DBD 6/14/10: Happy Flag Day!
by Kodiak on Jun 13, 2010 11:20 PM PDT
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PrintSweet mother of gawdawful...the things I do for CGB. I read through all 288 flags given and 72 flags received by our most prolific flagger. Unedited for your amusement and edification, here is the Montage O' Flags: (If any of this really bothers anyone, let me know and I'll edit as needed)
Gucci Mayne is such a bad rapper that he makes Young Jeezy look good. Do you have any idea how inconceivable a feat this is?!
Not interesting OR funny. Why the hell do you continue to post this stuff?
OLD IS NO LONGER GOLD
LEARN GRAMMER MORANS
Maybe he should go coach Avinash's Squiddich team.
How the hell do you know what rusty razor blades taste like anyway?!
stfu fatty Plus "we"?! ARE YOU AND YOUR GIRLFRIEND ONE ENTITY NOW?! YOU'RE KILLING INDEPENDENT ATOMSAREENOUGH
WOOO! I'M JOHN ELWAY! I LOOK LIKE BIFF FROM BACK TO THE FUTURE!
Stop polishing Andrew Luck's knob.
STOP MAKING FUN OF ME FOR BEING FAT! I'M BEAUTIFUL AS I AM! ON THE INSIDE!
We don't even... talk no more. We don't even... hold hands like we did before. We don't even... know the reason why it came to be, even though you're with me... Feel so far awaaaaayyyy
We are not the same; I am a martian.
No. One. Cares.
Why are you such an attention whore?
At long last, have you no sense of decency?
Imagine Twist in a speedo.
How did they ever let Twist out of grade school?
I like turtles.
I HAT CANADA
canada sux balls lol
CANADUH
flagged for not knowing that the bird is the word
Flagged for being a douche gigantic enough to clean out Rosie O'Donnell's snatch.
I'm a PC and my English blows goats.
CAUSE SHAWTY IS AN EENY MINEY MO LOVER
Oregon is subpar to California in every single way imagineable.
Snap back to sobriety, Oops, you've been flagged again You've gotta, lose yourself in lemon drops, jager bombs, and other drinks.
Carp is no longer allowed to call himself a Cal fan and a Niners fan. Clearly, he loves Stanfurd so much that he has been secretly conducting an illegitimate affair with it, possibly fathering several progeny from this previously undisclosed affair.
Seriously, what a failure of an attempt at being funny. Irreverence is great, but stupidity gets old, even on TwistNHook.
I WANT MARSHMALLOW BITS OF TEBOW AND GATORS AND JESUS
I know way too many people here right now that I didn't know last year... who the f*** are you all?
LEMON DROP DANGLE DANGLE SUP GIRL
Marriage is for pussies!
Don't encourage marriage.
STOP HAVING BABIES DAMNIT YOU'RE RUINING IT FOR THE REST OF US
STOP BREEDING
Douchebag. Go ride your motorcycle off a hill.
Fire safety is no joke. Only you can prevent forest fires.
Stop copying stories! This is why we don't have a press pass.
Flagged for being a woman. Go wash my dishes.
STOP BEING A DOUCHE
I lost my virginity at 11. She was like 13. We still cool to this day. Shout out!
You wanna take a ride on this disco stick?
Wrestling is gay HEY HOW BOUT DEM IGGLES IGGLES
Needs more cowbell.
I think I'm running out of reasons to flag Twist. FLAG FLAG FALG
I may have run out of posts to flag.
DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A BANKER
And just for a little balance...Is it better to give than to receive?
Kishi = Rishi in Kade mode He deserved it! Please don't ban me, oh please, please don't ban me. Twist made me do it, I swear! It was all his idea.
Rishi has completed the savage rape of every positive memory from my boyhood!
lollerskates cause THIS guy never talks about drinking at all! hypocrite!
Flag'd for thinking marriage sucks. It's way better than jerkin it to NSFW pics. And I should know.
For failing to lasso in since1997 and, yet again, being stuck in the Friend Zone. I'd flag you twice if I could.
Rishi does not look good in anything, especially formal clothes
Causing a recession
rec begging. like a peasant. A PEASANT.
flagged for being too cocky about flagging! Also, general douchebaggery.
overzealous use of rec button is causing recflation. haitians are already rioting due to resultant food shortages.
And our grand finale:
Well, Rishi seems like a good guy... for a self-obsessed, misogynistic, near-alcoholic, conservative Republican Indian with a bad taste for women, politicians, and mixed drinks.
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Mark Matusak Takes 8th in 1500-meter Final
Senior Mark Matusak placed eighth in the men’s 1500 meters to earn All-America honors on the final day of the NCAA Track & Field Championships at Oregon’s Hayward Field. Overall, the Golden Bear men finished with 12 team points and tied for 21st in the overall standings.
Mike Morrison Finishes as NCAA Runner-Up in Decathlon
With a surge in the final three events, California junior Mike Morrison vaulted into second place in the decathlon, while junior Steve Sodaro earned All-America honors with a sixth-place finish in the 3000-meter steeplechase on the third day of the NCAA Track & Field Championships Friday at Oregon’s Hayward Field.
Morrison, who entered the day in the fifth position, posted Cal PRs in each of his final four events to move up the leader board. His finish was the highest for a Golden Bear in the decathlon since Bevan Hart captured the title in 2000.
Oklahoma meets with Pac-10 officials
Oklahoma president David Boren and athletic director Joe Castiglione had a meeting Saturday with Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott, the school said in a statement.
Oklahoma’s Board of Regents plans to meet Wednesday afternoon to weigh conference options.
In the meantime, Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds says the Longhorns are still “looking at all options” before deciding whether to stay in the Big 12 or move to another league.
Dodds spoke outside of his stadium suite before Saturday’s Texas-TCU baseball game.
He said, “could be” when asked about reports that Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott is traveling to Oklahoma and Texas this weekend to invite Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to join his league.
In case you missed it on the front, here’s part two of CALumbus Bear’s write-up + photos of the CIC Rugby tournament. It’s very well-done and a must-read!
Thanks Kodiak. BTW, I love reading flags, so this was an amusing post. I’m also aware how effing difficult it is to obtain and review (and copy and post about) flags, so kudos, Kodiak — Kudiak!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jun 14, 2010 6:18 AM PDT up reply actions
In case you were on Mars or at an art museum
RUSTENBURG, South Africa — For the United States, Saturday’s 1-1 tie with England wasn’t quite 1950 vintage, but the team will take it.
Ties, of course, never taste as sweet as victories. But when your team falls behind early, gets a Santa Claus-sized gift from the opposing goalkeeper and hangs on to snag a point against the presumed group favorites, the aftertaste is plenty satisfying. In the process, the U.S. did plenty to enhance its chances of reaching the second round.
Next up: US vs. Slovenia, Friday (6am)
U-S-A! U-S-A!
Pac-10 expansion: Could it be Kansas? (And other recent developments)
Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott and his deputy, Kevin Weiberg — the former commish of the Big 12 — reportedly met with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State officials on Saturday and are headed to Texas to do the same, at least with UT and TTU.
None of the schools can officially join the Pac-10 until the regents approve a move. The Texas regents are reportedly set to meet on Tuesday, while the Oklahoma regents will likely gather on Wednesday.
Pac-10 expansion: And the 16th team is …
The Big 12 isn’t dead yet. League officials are expected to meet Monday to present a revenue plan designed to satisfy Texas and keep the conference together.
The emphasis reportedly will be twofold: The Big 12 won’t take a significant revenue hit by losing Nebraska and Colorado; and the Pac-10’s grand plan for its own TV network, and $20 million per-team annual payouts, is anything but solid.
Who knows whether that will be enough to appease Texas.
Marriage is for pussies!
Don’t encourage marriage.
STOP HAVING BABIES DAMNIT YOU’RE RUINING IT FOR THE REST OF US
STOP BREEDING
Douchebag. Go ride your motorcycle off a hill.
I feel like these might have been directed at me. I suppose I could go check, but I honestly don’t really care anymore.
In a related development, AndBears gave birth to a beautiful daughter on Friday evening. We have yet to decide what instrument she’ll play when she joins the Cal Band in 2028.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Jun 13, 2010 11:58 PM PDT reply actions 22 recs
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU!
Rec’d, and I look forward to hearing all the particulars. I trust AndBears is doing well, and that at no time did the doctor tell her that she was “too comfortable.”
GO LITTLE BEAR!
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
We have yet to decide what instrument she’ll play when she joins the Cal Band in 2028.
Or which position she’ll play for Joanne Boyle in hoops?
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Lexi is only 5’8" and Eliza Pierre is 5’7’. So there could be an opportunity.
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
Genes are funny things. I’m only 5’4", but my brother is 6’5". Keep hope alive!
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
My grandparents are 5’0, 4’10…but my dad is 5’7 and I’m 5’9. (despite having a 5’0 mom). Despite the bad rap from the media, HGH isn’t all bad.
/kidding
by Kodiak on Jun 14, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Get ready to be perpetually tired for next few, well — indefinitely. It will, however, be the greatest fatigue of your life.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Best wishes and congrats. Glad to see it hasn’t interfered with your CGBing. I have a colleague who had his first child on a Saturday, but he still made his usual Sunday morning tee time the next day.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jun 14, 2010 6:20 AM PDT up reply actions
One of my fishing buddies went on a two week trip right after his son was born. Said he couldn’t handle all the noise.
Yes, the dude is now divorced.
I was going to say.... my wife gave me eternal shit for not sitting and staring at the paint dry with her
for the first 2 weeks. Congrats rags and be prepared to NEVER sleep again.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Sad to say, but that miracle of fatherhood glow does wear off after the first day or so…Probably about the time your adrenaline gives out and your body goes into whimper mode. Even so, there’s something about holding your baby that never gets old.
The glowy part does come back with a vengeance when the kid starts smiling at you, however.
Oh, yeah, I can attest to that, BUT be prepared for your wife to change and become somewhat irrational at times.
It gets back to ‘normal’ after time, but be prepared to 1) either be her bitch and take it or 2) fight back and draw the line so as to not become said bitch. Either way it’s not fun all the time.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I had that thought, too.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
AndBears = ragnarok’s wife and baby-momma. You’re preemptively accusing her of poor behavior in a forum where she is a regular participant.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe I'm offering her the male perspective so she is sure to treat her spouse with some respect and dignity.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, you’re certainly offering her a perspective.
Sleep deprivation can make both parents act a little off from time to time. I was more affected by all the middle of the night feedings than Mrs. Kod because I’m a lighter sleeper and have trouble falling back asleep. So, I was the one that had to be careful not to take my crankiness out on her. (since she had the tougher job – I was lucky enough to get to escape to work during the day)
I think it’s mutual respect and dignity that’s the key.
At the local golfing establishment. Not a dainty house with doilies.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jun 14, 2010 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know whether to admire him or question is commitment to fatherhood.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
A commitment is a commitment! When you abandon your wife and child, that is only 2 people, only 1 of whom has a memory. But abandoning your foursome is 3 people! Easy analysis.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jun 14, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Dude, a newborn doesn’t do much. It’s more likely to be useful as that flag thingie marking where the location of the hole.
gramur fael
I prefer to use newborns as ball markers. Brings the stimie back into play.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jun 14, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Drat. Caffeine levels dropping. Ironically, my own wonder n’ glow inspiring offspring have had me up throughout the night for the past few days.
I’ve actually toyed with the thought of taking up golf because it’d be a sport that we could play as a family for many years.
And one that would cost you a pretty penny.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
cheaper than horses.
which is another sport that you can do as a family for many years.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jun 14, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, I’ve held off on the golf thing because no matter how much I try, I can never really get the hang of timing those darn up/down ramps. And seriously, those holes with the volcanoes are just too difficult for the little ones.
It took me until the volcanoes part to figure out what you were talking about.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
cheaper than polo
Which would be as close to combining horses and golf that I can think of.
Well, I’m clearly participating in CGB a lot less than I was last year…
Still, the timing has worked out well. If ever there was a time when it might be advantageous to stay up with a fussy baby at odd hours during the night, World Cup time would be it.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
1) Swaddling kicks *ss. Find something called the Miracle Wrap. It makes it a lot easier than doing that burrito-baby thing.
2) Loud shhhhhh sound in the ear while holding baby low and then shifting up to your shoulder is a go-to soother.
3) Baby on the shoulder like a sack of potatoes is another secret super-move. “Potato Dance” ftw.
Dude, nothing worked for me except changing the diaper and giving her a bottle.
I tried EVERYTHING. I’m hoping when second one comes (if second one does come), I’m blessed with one who sleeps through the night from the moment he/she is born. Rags, once your kid sleeps through the night you’ll feel like you were blessed by god.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
FWIW
totally unscientific sample sizes (i.e. parents I know) suggest the next one will be easier.
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
FWIW, our sample size of 1 suggests that the 2nd baby is punishment for every bad thing that you did while growing up. Just sayin’. :)
increase that sample size and positive result to 2.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jun 14, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
SCIENCE’D!
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I know being a Cal fan means I have a tremendous capacity to take/withstand mental anguish, but even I have my limits.
So 2 is not like 2, but more like 3/4/5?
Oh brother.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
One of my friends told me that the increase from 2 → 3 is exponential/logarithmic and that it is much, much more difficult than the transition from 0 → 1.
by Kodiak on Jun 14, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Really. I got a new kitten Saturday morning and it pretty much killed most of my weekend.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
i thought the kitten’s natural prey was the foot-filled sock, bits of dangling string, and loose change?
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Jun 14, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
She seems to gravitate towards bits of rubbish and toy rubber balls. She also seems drawn to the other cat’s food over her own kitten food, which I am trying to discourage her from.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
rubbish and toy rubber balls
Trashee kitteh likes ballz!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jun 14, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Awesome! Did the kitten bring the dead weekend inside and put it at your feet?
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
She dragged it into my lap where she slept with it for several hours. She is a purring machine and a sinkhole for affection. She can’t get enough of being petted and held.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Pics, or this “kitten” wears clear heels.
by Kodiak on Jun 14, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Don’t you dare cast aspersions on little Cricket’s morality!
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, and a cat. This one’s to keep the other one company. Plus, I’d rather have a kitten than a kid at this point.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Let’s see…
Crawling on the floor, check.
Peeing where it’s not supposed to, check.
Sleeping a lot, check.
Ridiculous and impractical outfits available, check.
Yeah, you’re good. Go with the kitten. Much less $$$. :)
The cost savings are diminished by vet bills, though. At least my children are covered under my health insurance.
Good thing too, trying to find a shoebox large enough to bury them in the back garden would be a real challenge.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
The kitten uses the litterbox already! Wayyyyyyyyyyyy easier and more pleasant than diapers.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
pussy!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
pussycat.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Yay!
The DBD decision committee looks forward to deciding every major life decision for your progeny!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
congratulations and good luck!
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I rec’d it conditionally on her not playing saxophone :)
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
p.s. congrats!
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
You’re talking to a father who plays saxophone himself. I make no such guarantees.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Oh man, I had no idea. Why, rags, why???
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s unfortunate, because clarinet >>>> sax
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m this close to banning you forever from this site. Don’t ever talk shit about the sax again! I WILL CRUSH YOU!
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
You too? Why am I not surprised.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Does this conversation get your hormones going/make you want to have one?
Serious question.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
He's on fire.....(hope you get the reference).
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s what you put on your sandwich with NFL Peanut Butter
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by Rishi on Jun 14, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Pot, meet the Kettle. Rishi - me and you both brother.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Nope. Never wanted to have babies. Still don’t. It would take a really super special person to force convince me to do it.
Fire Starkey. You... complete me.
Thank you for your time spent answering my question.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Flagged
for lying!
Cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails.
by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
You can’t handle the truth.
Seriously, why would you think I’m lying?
Fire Starkey. You... complete me.
A really special person would live with it. There are enough unwanted children about the place; if you have the clarity to say it’s not for you, then anyone other than Larry Scott should be able to live with that.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Wouldn’t you like to know…
Cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails.
by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Congratulations! Baby!
Give AndBears a big kiss for us. Hope she’s going to be more comfortable now, if totally exhausted.
Please let it be glockenspiel.
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
no more glock players, please. with the exception of one, the glock players these past 5 years have been crazy
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Jun 14, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
dude.
i was in band over 25 years ago. they were crazy then, they are crazy now.
the exception was just better at hiding it.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jun 14, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
With all this baby talk let’s hope norcalnick doesn’t get baby fever because I do not want a baby anytime soon (or maybe never).
Norcalnick's chick. Go Bears!
For not makingz da babiez
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting how many of the females here are “Mmmmm, yeah, not really, actually no thanks.” Correlation to sports-loving genes?
or ‘lying to yourself’ genes
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Can only speak for me, but definitely not lying to myself. Have walked away from some lovely men over it, but better than having a kid I didn’t want to hopefully hold onto a man I did.
by Scootie on Jun 14, 2010 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well, you, aee07, and since1997 make 3 out of 4 (AndBears being the fourth). No idea whether our honorary Blogmother (CB81) has any children. Small sample size, but the correlation seems high.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t think so. That’s 4 out of 5!
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Personal request guys
ONLY discuss the World Cup in the current World Cup threads, not in the DBDs or anywhere else. A lot of us (hint: ME! ME!) catch up with the games on replays, so I want to be able to read/monitor the rest of the site in peace without having to worry about getting the result spoiled for us (ME! ME!).
Thanks!
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 12:33 AM PDT reply actions
You got it, boss.
California Golden Blogs! It`s dat Woo WHOOOOO!
by Maisbikkja on Jun 14, 2010 6:06 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Dude, they are just going to end in a tie anyway. I'll post them here if I damn well please ;0
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions
We should start discussing the games ongoing, but just make up shit. Then, Avi will be doubly pissed. First, when he thinks we are spoiling the game and then second when he findsout we were’nt.
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
I like this idea.
Dude, that was a sick GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL by the Japan striker just now. A 2 goal lead is huge in a game of this magnitude.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 7:18 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL. I had no idea Japan was actually playing RIGHT NOW.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 7:22 AM PDT up reply actions
And you wonder why I ignore your emails.
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Spreading False and Seditious Information
Cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails.
by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 7:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW! THE JAPANESE PLAYER JUST KILLED A FAN IN THE STANDS AND IS NOW EATING HIS BRAINS!??!? UNBELIEVABLE!
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
BANZAI!!!!!!!!!!
Cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails.
by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Was it a whale?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW! A FINBACK WHALE HAS FLOPPED ALL THE WAY FROM THE COASTLINE TO ATTEND THE WORLD CUP! AND NOW THE WHALE HAS CRUSHED 3 SECTIONS OF THE STADIUM TO WATCH THE JAPAN GAME FROM THE STANDS! OH THE HUMANITY!
by paleodan on Jun 14, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
OH THE HUGE MANATEE!
Cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails.
by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
That’s funnier than any joke I’ve ever made!
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
by TwistNHook on Jun 14, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
rec’d for truth.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
to be fair, what atoms just said is still funnier than any joke made by Twist
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Jun 14, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Let’s take a moment to observe one of the best puns CGB has ever seen
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jun 14, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Fine, all my future gamefilm breakdowns will now be gated/paid articles. Thank 33ss everyone!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
She’s a grand old flag,
She’s a high flying flag,
And forever in peace may she wave.
She’s the emblem of,
The land I love,
The home of the free and the brave.
Every heart beats true,
For the red, white, and blue,
With never a boast or a brag.
Should old aquaintence be forgot
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.
Two questions:
1. Why the heck, since 9/11, decide that God Bless America would be the only other patriotic song being sung in public?
2. Why isn’t America the Beautiful (and specifically the Ray Charles version) our national anthem?
Our national anthem is one of the more unpleasant anthems around. I am reminded of this at every Olympics, when I hear other countries’ anthems and I think “oh, that’s beautiful”, then our poem-brutally-turned-into-a-song-no-matter-how-difficult-and-odd-sounding comes on and I think “yeah, we could do better”.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jun 14, 2010 6:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Flagged
for “What are you smoking?”
everyone else’s anthem sounds so weak when compared to ours! AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 6:30 AM PDT up reply actions
FACT
Our anthem sounds like we’re about to punch you in the face with our superiority in every way.
by sec119 on Jun 14, 2010 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
This especially true of the third verse
And where is the band that so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion,
A home and a country shall leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footstep’s pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave,
From the terror of death and the gloom of grave.
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
Imagine the tune sung by a bunch of drunk Brits and you have the origins of the Star Spangled Banner! [1]
(But America > EVERYONE ELSE )
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HOW DARE YOU… oh, wait…
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by CALumbus Bear on Jun 14, 2010 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
South Africa’s is my favorite that I’ve heard. I love how it’s two songs smashed together and that it’s sung in 5 languages.
France is just about my favorite. Which lets you know there’s zero relation between goodness of anthem and goodness of country.
The part about ours that has always bothered me is that our national anthem has very little to do with national stuff. A song about a particular American flag in a battle in an overlooked conflict in Amercan history doesn’t scream, “Our country is awesome!” to me.
Trying singing the fourth verse then
Oh, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation;
Blessed with vic’try and peace may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
And conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto, “In God is our trust.”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
Because we Pimps! We ain’t Hos!
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
You need to listen to more national anthems. Look at the Brits. The tune is okay, but the words? “God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen.” I mean, couldn’t they think of anything else to say? And the Dutch national anthem is a 15-verse epic poem about the 80 years war against Spain. Thankfully, they only sing the first, eighth and fifteenth verses, but that makes for a pretty disjointed story. There are lots of stirring anthems out there, but lots of pretty dull ones, too.
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history is pretty boring
Brothers of Italy,
Italy has awoken,
With Scipio’s helmet
Binding her head.
Where is Victory?
Let her bow down,
For God has made her
Rome’s slave.
Let us join in cohort,
We are ready to die!
We are ready to die!
Italy has called!
We were for centuries
Downtrodden and derided,
Because we are not one people,
Because we are divided.
Let one flag, one hope
Gather us all.
The hour has struck
For us to join together!
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"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
History is everything that has ever happened, which isn’t all that boring to me. But I agree that epic poems about historical events are usually pretty boring. Unless they were written by Homer or somebody.
The first verse of the Dutch national anthem is another example of this (it does sound better in Dutch, but this is the gist of what the words mean):
I, William of Nassau,
Am of ancient Dutch descent.
I will stay faithful to my homeland
Until my death.
A Prince of Orange,
I remain ever undaunted,
And I have always been loyal
To the King of Spain.
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
excellent
like an Icelandic saga, but slower moving.
I like listening to Dutch though.
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"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
This reminds me of the Highland Dutch and the Lowland Dutch!
by Kodiak on Jun 14, 2010 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
An elevation separation of approximately 250 feet.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I move that the California Drinking Song be made our new national anthem.
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by CalBear81 on Jun 14, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Seconded for better music
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by CALumbus Bear on Jun 14, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
When you “Sec’d” something are you proclaiming it sec119?
CGB's Jimmy Carter
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seconded… but sure why not that too
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Jun 14, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
racis
THIS BLATANT ANTI-CELTITE AGENDA MUST STOP!
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"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah. It’s equal opportunity. Don’t forget there’s the Highland Dutch and the Lowland Dutch, plus the Souse family, which I understand is the best family that ever came over from old Germany.
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
Master Race FTW!
/Godwin’s Law
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"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I can live with that.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
But you would definitely appreciate the California Drinking Song!
http://www.bwrfc.org/frames/drinking.html
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wherein they say what they really think
It’s claimed that this was a remix for the 1745 rebellion, but I suspect the Tories still sing it behind closed doors:
Lord, grant that Marshal Wade,
May by thy mighty aid,
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
and like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush,
God save the King.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
LOL Ireland
forgotten again.
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I think that was just taken as read until the 1920s.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Pics or you’re Ally McCoist
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I am Ally McCoist.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Ye dae a stoatin job hostin’ ESPN warld cup games. Ah cannae want tae hear yer thooghts oan Scotlund’s chances fur 2014!
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Wuv nae chance at all, at all.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Yoo’ve got tae swatch up, cheil! We’ve got some stoatin players, an’ we’re a coontry knoon fur its thrift an’ loch. Uir day will come!
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I think the word “delusional” is the same whether in Scottish dialect or standard English.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Well, Scottish people are known for their thrift.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Ally’s the best. How dare you.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Now it says, “Powered by Honda”, after the Japanese midfielder of that name. Tsk, tsk.
On the other hand, I like the bands Japancakes and Japanther, so I probably have little room to comment.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Until such times as Alexei Lalas and John Harkes are not let loose upon the unsuspecting general public, your argument is invalid.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I know nothing about announcing, but I did not enjoy today’s announcers.
It may have just been their accents, though.
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The announcer in the Japan game had actually been kicked in the face by one of the Japanese players in the EPL. That was cool.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
The Japanese players foot collided with the face of the announcer.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
HEY ASSHOLES WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST SAY ABOUT DISCUSSING WORLD CUP STUFF IN THE WORLD CUP THREAD.
FUCKING HELL. I’M GOING TO START BANNING PEOPLE. STARTING WITH TWIST.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Umm… I didn’t reveal anything that happened in the game.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Snape kills Dumbledore
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Bruce Willis is dead.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Huh, I must’ve missed that episode of ‘Moonlighting’.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Jun 14, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
On second review, you’re absolutely right. It seems you’re the only one to have spoiled results here.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
What results did I spoil? That the Scottish announcer’s accent irritated me or that the only player I know on Japan’s team scored a fake goal that 33$$ made up?
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“Japan-demonium”
Seriously, that doesn’t tell me anything at all.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
What do you think it told you?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Whatever it is you think, you’re WRONG.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
An honest mistake, but
I think that headline makes the result of the game pretty clear…
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
I made a request as the person who’s on this site trying to write expansion posts and follow news updates on anything Cal-related 90% of the time to keep spoilers away from the DBD. We have a thread for that. Very sensible request.
I told you I’d be pissed if you didn’t follow them and spoiled results that I wanted to see later in the day. What exactly did you expect dipstick. Stop playing passive-aggressive Rishi, shut the fuck up about the World Cup on the DBD and I won’t be TURBO ME again. Thanks.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry for participating, dude. I honestly wasn’t really paying attention.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh no, I posted a headline on ESPN! That is most definitely deserving of your wrath!
I understand how the slip-up here cost you, but don’t act as if I maliciously came out there and ignored your kindly-worded request…
I’m sorry that I saw an entertainingly bad headline on espn and posted here, Next time, I’ll make sure to post that in a World Cup thread, where it will get one response.
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There you go again with the passive-aggressive me-first nonsense. Who gives a crap whether it gets one response or not? Will it hurt your feelings?
Sheesh. Don’t do it again.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Rishi! I like sandwiches! Do you like sandwiches? Sandwiches are delicious and tasty!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too! Did you hear about USC? They got massive punishment from the NCAA for cheating!!! nice tans from all the beautiful Southern California sunshine!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I really have no idea what you did at CC, but don’t bring your anger over here.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Suck the dick and move on, Spazzy.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Kinda curious as to whether this will get deleted.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I had the gall to talk about college football. THE GALL.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Maximus was from Spain, not from Gaul.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
The announcing so far has been great – what more do you want out of them?!?
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“stoatin”?
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Excellent or attractive. More commonly seen in use as a noun, as in: “That wee lassie’s a right stoatir.”
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Is there a word in English that it approximates?
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
No, not really.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I’m getting flashbacks to youth soccer. We had a Scottish coach one year. Sometimes, you had no idea where he wanted you to go or what he wanted you to do. I just remember lots of “wairs me right wing-ER?”
I’m guessing you were lying in the grass grabbing your ankle(s)
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I turned on the World Cup yesterday to hear a Scottish color guy, and said to my friend I have no idea who they’ve got but he sounds just like Ally McCoist. Little did I know how much…
I love Ally. Bad boy in extremis.
Scottish color guy
Scottish color guy is not the preferred nomenclature. Afro-Scottish, please.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
You’re crazy, it sounds great!!!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, GBA is by far our worst patriotic ditty. America the Beautiful is where it’s at.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
rec'd
Enough with the scratchy Kate Smith records, MLB!
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Boston takes 3-2 lead, one win away from Championship #18: Lakers fans are probably not happy campers
Kobe left on an island, rest of his team drowns. Silver Screen and Roll has more.
If you’re a Laker, you have but one request for the flight back to Los Angeles tomorrow morning: a seat other than the one next to Kobe Bryant. You don’t want to sit by him, you don’t want to look at him, you frankly shouldn’t be breathing the same air. Just find yourself a spot in the luggage hold, and stay out of his sight. The Mamba’s anger has been on a low simmer all playoffs long, and after tonight’s calamity, an 86 to 92 Game Five loss to the Boston Celtics, we can officially put Kobe on core-meltdown alert. He did what he could to keep the Lakers alive in this one, ripping off 38 points, but from his supporting cast exactly no one came even close to matching his effort or production.
Brink, meet the Lakers. Lakers, brink.
Quick observations:
I’m really disappointed in Gasol. That clown Rasheed (good post defender, but come on Pau, get the triangle going) and slow KG are taking him to school on both sides of the court. He got blocked by Tony Allen. TONY F’ING ALLEN. This is supposed to be the best offensive big man in the game, but he had a really sad stretch of games in Boston. If he plays like that in LA, they are done, and Chris Bosh might be on his way to Laker land.
Laker defense was so bad. Paul Pierce got to his sweet spot and hit a half-dozen jumpers; Artest never looked the same after Rondo cold-clocked him. Kobe backed off Rondo and gave him the space to operate. Celtics ran those semi-illegal screens the last two games and got a lot of guys wide open buckets. KG was all over the place in Game 5 and literally drained Pau’s confidence defensively as he kept on hitting those unguardable stepbacks.
That Celtic defense is monstrous when they’re on. They’re only on every other game, but it might be enough to win this series. It’s like playing basketball in a fucking tornado. Ray Allen played some of the best one-on-one defense I’ve ever seen on Kobe. That Bryant still scored 38 is a credit to his greatness.
People are going to criticize Kobe scoring 23 points in a row while the rest of his teammates dawdled, but I don’t really blame him—the rest of the team was sagging and they needed something to get them going. But LA couldn’t get a stop. Ever. The game was lost defensively again by LA, as it seems every one of their losses has been this postseason.
Should be an intense finish. Lakers need more triangle, Celtics need one more great game from the Big Four. Wouldn’t want to have it any other way.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 1:25 AM PDT reply actions
I’m going to blame Kobe for scoring 23 in a row.
It was one of the most impressive personal performances, but he completely took them out of their offense and failed to look for anyone – hell – I think it went 6-7 straight possessions where aside from the person who brought the ball up and a couple of occasions where he got stuck and needed to reset his dribble – Kobe broke the offense off and hit ridiculous shots. But in doing so – when he went to the bench at the end of the 3rd/start of the 4th – none of his teammates had a hand in the offense. If he had been able to involve Pau or Odom or Fisher or hell, Farmer, Sasha or RonRon (Say “Queensbridge!”) maybe they would’ve been able to climb closer when he got a rest.
I think the Lakers win game 6 back at Staples setting up a game 7.
I’m still rooting for a great series and entertaining basketball – and hope that one or two of these games go down to a last shot.
The biggest problem is that they were playing Kobe straight up for most of the game. No double teams. Just Allen on Kobe daring him to shoot and forcing the other guys to take tough shots. Bryant would pass it out early in the game to Farmar/Fisher/Ron, and then hit rim after being contested with their shot. So he took over the burden because one-on-one, he’s the best option to score with Pau not finishing at the hoop and everyone else setting up shop outside and clanging away.
Some of it’s on Bryant, but I think the offense has really regressed and a lot of that is on Gasol not coming up and making the triangle work on. They’re not placing the big men up top to set the cutters and movement off the ball. It’s a lot of screen and roll action because no Laker small guys are moving off the ball to get better looks, instead settling for jumpers they’re clanking and because Gasol is willing to sit behind and wait for the ball to come in rather than demanding it and making solid decisions with the ball.
They SHOULD play better in LA, but it was very disappointing to see them wither and settle into the 2008 offense. That Boston defense is maddening. I’m starting to see how the Cavs and Magic both fell to their might so meekly.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 1:50 AM PDT up reply actions
But we both agree ball movement is key for the Lakers to win, and that rock stopped most of the past two games. For some reason LA looked real tentative moving the ball in Boston.
Maybe this is the series the Ariza-Artest trade by signing finally catches up with them.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 1:57 AM PDT up reply actions
When Bad Artest starts showing up more and more – the balance of the trade is coming to bite you in the ass.
Last year he took the Rockets to the playoffs – playing with a healthy Yao. But not signing him was a very smart move. He is just so disruptive.
F*** The Celtics.
That said, their defense is f***ing tight as f***. Gotta give them that. it’s ridiculous. If the Lakers play up to their potential, they can beat the Celtics, but they’re too damned inconsistent. COME ON LAKERS, get your shizz together. Bynum did his part, Kobe did more than his share, now the rest of you F***ers wake the f*** up and do YOURS.
Dammit.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Ignoring the obvious jokes about eating or looking at NSFW pics…
The Celtic bigs are somewhat infamous for moving while setting their screens. Theoretically, you have to be completely set or motionless. Instead, you always see the Celtics big guys take a shuffle step or two (or three!) in the direction of the oncoming Laker defender. It’s illegal to block someone while moving (like in football). But for the most part, they get away with it.
To be fair, it’s fairly prevalent throughout the league and just about all teams do it to some extent when they run their offense. It’s almost the NBA – equivalent of speeding. The refs could call it every night if they wanted, but mostly ignore it.
Right, and I’m just thinking of the Maddenism of holding occuring on almost every single play, but refs only calling it every-so-often.
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Actually the NBA equivalent of speeding is travelling.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t be surprised if they call every one of those screens a foul in Game 6 to set up Game 7. Perk and KG could both have five fouls by the third quarter.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
racis
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Giants sweep the As, avenging previous sweep by the As of the Giants; thoughts on your team SF fans?
Brian Sabean didn’t want to start 2010 with Travis Ishikawa at first. No one really wanted the Giants to start 2010 with Travis Ishikawa at first. So Sabean went after Nick Johnson. That seemed like a great fit. Nick Johnson went somewhere else.
Fine. So Sabean went after Adam LaRoche. That seemed like a great fit. Adam LaRoche went somewhere else.
Fine. So Sabean went after Aubrey Huff, who was one of the least valuable players in baseball last year according to advanced metrics. Huff was the last player picked for dodgeball, toeing the dirt and trying to avoid eye contact. No one wanted Huff. He was a positionless player who hit like a shortstop in 2009. Sure, there was a small chance he could rebound to his 2008 form, but that wasn’t bloody likely.
So, wow. Welcome, Aubrey Huff. Whatever baseball thetans were dragging you down last year, we’re all glad that you expunged them. It’s a little early to start talking about that six-year extension just yet, but Huff has been the most pleasant surprise this season — maybe tied with the greatest leadoff hitter in the game, Andres Torres.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:01 AM PDT reply actions
They hit some dingerz.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 6:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but how many zeroes does your attendance end with?!
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 7:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Hate to break it to you t-bread but there isn't a difference in number of zeros between
15,000 and 35,000 or 2,000,000 and 3,000,000. Same number of zeros. Gotta bring it better than that baby-T.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 7:35 AM PDT up reply actions
DAMN, FOILED AGAIN!
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Regardless, I'd rather have actually won something, other than attendence 'records', before running my mouth. More garlic fries Giants fans.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Didn't know you couldnt hear while you were typing on your blackberry and/or checking emails.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I was too focused on updating my facebook status to “OMG AT GIANTS GAME GO GIANTS” to pay attention.
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silly Rishi
park wi-fi= take your laptop, just don’t spill whine in it. LOL WHINE AND CHEEZ FANS
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"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I would, but how am I supposed to enjoy my garlic fries and syrah if my hands are occupied on my iBook
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you are a sucky Ginats fan
LOL NOT ORDRING SUSHI GOES WITH WHITE WHINE LULZ
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
You know, all this talk is making me kinda hungry.
I wonder if any place in FiDi has good garlic fries.
7
I want some sushi.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s nice to know, but it does me little good.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Hotaro in San Mateo is very good for the price.
Ray’s in Hayward is pretty good. Their trendy rolls are a little overpriced(unless you like those type of creations), but their fish quality is decent.
MASU IN SAN MATEO
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by GoldBlooded on Jun 14, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
thanks for the visit
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions
RI$HI LUVS TEH RINGZXZZZ!!1111!!
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Congrats to the Giants on evening up the season series.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 7:14 AM PDT up reply actions
serious question re midseason exhibition series
On Saturday, the weather was as good as it could possibly be for a night game in the Bay Area. A’s fans had the chance to boo Barry Zito for his perfidy. Giants fans had the chance to enjoy watching Rajai Davis play baseball again.
Announced attendance mustered by these teams for this game: 36K.
LOL INTERLEAGUE “EXCITEMENT”
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions
36k. Way to sell out the ball game Giants "fans." Attendance blah blah blah...
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions
that's the point
Not only do Giants fans not want to watch the A’s, A’s fans couldn’t be bothered to get on the train. BLOOD HATRED RIVALRY FTW
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Mystics.
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I have some thoughts on their team, but I’m not an SF fan, so I’ll just keep them to myself.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
As fans, do you hate your roster?
When I looked this up, I nearly barfed. Huff and Uribe were each signed to one-year deals, Huff for $3million and Uribe for $3.25million. That’s what the A’s would have had to outbid — and come on, outbid it by 25% and you will get a player to sign even with Oakland — to create this possible lineup:
Davis – CF
Barton – 1B
Huff – LF
Kouzmanoff – 3B
Cust – DH
Sweeney – RF
Suzuki – C
Uribe – SS
Ellis – 2B
Instead the A’s spent 1.5 times than that for Coco Crisp, are anxiously trying to get Eric Chavez on a rehab assignment, and have kept Patterson and Fox on the roster for now 65 straight games. But it’s ok, because the World Cup is on, right Billy?
Fittingly Rajai Davis, who was released by the Giants and eagerly snatched up by the A’s, got himself inexplicably doubled off 2B on a liner to CF to end the game and give San Francisco the sweep.
Am I saying “ZOMG the A’s clearly should have signed Huff and Uribe!!!111”? No. It’s just frustrating to watch the A’s get beaten by exactly the kind of players the A’s need — left fielders and shortstops who are actually productive and/or dangerous hitters.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:03 AM PDT reply actions
If you are offering
Rajai and Suzuki for Molina, Rowand, and Renteria, I accept on behalf of Brain Sabean.
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions
lolno
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Suzuki doesn't hit dingerzzz
and Molina is the most greatest pitcher-handler in the world. SCIENCE
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"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
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by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions
“Dinger” is pretty much the funniest name for a home run.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Even funnier than 4-bagger
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
What about dong, indeed.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Niners fans, would you draft Alex Smith in your fantasy league?
I’m not saying draft Alex Smith and rely on him to be your weekly fantasy QB1, it’s hard having success in fantasy football wihtout an insurance policy at QB. What I recommend doing is draft a QB in round 7/8/9, then grab Smith in round 11. If Smith pans out, you’ll still need a QB to plug in during his bye week. If Smith stinks, you were wise enough to take a QB sooner, and only wasted an 11th round pick. After the jump, I’ll get in Smith’s favourable match-ups, list some other late round QBs, and look at great pairings for Alex Smith in your QB rotation. Before the jump, I’m going to bold face forecast the fantasy production of Alex Smith for 2010. Fantasy Forecast 2010: 3,250 Pass Yards, 24 PaTDs, 12 INTs; 110 Rush Yards, 1 RuTD, 2 FL.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:04 AM PDT reply actions
Why didn't the Raiders sign a left tackle?
The O-Line is yours Coach and, after taking a hard look at our Offensive Tackles, I’m compelled to ask why we haven’t signed Jared Gaither who is arguably one of the League’s top 6 LOTs, in the ranks of Cleveland’s Joe Thomas, Miami’s Jake Long, New England’s Sebastian Vollmer, New York Jet’s D’Brickashaw Ferguson, and possibly Baltimore’s Mike Oher.
Jared Gaither signed his tender, a one-year, $2.4 million contract w/the Ravens, on June 7th.
Let’s be honest with ourselves, our OTs are our weakest link on the entire team. Mario Henderson, we are told, will do much better this season (with the departure of the ‘five-pat-qb who shall remain unnamed). But are we so confident as to risk another 2009 performance at this crucial position? Is the health of Jason Campbell and Bruce Gradkowski to be placed in Henderson’s care? We heard your lament about the scarcity of OTs, that they are in short supply vs. the need for them; but, here’s one that will upgrade us instantly!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:06 AM PDT reply actions
Sharks fans, how much would you pay for Pavelski?
Fortunately, Pavelski didn’t let it get that far. Joe Thornton found Dany Heatley between the circles, and after Craig Anderson made a marvelous save in-tight on the Canadian sniper, Pavelski quickly jumped on the rebound and rifled the shot into the back of the net to send HP Pavilion into a frenzy. The comeback would be complete later that night with an overtime goal by Devin Setoguchi, but no score rang louder during the entire Sharks postseason than Pavelski’s in the dying seconds of that game two.
As it turns out, he was just getting started.
From a game four winner against Colorado in overtime, to back to back two-goal affairs against the Detroit Red Wings that led to a 2-0 series lead the Sharks would never surrender, Pavelski ended his 2010 postseason with 9 goals, 8 assists, 17 points, a +6, and 3 game-winners. He led the team in four out of those five categories (Boyle taking the assist crown with 12), and was a monumental influence in all assets of the game.
To let him go after such a remarkable postseason would be lunacy, and by all accounts, Pavelski remains one of the most important re-signings Sharks General Manager Doug Wilson will make this offseason. Estimates have ranged from $3.0MM-$6.0MM for his services, with hypothetical roster compilations becoming more and more dependent on his compensation level with each passing day.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:07 AM PDT reply actions
Is the Warriors greatest big man ever...gulp...Tyrone Hill?
Is it sad to say that the greatest “big man” in Warriors history might be Tyrone Hill?
Tyrone Hill, the final lottery pick of the 1990 draft, only played three seasons with the Warriors and went on to have a productive career epitomized by his one all-star appearance in 1995.
Aside from Tyrone Hill, the Warriors have been relatively bad at picking and developing big men. Victor Alexander, Carlos Rogers, Erick Dampier, Todd Fuller, Ike Diogu, Patrick O’Bryant, Andris Biedrins, Brandan Wright, and Anthony Randolph…there are probably plenty more that I’ve left out.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:09 AM PDT reply actions
There's also this guy
Albeit his best years were with the Celts
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Should the Kings take Favors if they can get him or Cousins?
Derrick Favors will work out for the Kings today. I can’t really say he is working out with DeMarcus Cousins, although Cousins will also be working out for the Kings today. It’s not really one workout. It’s two simultaneous workouts. It’s like China Mieville’s novel The City and The City. I’m not sure Cousins and Favors are even allowed to look at each other, let alone guard each other.
I know why Cousins is working out for the Kings: it’s about 50-50 in current thinking he’ll be on the board and available at No. 5. The Kings taking Cousins at No. 5 is no sure thing, so Cousins needs to convince the Kings he’s worth the so-called risk. Cousins working out for the Kings is equivalent to Tyreke Evans working out for the Kings last year.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:10 AM PDT reply actions
Favors isn’t getting by the Nets, from what I’ve been seeing. I’m not sure how I feel about that either, to be honest.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 6:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Dodgers swept by halos. Dodgers fans, how much do you hate the Angels?
The Dodgers fell behind early and, although they staged quite a late-inning comeback, fell to the Angels 6-5, completing the series sweep for Anaheim.
Carlos Monasterios struggled with his control, throwing just 38 of his 69 pitches for strikes, and he didn’t make it out of the third inning. He allowed four runs on seven hits and three walks against just two strikeouts in his 2 2/3 innings. Monasterios faced 16 batters, and allowed a three-ball count to seven of them. Those seven hitters accounted for three walks, a single, and a home run.
Jeff Weaver, pitching for the first time in a week, followed Monasterios and pitched 2 1/3 innings, turning today’s game into an unscheduled Weaver vs. Weaver battle. Jeff and Jered started against one another last June 20 but that was in Anaheim. Today marked the first time either brother faced each other in the batters box. Jeff got first crack, batting against Jered Weaver in the bottom of the third inning, but his younger brother struck him out looking with a fastball. In the next half inning, Jered put the ball in play against Jeff, grounding out to second base.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:12 AM PDT reply actions
Effing Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim. First of all, that’s akin to the Los Angeles Giants of San Francisco. So wrong. Second, they’re managed by a great former Dodger. Third, they seem to have the Dodgers’ number every year.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jun 14, 2010 6:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate the Angels very, very much. I really want to stop losing to them every time we play, please.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
you hate the Angels
and, well, who doesn’t really, but is it a “rivalry”? As opposed to just 3 games where a bunch of irritating people (more irritating than what is normally in Fodger Stadium anyway) root for the away team?
It’s one thing to hate losing to a team regularly (cf. SF v. SD this year/always) but do you or others of your ilk think of it as a “rivalry”?
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"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
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by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Rivalry… eh, yes and no. It’s not simply that they keep beating us in head-to-head matches, but that it’s embarrassing to lose to them. The Dodgers are LA’s team, and they always will be. The Angels are like an annoying little brother or something. But worse because they’re not actually related. I mean, it’s a very Orange County fanbase still, but of late they have these pretensions of challenging the Dodgers for LA supremacy or what have you, and while it’s preposterous, having them beat our team so consistently makes us look bad.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Around the sports world: Vince Young suspected in assault in strip club in Dallas
Music City Miracles (w/ video):
Vince Young was attempting to exchange cash when someone made an upside down Hook’em Horns, which caused him to react.
Young has received a citation for Class C assault, punishable by a fine of up to $500.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:14 AM PDT reply actions
Stephen Strasburg: Will he rejuvenate baseball?
Strabsurg’s debut, in front of a crowd of over 40,315, was followed the next day by a game against the same Pittsburgh Pirates which (in part due to the threat of rain), drew just 18,876. Or take for example the attendance at Progressive Field on Sunday for Strasburg’s second start. In the previous two games, the Indians drew 22,041 on Friday night and 19,484 on Saturday to a park that according to ESPN.com’s calculations, has drawn a league-worst average of 16,023, and Sunday sold tickets to 32,876.
Strasburg = box office.
And television ratings. Washington Post D.C.Sports Bog writer Dan Steinberg reported in a post-Strasmas post entitled, “Strasburg debut smashes MASN ratings record”, that even with 40,000 strong in Nationals Park for Strasburg’s debut, MASN drew an audience, “…more than three times higher than the previous best-rated Nats broadcast in franchise history, and almost 700 percent over the season-to-date average.” Strasburg made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. TBS picked up a random Nationals/Indians game just because Strasburg would be on the mound, and the MLB Network is scheduled air Friday’s start against the White Sox outside of the DC market.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:17 AM PDT reply actions
Lebron endorsing Tom Izzo for coach?
But there was a pertinent development Sunday night in the Izzo saga, when the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reported on its website that LeBron James would not oppose Izzo’s hiring after it was previously reported that James prefers to play for a coach who has played in the NBA.
The Plain Dealer, quoting what it termed a “high-level source,” said James would “100 percent” endorse Izzo’s hiring.
It remains to be seen what impact that sentiment will have on Izzo’s decision, given that Izzo’s hesitation in accepting Cleveland’s five-year, $30 million offer is believed to stem mostly from the fact that James becomes a free agent July 1…
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:19 AM PDT reply actions
What are the movies you'd recommend that nobody's heard of?
AskReddit provides a few. CGBers, recommend any of these? And provide some of your own!
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Gattaca
The Seven Samurai
City of Lost Children
Brazil
Cube
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Man From Earth
Tombstone
In Bruges
Ghost Dog
Dark City
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:26 AM PDT reply actions
Movies on that list that I F***ING LOVE, LOVE, LOVE:
Gattaca. AWESOME flick.
Cube. HOLY CRAP you need to see that movie.
Movies that are awesome:
The Seven Samurai
Pan’s Labyrinth
Tombstone
Ghost Dog
Every movie I’ve listed is worth seeing at least twice. DO IT.
P.S. You should also see In Bruges. Quality flick.
This movie also tells me that my taste in movies is clearly skewed away from the norm, as these are movies that apparently “no one ’s heard of.”
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
Also, "Princess Mononoke."
Weird, but worth seeing t least twice.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
the seven samurai is my second favorite movie of all time (aside from empire strikes back)
I probably watch it about once a month.
I’ve heard of …all.. of those
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 6:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve heard of more than half of those. All are good.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
What foods have looked so tantalizing when advertised but disappointed you when they were put in front of you?
Would you still eat any of these?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:27 AM PDT reply actions
You kidding?
you know I’d eat all of them.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 6:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I concur.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 6:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes please.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 7:24 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL failure pile in a sadness bowl
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by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Website of the week (SFW)
Hot Chicks With Stubbed Toes Making Sex Faces
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:28 AM PDT reply actions
good lord avi, that is silly.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jun 14, 2010 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
CGB parents, are you raising douchebags? Were you raised a douchebag? Or do you know people who are raising little douchebags?
Alas, convenient as it might be, we can’t blame the children. “There’s no such thing as a spoiled gene,” says parenting expert Michele Borba, author of Don’t Give Me That Attitude! “The brat factor is all learned.” Which means that if you’re the dad pushing Junior around in a limited-edition Bugaboo stroller by Bas Kosters ($2,000), carrying a Louis Vuitton diaper bag ($1,380), and checking in at a members-only parenting club like Citi-babes in Manhattan (annual membership: $2,000), your offspring are probably developing some serious entitlement issues. Just read the news. The Wall Street Journal recently reported on the rise of sixth-grade “fashion bullies” who terrorize peers who don’t wear Junior Dolce & Gabbana. Then there was the New York Times article on youngsters—4-year-olds!—who fancy themselves collectors of highly coveted works of art.
It’s not just about money, though. Since the nineties, a surge in overprotective parenting has promoted discussion over discipline and made leisure activities contingent upon nanny CPR training (have you ever even considered letting your kid play with a pocket knife or a rusty Flexible Flyer, never mind have a paper route?).
In 1999, Katie Allison Granju wrote a book, Attachment Parenting, about the virtues of catering to the needs and emotions of the very young, from breast-feeding-on-demand to co-sleeping. While she still advocates that approach, she also believes that society tries to turn babies into children too fast and then treats older kids much like babies. Her forthcoming book is titled Let Them Run With Scissors: How Over-Parenting Hurts Children, Parents and Society. “We no longer allow children to have personal autonomy, to experience hard knocks, or to take real risks,” she says. “The result is a nation of overweight, overindulged, overly neurotic kids who whine and moan and often can’t function on their own.”
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:32 AM PDT reply actions
My service to society
I actually just go up and take stuff away from babies I feel are developing a sense of entitlement… Candy, strollers, teething toys, puppies…. Just walk up, take em away and slap their respective parent for trying to bring up another “special little guy or girl”…
You’re welcome
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Well done.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I get to say "NO" a lot.
and then “what did I just say?”
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jun 14, 2010 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
That sounds familiar. Also, “don’t interrupt me,” “don’t say ‘I know’ because if you knew, you wouldn’t have done it,” “you don’t have to eat your vegetables, just like I don’t have to give you dessert,” etc.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat?
You. Yes you, laddie!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jun 14, 2010 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
You behind the grandstands! Stand still laddie!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
They could have used you at the Algeria – Slovenia game.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
pics or you are mommy
HAWT
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"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
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by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
If my daughter ever replies “pics or you are mommy” …I’m not sure if I would be annoyed or a little proud.
LOLOL I hope you find out someday :)
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Karate Kid beats A-Team at the box office. Which movies did you watch this weekend and what did you think?
KarateKid In what had looked to be a tight battle of ’80s brand names, a team of mercenaries was decimated by a 11 year-old.
Sony Pictures’ remake of “The Karate Kid” starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan opened to an excellent $56 million, according to a studio estimate, while 20th Century Fox’s big screen version of TV show “The A-Team” starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and Jessica Biel debuted to a soft but not terrible $26 million.
Pre-release polling had indicated that the two new films would be in a tight race for first place at the box office in the $30-million to $35-million range, with “Karate Kid” drawing more families and “The A-Team” mostly guys.
But Sony’s film got off to a surprisingly strong start on Friday, indicating that it played as well to adults as to children, and expanded on its 2 to 1 advantage over “The A-Team” on Saturday as families attended matinees.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:36 AM PDT reply actions
I saw A-Team, Get Him to the Greek, and Karate Kid all in a row on one ticket on Saturday. Yes, I’m a terrible scourge on the movie industry. Here are YF’s one-line reviews:
The A-Team: So awesome beyond my wildest dreams that I went home and immediately ordered the entire original series on DVD even though I already own boxed sets of Seasons 1 and 2.
Get Him to the Greek: Exactly what you’d expect, which means it was entertaining in spots but downright awkward in others.
Karate Kid: Also exactly what you’d expect – and when would I learn how to do a huracanrana if I were to take up Kung Fu with Jackie Chan?
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 6:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I liked Forgetting Sarah Marshall a lot more, if only because Jason Segel’s character seems a lot easier to relate to than Aldous Snow. And I can only take so much Jonah Hill.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 7:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Super Bad was a million times better than both those movies
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 7:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m really not feeling that new Michael Cera fighting/video game/dating/whatever movie though. That just looks completely retarded.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Why not use the A-Team, eh?
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Do you actually care about the reviews for something as awesome as the A-Team? I was on the subway a few days ago and some white people were all like, “Oh, the A-Team was before my generation and I heard it’s a dumb guy movie and blah blah blah and let’s go see The Killers.”
And that’s when I realized absolutely 100% of the posts on stuffwhitepeoplelike.com are true.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve seen a few episodes of the A Team and believe it to be awesome. I’m just worried that, if not made properly, it will sully my good memories.
7
It was made entirely properly.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions
That actually looks fun. One of the few Michael Cera movies that does look halfway decent.
In other words, Go Bears!
I get the feeling that it’s the kind of movie that I would have been really excited about ten years ago. Not that I’m trying to imply anything about you, but it just doesn’t have any appeal to me.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Kinda like the Hangover
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
No.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I loved the Hangover. But I’m not just not into crazy videogame pun teenage dating movies.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Same damn jokes, just different people
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
The jokes get old.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Same frat humor like the gillions of frat humor movies before it
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, if you are an unfunny person.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, true, all the people who loved the Hangover cannot achieve the heights of humour that you’ve achieved.
7
I’m glad we agree.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Old School > Wedding Crashers >>> The Hangover 4 me. Not sure if The Hangover even makes my triumvirate of summer comedies since Superbad/Dodgeball/Talladega Nights really made me lol.
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Parts of The Hangover was def hilarious (Tyson’s Tiger? Genius). My main issue had to do w/ Zach Galifianakis. I think he’s hilarious, but his type of comedy comes from the uncomfortable school/BBC The Office. It took me awhile to get into it. Jonah Hill was over the top and much more accessible in Superbad.
Then again, it might just be bec I’m an overweight, 55+, hormonally charged man who loves recruiting. No wonder I love Dodgeball and White Goodman.
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Get him to the Greek was awesome just for the scene in Las Vegas with the Jeffries.
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That’s true. I want a furry wall.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions
the songs are pretty righteous
not the best movie of all time, but a fun afternoon on a foggy day.
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by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions
You’re not a terrible scourge. I am for not going to any of those films.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I saw A-Team, Get Him to the Greek, and Karate Kid all in a row on one ticket on Saturday. Yes, I’m a terrible scourge on the movie industry.
My brother works at the local cinemark, and told me that tickets make close to zero money. the move theaters are all banking on concessions, no joke. this is why there’s usually no security guard to prevent theater-hopping, they just don’t care since most of the ticket money goes towards paying the movie studio, screening rights, etc. so, if you do feel bad for theater hopping, buy a bag of popcorn at 4000% markup, and you’ll be making your theater happy, if not the movie execs ;)
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by GoldBlooded on Jun 14, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll purchase stuff from the theatre concession stand when they either a) learn economies of scale, or b) offer something healthy.
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Mini Buttergingers and gallons of Popcorn aren’t healthy??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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by CruzinBears on Jun 14, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
You can get them separately now? My theatre only offers butterfinger-covered fried popcorn and the smallest size is five gallons.
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I worked at a movie theater in high school, and that’s what I learned while there too. Actually, I worked at the concession stands, and what I also learned was to never buy anything from the concession stands because most of the kids manning those things are unsanitary and don’t know what the hell they’re doing.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
The way that I think about it is this – if you can get away with it, who cares? I mean, the high school kid working the ticket booth making minimum wage isn’t going to go out of his way to call the cops on you if he sees you with it later. He might tell you to stop as a perfunctory measure, but would he actually do something? I don’t think so.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
My dad and I used to sneak beers into the local theater. We’d wait for explosions/gunfire to pop open the tops. Made the movies a loooot more enjoyable.
BLAM BLAM BLAM *psssschnk* BLAM BLAM
hahaha
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude. I wanna hang out with your dad.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Has he seen the A-team yet? I’ll get him a ticket (he qualifies for a Senior ticket, right?) if he brings the beer. There should be plenty of explosions and gunfire to cover up our drinking :)
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh this is going to be an interesting conversation…
“Hey Dad, one of my internet buddies wants to ask you out on a movie date. He’ll treat you to the A-team if you bring beer. What? Disowned? C’mon now…all that shouting can’t be good for your blood pressure…”
Just to be clear, it’s just a bro date! No funny business. Apart from the hanging out with your dad part.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
What? Now my dad isn’t good enough for you? Kinda wrong, man. You haven’t even met him yet and you’re already doing the “hey-let’s just be friends” deal.
Haha, I think I was in a no-win situation there.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it possible to re-program your dad so that he likes me?
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Is he more of a lager guy, or an ale guy, or what?
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
You see – there’s your problem. Always trying to fix things instead of asking him what he really wants.
I was asking what he wants
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven’t sat in a movie theater in 2.5 years
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
T-bred, you should inch away slowly
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jun 14, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
…but it’s vision is based on movement.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
The latter.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I was unable to sit upright w/o pain for more than a few minutes for most of that time.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, they have a massive markup on soda and popcorn.
Movie theatres also lose money on movies. They make it back on DVD sales and, most most most importantly, licensing deals (which is why superhero movies are HUGE!)
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Excuse me that should read “movie studios lose money on movies.”
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Not all movies – low budget movies might be made with the expectation that they’ll make money in retail on DVDs and the like, but obviously blockbusters make more than they cost. I’m pretty sure Avatar didn’t cost 1 billion to make, after all.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Budget of a movie, only covers the production costs, right? I don’t believe it includes the marketing costs, which can be significant for a film of the magnitude of Avatar.
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Still didn’t cost 1 billion.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve just read a few books on the economics of hollywood. Studios are not studios. They are giant entertainment clearinghouses. So, a movie is a creation of an entertainment concept that trickles down a thousand different ways to create profit. It’s very complicated and beyond my comprehension.
I am more than happy to recommend the books for you. Very interesting!
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my vague understanding of film industry accounting
is that in a bit of legerdemain, the cuts given to actors are taken “above the line”. So in many cases a movie with “no profit” has already paid back all the stars/directors/whomever were in line for a cut of the gross.
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by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
No movies, but fell in love with "Party Down" on Starz
Anyone else seen this T.V. show? I went through like 15 episodes this weekend, and it was epically hilarious…. Too bad I don’t have Starz at my house :(
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Yep, we watched pretty much every episode that is available on Comcast On Demand and I did not find a single one that did not make me laugh out loud… I really like the mix of ridiculous characters all played by semi-famous comedian actors (meaning they’ve had a handful of noticeable roles in movies/shows)…
I was pleasantly surprised to find out it is produced by Paul Rudd (among others) and the second season has several episodes directed by Fred Savage
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by CruzinBears on Jun 14, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t see any movies this weekend. I want to see A-Team soon.
However I did see Russell Peters live. And it was fucking hilarious.
In other words, Go Bears!
Yep. It seemed like he made them up on the spot but you can’t be sure. Quite a lot of jokes that I dare not say here for fear of offending. Some idiot brought her two kids to the show (12y.o and 14y.o) and he totally humiliated them. The 14y.o. turned extremely red and was pulling his t-shirt down as if he was covering up a boner haha
In other words, Go Bears!
Yes, repeat them. We will judge Russell Peters, and not you.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Is it time for Star Trek to return to TV?
The televisual grounds are fertile for a new Trek installment. With Lost, 24 and Ugly Betty all off the air, and Sci-Fi smash Battlestar Galactica’s cultural influence ebbing, viewers will be hungry for compelling action, adventure and romance. And space presents endless possibilities. But what would be appealing to people who have fond Trek memories, although aren’t rabid fans? The people like me [men 19-49] who can bring in big ratings? I asked some of my peers that exact question.
A new series would need to address timely, relevant questions. How does the Utopia-esque Federation of Planets incorporate its globes and colonies? How do you balance innate cultures with the Federation’s lofty ideals? “Star Trek is all about finding new cultures and, when possible, adding them to the Federation,” wondered my friend Teelin. “In the stories it always is a good thing, but in reality whenever that happens we force religion and bring smallpox.” The Federation would become the European Union of a fictionalized future.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:37 AM PDT reply actions
If this happens, PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME if you hear about auditions. I would do anything to be on a Star Trek show.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Finally, in honor of rags...don't take your daughter to In-N-Out too soon
High-meat diets among young girls may lower the age at which they reach puberty, potentially putting them at greater risk for life-threatening diseases, according to a new British study.
The University of Bristol study, published in the latest issue of Public Health Nutrition, shows that girls who ate more meat and protein at the ages of 3 and 7 were more likely to have started menstruating by the age of 12 1/2 years.
The early onset of puberty puts women at greater risk of developing diseases including breast cancer, ovarian cancer and heart disease.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:41 AM PDT reply actions
More likely to have started by 12 1/2. It’s not saying that girls w/ meat-heavy diets started entering puberty at 12 1/2, it said that they started entering puberty earlier.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Orangebloods/Chip Brown now reporting that Texas will commit to 10-member Big 12
Chip Brown Twitter, 28 minutes ago
Here is the latest bombshell in college realignment: Texas willing to commit to 10-member Big 12. …
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
From the orangebloods article linked above
In a bombshell development that could bring a halt to seismic changes in college realignment, sources tell Orangebloods.com Texas has been convinced by a plan presented by commissioner Dan Beebe to stay in a 10-member Big 12.
UT officials are expected to announce their decision to remain in the Big 12 as early as Monday.Such a move would appear to end a courtship between Texas and the Pac-10, which all but seemed solidified as of Friday when Nebraska announced it was heading to the Big Ten and Colorado had a press conference with its new commissioner – Larry Scott of the Pac-10.
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Have put up a short front page post about this, but there is an ESPN story that says the exact opposite. So, I am very confused!
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Chip Brown keeps the "Big 12 is alive" theme going
Tweeted at about 1:20 ET
An announcement that a remodeled Big 12 will survive with a new television deal could be announced as early as Monday, sources say.
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awesome
Big 10= 12 teams
Big 12= 10 teams
NCAAF jumps shark!
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by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Saw this at the Civic Center USA-England Watching Party on Saturday. MOST DISTURBING THING EVER! A TRUE ABOMINATION! AVERT YOUR GAZE! FORCE WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO LEAVE THE ROOM! DON’T LOOK AT THIS PHOTO ON AN EMPTY STOMACH!
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I CAN’T BELIEVE SOMEONE HAD THE NERVE TO CREATE A DAMIN 666 JERSEY!
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 7:26 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s not as tasteless as the person who had a Manchester United replica shirt printed up with the number 96 and the “name” Not Enough – in reference to the number of Liverpool fans who died at Hillsborough.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I hope someone wearing a Tyson Alualu jersey knocked him off his bike.
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by Ohio Bear on Jun 14, 2010 7:27 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I was wrong
I always thought those furdies had a stick up their ass. Turns out, it’s a bicycle, instead.
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
Nnamdi Asomugha guestwrites today's MMQ
Peter King is out on leave, so our very own Cal Alum steps in for what has hilariously been nicknamed “Monday Morning Cornerback”.
Have not read yet, but thought I’d share. [1]
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It's really good
It’s an “Advice To Rookies” column. One of his pearls of wisdom:
Be smarter than you were the day before. This is where the mental part of the game comes into play. The tendency for young players is to rely solely on their athletic ability. Big … Huge … Enormous mistake. Understanding your role and the role of others around you will be extremely beneficial to your development as a player. Make it a point to learn something new with each day. The game will slow down for you, I promise. I didn’t immediately grasp this concept, but once I did, I felt like I was playing a completely different game. Like I had the cheat code that my opponents couldn’t figure out.
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I don’t understand this one:
• Stay out of the training room as much as you can. Sometimes you can’t help it, and that’s fine. Basically, do all of your necessary stretching and stay hydrated because an injury can make things very tricky. If one comes, shift your focus to getting better as soon as you can. As they say, “You can’t make the club in the tub.”
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Training room = trainers' room = implied that you are injured = you can't make the team if you are always in the tub soaking your body injury after injury.
What sports did you ever play? Fairly easy to get this one Sir Rishi.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I think he’s saying that if you’re in the training room all the time for what the coaches/players perceive as little nicks, the perception is that you’re soft or not a guy that plays through pain.
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I can see how you could/would interpret it that way.
Maybe he should have used the word Trainer’s room instead of Training room.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 14, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
BOOM; Nnamdi'd!
JL: What profession would you not like to participate in?
Me: I wouldn’t want to be a lawyer or a judge.
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JL: What team would you least like to play for?
Me: Cleveland Browns. Who wants to move to Ohio, of all places?
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by Rishi on Jun 14, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That’s cuz Nnamdi hasn’t seen Columbus in its fully glory in the fall when the students return to campus. BOOM
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My concurrence with solarise is based on my personal observations from the many times I’ve been on campus.
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http://ohiostatekappa.webs.com/social.htm (NSFW)
http://ohiostatekappa.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=7749637 (NSFW)
Went w/ carp’s preference this time
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Rishi, honey, can you please set up your crazy ass footnotes so that they open in another window? It just screwed up my ctl-Zing of ALL the comments above. Now I’m never going to get to the pool! DAMN YOU.
She's caring and kind and would have married Hitler.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
These sound like it was aimed at me:
Not interesting OR funny. Why the hell do you continue to post this stuff?
LEARN GRAMMER MORANS
Maybe he should go coach Avinash’s Squiddich team.
No. One. Cares.
Why are you such an attention whore?
I’m a PC and my English blows goats.
Seriously, what a failure of an attempt at being funny. Irreverence is great, but stupidity gets old, even on TwistNHook.
rec begging. like a peasant. A PEASANT.
In other words, Go Bears!
A few of them, probably. But I’m sooooo not going back through the 288+ flags individually just to be sure. Not even if you drove down here to CA, bought out Bev Mo, and plied me with an endless stream of booze and rented bikini babes.
I can say with certainty that not all of them were directed at you.
Seriously, what a failure of an attempt at being funny. Irreverence is great, but stupidity gets old, even on TwistNHook.
Pretty sure that one was directed at TwistNHook
rec begging. like a peasant. A PEASANT.
That one is under the section of flags directed at CGB’s most prolific flagger; how you thought that was directed at you is significantly beyond my comprehension.
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...
But it’s under a headline of “And just for a little balance…Is it better to give than to receive?”, mixed amongst a bunch of flags directed at me.
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There was a gap between “Rishi does not look good in anything, especially formal clothes” and “Causing a recession” so I assumed it was a new section. Though to be fair I should’ve realized that “Causing a recession” is definitely you.
In other words, Go Bears!
I finished the 1st season of LOST yesterday...
Just two words acronyms: WTF and OMG.
Can’t wait to see the 2nd season soon. Thank god for Netflix instant streaming!
In other words, Go Bears!
Great episode.
And now I’m curious about the hatch. I called the whole Others needing Walt thing though.
In other words, Go Bears!
So what do you think the Others are? And how does Dharma fit into all this?
Season 1 speculation was the best speculation :D
I think the Others are other survivors from the plane crash. When Boone was in that plane using the radio he called out “We are the survivors of Oceanic 815” and I swear I heard the response “we are the survivors of Oceanic 815”.
Who/What is Dharma?
In other words, Go Bears!
Vegas Review
first time going and it was a meh experience. I’d give vegas a 5.5 out of 10.
Excess- 2/10 stars. Too crowded. Too many douchebags. One guy who I got talking to ended up getting escorted out by bouncers for some credit card issues. Ya. Awesome.
Tryst – 6/10 stars. Not as crowded. Cool waterfall.
Palms Place pool – 1/10 stars. BOOOORING. But there was some “famous” person there with his entourage. Couldn’t figue out who the dude was so famous in quotes.
Bachelorette parties- Spending more than 6 hours solely in the company of women is not recommended.
Weather – 70 degrees and windy after 1p on Saturday. :((( Severely limited pool time.
Fire Starkey. You... complete me.
But how were the prices/food?
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
There are other things to do in Vegas too.
Gambling, shows, restaurants, shopping… you didn’t do any of that?
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Gambling, fine. Shows, sure, if you’re into that kinda stuff.
But who goes to Vegas for the restaurants or shopping?
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Actually, a lot of people may not go to Vegas purely for shopping, but a lot of people do shop there. More than you’d think. There are a lot of high end stores there.
And restaurants, again, people may not go purely for the restaurants, but once people are there, people will go to the restaurants. There are a lot of high end restaurants and celebrity chefs there.
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I know about that. I’ve been to these high-end restaurants and they are really good. I’ve been to the high-end shopping places and though I can’t afford too many things, it’s fun to browse.
It’s just not a priority in my Vegas experience. Nightlife, gambling, shows, touring hotels, pool parties, etc. are up there.
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LOTS of people go for the restaurants and shopping. and never set foot in a casino or nightclub except to walk through on the way to the elevator to their room. I am shocked by these people, but they exist in droves.
But if you live in a place like the Bay Area, why go to Vegas for restaurants and shopping. I mean, if you live in Ohio or Wyoming, sure… but not if you’re from SF.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Start at the Palazzo and work your way through the Wynn.
Lanvin, Louboutin, Jimmy Choo, Manolo, Dior, Alexander McQueen, etc. (etc. etc.), none of which we have in the Bay Area. The shopping truly is the best designer shopping in the US outside of NY.
I love how you pretend it’s the wife who would have the spending issue.
by Scootie on Jun 14, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I might love to look, but I’m not stupid enough to buy. I’m not dropping $1,800 on a jacket. Don’t forget my heritage now!
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That’s just wrong, man. I’m sure there are at least some Indians who would drop $1800 on a jacket and be proud of it!
Twist isn’t Indian, he just plays one on the Internet.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate to break it to you like this, but he’s just a white dude with excessive body hair and a creepily extensive knowledge of Indian culture.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Holiday Inn Express, if you’re quoting the commercials.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Triple-breasted, I bet.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, you really know nothing about me. Less than the rest of the people here.
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It’s true. You would drop the $1800 but you’d feel guilty.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions
and becoming their friend!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Vegas sucks.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
You sucks.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not into gambling or prostitution or strip shows or anything like that. I can drink alcoholic beverages or go to bars/clubs here in California. I understand the appeal of going to a wild party town and using the trip as an excuse to live it up with a bit of excess from time to time, but I find it completely unnecessary.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
You still sucks.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I do at that.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
You think that now…
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I may have lost whatever sway I might have had with my anti-saxophone views. Sorry, dude.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
rec'd, to be contrary.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
recd for truth
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Are we allowed to agree now?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
No.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
blah blah something inane blah blah noncontroversial blah blah
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Look, let’s just agree Lord Palmerston was England’s greatest PM and move on.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Pitt the Elder!
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by natteringnabob on Jun 14, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Solyent Green is people.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
It was earth all along!!!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
you’ve finally made a monkey…
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by GoldBlooded on Jun 14, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
madness
Plainly it was Gladstone, on the strength of his bag.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
mumble mumble mumble
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
blah blah top gear something blah
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
POOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Agreed…
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Jun 14, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m watching the MS E3 press conference live right now and they just announced ESPN for Xbox. You can watch college football (among other sports) LIVE with others. I may now cancel Comcast.
In other words, Go Bears!
You can also watch college football live with others in person.
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by yellow fever on Jun 14, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Little Dismissed
No much info, but JO reports that Chris Little was dismissed
He had a pretty ghetto twitter feed.
Cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails.
by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
If he were a Duck, he would have sixteen more last chances. If he were a Trojan, he would have a house and a car. But he’s a Bear, so he’s required to follow the rules.
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
If he were a Trojan, he would have a houseandor a car, to go with his shiny aura of awesomeness
Fixed.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
If he were a Trojan, he would have a houseandor a car, to go with hisshinyaura ofawesomenessunfathomable arrogance
Fixed your fixed
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Jun 14, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
REC’D!
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think your definition of “fixed” and my definition of “fixed” are the same.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Don’t be ridiculous, there are far too many people involved in refereeing a football game to be bought. Someone would crack and admit what had happened.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_nauseam
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_nauseam
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
(or are you actually insincere about ending this “slapfight”?)
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Only you can answer the question you have posed of yourself, Mr Mcgee.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Personally, I’d like to see any discussion continue as long as no one gets hurt.
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m feeling a little wounded, but I think it’s nothing by comparison to the battering we’ll take from everyone else on CGB if this keeps going.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I’d almost forgot…this is CGB! No arguing about football here…!
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t you dare implicate USC cheated…don’t. You can’t prove anything. I didn’t see anything. You’re a troublemaker. Why should I go to jail for a crime someone else noticed? I’ll see you in court. You wish you were me.
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Adding the slapfight to a third comment thread...
How many can we get this into? I think this show can just run and run.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
“an argument you lost” =| a “slapfight”
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think you understand, if he keeps repeating the same point and I look for different ways to respond, it’s a rhetorical triumph for your fellow alum.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_disorder
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I’m pretty sure that’s the beginning of an ADA claim.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Nope. Mental illness is still a grey area – I still have my license. You just have to be sure not to run anyone over with a car. Repeatedly.
I think he meant Americans with Disabilities Act, Kodiak, not American Dental Association.
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
Boy, timing is everything.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
At least they found a way to take a shot at Notre Dame in the title
Live, Work, and Play Like a Champion
“If we’re going down we’re taking the Domers with us”
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Pete Carroll to English translation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDxxv5O8QLI
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
by CalBear81 on Jun 14, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
FUCK!
Cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails.
by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
A little more from YO
Cal coach Jeff Tedford characterized the reasons for Chris Little’s dismissal as "nothing major, just day to day lack of accountability."
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
If a player is dismissed from a team, can he transfer? Is he still required to sit out a year?
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
He’ll probably go the way of Tracy Slocum, never to be heard from again.
#TracySlocumsleepswiththefishes
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Last I saw, Slocum was trying to be a walk-on at Fresno State
From Fresno Bee story last spring:
Said Tedford: “I released him from the team and told him he could come back if he made sure nothing happened. Then he got in a fight in a party. We had to release him, we had no choice. … I hated to do it because I really liked Tracy.”
When Cal dismissed Slocum from the team, he was lost.
“Being a Cal football player was my life,” he said. “Once that was taken away, I had to sit back and look at everything and kind of be around my family and appreciate life and appreciate everything I’m blessed with because sometimes you don’t get that second opportunity. It was tough. It was tough.”
But it was a learning experience that may have benefited him in the long run. Clovis East coach Tim Murphy said his former running back “is a completely different person.”
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Big surprise from Little.
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks MN Bear for the update
Frontpaged it. Discuss it there further!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s got such pace and fitness!
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
little Littles?
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
YO has homework for us
Greatest Cal player, season, and coach?
He wants to know what we think.
What do all of you think? Give me your pick for Cal’s all-time best player, coach and season and I’ll tally them up to name winners. I’ll take answers until Friday.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Okanes is stealing our ideas!
Ohio Bear, think this could be a separate series of fanposts? Could be a great discussion topic for the dead months.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Someone just post the links to the CGB threads that have already covered these topic
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Jun 14, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it’s clear what CGB needs to do. Go to his site and crash the party with vote after vote for Vinny Strang, Marv Levy and 1898.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
by norcalnick on Jun 14, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
PROTIP
Don’t offer to trade marijuana for an iPad on Craigslist.
Jacob Walker, pictured, might admit to being “iDumb” after he attempted to trade a quarter ounce of marijuana and his old iPod for a new 32G iPad, according to police in Gilbert, AZ.
Walker, 20, allegedly posted this unique offer on Craigslist. He didn’t skimp on the exclamation points, ending the ad with “let me know!!!!” and a crisp digital picture of the “quarter of DANK. Blue dream straight outta Cali.”
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team owned by a Russian oligarch.
I like PROTIPs
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Psshhh Please
Timmy peppers his pizza with a quarter of DANK!
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Tweed and arrogance FTW.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of which, thumbs down for misspelling pied-à-terre
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m jealous of your IROC-Z
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jun 14, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not jealous of his STDs
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m still upset the picture of scotch had ice in it. HOW DARE THEY!!1
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jun 14, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Looks like I’m a hobo.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
You are awed.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
New post on expansion
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 2:42 PM PDT reply actions
Hey, look, atomsareenough wrote an article directed at single men:
How To Be a Single Man With Class [1]
(Opens in a new window)
Ask your mates to do this……One thing to help you feel better is to ask your mates – both girls and guys – to each write down a list of things that they find great about you. Once you have all the lists back, take a look at what they put about you, and pick out the things that are being said by more than one friend. For instance, if you have 10 mates and 5 of them all wrote down you were funny and another 5 wrote down yourwere good looking, sit back and think for a minute that you’re a handsome funny guy! There are men that would kill for that.
Yup, this writer thinks that all single men are miserable. What an awesome article!
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What!? That sounds like the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Don’t try and put that on me, jeez.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
If that’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever heard, you clearly haven’t read CGB aloud.
Still…I’d bet it was a lady who actually ghost-wrote the article. It sounds like someone trying to pretend that they know how guys think/act.
It’s an article full of condescension and insecurity, which makes me think it’s a guy who’s in a submissive relationship, wishing he could have fun. Witness this:
The last thing you want to do is end up either telling your girl mate you’re in love with her, or even worse sleeping with her.
WHEN DID THAT BECOME A BAD THING?!
Maybe Twist wrote this.
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Yeah, that’s like the opposite of what I would think.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
It really does. Being single ain’t that bad.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
“Ain’t that bad?” It’s awesome!
I’m sure relationships are awesome…. with the right girl. There is no need to be in a relationship just for the sake of being in one (yes, practise is important, but come on).
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I think you’ve only experienced ‘being single’
Cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails.
by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d totally dig being single right now if I hadn’t found someone as awesome as my gf.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I know, right? Your gf is awesome!
Cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails.
by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Let’s talk about this later.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s what everyone says, but it must be true because otherwise people would just go back to being awesomely single again.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
At a certain point in life, I’m sure it stops being awesome, especially when all your awesome single friends turn into lame married friends.
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Reading CGB aloud sounds like a formula for losing my job and alienating all my friends and loved ones. No, thanks.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man, that’s pretty much unbeatable. His voice has an almost divine sense of authority.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
It would be SO ironic.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
You’ve just been asked out on a date by a gorgeous blonde woman when you bump into George Clooney. George invites you to a poker game at his house. The Oceans 11/12/13 guys will be there and no women are allowed. Which would you choose?
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Hmm. Sounds like a basic principles question, but it would probably depend on the hotness of the woman and on what I thought I could gain long-term by hanging out with Clooney. Also, I don’t really have a thing for blondes.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
What would be? Poker w/celebs? In and of itself, probably not. I think Clooney’s politically active and stuff though so he would probably be useful to know. But, if they’re playing for real money and this isn’t some alternate universe where I’m already wealthy, I’d probably pick the blonde. If it’s gonna cost me a lot of dough, I might as well have a shot at getting some action.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t enjoy poker.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
In what sense? I suck at poker and I don’t enjoy it either. There are things I’m not very good at but I enjoy anyway.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I am borderline innumerate. I have no capacity to remember odds. I have no demonstrated ability to remember the rules of a card game that is more complex than blackjack. Whatever cognitive skills I may have (a separate debate), none of them are suited to playing poker.
Correspondingly, playing poker is wholly unpleasant.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
The good thing about odds is that you don’t have to remember them… you just have to figure them out!
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 15, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I enjoy it but I’m not very good. If it’s just $20 or whatever, it might be fun, but again, the celebrity factor itself doesn’t do it for me. I’d probably pick the girl.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Clooney’s politically active and stuff
So he’d be that guy at the table.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Better than being the only non-celebrity going OMG YOU GUYS ARE FAMOUS the whole time.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
At least you wouldn’t be emitting large doses of smug!
Cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails.
by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just saying that Clooney might be a useful guy to know.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
But he could destroy the environment!
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
hahahahaha “I’ve been asked out on a date by a gorgeous blonde woman” hhahahaha
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, only the Indian Ladies Love Cool Thoroughbred
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
all 500 million of them
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
ILLiCiT
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Susan Boyle
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
This guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1HSNV9y25A
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
A comment by the alleged author of the article:
Adam@blokebuddy Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 2:04 am
I compliment my finance everyday by telling her I love her, seems to do the trick.
Hey baby, your EBITDA looks sexy tonight!
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You got a great operating margin, gorgeous.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Now that’s a bottom line.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Can I feel your tangible assets?
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
So what would you say to a reverse split with options?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I’d only take you up on that offer if you have a well-maintained balance sheet.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d like you to take a look at my stock.
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 14, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
His stock is not as impressive as my large capital equipment.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 14, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Just as long as you don’t dilute all over my shares.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 14, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve got some accrued interest for you in my pants, baby.
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by Rishi on Jun 14, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Looks like we're near the end
Larry Scott receives his answer from Texas.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 14, 2010 4:03 PM PDT reply actions
Taking Care of Business?
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When it comes to pubic hair, he’s only interested if you ain’t seen nothing yet.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
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