DBD 2.3.10 - N After Tosh
by carp on Feb 2, 2010 11:52 PM PST
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PrintI stayed up late finishing up work since I knew it might be hard to concentrate tomorrow morning. Let's not forget about Joe Ayoob and Stan Hasiak as examples of The System sucking.
I say feel free to post LOI stuff here but also make sure breaking-news stuff ends up in the appropriate front-page thread. I'd like to push that we cite offers from other schools, as solarise has been doing, and not so much the # of stars awarded by Rivals/Scout/ESPN THE OCHO.
Regardless of how this shakes out, we should discuss the big picture ramifications. Namely:
1) HTF did this happen this year?
2) How long untill Tosh Lupoi and possibly others become either over-priced for Cal or in need of a serious promotion?
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2/2/2010 – M. Basketball
Mike Montgomery Press Conference Quotes
After a tough four-point loss last Sunday at Arizona, California heads right back out on the road to Los Angeles this weekend to face USC and UCLA. The Golden Bears are halfway through their four-game road trip and the conference portion of the schedule. Cal and USC FULL STORY
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2/2/2010 – W. Basketball
The California Golden Bears (11-9, 5-4 Pac-10) start the second half of Pac-10 play by hosting the LA schools this week at Haas. The Bears open on Thursday, Feb. 4 with a 7:05 p.m. game against USC (13-7, 7-2 Pac-10). FULL STORY
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The Cal men’s golf team charged back by making up 12 shots on the final four holes to win its school-record third tournament of the regular season with a one-shot victory over host Arizona at the Arizona Intercollegiate. FULL STORY
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2/2/2010 – W. Basketball
California women’s basketball head coach Joanne Boyle and her staff will coach in their bare feet on Saturday, Feb. 6 against UCLA in Haas Pavilion as part of the “Bearfoot for Barefeet” Coaches Initiative to raise awareness and money to purchase shoes for the impoverished children affected by the recent earthquake in Haiti. UCLA’s staff, led by head coach Nikki Caldwell, will also coach without shoes in Saturday’s 2 p.m. game to aid Haiti’s children, who suffer from foot-borne diseases and infections due to a lack of shoes. FULL STORY
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sobs I TRY SO HARD FOR YOU GUYS AND NOW YOU’VE ALL ABANDONED ME FOR CARP AND HIS AMAZING PHOTO C+PING SKILLS!
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Good work, carp; this is exactly the type of straight-shooting, photo-posted DBD we need on a day like this.
WHY MUST MY LIFE BE ONE OF UNENDING PAIN!?!?
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I know that gesture well I’m sad to say
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Key Notes
Ego’s announcing at 5:45 AM I believe (8:45 in NYC) (H/T California Eternal)
McCain, King, and Allen are announcing together. I think this also means Maynard’s announcing at the same time. Mike Farrell from Rivals thinks it can happen (H/T solarise)
It has come to my attention that Cal also has landed two Ore. St transfers who are already enrolled in school. Does anyone know if the Kreb (Cycle!) brothers are eligible for the coming fall? Any news/info on these guys would be awesome.
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--Coach Clark
Man, wish you'd have picked a...friendlier title.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 3, 2010 1:39 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
This.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
some things sound better after visiting Pic Hunter dot com. Now it doesn’t…
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
…yeah, this title makes way less sense. I’m actually not sure what it means at all…
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something about relations between my (now) wife and your Recruiter of the Year
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
no, it’s ‘N’ like ’in." This might help
http://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2010/2/3/1284260/cal-football-signing-day-2010-open#30184270
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I hope these guys don’t suck
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
A better title would have been “I <3 cock”, but it is a bit derivative
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by CALumbus Bear on Feb 3, 2010 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
What'd everyone think?
SPOILER ALERT THREAD!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 3, 2010 2:29 AM PST up reply actions
The CGI stuff was really underwhelming.
by Yes We Cannon on Feb 3, 2010 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
I also surmised that.
I suggest that if people want to discuss lost, but LOST SPOILER ALERT in the title of the post, so its big and black. Just the way carp likes it.
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LOST SPOILER ALERT
Well, it continued into the second hour of the show. I’m hesitant to say more, bc you said that you havent seen the sceond hour.
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Lost SPOILER Speculation
It was amazing. And totally mind-blowing. And confusing. The creators have basically figured out how to put Lost onto network television. I don’t know how they do it because that was just some mind-bending shit.
LOST Spoiler Alert
At the end of the season, you will be just as confused…
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For Fans of Calvin and Hobbes
The first real interview in many, many years (although I don’t think the quoted year of 1989 being his last, in the article, is correct). Bill Watterson is one of the most professional cartoonists ever to exist. He is the anti-Jim Davis. Rejoice!
Bill Watterson, creator of beloved ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ comic strip looks back with no regrets
By John Campanelli, The Plain Dealer
February 01, 2010, 5:45AM
This marks the 15th year since “Calvin and Hobbes” said goodbye to the comics pages. Creator Bill Watterson, who grew up in Chagrin Falls and still makes Greater Cleveland his home, recently answered some questions via e-mail from Plain Dealer reporter John Campanelli.
Quantity AND quantity!
Companion article (released same day by same journalist):
‘Calvin and Hobbes’ fans still pine 15 years after its exit
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I agree.
1. Calvin + Hobbes
2. The Far Side
3. Fox Trot (which has jumped the shark in the last few years, sadly).
Quantity AND quantity!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 3, 2010 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
Get Fuzzy and Zits are always fun too
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
Calvin and Hobbes is/was by far the best. The others have their moments but aren’t nearly on the same plane.
My mom likes Zits a lot.
by atomsareenough on Feb 3, 2010 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
Putting in a plug for Pearls Before Swine, and not just because the creator is a loyal Cal grad who once had a character named “Tedford the all knowing Bear.” Best comic currently in the papers.
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I was wondering who would take a swing at the tee ball. Glad to see it’s someone reliable in these matters.
God, I hat being so predictable — but not as much as I hat U.$.C.!!!!
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I was raised on it. Though, oddly enough, my mom’s best friend was an $c grad. I still call up this 75-year-old woman once a year and yell at her “SC Sucks!” And a few days later she calls me back and innocently inquires about who won the game.
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I sent this guy an e-mail the day this cartoon appeared. All I said was “Go Bears!” He e-mailed me back talking about how much he loves Cal and Cal football. Great guy. Plus, not only is he a Cal grad — he’s a lawyer!
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Oscar nods are out - DISCUSS
Best motion picture of the year
* “Avatar”
* “The Blind Side”
* “District 9”
* “An Education”
* “The Hurt Locker”
* “Inglourious Basterds”
* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
* “A Serious Man”
* “Up”
* “Up in the Air”
Performance by an actor in a leading role
* Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
* George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
* Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
* Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
* Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
* Matt Damon in “Invictus”
* Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
* Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
* Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
* Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
* Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
* Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
* Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
* Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
* Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
* Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
* Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
* Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
* Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
* Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Best animated feature film of the year
* “Coraline”
* “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
* “The Princess and the Frog”
* “The Secret of Kells”
* “Up”
My quick 2 cents:
Best Picture nods for “Avatar” and “Up” are out of line.
- “Avatar” is simply not that great of a movie. Yes, it is beautiful; yes, it’s a game-changer. But a candidate for Best Picture? Not even close. The storyline is borrowed from a hundred other movies, and the acting is merely serviceable. Hell of an enjoyable movie, but special effects shouldn’t be enough to garner this honor. This, like the re-introduction of 10 Best Pictures nods, is a reaction to last year’s snub of The Dark Knight. – another movie that was hugely popular and visually stunning. The difference, of course, is that The Dark Knight had a virtuoso performance by Heath Ledger and terribly strong acting across the board by the rest of the cast.
- The same case holds true for “Up” – but this time the catalyst is the snubbing of “Wall-E” from last year’s Best Picture nods. Both contain excellent animation and a huge following. “Up”, however, is no “Wall-E.” While the former is a quality movie, it lacks the grandeur, scope, and passion of the latter. Though Wall-E does fall a bit flat toward the end of the film (as does The Dark Knight), Up begins to falter much sooner, with plot holes and incredulities enough to pull the viewer out of the world of the film. This nomination seems to be the Academy’s way of apologizing to Pixar for last year’s trangressions.
“9” deserves a Best Animated Film nomination.
- I’m truly saddened by this omission. “9” was a wonderful movie for all the right reasons – it was beautiful, it had a compelling story, and it completely envelops the viewer into the world of the movie. It has drama, it has action, and the voice performances are engrossing. For having made no movies of his own in 2009, Tim Burton sure backed some winning horses(“Coraline” and “9”). Despite its character and quality, “9” only grossed $42mln domestically – which just means it’s more of a shame that so many people didn’t get to see it.
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"The Hurt Locker"
They made a movie about Jake Locker’s first couple of years at UW?
I am a Vereenian.
by Ohio Bear on Feb 3, 2010 5:50 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
This, like the re-introduction of 10 Best Pictures nods, is a reaction to last year’s snub of The Dark Knight. – another movie that was hugely popular and visually stunning.
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
you love your own comment? How Twistian of you!
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You just made a comment with “<3” in it.
…don’t push your luck!
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That’s what I’m saying – your use of the “<3” threatens to revive certain memes that are finally quieting down.
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You’re going to have to explain this better.
(Please note how I purposely avoided the “explain it to me like I was Twist” meme)
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RISHI + <3 + ____ = meme you’ve been complaing about of late.
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his nomination seems to be the Academy’s way of apologizing to Pixar for last year’s trangressions.
So, do we treat this like the refs giving ‘make-up’ calls? I didn’t do it right at the time, so I’ll incorrectly but favorably call something for you next time? I never liked that, Seems like the goal should be a 0% fail rate, not a 5% fudge-with-the-numbers.
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"Make up calls"
You mean like Al Pacino winning for “Scent of a Woman” when he got snubbed for “Scarface” and didn’t win for “The Godfather Part II”?
I am a Vereenian.
Most egregious, Scorsese winning for The Departed – a fine film, but arguably not even better than it’s source material (Infernal Affairs) and not winning for . . .well, anything previous.
Denzel Washington winning for Training Day was the rare double make-up call. His Best Actor Oscar was a make-up call for being snubbed for “X”, which in itself was a make-up call for Al Pacino, who won that year for – you guessed it – “Scent of a Woman.”
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Denzel was the shit in Training Day. That was the movie that got me to end my boycott of his films.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
I was a valet in college and Denzel was shooting a movie in Austin. He came to the restaurant I working at and I took care of his car big time. On his way out, he stiffed me. Not even a dollar. So I said “Fuck you Denzel, I am boycotting your movies because you stiffed me” and I did for 7 or 8 years.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Is it possible he just forgot, and didn’t stiff you on purpose?
by atomsareenough on Feb 3, 2010 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
No, he just didn’t give me a tip. I held his door open and everything. Cheap bastard.
It would be one thing if he didn’t have any money but he paid us the fee and took change from us.
I have some funny stories from my valet days. As much as I wish Al Davis would stop fucking up my beloved Raiders, the guy was incredibly friendly and a huge tipper. Suck on that Jerry Jones.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
How, um… niggardly of him.
That word is not what it sounds like, BTW.
by atomsareenough on Feb 3, 2010 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
HAHA I got lambasted on BI once for using the phrase “niggling injuries” about a player ( I can’t remember who but the player was African American).
“Dude, you are such a rascist!” “Ban him!” etc
After about 30 minutes, someone posted the definition. There were a few red faces after that. I got a good chuckle out of that.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Ya mon. Class of ’96
I’ve shared my story previously but the short version is that I gre up in the Bay Area in an all Cal family but left to get away from them and a crazy Ukrainian girlfriend. I settled in Austin and have never left.
I had a lot of conflicted loyalties between Cal and UT until ’04 until that whole fiasco made me 100% Cal. I still love UT but its a distant second to Cal in my heart (from a sports perspective).
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
I like Austin quite a bit, lived there a couple of months with a former GF; I see the attraction (unlike the rest of TX)
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Agree, most of Texas blows. Bits of the Hill Country are nice buts thats about it.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Dude, this is so February 2, 2010!
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What a great year for animation – ok, no super amazing pics, but all 5 (plus 9) of the animated movies were pretty damn good. I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed Princess & the Frog – first Disney traditional animation I’ve really liked since . . .what, Mulan or Emperor’s New Groove.
Loved Mulan. Sure, it was no Beauty/Beast. Aladdin, Little Mermaid, Lion King but it was pretty good. Better than Hercules or Pochahontas
District 9 deserves SOMETHING. Too bad that, much like like Children of Men, it will go unnoticed by the Academy.
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God Children of Men was so boring.
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I dunno, it was all Clive Owen-y
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The excellence of Children of Men is one of like only 3 things in the world that Rishi and I agree on.
i preferred julianne moore in that movie. i thought it could have ended better. heartbreaking film though. i think that’s the same movie.
Twist is banned! He didn’t like Children of Men! And he doesn’t drink! And all his suits are double-breasted! He could not be more uninvited.
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I feel as if there are things I could do to make myself more uninvited.
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You’re not even allowed to talk about it anymore. Get back to your roots, son. There’s no line at T.G.I. Friday’s.
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I wanna go to that Panda Express on campus!
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It was never actually there. Now they’re saying they’re going to put a Subway in there, which is STUPID because there is LITERALLY another Subway ACROSS THE STREET not a hundred feet away.
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Bazil Cafe was supposed to build a restaurant on top of the Bear’s Lair – whatever happened to that?
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wait so is this just a Children of Men movie watching party in suits while drinking? i thought we were going to go stalk clive owen. hot.
You could strike out on your own and increase the chances of success. I’m pretty sure that ending the evening with Clive Owen is unlikely if Twist honks him.
Ugh… boys club. working in finance, liking sports and getting an MBA… i’m always on the outside. sads.
On the other hand, you know exactly what makes our feeble minds tick… that has to be worth something. Not much, but something.
im learning that boy’s minds are quite simple. you’re either hungry or horny. sometimes greedy ($$) but then horny overrules a lot of the time.
by since1997 on Feb 3, 2010 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
What if you want to hump a giant pile of food?
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Is that what your giant block of swiss cheese at home is for?
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by Rishi on Feb 3, 2010 1:07 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
FINALLY
a woman who understands.
Go Bears Go
Actually, I know less about finance than Twist does about getting laid.
I just have a kind of mental picture of Rishi chugging lemon drops and persistently hitting on you while I mumble to myself about voter demographics. Hence the weird dynamic. Not sure how Turkey fits into the whole thing.
haha. but sigh… lets just be clear since at some point i’d like to do an HH in the city with you fellas, my darling cal fans.
im like 8 years older than rishi. there will be no hitting on anyone. pretty sure it’s a friendly older sis/younger bro relationship. plus id probably try to introduce him to my younger hot indian gfs.
plus id probably try to introduce him to my younger hot indian gfs.
Please? I’m a nice guy, I promise.
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I should qualify this to say that I would only if you are at least at BAM… Baseline Attractiveness Minimum.
A number of people here have met me. I feel they could provide some colour on whether or not I meet your definition of BAM.
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If you are racist like me, then no, no he does not.
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er. pretty sure i’d have to meet you first.
hey GF, come with me to meet this guy from the internet.
by since1997 on Feb 3, 2010 1:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Are you setting up a date… on CGB?
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Feb 3, 2010 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’d rather drink with Rishi than with Twist or royrules.
To be fair, that’s largely because Twist doesn’t drink and royrules cannot legally enter a bar.
Fine then, I’m not bringing along any of my attractive early-thirties guy friends until I see if you meet MY BAM
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ooooooo the BAM challenge. Here’s my suggestion. You both submit photos to tomorrows DBD with a poll. The readers of CGB will rate you BAM or not BAM.
Profit!
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I shall play the part of Lorenzo Lamas and bring my laser pointer
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by CALumbus Bear on Feb 3, 2010 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Ahem. I am “all dude”. I’ll let the rest speak for themselves.
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by CALumbus Bear on Feb 3, 2010 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
You should be more concerned about your percentage of douchebaggery
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by CALumbus Bear on Feb 3, 2010 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
I’m actually half-man, half-pig, and half-bear.
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(1) nope, you don’t get it
(2) get yer mind outta the damn gutter
(3) it was a mediocre-to-poor pun on your use of the phrase “mostly dudes”
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by CALumbus Bear on Feb 3, 2010 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
1) I DID GET IT
2) I made the leap from ALL DUDE to ALL BEEF… get YOUR MIND out of the gutter
3) Yeah got it
My apologies. Here, have some Hebrew National. Twist, we need you.
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by CALumbus Bear on Feb 3, 2010 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
Wait wait wait I need to oil myself up first
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by TwistNHook on Feb 3, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Rishi, this sounds like a challenge
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
You just gotta pace yourself, can’t go all out. Kind of like the Colts’ last two games – you don’t need to play the whole game, but it keeps you sharp for Friday/Saturday.
I’ve gone out drinking once on a Thursday night in the past couple months… I have to get to the office before 6 am, so it’s really tough.
And the time I did on a Thursday night was for a Jay Sean concert and I was hungover the whole damn day.
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you can sleep when you are dead.
Go Bears Go
Can I get in on this meeting hot Indian girls thing? My usual Friday night routine of World of Warcraft doesn’t seem to be working out very well.
It is my understanding that when females gauge a male’s BAM they also need net worth and cash flow statements. That is SO sexist, by the way. [but it is fine to think all females are golddiggers, according to Kanye, who is all knowing]
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by CALumbus Bear on Feb 3, 2010 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
Close. It’s more the opposite.
If you’re hot, you’re just hot. If you’re cuspy, a strong balance sheet can help you. For example, met this dude last weekend. I’d say he’s a 5 on looks alone. But…. we were staying in his palatial beach house and he was really really nice so he’s more of an 8+
met this dude last weekend. …. we were staying in his palatial beach house
You move fast. Kudos.
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by CALumbus Bear on Feb 3, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
ha no we were staying in the family home. the guy i knew was his brother so i just met this dude for the first time that weekend. I move at normal speed darling :)
+9 for willingness
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by CALumbus Bear on Feb 3, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Not Rishi = pretty?
I mean, I can go with that…. but I can think of a few people who I think are also not Rishi, and well…. their scores are pretty low.
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
Bwahaha, I have found you
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
believe you me, i don’t judge
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
No Twist finally took mercy upon me and allowed me into the hallowed halls of his Facebook Picture Extravaganza.
shotgunning beers. yup. remember those days. but what does that have to do with my being fb friends with Twist?
ohhhhh. Twist says I’m not allowed to share anything found on his FB page on CGB. So I can neither confirm nor deny my viewing of said photos.
Well, just FYI, Twist’s profile picture? From left to right, that’s Twist, Rishi, turkey and myself.
HP is a polisci guy. Humanities would be a refreshing change from all the business types we’re stuck with all day.
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Don’t forget when you tried to join the No Since1997s Club. Always on the outside looking in.
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And that one in car, I couldn’t believe they pulled that off, until I watched the special features. Oddly for me that movie was uplifting, in a nihilistic way.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
1. Wall-E could have been a 30 minute short. Up is far superior.
2. Re: Avatar, I think a game-changing movie is as deserving of a Best Picture nod as any other movie.
No, you’ve got that backwards. Wall-E was certainly of its movie length. Up should have been shortened to a 20-minute wordless movie about the man and his wife – then it would have been nothing short of brilliant. That sequence almost brought me to tears, and(sadly) really made much of the rest of the movie feel much less significant.
Or just make the movie about the old man and cut in down by an hour!! That would have made the movie much more poignant.
Re: Avatar: Toy Story wasn’t nominated for Best Picture. If they want to give Avatar its own Special Achievement Oscar like they did for Toy Story, more power to them. To put it in the Best Picture category is too much, in my eyes.
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Alas, of all of those I only saw “Up in the Air,” so all I can say is that I thought it was rather good.
As for Avatar… if it wins, then it’s a case of Internal Affairs : The Departed :: FernGully : Avatar.
No, it’s not – it’s more that Scorcese deserved to win for several better movies in his career, so comparitively speaking, the fact that they gave it to him for The Departed (still an excellent film!) is a little bittersweet for some.
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And to that I say, “Who cares?”
by atomsareenough on Feb 3, 2010 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Casino Royale was the shit
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Indeed. It also encouraged Mrs Fire Starkey to see Bond movies in the future. Her loudly audible gasp when Daniel Craig emerges from the water shirtless early in the film did the trick nicely.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Mrs. Twist actually junk punched me in anger at that point
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by TwistNHook on Feb 3, 2010 1:03 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Is a junk punch ever not in anger? If so, I’m sorry for you.
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Feb 3, 2010 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
And a DB5 too, did you see the Top Gear show showing that despite their beautiful lines and all that a DB5 couldn’t even beat a 6-cylinder Accord in a drag race? That blew my mind, 1,000s of illusions destroyed.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Hm, I thought Up In The Air was rather insipid.
by atomsareenough on Feb 3, 2010 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
Horses for courses. I don’t look for much in a film – decent script that doesn’t condescend to me and connect the dots for the mouth-breathers in the audience, an occasional flash of female nudity, sorted.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining about the nudity… :)
by atomsareenough on Feb 3, 2010 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
I agree about Avatar… I think Up is deserving of a nomination but not deserving of winning probably. The least deserving nomination, however, is Up In The Air.
by atomsareenough on Feb 3, 2010 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
It was extremely predictable, and when Clooney’s character lost his snarky edge all of a sudden it pretty much ruined the only good thing the movie had going for it.
by atomsareenough on Feb 3, 2010 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
I can’t argue with the predictable part – even I knew where it was going, and I make every effort to remain wholly in the now while watching a film.
I did think the fact that he essentially retreated to a plane was the redeeming feature of the plot. It would have been too easy to end with a montage of him re-engaging with his family etc.
I also liked Sam Elliott as a metaphorical stand-in for God. And all the airline/travel refs.
by atomsareenough on Feb 3, 2010 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
It should win based on # of Cal alumni actors alone
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Feb 3, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
We MUST call them the Oskis
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Feb 3, 2010 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
Its a very weak year in Hollywood IMO
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Former USMNT and current Rangers player DeMarcus Beasley’s car set on fire in Glasgow.
As much as I enjoy Euro-football, this is one of the reasons I’m glad US sport is the way it is. Fewer absolutely batshit insane fans.
FLAGGED for assuming this was soccer-related. I mean, this is Glasgow, it could have been for a variety of reasons other than the team he plays for.
At the risk of turning this blog into my Twitter account
I thought it worthwhile to note that, just yesterday, my unborn child submitted its Letter of Intent to be a girl when she’s born!
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Feb 3, 2010 8:44 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
can we ultrasound pic or is that too personal?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
As the father of 2 daughters, I say good luck to you both. Much less time in the emergency room in the early years, but I am assured I will pay for this later.
less time in teh ER? wholey shit.
I’ve spent more than enough time in the ER with two girls.
Go Bears Go
Maybe mine just aren’t risk takers. Assuming we’re not snowed in on Saturday night, there’s some sort of school ice-skating event that has disaster written all over it!
yay!
horses, and knives….
just say’n.
Go Bears Go
Mine are convinced that horses are large unpredictable animals that could crush them. So that helps.
mine lub them
and fall off, sometimes.
Go Bears Go
It’s an occupational hazard, I suppose. I don’t doubt that my younger daughter will end up dating someone with a motorcycle and take to riding pillion in a t-shirt and shorts, just to teach me a retroactive lesson.
the lesson – teach daughter to ride with dad! More safety and then she has to rebel with kittens and knitting.
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
If I decided to take up motorcycle riding and take the kids, there would be an orderly line of grandparents forming to kick me in the ass. Unless perhaps I got one of these.
To be fair, that is the coolest I’ve seen a sidecar look, but the turns just aren’t as fun.
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
I’m sure they aren’t, but I’m not convinced I could reconfigure my brain to cope with riding a motorcycle anyway…
If the Eastern Bloc isn’t the right call, perhaps the ChiComs can help you out.
It looks like they’re a lot cheaper – actually I was thinking that whenever I moved back to the US, I’d pick one of these babies up. But then I remembered, I don’t like motorcycles.
They seem well suited to use traversing Vietnam or somewhere else with a population handier with a wrench than me.
Or defending Pyongyang against the South Koreans?
Actually what I’ve heard from people who own them is you get really good at simple motorcycle repair, but they are really simple to fix too.
Did you see Christopher Hitchens’ review of some book about North Korea and what they’ve done to the population? I’m rarely shocked, and I was stunned.
Not yet, but I’m going there now. I’m still toying with the idea of going to North Korea this year – the high cost (1000 Euros for 5 days) is the main factor in my not going, but now that US Citizens do not have to wait until the mass games .. . perhaps this summer.
I just read it . . . .while North Korea is the weirdest place in the world – I read Hitchens’ previous article about North Korea and he gets a few pretty basic points wrong, so I’m not sure how much stock to put into this one – even if its a review of a book by someone who is ostensibly much more of an expert.
Coach Boyle will be pleased. Congratulations!
by atomsareenough on Feb 3, 2010 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
I thought boy had that locked down!
PS Its bad that Im learning this from CGB. Come back into my life!
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Congrats!
You have this to look forward to:
This morning, I went into Fire Starkey Juniors room. His 6 year old ass was being lazy and he wouldn’t wake up so I started tickling the underside of his nose.
“If you don’t stop that, I am going to junk punch you” were his first words of the day.
Ahhh, its the little things.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 11:30 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
When I was young (and truthfully even when I was in HS) my parents used to drag me off the bed. Once my brother got older he started splashing my face with cold water and then running like hell before I could catch him.
In other words, Go Bears!
Seeing as he doesn’t have much respect for my authority unless I give him crazy eyes, I just thought it was really funny.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t believe in real beatings. The most I’ve ever done is a swat on the ass to get his attention when he’s really out of control. Junior is a good boy with other adults (teachers and other parents absolutely love him), he just has a problem listening to me or Mrs Fire Starkey from time to time.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
That’s what it means to have a son. If you had my daughters, you could look forward to whining about any of :1) why you favor her sister over her, 2) why you are the meanest parent ever, 3) why you don’t love her at all, etc.
True, my daughter didn’t think the discovery of her own asshole at age 2 to be particularly exciting. Junior thought it was the most amazing thing EVER.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 12:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
perhaps you had to be there but the excitement and joy in his voice as he proclaimed “There’s a hole in my butt!” while he was in the bathtub was something to behold.
Breed, then judge me.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
should we ask your parents about that?
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ha. i know it was a stretch. but i have two nephews and i just reeeeeeeaaalllly want someone in my life to pop out a girl.
but i think it’s pretty universally true that Girls > Boys.
because of this:
The Female has two XX chromsomes, the male has one X chromosome and a smaller Y. The XX more than 1,000 genes and 160 million base pairs of DNA. The Y chromosome – 78 genes, 23 million DNA subunits. Over an extensive period of time, the Y chromosome has been slowly degrading.
Also, sugar & spice > puppy dog tails
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
Actually, I heard recently that the Y chromosome is actually a lot more dynamic and evolves faster than the X chromosome.
by atomsareenough on Feb 3, 2010 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
prolly, but most mutations are bad.
Go Bears Go
Sure, but that’s what natural selection is for.
by atomsareenough on Feb 3, 2010 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
"The Saints Linebacker Who Speaks His Mind"
Fujita has spoken out before in favor of abortion rights and gay rights.
When Fujita was born in 1979, his biological mother, he said, was in her teens and she gave him up for adoption because she did not have the means to raise a child. "I’m just so thankful she had the courage and the support system to be able to carry out the pregnancy," Fujita said. "I wouldn’t expect that of everybody."
Among Fujita’s causes is a New Orleans Catholic adoption agency.
"By and large, the players are more tolerant than they get credit for," he said. "It’s not a big issue. Some guys will think you are crazy for believing one way, but they’ll still accept you."
"There is a certain stigma that comes with being from Berkeley," he said. "And I’m proud of that stigma."
by kolwave on Feb 3, 2010 9:21 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
Wow
Been too busy to post in the DBDs lately, but I just saw the recruiting news. Astounding. Given that 2009 wasn’t one of our best years, did construction starting on the new facilities play a role in bringing this class in?
Babelfish anyone?
from BuzzyBloggers.com:
We will finally know today what Keenan Allen will pick as his college playing team this 2010, We will be having the Keenan Allen announcement update for those who missed to check out the signing day, We will find out the recruitment results for Keenan Allen, who is from Greensboro, N.C./Northern Guildford, His Announcement will be taking us along a lot of twist and turns, See if he chose Alabama, in which he has been solid for during a couple of weeks.
Keenan Allen is actual No. 70 prospect, And they have both signed in for Cal this morning. The reason of the change of heart for Allen as he been an Alabama solid since November, but when his brother around, The Buffalo sophomore quarterback Zach Maynard, was at Cal, and Allen wanted to play with his brother. Alabama wouldn’t find any good offer for Maynard, so Allen dropped his pledge to the Crimson Tide and went on to the Cal. See more details right below regarding this Keenan Allen Announcement Update for this season 2010.
I’ve never heard of this site before, so go there at your own risk.
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“Actual No. 70 prospect”? I thought he was the actual #5 prospect.
by atomsareenough on Feb 3, 2010 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
Quick Twitter Update before I get some Wednesday Drink Action
My girlfriend and I have been trying to move into a new apartment at a different property under the same management company. After being given the run-around and ignored multiple times, everyone we have talked to finally approved the transfer as long as we are willing to pay a small fee. We agreed, and its been 3 weeks, and no one has done a damn thing to process our request. I wrote some hatemail last night and received an email stating everything is being processed I only need to email Thomas K. I emailed Thomas K. and received an auto-out-of the office email back, saying he would be out of the office until…. and I quote… “Tuesday 12th January 2010” WTF! am I supposed to do with that!
Allen to play WR per YOKanes via Gregory
http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/02/03/football-allen-to-play-receiver/
good stuff in there
"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 wanted to be a WR
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 3, 2010 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Fixed
I’d rather he come to Cal and play wherever he wants he fits in best and will benefit the team the most, while simultaneously keeping him happy as he builds his NFL draft stock :)
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I should just go ahead and get a #55 jersey
He has an RV named the Juanita Fujita, and he lists Andre Carter as his top teammate of all time.
Allow me to list a few of the ways I’ve been labeled over the years: "…the hardworking, over-achieving, over-thinking liberal beanpole from Berkeley, who’s constantly seen walking two dogs that are way too small for him; the big white guy with the little Japanese family, who out-kicked his coverage with the hot blonde he convinced to marry him; the deep-thinker who encourages diplomacy but seems to argue every point just for the sake of being disagreeable; the tree-hugging, Michael Jackson-loving, belly-laughing kid from Southern California with the 80’s feathered-hair and the t-shirts that are way too short."
Fujita is freakin awesome. He’s one of the few athletes I’ve seen who actually seems to be proud of being smart. And he’s politically active. Good example of what a difference going to a good school can make.
Also, Silver has an article on him today: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-fujitadefiesodds020310&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
thanks for that link
When Fujita got to Cal as a 6-4, 195-pound safety who was the last man on the depth chart, his intensity on the practice field routinely perturbed his veteran teammates. "I was kind of the annoying, walk-on, ‘Scout Team All-American’ who irritated the old guys," Fujita explained. […] It was hard not to feel excluded, especially when everyone was lining up for training table and I wasn’t allowed to eat. Andre Carter would sneak me food all the time. He really took care of me in every way. He’s my brother from another mother."
A former Chiefs teammate swears that after sacking Favre, then the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, to spark a Kansas City comeback, Fujita stood over the future Hall of Famer and yelled, "It starts now, bitch."
HERO
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Feb 3, 2010 1:33 PM PST up reply actions 8 recs
Funny quote from BI
What Cal coach is strangely missing from todays photo gallery?
Anyone?
Does BG come to mind?
photo gallery
BG didn’t get enough pressure on the front door to get passed it…..
In other words, Go Bears!
BG didn’t get enough pressure on the front door to get passed it…..
That’s a good one…
But it is actually the primary reason we drafted so many LB and DL guys… New doors in renovated Memorial are going to be much much heavier…
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is t-fizz on knbr RTFN?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
DINING HALLS GOING TRAYLESS!?!??!?!? WHAT’S NEXT, A JEWISH FRATERNITY?!?!/
As of the start of spring semester this week, Berkeley is joining the trend sweeping college campuses nationwide and eliminating most of the black plastic trays used in the Crossroads, Foothill, Clark Kerr, and Café 3 dining halls.
A few trays remain in each hall for diners who really need them, such as those with mobility issues — and those adamantly opposed to going without, says Chuck Davies, Berkeley’s associate director for residential dining. But they’ll be in one central location in each hall, instead of stacked at each food line.
The student-inspired move is designed to increase the campus’s sustainability quotient by cutting down on food waste, garbage, and water and energy used to wash the trays. As a side benefit, it may also help students keep from overeating — or so the theory goes.
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My favorite part of the presser so far
Is you can hear construction going on in the background.
Costs assessed against Twist
ESPN makes me facepalm
Bush is a running back and he’s originally from San Diego. Those two items are somewhat significant.
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/17730/san-diego-pedigree-a-good-sign-for-bush
I had such high hopes for this DBD.
"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 she’s re-flocking. She just looks back on yesteryear with good memories…
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
So, she just reminisces fondly about all the past flockings she’s enjoyed.
by atomsareenough on Feb 3, 2010 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
(shrugs)
I think that’s accurate.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I just wanted to use “flocking” suggestively. And give you a hard time :)
by atomsareenough on Feb 3, 2010 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
No, it's not a meme.
I should have clarified that I was in appreciation of Tosh’s raw animal magnetism , as opposed to trying to imply anything about Carp’s wife.
Sorry carp, didn’t mean to start a subthread about this.
Ratto on Bill King. Finest Ratto piece ever? It feels odd to say this, but I couldn’t agree with him more.
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