DBD 7.22.10 We Write Like Chuck Norris
by yellow fever on Jul 22, 2010 6:46 AM PDT
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PrintI was inspired by a Joe Posnanski post that I saw yesterday where he dumped famous sports quotes into the website I Write Like in order to divine who these athletic heroes subconsciously sounded like. It's worth reading his post just because he's awesome and Joe Posnanski, but it also details some flaws with the system:
*The site does warn that short snippets of text will not offer reliable results … and they don’t. Of course, long snippets of text don’t really offer especially reliable results either. To give you a general idea: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" comes up George Orwell. But if you type in the entire first paragraph from Tale of Two Cities — from "It was the best of times" to "in the superlative degree of comparison only," it does come up Dickens. Then again, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous final paragraph from "The Great Gatsby" is apparently written in the style of J.D. Salinger, while the final paragraph of Joseph Heller’s "Catch-22″ was written in the style of Raymond Chandler. So there you go.
With that in mind, I thought it would be fun to see what some of our more frequent writers and contributors write like.
Kodiak: It started with a spot. More of an overly ambitious freckle, really. Or, just an apathetic mole. Whatever it was, the dermatologist wanted to do a biopsy. "It'll just be a quick out-patient procedure," he said. "I'll go a couple of millimeters on either side, make a small oval, and stitch it up." Since it was just a 4mm x 2mm patch, it really didn't seem like a big deal. Besides, it was on Mrs. Kod's foot. I was pretty sure it wouldn't hurt me one bit.
Result: You subconsciously tried to write like Chuck Norris and failed!
Ohio Bear: Five year old Ohio Bear Jr. was a little high strung yesterday. We had a few people over at the house and he was a little excited.
Daring, too. I don't know if he learned this yesterday, but he was in the living room showing off for one of his uncles that he could jump from one piece of furniture to the couch. To his credit, it was a pretty good jump. But dangerous, in my fatherly opinion. So I told him -- "Don't do that anymore. That's dangerous. I don't want to see yo do that again." I thought the message was clear.
Result: You subconsciously tried to write like Chuck Norris and failed!
boomtho: Personally, my favorite job was being a counselor at a summer camp. I did it for three summers in high school. The pay was great ($9.50 an hour!) for high school kids. They gave us free lunch, and it was usually outstanding. And, we got paid to play games all day. We had awesome hours, 11-5:30, which let us both sleep in and do stuff at night. And, lastly, I had a few good friends working with me, so the days were never dull. Unfortunately, I doubt I'll find a job this good once I join the "real world," but I can dare to dream!
Result: You subconsciously tried to write like Chuck Norris and failed!
This is starting to become a theme.
chowder: It has been mentioned several times on this site, that my favourite pro sports franchise are the Chicago Bulls. Over the past free agency period, the Bulls tried to lure many free agents and failed. This is the second time in a decade the Bulls scrapped their team with the intent of luring a big name free agent, only to fail. There are several reasons and theories as to why the Bulls are unable to land this free agent they long for. One of the lesser theories is that players don't want to play in the shadow of Michael Jordan. He is the icon for the team, and his legacy still reigns over the Bulls like his statue outside. Players not wanting to play in Michael Jordan's shadow, this brings me to my subject for today, as expressed after the jump.
Result: You subconsciously tried to write like Chuck Norris and failed!
Ok, I'm hoping we get something different soon.
Avinash: In a surreal span of eight months, Chris Martin has left an undeniable impact on Cal football. He fell into our laps after the Charlie Weis firing in Notre Dame and Charlie Strong departure in Florida. He helped recruit some of the biggest members of our 2010 class, talking with them excitedly at the Army All-American Bowl about the chance to play at Cal. He became the future of Cal football overnight, a defensive star that would have the same galvanizing impact on attracting top class talent that Desean Jackson had a half-decade ago.
Then, with most fans having seen not a minute of tape on him, or watch him put on the Cal pads, much less a glimpse of him on Telegraph, he was gone to Gainesville (he'll be redshirting and will sit out a year). Just like gunsmoke, he came in with a huge bang and disappeared without a trace.
Result: You subconsciously tried to write like Chuck Norris and failed!
Berkelium97: In Part I of this interview Nathan talked about the profession aspect of photography: what it's like shooting various sports, interesting moments while on the job, how to accommodate blueshift when photographing Jahvid Best. In today's installment, he gives us some tips on how to improve our own photos. He has advice for everyone, ranging from people with basic point-and-shoot cameras to those with DSLRs and advanced photo-editing software.
Result: You subconsciously tried to write like Chuck Norris and failed!
Yellow Fever: I was inspired by a Joe Posnanski post that I saw yesterday where he dumped famous sports quotes into the website I Write Like in order to divine who these athletic heroes subconsciously sounded like. It's worth reading his post just because he's awesome and Joe Posnanski, but it also details some flaws with the system.
Result: You subconsciously tried to write like Chuck Norris and failed!
I give up. Anyone here who doesn't write like Chuck Norris? Show your work!
The opinions expressed in a FanPost are, in every way, reflective of the opinions of every California Golden Blogs Marshawnthusiast. Moreover, they are reflective of every employee of SBNation, including Tyler "Blez" Bleszinski.
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Chuck Norris doesn't write
He just thinks and the pen automatically writes words on its own out of fear.
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Anyone who tries to write like Chuck Norris automatically fails. Because everyone’s writing is inferior to Chuck’s writing, except his beard, which writes equally well.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 7:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Not so fast, CALumbus Bear
If I tried to write like Chuck Norris, I would not fail.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
by Ohio Bear on Jul 22, 2010 7:15 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
I find it impossible to argue with this point.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 7:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Chuck Norris tries to write like Jack Clark.
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by CalBear81 on Jul 22, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Georgia has been tossed into the Agent Party
TMZ.com reported Wednesday that Georgia is investigating whether wide receiver A.J. Green attended a Memorial Day weekend party in Miami that has also launched investigations at Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina. However, Georgia coach Mark Richt met with Green on Tuesday and Green denied being in Miami that weekend, sources told ESPN.com.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5399476
I heard via the rumor mill (aka 5% chance of being true) that over half the SEC had players at that party, and more investigations are forthcoming.
On an unrelated note, does Cal have any players from the Southeast that might have been near the state of Florida over memorial day?
From Tomahawknation
Summary:
- Marvin Austin has been accepting money and other extra benefits, including trips to Miami and his hometown to Washington, D.C., for quite some time and has been in cahoots with South Carolina tight end Weslye Saunders, his good friend, as far as comparing notes on what inducements can be gained from agent and financial advisor interaction. Austin is not attending workouts.
- Tar Heels cornerback Charles Brown has asked more than one agent for money directly. He was denied.
- We’ve also been told that Tar Heels cornerback Kendric Burney was flown to Atlanta recently to meet with two agents. Burney and Brown are both advised by former Tar Heels cornerback Chris Hawkins, who has emerged as a central figure in the investigation.
“It’s been an explosion of unscrupulous financial advisors, agents and middle men since the start of the junior rule,” one agent said. "We can’t talk to these kids until December and by then these parasites have insinuated themselves into the agent selection process and are looking to be paid off by agents if the agent wants to have a chance to sign the players. This is all done without the players’ knowledge. You’re putting the ethical agents that follow the rules at an extreme competitive disadvantage. You’re creating a situation where a college football player’s first interaction with business people and his first exposure to the business of football is with someone who’s either not following the rules or is operating completely unregulated and unchecked by any governing body.
Also tweeted about how sick he was with being broke, but in other tweets bragged about expensive dinners and purchases.
Samuels said. "That last-minute shot at halftime sums it up. Shooting off one leg? C'mon, man."
by ikoolykedat on Jul 22, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, since nobody else is gonna do this, Ill grab some news stories around SBN
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I’ll slowly guilt you guys into doing the SBN stories, the same way I did with DBDs. You have to train a readership.
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As take series from BoSox:
For the first time since June 11, at 32-31, the A’s are once again over the .500 mark on the season. With a strong performance today to secure the series win (and 12 hits to boot!), the A’s beat Buchholz and the Sox this afternoon to continue their hot play. Gio Gonzalez picked up his 9th win of the season in his six innings as he did just enough to keep the A’s in the game; allowing seven hits and four runs. Spectacular bullpen work by the flame-throwing Rodriguez in the seventh (up and over 100 MPH several times), Ziegler in the eighth, and Wuertz in the ninth kept the Red Sox off the board after Gio’s departure and led the A’s to a big series win.
Gio allowed the first run of the game in the very first inning, and although the A’s loaded the bases themselves in the bottom of the inning, they failed to score, as Kouzmanoff hit into an inning-ending double play. But Matt Watson decided the second inning was the perfect time for his first major league homerun as he blasted one to tie the game. Jack Cust followed with a moon shot of his own in the third, putting the A’s up 3-1.
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by TwistNHook on Jul 22, 2010 7:41 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Giants get absolutely completely totally and unbelievably obliterated by clearly superior Dodgers team:
The Giants got BABIP’d on tonight. There’s no moral to the story, no lesson to be learned. This isn’t a part of a long-running theme, nor is it something symptomatic or emblematic. It was just one of those nights. Every single they had came without a runner in scoring position; every runner in scoring position was waiting for a single that never came.
It’s not as if Chad Billingsley wasn’t good — he got ahead of hitters all night and pitched a fine game — but the Giants hit him enough to score at least one run, if not two Nope. BABIP’d on. Hard-hit balls became outs, and most of the soft-hit balls did too. There wasn’t a broken-bat bloop to be found with a runner at third and two down
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by TwistNHook on Jul 22, 2010 7:42 AM PDT reply actions 4 recs
MLB says umpires got it wrong when they made Dodgers remove Broxton on Tuesday night
The umpires were told during a normal postmortem with a supervisor that the league felt they erred, but crew chief Tim McClelland told the Los Angeles Times that he still believes the right call was made because Mattingly’s mistake was not a defiant act. Thus, McClelland argued, the portion of the rule that would have required Broxton to face Torres did not apply.
“It’s a difference of opinion,” McClelland said, adding that the crew discussed which portion of the rule to use before dispatching Broxton.
The error was not high on the list of the Dodger grievances. They were more upset that starter Clayton Kershaw drew a five-game suspension for hitting Aaron Rowand while Tim Lincecum was not punished for hitting Matt Kemp. Kershaw is appealing.
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I like where your head’s at with the title.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions
we’ll give them one. they need it.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Did we ever.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Dodgers so dont care about clearly unimportant Giants, they talking minor league pitching:
Starting pitching is probably the strongest and deepest position in the Dodgers minor league system. By my count, there are currently at least 10 pitchers who have the potential to be at least a #4 starter in the minor leagues, so the Dodgers could continue to have strong home grown pitching for years to come. Of course not everyone will pan out, but even if just one or two turn out to be good major league pitchers then I’m sure the Dodgers will be happy.
Similar to the relief pitchers recap, there are lots of starting pitchers in the Dodgers minor league system, so I will only highlight a few key names. Despite his 2010 struggles, the #1 starting pitching prospect still has to be Chris Withrow who has at least 2 plus pitches and is still just 21 years old. I’m convinced he’ll eventually turn things around and eventually pitching like a top prospect, although that might not happen until 2011. Garrett Gould hasn’t pitched much at all yet in professional games, but I’m pretty high on him and I’m hoping he turns out to be something special. He’s been just mediocre thus far in 2010, but he’s still young and gaining experience. Rubby De La Rosa has an electric arm and has thrived in 2010 as a starter, so I have high hopes for him. Carl Webster continues to surprise people and has really been amazing since being drafted in 2008. His career ERA is now 2.54 in 149 innings.
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SilverScreenAndRoll discusses rumors that Paul wants out of NO:
For those of you who have been in a cave the last few years, Chris Paul is one of the league’s premier point guards, and largely by consensus, is considered the best point guard in the league, much to the collective scorn of Deron Williams supporters in Utah. In terms of statistical measures, Paul is an incredibly efficient player. For what is essentially an “off” year for him due to injuries, Paul shot 49.3% from the field, 40.9% from three, and topped that off with a 58.4 TS% last year. His offensive game covers the entire floor, with adept three-point range aided by an insanely good floater that he can use up to 10-12 feet out. Just to illustrate this, the typical percentage for players on 10-12 foot shots is around the high 30s, as these usually tend to be contested and require a floater. For the ‘08-’09 season (used simply because the data for this has already been compiled), the top four players in this category were Paul (49.7%), Yao Ming (49.7%), Pau Gasol (48.8%), and Dirk Nowitzki (48.6%). So Paul shoots better, as a 6’0’’ point guard, on contested floaters than the 7’0’’ Gasol. If that doesn’t indicate that he’s devastating from every point on the floor, I’m not sure what else I can tell you.
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Come to LA please! :)
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
hell yeah!
CP3 to the Lakers!! He’ll be a great addition to the team, and can totally take over when Kobe retires.
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I heard that LA doesn’t want to eat Okefor’s salary. NY, otoh…
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Wait, what? What’s the point of being rich and powerful if you can’t do stuff like eat some salary when there’s a player you want. We’re supposed to be the Yankees of basketball, right?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Baseball = uncapped.
Basketball = salary cap. Even if you’re willing to pay the luxury tax for going over, you can’t just go nuts and disregard the cap.
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Well, you can, as long as you have a bunch of bloated expiring contracts that the other team will take in return.
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by yellow fever on Jul 22, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
So the Lakers don’t have cap space, is that it?
Can we get rid of Odom or something?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know that “married to the ugly sister” counts as a bloated, expiring contract.
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You’re going to have to wait another six years on that one.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 22, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Chris Paul will not be a Laker:
The New York Knicks are the first team on point guard Chris Paul’s wish list of clubs he’d like New Orleans to trade him to, according to sources.
Orlando, where he could team with superstar center Dwight Howard, is the second team on Paul’s list, which includes Dallas and then Portland, according to sources.
In the ideal scenario, Paul and the Denver Nuggets’ Carmelo Anthony would wind up in New York to play alongside Amare Stoudemire, forming a big three that could compete with Miami’s newly formed super trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
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I didn’t see “will not be a Laker” anywhere in that story. Was it between the lines somewhere? I realize that he’s talking New York, but that’s not a done deal yet….
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Please tell me exactly what you would trade to New Orleans to get Paul. You’d have to give up a lot.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 22, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow. I’d love to be in mint condition. You really do have a hot tub time machine somewhere??!
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is Mint Condition still around? Maybe you could join the group!
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Bear Stage, you mentioned a while ago that you would like to have a recording of the 2009 Cal Women’s BB victory over Stanfurd. If you want me to make you a copy of my recording, email me at CalBear1981 @ hotmail.com.
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I’m really not at all knowledgeable about NBA contracts or trade values, honestly. If you told me that there’s no combination of players the Lakers have that New Orleans would reasonably take for Paul that doesn’t include Pau or Kobe, then I’ll accept that. If I were the Lakers though, I’d probably be inclined to give up a lot.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
they’d still have no backup in the frontcourt, though.
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“They” = the Hornets?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh wait, frontcourt. You must mean the Lakers.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
You’d have to give up one of them. Either that or every other starter on your lineup plus some draft picks.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 22, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously? It couldn’t be like, Bynum and someone? Or Artest and Odom?
I honestly have no idea. I just looked at the salaries and that’d be roughly equal in that category.
I mean, it’s probably got zero chance of happening anyway, but I really have no idea how any of this works.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not just salaries. Why exactly would New Orleans make that trade?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 22, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Fair point. But then, isn’t a young 7-foot big man worth something?
And, what does NY have to offer?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Amare + Melo next season. The same people whowere telling me Miami weeks ago are saying that CP3, Melo and STAT want to be in New York .
I meant, what does NY have to offer in trade to New Orleans
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m hearing through the grapevine that CP3, Melo (contract expires next year) are both trying to get to New York to play with Amare in 2012.
Of course this might be moot for a little while, as the CBA is up after this season.
Didn’t CP3 admit this himself at Melo’s wedding?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 22, 2010 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
GoldenStateOfMind discusses how new Dub Lin seems to have picked up a lot of endorsements, including potentially a shoe deal?
ut wait, there’s more. Shoe deal?
[Lin’s agent Roger Montgomery] stated that the Warriors’ proximity to Lin’s hometown has helped land the 21-year-old a number of endorsement opportunities—including a potential shoe deal.
“We’ve had tremendous inquiries,” Montgomery said. “Not ready to confirm anything yet…We feel there will be tremendous opportunities.”
I’ll have more stuff to post later. As you watch this story unfold, please be mindful that, while you may not understand it, an Asian-American receiving any type of NBA contract is obviously a big deal to the Asian-American community.
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OMG. i could not love you any more than i do now.
My Favorite Things 30th-birthday dinner featured two magnums of my favorite Darioush at my favorite resto with my favorite friends in my favorite city. OMG Darioush. OMG. Omg.
Also failed to write like Chuck Norris.
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But pretty close to a drunk Chuck Norris.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Chuck Norris does not get drunk. His liver processes alcohol at light speed.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Alcohol gets chucknorris’ed
Samuels said. "That last-minute shot at halftime sums it up. Shooting off one leg? C'mon, man."
by ikoolykedat on Jul 22, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Scootie
Then for a blissful year and a half in my early twenties, I was the event planner at Oracle. Million dollar Christmas parties, booking UB40 and an entire fairground’s worth of rides for the company picnic, going sailing for the day with my event production company and calling it "site inspections" — pretty much all enjoyable, all the time. It was such a great mix of a need for insane detail orientation and organization with an eye for what is fun and what other people will enjoy. I loved everything about it except how much my soul died each time I told one of my college friends that I planned parties for a living.
Yep. Chuck Norris. Phail.
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Also Cory Doctorow. I guess the BAM girlz have to stick together.
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Interesting. I ran my standard cover letter through IWL and got David Foster Wallace. I have a handful of novelist friends in London who all tried it and all got Dan Brown. They have been crying into a bottle of gin for a week now.
I got Wallace too. Dunno if that’s good or not. I tried three different excerpts and each came out the same.
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Well, he looks like a hippie and he’s no longer living…But apparently the guy could write.
Some of my fanposts get Margaret Atwood, some of them get David Foster Wallace, and a couple of the sillier ones get Doctorow.
From what I can tell, playful/fun gets Doctorow. More serious/journalistic gets David Foster Wallace.
And, I have no idea how the heck I end up with Margaret Atwood.
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Um. Thanks.
I’m a depressed feminist, now.
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Not depressed. Depressing. Although you may also be depressed, I don’t know.
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With the Wimbledon finals coming up this weekend, it is a good time to remember one of the greatest women’s tennis players and one of the greatest Wimbledon champions of all time: Cal’s own Helen Wills Moody. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Cal, Wills Moody completely dominated women’s tennis in the 1920s and 1930s. She won two Olympic gold medals and 31 Grand Slam titles. She held the record for the most Wimbledon singles titles (eight) for more than 50 years. And at her death in 1998, Wills Moody left her $10 million fortune to her alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley.
Boggle. Another failure to write like Chuck Norris.
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SF Jewish Film Festival, because Hollywood could use more of us:
The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is celebrating its 30th year as the self-described “world’s oldest and largest Jewish film festival.” Held in five different theaters in the Bay Area, including San Francisco’s Castro Theatre, the 57 various works – exhibiting a “Jewish aesthetic” – hail from 14 different countries including Israel, the Czech Republic, France and Russia.
While a pre-festival kickoff party celebrated the “nice-Jewish-girl next-door” aka Baby in a screening of “Dirty Dancing,” the majority of the films are from the last couple of years, and many occupied themselves not only with wartime drama, but also modern-day Jewish experiences. Director Tali Shalom Ezer’s “Surrogate” examines relationships, both healthy and abusive, between male relatives, while Cristian Jimenez’s “Ilusiones Opticas” portrays the divide between perception and reality.
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Former Cal QB and forever hero Steve Levy says “I will not accept any award bestowed on me by this festival.”
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
TRADITION!
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Rogue Bingo Parlor shuttered by city of Berkeley:
A Berkeley bingo parlor suspected of falsely supporting a nonprofit and allegedly cheating patrons out of their winnings was shut down by city officials last week.
The city manager suspended the bingo permit of Gilman Street Bingo on San Pablo Avenue after an investigation that began in December revealed the bingo parlor had generated $5.6 million in the last six months of 2009 alone and had an avalanche of bingo ordinance code violations as well as improper zoning for the nonprofit organization the operation was supposedly supporting.
Owners Ulysses Cooperwood of Pinole and William Carpenter of Hayward surrendered their bingo permit “immediately” after being issued a notice of suspension by the city, which charged the operation with “a history of consistent, egregious and willful violation of the city’s bingo ordinance,” according to Gregory Daniels, code enforcement officer for the city.
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Ulysses Cooperwood.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Back to you in the studio, Ulysses…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Damn, I pass by that place almost every day.
I wonder what’ll be put in its place? It seems pretty big from the outside…
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About Hahvahd. The first thing I noticed was an air of aloofness among the Harvardians, and some sort of affected upper-crust accent. Things overheard: “I say, I do believe we’re going to get our heinies pummelled. Be a good sport and hold my ascot for me, Biff.” And the pummelling of heinies is just what happened. First there was some of this:
Yeah, you guessed it. Chuck Norris wannabe.
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I am not ashamed of my Chuck Norris aspirations.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Mark Twain.
Wonder Twin Powers….Activate!
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Inferior facial hair! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Silent FIlm Festival also exists:
ilent films conjure images of a time long past, so it’s of no surprise that the 15th annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival, which took place at the Castro Theatre, was, in the end, a celebration of nostalgia. Showcasing films ranging from the obscure to early Frank Capra and John Ford, the Festival resurrected an old medium. Audiences responded in turn by eagerly lining up around the block.
The Festival offered its attendees an alternative way of viewing and interacting with film. Introductions and interviews provided a historical context, and live orchestras and bands accompanied the films. After all, back in the day of silent films, far from being sterile events that played in silence, were lively celebrations of a still-new medium.
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They must bring back some fond memories, I’m sure.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
In fact, they do. My dad used to buy silent movies on 8 mm from a company called Blackhawk films, and we would watch them together as a family. My brother and I loved them.
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That sounds like a neat family activity. I’m glad my sarcastic comment was actually relevant.
So what did you think when The Jazz Singer finally came out? :)
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
:)
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Just like movies. One day they’ll all come crawling back to stillies, and I’ll be waiting!
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Rishi
I <3 cock.
Chuck Norris! Again!
I declare this ’I write like" website Sanchez!!!!
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by Kodiak on Jul 22, 2010 7:52 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
James Joyce.
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by Kodiak on Jul 22, 2010 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
haha still funny
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Any Bear Backers out there? Attending this event?
This came to me by e-mail accompanied by the following message:
California Bear Backers,
We are excited to extend an invitation to the Bay Area College Football Kickoff Luncheon to this group of loyal Bear Backers. We’ve been a part of this great event since its inception, and are proud to continue our support . The deadline for the event is extended, please respond by July 26th to Christina Natoli. We invite you to participate and hope you can attend.
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I don’t think anyone should hesitate at the chance to heckle His Righteousness Jim Harbaugh.
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by Thoroughbred on Jul 22, 2010 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions
If there's a Harbaugh dunk tank, I'm in.
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The real I write like site is IWL.me
I analyzed both one of my Fanposts and one of my personal blog posts – apparently I write like Cory Doctorow which is weird because I’ve never read anything he’s written.
Me too. Margaret Atwood apparently kicks some literary *ss.
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boomtho
Cory Doctorow
chowder – James Joyce
avinash – David Foster Wallace
Berkelium97, yellow fever – Cory Doctorow
I read I Am Robot by Doctorow and found it extremely boring. I am very displeased with my literary sound-alike.
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by yellow fever on Jul 22, 2010 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions
You’d prefer to be a Chuck Norris almost-was?
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I’d prefer to be Scott Steiner.
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by yellow fever on Jul 22, 2010 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
The last time I had my writing evaluated, I was told that “this reads like Conan the Barbarian.”
This was a summer ATDP writing course up at Cal while I was in HS. The grad student/TA teaching it didn’t particularly like me, I think.
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You should have said “like Robert E. Howard? You’ll think they’ll make a movie of this too? Thank you very much!” and then punched him in the face.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I actually said something like, “That’s great! I really enjoy Conan novels.” (which was true at the time) Didn’t really realize ‘till later that she probably didn’t mean it as a complement.
And as a highschooler, I was kind of boyscoutish. It wouldn’t have even crossed my mind to punch anyone in the face except in self-defense.
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But now as an irate toothmonger, you’ll look to any excuse to punch someone in the face. So sad.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m also Cory Doctorow. I think that site is stupid and defaults to Doctorow.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
David Foster Wallace???
SWEEET. Time to read some of his stuff!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 22, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL, I always imagine that guy as well.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I put in a couple of my older posts and came up with David Foster Wallace as well. Perhaps I should find out who the fuck he is.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
His most famous novel was Infinite Jest. Quite well respected. I am not ashamed, unlike my Dan Brown friends (bwa ha ha ha ha ha).
Brian of MGoBlog lists Wallace as one of his favorite writers, if not THE favorite.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 22, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
If I’m apparently a depressing feminist, am I allowed to cry into a bottle of gin, too?
Heck, I’m willing to meet you half way – I’ll skip the tears and just nail the gin.
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Wouldn’t you rather nail a woman and drink the gin?
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by BearStage on Jul 22, 2010 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
rec’d!
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Married w/ two young kids, dude. You nail what you can when you can.
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That sounds like the opposite of how it works. Rishi nails what he can, when he can. A guy in your situation most likely nails his wife, and seldom.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Advertising link causes blogger strike
ScienceBlogs, owned by Seed Media Group in New York, has provided an invitation-only platform for the musings of a number of scientists and science writers over the years. However, many of its writers have been publicly voicing their discontent since plans were announced earlier this month for the site to host a blog sponsored by Pepsi where the soft drink company’s employees would write about nutrition.
(link) The real problem here is that Pepsi didn’t send the scientists enough kickbacks.
Marketing VP: So guys, we need you to write about nutrition.
Scientist: All of our research shows that soda is bad for you. It’s one of the worst things you can drink, frankly.
Marketing VP: Yeeeeah…Well, we need you to put a more positive spin on it.
Scientist: … Show me the money. Show. Me. The. Moneeeeeeey!!!
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My bad!
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by yellow fever on Jul 22, 2010 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions
At least there wasn’t any math. (too soon?)
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WAS IT OVER WHEN THE PEARL HARBOR BOMBED THE GERMANS IT'LL BE HIRO JIMA ALL OVER AGAIN
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by yellow fever on Jul 22, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
71 prolly NSFW fotos up on SFGate for the Swimsuit Fashion thing or other.
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--Coach Clark
“As he played Strat-O-Matic, he’d broadcast the games into the recorder with each roll of the dice,” recalled Lol Sorenson, a childhood friend. “He’d imitate the voices of Lon Simmons and Russ Hodges (the Giants’ announcers of the day). He’d be the vendor (”Get your cold beer here!“), he’d throw in some commercials, and he’d imitate the sound of a cheering crowd.”
The Hayward High grad grew up rooting for the Giants, for some reason, and worked for the A’s one year before Charlie O fired him (unbelievable). Other notable accomplishments include marrying his old babysitter.
Personally, I listen to Giants games on the radio just to hear him and Furd grad Dave Flemming. Kruk and Kuipe, while funny at times, are a bit too homerish for my taste.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I’ve reached that level of baseball fandom where I can enjoy even a Giants game (on the radio).
Plus, as we evolve, the A’s are likely going to die and/or move to San Ho which might as well be Southern California to me.
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--Coach Clark
it’s too far for us CoCo County residents
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
As well as for us AlaCo residents.
Also, San Jo wishes it were LA. I mean, better the A’s move to the South Bay than out of state, but dammit that’s far to go. And to a boring-ass place besides.
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CoCo is for Contra Costa. AlaCo isn’t a term that is used. Unless it was Alameda Costa.
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I’m a Dodgers fan, but I lurve Jon Miller. 2nd only to Vin, IMHO.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Jon Miller’s Vin Scully is very good, and I hear he does a “profane” Scully filled with 4-letter words.
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--Coach Clark
I read the article, and now I wanna hear this profane Vin Scully impersonation.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Jon Miller’s continued mispronouncing of words that he thinks should be pronounced in the Spanish way but actually aren’t drives me INSANE. It’s super lazy and condescending. It really colors my opinion of him. (example: cha’-vez ravine)
Other than that he’s entertaining, but I prefer Kruk and Kuip.
Huh, I had always appreciated that he correctly pronounces Spanish names, unlike many announcers. Do you have any other examples of words he mispronounces?
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Jon Miller is lazy and condescending because he says Cha’ vez ravine? Seriously?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m already writing the email to the Hit Squad as we speak!
“Dear Hit Squad,
I, in every way, knew this would happen to me…"
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I’ll be that CALumbus Bear reads a lot of…articles that start just like that.
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Luckily Playboy started that SFW site so he can continue to do so at work.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 22, 2010 2:41 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
He also constantly mocks and laughs at Joe Morgan, who never seems to get it. And that’s another reason I love Jon Miller.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes. He goes out of his way to mispronounce it, in essence telling the people who have chosen to anglicize their pronounciation that they are doing it wrong. I find that condescending. I once read a quote from Eric Chavez that he has corrected Miller several times on his name, but he still insists on pronouncing it cha’-vez (instead of sha-vez’).
I think it’s great that he pronounces Latino players’ names correctly, but he should also pronounce American names correctly, even if they are of latin origin.
Jon Miller trying to stick in the craw of Dodgers fans butchering their latino locale’s pronounciation?
Love it.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Anglo people who insist on giving all Spanish names a Spanish pronunciation are one of my pet peeves. It is such a ridiculous affectation, and it is so often done in an exaggerated manner, to call attention to it. “Oh, look at me, I can pronounce this name with a Spanish pronunciation! I am so cool!” (There was a hilarious SNL skit on this many years ago in which reporters practically choked themselves while over-pronouncing “Managua, Nicaragua.”) It wouldn’t bug me so much if they carried this through and gave words like “Paris” and “France” a French pronunciation, and “Amsterdam” a Dutch pronunciation. But they never do.
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I think it particularly irks me because I have a Spanish last name, which we in no way pronounce Spanishly, having been out of the Latino countries for a couple hundred years now.
I don’t know, it actually really grates when someone says “Eye-Ran” or “Eye-Rack”, for example. I don’t think the pronunciation has to be perfect, but at least try to be in the ballpark. I’m glad that reporters of late have taken to pronouncing Pakistan and Afghanistan a little more closely how they’re supposed to sound.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you really suggesting that Jon Miller learn the pronunciation preferences of every single Latino or otherwise non-Anglo ethnic person whose name he says on the radio? And not only that but those persons’ respective preferred pronunciations of geographical areas as well?
Sounds like a perfect target for some earmark funding!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not suggesting anything about Jon Miller. I’m just noting that it irks me when people “show off” with exaggerated Spanish pronunciations of names and geographic locations.
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Are you suggesting JOn Milller is a depressed feminist? I heard he could barely pronounce Susan B. Anthony correctly!
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I think you’d hear much more vociferous anger at people who underpronounce Spanish things.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, I suppose that would also irk me. But it is not something I have encountered.
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“Hala-PEEN-ohs” is also pretty common in some places.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Jon Miller is my favorite Giants broadcaster of my lifetime. I also like Krukow and Kuiper, both of whom have improved a great deal through the years.
Dave Flemming is a Furd. Thus, I wish the Giants would fire him.
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The Hayward High grad grew up rooting for the Giants, for some reason,
Jon Miller was born in 1951. So when he was coming of age as a baseball fan, the A’s had not yet moved to the Bay Area.
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good point. They also had that Willie fellow.
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Jon Miller is awesome.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Congrats!
Next up: Let’s get Bill King into the Baseball, Football and Basketball Halls of Fame!
by calgbear on Jul 22, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Yes. Bill King (RIP) was underrated and underappreciated.
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Should’ve gotten a Frick, at least.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
ah ha
Giardia’s in your (SF) water
This double nuclei parasite uses arginine as an energy source
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
linkage
SF Gate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giardia_lamblia
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Ugh, what junk misinformation by the anti-dam people. I’d be more willing to bet that the extra 15 people/year that get giardia in SF live in a park and probably shit on their hands as they shoot up heroin.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
never go to golden gate park
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by GoldBlooded on Jul 22, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
i’ll take giardia over whatever the cows poop out into davis’ water supply, carp
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Symptoms of infection include (in order of frequency) diarrhea, malaise, excessive gas (often flatulence or a foul or sulphuric-tasting belch, which has been known to be so nauseating in taste that it can cause the infected person to vomit), steatorrhoea (pale, foul smelling, greasy stools), epigastric pain, bloating, nausea, diminished interest in food, possible (but rare) vomiting which is often violent, and weight loss.3 Pus, mucus and blood are not commonly present in the stool. It usually causes “explosive diarrhea” and while unpleasant, is not fatal. In healthy individuals, the condition is usually self-limiting, although the infection can be prolonged in patients who are immunocompromised, or who have decreased gastric acid secretion.
My wife had it 8 years ago and it was basically coming out both ends for 3 weeks. She looked great in that cocktail dress tho!
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--Coach Clark
by carp on Jul 22, 2010 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
…
You da man, carp. That’s about all I can say.
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:)
Thanks. Yesterday she came home from rounds after treating an HIV/Hep C/MRSA patient w/ no gloves on. Ai!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Oh fun. Just think of how many patients she treats that lie on their health history about not having HIV/Hep, etc…
Maybe you should set up a decon chamber for her in the garage.
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Hose her down, carp!
Uh, with a garden hose, I mean.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
so basically i may as well follow up my nights of drinking with a cool glass of hetch hetchy, as the effect will be the same? it looks better, since i wont gain weight!
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Some Devin Setoguchi (sp?) news from FtF
http://www.fearthefin.com/2010/7/21/1581216/david-perrons-contract-could-help
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--Coach Clark
sorry…it’s not really major news but here goes
Now, I realize my track record hasn’t been great when talking about contract comparables (Remember Marleau and Savard?). However, this one is a bit more realistic. Both Setoguchi and Perron are (Perron was) RFA’s. They’re both former first round picks. They’re both young with high ceilings. Most importantly, though, they’ve both had similar production over the last few years.
I wanted to lay the stats out in a table, but for some reason it’s not working. Just know this: Over the past two seasons, Perron has tallied 97 points, while Setoguchi has tallied 101.
According to capgeek.com (really, what isn’t), Perron’s new contract will pay him $4.3MM over the next two years. That’s a cap hit of just $2.15MM a year, almost $1.5MM below where we originally pegged Setoguchi. Are 4 more points over two years worth that much?
I understand that Setoguchi was hurt for 12 games this year and that it affected his play even when he was back in the lineup. I even came to his defense when some suggested trading him at the deadline. However, the fact remains that the players are very similar, and Perron signed at a bargain for his team.
Setoguchi does have a few things working for him, though, including his 31 goal campaign in 2008-2009. That, and the fact that he has scored .67 points per game over the last few years, opposed to just .59 for Perron. In addition, Setoguchi showed up in the first round of the playoffs this year, something that netted Pavelski a few more dollars than most expected.
Setoguchi will get paid more than Perron, but how much more?
If I’m Doug Wilson, I continue to preach the concept of so called “team conscious” contracts and use this deal for a bit of leverage. If Setoguchi agrees to a term which is a tad longer, you bump up the dollar amount to keep him around. But there’s no guarantee that any deal signed by Setoguchi will be in excess of $3MM annually, on average. The savings, whatever they may be, can be used to improve other sections of the team, and perhaps help woo a free agent such as Mike Modano.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
New discovery at Stonehendge:
Like Stonehenge itself, the structure’s precise purpose remains a mystery. But it’s one of an expanding number of discoveries being made around the site – something experts say is helping to show that Stonehenge was once much more than just a cluster of sandstone blocks standing in an empty field.
“In its day Stonehenge was at the center of the largest ceremonial center in Europe,” said archaeologist Tim Darvill, who helped lead a recent excavation at Stonehenge but wasn’t involved with this find. He said the discovery “really shows how much there is still to learn and how extensive the site really was.”
The foundations – a ring of holes surrounding a cluster of deep pits – are facing Stonehenge from about 900 meters (985 yards) away, according to a ground mapping project led by University of Birmingham archaeology professor Vince Gaffney.
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wouldn’t it be really funny if the druids came back to life today, and told us that stonehendge is just a lawn ornament?
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
“Yes, we just took dumps there. Druid diets were primarily meat based, so we set up a perimeter due to the stench. I would NOT walk around in there!”
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
More or less disappointing than Los Angeles, which is a very disappointing metropolitan area I hear.
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Well, LA doesn’t have a downtown, but the stereotypical LA places like Mann’s Chinese Theatre, Venice Beach, Santa Monica Beach, the Hollywood Sign, all way more impressive.
All stonehenge is, is a pile a big rocks in the middle of an open field. If you’ve seen it on television, you don’t need to see it in person.
Sounds like San Frnacisco is a much better area than Stonehenge, then.
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LA does have a downtown!! It’s just not used for much. At all. After 5pm, that is.
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I actually just finished reading City of Quartz by Mike Davis on the history of Los Angeles. Very interesting, he claims the reason LA doesn’t have an identifiable downtown is twofold. One, LA’s branding of the California dream (suburbia) to midwesterners was too successful and when combined with the rise of the car decentralized the traditional urban core [the automobile city, nothing too new here]. But the second reason, is that a lot of new money flowed into LA in the 30’s-50’s, which was not accepted into traditional power cliches of the Chandler (LA Times) mold. Because they were both not incorporated into the traditional power structure and they were numerous and rich (and predominantly Jewish), they began to invest in and develop outside of LA’s downtown on the westside. Eventually, this development transformed into another city center, thus two competing civic centers emerged preventing one identifiable downtown.
Later on, the need for a traditional downtown declined, as well as the ‘militarization’ of downtown LA effectively segregating the lower classes and minorities from the civic center, thus driving them to also find other means to provide the goods and services traditionally provided by a ‘downtown’.
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I think this was the plot to Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Are you suggesting that Rishi is a credible source?
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 22, 2010 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
More or less disappointing than the Field of Dreams site in Iowa?
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Disagree
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by Fire Starkey on Jul 22, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Is this condition still lingering from yesterday, or is it a recurrence?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
That reads “La”, as in a note to follow So, not “LA”, as in Los Angeles
Get your mind out of the gutter.
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Actually, I was referring to the “It doesn’t matter what you say, I’m not listening” attitude more than the coincidental spelling.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
If you had bothered to take the time to read the posts, you’d see that’s clearly untrue
Really don’t want to start another argument with you.
7
Yeah, me neither. It’s cool.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
HUG IT OUT GUYS
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by yellow fever on Jul 22, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
BURN
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by GoldBlooded on Jul 22, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
At least it’s not smug-resistant! No point in owning a jacket that’s resistant to you, right?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
actually, it helps prevent chafing!
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by GoldBlooded on Jul 22, 2010 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks :)
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
He is funnier than I am, generally.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Said Rishi, “loving cock”-ily.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 22, 2010 2:44 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I’m surprised you were able to fit your breasts in that jacket!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s Rishi’s jacket. And no, I don’t know how I was able to fit my breasts into Rishi’s jacket.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Which is weird, considering how much you hate LA.
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10 Worst NBA Offseason Moves
• Knicks give Amar’e Stoudemire a five-year, $100 million deal as part of a sign-and-trade with the Suns
• Raptors re-sign Amir Johnson to a five-year, $34 million deal
• Hawks re-sign Joe Johnson to a six-year, $124 million deal
• Bucks trade for Corey Maggette and then re-sign John Salmons to a five-year, $39 million deal
• Celtics sign Jermaine O’Neal to a two-year, $12 million deal
• Grizzlies re-sign Rudy Gay to a five-year, $82 million deal
• Clippers hire Vinny Del Negro as coach
• Timberwolves sign 2008 second-round pick Nikola Pekovic to a four-year, $13 million deal and re-sign Darko Milicic to a four-year, $20 million deal
• Bobcats re-sign Tyrus Thomas to a five-year, $40 million deal
• Magic sign Chris Duhon to a four-year, $15 million deal
Author elaborates further, in the link. The Bulls did not make one of the worst moves, but former players/coaches filled 30% of the list.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/britt_robson/07/20/bad.offseason.moves/index.html
Not as horrible as Amir Johnson getting 5/$34m, or Joe Johnson getting 6/$126m. Not nearly as horrible.
Joe Johnson, you’re overpaying a quality player.
Amir Johnson . .. you’re paying less to someone who is also all-potential, no realization (just like Thomas!)
John Salmons doesn’t deserve to be on the bad move list – unless its to illustrate that he and Maggette bring similar games – with Maggette being much worse at everything except drawing fouls and blowing up the offense to look for his own shots.
You’re overpaying Joe by about $50 mil over the life of that deal. He’s not a max player, not even close, and IMO he’s as overpaid as Rashard Lewis.
The biggest thing w/ Amir is his foul trouble; he can barely stay on the court! It was purely a reactionary signing to losing Bosh, and they could’ve gotten him for less.
The author agrees claiming, Salmons by himself would be an okay signing, but to pay both him and Maggettee is redundant and ill-conceived.
WHOSE REDUNDANT AND ILL-CONCEIVED??!
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I Am
I was poorly planned. I repeat myself, share many of the same traits as myself, without complimenting my own strengths and weaknesses, therefore I cannot work with myself rendering me useless.
Here’s what he says about Maggette, Dubs fans:
Maggette is a scoring machine who gets to the free-throw line as well as any wing player in the NBA, a Bucks weakness last season. He averaged 19.8 points by shooting 51.6 percent from the field and 83.5 percent on an eye-opening 7.9 free-throw attempts per game for Golden State last season. But, according to 82games.com, this did not translate into success for the Warriors. Maggette played nearly half of his team’s minutes, and during that time, Golden State was outscored by 289 points. When Maggette sat, however, the Warriors were bested by a mere six points. The Warriors were — and are — better off with out him.
Maggette hurts his team two ways: no ball movement and no defense. On a Warriors team of chuckers, he ranked behind only guard Monta Ellis in shots per minute, and even that total is deflated by all the shots that don’t get tabulated because he was fouled on the play. At the other end of the court, Maggette was a liability. As badly as Golden State plays defense, it was 6.3 points per 100 possessions worse when Maggette was on the court.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
If anything, the Warriors were lauded for getting rid of Maggette.
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Former Cal Prof Dave MacMillan’s up to neat things at Princeton:
A highly selective, radical-mediated (4 + 2) coupling reaction of aldehydes and conjugated olefins has been achieved through asymmetric SOMO-catalysis. A radical-polar crossover mechanism is proposed wherein olefin addition to a transient enamine radical cation and oxidation of the resulting radical furnishes a cation which is vulnerable to nucleophilic addition. A range of aromatic aldehydes are shown to couple with styrenes and dienes to provide cyclic products with high chemical efficiency, regioselectivity, and stereoselectivity.
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--Coach Clark
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Nah, this thing was dead at least 45 minutes ago.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, and I’m being quite productive because of how dead this place is.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
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(beep) (beep) (beep) (beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee)
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Jul 22, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Apparently everyone’s upset with being linked to Cory Doctorow.
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I’M OUT OF CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS Who the FUCK is Cory Doctorow?
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Agreed, who is this Doctorow cat?
Also, Twist where are all those soldiers of the gif army you were working on… we need animated shorts to revive the DBD!!!!!
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by CruzinBears on Jul 22, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, here is one.
I’m working on putting together videos into GIFs as compared to still photos (which get fuzzified in the ghetto fabulous way I have to do it). But dont complain to me, do your own!!!!
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No complaints on my end, I think these are great
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by CruzinBears on Jul 22, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
More on Jeremy Lin:
Lin’s a great story — his father, a 5-foot-6 immigrant, taught himself the game as an engineering doctoral student at Purdue by watching old videotape of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with whom he shared nothing more than a taste in eyewear — and I can’t imagine a better scenario for Lin than playing in his native Bay Area for a yell-at-the-clouds crazy man who is sure to throw the guard some minutes during one of his habitual fits. Even if Lin spends 82 games watching the dance team, it’s a safe bet you’ll find his jersey everywhere from San Jose to El Cerrito, to say nothing of Taipei.
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Late last week I was running down from the Strawberry Canyon Firetrail since I work in Berkeley and run there a lot (as well as the fact I coach the fairly new Strawberry Canyon Track Club). As I passed by the dirt parking lot I saw four mangy characters and immediately recognized our very own nemesis Dumpster Muffin, looking as hot as ever. Then walked up to what looked like a BRAND NEW, spotless black Mercedes Benz and…UNFATHOMABLY to me, one of them opened the door to this $60-70-80,000 sticker price car and they all climbed INSIDE. Apparently this car belongs to one of the tree-sitters!
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Scootie is Dumpster Muffin????
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Even if this is true, please no one confirm it. I have an image of Scootie that I don’t want to be shattered.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
This would just make Scootie even hotter! Tree-hugging hippie by day, Benz driver and Prius killer by night.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
She’s like our very own Angelina Jolie character.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, you’re suggesting that some of the people who have the resources and time to live in a tree for 18 months might be trust fund babies? I may have to rethink my view of those hardworking and friendly Telegraph Ave. sidewalk sitters.
I really hope that’s the right video.
That guy is so awesome. “Yeah, this club is just warming up” “I promise, there will be tons of people here later” “Man, this place is always packed”
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I have to admit, this video is the way I pictured the Rishi lifestyle. Except I pictured Rishi being better looking than that dude and being surrounded by more women.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
This is EXACTLY how I pictured Rishi. Except with more dudes surrounding him, and less touching by the women.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Fortunately, I don’t just stand around in the corner, bragging about my drink, while watching women dance with each other.
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Although there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Indeed, I usually talk to my drinks. “You have such a deep garnet color, and faint notes of cassis. How I enjoy sipping thee…”
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jul 22, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
“Stop drinking me and go hit that, you wuss!”
Irate Toothmonger - Will get all up in your business for food
I dunno, man. That’s how we ended up with baby girl #2.
Irate Toothmonger - Will get all up in your business for food
lol
notlimah640 2 days ago So is he an Investment banker or just a finical analyst?
ScratchCut 1 day ago @notlimah640 Financial analyst is the same thing as investment banker. AJ was fired after his company found out about this video.
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by GoldBlooded on Jul 22, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
AJ was fired after his company found out about this video.
D’OH!
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
haaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahhaa
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Jul 22, 2010 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Work hard, play hard, fall hard.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that your firm’s recruitment video or something?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
zomg wtf
[1]
Former New York Knicks shooting guard Allan Houston is the front-runner to be the team’s next general manager under team president Donnie Walsh, according to league sources.
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House votes to extend jobless benefits
Congress has approved a six-month extension of emergency jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. On a vote of 272 to 152, the House gave the measure final approval and sent it on to the White House, where aides said President Obama plans to sign it immediately.
The Senate passed the measure Wednesday.
The bill will revive a program that provides up to 99 weeks of income support to those who have exhausted state benefits, restoring aid to nearly 3 million people who have seen their checks cut off since the program expired June 2. Advocates for the unemployed said checks in some states are likely to go out quickly; in others, people can expect a delay of several weeks.
Yeah THIS round will finally help.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Very temporarily…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
If new jobs aren’t created in that span for them to occupy, then what’s the point? I’m not saying that all unemployment benefits should cease to exist, but extending them ad nauseum is not beneficial, long term. At what point do we cut the cord? Simply handing people $30 billion is not going to save the economy.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Then, you must be really mad that Republicans are trying to filibuster the jobs bill, aren’t you?
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don’t follow….
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
my guess:
Failing to pass the jobs bill means that benefits have been extended without a plan for increasing jobs n the long-term, which is exactly what you’re complaining about
dingdingdingding. They appear to be mad about a $30 bil small business loan program. Because people hate small business loans.
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No, there are some tax cuts, too, I believe. Approximately $12 bil there, IIRC. There might be some more to it.
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I read the article and didn’t find any mention of tax cuts. Are you sure? Moreover, I’m not really a fan of cutting taxes at this point either…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree, L.A. people are soooo “smug” and “laid back” in every superficial self-worshipping way, yet you talk to them and they are uptight conservative Catholic douchenozzles. NorCal rules, SoCal DROOLS!!!
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washington post article that started this thread?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
don’t follow…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
So that you can sleep easy tonight, they managed to overcome the GOP Filibuster with the small business loan portion intact. Yay!
WASHINGTON — Community banks may soon be able tap a $30 billion government fund to help them increase lending to small businesses.
Democrats in Congress said the banks should be able to use the money to leverage up to $300 billion in loans to small businesses, helping to loosen tight credit markets. GOP opponents called it another unwise bank bailout.
A measure creating the fund overcame a Republican filibuster in the Senate Thursday evening by a 60-37 vote with two Republicans joining Democrats in support of the fund.
The measure, supported by President Barack Obama, will be added to a bill providing a series of tax breaks aimed at small businesses, which could come up for a vote in the Senate next week. The House passed a bill establishing a similar lending fund in June.
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What exactly do you propose that they (the unemployed) do? There aren’t exactly a lot of options out there. Should we just force them to live on the streets?
In theory, they should have been saving all this time in case stuff like this happens, right? If not, sell their homes at a huge loss and move into somewhere extremely cheap or rent. Find something low paying or menial or part time, or take classes to improve skills. Eat oatmeal three times a day. Borrow.
It hurts like hell but it’s what happens with bad investments. Our own president has said many, many times that getting out of this recession is going to hurt and going to be painful.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
So, I know several people who have been out of work for two years. They had plenty of savings (six figures of savings), but not two years’ worth. To sell their homes at a huge loss, they would need to be able to afford to pay off the mortgage, which they can’t do. Once one has exhausted one’s savings, which virtually every American would do after two years of no work, what is one supposed to do?
With no money, how do they pay rent, even extremely cheap rent? You say borrow, but without an income, how can they borrow? With no money, how can they buy oatmeal? Should couples be getting divorced (with what money) so the moms can go on welfare? That doesn’t seem like much of a solution.
There are currently more than 15 million people out of work in the US, and the most recent figures show fewer than 3 million jobs of any kind available. Unemployed people are not being lazy. It sucks beyond belief to be unemployed. But, in these times, to cut off their safety net would be unconscionable.
Underemployed is a key statistic. I’m employed, but my job only gives me 20-30 hours a week on average. Sure, I get health insurance, but I can barely afford my rent/bills. My other job pays hardly anything (acting), so I’m actually looking for a 3rd job.
I’m workin’ my ass off, but still hardly have anything to show for it.
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PS I really wanted to write a post on the first Big Game, but Im finding less and less time before the season starts. I hope to do it, but is that something that interests you? Caution: We would potentially be working together.
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by replying to your own post, does that “we” you use mean that you’d be working with yourself?
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Ah, but it was a PS, so it had to have a script to be post of. Which meant it was an extension of said post responding to CalBear81.
BOOM! LAWYER’D!
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Twist, Cal lost the first Big Game. Do you think people here really want another post about a Big Game we lost?
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
Ha! Nice point. Nonetheless, it is a story of the culmination of football to that point. I wanted to start with the very beginning of Cal football up until 1892.
I’m about to drop a post on everybody about a Rose Bowl that Cal lost, so I figure they can handle a Big Game Cal lost.
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You know I had a reply crafted to Scootie, but I’ve decided you guys are right. Clearly I am a heartless, soulless jackass who knows nothing about the economy.
Handing people money for nothing, indefinitely is the best way out of this. I bow to both your superior wisdom.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 22, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Speaking just as an observer of this thread, I don’t recall anyone saying that you were any of those things. The debate seemed rather civil on both ends, at least from the way I read it.
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
I stand corrected, and a broken man.
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Think Rickety Cricket during the dance-off for Paddy’s Pub and you’ve got the right picture
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
by ch0ster on Jul 22, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
ANY IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHIADELPHIA REFERENCE WILL RECEIVE A REC FROM ME
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I want to test this out, starting with:
milk steak, boiled over hard
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
by ch0ster on Jul 22, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I am genuinely interested in what you think the solution is. I am exceptionally fortunate in that I have a relative who is happy to have me live indefinitely in their home. For those who aren’t as fortunate, I can’t imagine that you think living on the streets, begging for handouts so they can eat is really the solution, so I am interested in what is.
I am probably more liberal on this than I used to be for a couple of reasons: I have been out of work for eighteen months, and I have worked like hell to find a new job and I am not even close to landing one. I am not eligible for unemployment benefits, so this doesn’t affect me directly, but I can imagine the desperation of those who rely on them. But also, I have never seen a job market like this. I have never before had even a slight problem finding a new role — never had to look longer than a few weeks. I have a great resume and all the privileges in the world — a prestigious education, lots of experience at highly respected companies, a strong network of well-placed contacts, and still I can’t find anything.
My company paid for nine months of outplacement assistance when they eliminated my job. That outplacement firm has a group of executives that meets once a week to discuss what is happening in their job searches, to see if anyone has any contacts who might be able to help get them into XYZ, etc. Of the 25 people in that group when I started attending more than a year ago, only three have found jobs. I don’t think people who have held onto their jobs through all of this realize just how grim it is out there.
I really can’t answer why you can’t find a job, Scootie. Job creation and welfare are two separate issues. But ask yourself, is the reason you can’t find a job the fact that you might not receive more unemployment payments? What is the reason you can’t find a job? Will unemployment benefits help you find a job?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 26, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
But unemployment benefits aren’t designed to help people find a job (there’s virtually no job search support that comes with them). They are designed to help people pay the bills until they can find a job. And if, without that financial support, people can’t pay for shelter or food any longer, then how on earth will they ever find a job?
But do you see that I’m trying to attack the genesis of the lack of jobs? What use is it for the government to pay people to keep looking for jobs if there are no jobs to find?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 26, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
…So that they can scrape by until there ARE jobs to be found?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 26, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Unemployment benefits are in no way about saving the economy. They are about saving people. They’re not a stimulus bill.
Yeah, the stimulus is just a nice side effect.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
At what point do we cut the cord?
When the unemployment rate goes down and the economy starts producing jobs at a good enough clip to start reducing the unemployment rolls?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 22, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Or is at an alpaca?
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by yellow fever on Jul 22, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe if you had the continuum transfunctioner; a mysterious and powerful device, whose mystery is only exceeded by its power.
by OaktownAggie on Jul 22, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Ironic NBA jerseys. I wonder where my Warriors John Starks is on this?
The 3rd annual Pitchfork Music and Judgement of Others Festival took place this past weekend in Chicago’s Union Park. The festival featured music, corporate sponsorship, and the requirement to make snide comments about fellow festival attendees under your breath, at a nearly unsustainable pace. The music got an 8.2, the people watching a 9.4, and the weather could get the ditch as scorching temperatures scored only a 4.3.
Inside the festival grounds, we found a treasure-trove of NBA on NBC era basketball jerseys, so much so, that we were able to field an entire 15 man NBA roster by 7pm on Saturday. Take a look at the gallery for jerseys spotted at Pitchfork this weekend, and vote below on your favorites. Each jersey comes with high-handed snarky commentary and a 0-10 rating. Sound familiar?
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in the spirit of it being the 22nd of the month, is it considered ironic or hipster (but i repeat myself) to wear a fast eddy gray cal jersey?
I’m rockin’ my Chris Martin Cal jersey right now!
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fUCLA lineman Hasiak ineligible for the upcoming season
This is a fairly significant blow for the Bruins, who are again thin and questionable on the offensive line.
Hasiak’s career has been chaotic since he arrived as one of the top recruits in the 2009 freshman class. He ran afoul of team rules after recurring practice fights with teammates and then struggled with personal issues and left the team before returning this past spring.
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
by oskisunbear on Jul 22, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Old lawyers wont die already:
Take, for example, the case of 79 year-old attorney Eugene D’Ablemont, who doesn’t have the good sense to hang up his briefcase and spend the remainder of his years cavorting with highly-paid young female escorts. Instead, he just wants to keep on being a lawyer. He even got the EEOC to sue his own law firm for age discrimination, for telling him, hey, Eugene, you’re great and all, but we need the office space, so why don’t you go cavort with some paper-chasing young women for a while, our treat? (CONVERSATION IMAGINARY). The upshot: Eugene’s still at work, even though his own firm is trying to stab him in the back.
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Petroleum Engineers make more money than you
Topping the list of best-paying degrees this year, petroleum engineers earn a starting salary of $93,000 and a mid-level salary of $157,000.
That’s $49,000 more than the next most lucrative majors, aerospace engineering and chemical engineering, which both produce graduates earning a salary of around $108,000.
“Petroleum engineering has been an incredibly profitable sector for the last few years,” said Lee. “It’s a very cyclical field and depends largely on the price of oil, and we’re very much on an up cycle right now.”
I put in some of my old posts to this IWL thing and got back “carp”
Hold me, somebody.
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SBNation goes on a buying spree:
First, SB Nation has acquired a property: SportingNews’ The Sporting Blog. Launched in 2007, The Sporting Blog is meant to be a slightly more fun take on sports news. But as SportingNews, an outfit that is well over 100 years olds, is moving towards a more comprehensive coverage approach, they believed SB Nation would be a great new home for their blog.
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what about californiagoldenblogs.tumblr.com ?
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All-you-can-eat sections in major leagues expanding
The left-field sections at Camden Yards are part of the growing trend of all-you-can-eat style options in major league ballparks. At a cost of $40 per ticket in the section, fans are entitled to a buffet-style choice that includes all the above-mentioned foods and even salad — you know, in case you are feeling guilty.
“It’s a great deal, especially for the teams that aren’t selling out every game,” Cavalier said. “The Phillies, Yankees and all them are always going to be fine. They don’t need to do this. But for fans of, say, this team, it’s a good plan.”
The Orioles aren’t the only franchise attempting to boost attendance in slacking sections with the promotion. Nineteen of the 30 major league teams offer the all-you-can-eat seats at some games in 2010, up from 13 two years ago and six in 2007.
I’m glad the A’s only did this for one year. I know they didn’t discontinue it for health reasons, but I’m not arguing.
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Yeah. I went up to that section this season, and now a ticket up there comes with $6 of credit that you can use for food or merchandise. That’s a much better thing. Actually, I was going to write a whole post on my experience up there, but never got around to it. The line for food was waaaaaay long (they only had ONE station open) and slow. Things picked up a little when they finally opened another station, but long story short, I had to wait 45 minutes for food!! Not the way to gain friends or influence people.
On the plus side, that area is a GREAT place from which to watch a game. You get a great perspective, and a great view.
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For Carp (and all the rest of you pervs)
The 20 Hottest Surfer Babes in the World (NSFW, obv).
by Scootie on Jul 22, 2010 3:57 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Earthquakes-Galaxy in SB Nation's storystream
Nick is updating it tonight. Keep him company!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 22, 2010 6:23 PM PDT reply actions
Dude, this game was amazing – a total thriller. MLS is totally worth watching.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
DON’T TURN THIS DBD INTO A DEN OF SOCCER-RELATED LIES!
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GA-LA-XY, GA-LA-XY!
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by atomsareenough on Jul 23, 2010 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Game 4 of the 1975 NBA Finals is on ESPN Classic right now
Warriors at Bullets, with Dubs leading series 3-0. Hmmm….I wonder what happens in this game?
Things I didn’t know about this game until tonight:
- Dubs coach Al Attles was ejected in the 1st quarter for going after a Bullets player who had flagrantly fouled Clifford Ray and Rick Barry on the same play
- The Dubs coaching staff was rockin’ 1970s leisure suit outfits
- A young Brent Musburger was the play by play announcer on the CBS telecast and Oscar Robertson was the color analyst
- The Dubs were down big in the 1st half (I think Washington’s biggest lead was 15), but came back to take the lead in the 3rd quarter. Game went back and forth after that.
- Phil Chenier (a Berkeley native who also played at Cal) was a key player on the Bullets. (I probably should have known this bit of trivia. Bless me Oski for I have sinned…)
The Dubs are down 86-80 in the 4th quarter right now. I wonder if they’ll come back. Hmmm….
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So I’ve heard. He sure could play ball back in the day, tho.
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5 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
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California Golden Bears
|
4 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
|
Oregon St. Beavers
|
3 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
|
Washington St. Cougars
|
2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| South | Conf | Overall | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
|
USC Trojans
|
7 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
|
UCLA Bruins
|
5 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
|
Utah Utes
|
4 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
|
Arizona St. Sun Devils
|
4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|
Arizona Wildcats
|
2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
|
Colorado Buffaloes
|
2 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
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