DBD 12.9.09 What took you so long, Internet?
by TwistNHook on Dec 9, 2009 7:40 AM PST
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"I pity the fool who don’t phone home"
How am I just hearing of this (via CalBandGreat) in 2009 and not like whenever Al Gore initially invented the introwebs? This shoulda been one of the first things he worked on. That and crushing the dreams of small business owners everywhere with onerous environmental regulations.
Men's BBall to take on Pacific:
California Golden Bears (5-3) at Pacific Tigers (6-1)
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 7:00 p.m. (PT), Stockton Arena, Stockton, Calif.
Radio: KFRC 1550 AM TV: Big West TV
Still trying to get its starters fully healthy, California stays local this week facing Pacific in Stockton. The Golden Bears are coming off of an 82-63 victory against Iowa State last Saturday. Cal and Pacific tip off on Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m. at the Stockton Arena.
Senior guard Patrick Christopher and sophomore forward Omondi Amoke each tallied double-doubles - the second and third of the season for Cal. It was the third time in the last four games that Amoke has paced the Bears on the boards. For Christopher, it was his second 20-point outing of the season, and he tied his career high with 11 rebounds. He is 16th on the all-time scoring chart with 1,272 points. He is tied for 10th on Cal's list for career three-pointers with 122.
Senior guard Jerome Randle boasted 18 points against the Cyclones. Randle now has 1,345 career points and is 13th all-time in school history. Randle is three three-pointers away from second on Cal's all-time three-point list. He currently has 180. Randle is also fourth on Cal's all-time assist list with 414. He remains Cal's leading scorer, averaging 20.1 ppg - fifth best in the Pac-10.
Sophomore guard Jorge Gutierrez came up two points shy of tying his personal best against Iowa State. He finished the game with 12 points, and tied his season high in rebounds with four.
The opinions expressed in a FanPost are, in every way, reflective of the opinions of every California Golden Blogs Marshawnthusiast. Moreover, they are reflective of every employee of SBNation, including Tyler "Blez" Bleszinski.
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hey, I’m really really trying to get a dbd up with girl x-mas presents. I should have it done in like 30 mins. Should I wait til tomorrow?
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No. Do it today. Put it up. Ill take this one down.
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…Should we hide this thread?
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24 hours ago we should have. And we did. And then we rested. And it was good.
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Womens BBall hosts SJState:
The No. 22 California Golden Bears (4-3) host the San Jose State Spartans (1-7) in a non-conference matchup Wednesday night, Dec. 9, at Haas Pavilion. The game will be the final non-conference home game of the season for Cal and the last game at Haas Pavilion until the third week of the Pac-10 schedule when the Bears host the Washington Huskies on January 14.
The game also has a chance of seeing two milestones reached. Golden Bear head coach Joanne Boyle comes into the game with a record of 99-38 in her time at Cal. If the Bears defeat the Spartans, Boyle would win her 100th Cal game, making her just the second coach in the history of the women’s basketball program to reach that benchmark. Gooch Foster is the only other former Cal women’s basketball coach to win 100 games for the Bears.
Senior guard Alexis Gray-Lawson comes into the game tied for the most made-three pointers in the history of Cal women’s basketball. Gray-Lawson has 159 made-threes in her career. Jennifer Self, who has held the career mark since 1992, ended her career with 159. One made three will give Gray-Lawson sole possession of the record.
Freshman forward DeNesha Stallworth has yet to score less than ten points in a game. Stallworth has posted double-digits in the points column in each of the first seven games of her collegiate career. She is still looking for her first career double-double. Stallworth pulled in a career-high nine rebounds against Texas A&M. She is averaging 7.6 rebounds per game.
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As good a 3-point shooter as she was, I’m still surprised that Jennifer Self’s record has lasted this long.
Praise be to Tedford!
Well, we did kind of suck for many years there
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by CALumbus Bear on Dec 9, 2009 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
VBall to take on Baylor. Halfback Option for the first play????
2009 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship
Gainesville (Fla.) Regional Championship
Stephen C. O’Connell Center | Gainesville, Fla.
vs. Baylor (24-9, 11-9 Big 12) | www.baylorbears.com
Friday, Dec. 11 – 3:30 p.m. ET
Cal/Baylor vs. Penn State (34-0) or Florida (25-5)
Saturday, Dec. 12 – 4 p.m. ET
ESPNU
BERKELEY – The ninth-seeded Golden Bears make their fourth consecutive appearance in the NCAA regional semifinal as they prepare to face upset-minded Baylor of the Big 12 Conference in the Gainesville Regional of the 2009 NCAA Div. I Women’s Volleyball Championship. Cal holds a 23-16 record in 13 trips to the postseason and has maintained a perfect 8-0 record in first-round matches under head coach Rich Feller. The Bears are in a familiar position as they faced Iowa State of the Big 12 in the round of 16 two years ago (2007) with defending NCAA champion Nebraska on the other side of the Wisconsin Regional bracket. Cal upset the Cornhuskers and went all the way to the national semifinal that year; the best finish in program history. As the newly anointed Pac-10 Player of the Year, senior outside hitter Hana Cutura looks to guide the Bears to yet another historic finish.
THE FACTS: The ninth-seeded California volleyball team (20-10, 11-7 Pac-10) will make its fourth consecutive appearance in the NCAA regional semifinal as it takes on Baylor (24-9, 11-9 Big 12). The Golden Bears and the Baylor Bears will face off in the Gainesville Regional semifinal at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Fla., on Friday, Dec. 11, at 3:30 p.m. ET. Top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Penn State (34-0, 20-0 Big 10) faces 16th-seeded host Florida (25-5, 16-4 SEC) in the other semifinal set to start at 6 p.m. ET on Dec. 11. The two-time defending NCAA champion Nittany Lions have not lost in 98 consecutive matches. The semifinal winners will play in the regional championship match at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 12. ESPNU will carry the championship match live.
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Crew to hold Championship Camp:
BERKELEY – California women’s crew will host the Cal Crew World Champions Camp on Saturday, Jan. 2, at the Cal boathouse. Registration is at 7:30 a.m. This is a one-day clinic for female rowers with a minimum of one year experience preferred of all ages (Junior and Masters.) Coaches at the camp will include Golden Bears’ head coach Dave O’Neill and USRowing’s Female Athlete of the Year Erin Cafaro. The camp will give insight for success at every level. The day will include land and water training, video analysis and “Keys to Becoming a World Champion.” The camp is open to 20 rowers and three coxswains. It runs from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The cost is $185 – (seminar included.). The “Keys to Becoming a World Champion” seminar-only option begins at 4 p.m. with a 3:30 p.m. registration, and the cost is $45.
All camps, clinics and rowing practices will be held at the Cal boathouse; the T. Gary Rogers Rowing Center on the Oakland Estuary (located about eight miles from campus). The T. Gary Rogers Rowing Center was completed in 2005 and offers a beautiful, state-of-the-art facility for athletes to train. Transportation to practice facilities will be provided by our licensed drivers. Land practices will be held on campus in the Cal ERG Room, where plenty of ERGs and weight lifting equipment will be available for everyone.
Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited, so enroll today.
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Batgirl opportunities at home softball games? Sign carp right up!
BERKELEY – The California Softball program is inviting girls (elementary through middle school) to be designated bat girls for the 2010 season at Levine-Fricke Field. Due to NCAA restrictions, those that have started high school are not eligible to be a bat girl.
Space is limited so sign up quickly. Please indicate for which home games you would be available. Contact Operations Assistant Maria Uriarte at maria_uriarte@berkeley.edu to sign up or for more information.
2010 Home Games
Date Time Opponent
3/3 2 p.m. UC Davis
3/12 3 p.m. East Carolina$
3/13 3 p.m. Fullerton$
3/14 1 p.m. UC Davis$
3/24 2 p.m. Pacific
4/7 3 p.m. Sacramento State
4/23 3 p.m. Washington*
4/24 1 p.m. Washington*
4/25 12 p.m. Washington*
4/28 3 p.m. Santa Clara
4/30 3 p.m. Arizona*
5/1 1 p.m. Arizona*
5/2 12 p.m. Arizona*
5/13 3 p.m. Oregon State*
5/14 3 p.m. Oregon State*
5/15 12 p.m. Oregon State*
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carp’s an elementary through middle school girl?
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33SwisherSweet likes this DBD already! JACKED UP!
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I hear he was going to post a DBD on a “Real Man’s Christmas Wish List”, that was a list comprised entirely of “beer and porn”.
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by Rishi on Dec 9, 2009 8:04 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Thats my Hanukah list. 8 days of beer and porn. Its a miracle!
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Didn’t we decide on first person vs. third person yesterday?
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by CALumbus Bear on Dec 9, 2009 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
It's a slow transition my friend. I've yet to morph completely into the 33ss persona.
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
CALumbus Bear thinks 33SS can do it!
CALumbus Bear is pulling for 33SS.
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by CALumbus Bear on Dec 9, 2009 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
CALumbus Bear is also intrigued that there is yet more morphing to be done to get into the 33SS persona
He is intrigued to see where it goes
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by CALumbus Bear on Dec 9, 2009 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
33ss loves this hate list.....33ss could spend hours reading through all of them....
All praise to TwistNHook and Bak Bak.
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
the fb post was funny as hell, too.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
10. People With Middle Names
9. Anyone who writes on the wall of an event
8. Constant Status Updater
7. The People Selling me stuff
6. Facebook Couples
5. Anyone who has ever given a Facebook gift
4. People who post little pictures
3. The girls who make the kissy face and guys who give the finger in every picture
2. The friend who logs on as you and changes your info
1. Your Dad
I’d also add ‘Your Mom’ and ‘Anyone who uses baby/children in their profile pic’
And I think I’m guilty of #6 to a degree.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Anyone who uses baby/children in their profile pic
spot on, although
9. Anyone who writes on the wall of an event
is bad cuz sometimes you get invited to a potluck that’s like “post what you’re gonna bring on the wall.”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Also, if someone were invited to a birthday party, it’s probably better to write “sorry, can’t come; parents in town that weekend”, than to just hit “no” and offer no explanation.
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Maybe they’re referring to those “events” where 40,000 people are invited to come to some business symposium on an ethnic group. “SRY CAN’T MAKE IT FIGHT THE POWER LOLKTHXBYE.”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
dont think you can’t be guilty of #6 only to a degree. im pretty sure this is referring to having one account as a couple, as in JackNJane Loserton, Bill&Hill Barfords… etc.
Dude, you know the Losertons, too????
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I try not to fraternize with friends of Avi.
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How about we do an opt-out Facebook friends plan with a trigger?
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not sure how this trigger would work.
you mean we would be facebook friends no sooner than at the point when avi and i no longer become friends for any reason up to and including, his defriending me, my defriending him, and avi’s for whatever reason no longer existing.
i agree with this agreement. and i grant my concurrence.
Fuck, she called my bluff. What do I do now?
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my profile pic is a pic of me and my (then 7 month) preggo wife at a Mexican wedding in someone’s backyard.
While my status updates are rare, I’d say a good half of them are in reference to my awesome nukeular family.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Carp Carpton My family rocks! We’re so awesome and nukular. Eat it single people. High five G Dubs Bushieeee!!! Yup yup representtttt. LOL!!!
While constant status updates to that effect are quite annoying, you would still technically not be in default of Rule No. 6 above. Again, as long as your account is still ostensibly solely your account and not a joint account.
So I’m technically not allowed to respond to you, but the facebook one, rule#6 isn’t talking about joint accounts, it’s about couples who incessanlty to the equivalent of PDA, but through facebook.
Telltale signs of this are couples who say things like “i miss u and i love youuuuu muahhhh” and “OMG three dayz till i get 2 see you babe miss u and love u xoxo” on each others’ walls (don’t you talk on the phone?!)
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You can’t respond to me…? Really? That’s really funny.
Awwww… must be Avi protecting my honor or something.
PS- you’re SURE No. 6 is not about people signing up for joint accounts? I mean TONS of people on FB are not single. I’m pretty sure it’s talking about the irritating couples that sign up together.
Yes, and thankfully I do not fall into any of his classifications.
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
Really? You think people who wear gloves to the gym are annoying? Or people who refill their water bottles at the drinking fountain stop your iron pumping?
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I skim these lists brother. Gloves are pointless (be a man and rough up those pencil pushing hands)
I am guilty of filling up my water bottle at the drinking fountain.
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Really? You don’t even use wrist straps when you deadlift?
Either you must have a really strong grip from years of [edited by TwistNHook] or you’re underselling yourself.
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Deadlifting only about 225 (Extremely weak seeing I bench with more than that). Taking it easy. Don't need to
eff up my back. Not training for anything serious – just to stay in shape.
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
yes, that is extremely weak, but it’ll improve quickly… i’d suggest hang cleans, rather than going any higher than that. i fucked up my back completely doing deadlifts, but that was for max sets of 1
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
damn I can only bench 160.
On the Nautilus.
I know.
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I can bench twice the weight of my girlfriend.
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by yellow fever on Dec 9, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
how big is your dick?
wait, don’t answer that!
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--Coach Clark
Twice the size of my girlfriend.
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by yellow fever on Dec 9, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I drive a Dodge Status!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2009 12:03 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
lol
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
::sigh:::
weren’t you a college athlete at some point?!?!
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
try to do dynamic stretches before hand, maybe? here’s one:
http://stronglifts.com/shoulders-dislocations/
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
don’t quote me on that though. i’m not familiar with shoulder bursitis.. just try not to engage your shoulders as much as possible?
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Not if you’re benching correctly.
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by yellow fever on Dec 9, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I do =/
My doctor doesn’t want me benching too much, but after like five reps, my shoulders actually start hurting to the point that I could injure myself.
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well, that’s good because you don’t have to do more than 5 reps anyway! =P
i loved doing 5×5s for everything
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
would it hurt to do stuff like this?
http://www.rosstraining.com/articles/sledge.html
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
yes. Benching doesn’t help you hit nor throw a baseball. It does help you in rugby, football, and Spring Break trips to the beach. Several guys were on the BCL workout (bench, curl, leave).
“Not the size of the dog in the fight” or so the saying goes.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Eh, having a big chest is more of a cosmetic thing than a practical thing (even weightlifting magazines admit this)
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 1:24 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
benching increases overall upper-body strength, i’d say. can’t see how doing some would hurt. but 160? c’mon, carp! you’re better than that! your vagina is showing! (these are motivational in purpose)
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
225 is my rep weight. If I really wanted to jack up the weight I could but, like i said, no need to even risk messing up the ole back.
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
+10000
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
I can bench half the weight of my wife.
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This thread seriously wore out my z key. Reminds me of this video, though.
by paleodan on Dec 10, 2009 7:24 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Wrist straps offer little benefit and imbalance your strengths. Don’t use them — if your grip is the limiting factor, improve it. There are plenty of ways to work on your grip. These are universally recommended:
http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Main/captainsofcrush.html
If you haven’t been lifting too long and don’t think you have good grip, get the trainer, I suppose. Once you get stronger, you can borrow the ones I have, no.1 and no. 2 (I can’t use them at present)
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I definitely train my grip and the like, but every personal trainer I’ve ever had has taught me to use wrist straps or gloves…
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They are clearly trying to up-sell you. Save your money.
Gloves? Come on.
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
I mean, my gloves cost me $5; I’m really not concerned about the money, but it helps my grip, even if marginally.
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But does it really help your grip? If you ever needed to actually use your gym strength would you be bare-handed or be wearing gloves. Thin about it.
In all likelihood, you’d be bare-handed.
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
dude, just don’t use gloves. you’ll thank everyone who’s told you so later.
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
you’re using a prop, rather than actually fixing the problem (grip strength)… fix the problem and you’ll be stronger (girls don’t like guys with dinky forearms, rishi!)
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Deadlifts increase forearm strength! I have good forearms.
But, I listen. I will try lifting today without gloves.
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they increase all strength… including HAND strength
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
I’ll try it!
But what happens if my hands get all callousy?!
I’m quite proud of my soft, luxurious hands.
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I don’t know what to tell you there.
here is a tutorial for removing calluses:
http://www.beastskills.com/calluses.htm
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
T-bred.
What makes your grip trainer devices so unique from similarly designed devices. I found that those things, for the most part, are useless once you surpass a baseline level of forearm strength.
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
well, there were two simple reasons why i bought them when i did: they’re incredibly harder, more sturdy, and designed for people who’ve been lifting for years than anything you’re going to find at Dick’s Sporting Goods or Sports Authority (I’ve looked)… and they were endorsed by everyone i talked to on some strength training sites i used to visit. you mentioned baseline forearm strength, and i completely agree; the thing about these though is that only a few of the world’s strongest lifters can even close the #3 and #4, and i’d estimate that maybe 1 out of 100 people at the gym could fully close the #1 the first time (did a test with a lot of people at the RSF once, and no one did)
this said, if a person is not so serious about it, you don’t have to spend money at all—
somethings i did without having to spend a $:
sledgehammer exercises (gotta have a sledge, harder as you get farther from hammerhead)
lift plates by the inside hub with your fingers
i recommend hitting tires with sledges too… pretty simple and just as effective as some of the stupid workouts you’ll see at the gym… harder than it looks
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
also, closing those things for reps are just as beneficial as doing other lifts for reps (and if you can close a #2 for reps…umm…you’re a strong-ass dude). few NFL OL can close a #3, for example.
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
1 and 2 are a easier to close than 3 and 4?
BTW, thanks for the information.
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
No prob
Plate pinching is another great exercise for grip strength. Just pinch two same-sized weights and lift.. see how much weight you can do and time how long you can hold them up (just try to beat that time each tiem you do it)
yeah, 1(easiest)-4(hardest)
the toughest part of the grippers is getting a full close, where the ends ‘clink’ each other, and you start without your other hand helping at all. it gets exponentially harder as the prongs get closer together
just search ‘captains of crush’ for numerous youtube videos. people often post vids of closing a #2 or #3 because it’s considered a feat. judging by your experience in weight training, you may be able to close the #1 first time around, especially if you have big hands (closing a #2 the first time would be really impressive IMO). you actually get “certification” if you’re able to close a #4 (which basically means you’re a professional powerlifter)
here’s a video of a roided up bodybuilder not being able to fully close #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFPAWREqwR4
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, can’t believe i forgot plate pinching. maybe my favorite exercise (race your friends!)
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
I think I'll buy a 2 and try it out. Thanks T-bred
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
Sure. There are lots of different things you can do with these, and they’re extremely durable…so you’ll always be able to do sets and shit with them (I’ve had mine for 3 years now). The toughest part is definitely the last millimeter or so until the two prongs touch. Lots of people use them, so they have articles everywhere about the different stuff people try with them. Enjoy!
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
just saw this link too for anyone else interested
http://www.captainsofcrushgrippers.com/ironmind/opencms/gripperfaq.html
(note: the website’s produced by the company, and you know they try to sell as many of the product as possible)
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
Shoulda bought the ole 1.5. Oh well, only one way to get better - push yourself.
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
yeah, you get a lot outta doing half sets and trying like fuck to improve each time out too (funny how that works)
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
Never, ever, get a trainer. I can think of a billion other things
that are a better use of your money. Lifting isn’t rocket science.
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
i dunno. if someone has never worked grip before, i imagine the trainer could be pretty hard. but if anyone wants to borrow my #1 or #2, shoot me an email through Twist, as I won’t be able to use them in the near future, and they’re rather expensive.
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
I used to carry around a gallon of water that I filled up at home before going to the gym. I never use gloves, but I don’t deadlift anymore either.
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by yellow fever on Dec 9, 2009 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
This one made me smile
http://www.ultimatehatelist.com/2009/11/hate41-guy-who-only-does-get-over-here.html
That about describes my Mortal Kombat skill set. Pathetic.
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
Twist, 33ss loves you long time.
Anyone know what channel BigWestTV is on in the DirectTV lineup. I have the sports package. Too lazy to look.
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
6. Trendy Yogurt Places
My wife loves it, but to me it’s just overpriced and slightly-too-tart frozen yogurt. Who’s right? Who’s wrong?
On the other hand, we both love organic produce, farmers’ markets, CSAs, etc.
The only ones I’d defend are farmer’s markets (sure beats shopping for produce at Safeway) and Ethiopian restaurants. In theory, I like organic food, though I’m skeptical of what that word sometimes even means when applied to some foods.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I went with the girlfriend to an Ethiopian restaurant once, ended up paying 40 bucks for raw food (SERIOUSLY WHY AM I PAYING MONEY FOR RAW FOOD – DID THEY JUST KILL IT AND SKIN IT OR SOMETHING), had a stomachache, and ended up going to McDonald’s for a burger and sundae afterwards anyway.
I’m never going to an Ethiopian place again.
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But they have that cool bread that you eat the food with chapati-style!
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You’re closer to a dosa than a chapati, realistic speaking!
NAILED IT!
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flagged for nailing yourself.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Usually McDonalds is the one giving me a stomachache…
Wasn’t Blue Nile on Telegraph Ethiopian food? That place was quite tasty.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Blue Nile was Ethiopian and it was actually quite nice inside as well.
Too bad they shut it down in, I think 2005?
The Ethiopian place in that little plaza on Telegraph next to Fred’s Swiss Fondue is pretty solid.
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The farther down Telegraph you go, the better the Ethiopian food gets. Cafe Colucci on Alcatraz and Telegraph is pretty good, or you could go all the way down to Claremont and Telegraph … aw crap, the place across from the Kingfish, I forget what it’s called.
I’m a fan of the Ghana food (Ghanese?) restaurant on University, if you’re interested in sampling different cultures.
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Red Sea
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2009 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I’ll join you on defending those two. Farmer’s markets are okay if you’re not going an hour out of your way to get produce there or making a whole day out of it, I suppose.
Foreign cuisines? The idea that an “Ethiopian restaurant” shouldn’t exist because there are starving people in Ethiopia is a retarded thought. I am all for trying different kinds of cuisines out there and understanding that there is a difference between Indonesian food and Burmese food.
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I guess I’m not opposed to ethnic restaurants in concept, I’m just violently opposed to Ethiopian restaurants specifically. I like to joke that it’s hilarious going to an Ethiopian restaurant when everyone’s starving, but I don’t think anyone actually takes that seriously.
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by yellow fever on Dec 9, 2009 8:14 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
They all starved to death.
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by yellow fever on Dec 9, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
that’s awful.
rec’d.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah I should have said *not a real rec. I don’t want that comment green.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
Well, I got good news and bad news for you.
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damn, rec’s don’t update til I refresh
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
If you just hit “action”, it’ll show how many recs there are, but it won’t turn green until you refresh.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 9, 2009 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
2-6 and also 8, 10.
If I may, not enough over-hyping of birthdays.
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--Coach Clark
the comments section is hilarious.
And I’d add museums as hon. mention stupid girl things I enjoy.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Emily said…
wow. this is so incorrect.
September 29, 2009 3:48 PM
Anonymous said…
You can tell that Emily doesn’t know what’s going on because she’s a woman.
September 29, 2009 5:05 PM
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Anonymous +1
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Anonymous strikes again
Anonymous said…
Where is the mention of Twilight? WTF?
December 8, 2009 5:28 PM
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
ZACTLY.
And purses, and shoes, and taking the same 10-girlfriend-smiley-face picture over and over and over and over, and those fucking jumping pictures, and pretending to like sports, and Uggs, and obsession with babies (which are disgusting and should be banned, IMO). I could go on.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
pretending to like sports
zomg this pisses me off so much.
Like, cool, watch football and all that kind of stuff. Great, enjoy the Cal games with us, cheer, etc. All good. Have questions? I’ll explain.
But if you don’t understand sports, be honest instead of faking it. Don’t go scream at Riley for throwing an incompletion when none of his receivers were open. Don’t call Tedford an idiot if a playcall doesn’t work.
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by Rishi on Dec 9, 2009 10:18 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You just defined half the people at Memorial.
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Dec 9, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
All I’d say is, for everyone – Do your socializing at the tailgate. 3rd & Long is not when I want to elaborate on the intricacies of what happened in the last month since I saw you.
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I do do my socializing at the tailgate. And during the game. And after the game. Nothing can stop me.
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Agreed
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2009 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
I can stand it when girls come to games dressed to impress and spend the entire time taking pictures with their friends and talking about the latest sorority party. I’d almost prefer the nonsensical Tedford ranting; at least they’re PRETENDING to care about the game.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
*CAN’T stand it. CAN’T.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
you just described TWIST’s typical day at Memorial
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by AndBears on Dec 9, 2009 10:22 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
+1
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by yellow fever on Dec 9, 2009 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
Man, you guys rag on Twist so much. The dude’s funny during games, and cares a shitload about the game, even if it doesn’t show. He’s better than 98% of alum fans, and at this point most of the students too.
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I’m sorry, where did I even come into this discussion, especially considering you’ve never even seen me at a football game? Or are you just bitter since you take all my jabs seriously?
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I’ve never seen you at a football game? Who was the guy I saw at the Emerald Bowl that sprayed me with beer when he cheated in shotgunning?
Or who I did I shotgun a beer with at the USC tailgate?
In other words, Go Bears!
you’ve never even seen me at a football game?
Unless Nate Longshore was in the parking lot with us at AT&T Park, that wasn’t the football game.
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Nate Longshore was drinking with you before the Emerald Bowl?? Thatd explain why he fell over during that one play! HE WAS DRUNK!
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What a disappointingly serious comment.
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Fine I take it back.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
This is the absolute worst. I remember last year during the Michigan St game a chick asked some guy behind us to take a photo of her and her friend in the 4th Q (you know when the game was close) and they basically pushed a whole row out of the way so they could make funny faces. ARGH
In other words, Go Bears!
UGH GROSS
At first, you think they’re hot.
Then they get annoying.
Then they leave halfway through.
I just don’t get why they deserve tickets.
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My girlfriend doesn’t really try to pretend she knows more than she does, which is good. And I’ve even successfully trained her to reflexively go “NO!!!!” whenever Terrence Williams (of the 35% shooting percentage) tries a jump shot. I’m so proud.
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by yellow fever on Dec 9, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
so, on Saturday, I had an important meeting with my student group for school. I was intermediately checking the Cal-UDub scores on my phone and swearing under my breath. A female partner looks at me incredulous and says ‘YOU LIKE SPORTS?!’. She had truly believed and argued to her fiance that no girls EVER liked sports, and I suppose that attended were faking.
I did not know what to say.
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You must admit you are in the minority.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
yeah my wife likes to know little updates on players as the games going along, but she’s not exactly reading Ted Miller’s updates. I’m fine with her level of involvement and, if she wanted to more that’s fine by me. What I’m most thankful for re: sports is that she’ll go to just about any event AND tailgate.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I have a couple good female friends who are into football and basketball.
This is probably why they’re my friends.
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I have one female friend who pretends to care about sports but I think it’s more to impress her bf. I guess I can’t really justify “caring” about sports to women, since it’s so irrational, but then I remember the last time one of my friends told me how much she spent on purses and didn’t think about it anymore.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
okay, spazzy, please back the stereotype train up here! I know lots of men who don’t care about sports, lots of men who love to cheer and know nothing about the players, and frankly, lots of men who spend much more on luxury items then I do.
Caring about sports is irrational for everyone, but we love it.
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"lots of men who spend much more on luxury items then I do."
again, just say Twist
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Luxury items for me??? The biggest luxury I spend on is Cal tickets.
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fine, fixed:
I have one female friend who pretends to care about sports but I think it’s more to impress her bf. I guess I can’t really justify "caring" about sports to most women, since it’s so irrational, but then I remember the last time one of my friends told me how much she spent on purses and didn’t think about it anymore.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
To be fair, from the girl’s point, especially a girlfriend’s point of view, if the guy is wrapped up in his sports team and in sports in general and it takes away from together time, they want to get involved in it so that they can spend more time together, blah blah blah
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sure sure, but this could be anything. — Fishing, online gaming, etc.
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Right, it’s just what girlfriends do, I guess…
And, (BROAD GENERALIZATION), the boyfriend doesn’t really make that same effort back because it’s fine to have separate lives and interests…
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boyfriend doesn’t really make that same effort back
Fact: It’s because sports are cool and shopping is retarded.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
What a sexist thing for that woman to say.
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maybe?
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by AndBears on Dec 9, 2009 10:59 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
this isn't a girl thing
this asshole at the OSU game was riding Riley all game. His last one was “endzone’s that way Riley!” after he threw to Vereen for a short gain…it was a screen pass.
We made fun of him and he left.
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by CBKWit on Dec 9, 2009 10:39 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
My favorite was sometime last year where Longshore avoided pressure rolled to his right and threw the ball away (only one WR was running a route and his dump off, Best, was blanketed). So this douchebag behind me yells “OH YEA REAL FUCKING GOOD NATE. THROW THAT BALL AWAY AND WE’LL NEVER FUCKING GET A CHANCE YOU ASSHOLE. GOD TEDFORD FUCKING PUT IN RILEY HE WON’T THROW THE BALL AWAY!”. On 1st down.
In other words, Go Bears!
His point still stands — the endzone really was THAT way.
by sec119 on Dec 9, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Usually when some asshole says something like “Fire Tedford” I follow it up with “YEAH GREAT THROW TEDFORD. YOU THREW THAT BALL YOU MORON. FIRE LONGSHORE.”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
bridget said…
oh-and where’s the Top 10 Stupidest Things Guys Like list?? hmmmm?
September 29, 2009 8:51 PM
bridget said…
nevermind, i’m a retard. your specialty is in chauvinism. shit. oh well. fuck it.
September 29, 2009 9:20 PM
Brian said…
Top 10 stupid thins guys like:
1. F-ing
2. Titties
3. Beer
4. Beatin off
repeat ad infinitum
Wait! If you can repeat things all 10 would be F-ing.
December 8, 2009 7:34 PM
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--Coach Clark
bridget strikes again
bridget said…
Though I understand this is satirical and meant to be funny, as a woman I find it ALMOST offensive to be grouped together like each girl is some carbon copy of the other. I really don’t like any of this shit, except for painting pottery and the occasional guilty pleasure of a reality show or two. I know there are plenty of women out there that are ridiculously stupid, stereotypical paris hilton like individuals, but not all of us are! But, in all honesty, it was pretty funny…I just had to say that.
September 29, 2009 8:49 PM
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I feel if someone wants to write a list of Ten Stupid Things men enjoy, they should do it, as long as it’s funny and not just “lol beer, tits, etc”
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How are tits stupid? They foster physical connection which is very important in any relationship. And beer is an intensely complex process involving S. Cerevisiae fermentation delicately tailored to produce specific organic compounds.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
Lactation is very complex. Marsupials, as opposed to other mammals, can actually have two stages of lactation, in which a newborn is essentially latched onto the teat, while a slightly older baby, though still not fully weaned, suckles as well.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
I’m impressed by how it’s all chemically regulated via hormones. LH, FSH, estrogen and others that I don’t know about are all fluctuating in cycles.
It is in this spirit that I flag the entire discipline of biology, as they’re just organized bodies of chemicals.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Couldn’t you just annex biology? Claim the bio-building with a flag?
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Dude don’t you dare flag biology!! What would you be without biology?!?! You’d be a conglomeration of burnt up nucleosides and sugar molecules floating through space in some big gaseous galactic fart.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:37 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
It’s all chemicals weakly interacting with each other in a vast quantity of water.
On a completely unrelated note, the other day I calculated that the [EtOH] in one’s legally drunk body was 17 mM or 782 mg/mL. Assuming you have 5 liters of blood in your body, that’s 3.9 kg of EtOH!
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--Coach Clark
explain this like I majored in Humanities
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
explain this like I majored in Humanities
explain this like I majored in Humanities, please.
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
yeah, well, I’d been drinkin’ when I did the stoichiometry, mmkay?
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--Coach Clark
Memories of HS Chem… Ah I skipped an entire part of the AP test (I think questions about solutions) and I still got a 4! WTF?
In other words, Go Bears!
somewhere there’s another indian guy named royrules22 who just got off his McD’s shift
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What’re you saying about Indian people?
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 9, 2009 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
And your name is ALSO Raj Patel!
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I can’t believe you’d give away my real name like that. : (
I thought we had the charge of confidentiality.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 9, 2009 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
nope
My name is actually from the Hindu text Mahabharata. And not the most common one either
In other words, Go Bears!
Ever consider that he’s making his own joke by killing this joke? A meta-joke?
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
holy shit I havent laughed that hard in a while. I love you royrules! You never get ANYTHING!
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So, no one ever names their children after one of the main characters of the Mahabharata or anything like that
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You actually recognized it! haha I had to look it up on Wiki to know which book it was from.
No people do name them from Mahabharata but not mine. At least not usually.
My brother has a pretty common name.
In other words, Go Bears!
Oh
Do you go to temple often? Which one? Livermore?
I used to go whenever my parents felt like going which was once or twice a month.
In other words, Go Bears!
hahahahahahahaa
San Bruno
hahahahahahahaha
That town has great closet racism, they threw a shit fit when a buddist temple opened in the mid 90s
Hey, that’s cool. I’ve never come across a warrior (nominally) before. Everyone I know is either a Brahmin — battery charger! — or, I’ve been assuming, whatever the one lower than Kshatriya (Sudra?) is. What are some of the typical Kshatriya last names?
You see, normal mammals are good at “gestating.” In most instances (humans excepted), babies are fully developed in utero and essentially ready-to-go once they pop out. Think about a giraffe that plops onto the ground after birth and then stands up 10 seconds later and starts walking… Marsupials are gestated for much less time and born “premature;” they barely crawl into their mothers pouch. But marsupials’ superior lactation skills allow the baby to further develop into self sufficiency. It’s a smart way of saving energy on gestation in a stressful, variable climate such as Australia.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Sorry, but any energy that is saved on gestation is just a coincidence, and did not help marsupials succeed in Australia. The “premature” birth in marsupials is extremely stressful to the fetus. Placental birth is definitely the energy efficient way to go. Marsupials only survived on Australia because of lucky biogeography—Australia has been isolated from the other continents for 80 million years.
Surely, it is the reason marsupials succeed in Australia; isn’t this backed up by the fact that there are very few (if any?) placentals in Australia naturally?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 11, 2009 12:12 AM PST up reply actions
You have it backwards. The reason there are so many marsupials in Australia is because there were no placental mammals there. Marsupials and placentals evolved on separate super-continents. Whenever those landmasses would collide and the native marsupials would meet the invasive placentals, the placentals would take over completely, thoroughly out competing all of the marsupials (with the exception of the Possum in South America).
All the mammals on Australia are marsupial or monotreme (the echidna and platypus) because Australia was isolated for so long. This same theory explains why lemurs (ancestral primates) are found only in Madagascar. Everywhere else, outside of the isolated island, the “more sophisticated” monkeys took over and out competed the lemurs.
I, for one, really appreciate this. It warms my heart to learn random bits of Bio,Chem, History from this site.
sincerely – not sarcastically,
AndBears.
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by AndBears on Dec 11, 2009 8:10 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
But, land bridges opened up during ice ages many times AFTER Australia separated, making Australia accessible to placentals. Why didn’t they come in and colonize and displace the marsupials?
Why are you racist against things that have pouches?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 11, 2009 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
Oh no, nothing against marsupials. They are just not as successful as placentals. Not just in the pouch, but the teeth in marsupials are much less efficient at extracting energy from food. Marsupial’s teeth are probably why they were displaced by placentals in most places.
As for your land bridge question, I have no idea. I don’t know anything about the Australian Ice Ages…
That’s like…the crux of my argument. Placentals COULD have/did get to Australia, but for some reason just aren’t as successful as marsupials (humans excepted). Why? It implies that for some reason, being a marsupial is more evolutionarily advantageous there.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 11, 2009 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
Well, here we go...
Placentals didn’t move into Australia during the ice ages because there were no land bridges to Australia (outside of a connection to New Guinea, the other home of most marsupial species).
This is the theorized sea level around Australia at the last glacial maximum. Apparently the smallest gap was still 90 Km.
huh, interesting, i learned something today.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 13, 2009 1:58 AM PST up reply actions
Museums are stupid girl things? That’s one of the worse comments from you, carp, and you have a veritable treasure trove of stupid things.
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no, I like museums. A lot. And those historical places of interest.
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--Coach Clark
Like the house Madonna grew up in?
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I believe what carp meant to say was “liking museums for the sake of them being museums”.
Obviously, someone who is actually interested in modern art would love to see the Moma; someone interested in US politics would be engrossed in all the offerings at the Nixon Presidential Library, etc.
But just liking it for the sake of liking it… that’s something dumb.
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But just liking it for the sake of liking it… that’s something dumb.
I think you could say that about just about anything.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
True, but it’s especially prevalent with things that make people seem “worldly” and “educated”, like musems, obscure foreign cuisines, etc
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Word. I enjoy (non modern) art museums, historical museums, and natural history museums. Modern art and ethno-centric museums can suck my nuts. I went to the Contemporary Jewish Museum in SF and it was one of the biggest most self-masturbatory collections of shit that made no sense I’ve ever seen.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
i also find that science museums lack sufficient chemistry examples and pieces. Everyone gets to play with the pendulum, wave generator, or pet a sting ray, but who gets to make and use a Grignard reagent I MEAN COME ON!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Well, as long as they talk about Physics it’s OK as everyone knows Chemistry is really just applied Physics.
ah yes, the token physicist speaks up?
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--Coach Clark
No, I understand the heirarchy.
1) Math
2) Physics
3) God
4) ???
5) Prophet!
6) Everyone else.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Carp, glad to see you improved on the use of “Prophet”. Kudos
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by CALumbus Bear on Dec 9, 2009 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
my parole date’s aproaching, no?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
If you show improvement in posting NSFW links, we’ll see about early “release”
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by CALumbus Bear on Dec 9, 2009 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
I predict carp has never had a problem with early release.
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carp makes love like Missouri plays basketball: Forty Minutes of Hell!
(it’s NCAA BBall season!)
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
eh, but then we’d miss the 11 o’clock news.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
So, lots of fouls, bleeding, yelling, and rejections?
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by CALumbus Bear on Dec 9, 2009 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
I feel like using compounds that can dissolve skin and cause permanent eye damage probably don’t belong in a museum, or, well at least a museum made for kids.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
The Rishi Museum: "Learn by experience
…ing pain" ?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
So your museum would have sections on Astronomy, Physics, Biology, and Zack Follett?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
As your attorne,y I think everybody needs to sign waivers beforehand.
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well we wouldn’t want them to grow up to be p-words, now would we?
Maybe they can do a mitsonubu rxn or something. I personally like the Barton-McCombie deoxygenation which uses carbon disulfide and a xanthate ester intermediate.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barton%E2%80%93McCombie_deoxygenation
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--Coach Clark
Art openings are where it’s at. Open bar, hanging out with the artists, seeing interesting art, observing hipsters in their natural environment. Fun times!
Hipsters
I once went to a church in Los Angles that was absolutely FULL of hipsters. It was very weird, as I’m used to my churches being filled with lots of old people. It was also odd to see all these hipsters who obviously commute to the church, which is in a less well-off area of town, parking their BMW’s and Audis in the street and the parking garage.
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Yea I was going to say I love anything to do with history, especially military history
In other words, Go Bears!
There are other ways to take a picture with one?
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
sidebar linky from that article
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Subject: ugh
Brad,
It would be difficult for me to be any more miserable right now, I feel like the worst person ever. First, let me start by saying that I am truly truly sorry, and I hate myself for hurting you. Of all the people in the whole entire world, you were honestly the last person that I would ever want to wrong in any way. There is no excuse at all for anything that happened, so I won’t even try other than to say all of us had WAY too much to drink, and I did a stupid thing. I can handle you being pissed at me, I absolutely deserve it, I can even handle the ugly words that were exchanged between us, what I can’t handle is thinking that you see me as a different person. It is weird, I feel like I just went through a horrible break up or something. The world looked funny yesterday, I couldn’t crack a smile if you paid me, there are songs I can’t listen to, and I just ! feel beyond crushed. I don’t know if you meant everything you said to me, and I am hoping that you didn’t. I know that I was wrong on many levels, but I am also hoping that this is something that we can deal with. I know it sounds totally crazy and stupid, but you have come to play such a significant role in my life, I can’t imagine my days without you. It is totally strange and weird to say that, and you could say that my behavior didn’t reflect that, and you would be correct. I hate feeling like you hate me, and I hate feeling like all of your friends think I am a terrible person, because I am not. I know there is nothing I can say or do to take back what happened, but I just want you to know that fighting with you was just about the worst thing I could have ever imagined. It was right up there with one of the ugliest nights of my life, and I would give anything in the world to rewind and fix it. I am so sorry.
Elizabeth
-—Original Message——-
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: Ugh….enjoy.
Dear Elizabeth,
Thank you for your concern. I’ll be sure to file it away under “L” for “Long-winded diatribes from drunken whores I couldn’t care less about”. You did a stupid thing huh? No…doing long division and forgetting to carry the one is “a stupid thing”; Mixing in a red sock with a load of whites is “a stupid thing”; Blowing some guy in a bathroom for 45 minutes while I sit at the bar wondering if you’re taking so long because you ate too much bran that morning isn’t as much a “Stupid thing” as it is grounds for permanent removal from my social calendar. To be honest, I’m not sure if it was more amusing that you went and degraded yourself in a public toilet not once but twice in a 2 hour span, or that you seemed to think that by saying “Well, I didn’t Fuck him” somehow gave you a clean slate. So forgive me if I couldn’t care less if the world “looked funny” to you yesterday. Since your world revolves around blow dryers, golden retrievers, Prada Bags and Jelly Beans, I’m sure it must have been most unsettling to actually have to consider someone else’s feelings for 24 hours straight. The good news for you is that my friends don’t think you’re a terrible person, they just think you’re the average run of the mill cum-guzzling blond who commands about as much respect as your average child porn collector. I could be wrong but, it’s pretty hard to respect some B&T chick who comes out to spend the night at my place even though she’s seeing someone else in New Jersey and winds up tongue-bathing the taint of anyone who decides 30 minutes of droning commentary on Colin Farrell’s new haircut is worth putting up with for a hand job in the men’s room. The good thing about being a guy is that when I eventually bump into the young lad who finger-blasted you on top of a towel dispenser last Saturday, we’ll have a shot and laugh our heads off about the time it happened. By the way, for the amount of time you claim to spend in spin class you really must be doing something wrong to sport the thunder thighs you do. Watching you parade around my bedroom in a thong was a little like watching sea lions mate. Thought you might like to know.
PS. I BCC’d about 100 people on this email.
Talk to you never,
Brad
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
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Watching you parade around my bedroom in a thong was a little like watching sea lions mate.
hahahahaha
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You see, the beauty of pants is derived from their simplicity, and in turn, their function. They should be easy to get on, easier to get off, and there should be as few steps as possible between my penis and urination or potential vaginal insertion. Last time I wore a button fly my dick told me that he felt like Andy Dufresne crawling through that shit pipe in Shawshank to freedom. I mean, there is no need for me go further in depth as to the obvious design flaws of the button fly, because it’s so much more than that. The self-deprecating notion that I’ve come to believe is that I am the only person in the world who cannot figure out how to button a fly. The whole world does it everyday, why cant I? If it were actually inferior to the zipper it would not exist. It would have gone the way of the VCR, audio cassette, or Discman with 20 second ESP. Yet here it is, staring me in the face, mocking me. And you know what? We deserve better than that. And for you assholes out there who wonder to themselves as to why I don’t just only buy pants with the zipper. Well first of all fuck you, that’s not the point of the hatelist. More importantly, they make my ass look great…
http://www.ultimatehatelist.com/2009/08/hate-18-button-fly.html
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--Coach Clark
these are gold.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
A commercial comes on TV for some outrageously innovative and seemingly delicious fast food item. In a mouthwatering haze you suddenly realize that this particular fast food chain does not sponsor a corporate nor franchise establishment within 500 fucking miles. Sonic, I’m looking at you. The unfathomable disappointment is quickly drowned out by overwhelming resentment. If a company wants to make delicious looking chocolate covered brownie cheesecake bites or bacon cheeseburgers with donuts instead of buns and withhold them from large geographical regions that’s fine by me, as long as they keep it to themselves. So In-N-Out Burger, you guys are alright. But to you others, cough cough Sonic, why do you feel the need to rub it in our faces? Why advertise something I can never have? You’re like a big tittied girl who wears a super low-cut shirt and those little jean shorts that are so short that the pockets come out the bottom and you can see some lower butt cheek, but then tells us she’s saving herself for marriage. I think whoever runs those advertisements doesn’t have much respect for me as a consumer or human being. So, to my new withholding enemy, let me be the first to welcome you to the hatelist and Fedex me some fucking tater tots.
http://www.ultimatehatelist.com/2009/10/hate-35-fast-food-that-advertises-to.html
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I’ll give Sonic a break because I’d rather eat camel sputum than their food.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
We found one when we were visiting Texas, and were very confused, because you’re supposed to sit in your parked car and they bring you food. I always thought the commercials were just dumb people eating in the drive thru line. (/hansel/)
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
If you’re out somewhere really stupid, like a karaoke bar, and see a group of girls gathered around a giant fishbowl drink with 12 straws, singing along to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” like the song didn’t come out 30 years ago, then you are probably witnessing a Girls Night Out. If this happens, you need to get out of there, pronto. I’ve always hailed to my fathers maxim, “Beware of wolves in sluts clothing.” You will not be able to infiltrate this pack tonight… nor any of their vaginas.
These girls have been planning this night for a month. At least three of them currently have a really shitty man in their lives while three others are just getting over a really shitty man. The three with dateable men have been dealt subtle backhanded compliments all night about their boyfriends to make them feel guilty about not being available for the gang’s day trips to the outlet mall. All of these women hate men tonight. This of course only leaves the three women whom no self respecting man will go near and the one or two bangable ones being tightly guarded in a 3-2 zone. You can rest assured that the other girls will die before they let you steal one of their hot friends away. They are like the 300 Spartans of cockblocking. Please just trust me, it’s not going to happen.
If you’re really in the mood to perform a miracle, try firing up that karaoke machine with “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and remembering all the words.
http://www.ultimatehatelist.com/2009/10/hate-34-girls-night-out.html
I thought he was going to mix in “too obnoxiously drunk and loud at the restaurant/bar” somewhere.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
My colleagues in New Orleans swear that the exception to this rule is a bachelorette party marauding through the establishments of Bourbon Street – because, like Vegas, they’ve come to misbehave.
This guy is clearly a failure at picking up women.
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No, I couldnt do shit, Im married,fat and balding. Oh wait was that DC Trojan.
Well, either way Im married. So, Im out.
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Dude, looking at a girl below the eyes is a violation of marriage!
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Right now my pick up line is “Nice scalp!”
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Huh, that list is weird, there are WAY more stupid things girls like. Ethnic restaurants? Come on…
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I really think he’s talking about girls who go to ethnic restaurants, especially more obscure cuisines, for the sake of appearance, as opposed to actually enjoying them.
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Based on the context and his tone, I think he’s actually saying that the only acceptable “foreign” cuisines are Italian, Mexican and Chinese. Any English Majors out there care to weigh in?
This would be more fun if I coud see the pic. Damn you work filters!
Probably true though as long as it’s not about clowns.
I don’t think those people actually exist.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
“Foreign cuisine” to a science major means a once-a-month trip to Pinole.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
Econ major here…
I swear, so many people thought they were suddenly worldly because they got the sampler plate at the local Ethiopian restaurant.
Or, God, how many people bragged about how much they LOVE FOREIGN CUISINE after eating friggin Naan N Curry
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I think I’m the only one in Berkeley who didn’t go nuts after eating Naan N Curry. Something about all the tiny little bones in my food. I HATE having to pick bones out of my teeth.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
The funny thing is, you didn’t even order any of the meat dishes.
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Also a good point, last time I was there and I ordered chicken something or other. It came with like 2 little pieces of chicken and 90% of the meal was steaming oily diarrhetic goo.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
Naan N Curry is hella Indian. Its the dirtiest restaurant Ive ever seen. Very close to reality!
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Did you know India is the only country left that has the plague? I mean, the plague! Please!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
I hear (this may be apocryphal, but whatever)
that the one on Van Ness got the worst health inspection score of any restaurant in the city.
I actually kind of like Naan ‘N Curry (I’m not willing to pay the 50-100% premium price to get actual decent Indian food very often…) but I’ve never had the gumption to enter that establishment.
O'Hara: Detective Lassiter is literally on fire.
Spencer: What kind of fire are we talking about-- "Michael Jackson in the Pepsi commercial" fire, or "misusing the word literally" fire?
Breds of India is apparently great. I liked it, but its a bit $$$$$$.
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My mom still swears by Vik’s Chaat Corner, though I don’t share her enthusiasm for subcontinental food personally.
"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
“Shalimar” up the street has a dingy vibe to it too, but some of the combination, cheapest-and-best Indian food I’ve had.
Shalimar in the south bay is awesome.
Then again the Indian restaurants in south bay are so much better, comparable probably only to SF.
In other words, Go Bears!
I think the ones in the South Bay are best in the Bay Area, right? To be honest, the Indian food in the Bay Area is pretty good everywhere, but I’d give the edge to South Bay for exposing me to more types of Indian food (Saravana Bhavan was a new experience for me).
Yep. This is more so because the South Bay has a lot more Indian expats than the rest of the Bay Area (because of Silicon Valley).
You like Saravana Bhavan? I don’t like it because it’s just the type of food I dislike a lot: traditional south indian vegitarian. Meh. But if you like that type then it is a good restaurant.
In other words, Go Bears!
The only East Bay place I know is Berkeley and there I like Biriyani House and House of Curries quite a bit. Also Chaat Cafe has some bomb rolls. I know chaat cafe is in other places in the south bay also.
In San Jose, I don’t really remember many that still exist to be honest but I remember liking Shalimar, and this one place called Sitara. Though Sitara has turned into a little sucky last I went.
And there is this new place in Cupertino that I can’t remember the name of right now with excellent spicy chilli chicken.
And of course Cupertino Bakery in cupertino with Indian sweets and some good chicken biriyani.
In other words, Go Bears!
There’s this one place in Fremont (my cousin lives in Mountain View and we took the Dumbarton across) that it was 200 Indian people, and 3 Chinese people eating dinner. Super good.
Yes, that might have bene the vaugest description of a restaurant ever.
Anybody remember CurryNHurry? I think there is a Nepalese restaurant there now. Man, that placed ROCKED! Indian fast food!
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Now I’m trying to remember all the iterations of that corner. Since 2002 it’s been a Burger King, then UC Pizza and Pasta or something similar, then CurryNHurry, then Mt. Everest, and now Biryani House. But I think I’m leaving one out between Burger King and UC Pizza. Or maybe that’s where CurryNHurry goes, but maybe something else bridged the gap between UC Pizza and Mt. Everest.
What an awful location. You’d think that someone along the way would try to change the storefront so that it no longer looks like Burger King.
Where is this? I know I’ve been to Biriyani House but I just can’t place where it is right now.
In other words, Go Bears!
I think there are several locations. The corner in mind is University and Shattuck, around the corner from Mayflower (the Chinese restaurant) and the original Brazilian cafe.
Oh yes that's the one I was thinking about!
Their Biriyanis were awesome! I do remember the Nepalese place too. I think they changed either the beginning of my junior year (last year – when I moved to a place nearby) or sometime during my sophomore year.
In other words, Go Bears!
6 – It’s not supposed to taste like ice cream. It’s supposed to taste like cold yogurt, you put fruit in it.
4 – If you actually live in an area with farms or ranches or whatever this means really good food for really cheap.
2 – I don’t know what qualifies for ethnic, but I certainly don’t limit myself to ’merickan.
I think this list was made by some country boy.
If Thai food counts as ethnic, Im the girliest girl who ever girled according to that list!
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If Thai food counts as ethnic,Im the girliest girl who ever girledaccording to that list!</blockquote>
Corrected.
Go Bruins!
Hey I see you on other websites around people making fun of me and you never say anything to stop it. As such, you are making fun of me. So, please stop, because you are pathetic!
And by other websites, I mean earlier up this DBD and innumerable other DBDs.
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Phew, my girlfriend didnt like most of those things until #1. More proof that she is female!
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
I heard they have cooties! And the clap!
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Sounds like you are declaring me Sanchez! Is that true? Are you declaring me Sanchez?
Because I dont take kindly to people declaring me Sanchez!
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A really interesting anecdote on concussions in the NFL
This is becoming a hotter topic as time goes on, especially as higher profile players are getting sidelined from concussions (Ben Roethlisberger, Kurt Warner, Brian Westbrook, DJax). So here’s an interesting anecdote from a Fox Sports article on concussions:
Moose: I had a doozy in the NFL and a doozy in college (Syracuse). In both instances, I never even came out of the game.
Mine were very specific. I chopped a guy and as I was getting back up and there was another guy coming, trying to jump over me, and I got kneed on the side of the head — right at the temple, both times. And I’m out on my feet. In college, for over a quarter. And with the Cowboys, I would say right around a quarter.
I had no recollection of anything. I remember running the play and I remember waking up and looking up at the scoreboard and being like, “Wow, how did we get down 14-10?” Or, in college, “How is it 13-0 already?” And then you look at the scoreboard and it’s the second quarter and there is 4:20 remaining and then I just realized I had been out on my feet for a good half an hour.
Then I went back and watched the film of myself playing, and I hadn’t made a mistake. There was not one missed assignment on that entire film and there’s nothing on it that would have had a coach or a trainer get to you after a series and ask you, “Are you OK?” I was functioning completely normally. That was what was so mind-boggling to me. I never made a mistake and I was out on my feet. And later I didn’t have a headache or blurred vision. I just sort of came out of this fog and that was that.
Realistically, think about that bolded section again. He blacked out WHILE conscious… how scary is that?
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I've blacked out tons of times while still conscious...
Of course heavy alcohol use was always involved so may be that’s not what you meant?
That is really crazy. Especially that he played perfectly afterwards. Clearly we should do this to all football players to turn them into perfect souless football robots.
Also, the part of the brain that stores memories is such a little bitch. WAAAAH I drank too much, WAAAH I got kneed in the head, WAAAH I’m getting old. Give me a fucking break!
oh snap!
http://cbs5.com/sports/congress.bowls.playoffs.2.1358827.html
Handcawk gets defensive! I love it.
Bill Hancock, the BCS executive director, said in a phone interview. “We feel strongly that managing of college sports is best left to the people in higher education.”
Huh.
Barton said Congress’ attention is warranted, since “at this level, college football is a multibillion-dollar business” not much different from other businesses that face congressional oversight.
“With telecommunications, you’re dealing with AT&T and Verizon and Sprint, and in this case you’re dealing with the SEC and the Big 12 and the Pac-10,” Barton said. “It’s the same basic economic model.”
Good enough for me.
“The schools in those six conferences, which have such a huge financial benefit from the system, have enormous clout,” said Gary Roberts, dean of the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis and a sports law expert. “I don’t see anything coming from this.”
Everyone has their obvinash.
“We’re pleased that Congressman Barton’s bill is moving forward because it will require the BCS to choose – either make college football’s championship a competitively earned honor or admit that it’s currently the equivalent of being elected homecoming king,” said Matthew Sanderson, a founder of Playoff PAC, a political action committee aimed at electing members of Congress who favor a playoff system.
Hahahaha
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
a political action committee aimed at electing members of Congress who favor a playoff system.
Um, yeah, okay. I love college football and am obsessed with it to the point that I’ll ignore whatever else goes on during the day and get really excited when Oregon beats USC 47-20 and I will get outaged with SEC homers, etc.
But I would never consider electing a representative because he favours a college football playoff. There about 15,283 more important issues than that.
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it’s currently the equivalent of being elected homecoming king
lol!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
Can a brotha get a down payment, part III
sq ft: 7230
amt: $2.9 million
famous people who previously owned it: Charles Schulz
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I’d help, but I’m too busy trying to take advantage of that arbitrage opportunity with the Walnut Creek low income apartments.
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yeah…to be a dick, the house has way too much brick for e-quake country. The odd off-centre (see what I did there) upstairs window is bugging me, there’s way too much lawn (drought!) and the house is 61 years old. How the eff am I supposed to really use 7200 sq ft? The mrs. will have to go furniture shopping for days. Still, if it was passed down to me I suppose I’d live in it :). Probably could do one of those guy rooms that I’ve dreamed of, replete with a kegerator, titty magazines, big screen TV, pool table, ping pong, foosball, cigar bar, original autographed sports memorabilia, one long brass pole, and a very own men’s room WITH a horse-trough urinal.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
It doesn't fit well with my fondless for big cities
but I love houses with huge open lawns. Good for playing ultimate or something, I guess.
I've been Honked...
u need enviro friendly FieldTurf.*
*I once asked a landlord if she’d want a FieldTurf grass surface. She went with sod after seeing the prices.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
One problem with FieldTurf though is that it absorbs the sunlight that hits it and since it does not photosynthesize it, ends up heating your front lawn.
Plus this from the wikipedia page
Athletes playing on synthetic turf sustained more skin injuries and muscle strains while those who played on natural grass were more susceptible to concussions and ligament tears.8 Martin O’Neill said FIFA officials should “have their heads examined” for allowing FieldTurf after Tomas Sorenson suffered a non-contact hamstring injury during a game in Toronto. According to FIFA at the time, 14% of injuries on grass were non-contact related while the figure rose to 22% on the turf.9
Haha way to pull a quote out of context:
With regard to injuries sustained, a 5 year study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine found that injury rates were similar on natural grass and synthetic turf. There were, however, notable differences in the types of injuries. Athletes playing on synthetic turf sustained more skin injuries and muscle strains while those who played on natural grass were more susceptible to concussions and ligament tears.8 Martin O’Neill said FIFA officials should “have their heads examined” for allowing FieldTurf after Tomas Sorenson suffered a non-contact hamstring injury during a game in Toronto. According to FIFA at the time, 14% of injuries on grass were non-contact related while the figure rose to 22% on the turf.9
I’d personally prefer skin injuries and muscle strains to concussions and ligament tears.
I heard they foster bacteria, too, while naturally occurring microbes in grass would take care of infectious bacteria. So you might be more likely for your open wound to get infected on turf.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
english fail
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Warriors at Nets tonight
I’m looking forward to watching Devin Harris and Monta Ellis go at it. And trying to make sense of Don Nelson’s wacky rotations – or is he still out with that random illness he has?
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team soon to be owned by a Russian oligarch.
How bad are the Warriors? They are a 1.5 pt uderdog against a 1-18 team.
Pathetic.
by 33SwisherSweet on Dec 9, 2009 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
No, but I did get to rant to Rod Thorn in person.
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team soon to be owned by a Russian oligarch.
by yellow fever on Dec 9, 2009 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
toby going pro?
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/12/08/toby-gerhart-expected-to-enter-the-nfl-draft-according-to-toby-gerhart/
sweet.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Gilroy misses you, too.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I do believe Ohio Bear was voted by Gilroy HS as the “Male Student-Athlete Of The Year” over… Jeff Garcia. Clearly Gilroy loves Ohio Bear.
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 9, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
No, Garcia was a pretty good QB in high school, and even played professionally for a few years.
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 9, 2009 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Slightly. Though it also had something to do with the fact that my team won a league championship that year and his didn’t.
Praise be to Tedford!
I take it this notable award didn’t come with a Playmate wife nor TO calling you a “fag.”
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
My sport? I wish.
It was one of the following:
a)Badminton
b) Golf
c) Tennis
d) Wrestling
e) Water polo
Praise be to Tedford!
Badminton is extraordinarily popular in many Asian countries.
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that’s racis!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
viva la mexico!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Mexico del Norte!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Then where will I get my South of the border food from?
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 9, 2009 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
very rare Fresno St/Jeff Tedford footage
http://thebearwillnotquit.blogspot.com/
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Is HC Jim Sweeney somehow related to one Beau Sweeney?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
His grandfather, apparently. His recruitment was not a coincidence.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I know it was a bowl game, but I am still a little surprised that a game between Fresno State and Bowling Green even had television cameras present in the 80’s.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Teford looks like he was an accurate QB.
And he blocked a dude on a reverse.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Does he have any NCAA eligibility left?
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2009 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t think so. He may have declared early for the CFL.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Damnit!
There’s goes my suggestion for next year’s team.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2009 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
That's it -- Double Flag on SI's Stewart Mandel
First, flag for still sucking up to Tebow:
At the end of the day, we’re still talking about a guy with two national titles, a Heisman and two subsequent top-five finishes;
The first thing isn’t true. Technically, he does have two national titles, but this isn’t a Matt Leinart type situation. Leinart STARTED three national title games, won two, and the third was lost because his defense collapsed.
In the 2006 game, Tebow touched the ball 11 times out 79 total offensive snaps, meaning he got 13.9% of the touches. He scored two touchdowns, one on a ONE YARD PASS, the other one a ONE YARD run in garbage time. On the ground, he averaged 3.9 yards a carry. Essentially, as a backup QB, he had less impact on Florida’s national title than a fullback would have. Mandel is better than most writers in saying that he has two titles, as opposed to most journalists, who says he has WON two titles.
Second, FLAGGED TO HELL for saying “Mack Brown is one of the classiest guys in the sport.”
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So I did something stupid today
As I was getting ready to leave for work I noticed that my windshield was dirty. So I decided to use the windshield cleaner spray. Bad idea considering it was 16deg F outside. As soon as the water hit the windshield it froze into a block of ice. So now not only was the windshield not clean but I couldn’t see shit due to a layer of ice blocking my view.
I ended up a half hour late to work because I spent that time putting the windshield defroster to high and waiting for the ice to melt before scraping it off.
In other words, Go Bears!
The Eddie
Giant waves in Oahu. I hope Maverick’s happens this year.
Ya, that waves big. I guess.
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by TwistNHook on Dec 9, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
There’s no obligation to reply to a comment, right?
by kolwave on Dec 9, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
This genuinely hurt me in a way that no other comment anybody has ever made ever has.
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So who gets the credit, me or AndBears?
Also, my dad disapproved of the Simpsons, so I missed them during my formative years and came to them relatively late in life. References are almost certain to be wasted on me.
I think you should care. Wouldnt be the first time you guys have hurt me emotionally. Prolly wont be the last!
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ITS (kind of) A SIMPSONS REFERENCE!
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2009 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
This is awesome.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2009 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
It’s so cool with the music.
Your company’s content filter is pretty bizarre. So you get this video site, but not most of the others? This meaning it’s IP/domain and list based and there’s no packet analysis? Why don’t you just bypass your content filter?
Oh, I don’t get video at all. I just googled the title and copied the link. I honestly have no idea if it works.
And my attempts at bypassing have failed. I just hope they don’t take CGB away from me! :(
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Try something for me. Go here and try to visit youtube.
http://66.11.227.124/proxy/
Make the option list look like this:
What happens?
Makes sense. Just wanted to see what kind of filter you’re dealing with. Your company’s filter is, at least, decent.
those guys are nuts, it’s seriously bad-ass to go up against a feat of nature 40-50 feet tall.
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No, just a fan of all waves (I like long walks on the beach at sunset, etc)
I’d recommend The Devil’s Teeth, a NF read about great white shark researchers out at the Farallones. Good story about other various lunatics (including surfers, abalone divers, water-skiers) who hang out in the Red Triangle.
My bucket list includes surfing lessons in Hawaii; I’m hoping some engaged friends will oblige by holding their wedding in HI next year.
Why, danzig, do you surf? If so, you just went up a degree of awesome
I didnt realize danzig could go up anymore degrees of awesome? I think hes maxed out!
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The female Mav surfer is rare indeed. In fact, besides a few female pros, I’ve never even seen a normal girl attempt it. Anyway, I totally understand your fascination with waves. They are things of unique beauty.
I don’t surf anymore, obviously, but as a Ute, I was quite into it. In fact, there are quite a few surfers on this blog. I recall a thread about surfing Fort Point. I finally stopped my junior year at Cal. As much as I loved it, surfing in Norcal requires a lot dedication. (Plus I got sick of wearing 5/4 wetsuits and booties all the time).
Hey, I just read that. It was a collection of cool anecdotes but I didn’t care for the author’s tone. Everything was a superlative with her.
The Lack of Mack's Imposition Attacks My Disposition.
Yes! I know exactly what you mean. I loved the historical detail, but was irritated by the author’s role towards the end, particularly as she didn’t seem to step up and take a lot of responsibility.
“and the winds can blow so hard they can strip the rocks from the other rocks! There are so many birds that the birds sometimes get confused whether they are themselves or another bird! The lichen on the rocks is so tough it can’t die except in deep space! It is so otherworldly it’s like living in another world, literally!”
…and so on, was the problem I had.
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College Football Related News
House panel passes college football playoff bill
WASHINGTON – A House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine a national champion, over the objections of some lawmakers who said Congress had more pressing matters on its plate.
How do you think this will affect the CFB landscape? /Avinash/
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…………………sh!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
first response: oh, neat!
second response: yea, they should probably get back to work
third response: How’d it work?!
fourth response: wait I should get back to work.
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uh, okay, I don’t understand the internet lingo as well as my face-page would make it seem.
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
I believe in an earlier DBD someone confusedly thought <3 was a little textual representation of testicles. I don’t know if they were serious or not…but I thought it was funny and am still running with it, even if no one else is.
In Twist, Tribe Fights for College Nickname
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Sometime soon, the Fighting Sioux of the University of North Dakota were to be no more, another collegiate nickname dropped after being deemed hostile and abusive to American Indians.
Except that some members of the Spirit Lake Tribe, one of two groups of Sioux in the state, say they consider the nickname an honor and worry that abandoning it would send them one step closer to obscurity.
"When you hear them announce the name at the start of a hockey game, it gives you goose bumps," said Frank Black Cloud, a tribal member. "They are putting us up on a pinnacle."
And so, in a legal standoff that has turned some preconceptions upside down, North Dakota’s top state lawyers will be in court on Wednesday to oppose members of the Spirit Lake Tribe who have sued to preserve the Fighting Sioux name and logo, an image of an Indian in profile, feathers draping down.
This Is Our House. 63000±9000 Strong.
um….awesome?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2009 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Fight on Sioux we’re all for you,
The Fighting Sioux of North Dakota U! Rah!
My Grandpa (from Grand Forks) sang that.
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He’s known in the community as “Cousin”… like ‘Brother’ Mcgee or ‘Goodie’ Mcgee
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
The implication in CBKWit’s post is that you and CBKWit have the same grandfather due to your grandfathers’ common origins, thereby making you cousins.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
I never had grandparents as I was born of the fiery hot sun!
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by TwistNHook on Dec 9, 2009 2:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I think UNDakota was the school with the sugar daddy whose condition for funding the new construction of a new basketball arena was that they couldn’t change the their mascot. That was fun.
"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
Emirates: Pimp Airline or Pimpest Airline Ever Conceived?
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve never had the pleasure, but I’ll take your word for it.
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Eh, not quite. It’s great for a domestic carrier, but if you have the means they still are nothing compared to some of these international first class providers.
But as one who does not have the means, VA is about as pimp as I can get for a domestic flight.
Okay i’ll give you that Emirates is great in conception but their execution is TERRIBLE. I’ve flown 1st class on it internationally and they managed to lose bags, have very poor cust service, etc. Great, you can sleep and pretend you’re in you’re orig timezone but where’s my AWESOME in-flight entertainment, ability to text those in other seats, order meals via touchscreen, use wifi while up in the air…
Virgin Atl and British Airways are also kinda good.
OMG
Ick… i always tell people I’m not. But i just re-read that post and OH MY GOD I so am. Well knowing is half the battle, right GI Joes?!?
Eh, you know if I was in First Class I’d be high maintenance. There’s a reason those tickets are that expensive.
In coach just be happy you had a safe landing at the right airport…
did you know that Continental won’t let you take more than 3 bags anymore when you fly to Central/S. America? There’s some embargo or something. Okay yes begs the Q, why do you need to check more than 3 bags…
So you can sell electronics for lots of money!
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 9, 2009 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
NO
The REAL money is in human organs and trafficking!
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Carryon? You smuggle them in yourself! Implant extra organs, use a trenchcoat to hide the smaller people you are sitting on the shoulders of.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 9, 2009 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
more HighMAin: i also hate it when people clap after a long int’l flight. Helloooo? People, have you seriously NEVER flown before?
I’m with you on that one. I’m pleased to land in one piece too, but they might as well be thanking the Bernoulli pixies who were carrying the plane the whole way. Simpletons.
Maybe they’re just people who like clapping in unison spontaneously? Did you ever think of that? Didn’t think so.
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Well then, I’m off to get a soothing eye mask and a cocktail while some flunky gives me a mani-pedi.
OMG lets go together!!
we’ll have to make sure to ask for parafin waxes for a nice smooth finish. Spazzy can go clap spontaneously with the other crazies on Emirates.
If you even bother to tell people that you aren’t high maintenance, you are… because it would never occur to a low maintenance person to even mention it.
And I’m not criticizing, because I am very high maintenance.
My dad flew Emirates last week despite my objections. He basically said that he had to run across the airport to board his connecting flight to India. And I’ve heard stories of people missing connecting flight because Emirates does not hold a connecting flight if the first one is delayed.
I personally like Singapore Airlines the best, but I do want to try out Lufthansa and British Airways once.
I also want to fly first class at least once in my life.
In other words, Go Bears!
go sign up for this credit card:
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2009/11/05/best-credit-card-sign-up-offer-ever/
Cathay Pacific and Singapore. Nothing else has come close in my experience. Not even Emirates who win 1/3 of the airline awards – the others going to SIA and CX
You like Cathay? I’ve been on Korean, Cathay and Singapore (multiple times) all going to India and I think I like Singapore the best with Korean and Catahy as decent but meh.
In other words, Go Bears!
I love Cathay, but I might be biased since for 3 years straight I got upgraded 90% of the time (work paid for full fare economy and I always took the earliest flight out and the latest flight back – so always sold out)
I’ve probably done over 200 flight segments with CX so maybe it’s just familarization bias. Anyways, asian airlines kick the crap out of US ones.
Virgini America does prostitution now? Guess having Virgin in the name helps out.
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If your prostitution business prides itself on its virgin employees, they’re one-time use employees.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 9, 2009 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
i still don’t think he’ll understand. Pretty sure she still hasn’t let him get to 2nd base even. De-virginization is still quite a far away concept.
They were actually out of the colo(u) she wanted, so back to square one.
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Well, yeah. Emirates knows how to go all out, as does Singapore Airlines.
For a counter example, look at what Air France is doing with their A380’s, fairly boring. It’s nice, but they didn’t go all out.
If you absolutely need the Emirates first class experience, you can jump on their daily nonstop from SFO to Dubai. 14 hours in a little metal tube at 30,000 feet, but in a 777 not an A380.
Emirates did bring the A380 for a tour at SFO, though:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/sets/72157606548012488/
can you link up that old lady dancing to Bear Territory @ Big Game? that was orgasmic.
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
YES! thank you!
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
haha don’t worry about it
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
here’s a better link for the Air France A380:
http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/the-big-picture-air-france-a380-handover
My parents are doing that flight in about a week.
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Its part of a longer journey, but yes.
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Should be fun, the international terminal at SFO is sweet. I’m sad flights to canada don’t depart from there.
I’m going to campus to return library books, anyone need anything?
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Taqueria quesadilla please! ;)
Oh and I never thanked you yday for putting up that MONSTER DBD. What great work and I agreed on so many of those!!!
You’re the BEST!!
Awwww! You’re so sweet!! SF Fin district please. Find the bldg with the Fire Rishi banner. ;)
Just kidding. :) One of these days, I’ll join you and I’ll buy you and AndCub a quesadilla before they go away forever.
XO!
Sausagefest.
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 9, 2009 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
I challenge the Stanfurd Band to do this halftime show for their bowl gameSunday’s N.F.L. game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans featured a bizarre halftime bit in which a man in a tiger suit dressed in Woods’s trademark Sunday outfit of red shirt and black cap was chased around the field by a blond woman wielding a golf club.
If the Stanfurd Band doesn’t do a halftime show like this for their bowl game, then they aren’t as irreverent and edgy as they boast.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I know, right? They HAVE to do it. There’s no choice in the matter.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Bama FotW
"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 your wife would appreciate your posting pictures of her on the webz.
Like cocaine straight from Bolivia.
I should note that during my Bama FotW image search (w/ safe search off), I came across this gem:
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Dec 9, 2009 1:05 PM PST reply actions 6 recs
God I wish we had this problem....
Penn State has to move student seats because they all stand up and cheer too much.
PSU seats a hot topic
UNIVERSITY PARK — Friction between standing students and ticket holders at Beaver Stadium whose views were blocked by those students was a factor in the university’s decision to move student seating in the stadium.
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We actually have this problem at most away games.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 9, 2009 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
3 yards and a cloud of dust!
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team soon to be owned by a Russian oligarch.
I almost wish we had THIS problem
From ESPN
Much of the investigation, first reported by The New York Times, is centered on the use of recruiting “hostesses” who have helped the program convince prep prospects to choose Tennessee by befriending prep prospects and attending their high school games.
We used to! They were called the Oski Dolls and they’d greet visiting teams and fancy campus guests.
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by Yes We Cannon on Dec 9, 2009 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
X-mas shopping time.
So I got video games for my best friend had his younger bro, blu-rays and Cal gear for dad, now I just need stuff for his girlfriend (I’m checking yesterday’s DBD so don’t worry lol) and her son.
That’s gonna be the hard part.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
Kinda random from our Indian name discussion in the middle of the page, but wouldnt it be funny to have a scene based on Spartacus where everybody is all “I’m Raj Patel!” “No, I’m Raj Patel!”
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I think you are actually being serious.
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I’m like 100% sure you are being painfully serious.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2009 3:02 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Just something I whipped up instead of actually earning money.
Actually, that pretty much explains the entire CGB experience.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Hey after last night, how much do I owe you? $40?
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At most 119 seconds, at least 1 second after. I think.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 9, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
Clearly we need second counters on our post timers now
by Kai on Dec 9, 2009 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
Yes
I worked on a project once with three Indian guys, two of whom were Raj, and they thought it was hilarious to refer to me as “British Raj.”
Killed it.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Shaddup. I still remember your racist post from a few weeks back! I shall never forget!
In other words, Go Bears!
that wasn’t racis!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Would you say that one day you will rise again?
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 9, 2009 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
as in Jesus Christ, you managed to kill the joke BEFORE YOU EVEN KILLED IT.
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Truth or cougar: Today’s Indian slap fight-fest put us over 1k yet again.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Truth or cougar: pantsuits are going to dominate the workforce as 75% of males have been laid off and teh women are going back to work.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Truth AND Cougar
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Campus musicians receive gift from pianist Earl Hines’ estate
BERKELEY — The gift to the University of California, Berkeley, of the bulk of famous jazz pianist Earl “Fatha” Hines’ estate will provide exceptionally gifted low-income students with free musical instruction and the campus’s music library with his collection of papers, compositions and memorabilia.
Rant
Michelob Ultra is a crime against humanity. I thought making a non-alcoholic beer named “O’Douls” was wrong- my Irish forefathers turned in their graves over that one- but making this skinny can of piss must truly be a joke by the Gods of Beer. It’s not the 0.0000000000001% alcohol content, it’s not the stupid can, no, what pisses me off about Michelob Ultra is the damned radio ad that I hear 47 times a day. Creepy pedophile voice tells me I’ve been making the right choices all week so why stop now? A guy orders one, the bartender says “Mick Ultra, you got it”, then pedo voice says “Live life to the Ultra”. Sorry but the Zima of Beers can suck it as far as I am concerned.
Fuck you Michelob Ultra
Goin' balls deep with Cal since 1972!
Don’t get me started. Nothing like seeing $300k evaporate before your very eyes as the dream matchup with Sunderland drifts away.
Basically, they’ve gotten hit by injuries and a couple of their key loan players were ineligible to play so they actually had 2 youth team players on the bench. That said, the reports have them being completely outplayed in awful conditions on an awful field. Cue “Just as well, we need to focus on the League anyway” threads on the Oxford message boards.
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Activists spend night in Wheeler to foster ‘open university’
BERKELEY — Approximately 50 student activists and others spent Monday night (Dec. 7) in Wheeler Hall, kicking off what they describe as a week-long effort to establish an “open university.”
While it appears that the activists are making an effort not to disrupt scheduled classes and activities in the classroom building, campus administrators are monitoring the situation to ensure that the core business of the university is not unduly disrupted.
University spokesperson Dan Mogulof said, “So far there have been no major problems.”
Most of the protesters appeared to have left the building Tuesday morning, though a few remained to clean up the area where they slept. The group’s fliers indicate that their plans are not to shut down Wheeler Hall but to open its doors all week to the community. The activists have announced their intention to return this afternoon for a new round of what their fliers describe as “study sessions, teach-ins, concerts, forums, club meetings, dance parties and anything else our creative minds dream up.”
It was basically just a sleepover in Wheeler Hall. Some people cleaned up.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 9, 2009 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
Most of the protesters appeared to have left the building Tuesday morning, though a few remained to clean up the area where they slept.
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UC Commission on the Future gets feedback from the system’s flagship campus
BERKELEY — In the ninth of 10 campus forums around the state this fall, members of the University of California Commission on the Future, charged with fundamentally rethinking the institution in a time of financial crisis, came to Berkeley Thursday for an exchange with members of the campus community. Turnout was thin — drawing about 125 students, faculty, and staff — but many of those who could and did attend the 9-to-noon session communicated, via their comments and questions, their appreciation for the consequential nature of the commission’s mission.
Associate Professor Kristie Boering raises questions about online education at UC. (Cathy Cockrell/NewsCenter)
“This country is awash with mediocre public universities. We could become that,” warned Chris Kutz, chair of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate.
oh snap!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I had Boering for Atmospheric Chem. Awesome class, we launched a weather balloon from the Oakland Airport.
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Wait, you had a Professor Boering?
That’s almost as unfortunate a name as a pitcher named Homer Bailey.
O'Hara: Detective Lassiter is literally on fire.
Spencer: What kind of fire are we talking about-- "Michael Jackson in the Pepsi commercial" fire, or "misusing the word literally" fire?
UC Commission on the Future gets feedback from the system’s flagship campus
BERKELEY — In the ninth of 10 campus forums around the state this fall, members of the University of California Commission on the Future, charged with fundamentally rethinking the institution in a time of financial crisis, came to Berkeley Thursday for an exchange with members of the campus community. Turnout was thin — drawing about 125 students, faculty, and staff — but many of those who could and did attend the 9-to-noon session communicated, via their comments and questions, their appreciation for the consequential nature of the commission’s mission.
Associate Professor Kristie Boering raises questions about online education at UC. (Cathy Cockrell/NewsCenter)
“This country is awash with mediocre public universities. We could become that,” warned Chris Kutz, chair of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate.
Flag’d for posting twice without making corrections from first.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 9, 2009 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
UC Commission on the Arts gets flagship from the system’s feedback pinecones
OAKLAND — I’m tired pinecone pinecone pinecone.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
That’s not what the link’s about at all!
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 9, 2009 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
I’m too fat to try today. Should have hit the gym yesterday but I played WoW all night instead so: fat & tired.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
Ugh BearInsider is unbearable
All about “don’t blame the players blame Tedford”, “take a paycut Tedford” to even “we should ditch the pro-set and go spread like Oregon, even if it means we throw away three years worth of recruiting”.
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Dec 9, 2009 2:29 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Why do you go there? It is a sad place full of angry old men.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
I Agree!
We should try every random thing possible without any rhyme or reason! Eventually, something will work!
FIRE LONGSHORE!!!!!!
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Haven't seen this yet so
Women’s Volleyball Regionals to be broadcast via live feed.
Live stats and streaming video will be provided for both of the Gainesville regional semifinal matches at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Fla. The regional championship match will be broadcast live by ESPNU at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 12. The University of Florida media relations department will be distributing a live video feed of the semifinal matches via their website, www.GatorZone.com. Links to Gametracker statistics can be found at the Florida website or at www.CalBears.com. Fans can also receive set-score updates and a behind-the-scenes look at the Bears during the postseason by following CalVolleyball on www.twitter.com/calvolleyball.</blockquote>
OK
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Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Dec 9, 2009 2:55 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
rev’d for extra-randomness
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 9, 2009 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
That's zactly it!
That’s the one, officer! Arrest him.
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Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Dec 9, 2009 3:14 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Stimulus funding: What we’re getting for our buck.
The Wine Train sucks.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Wait, how many more comments do we need again? I think that GiantFan5 should have to do them because he made some made some promises his ass can’t keep. Sorry, his tuchus can’t keep.
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Truth or cougar: The “stranger” technique doesn’t work.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
If you’re talking about what I think you are, cougar.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Dec 9, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Start using that Hand Sanitizer
BERKELEY — The 2009 H1N1 influenza virus used a new strategy to cross from birds into humans, a warning that it has more than one trick up its sleeve to jump the species barrier and become virulent.
Checkmate.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
FROLF! The best thing the Moraga Commons has ever given to humanity! (Fuck you , skatepark)
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
I can’t tell, NSFW?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Just a pair of athletic lasses enjoying a sporting contest together!
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
Right?
I mean this is a sports blog after all.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Linked instead of posted for creepiness: fish tongue parasite.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 9, 2009 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
Raising $1500/hr
That charity/raffle I linked to yesterday? The challenge was to raise $100,000 in about 5 days. They did it in about two and a half, and it hasn’t stopped — they’re now over $113K for the Lance Armstrong Foundation and something called World Bicycle Relief. I’m just amazed at the speed … people were chipping in every minute. Internet, you are very cool! Don’t listen to Twist.
Hey CGB, I regretted posting this almost immediately; I really don’t want to tick off you guys with too many references to non-Cal-related causes. I promise that I wasn’t shilling for more donations; instead, I was sincerely blown away by the power of web-based fundraising and excitedly wanted to share the results I saw.
Also, I regret that I am not very knowledgeable about either LAF or World Bicycle Relief. LAF has a 3-star rating on Charity Navigator (whose analytical tools have come under some fire), but it’s got name recognition as a “fight cancer” charity. World Bicycle Relief entered the picture because it’s supported by Lance Armstrong’s team leader; they’ve given thousands of bikes to kids in Africa.
Yeah, I really should have clarified all that before hand. My bad. I donated to both in order to help a blogger I admire meet a fundraising challenge, but I’m not a regular supporter.
Will anyone be hosting a basketball stream?
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
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