DBD 7.28.10: Least favorite job
by boomtho on Jul 28, 2010 7:27 AM PDT
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PrintThe highly anticipated sequel to my previous DBD, this DBD will delve into the depths of your past, pull out painful information you may have repressed, and do so much more. After reliving your favorite jobs, are there any jobs from hell that you may remember? Any jobs that made you wake up in a cold sweat, dreading the hours ahead? Hope none of you are in this boat, but I sure know some people who are...
CGB: What was your least favorite job?
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Recap yf’s night w/ Tedford [Twitter]
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HOW DID I GET HERE about 17 hours ago via txt
# I FEEL LIKE A PHONY about 17 hours ago via txt
# Sitting at the Harbaugh and Tedford table about 17 hours ago via txt
Twist and Goldblooded investigated the Stanfurd Johah. Check it out here:
And we are back. Last time, we looked at the confusing situation between the Cal fight song Stanford Jonah and the Georgia Tech fight song Up With White And Gold. You can read that post here. And you can read more about Georgia Tech football at From The Rumble Sea.
In that post, we looked at the 1919 version of Up With White And Gold. We compared that with the original version of Stanford Jonah. We discussed how the Cal Glee Club might have spread Stanford Jonah to the East Coach on a 1914 trip and how the Georgia Tech Glee Club might have heard it during that trip and used it for Up With White And Gold. It was all very interesting.
What is more interesting is that Georgia Tech actually has a slightly different version of Up With White And Gold that was copyrighted in 1929. Due to copyright laws, we cannot reprint it here. However, we do discuss this song further below.
Getting ramped down to every five minutes would be a big step forward for me.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Worse part of a vacation is always first day back at work to see what you’ve missed… I’m already dreading leaving for a week in September
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
In truth, things were getting iffy before I left, so I’m not totally surprised. Trying to work releases around people’s vacations can be a challenge.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
While you were gone, tens of thousands of people around the world died, and Pete Carroll did nothing to stop it.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
While you were gone, Lane Kiffin possibly committed tortious inference with contract when he hired Kennedy Pola away from the Tennessee Titans. If you were around, that would not have happened.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
He would have done that anyway.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
He can’t work miracles you know.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
What about that time he played that huge prank on USC’s football team, by committing tons of violations, then leaving to join the Seahawks.
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While you were gone, Twist took cheap shots at Pete Carroll, and no one here did anything to stop it. Or wanted to.
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
no one here did anything to stop it.
Including Pete Carroll! That monster!
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Fact.
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Jul 29, 2010 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Thats why I take my vacation at non-peak times like Thanskgiving and XMas/NYE
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I tried to get my cousin to reschedule her wedding but no luck.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Seriously.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
At least she didn’t do it during the season.
When my cousin got married years ago, my dad, grandfather, and I all showed up to the ceremony wearing earpieces. We claimed it was a hereditary hearing issue. Which was true. Without the earpieces we couldn’t possibly hear Joe Starkey’s dulcet tones explain to us how we managed to be down 42-0 in the 1st half to Oregon…
/facepalm
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by Kodiak on Jul 28, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
A couple of years ago I had to miss a Cal home game because of a friend’s wedding. I considered ditching the wedding, but since I was the one who was performing the ceremony, I thought they might notice.
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
You should have injected the ceremony with Starkeyisms.
…You may now kiss the bride.
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OH WHAT A BONANZA!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
“He’s gonna go into the end zone! He has gone into the endzone!”
No, that might not have been appropriate.
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“Do you take this woman—the most amazing, sensational, dramatic, heart rending woman in the history of your life—to be your lawful wedded wife?”
“I now pronounce you, husband and wife. Excuse me for my voice, but I have never, ever seen anything like it, in the history of any wedding I’ve ever seen in my life!”
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
I’m going to miss the Cal-Nevada game this year because of my best friend’s wedding.
Originally, it was going to be okay. Game on the 17th, wedding on the 18th. But now, he’s asked me to be in the wedding party…which means rehearsal dinner, etc. on the 17th.
Sigh. I suppose this increases our chances of pulling it out in spectacular fashion.
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Doesn’t help me. Wedding is Sat. Game is Friday.
Irate Toothmonger - Will get all up in your business for food
The rehearsal + dinner are taking place at the same time as the game.
I’m. Screwed.
Irate Toothmonger - Will get all up in your business for food
I wasn’t planning to…this whole shindig is taking place in Fresno.
I think I may need to renew my tetanus shots and other assorted boosters.
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Glad to hear it. Now you can full unleash that bad boy phone you bought.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I bought a big bad boy phone. It’s supposed to get shipped next week.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah, I’m on Verizon, so I got Motorola’s latest and greatest. I’m not sure it’s worth the extra monthly, but we’ll see.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
[blank stare]
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I know you have skillz, atoms, but I think the turkey is gonna win.
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Why, does the turkey ostrich/emu have any clue what the hell Rishi is talking about?
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
yf’s post about his night at the Pac-10 thing is up
o Open bar and hors’deourves for 10 bucks? That’s a great deal, with or without Cal football talk from Sandy and Tedford.
o Tedford said that he hasn’t been told what realignment will look like, and that he imagines conversations of that nature are going on right now. Indicated that Sandy would know better than he would about that.
o What about the conference championship game? Does he like it? Well, yeah, he kinda figured that was the point of the expansion – there’s so much money there that really, what’s the point of expanding without doing the championship game?
Jeff Eisenberg (The Dagger) finds the basketball part ls filled with errors
There are plenty of other blunders to choose from on the pages of the other sports, but there’s no sense in piling on.
Again what’s telling here is that someone obviously quality-checked the homepage and the football page but didn’t bother to look at the other sports. That’s either an amazing coincidence, or the latest reminder of the pecking order in college athletics.
Niners Nation discusses Mike Iupati
Today we take a look at Mike Iupati, the other first round pick from the 49ers this past draft. Iupati is currently in a position battle with David Baas for the starting spot at left guard. Baas was the starter last season, and didn’t make a complete mockery of the position. He started off the season with many mistakes, but grew into a competent starter in the second half. I actually think Baas is a starting caliber guard in the league, but with Iupati hungry to get out there and play, well… let’s just say Iupati is the favorite to be the starter.
Iupati as universally regarded as the best guard prospect in this draft, and one of the most “NFL ready” players in the first round (and therefore the entire draft, I think it’s fair to infer). He’s been called the next Hutchinson, but in no way will I make that claim yet, to avoid homerism. What I do know is that he’s a pretty fierce guy out there. He’s basically the definition of “beast.”
A’s lose, Cliff Lee was good. Check it out at Athletics Nation
I can’t write a recap of this game without quickly mentioning that umpire Kerwin Danley had one of the most abnormal strike zones I’ve ever seen. The corners were strikes. Then they weren’t. Then the batter’s box was a strike. Then it wasn’t. It’s no surprise that Jack Cust was ejected. Even Mr. Calm Mark Ellis was screaming bloody murder (in his head…maybe).
There is, believe it or not, a silver lining to this game. When your third starter and a depleted bullpen can match Cliff Lee inning for inning nine times in a row, you’ve got to be doing something right. Make no mistake—Colby Lewis and C.J. Wilson are difficult to face, but they’re not Cliff Lee. This series is still absolutely winnable.
by boomtho on Jul 28, 2010 7:43 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Giants beat Josh Johnson. They’re talking about it at McC
This is the kind of game that good teams win. This is the kind of game that good teams win. This is the kind of game that good teams win.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be breathing into a paper bag, getting too giddy about one game. Great win. From a flat loss to an unexpected offensive surge against Josh Johnson. It might be magic, it might be nougat, but whatever’s inside is delicious. Wait…let me try that again.
by boomtho on Jul 28, 2010 7:44 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
The Marlins' manager doesn't like Giants closer Brian Wilson's orange shoes
“We saw that yesterday,” Rodriguez said. "We asked (the umps) about his shoes. A little bit too bright, too flashy. We asked if there was any rule about that he said the rule is more intended for the sleeves and there’s no rule for the shoes.
Picture of the shoes here. I don’t know about baseball illegality, but they are certainly a crime against baseball fashion, IMO.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
As Kruk and Kuip were saying on TV, Wilson is the only guy on the team (and one of the few in baseball) who can pull those shoes off. I like them.
I've been Honked...
sounds like something the dodgers would complain about.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Warriors sign Jannero Pargo [GSoM]
Because if there’s one thing we need MORE of, it’s undersized combo guards. Yeah, that sounds about right.
Only this one doesn’t shoot really well from range. Heeeey, that’s different!
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ESPN OTL looked at stadium concessions.
Here’s a cool interactive map
For those on IE6 like me, the map might act funny. Here’s the text results
On the other [unwashed] hand, all of the stadiums in Florida scored among the worst when it came to violations cited by inspectors. In a league nearly of its own, Tropicana Field, home to the Tampa Bay Rays, was found to have 100% of its vendors in violation. 100%! This unimpressive accomplishment was matched only by the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., home to the Wizards, Capitals, and countless critical violations (in no particular order).
So is 33SS banned forever now?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope. Tomorrow is the last day.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Likewise.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
You just lost all credibility
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by Fire Starkey on Jul 28, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I found your credibility, which you had lost long ago, so I’ve already replaced mine.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Flagged
for suggesting I ever had credibility in anything
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by Fire Starkey on Jul 28, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Health codes schmelth codes.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Dodgers Kick Ass and Take Names
They also helped the Giants get a game closer to the surprising Padres.
Los Angeles put together a furious two-out rally in the seventh to finally push across some runs. DeWitt started the two-out rally with a single to right, Anderson followed with a single to right and Martin was intentionally walked, forcing manager Joe Torre’s hand. Despite six shutout innings, Torre pinch hit for Billingsley with Ethier, who knocked a two-run single to center.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 7:59 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Damnit medvjed, why do always take photos of me when I sleep?!?!?!??!?!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Barbara is so not a cougar… unless that whole power makes her sexy thing makes up for the lack of aesthetics
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by CruzinBears on Jul 28, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Your not going to sell me on this one Rishi
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Jul 28, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
*you’re
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Jul 28, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
well done
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
The only people who care are outside of LA.
LA is so much better off without an NFL team. It means the they can get all the good games on TV without being forced to watch shitty local teams (Raiders, Niners). And because their media market is so big, they really do get all the interesting games. Lucky bastards.
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Because you are so obsessed with LA!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
They haven’t, the NFL has. In their eyes, the nation’s second largest media market is going to waste. If the NFL pushes hard enough and makes enough promises, sure, someone will jump up and try to bring in a team – they’ll make money hand over fist.
But it’s not like Cleveland – the people of Los Angeles are not clamoring for a professional football team. Hell, LA is still Raiders territory (not that that means much anymore).
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
Look, I’m sure people in LA wouldn’t mind having a team, but at this point it’s not something they really need and/or are clamoring for in large numbers.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, unless we have the data, then what do we have to go on?
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
‘Tis like the breath of an un-fee’d lawyer.
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the people of Los Angeles are not clamoring for a professional football team.
On what are you basing this? Almost every single report I hear is the topposite.
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I’m sure 75% of them would also want a free iPhone if it were dropped into their laps. What’s your point? I’m sure people would like an NFL team, but they’re not crying in their beers because they don’t have one currently.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course you do. That’s what you did in your post, for example.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe we’re arguing over the work “clamoring” and what that implies.
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I suppose. I’m just saying that people in LA want a football team. I don’t know if that means they’re “clamoring” for it, but at least the data backs me up.
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Dude just because ten people say they want chocolate cake doesn’t mean they want chocolate cake. I mean who funded that study anyway, Sara Lee? Get real.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it’s more like, just because people say they would like chocolate cake doesn’t mean that they would pay a lot of money for it, or that they aren’t satisfied with the current ice cream that they already have.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
You know who the real villain is here…it’s Sara Lee.
She simply must be stopped.
Yet Pete Carroll sits around and does nothing.
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Hey, don’t bite the hand that feeds you, man. Without Sara Lee, half your business would disappear!
And isn’t it true that you own 10,000 shares of stock in the Sara Lee Corporation??
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Actually, I just straighten teeth. I have little to do with the whole gum disease/cavities bit.
I’m the one who makes fixes things so that the person biting the hand that feeds them does so quite efficiently.
It also makes me and my business immune to Sara Lee and her legion of evil.
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But if someone eats so much Sara Lee cake that a number of their teeth fall out, wouldn’t they come to you?
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I suppose it’s possible. They are most likely to just go get a denture, bridge, or implant.
But, if their teeth fell out and they delayed a long time before getting a replacement to the point where the other teeth shifted…Then I suppose they might need to see me to move the teeth around in order to get a better bridge or implant.
That Sara Lee…Great lady, isn’t she? Just a pillar of our community and a real beacon of hope.
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Thanks for making my lame joke work! I appreciate your assistance :)
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serious question though – when I had my wisdom teeth pulled… I went to an orthodontist, didn’t I?
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Probably an oral surgeon.
Some general dentists with advanced training will also do wisdom teeth.
But, if you were sedated, then it was probably an oral surgeon. (it’s not cost-effective for most dentists to have that type of equipment in their office)
Orthodontists just do braces. We don’t give shots, pull teeth, restore teeth, or clean teeth.
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ahhh, icic.
Oh, did I see a periodontist?
Or are we still talking oral surgeons? Because I was definitely put out. Though it still hurt after the first shot they gave me, so they had to give me a second one.
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“I was definitely put out.” LOL. Yeah, common reaction.
Prob not a periodontist. They focus on gum disease, gum surgery, and occasionally implants.
If you remember the shots, then you were probably not sedated and it could have been a general dentist.
Typical wisdom tooth experience with a general dentist: You’re awake the whole time, feel the shots, then don’t feel the extractions, but can hear everything.
Typical experience with an oral surgeon: “You’re going to smell some pine needles…”
Then you wake up in the recovery room and don’t remember how you got there.
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Well, I only remember the first and second shots, then i woke up and they were done.
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Sounds like an OS to me then. Odd that you remember anything, but I guess you were just unlucky. They do call it “conscious” sedation.
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I don’t think he does. It is his job, nay, his meaning in life to defend all things LA from all things Bay Area, be they wayward poll numbers, traffic accusations, bees, whatever.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought he was a Bay Area guy.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
He is, but he’s born and raised in LA, like me. We both prefer to live in the Bay Area, we consider it home – but we still like LA too. For many people around here, having any positive feelings about LA is considered completely contrary to living in the Bay, so we get shit for it.
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I’ve never really understood the animus – because there are whole swathes of cities around San Francisco that look just like greater Los Angeles except with worse road coverage and fewer gas stations.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Very astute. It is not my job, but it is my meaning in life.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
People in LA, apparently.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
You should have seen the Entenmann’s case at Safeway the other day. Holy fuck I’ve never seen so much fresh blood.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
You are simultaneously infuriating and entertaining me in this DBD. This is very confusing.
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I don’t think anyone is saying that LA is averse to an NFL franchise. Even BearStage said in his post that if and when the NFL finally puts one in LA, it will be successful:
they’ll make money hand over fist.
I think the point is that, even without a hometown team, football fans in LA aren’t exactly hurting because they get a pretty good TV setup as it is currently.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I gave you a number.
You interpreted that number to mean “WELL OF COURSE THEY WANT IT BUT IT’S NOT LIKE THEY’LL MURDER NUNS FOR IT”
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Yeah, but you pointed to it to support your argument that LA is dying for an NFL franchise. Your poll doesn’t answer that question, though. Do they prefer having one to not having one? Sure. Nobody disputes that. But how strong is that preference?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but you pointed to it to support your argument that LA is dying for an NFL franchise.
I never said that.
All I did is argue that the assertion that "The only people who care are outside of LA. " is wrong and that there are organizations in LA actively working at bringing in an NFL team.
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You said they were clamoring. In that you were 72% wrong.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
56% of people in LA are literally dying of hunger and thirst and cancer to have an NFL franchise.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s too bad, I was all set to buy a ticket.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Well it would be a bit obvious if I did it locally.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Jul 29, 2010 12:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh please, that’s just traffic on the 10! You should have posted a picture of traffic on the 405.
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by BearStage on Jul 28, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Rec’d for use of the article.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Pffft, BearStage has my back on all things LA-related.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Inception Spoilers
Boomtho, tell me everything you know about Inception. Go.
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Inception Spoilers
The whole movie was set on planet earth the entire time, but you don’t find out until the end.
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Inception Spoilers
Bruce Willis was dead the entire time.
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I hate boomtho right now. Help me better understand wtf I just watched dammit
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INCEPTION SPOILER
I assume you’re talking about the ending? The short answer is, it can all be seen as a dream OR as reality [I’m referring to the plane world], depending on how you look at it. In an earlier thread, Rishi provided a great link to an informative article: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Inception-Explained-Unraveling-The-Dream-Within-The-Dream-19615.html.
INCEPTION
Also, Twist, here’s a graphic that may explain things a bit better: http://blastr.com/assets_c/2010/07/inception-infographic-thumb-330×536-43071.jpg
INCEPTION SPOILERS
Now that Ive read taht I see that its not helpful. Thats all basic information clearly available in the movie.
What I am talking about is if we assume arguendo that what we perceived to be reality is in fact a dream state and the top doesnt fall, then what was going on there. Who is the dreamer? Was the purpose to save Leo from his guilt? Who was running the operation? Was it Fischer? Was it the dad? Thats my question.
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The dreamer was probably Leo (because only he knows how his totem works). I’ve heard theories that the purpose is to use inception to assuage him of his guilt
INCEPTION SPOILERS
I think what you are saying is accurate. I just think there is a whole undercurrent of relationships between all of the parties here that one misses taking everything for granted as stated. Who really is Fischer et al?
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INCEPTION SPOILER
Well, if it really is Cobb’s dream, then there’s two possibilities:
(a) Projection
(b) Shared dreamer
INCEPTION SPOILER
Couldn’t he be a real person from the real world who has entered Cobb’s dream?
Also, if the upper level is a dream, then when Mol jumped from the building, wouldn’t that mean shes entered the real world?
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INCEPTION SPOILER
She could either be in the real world (like waking up from a normal dream) or in limbo, depending on if Mal and Cobb used some kind of sedative in the real world
INCEPTION SPOILER
So, if shes in limbo, does that mean she that was really her that was discovered in limbo?
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INCEPTION SPOILER
I guess so, though does that mean every instance of her in the other worlds was a projection? Tbh I’m not very solid on this path (everything was a dream), I tend to think everything was real
INCEPTION SPOILER
But the kids were exactly the same age, clothed the same, same position. I mean c’mon!
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INCEPTION SPOILER
Did not look like it to me. By that time, in my view and experience as an veteran dreideler, there should have been much more wobbling.
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INCEPTION SPOILER
ARE YOU DISPUTING MY DREIDELING EXPERT STATUS?!?!?
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HE EVEN MADE IT OUT OF CLAY
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
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It wobbled, accept it.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
And there goes the press pass!
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
And there goes the press pass!
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
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We know that in the top world, she killed herself. The question is whether that top world is real or is a dream. We clearly disagree on that.
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I still think there’s room for interpretation.
The next question, though, is if she dies in limbo, then what?
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Fuck if I know! It seemed as if Sato and Cobb killed themselves in limbo, along with Fischer and the chick to get out.
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oh yeah, I was wondering about that as well. Saito went to limbo because he died, but Juno and Leo get there because they fall asleep. Why did they end up in the same world (alternatively, why didn’t Juno and Cobb end up in a deeper dream world?)
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Because the world with the tall buildings is not limbo!
It’s Cobb’s dream and he goes into limbo from there, whereas Juno and Rich Boy wake up.
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Doesn’t Cobb say something about it being limbo though? Something like “we were here a long time?”
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Well, he mentioned that the world was created because they were in limbo forever.
But, from my interpretation, it’s his dream and he’s just remembering what he had in the limbo world.
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Yeah that makes sense. So, then Juno and Fischer get the “kick” in the tall building dream world, while Cobb has to go from the dream world to limbo to rescue Saito.
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And Cobb doesn’t age in limbo because he’s aware that he’s in limbo
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Juno’s baby was
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
The empire strikes back spoiler
Vader is Luke’s father.
it’s spelled "S-H-U-F-R-E-A-K-I-N-H-E-R-O-U-T-M-A-N"
The following also provides another take, my favorite and definitely the most complete I’ve read, so far:
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
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Dude, that analysis is pretty epic. It makes sense, too: the beginning of the film has a sense of not knowing how you got there that Cobb points out is one of the ways to recognize that you’re dreaming. Like, why were they working with Saito, how did they get to that point, etc.
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Except that that’s how every movie starts! It’s not like every movie starts watching the main character being born!
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Except they sorta blast a bunch of images at you early in the movie. I was very confused
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Those also appear in every movie!
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
100% true story: a few nights ago, I had a nightmare that I was drugged/paralyzed as a ten foot Mexican man was stealing my passport. Since I couldn’t move to stop him , all I could do was scream at him. Turns out I was screaming in real life, too, and woke my gf and her roommates up (this is at 5AM).
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
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At this point, using the movie’s internal logic, I think there would be two camps — the whole movie was a dream, or only the very last scene is a dream.
or only the very last scene is a dream.
Interesting thought. So, then who was the dreamer? And how did it relate to all the other “dreams”?
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Whoops, I don’t mean that only the very last scene is a dream, I just mean that it’s a dream and not a return to reality. For that scenario, I would guess Leo is the dreamer and that he’s still stuck in limbo from prior events of the movie. I think it IS a dream for some of the reasons you outlined above, i.e., the kids haven’t aged and are wearing the same clothes, the dreidel didn’t fall (one day, you and I will have a dreidel-off. Only the goyim and the non-physicists have no dispute with the way that thing wobbled then kept spinning).
That having been said, I’m debating whether or not it’s a cop-out that that dreidel didn’t fall. What’s wrong with definite endings? I know it’s not Christopher Nolan’s style, but still.
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Ya, thats what Im sayting.
My question, then, is when Mol jumped from the room (which one of these articles noted, she had trashed the room and then appeared somehow on the opposite ledge!) did she go to the real reality or to limbo or what?
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If the whole movie was a dream, then I think she went to real reality. Otherwise, I think she just died. I’m not sure which interpretation I favor right now, but I think it’s one of those two.
Hunters Point Development marchs forward:
San Francisco supervisors ended more than a decade of hope and controversy Tuesday when they overwhelmingly approved a project to transform the abandoned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard into a new waterfront community of homes, businesses and green technology.
The 10-1 vote, with only Supervisor Chris Daly dissenting, was a joyous moment for Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, who has spent most of her 10 years on the board pushing to build the community support and political backing needed to move the redevelopment project forward.
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Will this lead to gentrification of the entire area, driving thousands from their homes? Time will tell.
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Judging by the current state of Hunter’s Point, god I hope so!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m reasonably certain he doesn’t wonder. He knows what he did.
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That’s right, I moved into his neighborhood. DAMN WHITEYS TRYING TO GENTRIFY US AND DRIVE US FROM OUR HOMES.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
remember when I thanked you for staying level headed?
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You know, before Pete Carroll’s reign of mayhem over at USC, Hunter’s Point wasn’t gentrified.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
This was before I lost my home to gentrification! They literally drove me out with pitchforks!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
hahaha, ok, that was funny :)
But seriously, though, gentrification is a mixed bag for me. I’m all for making an area nicer, reducing crime, and improving standard of living. Often, gentrification does many of those things, so pluses all around. Maybe once I stop making actor-money I’ll be able to buy one of those condos.
The down side of it, though, is that people do get driven from their homes when property values rise in surrounding areas. While we don’t like to think about it, there are lots of people out there who don’t even make minimum wage, and are forced to only live where they can afford – this is often places like Hunter’s Point, Western Addition, etc. Now, there are lots of good people there who have no choice but to live in areas where crime tends to be higher. But at least they have a place to live and raise their families as best they can. But what happens when they get priced out of their areas – what do they do then? Where do they go?
This is a big reason why San Francisco’s Black population has plummeted in recent years. I’m not claiming to have the answer, because I don’t. I mean, I love my people and all, but I wouldn’t live in Hunter’s Point if I could at all avoid it. I’ve spent a good deal of time there (used to have a girlfriend who lived there), so I know how it goes – but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t good people who don’t deserved to get pushed out of their homes.
Dammit, I wish there was a good solution… :-/
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I mean, unless eminent domain or something causes houses to be literally bulldozed to the ground, Prop 13 prevents people from getting kicked out of their homes because it holds property taxes constant even as property values rise (as an aside, I’m anti-prop 13 but that’s a separate issue.) I don’t really see how else people would get kicked out; this whole project is being undertaken on a base that was closed in 1974. The project even has something like 33% of housing designated as low-rent, which is unheard of and incredibly high, and probably will ensure the developer will barely profit.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I predict the developer will not profit, because they are building it at the stupidest time imaginable.
But I bet after all of the NIMBY lawsuits are resolved, years from now, the eonomy will be better
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Commodity costs are certainly lower, and I doubt the thing will be completed for like 6-8 years, more than enough time for the housing crisis to reasonably recover. Building it 6-8 years ago, now that would have been the worst time ever.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree with this.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t clarify, my bad. I wasn’t talking about this project in particular – you’re right, there’s nothing wrong with using an abandoned base. I was talking about a trend that could start, as seen in Emeryville and, to a lesser extent, in Hayes Valley/Western Addition. If people don’t own, then property taxes isn’t the issue. But if the owners of said house/apt building have money thrown at them by developers and decide to sell, then the people who live there are screwed. Also, yes, eminent domain can come into play as well.
But yeah, look at Emeryville. Just saying.
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Why can’t they move? If they’re renters they’re significantly more mobile and don’t have to worry about a lost investment on a home.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
No, people usually can, esp if they’re renting.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude, I can’t afford to move. I’m gainfully employed, have good credit, etc – but unless I’m gonna borrow money from someone, I can’t afford to cough up 3 months of rent (first, last and security) at the drop of a hat, like I’d need to do if I moved.
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Then you better save up!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Rent isn’t exactly cheap in SF.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Who says they have to move somewhere else in SF? If you’re a renter and you have (it sounds like?) very little money saved up chances are you’re in an unskilled profession and can find a job pretty much anywhere (whereas a biotechnologist, for instance, cannot get a job in Helena, Montana.)
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Gosh, life is just so simple, isn’t it? Pick up and move to Montana (to take your example)! It’s not like that wouldn’t cost thousands of dollars. Never mind that your kids are in school here, or maybe you have extended family in the area that you depend on or that depend on you, or that you don’t know anybody in Montana because you were born and raised your entire life in the Bay Area (and thinking realistically, there are almost no minorities there), or that your one pleasure in life is to watch 49ers games at the bar with your two buddies you’ve known for 30 years. Or that you’ve been a shipyard worker most of your life, say. Screw all that, just move to Montana. No sweat.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Not to mention that you’d run the risk of having your kid’s life turn out to be like the Karate Kid.
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, if the problem is that local prices are too high, moving to Montana probably would save money in the long term. In fact, a ton of poor people have moved out of more expensive cities like LA and SF and into less expensive places like Modesto, Stockton, or the southern US, without having to be kicked out, in the last 10-15 years.
It sounds like the only real reason people wouldn’t want to move out is because they like living in the area for much, much cheaper than market rate? That’s not really a good reason to keep underdeveloped places underdeveloped.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m pretty sure the last part of AAE’s example was to prove that low rent isn’t the only real reason.
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
“Love watching the 9ers for 30 years with buddies” is not a real reason not to move.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Way to cherrypick there.
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
oooook you asked for it...
It’s not like that wouldn’t cost thousands of dollars.
People generally aren’t told to leave at the drop of a hat, they get many months or even years of notice, definitely long enough to save enough money to move.
Never mind that your kids are in school here, or maybe you have extended family in the area that you depend on or that depend on you,
If they are so dependent, why not pool resources and live together? It will save money on rent. Part of the reason less affluent asian communities have been so successful in the bay area is because families are very, very close knit in this regard. People live together not because they want to, but because it is economically rational.
or that you don’t know anybody in Montana because you were born and raised your entire life in the Bay Area
Immigrants move across continents not knowing anybody. And if you do move, usually there are community organizations based on ethnicity, religion, and background to help integrate you, especially in large cities. You’re right, moving to a tiny town in Montana would not have these resources, but then again small towns generally have much closer knit communities and less crime anyway.
(and thinking realistically, there are almost no minorities there), or that your one pleasure in life is to watch 49ers games at the bar with your two buddies you’ve known for 30 years.
Covered this. And really? We need people of the same race in a community we move to or its no go?
Or that you’ve been a shipyard worker most of your life, say.
Again, unskilled labor. A guy who builds ships (and lol as if there’s anything like that left in the Bay Area) can just as easily learn soldering or drywalling.
I think you guys are really being unreasonable. All the problems Atoms mentioned are undoubtedly tough to deal with in the short term but usually not dealbreakers. Compared to the rest of the world it is massively easy to move in the USA. There are community assistance programs just about everywhere, flexible labor laws which make it easier to be hired and fired. The only two things (which have been in severe shortage for the last couple decades) are the ability to save and power of will. Yes, we have been in a terrible economic downturn in the last 2 years which has made things a lot more difficult but in the long run, moving has not and won’t be that difficult.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
And I would love to live in yours. Come, Twist, come join reality!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Imagine a world where everyone loves each other, and there’s plenty of everything to go around. Congratulations, you’re thinking of the Smurf village.
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
plenty of everything to go around
Not true. Only 1 female.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Who are you to question Smurf morality and relationships? If one is enough, one is enough.
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Was I the only one who thought Smurfette was super hot?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 28, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s the whole point – people are moving elsewhere – again, IF they can afford it. Like I said, that’s a big reason why the Black population has plummeted in the last few years. and I’m NOT, repeat, NOT saying this is a racial issue. I’m only saying that some people feel that San Francisco is slowly becoming a city of the haves, and that there’s a danger of the city (eventually) becoming much less interesting as a result.
Now, I really don’t know all that much about the City, since I’ve lived in the East Bay for 15 years, but I don’t think I’m way off base here.
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Move to Ohio and all your problems will be solved.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Except that you’ll be in Ohio.
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, all your problems but one.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
…because he will simply want to commit suicide?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
People get so happy when the ice melts and the ground thaws that all our troubles magically drift away.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
And then it melts away and by June you realize that, oh wait, you’re still in Ohio. Why oh why couldn’t you go away to wherever it is the lovely snow disappeared to?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The underground water table? That’s WAY worse that Ohio. Or even LA.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Most people would love, love, love West Oakland to be a lot less “interesting.” And the cost of moving is relatively low compared to the COL savings elsewhere in the country. Really the only issue is saving up enough money to move, which, for most people who are gainfully employed is doable with a little savings. Unfortunately until very, very recently, savings has been a dirty word in the US for the last 20 years.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Spazzy, for a single income blue-collar family with children, saving is damn near impossible. Honestly. And not because they’re spendthrifts. The $5K a family would need to save just to pay for the move would be waaaaaay out of reach, not to mention the other start-up costs on the other end.
Spazzy, for a single income blue-collar family with children, saving is damn near impossible.
With good planning, no, it really, really, really isn’t.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Halve that. In addition to my Furdie CFO brother, we have a brother who has a good, reliable union job at an upscale supermarket in Danville. He stacks shelves. He works full time. He’s been there ten years. He makes $40K a year. He has a teenage son and a mortgage on his house in outermost Contra Costa County, and there is no money to be saved.
The original argument was whether people had enough saved to move if their apartment building is sold and the renters get kicked out. Since your brother has a job and a home that he is able to (apparently) pay the monthly on, how will he get kicked out?
And honestly, I’m doing the math in my head, food for two people and gas should not amount to the entirety of the remainder of his salary unless his house is WAY beyond his means and shouldn’t have been purchased in the first place (a distinct possibility). Which is it?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
are you crazy? When was the last time you lived on $20K? I guarantee you didn’t have a mortgage to pay, either. If you’re renting an apartment, it’s doable, but even then, it’s not easy.
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If you’re renting an apartment, it’s doable,
This was my exact argument re:Hunter’s Point…like….exact.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
According to this link, raising a kid costs 7k (approx, and if I had to estimate personally it would be higher) a year. Add the mortgage, and his own needs, and taxes, and I could see how there wouldn’t be very much left at all.
Most of those costs are probably day-care related. I had a staff member retire a few years back because it was more cost-effective for her to stay home with the kids than it was for her to work full-time.
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There’s Scootie’s brothers’ problem right there: a 15 year old doesn’t need daycare!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
He brings home about $2500/month. Out of that he pays roughly a $1200 mortgage, $250 in property tax, $300 in utilities, $200 in car & home insurance. That leaves them $550/month for food, clothing, gas, entertainment, and general cost of living things, such as his son’s costs for the sport he plays at school ($300 plus equipment costs) or car repairs or anything else. Where’s the savings?
He has a mortgage, but the costs wouldn’t really be any different if he rented.
Do you really want an answer or are you just looking to blow up at me when I suggest he should not have bought the house in the first place?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, at the time they bought the house he was married, so their income was about $60K and it their payments were well within the 38% of gross income guidelines. They put 1/3 of the cost down, and though the house is now upside down, eight years ago it didn’t look to be a bad decision at all.
Rent on a two bedroom apartment would be at least as much, even in the area where they live.
Well, East Contra Costa county homes were way, way overvalued because they were in podunk nowhere. Yeah, they looked like a good investment at the time, and everyone and their mom made the same mistake, (bummer about your brother) and it just about brought the world economy down. But that was a pretty big mistake.
On top of that if you want an honest answer, swipe money off the food and gas budget by carpooling everywhere and buying nothing but Costco. It sucks, but it can be done. Same with ditching the AC to save on utility bills. It’ll be hot, and it sucks, but it can be done.
I reiterate, it sucks. Saving sucks. It’s much nicer and easier to spend.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 29, 2010 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions
damn, he makes 40K? I need to get a shelf-stocking job! Oh wait, I already have one of those… I need to get a union shelf-stocking job!
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It isn’t if you eat nothing but white bread and peanut butter, and if your only goal in life is to save money. But otherwise, it’s damn near impossible.
We obviously have very different definitions of the word “interesting.” Why, to you, the definition means “violent”, I have no idea. Obviously, I would LOVE West Oakland to be less violent. I would love it to be more interesting.
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I would frankly love it to be more anything than the state it’s currently in. If gentrification manages to price the gangbangers out to Modesto, I’m really cool with that.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
You are so blind. it’s almost incredible.
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I drive through it every freakin day man, I see exactly what’s there…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
No. The answer is jack shit. There is almost no business, because there is no one to sell to. Gentrifying er, “building new housing” would enable higher-income people to move in would stimulate local businesses which could employ local people and put the damn brokeass city to work. But for some reason this is completely unacceptable.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
No I meant blind as to the gangbangers moving to Modesto. As if that would ever happen.
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The gentrification isn’t so much the problem as what happens to the people who are already there, of whom some percentage are good people without anything to fall back on.
If they really are “good people” and many, many in West Oakland are NOT, then between moving elsewhere locally, getting a job and being able afford something in the city, mandated low-income housing in the complexes that are being built, that should cover just about everyone. These situations are rarely as hopeless as some on this page project… It’s not like someone just shows up one day with an eviction notice and says “gtfo.”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
getting a job
You realize that’s really really really hard to do right now, don’t you?
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Like I said, these are especially bad times when everyone suffers, but in the long run it’s not that huge of a problem. Unemployment will go down, eventually.
So yes, I agree with you, if Joe Developer shows up at a good clean West Oakland family’s (who despite working full time and having kids in public school have managed to save zero money based on some kind of medical hardship) doorstep tomorrow and gives them one week to move with zero assistance, zero possibility of applying for housing, and zero help from any government services, then that would be bad. However, 99% of the time this situation does not happen.
But for that 1%, yes, we are in full agreement there.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Things that exist in the World Of Spazzy
1. No larger racial problems in America
2. A complete ability to save money independent of any other factors
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Things that exist in the World Of Twist
1. Racism clouds every interracial interaction between whites and any minority in any situation, anywhere.
2. A complete inability to save money independent of any other factors.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Updated list of things that exist in Twist’s world:
1. Vampires
2. Men who look good in scoop neck t-shirts with lots of chest hair
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I don’t want to live in your world, Twist.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey that didn’t stop you from misquoting me.
Either way, Twist, I’m not really sure what’s up for debate here.
America is deeply, deeply in debt, and it’s well agreed that artificially low interest rates combined with a spend-first, pay later mentality (be it mortgages, big screens, wars etc) have left America struggling to pay the bills. The US savings rate reached unheard of lows towards the latter stage of the housing/finance “boom.” It isn’t that America was suddenly that much poorer or incapable of saving at the time, they simply weren’t. Since then, savings rates have just started to recover.
You can make fun of me all you want but it won’t hide the fact that Americans rode the dotcom and finance booms so hard and so fast that they just forgot how to save! It was no longer part of the equation. So when I hear people saying “NO BUT U CAN’T SAVE U HAVE TO SPEND IT ALL” I really just don’t buy it. Americans saved plenty up until the 90s, and then apparently thought the web and their houses would mean they’d be rich forever. Yes, it IS difficult to save now because of the lack of “easy money” so to speak but it is not impossible. It just involves a dirty 8 letter word politicians on both sides of the aisle haven’t dared utter in three decades:
sacrifice.
Americans have entirely forgotten what real sacrifice is like. And no forthcoming pithy comment from you or YF or Bearstage is gonna change that. I’m sorry.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
i don’t think that links anywhere… but, thats whats going on here
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 28, 2010 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Here you stated that with good planning, anybody can save. I certainly agree that saving is important and that it is easier to save with good planning. However, I interpreted your statement to mean that essentially everybody can save no matter what.
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Here, you stated that you did not think there was a larger racial problems in America.
I do not believe I misquoted you in either circumstance.
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If you had read a few posts further in the thread, you’d see that I was referring to college admissions.
You’d also see that I wrote
I don’t think there are no racial problems in this country
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 26, 2010 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
“With good planning” does not mean “independent of all other circumstances,” Twist.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I sympathize/agree with a lot of your argument. I think many, if not most Americans have been irresponsible, and that it needs to change. But a culture isn’t something that can flip overnight without some massive hardship, nor are individuals so rational and decisive that they will automatically take the most sensible course of action when faced with a challenging set of circumstances. So, while you’re technically right that people can be more responsible and make the hard choices like leaving all their family and friends behind and striking out, to just glibly and dismissively say that people can and should be counted on making these really difficult choices, regardless of their personal challenges… well, it just comes across as completely insensitive and tone-deaf.
Human beings have messy lives, they’re resistant to change, and if they’re uneducated or lack resources or have the kinds of challenges that people who lives in the kinds of neighborhoods we’re talking about do, then that makes it all the harder. People don’t tend to completely reshape their entire lives at the drop of a hat unless there is some major crisis, especially when they are lacking means.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you hear that? He think I’m pithy!!! :-D
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Thank you for your meaningful response.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 29, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
They’re likely rent controlled, and if they’ve been there a long time, and moving to a market-rent place would be significantly more expensive.
However, I don’t think gentrification will be a huge issue here. The project itself is building mostly on currently undeveloped land. The surrounding neighborhood actually has quite a high ownership rate, and also a significant amount of city-owned housing, neither of which would be threatened by improving neighborhood amenities and desirability.
I do think the neighborhood will benefit from improved ‘daylight’ here, so to speak — more daytime traffic, supporting services for the large working population that they are aiming to base there, neither of which exists in large numbers in the neighborhood today. WIll some people get priced out of their rental homes? Yes, but I’m not sure it’s more than will be accommodated in the BMR units being built (to house something close to 2000 people). Overall, I think the project is a good thing for the area, and hopefully can be good for the existing community there.
I’m optimistic about it, too, but I do think that people like BearStage do have legitimate concerns that should be at least considered and not casually dismissed.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I totally agree with you Scootie – like I said before (and should have clarified sooner), I don’t think this particular project will cause any problems like that. I was looking forward to a possible trend that a project like this one could concievably start.
But yes, I’m totally on board with this project, and I really, really hope it will bring some help and hope to an area that desperately needs and deserves it.
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The surrounding neighborhood actually has quite a high ownership rate
Really? That’s very interesting, I did not know this.
Yeah, I actually did know that, though it was something that I completely forgot about. Thank you for reminding me!
Yeah, most of the people who own there have lived there for a long time, and have slowly watched the area go to shit – a big reason it’s such a tragedy. My ex who used to live down there inherited the house from her uncle who had recently passed away. I think she still owns the house, but rents it out.
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Usually homeowners are pretty good at preventing neighborhoods from getting too run down, as opposed to renters. So I’m mildly surprised that’s the case there.
It depends on the type of neighborhood. Down in Baypoint, there aren’t the kind of small neighborhoods where you can really keep an eye on who comes in and who goes out. You’re surrounded by major streets and industrial areas, and even the streets the houses are on are pretty damned wide. People can go in and out really easily, and there are plenty of places to hide. At least in the areas I’ve seen. Not to mention the prostitution.
Also, if people are riding around with guns, what can you do? You can call the police, but that only does so much. You can stay vigilant, have neighborhood watches, and try to keep your family safe – but at the end of the day, they have guns and you don’t.
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I have no problems with you. I just think you’re kinda misguided.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Just to clarify
Ohio Bear is a disgrace to Cal (it says so in the DBD title!)
The title says “embarrassment.” I am an embarrassment to Cal.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
No problem. I put this up while I was waiting for my coffee to finish, so that it explains its general lack of quality
In our office we have coffee makers, but at the client site we don’t. I’m at the client site M-Thu and in the office on Fridays. I do not make, retrieve, or do anything else involving (except drinking) coffee as part of my job
You know what, over the long haul, it doesn’t really matter that much. If you can avoid leaving smoldering wreckage in your wake, that’s often good enough.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
For some reason, the phrase “good enough for government work” comes to mind.
Also, it occurs to me that this advice might have been really useful to Mr. Carroll a few years ago.
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The second greatest thing about British office life is the existence of a tea lady to keep one topped up with tea all day long.
Number 27 on the list. Quick!
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Why would you move to Monterey, CA… their financial district is terrible!
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by CruzinBears on Jul 28, 2010 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I was willing to consider relocating after a week – one of the dangers of visiting, you get a false sense of optimism about life on the ground.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Oh, I know. Frankly, though, the cost of housing and the lack of jobs are the real killers – there was an article in the Scotsman on the day we left about how there are more university graduates than ever so, not surprisingly, most of them are completely underemployed. And I have about 12 – 15 years before I’d be vulnerable to the dreaded “early retirement” layoffs.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
That sounds rife for abuse. Or at least euphemism.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
“I enjoy all the tea-bagging that goes on in England”
/Scootie
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I was thinking more along the lines of,
“The tea girl brought me tea, but I supplied the teabag, if you know what I mean…”
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Rishi will be so disappointed.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
but dependent on her family ties and motherly qualities, you may be very excited
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by CruzinBears on Jul 28, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Wait, Jake Locker’s mom serves tea in British office buildings?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
WHERE'D YOU GET THAT PICTURE OF MY GRANDMA?!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s a thought… a folder with a pic of Spazzy’s grandma, a sheep in a bikini and a multi orifaced blow up doll.
Yech
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by Fire Starkey on Jul 28, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
And there goes my dinner. And I haven’t even eaten it yet.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Custodial work for Family Student Housing at UCSC….
Although easy (see working 15minutes then slacking for 30-45min at a time), cleaning up after student families when they move out is disgusting… They all have babies (or worse little children) that cause lots of hidden messes… Not to mention cleaning ovens blows goats, so many minor chemical burns!
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Jobs & Job Hunting
Least favorite job: Subway. It actually wasn’t that bad, but I’ve only had 3 jobs, and the other two are HydroTech and intern with the A’s, so I’ve been pretty lucky.
Also, I got a chance to sit down and talk with Cal Football’s Director of Operations, Mike McHugh, yesterday about jobs and working in sports. He was super helpful and gave me a few contacts to talk to, so I’m pretty excited about that.
Thirdly: does anybody here know anything about Lansing, or Michigan in general? I’m trying to figure out if I’d hate living/working there.
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Yeah, it seems like housing prices are so depressed that I could get myself a nice place if I went there. Hooray recession!
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Should we take this to mean you may end up working for Michigan State?
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
The job title is “Sponsorship Service Representative.” It’s basically a lot like what I do now with the A’s, which I enjoy: getting contracts, making sure the sponsorship packages get implemented properly.
I did a little research, and the Lugnuts are actually one of the more successful franchises in minor league baseball, which makes the job more attractive.
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That’s awesome. But how are you going to hit on girls at parties when you tell them that you lugnuts?
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I would not like Lansing, simply because of the weather. (I don’t like Ohio winters and Michigan winters are worse.) But I have been there in the summer and it’s nice weather. The city isn’t the most aesthetically pleasing place, but there are some nice neighborhoods, places where you can find the paradigmatic Midwestern Pleasantville sort of setting. Your culture and nightlife are probably tied to Michigan State University — which is a nice college campus.
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lol!
Ahmadinejad blasts Octopus Paul
He claims that the octopus is a symbol of decadence and decay among “his enemies”.
…However, the Iranian president accused the octopus of spreading “western propaganda and superstition.”
I’ve always had my suspicions about octopodes.
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There are no cars underwater that female octopi can’t drive…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you for confirming that it is, in fact, funny
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I dunno, just thinkabout the logistics of Kim Jong Il fucking a pigeon… the imagery alone is hilarious… I mean how would Kim Jong Il get high enough up to fuck a pigeon?!?! step stool? ladder?
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by CruzinBears on Jul 28, 2010 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
i thought this was from the onion. dear lord.
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by GoldBlooded on Jul 28, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Old Spice Man campaign is working
“According to Nielsen data provided by Old Spice, overall sales for Old Spice body-wash products are up 11 percent in the last 12 months; up 27 percent in the last six months; up 55 percent in the last three months; and in the last month, with two new TV spots and the online response videos, up a whopping 107 percent.”
They showed the most recent ad before Inception and the theatre actually went quiet as people watched it. Go figure.
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whoa were we in the same theater?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Not to brag or anything, but that Old Spice campaign is out of Wieden+Kennedy Advertisement Agency, which is based out of Portland.
I don’t remember exactly which ones worked on it, but about 1/3-1/2 of the employees are UO business or marketing grads.
it’s spelled "S-H-U-F-R-E-A-K-I-N-H-E-R-O-U-T-M-A-N"
I wonder, then, who they stole the idea from?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Must have been on somebody’s laptop.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Not necessarily. I think the connection needed to be made from general stealing to laptop theft.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
He said he was going to stay away until football season starts again. He was apparently fairly ticked off at the Chris Martin transfer.
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I fail to see what the DBD has to do with Chris Martin.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s a common occurrence.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Says the man who was really confused over a standard pigeon rape joke
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Yeah it was. My recs got stolen!
They’re probably on someone’s laptop…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
New and Creative Ways to Express Your Frustration
Woman Suffers Road Rage, Flashes Other Driver
A woman suffered a severely strange case of road rage while driving on the St. Petersburg side of the Howard Frankland Bridge, that she took off her top.
This all happened around 4 p.m. Tuesday. The lady got out of her car, jumped on top of the other car’s hood, and started flashing the driver.
Scootie, that is no way to deal with your frustrations….you need help.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
My law school alma is trying to ruin my day
Just got this e-mail. At least the “P.S.” was something good.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Dear [Ohio Bear],
We are offering a limited amount of discounted tickets to our alumni for 2010 home games for UCLA! Be sure to take advantage of our exclusive savings!
Our discounted tickets are on sale now for the following games:
UCLA vs. Stanford [sic] – 09.11.10
UCLA vs. Arizona State – 10.30.10
Tickets are $26 each, $10 off the original price of $36. Seating is best available at time of purchase. Please click here to receive this special offer. Select the game you would like to attend and enter the special offer code: hastingslaw when prompted. Next create an account with your e-mail, select a password, and proceed to purchase. Go Bruins!
We hope to see you there!
Best,
UC Hastings Alumni Center
P.S. CAL FANS! Information about special discounted tickets for CAL home games will be coming soon!
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Beware!
Apparently Ohio Bear is a ucla fan. I knew he couldn’t be trusted!!!
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Take off those decals now!
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
My law school alma mater redeemed itself quickly
Just got this.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Dear [Ohio Bear],
We are offering a limited amount of discounted reserved tickets to our alumni for 2010 home games for CAL! Be sure to take advantage of our exclusive savings to the last season at Memorial Stadium before renovation!
Our discounted reserved tickets are on sale now for the following games:
CAL vs. UCDavis- 09.04.10 (Home Opener)
CAL vs. UCLA – 10.09.10 (Homecoming)
CAL vs. Oregon – 11.13.10 (Scout Day)
Tickets are $30 each (up to a 45% savings!).
To purchase tickets:
1. Go to www.CalBears.com/code
2. Enter the promo code: HASTINGS2010
3. Place your ticket order and receive your discount!
Go Bears!
We hope to see you there!
Best,
UC Hastings Alumni Center
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I’d say my least favorite job was the summer temp job I had in the warranty claims department of a well-known network device manufacturer. Basically, I had to contact customers who had left messages regarding faulty devices and take their information to see if they could get approved for a warranty claim. Of course, these were people who had paid good money for a router or hub or something, and now it was broken and their network was down, so they were none too happy about it. Basically it was talking to angry people on the phone, most of whom were eager to yell and bitch at someone to vent their frustrations, and I was a natural and convenient target. Worse than telemarketing, if you could believe that.
BTW, I don’t know if I posted my “best job”, but I’d have to say working at the California Theater on Kittredge was the best job ever, back when I was in school. There were only 3 screens, but we got some of the better and more interesting movies. The films would be shown in banks, so in an evening shift there’d be 3 showtimes around the 7 o’clock hour and another 3 screenings around the 9 o’clock hour, so there was 2 hours of relative dead time in between where you could read, hang out with other staff members, sit in on a movie, listen to music in the ticket booth, or whatever. Plus you could have as much pop corn or soda as you wanted. And the best perk of all was that you could get free passes to any movie at ANY Landmark theater, plus the UA in Berkeley, plus we had a reciprocal deal with Movie Image and Reel, where we could get unlimited free movie rentals and they could get free passes. Such a chill job.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 10:58 AM PDT reply actions
Heh. Chris McKendry asked Kiffin if he’s ever concerned about his (bad) reputation within the coaching community. She didn’t use the word bad, but it was heavily implied.
Would have been awesome if we could have had roy or oaktown hack “douchebag” into the teleprompter for that question.
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dare to dream
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by oskisunbear on Jul 28, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Just how fat is America?
% of adults who are overweight or obese, The Kaiser Family Foundation
United States 60.8%
Top ten breakdown
1. District of Columbia 49.8%
2. Colorado 53.3%
3. Massachusetts 54.4%
4. Utah 55.6%
5. Connecticut 56.0%
6. Vermont 56.5%
7. Hawaii 56.8%
8. New York 57.4%
9. Virginia 57.6%
10. California 57.7%
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44. Ohio 64.2%
I knew this state would bring a high number.
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I will eat a fried snickers bar to celebrate
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of which, the Ohio State Fair begins today. Ohio’s obesity rates will surely go up in the next several days.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
But many obese folks will also perish at the Fair, so I think it nets out the same.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL. Do people really perish at the Ohio State Fair? My mind is racing coming up with all the possible reasons.
Heat exhaustion?
Or over-indulgence like at Oktoberfest?
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Gastric explosions due to overating, like in Monty Python.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
My worst job was as an associate doctor in my current practice.
As the new guy, everything was automatically my fault. The patients lacked confidence in me, and many of the staff didn’t want to change so they deliberately undermined me. Even though I had done very well as a resident and had attended a top clinical program, I was unable to use my skills or training. All of the systems/techniques in daily use were outdated – things that we had read about in our residency, but no one uses anymore.
So, every day pretty much sucked. I came to work and did what I could, but felt disrespected, frustrated, and just depressed.
But, I guess it’s all about paying your dues. I stuck it out. Replaced several staff members…and eventually transitioned from associate to senior partner. And now, it happens to be the best job that I’ve ever had.
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Y’know, that’s a good way to put it. First few years here sucked hard when I was the “shoulders” of the firm (i.e., everyone on the letterhead was above me). At one point around year 2, I was working with someone who was so terrible I wanted to quit being an attorney. Luckily, that attorney moved on, and I prospered afterward. Things got to be more enjoyable and the outlook got better once I made partner. Oh yeah, once Ohio Bear joined the firm and I could talk Cal sports every day of the week, my life was significantly improved.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
So you were there first? Has this been your only firm, and Ohio Bear worked elsewhere for a while? (I ask because isn’t Ohio Bear like five years older than you?)
Yes. Yes. (Yes.) I clerked here in ’98 and started full time in ’99. Ohio Bear arrived here around ’02, after working in CA and for the Ohio Supreme Court.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
THAT DOESN’T MATTER AT ALL AND IS NOT INDICATIVE OF OUR RELATIVE VALUE OR COOLNESS!!
Once you become a partner, we go by bar passage date :( While an associate, though, we go by class (we were considered in the same class) and tenure with the firm (me longer), so I was above him for years. Then we flipped a few years ago. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, at least he has that
And more disposable income. He has that going for him, too.
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You make his life significantly better.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
(I ask because isn’t Ohio Bear like five years older than you?)
Yes, but I look every bit as youthful as CALumbus Bear.
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He meant to say everyone thinks we are equally wise and mature, in spite of his being way older.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Not now, Rishi, adults are talking.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m pretty sure they don’t have to read aloud to themselves to understand posts. Now, their screens might have built-in magnifiers…
Actually, maybe only Ohio Bear’s. He’s the old one.
CALumbus Bear is still in the prime of his life. He’s the absolute perfect age, in fact.
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Agreed. Graduated Cal at the perfect year, too.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
The new G-Unit phone or whatever you called it that I’m getting is supposed to have speech-to-text, which I’m looking forward to.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
UPDATE: It shipped! I thought it was gonna take like another week or so.
Also, which vodka is “inferior” and to be avoided, and which vodka is the good stuff, and more importantly, how can I tell the difference (please don’t say price)?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m a 75-year old trapped in the body of a 29-year old.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Can’t you just explain all your puff diddly references and so forth?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
That’d be like someone making a joke about Oregon players stealing and me explaining that it must be laptops.
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So, you’re saying there’s nothing wrong with it.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess I’d better hope my phone comes with some sort of street cred app, or maybe a balla-to-English translator.
Is Ciroc actually any good? I can’t really taste much difference between most brands of vodka, except that the crappy stuff will give you a worse headache the next morning.
Besides, I almost never drink vodka straight anyway. Don’t most non-freshman dorm residents generally use it only in mixed drinks?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I drink vodka straight. Because I’m a man.
Also because I didn’t even know you were supposed to mix it the first time I drank it, so I’m just used to it.
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I drank vodka straight too… When I was 18 and it was that or nothing. As an adult, is there any reason to down shots of vodka voluntarily?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
There are so many better and more enjoyable ways, though.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
One reason to come to Boulder: killer drink specials at the near-campus bars. Last night was $1 wells/$2 doubles til 11pm. Did I mention the doubles were pint glasses?
Yeah.
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I plan to be there for when we play the Buffs in 2011.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I plan to be in the buff when we play the buffs.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
It wasn’t a double post. I answered two different statements with the same answer. Humor!
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That’s why God made the up button.
by Scootie on Jul 28, 2010 3:31 PM PDT
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Does Bertolas still exist in Oakland? It was the third point of the McNally’s Kingfish/Bertolas Oaktown triangle.
When I was in school, it was $1 drinks, $1.50 doubles and $1.75 triples. We, of course, always ordered the triples. Mai Tais, usually, for some reason.
How on earth can a working class family afford such an abomination? They should force bars to serve drinks at low-income prices.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
WORLD CUP SPOILER
Not drinking is damn near impossible for a working family with kids and a favourite local sports team.
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I thought that if you’re a high rollin’ balla then you don’t care as much about beverage cost efficiency, and it’s more about conspicuousness and class.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
ALLEGEDLY
I need to be reserving some rights up in here.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
This entire thread makes no sense because I can’t figure out what is in response to what!
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I try :)
I have to give credit where it’s due, though. I got “puff diddly” from Jeremy Clarkson.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
No, Ohio Bear’s secretary prints out everything and reads it aloud to him. Amazing that he can be so responsive on the DBD, but some of Twist’s comments have made things akward around here when read aloud by our staff.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
B/c her computer isn’t located directly behind and to the side of Ohio Bear’s overstuffed leather executive office chair he likes to recline on while smoking his pipe.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, we’re very progressive like that. Scootie would enjoy it here.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
No, you waste too much time on the internet
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
You have a penchant for spelling things backwards, and we don’t take kindly to the disabled at this firm. So no.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Better tell Ohio Bear to find and hide his hearing aid…
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I’m sorry, I don’t speak retard disabled.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
BANNED
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, apparently he calls her his “pipe.” Weird pet name, but it does imply that she’s smokin’.
Irate Toothmonger - Will get all up in your business for food
not after Ohio Bear gets through with her AMIRITE
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dammit i messed up that joke. Nevermind.
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One of the partners in the insurance group here has his secretary print out every e-mail he gets and I think she reads about half of them to him. Are we in the same office?
The The is above making sense.
I agree. The start of your legal career can be very difficult. I had a lot of failure, which I have spun into very funny ways now, but was emotionally devastating at the time. After a point, you start to get it and things run smoother.
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Aftera pointyou evict your first grandmother, you start to get it andthings run smoothertake a turn for the awesome.
Fixed.
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Worst Job Ever...
…was working in technical support at Oracle. By definition, anybody who calls tech support thinks they have a problem (for most of them, the problem is their own stupidity, not the product, but that’s a rant for another day!) and so every conversation starts off with a pissed off person on the other end of the phone. 99.9% of the time it’s possible to maintain one’s niceness and to help them through their issue, but occasionally you’d get the person who took pleasure in being totally unreasonable, and on at least one occasion I can recall I ended up on my feet at my desk YELLING at an asshole who didn’t want to hear how to fix the problem he had created with his own idiocy. Also, I had to be at work at 5am, which meant getting up at 3:30, which is not morning, it’s the middle of the night.
Very glad those days are behind me.
Judge Blocks key parts of immigration law in AZ
In a ruling on a law that has rocked politics coast to coast and thrown a spotlight on the border state’s fierce debate over immigration, United States District Court Judge Susan Bolton in Phoenix said some aspects of the law can go into effect as scheduled on Thursday.
But Judge Bolton took aim at the parts of the law that have generated the most controversy, issuing a preliminary injunction against sections that called for officers to check a person’s immigration status while enforcing other laws and that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times.
Vampire teeth the new hot teen fad
Vampire-obsessed teens are giving their mouths extra bite with fang-shaped veneers, offered by a handful of dentists across the country for about $200 a set.
And before you ask, the answer is no – I cannot hook up you with these.
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Well, I could probably jury-rig something with the glue we use to bond brackets…
Not to mention the obvious bad vampire joke about not being able to look at myself in the mirror afterwards.
Irate Toothmonger - Will get all up in your business for food
Since we’re discussing matters dental: my father and sister-in-law both contrived to have crowns come off while we were in Scotland, and both had them replaced the next day by a local dentist for the grand sum of $45 (each). I was just impressed that the dentist didn’t recommend pulling all their teeth out and fitting them with temporary dentures.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
They willingly subjected themselves to UK dental care?
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jul 28, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Since the alternative was waiting 1 – 2 weeks until they got home, yes.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
my father and sister-in-law both contrived to have crowns come off while we were in Scotland
Well King Duncan had his crown come off while in Scotland — for free.
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
by CalBear81 on Jul 28, 2010 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Since we’re not aristocracy, we’ve never taken to beheadings to enliven family functions.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
CGB Fitness Update
Monday: 5 sets of 20 leg raises, 20 box jumps
Wednesday: 4 sets of 20 squats, 40 slalom jumps
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 28, 2010 12:05 PM PDT reply actions
Damn, I’ve heard those things are crazy to groom.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 28, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice job, Avi.
M: 30 min bike, Shoulders, tris, back, abs, legs.
Tues: 30 min bike, circuit training (shoulders, chest, lats, bis, back, legs)
Weds: 30 min bike, chest, bis, lats scheduled during dinner tonight
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Monday: Did a giant set of curl/press lunges, romanian deads, bent over rows, jump squats followed by some sprint intervals.
Tuesday: Some heavy lifting + sprints.
Later today: lower body lifting day of death.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
by turkey on Jul 28, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Remember that story about the job applicant from Virginia who was shot in Oakland? They’ve arrested two people for the murder
Housley and her boyfriend, 24-year-old George Huggins, are suspected of demanding money from 45-year-old Jing Hong Kang of Fairfax, Va., on July 18 in downtown Oakland. Kang had apparently returned to his rental car after getting his teeth cleaned ahead of an interview the next day at Google Inc.
Police say Huggins shot Kang three times for no reason after Kang handed over $17.
by boomtho on Jul 28, 2010 12:16 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
To me the end of this thread read like…
“Huggins shot Kang three times for no reason after Kang handed over $17.” Spazzy: “rec’d”
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
lol definitely not
“They’ve arrested two people for the murder”
“rec’d”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I know I know… but just reading it through caught me a little off guard… I know you don’t support murders for anything under at least $35
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LeBron James Vegas Article on ESPN pulled
SB Nation’s got you covered though.
LeBron James leans against a waist-high stone wall with a 16-foot-tall Buddha hovering over him.
He’s at Tao, a bustling restaurant and nightclub inside the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas, and his arms are crossed as he listens to Lynn Meritt, senior director of Nike Basketball, and Charles Denson, president of Nike Brand.James is quiet, occasionally applying Chap Stick on his lips and nodding when he hears something he likes.
Five security guards are stationed around him, one at each corner of the table he’s about to sit at and another roving around with him, watching his every move. Anyone who takes two steps toward James is stopped and must have James’ approval to come closer.
The waiter bringing him his cup of green tea with a spoonful of honey and a dash of lemon juice makes the cut, as does the scantily clad brunette with a tattoo of a heart on her right shoulder.
She wants to take a picture with him. "I can’t right now," says James. "Maybe later, upstairs, I’ll remember you’re the one with the tattoo."
James will host a party later in the upstairs nightclub at Tao, but he is currently hosting a dinner for his friends and family in the downstairs restaurant. Wearing a gray striped shirt and gold crucifix around his neck, he bobs his head to music played by an amped-up saxophonist who weaves his way around the table like a one-man mariachi band.
…
James, now wearing sunglasses in the dark club, immediately stands up on the couch and folds his arms high on his chest and nods his head. He smiles as he looks at the dozens of people crowded on the dance floor. Noticing him, they stop dancing and snap pictures as the DJ screams out, "LeBron James in the building!" and plays ****’s "I’m in Miami."
Carter, LeBron’s childhood friend and manager, begins dancing around James like Puff Daddy in a Notorious B.I.G video. A giant red crown-shaped cake is brought over to James while go-go dancers dressed in skimpy red and black outfits raise four lettered placards that spell out, "KING." Carter grabs a bottle of Grey Goose and pours a quarter of it on the floor and raises it up before passing it off.
James’ infamous one-hour special, "The Decision," was reportedly the brainchild of Carter, a 28-year-old who has never managed anyone outside of his friend James. This three-day party marathon in Vegas (which James is being paid six figures to host) is also Carter’s idea.
Bottle after bottle of "Ace of Spades" champagne is delivered to the table by a waiter flying down from above the dance floor like some overgrown Peter Pan on a wire. One time he’s dressed like a King, another time as Indiana Jones and another in a replica of James’ No. 6 Miami Heat jersey.
James, who can hardly see the flying figure through his tinted glasses, almost gets kicked in the head on the waiter’s last trip down. He looks at the girls around him and says, "I wish they’d have one of these girls with no panties do that instead of the guy."
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 28, 2010 12:17 PM PDT reply actions
Champ of what?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 28, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
The Nets partied at Fontainebleau the last night of the regular season before playing the Heat.
NETS SPOILER
They lost.
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
cmon man i had ever nets game from this season on my dvr i was going to watch them when i was depressed
Yeah, I know the difference.
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by yellow fever on Jul 28, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
In the comments, someone posted a link to even MORE of the article:
http://forums.celticsblog.com/index.php?topic=40677.msg817937;topicseen
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Pac10 Website
Boy oh boy, the Pac10 website was really not ready for release. It has some huge navigation problems, not to mention all the typos and the odd choices of photos etc. that have been chosen to illustrate stories.
For example, I was just looking at the men’s basketball section, and clicked on a story about Herb Sendek, which was one of the ‘headlines’, then clicked on ‘more headlines’ (the only option available) and it took me to generic Pac10 headlines that have nothing to do with basketball. I think it should take me to more basketball headlines, where I just came from. There’s no way to get back there except the back button. Also, their scrolling mechanism in a nightmare.
I clicked on Rowing from the sports drop down, and got an error 404. Ugh. All the PR in the world is wasted if the fundamental things are not ready.
Pac10 Twitter says they’re working on the fixes.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 28, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
All the PR in the world is wasted if the fundamental things are not ready.
Sounds kinda like the Obama administration!
(Please don’t kill me)
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by Rishi on Jul 28, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sounds kinda likethe Obama administration!politics
fixed
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea, I think that can be applied to every politician taking office ever…
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
That was a movie. Which is technically a dream.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jul 28, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
solarise’s recruiting post is up! Check it.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 28, 2010 1:49 PM PDT reply actions
ROD BENSON NEEDS HELP
Rodrique Zsorryon Benson I forgot my GoDaddy password, so I asked for my password hint. It’s Pikachu. What the heck was I thinking? Pokemon didnt work either BTW
Previous guesses include Ashketchem, electrifying, Jigglypuff, Mei Ling, and 1234.
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Pac-10 Is Making Plans to Raise Profile and Income
But fans outside the West Coast watched them play and coach on television only sporadically because games in the Pacific time zone often start past prime time in other parts of the country. That has put the Pac-10 at a disadvantage when negotiating broadcast and sponsorship deals, at least compared with other large conferences like the Southeastern and the Big Ten.
Larry Scott, the commissioner of the Pac-10, is trying to change that. On Tuesday, he will unveil a wide-ranging effort to raise the conference’s profile outside the western United States. The marketing blitz will include for the first time interviews on the East Coast with conference coaches, which begin this week, and new logos, television commercials and billboard advertisements promoting the Pac-10 in Times Square and elsewhere.
Interesting article on the new Pac-10 business strategy…
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Here’s what I don’t understand: our time zone is not changing. How are our games going to become more watchable, unless Fox (real Fox, not Fox Sports Net) wants to start televising daytime games on Saturdays?
In past years, the Pac-10 has been reluctant to move up the start times of its games so that broadcasters could reach fans on the East Coast during prime time. To win deals similar to other big conferences’, the Pac-10 plans to be more flexible this year with the scheduling of its games.
Scott and other Pac-10 officials say they hope that by increasing their nationwide exposure, they will be able to secure deals in line with other major conferences and potentially start their own cable television network similar to what the Big Ten has done.
So, we play games at odd times to accommodate the East coasters this year…use that leverage to get our own cable network…And then we all get little giraffes?
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Get with the times, Kod, zedonks are the hip animals.
They should call them brasses.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
"The Pac-10 is a long way off from where other conferences are," Scott said. "Our coming to New York is indicative of our telling our story differently and signals that this isn’t your grandfather’s conference and we’re not going to lay back and let people form their own assumptions."
A year later or so, he’s still saying all the right things.
Shouldn’t that second one say “10 national championships”? I thought they were stripped of one.
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They’re appealing that one.
USC gave up any claim on Bush’s Heisman without much pull in part because it agreed, in an initial response to NCAA allegations filed last year, that Bush was ineligible throughout the 2005 season. That season ended with the epic Rose Bowl loss to Texas for the BCS championship. In the same response, though, it also claimed that there is “no basis upon which to conclude that [Bush] was ineligible for competition during the 2004-05 football season.” It challenged the NCAA’s decision to retroactively declare Bush ineligible for two key games: The Trojans’ Dec. 4 win over UCLA to wrap up an undefeated regular season, and the 55-19 Orange Bowl blowout over Oklahoma that clinched the BCS and Associated Press titles a month later.
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Terrence Cody is incredibly fat.
A day late and quite short of breath, rookie defensive tackle Terrence Cody passed his conditioning test Wednesday and formally launched his NFL career with the Baltimore Ravens.
Cody, a 350-pounder out of Alabama, twice failed the test Tuesday. The drill consists of running 25 yards, doubling back, resting for 70 seconds and repeating it twice.
Wait, running 25 yards… in how many seconds?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 28, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
News on Randle
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 28, 2010 4:43 PM PDT reply actions
Oh there is something to say
“Larry Bird is not walking through that door. Kevin McHale is not walking through that door. Robert Parish is not walking through that door. But I am walking through that door….right now!”
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 28, 2010 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Here are some more words
I can honestly say this has never happened to me.
As he got up from the table, the married father of five said Sypher whispered something.
"Some unfortunate things happened," Pitino said in the courtroom packed with spectators from basketball-mad Kentucky. "She opened up my pants."
"Did you have sex that night?" Assistant U.S. Attorney Marisa Ford asked.
"Yes, very briefly," said Pitino, who wore a dark suit with a white shirt and red tie. The two have said they had sex at the table.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Giants avoid what would have been a bitter, bitter defeat
Gigantes blow 9-2 lead, Marlins tie it with 2 out in 9th, but SF wins it in the 10th on a bases loaded single by Andres Torres.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Crazy game. Went to pick up the kid…we were up 6-1.
Started grilling steaks for my dad’s bday…we were only up 9-7.
Started working out…and we blow a save to go 9-9.
Finish working out and we pull out a win.
And now I’m tired.
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USC hemorrhages another player:
In something of an about-face, albeit an unsurprising one, the university announced today that Stanley is a free man:
“We received response today from USC’s senior associate athletic director Mr. (Steve) Lopes and they effectuated the complete release from his National Letter of Intent, allowing Glen to attend another school without any further ineligibility,” Ligon said. “Glen is very appreciative of USC and their granting him his release and he wishes them all the best this season.”
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if sc’s hemorrhaging, what was martin? losing a hand?
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Jul 28, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Meeting a hot girl…following her up to her hotel room thinking you’ve scored big…and then waking up in a bathtub full of ice with your spleen missing.
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Never heard of it. I apparently just have a warped imagination.
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| Presbyterian | Sat 09/17 | W 63 - 12 |
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Sat 09/24 | L 23 - 31 |
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Thu 10/06 | L 15 - 43 |
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Sat 10/22 | W 34 - 10 |
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Sat 11/19 | L 28 - 31 |
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Fri 11/25 | W 47 - 38 |
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California Golden Bears
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4 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
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Oregon St. Beavers
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3 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
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Washington St. Cougars
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2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
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USC Trojans
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7 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
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UCLA Bruins
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5 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
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Utah Utes
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4 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
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Arizona St. Sun Devils
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4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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Arizona Wildcats
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Colorado Buffaloes
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