DBD 1.12.10 In some ways, I envy you, Oregon Fans
by TwistNHook on Jan 12, 2010 7:25 AM PST
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PrintFinally, for once, I actually have reason to envy you, Oregon fans. For so long now, there has been no reason to envy Oregon and Oregon fans. Few of us Cal fans have had any reasons to envy them. Living in the socialist paradise of Berkeley, we took according to our need. We spend all day being fed grapes and fanned by palm fronds. It's a good life, you gotta admit.
And then we look up at Eugene. Filled with its capitalist sweatshops. And its skunky weed. And its really bad beer! Man, that beer is bad. So very bad. So, we generally feel nothing close to envy about Oregon fans.
But finally, for once, we have reason to envy them. For they get to look up to us! We got to go to the most important flower-related bowl of the year! The Poinsetta Bowl! I mean sure they have their flower-related bowl. I think it's called the Rose Bowl. I dunno. It's clearly the 2nd most important flower-related bowl of the year. Don't you think that if the Rose Bowl was a more important flower-related bowl than the Poinsetta Bowl, it'd come first? Don't you think that if the Rose Bowl was more important than the Poinsetta Bowl they wouldn't keep allowing UCLA to play in that building? UCLA doesn't play in wherever it is that the Poinsetta Bowl is!
Point Poinsettia Bowl!
So, yes, Oregon fans, us Cal fans do envy you. Finally, you have something on us. You get to look up to us. We got to watch a Poinsetta Bowl bound team.
Disclaimer: This was originally written well before we actually got to watch a Poinsettia Bowl Team play in the Poinsettia Bowl. Any humor quotient has been decreased substantially since, unfortunately.
Men's Gymnastics to take on Stanford this Friday at Haas:
BERKELEY - The No. 2 California men's gymnastics team is set to square off against defending national champion and top-ranked 1 Stanford on Friday, Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Haas Pavilion. The Golden Bears have hosted the Cardinal in the campaign kick off for the past five years, notching upsets against then-No. 1 Stanford in 2008 and 2009. This is the first of at least six meetings between Cal and Stanford in 2010, excluding NCAA Championships, with the Bears holding the all-time advantage, 122-59-2.
Bears Earn No. 2 Preseason Ranking
Cal is ranked second in the nation according to the Troester preseason coaches' poll. The Bears had four first-place votes for second place in the country. Despite losing four letterwinners, including NCAA individual champion Evan Roth, the Golden Bears welcome six newcomers and a solid core of 12 experienced returners. Tops on the list of lettermen are senior national team members Kyle Bunthuwong, who traveled with the U.S. delegation to the Japan Cup this summer, and Glen Ishino. Cal also brings back 2009 All-Americans Jim Kerry and Bryan del Castillo. Of the freshman, Swiss national team member Dennis Mannhart and U.S. junior team member Donathan Bailey could make an impact right away.
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Women’s soccer player receives honor:
BERKELEY – California women’s soccer junior forward Alex Morgan has been named to the 26-player roster for the U.S. women’s senior national team training camp, U.S. Soccer announced recently. The extended 20-day camp, which will be held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. from Jan. 17-Feb. 4, will give head coach Pia Sundhage a final look at the core of her current player pool before selecting an 18-player roster for the annual Algarve Cup in Portugal.
“I’m really excited about getting called back into camp with the national team,” Morgan said. “I have worked my entire career to get a chance like this. Being able to play with those I have looked up to for many years is very exciting.”
Morgan, who is the only player still on a college squad on the roster, got her first call up to the national squad in December for another training camp, also held at the Home Depot Center.
“The last camp was everything I had hoped for,” Morgan noted of the December camp. “I’m very much looking forward to this one as well.”
The Diamond Bar, Calif. native scored 14 goals with eight assists for the Golden Bears this season, helping her team second round of the NCAA tournament where they fell to Florida State.
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Men’s Swimming to host Cal Invitational:
BERKELEY, CALIF. – The University of California men’s swimming program will be hosting its annual three-day Cal Invitational this weekend, Saturday, Jan. 16 through Monday, Jan. 8, at Spieker Aquatics Complex on the Cal campus. The all-comers meet, which will not feature any Cal swimmers, gives local male and female athletes an opportunity to compete at the home pool of the Golden Bears’ swimming and diving teams.
Participants may enter the Cal Invitational either on deck or online. For online entries, send a HY-TEK file by noon on Friday, Jan. 15 to m.nygren@comcast.net, or bring a flash drive to the meet on Saturday. The entry fee is $3.00 per event. For more information on the Cal Invitational, and event start times, click on the above pdf file.
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Former Softball player receives honor:
BERKELEY – Vicky Galindo, a three-year letterwinner for the California softball team, accepted a spot on the U.S. national team and current junior standout Valerie Arioto was named an alternate, the Amateur Softball Association announced Monday. Arioto and Galindo attended the 2010 softball women’s national team selection camp, which was held in Chula Vista, Calif., from Jan. 4-8.
Galindo was one of 17 athletes who were offered a USA Softball Athlete Agreement for the 2010 season. The final roster for the 2010 USA softball women’s national team will be announced in March. The squad will be competing in the ISF Women’s World Championships, held June 23-July 2 in Caracas, Venezuela as well as other events to be scheduled at a later date.
“It’s an honor to be chosen as an alternate,” Arioto said. “Hopefully next year I can earn a spot on the team. I’ve learned so much from playing with these women and from the coaching staff. It’s been a great experience!”
The schedule of events for the 2010 season will be announced at a later date at www.usasoftball.com.
As a sophomore in 2009, Arioto, was a first-team All-Pac-10 and first team All-Pacific Region selection and earned third-team NFCA All-American and second-team Easton All-American honors. Arioto, who pulls double duty as a pitcher and first baseman for the Bears, was the second-leading hitter on the team, posting a .325 average with a .425 on-base percentage.
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"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Womens Swimming Diary Day 1:
HONOLULU – The California women’s swimming team is writing a blog about its current training in Hawaii, which began on Jan. 6 and ends on Jan. 14. The trip includes ocean and pool training along with an unofficial meet against the Hawaii Swimming Club. Lauren Boyle, a senior freestyler from Auckland, New Zealand, penned the first entry.
Day 1 – Jan. 6
The Bears departed Berkeley at an early 6:30 a.m., eagerly anticipating their journey to Hawaii.
Everything went smoothly at Oakland Airport. We landed five hours later in Honolulu and were welcomed with superb weather. Eighty-two degrees definitely feels better than the 49 we left behind in the Bay!
Once we arrived at our apartment building it was straight down to Waikiki Beach to tan and play in the waves. The beach is an approximate three-minute walk. Historically Wednesday has been the sacred day of rest at Cal. This week we used Wednesday to travel and get acquainted with our surroundings in Waikiki. Some other Bears, more inclined to shop, headed to Costco. We purchased grotesque amounts of food for the soon to be starving Cal swimmers.
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Womens Swimming Diary Day 2:
HONOLULU – The California women’s swimming team is writing a blog about its current training in Hawaii, which began on Jan. 6 and ends on Jan. 14. The trip includes ocean and pool training along with an unofficial meet against the Hawaii Swimming Club. Lauren Boyle, a senior freestyler from Auckland, New Zealand, penned the Day 2 entry.
Day 2 – Jan. 7
The day kicked off with our first training session of the camp. We saw the sun rise at Waikiki beach where we did team dry-land work and got ready to swim in the ocean. Head coach Teri McKeever, assistant coach Kristen Cunnane, Dave Walden, who is our athletic trainer, and Nick Folker, our strength coach, all joined us in the waves as we swam out to look at sea turtles!
After training we headed back to our beach apartments and had hearty breakfasts. The team split in half, into blue and gold groups. The blue group headed out for its second training session and the gold group prepared for an afternoon off.
The gold group headed to Makapuu, a beach we found last year, which was fantastic for body surfing. This time however, the beach was different. The sand had shifted. It was no longer a great spot for body surfing. The massive waves on the North Shore of Oahu sent wraparound currents to Makapuu’s coast, meaning there was a nasty shore break. Liv (Jensen), (Amanda) Sims, Ice (Sara Isakovic), Hannah (Wilson), (Erica) Dagg and a few others were brave enough to jump in between the dumping waves.
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Womens Swimming Diary Day 3:
HONOLULU – The California women’s swimming team is writing a blog about its current training in Hawaii, which began on Jan. 6 and ends on Jan. 14. The trip includes ocean and pool training along with an unofficial meet against the Hawaii Swimming Club. Lauren Boyle continues the blog with Day 3.
Day 3 – Jan 8
Today we swam in the ocean in the morning and split into groups in the afternoon. The gold group had a pool practice similar to what the blue group had yesterday. The blue group had a free afternoon.
After realizing Makapuu may no longer be the perfect beach, the blue group set off for an adventure to find better waves. They drove to Kailua Beach, otherwise known as President Barack Obama’s beach. Apparently it was one of his favorite beaches growing up! It was really exciting to visit a place where someone so important had spent a lot of time.
Kailua turned out to be flat but also extremely picturesque and clear. The blue group swam around and some ventured out to the nearby island, which was made of volcanic rock. There were a few minor injuries on the treacherous surfaces, but everyone returned all smiles.
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Womens Swimming Diary Day 4:
HONOLULU – California junior Erica Dagg, a freestyler/backstroker from New Orleans, writes about Day 4 of the Golden Bears’ training trip in Hawaii.
Day 4 – Jan 9
Saturday was by far my favorite day yet in Hawaii! We started out by waking up nice and early to go to the pool and have a hard workout. After the practice we had the option of going back to Waikiki or going to the North Shore and exploring over there, which is what I chose to do.
The first stop we made on the North Shore was for Shave (not shaved!!) Ice. It was the most delicious one I have ever had. The fruit syrup tasted so fresh – it was the perfect snack for the hot afternoon. After that we drove to this gorgeous beach where the ocean had bigger waves and was more turbulent than I have ever seen. Some of us decided we wanted to dip our toes in and on our way to the water two lifeguards stopped us and told us there was no swimming allowed, only surfing. Half of us then decided that we wanted to go to a beach where we could body surf, so we went a couple of miles down the road.
This little beach – we later found out it was called Waimea Bay – had the best waves I have seen all week. They were perfect – just a bit bigger than we were used to and were not crashing right on the beach. Liv (Jensen), Shelley (Harper), Caitlin (Leverenz) and I spent the next few hours in the ocean, just catching waves and really enjoying our afternoon off. We then came back and went to Teddy’s Bigger Burgers, which is this awesome retro burger joint that makes the thickest milkshakes. We then walked around Waikiki getting postcards for our friends back home, came back to the hotel and went to sleep to get ready for practice and surfing the next day.
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This DBD has put me in a substationaly worse mood then before, thanks twist.
I have all the envy in the world toward Oregon fans, awesome uniforms( it can’t be just me that likes the green and grey) great facilitys with the loudest stadium in the country, and it’s always sold out. Oh and they just got back from the rose bowl.
Fuck you Oregon
In communist Russia, Sanchez declares YOU!
by HOUSE66 on Jan 12, 2010 8:14 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Great uniforms? I think their uni’s totally suck and are among the worst in college football. Except the ones they wore when they beat our ass. The throwbacks were pretty sweet.
Goin' balls deep with Cal since 1972!
by Fire Starkey on Jan 12, 2010 8:28 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Their throwbacks are nice
The rest of their uniforms range somewhere between acceptable and awful. Those gray pants are a crime against humanity.
Whose domicile? OUR DOMICILE!
For me, the true crime is those horrid duck wings on the shoulders.
by atomsareenough on Jan 12, 2010 10:03 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
That’s being too kind to crimes against humanity.
Quantity AND quantity!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 12, 2010 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
I also like Oregon’s uni’s (some of them are ugly, but even most of their ugly ones are cool for being so bold/obnoxious). I do have to say I hate the feathers they added this year, though. I liked the metal crisscross things they had before a lot better. Some of the color combo’s are pretty sweet, and have all the combo’s they have is cool. Plus from a players perspective the materials all state of the art whatever (I know nothing about fasion/materials, just that whatever they have is good) to help keep them cool and not restrict their movement in any way…
Whether you like or hate the uni’s, though, you have to give them props for having uni’s that are a legit recruiting draw. Prospects like them, and that counts.
by Missing Barry on Jan 12, 2010 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
To be fair, as a Nike team we should have the same sort of up-to-date materials (I believe the package for football is Nike Pro Combat Football) for our uniforms. If we 1. won a bit more or 2. were Oregon, we’d be up there with the cool slogans on the gloves and such. As it is we do have our highlighter yellow jerseys.
That’s not all we have tho, we have set colors yes, but we mix up the combo for almost every game.
for home games;
Blue/blue
white/blue
white/ gold
blue / gold
gold/blue
Away;
white /white
blue/white (my favorite)
yellow/ white
Compared to a lot of other FBS teams, that’s alot of uni combos.
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by HOUSE66 on Jan 12, 2010 8:56 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Forgot the monsoon game, gold-gold
anyone else hate the new gold jerseys compared to the old one we had, they look way less flashy
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by HOUSE66 on Jan 12, 2010 8:57 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I don’t know if I “hate” the new golds. But I do think the previous gold jerseys were better.
Frankly, I thought the previous uniform style was better in almost every uniform combination. The only combination that looks better to me in the new uniform style is the white/white.
I think both Cal and Oregon’s previous jersey iterations were better than the current ones….
by Missing Barry on Jan 12, 2010 9:03 AM PST up reply actions
What about usc’s?
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by HOUSE66 on Jan 12, 2010 9:07 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Funny you should mention that…on my way to work this morning I saw a girl wearing Berkeley sweatpants (as in, they said “Berkeley” on them)…in USC colors. What’s up with that? Who makes that? Who BUYS that?
Everytime I see a blue and gold Stanfurd shirt I count it as a small victory.
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by HOUSE66 on Jan 12, 2010 10:00 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Maybe it was Berkeley High School? Their colors are the same as USC’s
Goin' balls deep with Cal since 1972!
by Fire Starkey on Jan 12, 2010 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Yup, BHS is red and gold; mascot is the Yellow Jacket (oddly similar to Georgia Tech); fight song tune is oddly similar to “On Wisconsin”. Cal’s biggest influence over BHS might be Telegraph Ave; one of the places to hang out when you’re cutting class. Or at least that’s the way I remember it … from 10 years ago!
Hey HP, stop checking out high school chicks, m’kay?
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 12, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
The new ones look amateurish.
When Cal came out of the tunnel against OSU in ’07 ranked #2 the uniforms made it look like they were a powerhouse team.
When Cal worse the new jerseys and came out at Oregon ranked #6 the jerseys made them look like a USF style team that was lucky to be good that one year.
In other words, Go Bears!
Don't forget their cheerleaders.
As much as I think the attractiveness of Cal Dance Team has improved over the years and I love anything Cal, it is hard to deny the pulchritude of the Oregon Cheerleaders. So there is that. Damn you California North!
This x10000000
Oregon cheerleaders > the field
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by HOUSE66 on Jan 12, 2010 9:58 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Coming from an Oregon fan,
It really is just you who likes the green/grey combo we wore against Utah. Nobody else on the planet liked that combo. Those things were truly awful.
Who needs the pistol when you have the TaZeR? Kenjon Barner, the Ducks officially licensed tazer since 2009.
HIMYM 100th Episode!
Anyone catch it last night? I loved it. Even the most jaded amongst us (HP) have to admit it was good, especially since it was A) Barney-centric, and B) advanced the main storyline.
Win-win!
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He’s recycling funny material from other posters.
I think this might be better than his normal postings.
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I was going to make a video game joke here but I realized it would turn into a horrible montage of you trying to act cool by mocking video games and royrules explaining a bunch of things that everyone already knew and so forth, so I shall refrain.
by HolmoePhobe on Jan 12, 2010 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Probably, because I don’t play World of Warcraft.
I think the difference between royrules and I is that while I have vast potential for nerdiness, I have too much other shit going on to focus on being a full-time nerd. Royrules may not have that problem.
It’s kind of like how Devin Hester’s return game went downhill after he started playing WR as well.
by HolmoePhobe on Jan 12, 2010 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
No, I see royrules as more of a L.P. LaDouceur.
by HolmoePhobe on Jan 12, 2010 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t play world of warcraft. Never have. Never will. Never played MMOs either. Never will.
Remember I’m the guy that doesn’t like fantasy (other than Harry Potter) and sci-fi (other than Star Wars).
In other words, Go Bears!
In other words, since we’re dealing in integers you can only be divided by yourself or an equally equivalent nerd, and then you’d equal one.
It’s holmoephobe humor, no one gets it, usually.
Quantity AND quantity!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 12, 2010 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
I think you’re just angry you discovered you’re more nerdy than RR.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 12, 2010 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
I’m less of a nerd, and more of a dork, I think.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 12, 2010 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
I have not seen it yet. Will probably watch it tonight if it’s up.
by HolmoePhobe on Jan 12, 2010 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
I'd not watched HIMYM before
I’d only heard about it (and read about it here). My wife had the show on last night and I watched a few minutes of it. It was pretty good. And I liked Barney’s musical number.
Jacksonville coach/USC alum Jack Del Rio has turned the Trojans down, joining Oregon State’s Mike Riley and Tennessee’s Jeff Fisher on the thanks-but-no-thanks list.
Current candidates/potential candidates, based on media reports and info I’ve gathered:
Herm Edwards, Steve Mariucci, Mike Bellotti, Chris Petersen, Steve Sarkisian, Lane Kiffin, Jim Harbaugh.
Bellotti, remember, turned down the job in 2000, when the Trojans ended up hiring Pete Carroll. And he has hinted that despite moving into the Oregon AD position, he would consider a return to the sideline.
Can’t see Petersen ending up in Trojanland for a number of reasons, including: Anyone who likes coaching in Boise as much as he appears to would be ultra-wary of coaching in L.A.
If USC follows its Carroll-hiring model and goes the pro route: Mariucci would be a better fit than Edwards.
It pains me to no end to know that the whiny bitch Mike Bellotti is a UCD grad. Herm Edwards running USC’s program would be like McCain running the USA. Cal fans could yet another reason to hate USC: Moochi.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I would be a little wary if the hired Steve Mariucci. Despite the fact that he only went 6-6 in his one season at Cal, he had charisma and energy. People believed that we were going places. I would hate to see that kind of rebound at $C.
I know…one also would have to believe his narcissistic schtick would go over well in Tinseltown.
Can’t see Kiffin leaving UT with Meyer fading…I still wouldn’t shocked to see Chip Kelly as the next HC at USC (the coach following this next hire…after the sanctions are over if they ever happen).
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Right, which is why I can’t understand why he’d turn the offer down. Why wouldn’t he take a job offer if he is potentially on his way out of his current job?
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Just read a blurb that he’s staying with the Jags. If he wasn’t, I’d say it was simply NFL vs. college.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
Interesting. Would a former head coach really accept a coordinator position instead of taking a head coaching position if the former were in the NFL and the latter in college?
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Yup…NFL HCs take coordinator jobs pretty often when they’re fired, like your boy Mike Nolan.
by HolmoePhobe on Jan 12, 2010 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
Obviously they do, but the question is would they take that over a prime BCS job?
I can’t imagine that, after being fired from the Niners, he would have turned down the head coaching job for the Ducks if they offered it to him.
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If a college HC position opened up I’m sure some would take it, but others would happily go back to what they know and where they had their greatest successes. You are writing as if there is some shame in being an NFL coordinator. For me, I’d view that as a better job than a college head coach.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
Eh, the prestige stuff is debatable. Al Groh left a head coaching position in the NFL to become a head coach in college (hell, Nick Saban and Petrino did as well).
However, from a purely economic standpoint, being head coach at USC pays better than any coordinator position in the NFL.
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Fingers crossed for Herm Edwards. Fingers crossed for Herm Edwards.
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kind of odd…
Edwards played college football at the University of California in 1972 and 1974, at Monterey Peninsula Junior College in 1973, and at San Diego State in his senior year, 1975. He graduated from the latter with a degree in chemistry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Edwards
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I need someone with arcane knowledge to explain how someone can play at Cal year 1, then at a JC year 2, then BACK to Cal for year 3, then another div 1 for year 4. WTF?
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 12, 2010 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
and graduate with a chem degree! The lab classes alone would make it nearly impossible to do both.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I think he was on his way to a rhetoric degree at Cal, but once he got to SDS he just had to fill out a punchcard and BOOM! chemistry degree
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 12, 2010 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
his Hermanisms are terrific.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Edwards#.22Hermisms.22
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
WHAT WENT RIGHT: Not much.
I believe some 90% of CGBers voted in favor of hiring ex-Niner ST Coach Al Everest…
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Scott Fujita is officially the man, well, of 2009
A couple weeks old but worth (re?) posting because Scott Fujita is pretty cool.
New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott Fujita is named the team’s man of the year.
Linebacker Scott Fujita was the first free agent to sign with the New Orleans Saints in 2006, when the city was just beginning to bounce back from Hurricane Katrina and the team was starting from scratch after a 3-13 season.
Fujita and his wife have been involved in countless community efforts, but two causes have held special meaning — breast cancer awareness and adoption. Fujita, 30, was adopted as an infant, and his mother, Helen, is a two-time breast cancer survivor.
The Fujitas have helped to build support for both endeavors through public service announcements, personal appearances and donations. They also have worked with Angel’s Place, a facility in New Orleans that provides a safe and nurturing environment for children with life-threatening illnesses, and Crimestoppers of New Orleans.
The Man of the Year is voted on annually by members of the Saints front office, local media and local non-profit and business executives. Each winner receives a $1,000 donation to the charity of his choice and becomes eligible for the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year honor.
by kolwave on Jan 12, 2010 11:38 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Truth or Cougar: Cal’s last Rose Bowl victory occured in the same year that Colin Powell was born.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Actually, I think it’s ‘Truth.’
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Cougar
Counting phail. Cal was in the 1938 Rose Bowl after the 1937 season. Powell was born in 4/5/37
Your point was that to win the next Rose Bowl, we must get rid of Colin Powell?
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 12, 2010 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
No.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Why do you want to murder Colin Powell??
Quantity AND quantity!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 12, 2010 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
Flagged.
There is no reason to bring up our Rose Bowl absence over and over again every day.
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
Megan Fox or Priyanka Chopra?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
I’m personally more into desi chicks, so naturally, I’d pick Priyanka Chopra. I’m sure a vast majority here would pick Fox.
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That is a little sad. You should be partial to no nationality. Be an equal opportunity objectifier. What about the poor Brazilian girl who will feel the loss of never being oogled. Or the inconsolable Irish lass?
Or the inconsolable Irish lass?
It’s ok, she’s just drunk.
by HolmoePhobe on Jan 12, 2010 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Megan Fox has had so much work done on her face that I can’t get over it. She’s starting to look like a dragon. She’s going to be a beast down the road, mark my words.
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
lol, so is Megan Fox, apparently, so I’ll take it!
Quantity AND quantity!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 12, 2010 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
Wifey that. And good luck to you when her face doesn’t move when you’re older.
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
True, who on the internet doesn’t prefer their 60 year old former-hottie wives’ faces to be jello-y?
Quantity AND quantity!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 12, 2010 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not saying I wouldn’t hit it. I’m saying when it comes to infantile masturbation fantasies, she’s not my first choice. Plus the thumb thing is really strange.
I just don’t like all the cosmetic plastic surgery. She may not have had as sharp features beforehand, but at least she looked natural
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
“Just look at that clavicle. It’s WAY too pronated for my tastes!”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 12, 2010 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
You’re exaggerating things here. I have pretty low standards…I just don’t like plastic surgery
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
What about metal surgery?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 12, 2010 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
I have no problem with that.
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
She’s starting to look like a dragon.
Wait, that’s a bad thing?
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 12, 2010 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
Fucking hideous.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I’m declaring you Sanchez on automotive design – it’s a splendid reinterpretation of the classic American station wagon. If it has any shortcoming, it’s that the interior is standard parts instead of living up to the exterior.
Flagged, pending a ruling from the officials on whether an $c fan is permitted to declare anyone Sanchez.
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Ford Flex is awesome. It looks good, and it’s crazy spacious. I’m 6’1" and my dad is 6’0". When he was in the driver’s seat(at the auto show), I still had plenty of legroom sitting behind him after he adjusted his seat – I wasn’t cramped in the least! That is simply unheard of for a car that’s not a hulking behemoth, and even some behemoths don’t have kind of legroom (looking at you, FJ Cruiser). I’d love to test-drive it just for fun, and I wish I had the money to buy one.
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I’m eyeballing it for 2011 purchase, among others.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
Ewww, American cars (not including the Ford Focus before the current generation, which I always thought was quite charming.)
"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
Out-of-hand dismissing of all American cars? Please.
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American car design seems like it’s getting better but I mean really just walk around a parking lot a little bit. Most of those cars aren’t even ugly in the kind of efficient, utilitarian way that Toyotas are, they’re just hard to look at.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I’m pretty anti-American car, but the Chevy Volt looks great.
And all the Fords made from Australia – like the Ford Falcon are pretty bad-ass
If only Ford would bring the Focus RS to the US, I would be almost certain to buy it.
by atomsareenough on Jan 14, 2010 6:43 AM PST up reply actions
There is only one generation of Ford Focus in the US – it’s the same chassis etc. that was released in Europe in the mid-90s. They’ve moved on at least one generation, the US Focus hasn’t.
Yeah, my automotive jargon really isn’t up to par. A couple of exterior designs back, anyway.
"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
Conan giving NBC the bird
People of Earth:
In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I’ve been absurdly lucky. That said, I’ve been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my bosses are demanding an immediate decision.
Six years ago, I signed a contract with NBC to take over The Tonight Show in June of 2009. Like a lot of us, I grew up watching Johnny Carson every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair has meant everything to me. I worked long and hard to get that opportunity, passed up far more lucrative offers, and since 2004 I have spent literally hundreds of hours thinking of ways to extend the franchise long into the future. It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule. Building a lasting audience at 11:30 is impossible without both.
But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months, with my Tonight Show in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their long-established late night schedule.
Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the Tonight Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local news. I sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight Show at 12:05 simply isn’t the Tonight Show. Also, if I accept this move I will be knocking the Late Night show, which I inherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot. That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be unfair to Jimmy.
So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of The Tonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet a time slot doesn’t matter. But with the Tonight Show, I believe nothing could matter more.
There has been speculation about my going to another network but, to set the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestly have no idea what happens next. My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of, for a company that values our work.
Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair; it’s always been that way.
Yours,
Conan
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 12:55 PM PST reply actions
This really is a slap in the face to Conan. NBC needs to man up and show Leno the road, a la Green Ban and their saga with Favre.
by CaliforniaBone on Jan 12, 2010 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
Why did Leno retire anyway, just to have a half hour show?
I don’t stay up late enough to watch this stuff anymore.
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Leno retired because NBC needed to keep Conan. so they gave him the Tonight Show They gave Leno his own hour show to prevent him from going to another network. However, ratings-wise the moves have been terrible and NBC is panicked. They want to bring Leno back to 11:30 to improve ratings but now risk losing Conan by doing so.
NOOOOO!!!
I mean, he was a good writer and all, but his talents would be utterly, regressively wasted. I’d like to see him move to Fox, partly as a big F-U to the incompetence at NBC but also so that he gets a real shot to be the dominant late night player. With a lead-in like American Idol or X-factor or whatever the kids watch now on Fox, he’ll be in a much better position to grab ratings than the current situation at NBC.
Leno needs to retire from the late night tradition and start Top Gear America to air at 8pm.
Quantity AND quantity!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 12, 2010 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
He’s not offensive enough. Clarkson is polarizing, Leno isn’t. Clarkson refuses to accept climate change as real, Leno does not.
Jeremy Clarkson epitomizes so many things that I disdain or disapprove of… He’s a smug, arrogant, chauvinistic, anti-environmentalist, conservative, British nationalist… And yet he’s so damn charming that I can’t help loving every minute that I watch the guy. I think he’s awesome.
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2010 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
He was in Hong Kong recently – doing the Top Gear traveling tour – and my friend ran into him randomly in a bar, and he walked straight up to him (my friend is Scottish/Chinese) and said
“Mr. Clarkson, you are a Golden God”
My friend said meeting him was a top 10 moment in his life.
Oh man, I would SO love to meet him. I’d tell him I’m against almost everything he stands for and think he’s kind of an ass, but that I am a HUGE fan and am thrilled to make his acquaintance.
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2010 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
I’m the same way. He’s an idiot, but I love him.
Quantity AND quantity!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2010 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
haha, that’d be like me meeting Derek Jeter. I friggin’ hate that guy, but I have to respect his skills and his being an awesome ambassador for the sport.
But I friggin’ hate that guy.
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I think he’s a very good baseball player but he is also the single most overrated player ever.
by atomsareenough on Jan 14, 2010 6:47 AM PST up reply actions
Comedy Central at Midnight would work best for him
His humor appeals to that particular demographic.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
am i the only one that thinks leno is the biggest douchebag/totally pathetic for forcing this? geez retire already. or go do something else. he’s like the college guy that continues to hang out with the HS kids because he was popular and captain of the football team or something.
No, you’re not. I can’t believe NBC execs get paid millions of dollars to make short-sighted decisions.
well..
30Rock, the Office, Heroes, Law & Order (still love that shit).. are all pretty awesome.
Though favorite shows (after the JERSEY SHORE hahaha) are now on Fox WB and CBS… House, Criminal Minds, NCIS, and Gossip Girl.
I’ve had enough. Plus I can never tell which one I’m watching. And come on now—what’s that show that has Ice T playing a cop?!
Bones has its moments and it amuses me to watch Emily Dechanel and think of what a crappy actress she is compared to sissy Zoey.
Goin' balls deep with Cal since 1972!
by Fire Starkey on Jan 12, 2010 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not saying Emily is a great thespian but, her sister is NOT a good actress. Zoey has one look! I kind of feel like Will Ferrel in Zoolander. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!
Emily is the hotter of the two… amiright?
No, you aren’t.
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2010 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
never watched castle. apart from that hot simon baker guy… don’t really know what makes mentalist interesting.
Wife and I are big Nathan Fillion fans, so Castle has that going for it.
We’re just checking out The Mentalist through Netflix right now, it’s fun but that’s about it.
Sorta crime related is Leverage, which might be one of the best shows around right now.
Leverage is so cheezy but totally entertaining. I’ll agree. What are your thoughts on Burn Notice. It’s cheeky and has some great spy tips. Not sure when those will come in handy but they’re so clever. I love clever.
It has Bruce Campbell, so it wins there. Haven’t really watched it, but it is sitting in my Netflix queue.
Speaking of USA, White Collar is off to a good start.
they’ve casted some very good looking people for WC, so I’m guessing they’re using the GossipGirl and Grey’s Anatomy formula. No reason why it shouldn’t work! I’ve being meaning to check White Collar out so maybe it’s time.
You forgot Chuck. How could you forget about Chuck.
And Parks & Recreation is better than The Office.
wasn’t always. P&R was really boring last year. i haven’t really wanted to go back. nothing beats 30Rock. Alec Baldwin, Tracy Jordan and the chick with the glasses… just so. damn. good.
Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Tina Fey... come on now...
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
Hahahahah. I know she’s famous. I just hadn’t eaten all day. Plus I was trying to fill out this DBD. I hate low post count DBDs almost as much as I hate saying the wird cack.
Damn it Twist. I was holding this dbd DOWN in the mid afternoon due to your absence. That’s right I was doing YOUR F’ING JOB Mr. Moderater. So don’t get all “f’ing Tina Fey” on me biatch. Hugs.
oh come on,
Love the CACK
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
I thought Chuck was an interesting idea but they ruined the crux of the show when Chuck turned into a super hero. How can he be an everyman guy in spy situations if he is super spy guy now?
Eh, Chuck just restarted. Have to get used to knowing it’s around again.
But ‘Damn Girl’ montage during the 2nd hour on Sunday? Damn girl.
this gif >>>>>>>>>> megan fox
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:11 PM PST up reply actions
Agree, big time.
A tired, tired act. Same jokes.
Leno-Blah-blah-blah-Kevin-blah-blah-blah-smokes weed-blah-blah-Eagles
Kevin-Blah-blah-huhuhuhuhuh-Blah…..
not that Conan is totally different but at least he was a little edgier. Leno seems good for the 60+ crowd… who really shouldn’t be up that late really…
Conan’s interviews are better and he appears to have writers who actually have the whole sketch-writing thing figured out.
Leno’s sketches are terrible. His TMZ spoof is embarrassing. Or it should be embarrassing but I guess it’s not, ’cause he keeps doing it. The Jim Norton rants suck too.
i do like the Jay-Walking thing though it’s overkill at this point. It’s like he found his one good sketch and just beat the life out of it.
It isn’t even his bit. He stole it from Howard Stern.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
well then… jay leno’s a pathetic uncreative douchebag. I’m so never watching him again nor buying another bag of doritos.
Probably won’t matter, since it’s only old people who watch his show anyway…all the young people have long since deserted him for Stewart/Colbert.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
Ewww store-bought nachos are gross. Make your own!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve been a graduate of the University of California @ Berkeley since 1997. True story!
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
So you graduated ~4 years before since1997 did, I’m assuming?
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
I have a certain fondness for ‘Clueless’. “I NOT A MEXICAN” I believe is the exact quote.
But I gave up my man card years ago, after babysitting my cousins’ 2 tween daughters over an entire weekend, we watched High School Musical about, oh, 300 times over 3 days. I can still sing all the songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfkvpcjNk7c
"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
Aw man Bill Hicks always goes over the top…
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
This is kind of how Leno got the gig in the first place…enormous whining and douchery, plus NBC being totally sold to the idea of the brand “The Tonight Show” selling over the comedian itself…Leno’s no real comedian, but he and his agent are aggressive and shameless…Conan and Letterman had too much respect and assumed NBC would make the sensible move. Which of course they haven’t.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
Take that back, Leno was a GREAT comedian in the 80s, but he’s a lame host, and only beat Letterman in the ratings because (a) people are stupid and (b) the Tonight Show brand…plus © mainstream Letterman being not as funny as subversive Letterman.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Jay Leno may not be sophisticated, but Leno made me laugh way more than Letterman ever did.
And it’s not as if David Letterman’s jokes were all over my head or anything. They just weren’t funny.
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Please. You could put in generic comedian X into Leno’s shoes and he’d get the same hilarity. Oh look, “misworded headlines!” Ask stupid people stupid questions! No one else can replicate that!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
One thing that always annoyed me about Leno was his tendency to wear a punchline out. He’d say something moderately funny, and as the audience laughed, he’d keep rambling and dragging out the joke and spoil it by trying to draw out the laughter. Jokes are funniest when they are crisp.
by atomsareenough on Jan 12, 2010 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
In real life, Leno is genuine and as un-Hollywood as they come. He’s generally clean and his punchlines are sharp. Maybe he won’t have me rolling on the ground laughing but then again his jokes aren’t about how black ppl are like THIS or how funny a particular aspect of dirty sex is.
Quantity AND quantity!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 12, 2010 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
I agree, Leno was a great comedian on everything BUT the Tonight Show. Which makes it all the more baffling he wants to be back there.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
I think Letterman used to be a lot funnier…and over time has gotten kind of lazy and relies a lot on just doing something really random and assuming people will buy it (which they do).
Most nights Letterman is off, but when he has his fastball no one’s better (like when McCain suspended his campaign last year).
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
It's a moot dicussion.
The Daily Show has been the funniest late night show for years.
by yorzepol on Jan 12, 2010 3:09 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Rec’d!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
Regardless of Letterman, to think Jay Leno on that show is funny…
Woah.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
More like…
OH LOL RISHI DOESN’T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS
Is Rishi surrendering?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
Ok royrules.
(PS: I am calling you royrules in a joking manner, in order to imply that you require excessive explanation of comments that should be easy to understand)
No no, he’s saying that the very idea of Polisci as a legit major IS the joke.
Quantity AND quantity!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 12, 2010 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think anything popular is necessarily bad; I don’t think anything popular is necessarily good either. You don’t seem to understand the distinction.
So you dont understand the difference between encessary and sufficient conditions
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Circumcision is wrong, it’s a cruel and arcane practice. I don’t know what else there is to say about it but I suspect you’ll prolong the argument.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
My first point in rebuttal is as follows…………………..
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It’s also one of the most effective ways of deterring the transmission of HIV/AIDS, as receptors in the foreskin are like tractor beams for disease
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
I have a foreskin!
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
GROSS
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Jan 12, 2010 5:29 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It’s like natural lubricant.
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
Tell that to carp’s wife!
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:32 PM PST up reply actions
Cutting transmission to men, it doesn’t do squat for stopping transmission to women… which is important in Africa.
Sure it does… if men are less likely to get it in the first place, then they’re less likely to transmit it to women.
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2010 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
Didn’t you hear? My tribe shaman said condoms give you malaria.
Quantity AND quantity!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2010 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
…have we stopped using rational discussions now?
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Not really. I can understand offering voluntary circumcision to adult males in Africa on the grounds that it might slow the rate of transmission, but it’s a poor show that prevention in the west revolves around behavior modification and in Africa around getting the native to take a slice off because they can’t control themselves.
It’s also used to justify automatic circumcision of infants in the US when it’s both ex post facto and largely irrelevant to US public health issues.
It’s a matter of being realistic – they’re not completely excluding education and prophylactics – in fact, they’re actively trying to push just that – but the fact of the matter is, those two options just aren’t gonna fly over there. Men just aren’t down with using protection, so you go to Options B and C. The fact is, circumcisions will help over there, so it’s presented as an option.
Alco, circumcision isn’t automatic. It’s a parental decision.
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I agree with the epidemiological element of the argument, it just enrages me that the so-called solution is substantially less effective for poor young women, many of whom are carriers because they turned to prostitution after being orphaned and left to look after younger siblings – but I guess we can’t count on men to keep their dick in their pants, so here’s hoping!
As for circumcision being a parental decision, most labor and delivery wards barely present it as option and hassle parents who 1) aren’t interested and 2) aren’t Jewish and thus waiting for a mohel. You’re right, it doesn’t have to be done, but immediately post-partum is not a great time for thoughtful decision making one way or the other.
Yeah, I hear what you’re saying, and I agree – it seems sucha simple solution to just wrap it up! Why people don’t do it, not just there but all ove the world, is beyond me. It’s sad.
With circumcision, I guess my hope is that it’s something that the parents have discussed and that one of them (probably the father, as he isn’t busy giving birth) will have the wherewithal to tell the doctor the family’s wishes well before the moment comes..
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Letterman still has the occasional brilliant moment though. Loved the Dave-O’Reilly interview.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Eh, that’s just two old guys getting stodgy at each other. Word I’d use is uncomfortable.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
NBC is the bad guy here.
From Jay’s perspective, he got forced out for no reason. He’d been at the top of the ratings for over a decade, and you wanna force him out? I mean, Johnny had the chair for over 30 years, and Jay barely got half that time. All networks execs ever talk about it rating, ratings, ratings – and he delivered! And for that, he got cancelled. I mean, if you loved your job, you were the best at what you did, and you brought your company boatloads of cash year after year after year – wouldn’t you be pissed if you got fired?
So they say they’re kicking him out… but apparently they want to keep under contract, because otherwise they would have just said “no” when he said he wanted another show. Maybe they figured he’d go somewhere else and compete with Conan, so they offered him the 10pm slot. Jay could’ve left NBC anyway – but he’s a loyal guy, so he takes the slot. At 10pm, his ratings are better than expected – so what does he get for coming through? Cancelled. Again.
It’s not Jay’s fault. He’s probably happy at 10, but the affiliates are screaming bloody murder because NBC is messing with their lineups. The like things the way they were with dramas at 10, news at 11, Tonight Show at 11:30. Now all of a sudden NBC comes and gums up the works, to they complain and threaten to pre-empt Jay Leno. None of this is Jay’s fault.
I also agree that Conan’s getting completely screwed in this matter. If you’re gonna back someone. BACK HIM. Don’t give him The Tonight Show, but then show him up by putting Jay on at 10pm. Don’t screw with the affiliates’ programming schedules, which will only undermine Conan’s ability to get viewers. Don’t give him only 5 freakin’ months to get a foothold, then bitch about his ratings. You gave Jay several years to get going, and you give Conan five months?
So then NBC, in its infinite stupidity, tries to just undo(in a single weekend!) what it took them over 5 years to implement. Basically they said, “Conan, we’re gonna screw you over by bumping you to midnight, in the process completely wrecking 60 years of Tonight Show history. Jay, we’re gonna screw you by cancelling you(again), bringing you back at a new time(again) and cutting your show in half. Oh, we’re also gonna screw with BOTH of you by completely experimenting with the 10pm timeslot and hoping something sticks.”
Now, in terms of who’s forcing who – can we blame Jay? Who forced Jay out in the first place? Was it the network? Or was it Conan applying pressure, threatening to leave the network if he didn’t get the Tonight Show? It could very well have been – but we don’t know. All we know is that NBC tried to have its cake and eat it too – and in the process, screwed over BOTH performers.
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Leno or Conan?
Thought Conan’s was better. Laughing at NBC’s projected $200 mil. loss on the winter olympics was nice.
Leno >>>>>>>>>> Conan
Conan has done the same thing every show for the past gillion years.
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
You could say the same thing about Leno!!!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
Leno actually can deliver jokes.
Conan cannot. He can just pull imaginary strings on his pants and then cut them. (LOL GUYZ IT’S FUNNY NBC SUX)
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
This is very disappointing. I might have to keep on making Diante Jackson references. Apparently he’s going to be the best receiver on Oregon in 2010.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
It’s not my fault you have bad taste and bandwagon opinions about jokes.
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
although I did get a backstage tour of the Tonight Show while Leno was there, so I guess he has that going for him.
He’s also a decent guy and likes his cars. But for the it’s still all Conan.
I have always thought that since I dislike him as a host so much that he'd probably be the nicest person in the "real" world out of all late night hosts.
Something tells me Conan is kind’ve a prick.
No World Cup in the Yay in 2018 or 2022
http://cbs5.com/sports/San.Francisco.venue.2.1421702.html
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
That’ll change once one of the NFL teams finally gets their shit together and gets a stadium done. They only didn’t include the Bay Area in the list because nobody wants to play at Candlestick or the Coliseum, CMS is too out of the way and Stanford is too small. If the Niners get their Santa Clara stadium its a lock to host world cup games.
Go Bears!
by RollOnYouBears667 on Jan 12, 2010 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
hehe
<a href=“http://Read more: ”http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=55097#ixzz0cRHTzmO0" target="_blank">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=55097#ixzz0cRHTzmO0" target="new">Oddsmakers are having fun with the Sarah Palin/Fox News offend & shit can odds.
Who gets offended first?
The betting line: "Gay and lesbian groups top the bookies shortlist at odds of 4/1, followed by Muslims and African-Americans, both at 6/1,’’ single parents (8/1), Arab Americans (12/1), Jews (14/1) and the Irish (20/1).
When will Sarah Palin lose her Fox News position?
8/1 Before 01 September 2010
10/11 Between 01 September 2010 and 31 December 2010
11/10 After 01 January 2011
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I’m confused as to why she’s doing this. Unless she’s more greedy for more and attention than she is for power, which is quite possible.
Could be money. I guessing she will be handsomely paid by Fox many times what she could earn as a politician. Plus she deosn’t actually have to fix anything just keep doing what she is doing. Sounds like a sweet gig to me.
and she notoriously used state money for family trips that didn’t involve the state and used her GOP campaign Hockey Mom visa at the finest stores around. I’m guessing the well is dryin’ up for ol’ Sarah. Plus she has to support her knocked up daughter’s baby while Levi does Playgirl photo shoots.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
ugh
like the Pretty Girls for Palin coalition. I wanted to claw my eyes out and jab pencils in my ears every time they came on CNN. Ugh.
Its a problem us Pretty Guys dont face.
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Ummm…
You may want to end this conversation right here.
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
At least we all can agree that abortion is sooooooo right for so many reasons.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
Can we start aborting the living, starting with the USC band?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
How bout the Cal band?
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:44 PM PST up reply actions
I think ‘horrible’ is the word you were looking for
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:46 PM PST up reply actions
As long as I continue to deny the right for you to be my friend on Facebook, you’ll never know.
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She is greedy for attention and money. Mostly money, but that often comes with notoriety.
by atomsareenough on Jan 12, 2010 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
That’s why she resigned as governor. If she had wanted to be president, she would have served out her term, at least, to give her some credibilty. But I think she knows she can’t be elected president, so why not cash in big time, while also keeping influence in the GOP?
Snobby Chick - Senior Division
I don’t think she knows she can’t (and shouldn’t) be elected President. I don’t think she knows very much at all, frankly.
by atomsareenough on Jan 12, 2010 9:12 PM PST up reply actions
Epic comeback from having only 1 territory with 3 dice in progress.
by CaliforniaBone on Jan 12, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
Coming back and having to force out half the map of a single color with stacks of 8 in each territory is a serious waste of time. But I love it.
by CaliforniaBone on Jan 12, 2010 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
The thing about that game is that, once a certain color has built up enough of a base of territory and dice… Once it reaches a certain critical mass/tipping point, it’s pretty much game over.
by atomsareenough on Jan 12, 2010 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
miller’s reporting that USC contacted BSU’s Petersen/on whatever.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Uh oh. Nobody should give that guy recruits.
"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
Overreaction.
/DirkKoetter’dDanHawkins’d
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
Golden Bears Invited to the Combine
California: DE Tyson Alualu, WR Nyan Boateng, CB Syd’Quan Thompson, WR Verran Tucker.
The list of Pac-10 players is linked below.
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac10/post/_/id/7112/list-of-nfl-combine-invitees
boateng and tucker should be thankful they’ve even gotten this far…or is that just mean? Wonder if Tepper will get an invite.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
In spite of limited on-field production, they both have the physical abilities needed in the NFL (big, tall and somewhat fast), or at least for the combine.
Tucker isn’t that big. I don’t know why he was invited. Plus his on-field attitude really P’d me O.
Quantity AND quantity!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 12, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
Tucker says “Fuck you”
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
T-Bred, what painkillers are you on today?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 5:11 PM PST up reply actions
I am angry today, true.
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
That’s just mean. The combine isn’t about past performance; it’s about potential.
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
Berkeley High's extra science labs may be cut
While most high school science classes incorporate labs into regular class time, Berkeley High requires most of its students to attend labs before or after school in the so-called zero or seventh periods.
That means showing up at 7:30 a.m. to, say, dissect frogs, or staying until 4:30 p.m. – additional class time that not surprisingly costs additional money.
School administrators would like to see that money spread around, specifically to help struggling students, and have proposed cutting out the supplementary lab classes.
[…]
“We can do this in class,” she said of the advanced biology blood-typing experiment she was performing Monday as dusk approached. “It’s a waste of time.”
[…]
The idea of ending the labs has raised the ire of hundreds of parents and community members who want to keep the extra science instruction – especially beneficial for college-bound students in advanced placement courses.
[…]
To be clear, under the administrative proposal Berkeley High’s science labs wouldn’t be cut from the curriculum.
[…]
Yet with state budget cuts stripping school programs across the state, extras start to become expendable. District and school officials say they are juggling the needs of all students and concentrating on struggling at the bottom end of the achievement gap.
[…]
“The jobs out there are in science,” Scott said. “Why would we want to give somebody less training? They’re already importing scientists from other countries. Why don’t we train our own?”
Seriously!?
In other words, Go Bears!
OOOHHH!
Let’s protest the injustice of this decision by burning down the High School! Or let’s attack the school officials faced with this difficult decision. That’ll teach them to be in an untenable position!
Wow, god just straight up hates Haiti.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100113/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake
Quantity AND quantity!
wow
that is awful, I wonder what they did
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
something something carp’s wife
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
Watching ESPN right now
Lane Kiffin will be next head coach (no qualification by ESPN)
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
Nah, just that she married that douche bag sitting right there in front of her.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Jan 12, 2010 5:43 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
“LIKE OMFG THAZ SOOO FUNNY” ::SNORTS::
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:41 PM PST up reply actions
And I definitely wanna know more about that blackberry farm!
by Itchy25 on Jan 12, 2010 5:40 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d!
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by TwistNHook on Jan 12, 2010 7:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
NOOOOO WHAT THE HELL
Ahhh DAMNIT!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
(Can you not imagine the lulz between Neuheisel, Kiffin, and Harbaugh)
This is a grrrreat move.
And he wouldn’t dare irk his old coach, Jeff Tedford.
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
This is awful, I was hoping they would take at least a couple of weeks to find someone.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
You were hoping that they didn’t hire a coach until after National Signing Day?
C’mon… Mike Garrett isn’t that moronic… right?
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
He didn’t make the decision…the process was entrusted to the board of trustees or something. All I know Garrett’s on his way out near the end of the year.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 12, 2010 5:54 PM PST up reply actions
I’m thinking of starting a small pretzel twisting business and selling the twisted pretzels in bulk to the local pretzel dispensaries, anyone interested in providing some financial backing?
I got about 4.23 in my pocket right now.
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
Is that 4.23 in your pocket or are you happy to see us?
by atomsareenough on Jan 12, 2010 9:14 PM PST up reply actions
Water main break… and now they’re back
It's dat Woo Woooooo.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
OJ Mayo Grizz’d all over my face.
Cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails.
by Thoroughbred on Jan 12, 2010 11:53 PM PST up reply actions
Mark McGwire
What an idiot. Go listen to the Bob Ley interview posted on ESPN. I can’t believe how stupid and foolish McGwire sounds like. I really used to like him and collected his baseball cards in the late 80’s as an investment. But now he’s so delusional on the whole subject. He’s just another dumb jock who’s full of himself. Pathetic character. Wish I wasn’t typing this…
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