it was in the morning. He was able to track down the GSI and retake it.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
One of my roommate in my Freshman year (he was a Junior) was retaking an English class because the previous semester he overslept and missed his final.
In other words, Go Bears!
One of my roommates didn’t feel like he had studied enough for a final, so he didn’t show up, told the professor he had overslept, and got to retake it a week later.
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 17, 2009 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Someone I knew overslept for a BA 10 midterm (Robinson course); he then ran to the Tang Centre, told them he has a bad stomach and has been throwing up since he at the Asian Ghetto last night. Obviously, the doctors there diagnosed him with food poisoning and he got a doctors note, so he could retake the test.
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Driving on I-880 often makes me wonder if I’m going to lose an axel and lose 3 days.
Bay Area roads 2nd worst in nation…guess who’s #1? LA.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Post-Applegate exit on 80 during winter last year
I went up twice—twice!!—when CalTrans had taken away a full lane of Eastbound traffic for a good 25 miles. I have no problem w/ this if CalTrans is actually out there fixing shit. But they had a like a 5-man crew working on one 20-foot section of the freeway. 25 miles for 20 feet? Twice? Gimme a break
by calbeers05753 on Dec 17, 2009 8:00 AM PST up reply actions
I was unemployed 3 years ago, and had a season pass to Northstar and my parents live in the Sacramento area. I drove I-80 4 times a week two ways to go snowboarding for 10 weeks straight pretty much.
Road sucked.
General Question
Outside of California (which doesnt have great conditions), where have people found the best skiing and snowboarding? Steamboat Springs, Whistler, Jackson Hole, Utah, the Alps… Donde?
Hokkaido, Japan for deep deep deep powder (which as a snowboarder, i did not enjoy)
Utah for domestic powder and great views
Nagano, Japan for what I like (lots of blue wide runs and packed powder)
Whistler’s just HUGE, but the snow? eh.
Colorado
1. Aspen if you’re pretty good, Vail if you’re looking to cruise around and have fun.
2. Utah is supposed to be great: good snow, and the resorts are all relatively close to each other. To borrow from Longshanks in Braveheart, the only problem with Utah is that it’s full of Utes
2. Jackson is a really challenging mountain, but pretty fun. The only problem w/ Jackson is there’s only one mountain, so if you go for 7 days or so you may tire (unlike Vail, which is the biggest freaking resort ever; or aspen, which has 4 mountains; or utah, which has like 10 w/in 2 hours of each other)
3. Whistler is big and moderately priced (Thanks, Canada). However, the weather there is pretty shitty—it’s ridiculously close to the pacific ocean and in an area which is technically a rain forest, so it’s always either snowing (heavy, wet, hard-to-ski-through snow) or there these gy-normous fog clouds sit in the middle of the mountain and take away all visibility
by calbeers05753 on Dec 17, 2009 8:14 AM PST up reply actions
Colorado
1. Aspen if you’repretty goodinsanely rich, Vail if you’relooking to cruise around and have funcriminally insanely rich.
fixed.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
You can probably make that statement about nearly every resort town
by calbeers05753 on Dec 17, 2009 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Truth or cougar: Jahvid Best will not return to Cal for his senior season.
(I’m going with cougar unless he’s OK with being a 2nd rounder or worse)
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Truth. He might not make all that much, but his contract will be shorter and he’ll be able to renegotiate quicker if he does well. If anything, getting injured should only make him that much more aware that he has a limited number of carries in him as a player.
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 6:58 AM PST up reply actions
what about cougar: Best is a class act all the way around, and if anyone cares about staying in school to get his degree it would be him – particularly due to his history with freak injuries.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I don’t think there’s any evidence that he’s any more inclined than any other guy we’ve thought of as a good guy to want to stick around to finish his degree. It’s a nice thought, but I’m not sure it’s grounded in reality. And if the degree is that important to him, he can just finish it off during the summer. Lots of guys do that in the NBA and the NFL. That by itself shouldn’t stop him from leaving early.
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 7:07 AM PST up reply actions
Errr, you mean lots of guys say they’ll finish, but do they really?
What I meant by that, is that I think Best is more Alex Mack than Jackson or Lynch.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
My point is I don’t think he’s even said he’ll finish. So our impressions really aren’t that important.
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 7:13 AM PST up reply actions
but without impressions/opinions, does SBNation exist?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Fair point – but I’m just saying I don’t think the particular reason you cite is a compelling one.
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 7:17 AM PST up reply actions
What, besides your own flawed perception, do you have to base that on?
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To which sentence are you referring to? Both are flawed perceptions – no doubt – but here’s a bit more detail:
The first one’s a hunch but I’m 90% certain that it’s true.
The last is just an observation based on how he carries himself.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
(for the permanent record lol, I personally don’t care either way. Cal will be fine without him and let’s just say I’m not confident that he’ll be used to the best of his abilities if he stays)
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
up until the moment he got hurt, I’d say he was used to the best of his abilities. Then Vereen became your #21 MVP and I’m afraid Tedford et al. will revert back to the pre-concussed Best/Vereen rotation which, in this unqualified fans opinion, would not be the best way to use Best or Vereen or the other horses in the stable in 2010.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Maybe the team could just start to utilize Jahvid in more of a receiving role.
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 7:54 AM PST up reply actions
what’s your thoughts on Jahvid Best, kick returner?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I forgot to mention
They should make him a gunner again too.
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Best, a potential NFL first-round draft pick this spring, has submitted his paperwork to the NFL draft advisory committee. The deadline for early entry is Jan. 15.
“Right now, I sent that in just to get information,” Best told the Contra Costa Times. “After the bowl game, I’ll sit down with my family and coaches and make a decision. As of now, I’m completely on top of the fence.”
http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/15907/best-done-at-cal
..on top of the fence?
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 7:19 AM PST up reply actions
I was going to comment on that, but then I realize his grammr and general command of the English language is better than mine so I STFU.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
But he’s already so vulnerable to injuries right?!?!?!?!? This is just too dangerous Mr. Best, you get down off of that fence this instant!
Undefeated in Southern California since Oct. 2009...
makes more sense than carving ones’ name into stone, with blood, anyway.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
That planet is lifeless, but finding it strongly increases the likelihood that before long another distant Earth-like planet will be found orbiting another sunlike star and bearing some unknown form of life, says a leading astronomer at UC Berkeley. The advanced equipment to make the discovery possible is already on the horizon, he said.
“Momentous breakthroughs” are in sight, said Berkeley planet hunter Geoffrey Marcy in a commentary on the report being published in the journal Nature today.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Did you read that paper? According to the commentary in Nature, Earth is 0.6% water, while that planet is 50%. So that planet must have one really, really deep ocean covering its surface. And that’s pretty much the only way it could maintain both liquid water and a surface temp of 190 C, which is also amazing.
Also, super dense atmosphere puts pressure on the surface of the water, basically forcing to stay in a liquid state. (NPR!)
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Finals
Who doesn’t look back fondly at those all nighters at the main stacks, stumbling into FSM at 4 in the morning to get another cup of coffee, sneaking snacks into moffit study rooms, napping for twenty minutes on the desk, and finally leaving to see the sun up?
Sure, it sucked at the time, but what a sense of accomplishment I got out of those days.
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I don’t, because I never did that.
<3 Poli Sci
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 17, 2009 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
Letters and Sciences requirements?
I think I took…Astro 10, History 7B, Physics for Future Presidents…not a whole lot of all-nighter classes there.
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 17, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
You L&S guys had so many requirements.
My humanities classes:
Comp Lit R1A (hated this class)
Comp Lit R1B (ok class)
History 127AC (loved it!)
Psych 2 (easier than high school!)
Psych 130 i think – Clinical Psych (easy and I learned a lot)
I kinda wanted to double major in Psych but meh.
In other words, Go Bears!
History of California taught by Kerwin Klein. It’s also an American Cultures class (hence the AC) which is a requirement for all UC students.
In other words, Go Bears!
I think when I was at Cal history 127 was the diplomatic history of Europe. Times change.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
At this point Twists asks if California was even a state when you were in school? :)
European history is in the 150’s now, I think. I remember 158 being Europe in the 20th Century.
I dont do the old joke. Others do. I find it below me.
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You probably just have a better work ethic than me.
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 17, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Totes
My first semester was a struggle because high school was so damn easy.
In other words, Go Bears!
Physics for Future Presidents
Would that be Physics 10 with Prof. Shapiro? The class with the textbook titled, “Physics Without Math”?
I took that class. And to further date myself as “old,” Troy Taylor was in my class.
Praise be to Tedford!
I don’t think it’s that guy teaching it anymore. I remember watching a video podcast of the class. It’s another guy, very charismatic.
Speaking of Charismatic professors I always wanted to take Astronomy C10 with Alex Fillipenko but was never able to. Instead I watch him on the Discovery Channel show, The Universe.
In other words, Go Bears!
My roommate worked for Fillipenko (and another friend currently does), he sounds like a really cool guy. And his class was awesome.
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 17, 2009 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
It’s a different guy, named Muller, but yes there’s no textbook and it’s physics without math.
I actually really liked the class for the same reason I liked Astro 10 – I thought both physics and astro were really interesting, I just couldn’t handle the math in the “real” classes.
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 17, 2009 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
If Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan could hear you now, he would be turning over in what ever form he re-incarnated into.
I almost always left Soda after classes unless it was a group project. I only stayed there past midnight a couple of times in my 3 years at Cal.
In other words, Go Bears!
If I could get into a frat, so could you!
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 17, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Well, I WAS in a frat, so the comment makes more sense coming from me.
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 17, 2009 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
What do they drink at EECS department parties?
Club Soda!
What do they do in the bathroom at EECS department parties?
Lines of code!
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 17, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
ZOMG - Chris Henry died
Not much to the article, so I’ll C&P the whole thing
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry has died, one day after suffering serious injuries upon falling out of the back of a pickup truck in what authorities describe as a domestic dispute with his fiancee.
Police say Henry died at 6:36 a.m. Thursday. Henry was 26.
Away from the team because of a broken forearm, Henry was rushed to the hospital Wednesday after being found on a residential road. Police say a dispute began at a home about a half-mile away, and Henry jumped into the bed of the pickup truck as his fiancee was driving away from the residence.
Police said at some point when she was driving, Henry “came out of the back of the vehicle.”
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Note to self: when wife/gf gets cra-cra, let her go. Don’t hop on/into her car.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
There is a somewhat hilarious side to this story:
http://sportsargumentwiki.com/index.php?title=Biodome
But the not fun part was the actual dying.
This is what happens when you try to report news from Twitter from “unofficial” sources.
That biodome dude…I’m not sure whether he’s a total dick or a genius.
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There was also a rumor about Nelson Mandela dying last night. That spread like wildfire. Basically, the guy was 2/2 for spreading false rumors.
Funny thing is the Nelson Mandela one sprouted a life of its own – people are now protesting Invictus because they thought it was a viral campaign to get people to watch Invictus. This rumor was also started on Twitter.
Basically, fuck twitter.
After My First Semester Calc Final
I stumbled home, went to the bathroom, became light-headed, blacked out, collapsed, and hit my head on the bath tub.
when you woke up, did you have to poo, pee, and have giant erection? (NSFW – from the new guy in yesterday’s DBD!!!!)
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I’ve never pulled an all-nighter. I rarely studied after 6 or 7, except for late in the Bar exam process, lo those many years after college. I never did the reading, either. Heres what you do in a humanities class:
Go to as many review sessions as possible. 2, 3, 4, 5, it doesn’t matter. They give you the answers to the test there! I swear to Bak Bak, cross my heart, and hope to die!
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I used to study/cram to a certain point (say like 2am) and then figure that the extra sleep would do me more good than the extra 4 hours of study. The only all-nighters I pulled were for papers.
I had this weird Finals habit, I used to buy two boxes of Orange Tic-Tacs and 2 Snapple Lemon Ice Teas and use the sugar to power me through the final.
Agreed, the sleep is a vastly underrated aspect. If you dont have a fresh brain, how welll will you be able to bullshit the stuff you didn’t know???? You need a fresh brain to make stuff up!
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Butg you are never NOT tired and cranky. Its the Rishi way!
PS How are you feeling? Dont take this question to mean I genuinely care about the answer.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Dec 17, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
To be fair, when he started doing it with triple irony, he carried one around with him just to drive home the point.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 17, 2009 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Who said we were talking about climate change?
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 17, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
Are you suggesting that they are mythical creatures that only live in stories, like unicorns, minotaurs, and Funny Twist?
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 17, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Stayed up all night cramming....
….for the Chem 1A final – tried to sleep 2 hours before the start of the final and overslept by 1.5 hours of the 3-hour final in Harmon Gym (before the renovation). Walked in while 999 chem students were in the middle of their finals – had to take the remainder of the final by myself in Professor George Pimentel’s office – with him doing paperwork while I desperately tried to remember everything I had tried to cram into my brain the night before.
I was also late to my chem 1A final, just last Saturday, but not nearly as bad as your case. I thought it was at 5:30 when it was at 5 (because I had had another final that day at 12:30, so I forgot to check my calendar and just assumed it started at half past the hour as well). I also told my two roommates this, so all three of us were late, but fortunately only by 20 minutes. When I first got to the room I thought, “Is the previous session still in the room? Can’t be…” And then my GSI told us we were late. Felt pretty stupid walking past hundreds of students already into it. But I still finished with time left and got an A in the class, so it all turned out fine :D
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Jahvid, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Actually I might be the only one happy that he’s not playing. After watching that horrific injury, I said let him never play a down again at Cal and go get PAID:
Dec. 16, 2009
BERKELEY – Cal junior tailback Jahvid Best will not play in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl against Utah at Qualcomm Stadium on Wednesday, Dec. 23 (5 p.m. PT). Head coach Jeff Tedford made the announcement to a group of reporters following the team’s workout at Memorial Stadium on Wednesday.
“Jahvid will not play,” Tedford said when asked about Best’s status for the Poinsettia Bowl. “Jahvid is doing excellent, but he’s been out a long time and since this game is so early, to get him back in game-ready form I don’t feel like that’s something that we can get done to have him ready to play. He’s doing excellent with his rehab, but this game is so early.”
Best was one of the nation’s top candidates for the Heisman Trophy during the early stages of the 2009 campaign. He was well on his way to a second consecutive 1,000-yard rushing season before being injured when he landed hard in the end zone on a seven-yard touchdown run against Oregon State at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 7.
Best has not played or practiced since the injury that required medical personal to attend to him on the field and transport him to Highland General Hospital in Oakland for an overnight stay. He was released from the hospital on Nov. 8.
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VBallers receive honor:
BERKELEY – California volleyball senior outside hitter Hana Cutura and junior setter Carli Lloyd each received 2009 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America team honors on Wednesday, Dec. 16. As the reigning Pac-10 Player of the Year, Cutura becomes the first Golden Bear to be named to the AVCA All-America team three times. She is also Cal’s only two-time first-team honoree. Lloyd earned her second selection to the second team and is Cal’s fourth multiple award winner to bring the program total to 10 AVCA All-America certificates.
Awards will be presented Dec. 18, 2009, at the AVCA All-America/PAlyers of the Year Banquet presented by Zamst at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla. Each of the three AVCA All-America Teams is comprised of 14 athletes. The Division I AVCA National Player of the Year will be announced on Dec. 18 at the awards banquet.
Also a three-time All-Pacific Region selection, Cutura became Cal’s first Pac-10 Player of the Year and made her third consecutive appearance on the All-Pac-10 team as a senior. The Zagreb, Croatia native also received conference all-academic honorable mention and was named Sports Imports/AVCA Division I National Player of the Week, Oct. 27. She was selected to all-tournament teams in all three of Cal’s pre-conference tournaments and reached double digits in kills in all 32 matches. This season, she set new career highs in kills (33) and attacks (77) in a five-set upset victory at Washington, Nov. 7. The match was her third with at least 30 kills this season. She logged 30 kills in a five-set win at Hawai’i, Sept. 6, to become first Bear to reach the 30-kill mark since 2002. Over the course of her illustrious four-year career, Cutura re-wrote the Cal record books as she became the first Bear to cross the 2,000-kill mark in her career. She is just one of five players to reach that milestone in Pac-10 history. As a senior, she led the team in kills (5.15 kps, third nationally) and points (5.65 pps, fourth nationally) and was second in attack percentage (.317).
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Footballers receive honor:
BERKELEY – Five Cal football players garnered postseason honors on Wednesday. Senior defensive lineman Tyson Alualu and junior linebacker Mike Mohamed were selected to the “OG All-American Team ’09”. Senior offensive lineman Mike Tepper was named an honorable mention All-American by Sports Illustrated. Kicker Vince D’Amato and cornerback Josh Hill were chosen to the Sporting News Pac-10 All-Freshman Team.
Alualu leads the team and ranks among Pac-10 leaders in sacks (7.5, 0.62 per game, No. 6 Pac-10) and tackles for loss (10.0, 0.83 per game, No. 11-T Pac-10). He also paces the club and leads all Pac-10 defensive linemen with 60 tackles (two shy of his career-high of 62 in 2008).
Mohamed paces the Pac-10 with an average of 8.8 tackles per game and the team with 105 total stops. He was also responsible for one of the most dramatic plays of the 2009 season when he picked off Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck at the Cal 3-yard line late in the fourth quarter to preserve a 34-28 Cal victory in the Big Game at Stanford Stadium. Mohamed was named the Pac-10’s Defensive Player of the Week twice in 2009 for his efforts at Stanford and on Oct. 31 at Arizona State when he had a season-high-tying 12 tackles in a 23-21 Cal win.
Tepper started all 12 games at left tackle for the Bears in 2009. He moved to the position for his final collegiate season after he was granted a sixth-year of eligibility following a pectoral injury that caused him to miss his entire senior campaign in 2008.
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I dunno…maybe I should look back at the tape and see how much of that was Schwartz and how much of that was Tepper…
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LOLWUT
Kicker Vince D’Amato and cornerback Josh Hill were chosen to the Sporting News Pac-10 All-Freshman Team.
Apparently kickoffs are not a consideration.
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 7:58 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, it occurred to me upon rereading that that if you’re only looking at freshmen from one particular conference, you don’t really have to beat out a lot of competitors.
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 8:03 AM PST up reply actions
Are Bruins fans about to turn on Coach Neuheisel?
All hell will break loose if they fall apart in DC.
If Neuheisel did make some kind of “deal” with the players, it makes him look like a leader who is weak and is afraid to impose discipline in a program that needs it badly. It makes me look back at this season with a slightly different light, when I see seniors like Logan Paulsen making same bonehead mistakes over and over during games and not being held accountable for it. Again, while the senior captains needs to be called out for their failure in showing any leadership, Rick Neuehisel is ultimate responsible. I agree with Blue Me that if he wanted to put a stop to this, he could have.
We will see how this all turns out. As mentioned in the topline of uclahy’s post, the heat is now on Rick Neuheisel. At this point the story is well known about what took place when the previous UCLA head coach took a 6 win team to a bowl game in his second season in Westwood. His record was permanently tarnished as he was unable to organize a focused, disciplined team in Las Vegas, which was humiliated and embarrassed by Wyoming. If UCLA ends up losing against Temple, in an uninspiring, listless, mistake prone, the blame will squarely fall on Rick Neuheisel. We will also look back at this over the wall shenanigans, which will stand out as a telling sign of a continuation of culture of mediocrity that has defined a sad decade of UCLA football.
We will be watching Neuheisel very closely in next two weeks and see what product he rolls out in DC. Actions will speak louder than (sweet & polished) words at this point. The heat is on.
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As much as I love my teams
I’m pretty sure I’d die of an aneurysm getting that worked up over this stuff.
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
I love how they always say stuff like “we’ll be watching very closely” and “this is unacceptable to BN.” Must make them feel very important.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
What things are unacceptable to CGB? Besides, yknow, Rishi.
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If Rishi wasn’t around, I would spend 50% more time arguing with other people instead of him. That would probably be more work for you (since Rishi and I kinda cancel each other out).
Do you want me back?
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Dec 17, 2009 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
Finals week. 2 Finals a day over 3 days. I was done at 11:45 today. And I have a 99% in both of the classes I have finals in tomorrow so I am procrastinating.
Also, it is 4 o’clock. What ungodly place is still in session right now?
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Dec 17, 2009 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Man, I loved high school finals. They were typically easy and a small fraction of your grade, and then you got a minimum day! It’s like they wanted to reward me for not caring.
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High School Musical 4: Minimum Days, Maximumpunten.
So what can you say?
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Faux rec’d for never forgetting maximumpunten
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It is pretty much my favorite word.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
I rec’d you for finding a way to work it in. All my attempts have failed so far.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Honestly I think it should take the place of “awesome!” or “sweet!”
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
Also nap time. Finish finals an hour early and then you can sleep. Just as long as you remembered not to snore.
In other words, Go Bears!
We are allowed to leave as soon as we are done.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Dec 17, 2009 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
Let’s not lose sight of the fact that they’re playing Temple. All rivalry rudeness aside, I’m having a hard time seeing UCLA losing this one, even if all they do on offense is a couple of field goals.
Punting is winning?
Also, Temple’s pretty good this year.
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 8:37 AM PST up reply actions
To be honest, I haven’t seen Temple play. UCLA’s erratic enough that I could see them winning handily or getting crushed.
To the extent that 9-3 in the MAC is good. (I mean, it is but it isn’t, you know?)
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I know next to nothing about Temple’s football team. Could Ucla actually lose to them? I know Ucla is offensively challenged, but can they really lose to Temple?
Praise be to Tedford!
UCLA's only favored by 4
And I did write about how awful their offense was yesterday…not the most shocking thing in the world if they fall.
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Didnt we give up like 34 to that offense?
sobs
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I realize that that game objectively was never all that close near the end as we were up by a few scores, but for us Cal fans anticipating complete disaster, it seemed like it was a nail biter!
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You don’t need to tell me. I was feeling anxiety until Kendricks’s pick 6 to seal victory.
Praise be to Tedford!
Interesting. IIRC, the open threads from the home viewers weren’t ever really in doubt. ASU and Furd on the other hand…
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 17, 2009 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
They must be really pissed if they’re called him by his full name instead of “CRN”.
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 17, 2009 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
It feels like all the random rooting I’ve done for Temple these past two years was a matter of destiny.
GO OWLS!
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 17, 2009 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Japanese 2
I made the mistake my freshman year of deciding to expand my horizons and, for one, welcome the new LA real estate overlords, by studying Japanese. I muddled through the first semester okay, but completely lost interest second semester when the kanji pace picked up. I ended up cramming for the exam through an appalling hangover and guessed my way through it. I think they gave me a sympathy D because I had been polite but baffled.
My next mistake was taking French instead of Portuguese, which offered more credits per class. I was thinking Gallic sophistication when I should have been thinking thongs.
Ah sympathy grades. I was once in a Business Math class where the C grade stretched all the way down to 50%, I suspect because the teacher was apologetic for the class not being named more appropriately “Business Calculus.”
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I was under the impression that business classes ran screaming from math past the level of Algebra (well, math that couldn’t be done by Excel at least).
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
I thought so too, and was sorely disappointed.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I’ve had that. I got a C+ in Physics 7B despite failing all but the 1st midterm (out of 3) and the final. I guess you got a C+ as long as you did all your work even if you didn’t understand wtf was going on
In other words, Go Bears!
Exactly!
I got one of the highest scores in the class for Thermo. Got the lowest for E&M. Fuck EE
In other words, Go Bears!
I wasn’t the only one!
Though, I never took Thermo (despite the fact that it’s more appropriate for what I studied), instead I took ME104. Horrible, horrible decision.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 17, 2009 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
Oh Cal engineering, how you break people’s souls.
by turkey on Dec 17, 2009 4:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
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My wife was up early this morning, oddly enough, and was watching GMA as I was leaving. They were talking about marital infidelity and had Steve Harvey on, who, apparently, is a radio host now. Who knew?
Anyway, they asked him how women could know that their man is cheating. One of his signs of marital infidelity is that the man in his “intimate performance” starts to use new moves or new positions. The thought is that the man would be practicing them with his mistress.
whew Now my wife will know that I’m definitely not cheating on her! Finally, some evidence!
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by TwistNHook on Dec 17, 2009 9:04 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Did it involve a counterclockwise swirl?!?
That’s my move! You stole my move!
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Next thing he’ll be telling me he stopped short!
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Finals.....
I recall the final for Math 50B….I left after 3.5 hrs. I was the first one to leave, who didn’t leave after reading the exam in the first 15 mins.
Some how i pulled an A out of my ass on that one.
Like Twist, I’m a believer in a good nights sleep to BS whatever I don’t know.
One of my favorite things was to bring a couple of soda’s to big finals in Harmon, or whereever, and after an hour or so when it’s quiet and folks are really digging in….pop one….and see the heads jerk up. am I an ass? maybe….
Go Bears Go
no idea if it's still called that....
lower division multi-variable calculus. for real scientists (geology, etc). engineers mostly didnt’ have to take it.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Dec 17, 2009 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
I was in Chem Bio, I took 53/54…
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
For a native Westerner, the slights from the other end of the country start early, and build through a lifetime: national broadcasters on election night who cannot pronounce Oregon (it’s like gun) or Nevada (it’s not Nev-odda), or a toll-free clerk who thinks New Mexico is part of old Mexico.
…
Geographic illiteracy from the Eastern Time Zone is a given, especially among the well-educated. A New York book publisher, and Harvard grad at that, once asked me if I ever take the ferry up to Alaska for the afternoon. No, I replied: do you ever go to Greenland on a day trip?
…
Sports is a grievance category all its own. If you Google "East Coast Bias," up comes a long litany of stories about how the West never gets any respect from those great deciders in the East.
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heh. cute article, no news.
and really, still a very nyc/manhattan perspective.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Dec 17, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t know, Nev-odda sounds acceptable. I mean, I probably pronounce it Nev-adda the vast majority of the time, but it wouldn’t surprise me if occasionally I changed the “a” sound to an “ah” sound unintentionally.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Considering like 60% of Nevadans moved there in the last ten years, I don’t think their opinion counts.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
Wait a minute. Half my extended family lives in Nevada. (My great-grandparents moved there in 1908.) And I’ve never heard any of them say Nev-adda.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
CalBear81 is right.
It’s not Nev-adda (add like the mathematical operation).
It’s Nev-ahh-dahh.
I know this because I’ve gone precinct walking there multiple times (sarcastic comment from Spazzy incoming) and that’s one of the things they specifically warn you about – if you pronounce it wrong it can annoy voters.
But who said it was Nev-ahh-dahh and not Nev-adda, a native or a precinct captain flown in from elsewhere? Everyone I’ve met in Nevada has said Nev-adda. The pronunciation definitely came up in the election, and I thought it’s the other way around (link to NBC News video on this very matter).
Dude no way I went precinct walking in Nye county and they all pronounced it “GetthefuckoffmypropertybeforeIvaporizeyourfacewithmygun.”
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
Like, someone threatened to sic a dog on you or just brandished a dog as though it were some type of club or bludgeon?
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Was she that ugly?!
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
Story Time
I got bit by a dog canvassing for Kerry outside of Reno. The fence was open and the dog was really angry that we were near his house. It was a little dog.
It was just angry that you were supporting such a crappy candidate.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
That came off meaner than it was meant to. Sorry.
I just really loathed Kerry as a candidate. I loather Bush more, of course. That year was the first time I chose not to vote for President. Seeing as how all our electoral votes were gonna go to Kerry anyway, I felt free to vote my conscience – and I couldn’t in good conscience vote for either of those lamewads.
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Bush was so terrible in his first term—I mean he quite literally did almost nothing I agreed with, that I had no problem supporting Kerry—even if Kerry was super lame.
No, you missed the bit where Kerry was totally politically outmaneuvered by a bunch of conservative thugs, thus tarnishing Kerry’s reputation forever.
It’s not hard to outmaneuver someone in politics. All you have to do is LIE. Tell some big, boldfaced lies! Go nuts! Once those LIES are out in the 24-hour news cycle, it won’t matter if you’re later exposed as a fraud – people’s minds will have have already been affected by the LIE.
Also, if someone calls you out on your LIE, just yell at them and publicly deride them until they shut up. Problem solved!
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
Good career advice for recent grads (some of it "duh")
Written from a law firm perspective (which is why I thought I’d post some of it, considering the number of soon-to-be lawyers here), but useful things to keep in mind when you’re starting out, no matter your industry:
Treat Senior Associates and Partners Like Your Clients
- Your job as a new associate is to make sure that the senior associates and partners who gave you work yesterday have a reason to give you work tomorrow.
- You should always show that you appreciate the opportunities you are given and that you are interested in the work you are doing. Show that you are genuinely interested in getting to know the people you work with.
Build trust
- Strive to present work product that does not require additional work.
- One sure way to lose trust is by assuming that the senior associate or partner with whom you are working will confirm the accuracy of your work.
Meet Deadlines
- You should never wait until the last minute to request an extension.
- As a new associate, it is difficult to judge how long to spend on an assignment. Do not leave it to chance that you will spend the right amount of time on a project.
Originally from the “Practising Law Institute”; couldn’t find a link to the original newsletter.
Also, I’m not a lawyer, but I do play one on TV.
by kolwave on Dec 17, 2009 10:17 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
“Your job as a new associate is to make sure that the senior associates and partners who gave you work yesterday have a reason to give you work tomorrow.”
“One sure way to lose trust is by assuming that the senior associate or partner with whom you are working will confirm the accuracy of your work.”
Two most important points.
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this one is sooooooo important.
Treat Senior Associates and Partners Like Your Clients
I often call it "managing uphill’. Now that I am one of those senior folks, I don’t have time to know all the ins and outs of your projects, and details, and whatnot…..I need you do to that, and keep me informed so that we make good decisions for our clients together.
Go Bears Go
Dude, I’m seriously having flashbacks with people talking about finals. Its these few weeks a year that remind me to not miss being in school.
This is the first semester of my life where I didn’t have to take a test. It feels weird
In other words, Go Bears!
This
No one asks you about your grades once you get out and start working. You learn really quickly once you leave school that if you can get a job what you did in school doesn’t matter.
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
unless you apply at Google, then they care about that and your SATs
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
No they don’t. They do however care that you can answer the 100 lockers trivia question and apply to the correct position.
In other words, Go Bears!
What’s the 100 lockers trivia question?
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Imagine you are at a school that has 100 lockers, all shut. There are 100 students waiting. The first student goes along the row and opens every locker. The second student then goes along and shuts every other locker beginning with locker number 2. The third student changes the state of every third locker beginning with locker number 3. (If the locker is open the student shuts it, and if the locker is closed the student opens it.) The fourth student changes the state of every fourth locker beginning with number 4. And so on until all 100 students have finished. At the end, which lockers will be open and which will be closed?
In other words, Go Bears!
I’m guessing they don’t want you to just sit there and go through each number, eh?
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
I mean, it’s a matter of figuring out how many multiples each number has. Would they actually want you to calculate it or is it one of those things where they’d ask how you’d figure it out?
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
The latter. It was a phone interview and the guy I was talking to helped me figure it out.
I should’ve just Googled the answer dammit.
In other words, Go Bears!
Come on man, you’re an engineer. You should have been able to figure that one out.
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Yea. That wasn’t the worst part. This was for an internship so my dad asked a family friend who works at Google to put my name down as a candidate. Instead of doing so in their engineering department he put me down on the technical customer facing side (I.e. talking and writing not engineering).
In other words, Go Bears!
ouch, that hurt my brain...
Does anyone have the answer or the answer Google looks for?
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by CruzinBears on Dec 17, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Just Google 100 lockers problem. Basically the answer is that the doors that remain open in the end are the perfect squares. I.e. 1, 4, 9, 16, etc.
In other words, Go Bears!
Too bad I’m gainfully employed or else I’d go looking for an under paid over worked position at Google…
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by CruzinBears on Dec 17, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t know about under paid… Then again it is Mountain View so unless you have a 7 figure salary it’s useless.
In other words, Go Bears!
Easily SF.
I know people who live in Silicon Valley — they get much better apartments for the same rent.
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Having lived in Cupertino/Saratoga area I know that the house prices there are fucking astronomical. 2 bed room townhouses selling for 1 million? yeah
In other words, Go Bears!
not anymore though, those are now down to 500-700k i bet…
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by CruzinBears on Dec 17, 2009 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
You guys are comparing apples and oranges. Houses in SF cost more because it’s a fucking city. Average prices are almost definitely higher in the Valley because there are so few apartments.
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 17, 2009 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Ok Rishi, we get it, you work in the city so in some warped way you think that bragging about how high rent is there makes you look cool. Now stop being an ass.
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 17, 2009 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
He’s an angry, embittered, cynical human being?
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
Entirely depends on where in each…
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by CruzinBears on Dec 17, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
You should have done what I did: I read the first sentence and said to myself, “nope, I’m not going there.”
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
ok
So you’re basically switching the state of each locker from open to close to open, etc. A student will only touch a locker if the student number is a factor of the locker (i.e. 2 is a factor of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 so student 2 will act on lockers 2, 4, 6, etc but not 1, 3, 5 or so on).
So basically the number of times a locker is acted upon is the same as the number of factors that locker number has. (2 has 2 factors: 1 and 2). If you think about it you realize that if you have an even number of factors the locker will always end up closed and open if it has odd.
So what has odd factors? Perfect squares. I.e. one of the factors of the number is also the square root of the number. Every other number has even factors. This is because you need to multiply two numbers to get a third so you will always have even number of factors. Unless of course one of your factor multiplies itself to reach the third number (in which case you are short of one factor). Even number minus 1 is odd.
Thus only perfect square lockers are open
In other words, Go Bears!
Someone's probably answered this, but oh well
The lockers that’ll be open will be the perfect squares, i.e the lockers with an odd number of factors.
I.e. Say you’re locker #4. The first student opens you, the second student closes you, the fourth student opens you.
i.e. Say you’re locker #6. The first student opens you, the second student closes you, the third student opens you, the sixth student closes you.
With most numbers you have an even amount of factors. But with perfect squares, the square root of the perfect square is the odd man out and will disrupt the pattern.
Loved that problem in middle school. One of my faves.
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Loved that problem in middle school. One of my faves.
lol I agree. When my kindergarten teacher saw me solve it with finger paint, she damn near wet her pants.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
My grades didn’t matter when I was applying for my current or previous jobs because I have good experience at what I do.
BUT…
If you decide to go back to school, not having good grades can screw you. If my GPA was 0.2 higher I would be infinitely better condition right now for applying to law school.
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 17, 2009 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
Agreed, I got my current job through an internship I had senior year and its just progressed from there… But I’m a little scared to go back and apply for grad school in a year or two…
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by CruzinBears on Dec 17, 2009 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Yea my parents want me to apply for M.S. at UW. I’m nervous about actually making it.
In other words, Go Bears!
Agreed that grades aren’t important after you get that first job. After that, people start caring about experience, instead. But where you went to school does still matter. I always mention that I have a B.A. from Cal in the materials I give to prospective clients. And even though I graduated from Cal 28 years ago, and have been practicing law for 25 years, I still get comments back like, “wow, you went to Cal?” It’s instant credibility.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
Where did you go to law school, CalBear81?
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 17, 2009 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
the volleyball team (women's) was definitly at bear's lair last night
we did not attempt to play them beruit
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
A Good Laugh during Finals Time
The streaking through the main stacks. I admit nor deny anything.
Link to a blurb on the Daily Clog on this and a VERY NSFW youtube video embedded
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by minesweeper on Dec 17, 2009 10:39 AM PST reply actions 4 recs
rec'd!
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Oh Canadians, they are just hilarious!!!
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by CruzinBears on Dec 17, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
My final experiences?
Not much really. I had a really really hard time studying for finals as I couldn’t concentrate no matter how hard I tried. And I usually ended up with my final grade fucking up my class grade (aside from CS61C where my final grade helped me go from a B- to an A+!). See: CS61a (from A to A-) and CS186 (from A to B+). Bah.
My first semester I tried studying for finals like I was still in High School… yeah that didn’t help. Just reading old problem sets (or a workbook in the case of Physics 7A) doesn’t help. Thankfully I found CS61A relatively easy and had a good grade prior to the final so I pulled out that one fine. But 7A and Math 53 (under Givental where we had to fucking write theoretical essays!) was a disaster.
After that I started printing out all the previous exams I could get my hands on (thanks HKN!) and did them, which helped me immensely.
Another memory I have of finals (and midterms) is making those 1 page cheat-sheets. I literally wrote in tiny handwriting the entire semesters worth of notes. I loved doing this because (aside from Physics) I never had to look at the cheat sheet because I had memorized everything by making this sheet.
In other words, Go Bears!
via Pat Forde
Moderately useful Dash fact: According to Phil Steele’s 2009 College Football Preview ratings, Boston College does not have a single player who was in the national top 20 prospects at his position coming out of high school. USC has 50. Yes, 50.
I dunno. I think USC’s got this one.
I think.
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 17, 2009 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
That’s just disgusting.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
You know nothing of pain.... Try UCSC finals...
Three five units classes, usually only two tests, spread out over only four days!!!!!
Oh the humanity… So many 3-5 hour sessions of studying in the afternoon and drinking after each final to celebrate because you didn’t have another one for two days…
Worst case scenario… First final on Monday at 8am… Last final on Thursday at 7pm… With nothing in between… Can you imagine that?!?!?!?!
Go Slugs!
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Totes sarcasm intended above
Actually the only downside was cramming a semester’s worth of material in 9 weeks of instruction, and usually having your final class grade dependent on your final exam grade… But that was only for serious majors (Biz, econ, sciences, psych, engineering, etc) Community studies and American studies it always seemed like they just needed to write a final paper about what they learned over the quarter and how it made them feel…
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by CruzinBears on Dec 17, 2009 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
Bettors on the Poinsettia Bowl
Chad Millman’s blog (which should be required reading for anyone with an interest in gambling):
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl — December 23, 2009 (Wednesday — 8 p.m. ET, ESPN
Utah Utes vs. California Golden Bears
Line: Cal minus-4
Over/Under: 52.5
“We opened this game as minus-2.5 because we didn’t know about Jahvid Best’s status. He is one of the rare players, other than a quarterback, who is worth points all by himself. He makes Cal a point and a half better on offense and a point better on special teams; this means Cal is minus-4.5 if he’s playing. Bettors must think he is, because they’ve been betting this game up and that’s where the spread is headed.”
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ZHANG!
Jeff Faraudo’s 20 questions with Max Zhang
A sampling:
Secret guilty-pleasure food: They tell me everything I feel like eating is good for me because I’m trying to gain weight. Right now, my body fat is lower than it should be for a good athlete.
Food you will not eat: I don’t think so. Even some food here I’ve never tasted, I can handle pretty well.
Three people in history you’d like to have dinner with: Chinese Chairman Hu, President Obama and let’s put (teammate) Jamal (Boykin) in there. He really wants to meet Obama and I want to help him.
Better looking girls — China or Berkeley: I’ll go with China.
Praise be to Tedford!
The strangest thing you’ve seen since you moved to Berkeley: Maybe just people out on campus protesting.
No protesting in China? . . . Not really.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 17, 2009 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Better looking girls in CHINA? I would swear that the best looking Chinese women are Chinese-American.
People who disagree with my tastes are clearly wrong and should feel bad about it. I think I’ll give a pass to Zhang though as long as he keeps putting up points and blocks.
I enjoyed that his answer to the food questions were basically, “I have to eat everything I see in a desperate attempt to gain weight.”
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
….*reminds self to not go anywhere near Max Zhang *
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
Better looking girls — China or Berkeley: I’ll go with China.
There’s a difference?
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First emails back home after moving to China (the first time) in 1997:
“There’s almost as many Chinese here as in Berkeley!”
As for the Califonira vs. China argument, numerically, there’s a lot more attractive women here – but you know I live in a city of 18 million. Also, attitudes and physical fitness swing it towards California pretty quickly.
And teeth. Don’t forget teeth.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
And teeth. You shouldn’t forget teeth.
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Sadly enough, my long-lost relatives have zero idea
of what to do with teeth.
Scariest case I’ve seen in a long time was a transfer from China. Total F-up in terms of management and planning.
I should do what with the crystal football of power now?
Teeth. Yeah, well, Shanghai is far better in this department than the rest of the country – especially amongst my social circle of locals (well educated – a lot have studied overseas, and working for foreign companies with pretty decent salaries and healthcare benefits)
Breaking news: There is hope for royrules22 after all!
“How to Talk to Women”: an XBOX game
Apparently there’s a downloadable XBox game that’s supposed to teach you how to talk to girls. Which — so let me get this straight: playing a video game….to learn how to talk to girls. Folks, you better put your foil helmets on, the universe is imploding.
“Are you nervous talking to girls? All you need is practice,” I kid you not, is the tag line for a downloadable Xbox 360 game called Don’t Be Nervous Talking 2 Girls.
The 80 point ($1) indie game is one part dating sim and tries to be one part edutainment. Don’t Be Nervous Talking 2 Girls takes it self surprisingly seriously for such a silly title.
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Wow, why would she call the police on him for saying that’s a tall rollercoaster?
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe he asked her if she wanted to take a ride on Space Mountain.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Or after Twist showed up better dressed than she is.
Also, the girl in the background is very pointed.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 17, 2009 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
I’m with Rishi.
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
I with HP, except of course when he sounds like Nancy Pelosi.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I love reading the comments of SFgate articles about Nancy Pelosi – it’s pretty much the craziest thing ever
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is her lips/face real? There’s no way…
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I think she’s been surgeried. Its gross, I think most plastic surgeried women look like lizards.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
mostly agree, although it depends on the surgeried area.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
yeah, I’m talking about the face.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know why all newspaper websites’ comment sections are overrun by right-wingers. I mean, according to you guys’ theory of both-sides-are-equally-crazy, you’d expect there to be an equivalent number of left-wing nutjobs…
I think it has something to do with which party is in power. Back when Bush was in the White House every article had a bunch of Bush = Hitler comments.
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Can we pass a law barring all references to Hitler on the internet, with an express exception for Downfall parody videos?
Technically that’s the corollary to Godwin’s Law. Godwin’s Law itself only states that over the course of an argument the probability of Hitler being mentioned approaches 100%.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
sfgate commenters are usually pretty moderate. Anti Obama comments are split 50/50 in the thumbs up/thumbs downs.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
I rarely read the comments but whenever I do look at the comments on a political story they’re almost always the usual Democrats-are-communists-government-stealing-our-money-black-people-are-responsible-for-all-crime kind of stuff.
Yeah, but those comments are pretty extreme. “Obamination is creating a soviet socialist hell for real Americans” isn’t something that should get a 50/50 split on a moderate board.
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I dunno, the comments I see linked to from articles on Drudge are way, way, way worse.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I don’t read comments anywhere else really. Basically nothing has changed. Now the articles say President Obama instead of Bush, but according to the commentors, we still somehow have Hitler and/or Stalin in charge. Pretty crappy luck to get two straight Nazis
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Norcalnick! “Two Straight Nazis”! Comrade Stalin would be very unhappy with you.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
"Two Straight Nazis"! Comrade Stalin would be very unhappy with you.
Until he signs a treaty with Hitler to split up Eastern Europe and blow the last .0000001% cred he had as an actually leftist non-dictator
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By 1939, I don’t think Stalin had any credibility left as a non-dictator. Something about those tens of millions of people he had killed by then . . .
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
Honestly, I think two gay Nazis would make things even more complicated.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
FUCK! YOU FUCKER! YOU BEAT ME BY LIKE 10 SECONDS! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hillary I can live with, kind of, OK not really. It would have been tough to vote for McCain, but perhaps it would have been easier to vote for The Maverick lol if Billary was the Democratic nominee. Just writing this made me want to eat shit and die.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
In my experience, 95% of people who say they hate Hillary, when asked why they hate her, sputter incoherently for about twenty seconds and then start whining about Bill “lying under oath” and how taxes are too high.
Just sayin’.
I didn’t like her cuz (at least while campaigning) she was much more partisan and would surround herself with the same people Bill did.
Then again, if health care wasn’t passed with the current Dem supermajority she would personally indian burn the genitals of the contrasting senators.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, that’s a good point, I realize to a lot of people she came across as representative of a lot of negative stereotypes about politicians, while Obama was exactly the opposite.
Having said that, I think people vastly underestimated the extent to which a)she and Obama were identical on the issues and b)Obama’s people are identical to – or in some cases ARE – Clinton’s people (starting at the top with Rahm).
I think Obama himself needs to provide more party leadership and stop outsourcing the nitty gritty in the most important things like climate and health care to congress. So far his biggest success has been managing the banking crisis and that involved congress the least.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
I’d argue that those are legislative tasks first and foremost, and the unitary executive approach was not entirely optimal on the last go-round.
And the result is one guy from Nebraska nixing an entire health bill over some tiny hot button non issue.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 18, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
If I’m going to complain about one administration subverting the Constitution by going around Congress, I can hardly change my tune just because I prefer the next administration.
No one is “going around congress.” Executive leadership and management OF congress is sorely lacking. The democrats have the white house and a freaking senate supermajority and they can’t potentially pass one of the most pressing and important pieces of legislation in the country’s history, not because of the republicans, but because of themselves?
Is Pelosi the same type of democrat as Nelson? Are they the same type of democrat as Franken? No. It’s up to Obama to get them in a back room together to agree on a strong bill and he’s had almost a year to do that. Yet all he does is make high fallutin speeches that get no one anywhere.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 18, 2009 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
not because of the republicans, but because of themselves?
Completely unsurprising. There are a number of Democratic senators and Representatives (the so-called Blue Dogs) who might as well be Republicans.
Even supposing Obama were to take a crack at strong-arming a result, what would you have him offer or withhold? And why wouldn’t that just turn into vote-trading with any so-called Democrat with a grudge?
I guess I’m just having a hard time getting upset that someone can’t organize the Democratic caucus, since it’s more a term of convenience than a functioning entity.
As Will Rogers famously explained in the 1930s: “I do not belong to any organized political party. I am a Democrat.”
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
Yikes and that was back when the democrats were the party of lynch mobs.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 18, 2009 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
Oh and yeah, one of the main reasons I like her is that I think she would get more shit done than Obama. Giving pretty speeches about the moral and sociological complexities of issues will only get you so far.
I think if I had to choose I’d take Obama on foreign policy issues and Hil for domestic issues. But yeah, potato, poTAHto.
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That’s interesting and I totally buy that. For me, she’s too much like my mom. Plus I would always wonder…is this Hillary’s presidency or Bill’s?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
At first, I was going to argue that no one would make that argument for a man, but then I remembered comparisons between the Presidents Bush (I and II). Plus we’ve never had a husband/wife presidental switch…so, in conclusion, Hillary is a special case and I’ll keep my mouth shut. Except for this post.
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if it makes you feel better, I might have voted for H-Clint if B-Clint hadn’t been prez X 2. I don’t think I would have voted for B-Clint if H-Clint had already been prez X 2.
She is still too much like my mom though!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I voted for Obama. I was annoyed at all the older feminists only voting for Hillary because she was female.
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I voted for Hillary because she’s milfy coug hawt rowr.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
Flagged. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 18, 2009 7:38 AM PST up reply actions
Not like Obama didn’t have similar factors in play.
Btw, I voted for him too. But I was very torn (carp, are you listening?). I literally spent weeks agonizing over it (yes, I take voting very seriously).
I’m a little confused. Is being married to an ex-president inherently bad (and if so, why?), or only in the case of the Clintons?
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I think I’d be happy never having family-related presidents again (wife, brothers, sons, daughters, sisters, grandma’s, Palin’s etc.)
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I guess my most memorable final exam
was when I cried for four days straight. The previous week I had a cold, and somehow one of my nasal cavities that drains tears became completely obstructed. Normally, when you blink, you’re pushing tears over the eyes to moisten and the excess drains through the corner of your eye and eventually back into your throat. Now that the tears had nowhere to drain I basically cried for 4 days until I saw a doctor. These 4 days were also when I had finals, so I was crying through all of my final exams. I burned through a lot of tissues.
The cure was hilarious, though, I thought I had some terrible infection and would be on meds, but the doc basically just jammed his fingers into the corners of my eyes and squeezed like a vice. Blockage came right out. mmmm who wants lunch?
So what can you say?
I thought he would have cured you by hitting you in the head with a dildo.
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by yellow fever on Dec 17, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Riding with Lance Armstrong
And then the riders setting the pace dropped back, and I was in front.
Now, I would assert that I did a pretty good job holding the pace where it was. I learned later, however, that there was some grumbling toward the back about "Fatty ramping the pace up right at the beginning of the climb."
And by "toward the back" I mean "by Lance Armstrong."
Yes — and I believe this was caught on film — Lance complained about my pace.
Which may be the single most awesome thing that has ever happened to me.
I guess the realistic equivalent is … the women’s huddle?
SJSU hires Duke assistant Mike MacIntyre to replace Dick Tomey
Of the myriad coaches linked to the San Jose State vacancy in recent days, Mike MacIntyre’s name never appeared.
But MacIntyre, who coached under Bill Parcells with the Dallas Cowboys, was high on SJSU’s wish list for his football accomplishments and his academic commitment.
Today, the 44-year-old defensive coordinator from Duke will be introduced as the 16th head coach in the modern era of Spartans football, charged with improving the on-field product and maintaining San Jose State’s recent success in the classroom.
“He blew the doors off the search committee,” said a source on the SJSU search committee.
MacIntyre, who is expected to receive a five-year contract, was named the 2009 major-college assistant coach of the year by the American Football Coaches Association for helping rebuild the Duke program. The Blue Devils won more games (five) than they had in 15 years.
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Awesome article on the physics of space combat
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 17, 2009 1:28 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Iron Man 2 Trailer anybody?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siQgD9qOhRs
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BREAKING NEWS
BRET HART HAS RE-SIGNED WITH WWE ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG
I’m totally going to Wrestlemania now.
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No. But I did make AP Euro my bitch. It only took 8 hours of memorizing an 8 page study guide! Easy!
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by rollonubears on Dec 17, 2009 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
Arts and Crafts was hard. I accidentally put the googly eyes on the torso of my stickman. I hope I don’t get knocked off for that.
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by rollonubears on Dec 17, 2009 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
rollon’s final notes -
- The Ardennes Offensive (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive, launched towards the end of World War II through the forested Ardennes Mountains region of Belgium (and more specifically of Wallonia: hence its French name, Bataille des Ardennes), France and Luxembourg on the Western Front. eyes go on the face.
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by AndBears on Dec 17, 2009 2:38 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Couple of things:
a) DBD participation seems to be dropping off as we get closer to the faux Christian’s holiday.
b) Does anyone give 2 shits about the Poinsettia Bowl and do you think Cal will win? This is a polite way of saying it feels like the ’04 Holiday Bowl in a way.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
No, I in no way care at all about a Cal football game and am sure they will lose.
Yeesh.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Well what’s Utah all about? I haven’t read anything about them (and haven’t tried either) but I’d like to at least be prepared so I can worry.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Statistically very good run defense (20th in the country), less lustrous pass defense (somewhere in the late 50s), beat the teams they were supposed to beat and lost to Oregon, TCU, and BYU. Truth told? I’m not in love with Cal’s chances, but at the same time I feel like it’s largely up to the team to decide how they’re going to play. Without Best or possibly Summers-Gavin it’s gonna be ugly either way.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
no MSG???
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Okanes:
Left guard Matt Summers-Gavin, who missed the Washington game with a concussion, still isn’t practicing. Tedford said Summers-Gavin is day to day and doesn’t know when he will return to practice.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
well that’s a shitty X-mas present.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
They’re taking this concussion business very seriously.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 17, 2009 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
I gave many shits about the 04 Holiday Bowl. That game is in my top 5 of painful Cal losses.
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Really? I was so depressed at being cheated out of the Rose Bowl that I didn’t care at all about the Holiday Bowl. (Seems like the team felt the same way.)
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
I desperately wanted Cal to prove that we should have gone to the Rose Bowl. Instead we got our asses handed to us by a weaker group of Texans than the group that won a thrilling Rose Bowl.
How is that not horribly painful?
Plus, lest we forget, that was probably the best Cal team in the last 50 years. They deserved to go out with a win.
Now you’ve gone and gotten me sad, Carp!
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How was that not horribly painful?
Because I was lost in such a black fog of despair that I barely knew a football game was being played. That was the one and only time in my 40 years as a Cal fan that I actually got really depressed. I think because it was the first time I really believed we were going to the Rose Bowl, and then we lost it — not on the field, but to politics.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
sorry! It just feels like no one cares about Cal’s bowl game this year…in part because it’s a minor bowl game pre-Xmas (I think)…Best being out doesn’t help…I think the E-Bowl was a lot more exciting in terms of the pre-bowl buildup.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
The Emerald Bowl was also more exciting because most of us were going to the game, I think.
Of course I’ll watch the Poinsettia Bowl., and root as hard as I can for Cal. I’m even having some friends over for it. But “exciting”? Might be stretching it.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
I will be there in person! My first in person Cal football game since Cal over aTm in San Diego!
I have frozen twice in San Diego in December watching Cal football – once was almost the most miserable experience of my life!
We’ll be expecting an outstanding fan post about the game.
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We apparently just got credentialed for some part of the experience, so we should hav esome good first person info.
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Man, those Mormons aren’t going to know what hit them.
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Give JO a honk for all of us. No, I don’t care that you’ve retired it.
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Please, please, please at no point use the words Penis or Vaginersson. Or honk coach Tedford.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
As long as its your own, and IN PRIVATE
…still no.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
(I know we already did this, but, how else’re we going to break 1k?)
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 17, 2009 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
Well, obviously, if it ain’t the Rose we shouldn’t give a fuck! Fire Gregory!
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by rollonubears on Dec 17, 2009 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
Louisiana? Really? Florida?!?!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Well there’s no real information in that article – when was it conducted?! Does it correlate with the high unemployment rate/ high foreclosure rate
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typical shitty chron article!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Uhh...
A new study found that people who report more satisfaction with their lives live in states that score well on things like good schools, low crime and short commuting time, perhaps a first objective look at why some states are happier than others.
1. Louisiana
6. South Carolina
7. Mississippi
9. Alabama42. Rhode Island
44. Massachusetts
50. Connecticut
I’d love to see the methodology on this one.
Yes but they heavily positively weighted “number of meals that consist only of scrimps”
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 3:42 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
No – although it wouldn’t surprise anyone if I did, would it?
LA, MS and AL have horrible quality of life, the New England states for the most part are the opposite. It’s extremely hard to believe that people in the former have better schools, less crime, etc. etc.
Rhode Island has a lot of problems with government jobs – there are a lot of people the sum of whose ambition in life is to get a job with a government pension, and that shows up in teaching and other local government patronage issues. Aside from the base level of corruption, taxes are high, transport infrastructure is iffy, and people make fun of the fact that you still use words like bubbler, cabinet, and grinder, to say nothing of the noble quahog.
Cabinet?
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
It brings all the boys to the yard.
by DC Trojan on Dec 18, 2009 7:22 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Don’t rule out that people just like where they live. Louisiana certainly isn’t monolithic – people tend to think of New Orleans and that is a debacle in civic governance, crime, and education. I work with people down there who would argue that putting your child in Orleans Parish schools when you can afford private amounts to abuse.
But go a short way and Baton Rouge has okay schools, or the parishes on the North Shore. And go north of I-20 and it stops being Catholic and / or Cajun country and turns into traditional Baptist / redneck territory fast, with corresponding changes in civic efficiency.
I’d sooner live in New Orleans than Boston, I’ll tell you that much.
short answer: The simpler life is, the happier they tend to be.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
It’s not necessarily ignorance. Plenty of people live happy lives without computers, televisons, and the like. As a result, many of their lives are less cluttered with all the trappings that come with said devices, and their lives are merely simpler. It doesn’t necessarily imply that they’re ignorant.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
Exactly. One example is that most of the nation could get broadband internet if they wanted, but something like 30% choose not to.
I consider myself somewhat of an expert on crappy little towns, being that I am from one. The idea that there is some sort of “simple life,” like in Thoreau’s Walden is a creation of modern city-dwellers. The folks out in the unconnected boonies are not happier or less happy then those in the city. But those people out in the country without question have a lower standard of living. Just because they make do with less doesn’t mean they should have to make do.
It’s not simply a question of towns vs. cities. Perhaps my example of computers and TV was too simple – in fact, yes, I believe it was too narrow in scope. It has more to do with lifestyle than simply having-or-not-having. It’s a question of what you expect or want out of life, and how reachable or attainable those goals are. People in some small towns here may have nothing, but want it all – that’s is not gonna make you very happy, especially here in America, where the massive gap between the haves and the have-nots is very palpable. But if you live somewhere else – say another country – where the pleasures and goals in life are much more attainable in your particular situation, then you’re gonna be much happier.
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yknow I posted this as the first response…
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 18, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
Oh sh!t moments in finals history...
Physics 8B. We had a visiting astro-physicist who didn’t bother to write a new final exam more relevant to our actual course.
I got a 27 out of 100 and broke out into that cold, cold, I’m gunna die sweat.
But, the mean was 22, so I ended up with an A for the course.
A collective and sustained oh-crap was the first quarter of dental school finals. Unlike Cal with the dead week and 1-2 finals per day. We had one day to study and then four straight days of four 2-hr finals per day. There was literally no time to prepare for every course. You had to chose between reading the textbook or the lecture notes. I think about 3 days in… I was laughing hysterically to myself and playing asteroids on the computer instead of studying. Bastards.
sup y'all
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
wtf
1) I guess that’s a dead deer. Gross
2) Obama ruined health care – nothing has happened yet, and Healthcare already sucks
3) Why would the deer care about hunters? Bambi is a lot more magnanimous than we give him credit for.
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The only guess I have is that because Obamacare has/will ruin healthcare, people can’t go hunting cause if they got hurt they’d be screwed? Is that it?
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What are they worried about health care for? Hasn’t Obama already taken away all their guns?
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
Exactly, now they can’t protect themselves from the onslaught of home invasion robberies that are about to take over rural Tennessee!!
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Is there anything to rob in homes in rural Tennesse?
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
No, but it’s my second amendment right!
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, that would be the ’deer’s point.
And, I’m not that sympathetic if Obama ruins hunting.
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I don’t know about out your way, but hereabouts we need more deer shooting, not less. And in more rural areas it’s an important source of relatively cheap protein – and a hell of a lot less tainted than the factory meat I stuff down my maw.
source of relatively cheap protein
What, SPAM not good enough for ya!?
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Sometimes it’s better to have a regular thinning of the herd. It’s rare that humans are a part of that – but it does need to happen.
Look at what happened to Yosemite when the took the grey wolves away – the whole ecosystem damn near fell apart. Now that the wolves are back, they’re killing and eating like they should be, and things are back to normal.
I’m not saying that humans hunting animals (in the modern fashion) is totally a seamless part of nature – just that in some cases, hunting can be a positive force in an area.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
Thinning of the herd is exactly the rationale behind the number of hunting permits. Good game managers allow enough hunting such that the number of e.g. deer never rises above the carrying capacity. If a certain area can only support 80 deer through the winter, and the population is estimated to be 100, then enough permits are issued to reduce the population by about 20. Granted, it’s not an exact science, but the logic makes sense to me.
The DC suburbs are choked with deer, but every time the local governments try and do something about it, soft-hearted suburbanites (which usually encompasses me, but not in this instance) start feeding the deer and sending their kids with “Save Bambi” signs to council meetings etc… which is fine until they end up with one through the windshield of their Honda Odyssey Touring Edition™.
On a somewhat related note, I’ve always wondered why more homeless (and hungry?) people don’t eat the local urban/suburban wildlife.
Well, I’m pretty sure that the local gendarmerie discourage the homeless from wandering through the neighborhood with guns. But I know there’s at least one hunters’ group in northern VA that donates venison to local homeless shelters.
If Looney Tunes has taught me anything, all one needs is a stick, a box, a piece of string, and a carrot.
by sec119 on Dec 18, 2009 8:56 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Yes, but if there’s anything else Looney Tunes has taught me, it’s that getting blown in the face by a double barreled shotgun at close range results in you turning very skinny and coated in some kind of ash, which is then shaken off and the body returns to normal in very short order.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 18, 2009 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, because when they try to go to the government hospital that their excessively high taxes are paying for, they’ll have to wait in line behind all the illegal immigrants and the innocent civilians who got blown up by the terrorists that Obama was palling around with.
amidoingitrite?
HP, you need to get over your Hitler/Stalin slash obsession. We’re all here to help
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On that note...
http://johnl.org/2009/08/27/stalin-vs-hitler/
SFW (seriously).
HP – are you for or against shooting illegal immigrants as they attempt to enter this great land we call USA?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
So the next time you see an immigrant, shoot him (gasp!) A smile! Goodnight!
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I dunno enough about the logistics of the situation to support shooting them. I definitely support stopping illegal immigration, if that’s what you’re asking.
My comment was mocking the absurdly exaggerated extent to which conservatives blame random economic/political problems on illegal immigration.
I don’t think we should shoot ’em…we just should make them a bit more afraid of crossing illegally. If you have a baby born in the USA and the parents are illegals, is the US citizen?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I think it would be fine to shoot them w/paintballs.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
Yes. Everyone born in the United States is automatically a citizen.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
What about Guantanamo?
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
Everyone in Guantanamo Bay is automatically a terrorist.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I’m not sure. If it’s officially considered U.S. territory, then anyone born there would be a citizen. John McCain was born in the U.S. Panama Canal zone, and that made him a citizen.
Of course, anyone who has one parent who is an American citizen is also automatically an American citizen, no matter where they are born. This is one reason all the “birther” stuff is so ridiculous. Even if Obama had not been born in the U.S., he would have been born a citizen because his mother was an American.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
Are you sure that’s true? That seems crazy.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
What CalBear81 said. I had a friend who crossed over in his mom’s tummy (his phrase was ‘jumped the fence’) and he’s a legal citizen. I did not ask about his parents.
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
I thought I told you never to post bout that, AndBears!
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Well since technically you came from space, I don’t think that counts.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
I hear the US wants to put up some sort of ridiculous “space wall” at a cost of billions!
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 7:11 PM PST up reply actions
wow.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
so they’re paying for their healthcare now?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Most illegal aliens do pay taxes and don’t use government services — it’s quite the bargain for the rest of us. (Until their appendix ruptures, that is).
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
what about all of that for-hire work they do (day-labor, etc.) and get paid in cash by some random person?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
those still pay sales tax, but are you really going to argue that those guys getting paid $50 bucks to build a garden wall in a backyard are pulling one over on you?
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
No, I don’t hire illegals. I ask ’em for papers if I do any business with them that I know of.
My Guns, God, and Jesus father-in-law does hire illegals from Home Depot.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Plenty of those dudes cheat on their taxes too, for their own principled reasons.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
because if God wanted the poor people to have the money, he would have given them some, or made them get off their fat asses.
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
My parents used to know a contractor whose used illegal workers because he couldn’t find anyone else. He’d go down to the unemployment and offer people the day’s wage for doing whatever job. He was basically given “no thanks” or “I don’t wanna do that kind of work.”
So he hired people who were willing to work hard and get the job done. They happened to be undocumented.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
This is true, maybe less so in this economy, but certainly in some places and some jobs there are no other options. Can you imagine the bureaucracy of trying to prove that no legals wanted the job and illegals had to be used?
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
My family has hired illegals several times for moving stuff, remodel, painting etc… There are known spots in the Bay Area (actually a huge one in Berk down by 6th-7th-8th+Hearst) where you can just go and pick them up.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 18, 2009 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
The great thing about the spots in west berkeley is that it’s totally accepted and legal – there are even signs designating the area. Whereas, in Marin there are signs all over the place about how you’ll get reported to the IRS if they catch you hiring undocumented workers.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
think about it this way, you saved $100 on the legit guy you COULD have hired. That $100 will now go somewhere else in the economy.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
Sigh.
I think I’ve told you this before, but the whole “my tax dollars are going to illegal immigrants” thing has never been substantiated. In fact, since many illegal immigrants pay payroll/sales/other taxes and DON’T necessarily use health services, it’s entirely possible that THEY are paying for YOUR healthcare.
I think I need to read more about said topic. I reluctantly trust you on this one HP, in part because preggo AndBears is backing it.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
exactly.
hope the .25 isn’t causing you to upchuck.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I have been playing the ’don’t throw up game’ a lot recently – but it’s getting better. I only threw up once this week!
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
:(
I asked mrs. carp if we could make Jillian (to go with our son Jack)…she said I was disturbed.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
you have to wait until the rest of the hormones kick in which will make her forget all the horrible pregnancy stuff.
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
roofies?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
sigh…
I have a book recommendation for you –
You might like it, it explains females by neurochemical changes.
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
I’M CLICKING!!!!
I think I’m going to buy it.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
You are just finding out about this?
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www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
It’s one of the great things about this country. There are many countries where people don’t automatically become citizens when they are born there. That has led to the existence of a large underclass which has limited rights, and creates social instability, and encourages racism and discrimination.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
Part of the reason that they’re not afraid to cross is that the risk/benefit is worth it for them.
Instead of focusing on risk, why don’t we look at the benefit? Preventing companies from hiring illegal immigrants may be a more effective means of decreasing illegal immigration in the long run.
Apparently having a massive recession is the best way to slow illegal immigration
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True story: This is a pic I took at a truck stop in Wisconsin on the way to the Minnesota game. It was a sticker you could buy for your car.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
Hmm. The deer represents freedom? I think I get it.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
I don’t think that’s a good sign.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I just got an e-mail from PG&E with the title “Cut Back on Your Gas.”
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
by CalBear81 on Dec 17, 2009 4:13 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Yesterday you had a poop joke and now today youve had a fart joke.
Working blue are we?
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That was not a joke. I actually got such an e-mail. I think PG&E is spying on me.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
Why would you tell us such an unimportant piece of minutiae in your life unless it was intended as a joke?
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She’s seeing if maybe royrules is onto something.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 17, 2009 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
Sigh. Twist, of course I reported it to you because I thought it was amusing. But it was not a “joke” in that it is something that actually happened. Get it?
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
Firstly, thanks for your report. Are you going to have your reports finalized by the weekend?
Secondly, if it is intended to amuse, it’s a joke. Intent To Amuse!
President Emperor Warlord Of The Sun!
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
I got an email from PG+E with the title “Cut Back on Your Fart LOL”
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
A woman who laughs at fart jokes? Damn Rags really did make a good catch.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 4:40 PM PST up reply actions
But, to be fair, AndBears doesn’t passively aggressively demand that Ragnarok go clubbing with her solely to be her Designated Driver.
So, there is a trade off.
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To be fair, I love driving into SF, so I look forward to being DD.
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
Question for Firefox users
My browser hasn’t been playing nice with SBNation (slow scrolling, responds slowly to hotkeys and such) since it auto-installed the latest update. Chrome still seems to work fine and I’m not having trouble on any other sites. Anyone have a similar experience?
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Whoa, I was wondering why it’s been sucky lately. I just figured my computer was aging. I have no clue how to fix it though
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
I thought it was only me
So what can you say?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 17, 2009 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
Oh good, I basically wanted to make sure I wasn’t alone on this one.
It’s at some point either SBNation or Mozilla fixed their shit so DBD-size threads wouldn’t crash browsers anymore, and now one of them has gone and mucked it up again.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
What does the x-axis represent? (Prepares to read something he doesn’t understand.)
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
My finals strategy
My first final after i turned 21 happened to be Saturday morning at 8am. Like a good student, I went to Bears Lair for Beat the Clock the day before, and got hammered.
My girlfriend was planning on helping me study that night, and she was going to make me dinner. Instead I showed up 2 hours late, and she kicked me out of her apartment.
After sleeping for 3 hours, I went back to her apartment, where, still half drunk, she fed me and helped me study. I got to the final 20 minutes late because A) I was hung over, and B) nothing is open at 8 am Saturday for coffee on northside. Anyway, I finished, got a B, and got and A- in the class.
The moral, of course, is always drink beer.
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
Finals,
I was always good about finals, I never pulled all nighters, I just stayed at home and dedicated 12 hours a day to studying, and eating ramen noodles to limit the amount of time dedicated to eating and other useless activities.
My most memorable final was in social cognition class, and I was writing a short essay about mirror neurons. I was feeling so good, because it was going well, and it was my last final, that I started to write about how I was trying to use mirror neurons to get my dog to go to sleep by drooping my eyes. I got a B+ in the class, so they were either amused or forgiving.
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
The CGB Bowl pool is Yahoo. There was a frontpage post about it a while back, look for Fantasy Football posts.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Yeah, I know. I was just curious because I’ve got some other groups on ESPN and already have the picks made. /lazy
Yeah that definitely would have been convenient, but whatever.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Pretty funny
The seamless transition from admiration to guilt, self-loathing to anger, distrust to vengeance-plotting… that I can appreciate. I just don’t think the concluding declaration of victory fits the profile.
"Roll on, you goddamn Bears. Roll on." - Charlton Heston
by Ploppity Drown on Dec 17, 2009 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
This is a pretty sweet post from SBN’s Georgia Tech blog, From the Rumble Seat, in anticipation of their bowl game: Getting To Know the Hawkeyes’ Traditions by Winfield Featherston.
Mascot: Their mascot is a hawk named Herky, a reference to Hercules. Costumed Herky is older than Buzz, first taking the field in 1959. I guess it’s more original than Buzz. Herky’s head is made of ceramic which lets him have his mouth open at all times and seemingly willing to eat small babies in one fell swoop. Naturally this is a terrifying thought to a small child and I can only imagine how many kids run away from the sight of the Hawk running up to them, wings spread out.
Bears!: Just like Georgia Tech, Iowa also has had a bear live under the bleachers and serve as an unofficial mascot. Unlike, Georgia Tech, this bear was not a product of a Rose Bowl victory and the story does not end well. The Iowa bear’s name was “Burch” and he was imported from the land of Idaho. From the years of 1908-1910, he was the school’s unofficial mascot as he lived in the stadium and toured the sidelines until he drowned in the Iowa River. Yet again, Georgia Tech proves to win in the “unofficial mascot Bear war” in that “Bruin” AKA “Stumpy’s Bear” outgrew his stadium and was donated to the zoo. Though, we do have “Sideways the Dog” a lovable pup who died due to eating rat poison.
School Colors: The Iowa Hawkeyes wear black and gold and I don’t know why. We wear gold because we wanted to insult the university [sic] of georgia by beating them handidly in a color they refused to wear because they believed yellow was"cowardly."
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 17, 2009 6:31 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
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