DBD 9.2.10: Where will you be Saturday?
by boomtho on Sep 1, 2010 10:36 PM PDT
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PrintI figure someone will throw up a "Gameday tradition" thread on Friday, so I'll open with a simple question.
CGB: Where you will be this Saturday?
Women's Soccer to host Cal Invitational
After playing in an established 110-minute match against Bay Area rival Santa Clara last weekend, the No. 21/19 California women's soccer team heads to slightly uncharted waters with games against Rice and Hawaii, both of which the Bears have not played in at least five years. The Golden Bears hosts the annual four-game California Invitational this weekend at Edwards Stadium. Cal (1-0-2) faces off against Rice (1-2-0) on Friday, Sept. 3 with kickoff stated for 30 minutes following the conclusion of the 1:30 p.m. game that pits San Francisco (3-0-0) and Hawaii (1-3-0). Sunday, Sept. 4 will see USF play Rice at 1:30, and the Bears play Hawaii a half hour after the early game to close out the weekend tournament. All of the games will be played at Edwards and will be free to the public.
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Linceum was electric, Giants win
Someone peeled the monkey off Tim Lincecum’s back, took him to the bar, and just got him ripped on banana daquiris. The Giants turned a leadoff walk into a run through some honest-to-goodness small ball. Brian Wilson spared us the drama. And Freddy Sanchez made one of the most bizarre, unorthodox, and ridiculously awesome catches you’ll ever see. There’s no reason to think that because a Pope in the 1500s decided to put a arbitrary gap between the months, the Giants are suddenly a different team.
by boomtho on Sep 1, 2010 10:37 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
I love Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrel
So excited, they’re hitting each other!
I've been Honked...
by giantfan5 on Sep 2, 2010 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey, look at that, Aubrey Huff can get a hit
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by TwistNHook on Sep 2, 2010 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
A’s bad 2nd inning leads to loss
The A’s could and should have won tonight’s game, provided baseball was scored from innings 3-9. Unfortunately, innings 1 and 2 also count, which wasn’t good news for the A’s tonight.
The A’s would put two runners on in the first inning (a walk to Barton and a single by Suzuki), but Jack Cust would strike out, a familiar sight in his 0-4, 3K game. The Yankees wasted no time in taking the lead in the first on a single by Jeter and a double by Teixeira.
by boomtho on Sep 1, 2010 10:38 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
We can?
Thanks, mom!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Dodgers are not very good, drop series to Phillies
The Dodger outfield had a tough day. Scott Podsednik, Matt Kemp, and Andre Ethier combined to go 0-for-13 with five strikeouts, but each one had additional mishaps as well. Podsednik and Ethier each took circuitous routes on fly balls that ended up doubles, for Ryan Howard and Chase Utley, respectively. Kemp added to his baserunning misadventures this season by missing second base on a ball hit off the wall in right field by James Loney. Instead of ending up at third base, or perhaps scoring on the play, Kemp had to stay and second, which kept Loney at first, a key play since Casey Blake followed with an inning-ending double play.
by boomtho on Sep 1, 2010 10:40 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
And Phillies win! Actually, I’d have preferred it if the Giants lost.
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team owned by a Russian oligarch.
At least you’re not constantly telling me I’m wrong while ignoring everything I say to prove my point!
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team owned by a Russian oligarch.
Crabtree, Davis exchanged words at camp; Niners Nation has the story
The general gist is that Davis and Crabtree had a “heated exchange” near the end of practice while working amongst the other skill players. Singletary then took the two of them inside the building for what had to be an entertaining conversation. Davis came out of the locker room, and then a bit later (I think moments) Crabtree and Singletary emerged. Davis and Crabtree watched the rest of practice apart from each other. Then, rather than give his final practice comments on the field, Singletary took the team inside.
When it’s Crabs vs VD, no one wins.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
by turkey on Sep 2, 2010 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Silver and Black Pride looks at Mario Henderson
I think we all know Mario needs to do better. Hell, even Sandra Bullock took time out from being cheated on to educate the non-football fan based public of the importance of the Left Tackle position.
This is not a new issue. The need vs. the lack of a need for an upgrade at LT was one of the more highly debated topics here during the off-season. This is not meant to be a platform to re-hash that debate.
At this point, it is an almost certainty that Mario will be the starting LT come Week One. This post is about the fear of my nightmare and one of the more commonly stated weaknesses of Mario’s game: His struggles against the speedier pass rushers.
OLD
Didn’t Rishi throw a hissy fit over how lame the Sandra Bullock joke was?
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Q&A with Ted Jones [Men’s Soccer]
CalBears.com: Your older brother, Mathew, went to Cal. Was that a factor?
TJ: My family is kind of a Bears family. My uncle (Blaine Warhurst) played rugby for Cal. He played both rugby and football; his main sport was rugby after college. My mom’s side and extended side of the family is a Bears family.
CalBears.com: Did you go to many Cal sporting events growing up?
TJ: When in high school and being recruited, I went to a bunch of soccer games. Football I watched on TV, and I went to some basketball games. But I didn’t follow Cal intensely till sophomore year in high school.
On Sunday, Sept. 12, the second Jog For Jill 5K event, sponsored by the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (BJALCF), will take place at Golden Gate Park at 4 p.m. The event is in honor of the late Jill Costello, a former coxswain on the California women’s crew who passed away from lung cancer on June 24. Cal student-athletes, staff, friends and family are encouraged to join “Team Jill.” Nearly all 27 Golden Bear teams will have representation at the event.
After being diagnosed with the disease on June 6, 2009, Costello remained an active member on the rowing team through the 2010 season, coxing the varsity 8+ to a Pac-10 Championship and a helping the Golden Bears finish second overall at the NCAA Championships. The 2010 Pac-10 Athlete of the Year, Costello graduated last May with a degree in political economy and was named to the Pac-10 All-Academic second team. She accomplished all of this while undergoing 22 chemotherapy sessions and 14 days of radiation treatments.
The Dagger looks at how adding BYU will affect the WCC schools
Gonzaga officials are excited about BYU joining the WCC because it elevates the league’s profile and makes it more difficult for detractors to discount the achievement of winning the conference each season. And basketball coaches from the league’s seven other schools believe the extra TV revenue and exposure generated by BYU will aid their quest to consistently compete with the league’s two flagship programs in the long term.
I figured the DBD topic would be something like “What is your gameday tradition” in anticipation of the clash of the titans on Saturday.
Georgia wins Fulmer Cup! Oregon St. wins special award for achievement!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
The King is dead
Long live the King!
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Damn, Georgia brought their A game this year. I didn’t think anyone could beat the Oregon schools. Guess we don’t get all the news on what’s going on there over here.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
When the athletic director was busted for a DUI with a woman not his wife in the passenger seat, and with said woman’s panties on said athletic director’s lap, I think that was the turning point of the Fulmer Cup competition. It was Georgia’s to lose at that point.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Where was the SEC’s speed and all-powerful defense when Madoff torched them?
California Golden Blogs! To be grammatically correct, it`s "Sacramento!", not "Sacramento".
by Maisbikkja on Sep 2, 2010 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Though I didn’t actually laugh out loud, this still may have been one of the most clever SEC/SEC jokes I’ve seen on this site.
As such, rec’d.
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I didn’t follow UGA’s offseason that closely, but how many DUIs does it take to beat out grand theft, assault, and a 2-year prison sentence in Mississippi?
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
When the athletic director was busted for a DUI with a woman not his wife in the passenger seat, and with said woman’s panties on said athletic director’s lap, I think that was the turning point of the Fulmer Cup competition. It was Georgia’s to lose at that point.
Just one DUI, but it was the athletic director and also implicated him as having an affair.
Old Toothwrangler
Woo, he likes to drink and have sex with women. I mean, DUI is a crime and it’s bad, but it’s not a willful act of malice in the same way assault and theft are.
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s not illegal, as far as I know. Maybe it is in Georgia…
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Fake IDs, drinking, disorderly conduct, obstruction, Domestic violence, Drunk with Fake ID, AD goes drinking, Refusing to give middle name, Underage DUI, Hit and Run
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Oh, the horror!
Refusing to give middle name!
That’s beneath contempt.
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
EDSBS has a fairly loose set of rules by which they determine points. Basically, extra points are awarded for “crazy” publicity stuff.
Player robs other dude in bar with gun? Pretty basic, like 2 points. Player robs other dude in transsexual strip joint dressed in leotards and makeup, drunk, with what he thinks is a gun but is actually a big pepper shaker? Probably more like 4-5 points.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, the panties-less woman who was in his car was not his wife.
Said panties were on his lap. Connecting the dots…
And in this case, I don’t think it was DUI vs. assault/battery/theft. I think it was the fact that it was the AD as opposed to some college kids.
Old Toothwrangler
I think the Georgia AD should be praised for getting busy in his car as opposed to falsifying travel expenses to cover a hotel room for this assignation.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
To be fair, that’s because they already spent their travel budget buying a condo for their star…
Sorry. That was probably uncalled for.
Old Toothwrangler
I had several smart remarks in response to this, but then I remembered my debacle of the other day, and decided against it.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Why should you feel guilty?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Pete Carroll
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Me! Because I was so happy that your friend had made such a wonderful choice!
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
Yes. His practice is going so well that he had to take the Canadian boards, and flies up there at least one week/month to work on some border town.
I blam Sacramento! for the disruption of his marriage and family life.
Old Toothwrangler
You’re CBKWit? Am I the only one around here using just the one screen name?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I’m too busy lazy to find the story about the incident, but there was also the aspect of the incident where the AD was arguably (albeit subtlely) trying to use his position as AD to convince the cop to either give him a pass or take care of it “quietly.” (The story also goes that the woman was much more belligerent about it.)
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
I do not understand how UVA did not win, what with the lacrosse situation. Has it not been counted due to the (understandable) sensitivity?
I TOLD THE BAKER'S DAUGHTER, "I DIDN'T WANT THE WATER"
she only likes it when i beg, so i expect she’s waiting
New seats in Memorial
…well new for next year, then new again in 2011, then new again in 2012…. I’m so excited I can barely contain myself!!! So much change!!!!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
I'll be at the game
Assuming I don’t oversleep and miss the gate time for the comittee, which is 9AM.
The Bear Will Not Quit, The Bear Will Not Die
CAL 34 - STAN 28
The UC (Berkeley) Rally Committee.
The good one :P
The Bear Will Not Quit, The Bear Will Not Die
CAL 34 - STAN 28
You bet your ass I'll be there.
Driving down to the Bay Area after class tomorrow. These three/four hour drives are kids play.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
Chico for school.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
OMG HOME OF AARON RODGERS!
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
I'll be at MEMORIAL BABY!!
Or, “Bear Stadium” as it is also known.
OMG I wish it was Saturday 12:59:59 already!!!
Fire Starkey. You... complete me.
Who calls it Bear Stadium???
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 2, 2010 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
SACRAMENTO!
In mid-June, the Sacramento! River Cats were 12.5 games behind the Fresno Grizzlies, and it looked like their decade-long dominance of PCL South was over. But the River Cats’ win on Wednesday afternoon, combined with another grizzly loss by Fresno (their sixth straight), has given Sacramento! a three-game lead in the PCL South, with five games to play. The River Cats’ magic number is now two.
Tommy Everidge’s first hit since being added to the Sacramento[!] roster was a three-run double that helped lift the Cats to a 6-3 victory over the visiting Las Vegas 51s on Wednesday afternoon at Raley Field. With the win, Sacramento[!] moves 2.5 games ahead of the Fresno Grizzlies in the Pacific Coast League South Division standings, and the River Cats’ Magic Number to clinch the playoff is now 3. If Fresno loses tonight at Salt Lake, the River Cats could clinch the playoffs on Thursday night (7:05 p.m. start) at Raley Field with a win over Las Vegas and a Fresno loss at Salt Lake. The River Cats are looking to finish off the biggest comeback in franchise history after trailing the Grizzlies by 12.5 games in the standings on June 15.
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
Here is the link:
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100901&content_id=14181956&vkey=news_t105&fext=.jsp&sid=t105
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
Why did the Giants have to promote Buster Posey, when they needed him for the AAA pennant chase!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
I will be in heaven
(aka Memorial Stadium on a Fall Saturday)
…with about 50 Coors Lights in my belly.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Sep 2, 2010 5:27 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Best thing about Coors Light: Drinkability.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I prefer Miller Lite for that (plus it’s higher on the Caloric Efficiency Index).
But it’s easy to drink in the morning and that’s what’s important.
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But it’s easy to drink in the morning
We sooooooooo need to hang out if I ever get out to Berkeley this season.
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
I feel like you’ve said that multiple times. Do you hide in the bushes, then jump out and yell ‘surprise’ when you meet people?
The only thing that really surprised me about meeting you was that you’re taller than I had imagined you’d be.
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team owned by a Russian oligarch.
It would surprise me if you weren’t.
Doesn’t anybody drink breakfast cocktails around here? Beer before 11AM is gross. Gin and vodka, on the other hand…
I’m going to test the theory this Sat that a good morning gin martini is a fine way to greet the day.
Old Toothwrangler
I’m not sure if my liver is seasoned enough to hang with a ballista. I think I need some serious remedial training first.
Old Toothwrangler
My only rule is:
Football season= normal rules don’t apply
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Sep 2, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Think about it this way… you’ve been partying all night Friday night, barely slept, etc. Got hammered off vodka that night. You wake up after three hours of sleep and have to go out to Cal game/pool party/whatever.
You really think drinking vodka at this juncture is a smart idea? Or shift to something that tastes completely different?
Going to Wet Republic, I easily could get five beers in before hitting the pool. Not sure how many shots of vodka I could have taken without booting.
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Sounds like you haven’t properly seasoned your liver.
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Sep 2, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
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Look, you never mess with a sandwich by stickingfried food in the middle.
Unles you’re Denny’s
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Are those fish sticks or fried mozzarella sticks?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
So, is that a grilled-and-fried cheese sandwich/
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Then roll it in a burrito.
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
by The Enchanter on Sep 2, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Rishi isn’t 5’4"??
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Sep 2, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
but dat’s only in da mornin’
woo wooo!!!!!
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
by turkey on Sep 2, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
yet you still look like bubb rubb.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Is jus decorayshun das it n das all!
CGB: Come join the LOLigarchy
by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
u should be up makin’ brefast.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Sep 2, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m so glad people remember this moment of epic internet awesomeness
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Never forget
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Sep 2, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
This.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
YO talks about Schwenke starting at LG on Saturday
The coaching staff decided not to redshirt Schwenke last year, but he still didn’t play much. So did he burn his redshirt year? The kneejerk reaction might be that he did. But the decision was more about the future than about the past.
Since he didn’t redshirt, Schwenke got to take second team reps all season. He was in all the offensive line meetings and was part of game planning each week. Had he been a redshirt, he would have been on the scout team, meaning he would have been more familiar with all the opponents’ offenses than his own.
That made Schwenke much more game-ready this season. Had he redshirted, he would have likely been much farther behind in terms of getting comfortable with Cal’s offense. Now, with Matt Summers-Gavin getting injured at the beginning of camp, Schwenke finds himself starting the season-opener.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
•Freshman linebacker Dave Wilkerson has been completely cleared by the NCAA, for practices and games. He will play on Saturday.
•Brian Schwenke will start at left guard on Saturday
•Jeff Tedford said it looks like Matt Summers-Gavin will be available to play, but Donovan Edwards will still start at right tackle.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Does YO not get how redshirts work?
If Schwenke didn’t red-shirt, then he didn’t burn his red-shirt. The “red-shirt year” only exists if the player red-shirts.
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Warm up the dino names
YO live chat at 1:00 PM Pacific Time today
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
but he doesn’t answer your questions.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Sick
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
hahah, I love tha tphoto. It lacks only a stegosaurus instead of a triceratops.
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You don't exist! CANNON!!!!!!!!!!!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP SAYING THE TRICERATOPS DOESN'T EXIST????!!!!! WHEN THEY COMBINED THOSE TWO SPECIES LAST MONTH, THEY GOT RID OF THE OTHER ONE!!!!!!!! ALL THOSE FOSSILS ARE STILL NAMED TRICERATOPS!!!!!!
by paleodan on Sep 2, 2010 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
That’s what I thought, but I knew someone would be more certain. Boy, was I ever right about that.
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it should be obvious to everyone that the older name, the one used to first describe the fossils, is the one that takes precedence.
by paleodan on Sep 2, 2010 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Youve officially ensured that I will always refer to the tragic disappearance of the triceratops.
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YO chats suck
There, I said it.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Sunshine pumping the Pac-10 coaches
Pac-10 sunshine pumping and chest pounding
One primary reason the Pac-10 football title and Rose Bowl race is wide open this season is coaching. Simply put, the Pac-10 coaching talent pool stacks up with any conference in the country, and you don’t have to dig too deep to see the impact it is having in the Conference.
In 2009 alone, seven Pac-10 teams posted winning records and went to bowl games. First-time head coaches Chip Kelly and Steve Sarkisian made immediate impacts at Oregon and Washington, respectively. Cal posted its eighth-consecutive winning season under Jeff Tedford. Across the Bay, Jim Harbaugh has turned Stanford [sic] into one of the most dynamic offensive teams in the country.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Uncle Ted tells us watch to watch for in Week 1
This is the only one that involves us:
10. Cal, Stanford [sic] and Arizona State just need to avoid injuries, not embarrass themselves: All three take on FCS foes — UC Davis, Sacramento State and Portland State, respectively — which means they are going to win easily (or become national laughingstocks). The key thing is to start fast and then get the starters safely to the bench.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
SATURDAY
When the Cal game is on, I’ll be at Tao Beach, having consumed absurd amounts of beer, starting at 10 am. Sadly, it’s not on national tv, so I’ll probably have to make buddies with a bartender and get him/her to periodically check the score on his phone and read me off some stats.
After, watch a bunch of college football in the sportsbook area of either the Venetian or Aria.
Then party at Vanity.
:)
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Don’t you have a smartphone? Why wouldn’t you be able to check the score/stats by yourself?
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team owned by a Russian oligarch.
Justin.tv app
California Golden Blogs! To be grammatically correct, it`s "Sacramento!", not "Sacramento".
No idea about the android market, but I’ve had one on my iPhone for months
California Golden Blogs! To be grammatically correct, it`s "Sacramento!", not "Sacramento".
You could do this
California Golden Blogs! To be grammatically correct, it`s "Sacramento!", not "Sacramento".
True Story: I sold my UC Davis ticket on Craigslist and put a price on it.
Found a buyer, met with him during the day… as soon as I gave him the ticket, he tried to bargain the price at the point of sale. I can’t believe people these days.
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You should have Pain Trained him.
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team owned by a Russian oligarch.
I just yelled at him for wasting my time until he gave me the money.
Maybe I should take all my proceeds and just put it on red.
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Do tell, Twist, what would you have done in this situation?
And your response cannot be “give ticket to TwistNHook”
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Calmly told him that he had already agreed to the price and that if he did not want it at that price, then he should look elsewhere. I don’t yell at people. It’s uncouth.
CGB's Jimmy Carter
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Couthy McCouth.
California Golden Blogs! To be grammatically correct, it`s "Sacramento!", not "Sacramento".
Had a guy try to haggle with me over a bottle of wine at work last week.
Then he wanted to “try” a glass.
Then, after purchase, wanted a refund of five doars because he didn’t finish the bottle.
California Golden Blogs! To be grammatically correct, it`s "Sacramento!", not "Sacramento".
Haggling at a restaurant? What an interesting concept. Maybe next time I eat out I’ll bring dry goods or livestock to barter.
Sir? I see braised goat on your menu. Can I get 50% off since I brought my own goat?
Old Toothwrangler
Sure, but then that darned goat cookage fee is gonna get ya.
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
According to posters in the where to watch the game post anyone with direcTV and the sportspack can get the game. This was news to me, but it sounds legit. I am going to be camped out at my in-laws who have direcTV. Hopefully they don’t mind that there son in law will be drunk in their living room all day.
SEXIS
Young Women’s Pay Exceeds Male Peers’
The earning power of young single women has surpassed that of their male peers in metropolitan areas around the U.S., a shift that is being driven by the growing ranks of women who attend college and move on to high-earning jobs.
In 2008, single, childless women between ages 22 and 30 were earning more than their male counterparts in most U.S. cities, with incomes that were 8% greater on average, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data released Wednesday by Reach Advisors, a consumer-research firm in Slingerlands, N.Y.
The trend was first identified several years ago in the country’s biggest cities, but has broadened out to smaller locales and across more industries. Beyond major cities such as San Francisco and New York, the income imbalance is pronounced in blue-collar hubs and the fast-growing metro areas that have large immigrant populations.
This is an outrage! We need special hiring programs and affirmative action to solve this disparity resulting from sexist hiring practises!
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This goes along with the mythos that feminists wanted equal rights, rather “better” rights.
California Golden Blogs! To be grammatically correct, it`s "Sacramento!", not "Sacramento".
I’m just curious why it’s an outrage every single time when feminists quote the statistic about how all women earn 75% the wages of all men (not controlling for different jobs or anything like that), but this story is to be celebrated?
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The takeaway from this story seems to have more to do with education than sex
The statistic highlighted in this story isn’t comparing earnings for the same (or similar) jobs. The thrust of the story seems to be that young women (actually, childless young women) tend to make more in these metro areas because they are more likely than their male coutnerparts to have attended college.
These women have gotten a leg up for several reasons. They are more likely than men to attend college, raising their earning potential.
Between 2006 and 2008, 32.7% of women between 25 and 34 had a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared with 25.8% of men, according to the Census.
And men have been disproportionately hit by heavy job losses in blue-collar industries.
“I expect the trend to continue,” said Andrew Beveridge, a professor at Queens College at the City University of New York, who has studied the phenomenon.
While these particular women earn more than their male peers, women on the whole haven’t reached equal status in any particular job or education level. For instance, women with a bachelor’s degree had median earnings of $39,571 between 2006 and 2008, compared with $59,079 for men at the same education level, according to the Census.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Apparently Ladies Nights at nightclubs are also an outrage
At least according to the lawyer who lost his quest to have “Ladies Night” deemed unconstitutional.
We love Hollander’s explanation of why he’d sued over the "Ladies’ Night" issue, chronicled by Lauren Collins in a 2007 New Yorker article:
"So what happened was, my best buddy in town called and said, ‘You’ve got to get back in the social life,’ " Den Hollander recalled. "We’d say, ‘Hey, the Copa looks good tonight,’ but we wouldn’t go, because they’re charging double for guys and maybe we didn’t have the cash."
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Wow, what a dumb lawsuit.
Yes, I think it’s dumb (seriously, girls get into clubs for free and then have guys buying them drinks?!), but, whatever, they have breasts.
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Dumb as a legal theory, in my opinion.
But apart from the flaw in his legal argument, the guy is missing the big picture: his objective was to “get back in the social life,” yet he’s taking issue with a promotion designed to bring women to the nightclub?
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What fucking bullshit. I’ve been discriminated against my whole life for being a white male with one of the sole perks being that I could expect to be paid more than my female counterparts. Now this?
FML
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Hey, if it makes you feel better, I get no preferential treatment for being an Indian male AND people can’t pronounce my name.
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Word. And you’ve got an even easier name than mine.
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s Rye-Shy.
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by CalBandGreat on Sep 2, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m a god damned drunk.
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by CalBandGreat on Sep 2, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I always pronounce it that way in my head
o=========<| BBBBBBEARZZZZZZ
May I offer you a glass of sunshine?
It is and it isn’t. I usually just go with an Anglicized interpretation, which works well enough and is relatively phonetic. It’s not the true pronunciation, though.
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I have a buddy with your name. He has an easier time saying his name to chicks at bars than I do.
So sometimes, I just change my name to something easier.
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Mine too frequently comes off sounding similar to.. .a woman’s name.
What pseudonyms do you use at bars?
Do you keep it simple, like “Mike” or something, or do you go all out and pick something distinctive like, say, “Sebastian” or “Reno”?
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought your name rhymed with part of the female anatomy
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by TwistNHook on Sep 2, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Gipple!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ragina
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by CalBandGreat on Sep 2, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
YOU BOYS! WELL I NEVER. I SAY.
/Scootie
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I like to vary it up.
The most common one I use is “Ricky”, for obvious reasons.
I’ve tried pulling off some ridiculous pseudonyms for entertainment purposes only.
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……….does Ms. Atoms know about your bar pseudonyms?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Are you kidding? She still thinks my name is Tristan.
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
At some point, you realize you’re going to have to tell her that you’re not actually a soap opera star.
Old Toothwrangler
Maybe I can chalk it up to MPD, or blame it on a twin brother who was impersonating me, or maybe claim a case of amnesia…
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know you’re name but Rishi’s name is infinitely easier to pronounce correctly than mine.
In other words, Go Bears!
Yours is pretty easy, too. Still, do you ever use a pseudonym or a nickname?
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Let’s see…No preferential treatment for being a Chinese male. In fact, probably worked against me when applying to dental/ortho school.
No idea if it works for me/against me right now…nor whether I make more/less than a comparable female orthodontist.
Our family ditched the Chinese names a couple of generations ago to fit in, but no one ever gets our last name right.
At least it never mattered for meeting girls.
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You ditched the Chinese names….but no one gets your last name right? What’d you change it to, D’jar-Iassambadawanatham?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Dunno yet. I got called by the company in San Bruno again too, out of the blue as they’ve reposted their previous position at a more senior level. Funny how that works, you get a spot then all the promising leads you had before come out of the woodwork asking if you’re still available.
I’m actually jonesing to move back to the Bay Area and the fam is on board with the idea but I just don’t know if I can make the necessary money to keep a similar standard of living. Still, if I’m going to do it, it needs to be in the next year since a) Little Miss Fire Starkey will be in high school next Fall and I don’t want to move her in the middle of that joyous experience b) housing market is awesome for buyers right now and c) mortgage rates are at an all time low.
We’ll see, I should know a bit more in the next couple of weeks.
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SAN BRUNO!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
never spent much time on the Peninsula, was an East Bay lifer til I left when I was 21. Not much idea whats its like over there.
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It’s like the East Bay.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
the dub see east bay, not oakland-fremont east bay
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Yeah, but would someone from San Ramon characterise himself as an “East Bay lifer”?
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
imagine that you can easily visit the eb any time you want, but when you come home, you won’t be afraid of being burguled or shot. it’s slightly lower class than LaMorinda, with cooler weather
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
there is! but everyone knows cinnabon is awful, so it doesn’t matter
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
You might’ve provided the cannon gif but that doesn’t give you free range to spread lies.
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 2, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Aren’t we all?
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it’s slightly lower class than LaMorinda
Woah woah woah. He doesn’t have to live in San Bruno! There are tons of pleasant towns on the peninsula with good weather, great schools, and an easy commute to Bayhill Business Park.
What out for what? Delightful chandeliers and luxury vehicles?
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She wants to love in Piedmont if we move there and the hell with the commute.
Fucking Piedmont. ALBANY HIGH RULZ! PIEDMONT SUCKS! CLASS OF 89 WOOT!
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She could go to Cal… in-state tuition, baby!
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I always assumed your name was Roy.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 2, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I always assumed your name was DrunkOski
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by TwistNHook on Sep 2, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
As soon as I saw this story, I was like “duh, they’re more educated than their male counterparts”. It’s not surprising.
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Nope. I’m a highly educated man, and we still make more money than they do for the same job!
[high five]
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
In Section A.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Whatsi t like over there? I dont even know where Section A is. Is tht a section that exists? Ive never heard of Section A. I’ve never met anybody from Section A. I’ve never been to Section A. All the sections i know have letters in the middle to tail end of the alphabet.
Are you a real human being or a cyborg sent back in time to sex up the ladies?
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sweet seats actually. I’m of the opinion that seats at the 50 are overrated, as you can’t really see the “QB view.” Section A and Section AA is quite nice and underrated, as it’s like being at the 50 but just centered in the endzone. Plays at the south end zone, tho, turn into (“did he get in?”) kind of moments. I was in a great position for Taylor Mays’ rare interception.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
That used to happen to me relatively often at Nets games when I had season tickets in the upper level behind the basket. There was many a time when I would be the only one cheering after what I thought was a made shot…that actually clanged off the front of the rim.
Of course, there was many a time that I was the only person cheering to begin with for entirely unrelated reasons.
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I walked into the USA-Ghana game in OT and saw the Ghana goal and mistakenly thought it was a USA goal.
Man, was THAT embarassing!
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Wait, really? B/c that’s pretty embarrassing. It’s like when Hip Hop Hooray would come on in the clubs (OLD) and you’d throw your hands up but the chorus wasn’t actually kicking in.
College football season officially starts today. For those who need there fix before Saturday here is tonight’s lineup…
Thursday, Sept. 2
Presbyterian at Wake Forest, 6:30 pm ESPN3.com
Towson at Indiana, 7:30 pm Big Ten Network
Northern Illinois at Iowa State, 6:30 pm CSNC
Florida A&M at Miami, 7:30 pm ESPN3.com
Minnesota at Middle Tennessee, 7:30 pm ESPNU
Marshall at Ohio State, 7:30 pm Big Ten Network
Norfolk State at Rutgers, 7:30 pm ESPN3.com
Southern Miss at South Carolina, 7:30 pm ESPN
Pitt at Utah, 7:30 pm Versus
USC at Hawaii, 11 pm ESPN
Now that Riley Skinner is gone, I have no reason to watch Wake Forest.
Nice to see that the kid decided to pursue other opportunities rather than bounce around between practise camps.
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You can still catch Tom Savage and Mohamed Sanu take on Norfolk State tonight!
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Maybe my college football knowledge has greatly decreased or something, but out of all the teams playing today, I think I can only name… six starting QBs? Wait, no, only five (Hawaii’s starting QB is not Greg Alexander, it is Moniz – “a former walk-on and part-time pizza delivery man”)
Miamia – Jacory Harris
Ohio State – Pryor (duh)
Rutgers – Tom Savage
South Carolina – Stephen Garcia (feels like he’s been around forever)
U$C – Matt Barkley
Maybe just a bunch of these teams are starting new QBs.
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I’ll see your six and raise you Pittsburgh starting Tino Sunseri (sp?). Otherwise that’s it for me too.
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Gilbert at Texas.
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Maybe my college football knowledge has greatly decreased or something, but out of all the teams playing today
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Stay classy, YF.
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And I didn’t mean to jump all over you there. Sorry if you took it the wrong way.
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Not at all. We enjoy a bit of ribbing here at CGB from time to time!
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And the ribbing is for enjoying the Trojans!
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, you’re right. I didn’t specify who was doing the enjoying.
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh...
Quarterbacks playing today…
Right.
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Have you blocked out Jordan Wynn, the Utah starting QB who torched us in the Poinsettia Bowl?
Other than that, you did much better than I.
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Wynn
Is projected to be a strong heisman candidate in the future, once he’s old enough to register with selective service, anyway.
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Damn classes
Maybe I’ll catch the end of USC/Hawaii
The Bear Will Not Quit, The Bear Will Not Die
CAL 34 - STAN 28
That Lenay chick that did the flugtag promotional video series was effing hot.
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Get a straw, and snort a line of them.
Just don’t use one of those crazy straws… Too much work.
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Hairspray then match.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Get rid of their food source and they’ll leave.
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by CalBandGreat on Sep 2, 2010 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Then welcome your new overlords
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by CalBandGreat on Sep 2, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Do you know anyone from UC Irvine?
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
by CalBear81 on Sep 2, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Ever try using the preview button?
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HAPPY COLLEGE COLORS DAY EVERYONE!
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Isnt that tomorow? Or are you a cyborg sent back in time to wear blue and gold?
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Ah hell.
I’m just screwing up left and right on here today.
First I misread the qb thing, then I forget a header on that last picture, now this.
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Bench him, Twist.
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Don’t put Riley in, coach! We’re playing Oregon State!
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Woo Hoo! Three Day weekend!
I’ll catch you guys on the flip side.
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Another oil rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico
WWL-TV in New Orleans has confirmed the Coast Guard is responding to a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
Dozens are reported injured.
According to the Coast Guard, it happened 80 miles south of Grand Isle.
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Bush’s tyrannical rule over eight years prior to Obama, along with his horrible environmental regulations, his pro-business tax laws, and his neo-con overseas agenda, caused all of this.
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by Rishi on Sep 2, 2010 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
No, but his lax-ass appointees in Louisiana have a lasting effect.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Tightwad Hill
I’m sure this has been asked in the past, but does anybody have experience watching games from Tightwad Hill? I have work during the first two games, but I may make it for part of them, so I was thinking of watching from the Hill. Is it awesome up there?
I've been Honked...
better get there early.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
He should probably already be there
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I'll be on my couch watching the game
Enjoying a Blue Moon and eating grilled pizza.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
Action: USC athletic director Pat Haden tells the OC Register that he doesn’t have "any plans to advance the ball" but that "you have to consider every alternative."
Reaction I: Let’s not overreact here. The Trojans aren’t going all BYU, at least not anytime in the near future. But they probably have the profile and the fan base to pursue independence down the road if economic conditions force their hand. (And that’s what it would be about, of course.)
Reaction II: The way media rights deals are going — specifically, the option for a school to have its own contract and/or network — it’s not tough to imagine a handful of teams declaring their independence over the next decade or so. Texas is the obvious one, but USC, Michigan, Ohio State and one of the SEC powers could all end up in an Independent "conference" with Notre Dame, the academies and BYU.
Reaction III: Here’s what I can absolutely envision: The Pac-10’s going to sign a new media deal next winter. Whenever that expires, nobody should be surprised if USC pushes for a change in the league’s bowl/TV revenue distribution policy (currently, everyone’s essentially equal) that allows the Trojans to take a greater share of the pie — something along the lines of what Texas has from the Big 12.
Reaction IV: At that point, the conference will have a difficult decision to make. Once you take the reigns off your big dog, good luck keeping it under control. It just wants more, more, more.
Reaction V: Of course, that’s only an option for the Trojans if they continue to win big over the course of the next media contract cycle. If they return to pre-Carroll mediocrity — either because of the long-term impact of NCAA sanctions of because Lane Kiffin (or his successor) can’t get it done — they won’t have the leverage to make it work.
Also, he rips Chuck Young down in the article.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
LQTM on his ripping of Young
Reaction II: We’re hearing that Young, who ran the Westwood campus from 1968-97, also hopes to have computers replaced by typewriters throughout the UC system.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Why does UCLA suck so much?
Reaction I: The teeny-tiny flaw in Young’s plan: The CEOs have already voted to invite Utah and Colorado. It’s a done deal, Chuck. Onward and upward.
I sure am glad this guy is on some NCAA advisory committee I’ve never heard of.
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BYU started a trend
It wouldn’t surprise me if Texas went Independent in a couple of years.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
Texas is going to go independent, bc their shitty conference is going to fall apart and then they’ll have nobody and be nowehre!
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Their football team will go independent and the rest of their programs will join the Pac-16 or Mountain West.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
I just think once their network is off the ground, the football team is going independent. Especially since BYU signed an 8-year contract with ESPN.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
Agreed
Teams like USC and Texas will definitely keep a close eye on BYU to see how successful they are with scheduling and surviving by themselves.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
This comment by omb on ATQ is the winner:
USC: Hey guys, we’re going independent! Hope there’s not hard feelings! Hey, just for kicks, any way you guys would still schedule us sometimes so we could play a decent enough schedule to have a chance of making it to championship games? And maybe could you, you know, maybe keep all our non-revenue teams so they don’t have to go to the WCC also?
Rest of Pac-10: No.
USC: Why so serious, I was just joking! See you at the Pac-10 meeting next year!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
i think the second part of this comment is the biggest reason why this is implausible
yeah, i think USC would have no problem scheduling as a football independent, but what about the rest of their teams? no way the Pac-10 allows them to go indy and leave their other sports in the Pac-10, and unlike BYU’s move from the Mtn to the WCC, there’s nowhere for their other teams to go that isn’t a big step down.
also, USC already up 6-0 on Hawaii. big surprise.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
If there is a feed
I’m watching the first half from my desk.
Then, I’m off to the Ministry of Sound in Brixton. I’m going to get completely SMASHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cuz, I just finished my masters thesis and I ain’t got shit to do!
My cousin is a DJ there. He used to work for a radio station, and I was confused why he switched to a gov’t jo- ohhh
It’s an awesome place. Probably one of the best clubs I’ve ever been to.
Too bad I was only able to enjoy like 45 minutes of it.
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I think my cousin is an Indo-Brit version of, like, DJ AM or Samantha Ronson. MoS sends him to Europe or South America for club gigs all the time. My admiration is unpolluted by even the slightest hint of jealousy.
That’s pretty awesome. You never had the desire to hit up these gigs with him?
Cause, you know… that’d be awesome.
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/shakes her sarcasm generator
Also, I was counting on either TnH, Ragnarok, or AndBears to chime in with a BWAHAHAHAHA
All you need to know is she’s Indian, she’s single, and she likes tie dimples. Ball’s in your court!
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Is she a New Dehli 8.6 or a Hyderabad 7.3 on the Rishi “Female Attarctiveness Scale”?
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I miss the Kade updates a little.
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
Ask and you shall receive!
Kade rates women at the Emmy’s!
Sarah Silverman-7.45-one of my fave "Comedy Crushes" (Girls who move up on the "Kade Scale" like her and Chelsea Handler because they are funny, raunchy, and have the "You can do whatever you want to me with body fluids" personality), but I wish I could cut her head off from this picture because its a Catagory 5 disaster. Her hair looks like she just left the gym and is very frizzy and undeveloped, and her facial expression and make up look like she just washed her face. I love how they propped her boobs up because they are hidden gems, but the dress color is very "Smurfish", and makes it look like she is hiding a chair under her ass. I still think she could be a blast sexually though.
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FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
I out-Ke$ha Ke$ha.
Now there’s a standard to live up to
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 2, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
FINALLY!
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Beetdub, am I the only one who likes their uniforms?
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How can you not dig this?
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I dig the unis.
I also usually start my NCAA footbally dynasty career off with Wyoming and work my way up.
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I feel like SBNi sreally starting to get niche with some of these blogs. Wyoming? They have one on western canadanian soccer teams, I think. Stanford? I mean none of this stuff makes any sense!
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Is there finally a stanfurd blog?
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Apparently, they’ll be one called Rule Of Tree (aka ROT) soon. I’m scheming already. Talk to me.
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No one can dimple bettah.
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by CalBandGreat on Sep 2, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m still waiting for the Sac State SBN blog.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
You people already have Sactown Royalty. How much more Sacramento! can we take?!?!?!?!!
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People talking bout AC Transit deficit:
A Wednesday meeting of AC Transit’s board of directors was dominated by public comment and presentations on proposed solutions to its $15.7 million deficit following an Aug. 2 court ruling.
Transit riders, employees and other members of the public spoke out against proposed cuts to bus service and what they saw as excessive blame being placed on the Amalgamated Transit Union for financial strains.
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I think more benefits for the bus driver union will solve all of our problems.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m hauling ass to Lalapalooza!
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by CalBandGreat on Sep 2, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Task force trying to cut athletic spending:
he Academic Senate Task Force on Intercollegiate Athletics released its final report on the UC Berkeley Department of Intercollegiate Athletics’s “mounting financial deficits” Tuesday, pointedly advising the department to revamp its financial structure in order to achieve sustainability.
The report states that while the department was able to maintain athletic and academic excellence and integrity, its long history of “an inability to match expenditures and resources, overrun budgets and lack of financial controls and accountability has led to a failure of financial integrity.”
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MilkMilkLemonade is a play about coming out:
As the barriers separating gay culture from mainstream society crumble, many LGBT youths come out of the closet at an increasingly younger age – though not always to welcoming circumstances, to say the least. While the coming-out experience differs from person to person, a struggle for self-acceptance usually makes up the underpinnings of adolescence regardless of an individual’s sexual orientation.
Impact Theatre’s imaginative new play, “MilkMilkLemonade,” probes the emotional tunnels of one such personal turning point, captivating audiences with its campy charm before releasing them into sweet catharsis. Written by Brooklyn playwright Joshua Conkel and directed by Impact’s Desdemona Chiang, “MilkMilkLemonade” tells a nearly farcical story about Emory (Charlie Cromer), a fifth grade boy who comes to terms with his sexuality on an isolated chicken farm full of real-life terrors and imagined escapes into the glamorous world of stage performance.
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How about no.
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by CalBandGreat on Sep 2, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Mens Water Polo is #1:
The Cal men’s water polo team is the most decorated in the nation, with 13 titles under its belt. This season, the squad hosts the NCAA Championship at Spieker Aquatics Complex for the first time ever.
“To have the tournament here (at Spieker) is kind of a natural considering the history and tradition of water polo at this school,” Bears head coach Kirk Everist said. “To have the opportunity with a team that has that kind of ability is an opportunity that we can hopefully take advantage of.”
At the start of this year, Cal is the favorite to capture that title at home – having secured the top ranking in the Preseason Collegiate Top 20 Water Polo Poll. 2010 will be a chance for the Bears to jump back into the postseason falling short last year. Cal advanced to the finals of the MPSF Tournament as the third seed before falling to No. 4 UCLA, 10-7.
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Daily Cal reviews movie:
Mesrine: Killer Instinct" begins at the end. Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel) is brutally assassinated in the middle of a crowded street. A cop tries to explain this hail of bullets to reporters. But the rest of the film is a far better rationalization for this viciousness as director Jean-Francois Richet shifts audience appraisal of the fallen from martyr to sociopath.
From there Richet details Mesrine’s formative years. However, the foundations of his ruthlessness begin in Algeria, not the schoolyard. While in the French army Mesrine gets his first lessons in violence, torturing “terrorists.” When the war ends, he returns to Paris and immediately finds a career that suits his skills. He progresses from breaking & entering to hired muscle to murderer, surprising even the saltiest Parisian gangsters.
One of these, Guido, played by Gerard Depardieu, takes on the youngster as an apprentice of sorts. Depardieu, one of the stalwarts of late French cinema, does a rousing job playing the gruff, paunchy crime bigwig, a dead ringer for Brit Ray Winstone.
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Does the Daily Cal normally review movies? And how do you review a movie called Killer Instinct without making at least one ULTRA COMBO joke?
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Ya, their arts section will review plays, movies, shows, concerts.
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I was hoping more for an answer to the second question rather than the first.
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BOOBS
IT is commonly assumed that small-chested women feel that nature’s lottery has left them coming up short. The parade of heaving bosoms in Victoria’s Secret catalogs not only suggests that bigger is better but also that supersizing with a push-up bra is universally desired.
Wrong, says Ellen Shing, the owner of Lula Lu, a Web site and boutique in San Mateo, Calif., that cater to AAA- to A-cup sizes. She says that while a small number of her customers come in looking for padded bras and tell her, "Make me as big as you can," the majority "don’t want to supersize themselves."
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She’s full of it.
Everyone likes nice, firm, 38C breasts.
California Golden Blogs! To be grammatically correct, it`s "Sacramento!", not "Sacramento".
Not to sound too presumptuous…but there’s also a movement out there for fat acceptance too.
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I think your definition of fat and the definition of fat used in “fat acceptance” or whatever is different.
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But what about socially awkward, slightly dumpy wingmen? You have to have enough grenades to satisfy this supply!
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 2, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Leads to significantly higher risk of heart failure, type 2 diabetes and other health complications.
Huge strain on our health care system; and it’s controllable.
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How dare you criticize my inalienable right to be a drippy broke fatass!!!!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
More plz.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
TARP TARP TARP
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Because people I work with donated to your campaign?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Tie it into?? Buddy you’re probably drinking it right now!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m so excited for the start of the Pac10 football season! And I’m even more excited for th start of the bowl-eligible Pac10 football season. Tomorrow!
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I'm excited for tonight
And besides the Pitt-Utah game, the games are mostly lame duck.
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I ran for the first time in 3 months last night… and managed barely 3 miles. Amazing how quickly your fitness level drops.
by OaktownAggie on Sep 2, 2010 10:10 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
My knees prevent me from running a quarter of a mile non-stop before swelling painful swelling occurs.
So you ARE Beano!
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I have tall person knees, but I’ve been running in the monkey slipper shoes that help me focus on short strides and staying on the balls of my feet. It surprisingly has minimized any stiffness/soreness in my knees.
by OaktownAggie on Sep 2, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m a big fan of Asics’ foot pronation shoe guide.
That's racis
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by CalBandGreat on Sep 2, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Hmm. The doctor said it was compartment syndrome. I’ve mostly taken his word for it. I can run if it involves starting/stopping (ie, basketball or something). It’s the non-stop north/south running that kills me.
Really? Compartment syndrome? The same thing that almost took James Montgomery’s leg?
by OaktownAggie on Sep 2, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
BTW, we have an actual twitter.
So, call it OaktownAggie Twitter, stop besmirching our good name!
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Rec’d Oaktown.
Good job starting on CGB Fitness 2.(RDSB)
Yesterday: Ran 35 min on the elliptical – am
Lifted heavy chest, shoulders, bi’s/tri’s, lats – pm
Today: 25 min elliptical – am
Circuit training scheduled for the pm.
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Tuesday: HIIT during lunch. Tabata set for chest in the evening.
Yesterday, did HIIT on the elliptical for 30 mins during lunch. Tabata set for back in the evening
Today, HIIT during lunch. Push-ups in the evening (have to pack!)
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You’re missing a Cal game for this? God you’re lame.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Let’s see, one of my best friends is celebrating her birthday there… plenty of friends whom I only get to see a couple times a year are flying out, and I really enjoy Vegas.
Yeah, nah, let me stay back and watch Cal play a Division 1-AA opponent.
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Yes. Fucking yes you should stay back and watch Cal clobber their opponent.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
K, I’ll remember that when you don’t watch the Cal @ Valdosta St. Women’s Horseriding 100M Races on ESPN52 a couple months from now.
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Dude, thats not real life. Everyone knows thats on ESPN43
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 2, 2010 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Shut up Twist and stick to seersucker suits. You don’t know what you’re talking about here.
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Dude! Twist, did I ever tell you about the seersucker suit my friend’s uncle was wearing at the 1930’s wedding I went to last year?
Epic.
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No you won’t. You’ll be drunk and forget the whole thing.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Too bad, I just wrote it down on my Outlook calendar. Nothing short of a computer crash can save you now!
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Or the fact that 100M horseriding races don’t even exist! Fool! They’re 200M races.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
meters? I was talking molarity.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
A 200-mammoth race would be amazing.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I just a vision of the big red X with the buzzer noise that pops up when someone gets a wrong onswer on Family Feud.
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I imagined going No Whammy No Whammy No Whammy No Whammy
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Yesterday: ate duck pie and chaurice with maque choux and fried okra.
Today: ate three donuts because we overbought for the office.
My fitness plans for tomorrow include collapsing in a heap near a defibrillator machine.
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Thats better than the .08 miles I could do.
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 2, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Big surprise
The NCAA rules committee is stupid.
In denying quarterback Jeremiah Masoli a chance to play at Ole Miss this season, the NCAA noted that Masoli violated the spirit of its graduate student transfer rule. Masoli, the NCAA reasoned, had transferred only because he was thrown off the team at Oregon — not because he longed to obtain a master’s degree in Parks and Recreation from Mississippi’s flagship university.
Lafayette College safety Tyler McFarlane would love to know when the NCAA began using common sense to interpret the spirit of its rules, because staffers were strict constructionists in February when they told McFarlane that he would have to sit out for a second consecutive year.
Welcome to the maddening world of the transfer athlete at the mercy of the NCAA, where the rules apply as written — unless they don’t.
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Annnnnnnndddd.....
The A’s are losing 1-0 in the 2nd.
Dang.
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by CalBandGreat on Sep 2, 2010 10:36 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
So, anyone have any thoughts on the possibility that we could have a Boise St.-TCU MNC game?
Is it unfair that these two schools could essentially coast their way into the national championship game using their lofty preseason ranking, a couple of decent non-conference games, and an easy non-major conference slate? Or is this what the major conferences deserve to have happen because of their intransigence on playoffs, or reform, or even a plus-one championship format? Or both? Or is it a non-issue because regardless of the current ranking, if Texas, Florida, Alabama, Ohio St., or whatever other traditional conference powerhouse happens to be undefeated or maybe have 1 loss, then Boise and TCU will get swept aside anyhow?
Fast forward five seasons and Boise State is bigger, better and suddenly no longer so popular. In some circles, they’ve become the most hated – or at least rooted against – team in America.
Where are these “circles”?
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They’re like squares without corners, but that’s not important right now.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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by turkey on Sep 2, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don’t let small details get in the way of a good airplane callback.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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Its a big building with lots of patients.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, it’s a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big Tylenol
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AUNTIE EM AUNTIE EM
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
[shrug] I’m not in those circles, but I can imagine that fans of Texas, Florida, etc… wouldn’t be too happy to see Boise waltz into the championship game having played just Va Tech, Oregon State, and the WAC.
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m sure Wetzel was probably overstating things a tad in order to write a dramatic article.
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
So, anyone have any thoughts on the possibility that we could have a Boise St.-TCU MNC game?
My thoughts: Woo, football!
I’ll leave the outrage to the screaming heads on TV.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 2, 2010 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I will be following on the Twitters
The first gameday always falls on the same day as the Bumbershoot music festival, so I usually miss it. This year, Neko Case is headlining (and some old dude named Bob Dylan). But nearly every year, I see other Cal fans there. And I finally have a smartphone so I can now follow the game live.
by Murray, Present on Sep 2, 2010 10:54 AM PDT reply actions
Excellent screenname. Good to see you around Murray, Present!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 2, 2010 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I notice the lips are rather prominent…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 3, 2010 12:40 AM PDT up reply actions
TECH SUPPORT TIME
I’m remotely logging into a client computer and I need to copy files from my remote connection to my local computer here. How the hell do I do that?
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Files are too big for email. Not sure how to set up a FTP. There has to be an easy way for me to just enable copying/pasting over the connection, isn’t there?
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
How about an upload site, like sendspace or something?
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, they’re not going to be happy about me putting confidential data on a site like that. No worries, I found a solution at this link. Allows me to see my own local computer drives on the remote connection. I had no idea that was possible, but it works.
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I was going to suggest that, but you said it was a client machine. You should only do that if you trust the remote machine. ;-)
by OaktownAggie on Sep 2, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, shouldn’t be a problem…I think. Besides, I’m the one remotely logging into it, so I don’t think it should be an issue.
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Are you using remote desktop? If so when you start up RD, go to options (so you see all the options.. duh), click on the Local Resources tab, click on the More button and search and share a drive in your local machine. That drive will be available to you in My Computer in the remote machine.
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Sep 2, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Yeah, that’s what the link said and that’s what I’m doing. Except my local computer has so much stuff on it that it’s taking forever to open my local drives here.
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, I figured I could just dump it into whatever folder on my computer I was able to open, but the connection speed is so slow I’m trying to find another way to do it. It says it’ll take two hours to transfer 277 MB, and I have a lot more that I need to transfer on top of that.
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Only a little?
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
He was on that? That’s about as different a show from Star Trek as you could draw up.
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Where did they film it? Tori Spelling’s cranium?
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I’d like to think atomsing has a bit more self-awareness. No offense, roy.
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s what I get for believing you?!?
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey, fantasy footballers...
If you have any players on teams that are playing today, you have to set your lineups by 3:30PM PT, and they’ll be locked all weekend. If you don’t have players on today’s teams, you have until Saturday.
What do you care? All your players are injured. Hey, in case you need someone, I cut a WR from Nebraska that was rated really highly.
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 2, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I just picked up Darron Thomas! Yay! Time to drop Dayne Crist. God, I never should have chosen the non-BCS conferences. I don’t recognize 3/4 of my team.
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Just picked up Jacory Harris too. I need to replace my guys with people I’ve actually heard of.
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Hahaha, some of the dudes on my team are realllllllllly obscure.
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 2, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel terrible – I just picked up Marc Tyler, Dillon Baxter, Darron Thomas, and Cody Johnson (Texas’ starting RB).
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I got me some Keenan Allen. I need to find a decent TE though. The autodraft saddled me with some guy from FAU who caught 13 passes last year. What the hell?
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope you enjoy your 7th place finish!
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
FLAGGED…!?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
If its to Andrew Luck, I will kill YOU BITCH
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Cody Johnson could be a steal. Supposedly has looked outstanding in Fall camp and is always the option inside the 5 yard line
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 2, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I’m feeling reasonably good about my team now. Changing my RBs from Isiaih Pead and Darius Washington to Marc Tyler and Cody Johnson should help. I’ve got a QB logjam with Robert Griffin, Jacory Harris and Darron Thomas now, but I guess that should sort itself out.
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice!
High five!
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Hey, Persons of Indian Origin
Heads up: annoying changes to the application process for Indian visas!
If you’re a US citizen, and your parents are naturalized US citizens:
- you’ll only get a 5-yr visa (not 10-yr)
- cost: $233 (I think this is more than it used to be)
- you’ll need to submit a copy of your birth certificate
- you’ll need to submit a copy of either parent’s INDIAN passport / US naturalization certificate
Also, making an online appointment for the SF Travisa office (5th/Mission) doesn’t really mean squat.
Screw it, I’ll just apply for an OCI (Overseas Citizen of India). That application has an even longer checklist, but at least I won’t have to deal with getting visas any more.
by kolwave on Sep 2, 2010 11:32 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
because then I’ll get a multiple-entry, multi-purpose, life-long visa to visit India
I believe there are also some benefits in terms of owning property / opening financial accounts; honestly, not sure what they are or if I’d really use ‘em. I haven’t looked into it further; I’ll apply for the OCI by the time this latest 5-year visa expires.
And although it’s popularly called dual citizenship, it’s not actually. The biggest perk is the visa. And Aishwarya.
I always thought you’d go there for Abhishek.
I guess the only reason I’d do it would be to invest, but I figure by the time I’d even get a visa, the Indian government would be smart enough to allow foreign investors.
Were you born there btw?
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They changed the travel visas, too, so now you have to leave for like a month instead of a day or whtever. So fucking annoying.
PS I love that this is in every way an appropriate thign to post at CGB. It’s the perfect encapsulation of CGB here.
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Yeah, I figured the info might come in handy for a few folks on CGB – or their parents.
These changes – the consulate issued ‘em this summer – can be a major headache. My dad is a naturalized US citizen, and has to submit a copy of his Indian passport. He hasn’t seen it for 30 years, so instead he had to:
- file a police report for lost passport
- file Form G639 – a Freedom of Info request for copies of his original immigration application documents. This step apparently takes 3 to 6 months, and is before he can apply for the damn visa itself.
Sooo his already-purchased ticket to India this November? Not looking so likely.
What about wedding elephant registration fees? Will those remain the same?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
rec'd
for a very informative post. Guess I’ll be taking my American tourist dollars elsewhere.
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I was out of the country for two weeks. And was trying to figure out when the next time I was going to do that would be, and where, but now I’m scratching India from that list.
Go Bruins!
Yeah and I’ve been there. Was going to try to do the sightseeing as an adult, but there’s numerous things in the world I haven’t seen yet, so I’ll try that out and decide if I want to deal with Indian bueraucracy later in my life.
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Nope. Just India and Turkey. That’s really it. (Germany for a few hours, but doesn’t count)
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I really do. I was thinking Spain/England next trip, and then figure out where life takes me from there.
Go Bruins!
I hear that going through hostels and stuff is the best just because it gives you the chance to meet all sorts of new people.
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Ugh. Too old for that kind of trip now. Have a minimum standard of luxury I need to maintain when traveling in civilized areas.
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by Harsha on Sep 2, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
No – visiting a friend in the Peace Corps. Two weekends in Ouaga, the capital; the interim week in his remote village.
Really impressed with how clean and orderly the capital was, although their taxis are nutty – more like buses with designated routes. I’ve traveled to some rural parts of India, so village life wasn’t a complete shock. I taught my friend’s students card tricks, chased goats out of the yard, and temporarily forgot about a world with electricity and running water.
I’d love to visit other countries in Africa, but it’s so expensive. Round trip from SF was, I think, over $2200.
yup. My French is temperamental (sometimes it thinks it’s Spanish), but there were a fair number of English-speakers as well. Plus, communication always becomes more pleasant / manageable when people are universally nice.
Awww
<Your country needs you>
It’s not that bad; I was just frustrated because I had to dig up my birth certificate and parents’ naturalization certificates, and my parents aren’t exactly what you’d call organized. And if your stuff’s in order, you’ll probably get your visa in 1-2 days (assuming you drop it off in person in SF).
There’s so much to see in India! I’ve been to so many places – Puri, Vizag, most of Tamil Nadu, Jammu, Benares – but it’s just a fraction. A couple friends went to Manali (Himachal P) and now I’m jonesin’ for the Himalayas.
And she has even mentioned the best state: Maharasthra!
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There's plenty I haven't seen in the rest of the world too...
… I have a very empty passport to prove it. India, Turkey, and Germany (for a day) and that’s it. Much to see, much to do. Need more variety in stamps!
There’s so much of India I do want to see, but I kinda have to figure out some way of going without my relatives finding out. Also, given how much of a pain it was to get a visa a few years ago, and how easy it was getting into Turkey and Germany, I figure there are, um, other options I’d like to explore. Such as Spain.
Go Bruins!
kinda have to figure out some way of going without my relatives finding out
hahaha. I know this! There would be behind-the-scenes grumbling fo sho … girl gallivanting around India – hiking! rafting! wandering around talking to strangers! – instead of spending quality time with the fam. Dude, they don’t even want me taking taxis by myself …
The friend of mine who moved to India is young, single, and female. While none of the westerners seem to think that it is that big of a deal, all the Indians over there think shes toast. They think the family she is living with will sell her into sex slavery or some such thing. Interesting angle.
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Dude, they don’t even want me taking taxis by myself
I’m a guy and my parents don’t want me taking taxis by myself. Actually I think most of my US family is ok with me going wherever except India.
Go Bruins!
My family’s okay with me going out by myself whenever.
My brother and I routinely went out at night and told our maternal grandmother that we were just going to get coffee.
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did you then sneak over to the forbidden markets and bazaars and ….. get coffee?
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Question for So Cal Cal Fans with Time Warner cable
If I order the time warner sports package will I get the Cal game which is shown on CSN and not a Fox Sports station? I am inclined to say no. Someone who actually lives down there with any knowledge/perspective on this?
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 2, 2010 11:35 AM PDT reply actions
I have no answer for you but I think this proves there is nothing “Official” about your Sunshine Pumperness.
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 2, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Looks like my response was the most relevant response after all!
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 2, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
possibly he lives there?
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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I live in So Cal. Do not know where 33$$ lives. Sorry to burst your bubble.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 2, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
FOR RISHI AND YWC
PS HOLY CRAP FOOTBALL TONIGHT!!!!!!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Sep 2, 2010 11:57 AM PDT reply actions 6 recs
Awesome! Rec’d!
(PS, can you make a version that’s significantly faster? Like the blasting lasts only two seconds / as long as Twist in bed? Thanks!)
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GENTLEMEN!
BEHOLD! A FASTER FIRING CANNON!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Sep 2, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
THIRD TRY
how does that look?
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Sep 2, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Much better!
Can you make a version that loops like every 2 secs? This about how awesome that would be.
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hmmm, on my screen, that’s how fast the above cannon (attempt #3) is firing. try a ctrl+r?
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I loaded # 3 in a separate window.
The elapsed FtF time (Fire to Fire) is 9.40 secs.
The elapsed FtF time on the above gif is 1.90 secs.
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weird….so all 3 gifs are essentially the same speed for you?
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We need one thats like .25 seconds tops. So when we score in quick succession people can post BAM BAM BAM
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
does this work?
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Sep 2, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
YEAHHHHHHH BITCHES
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Faster!!!!!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Christ, did someone make a YouTube clip out of my 0.6 megapixel cellphone recording?
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Not my recording, a cellphone recording.
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Memorial Stadium Memo
Just got back from Memorial, where I visited my old boss and co-workers on a day off from the A’s. Talked to some of the student trainers, and they said the morning practices are working well, and things are much more on-time than they used to be. They also said the team was really healthy, and the only red jersey during practices is on the second string long snapper, so that’s really good to hear.
I walked around the stadium a little, and it looks really good, and ready to go for Saturday. For those of you who sit on the west side or just use the concourse on that side, you’re in for a VERY different and much, much improved experience. With most of the interior rooms demolished (with the exception of the Travers Club Room), the concourse is much more wide open. The big arched openings now open directly onto the concourse, and the whole effect is much more open and airy. You can now see those amazing views of the Bay and Golden Gate that Memorial is so famous for without schlepping all the way up to the top row of the stadium.
I think Sandy Barbour tweeted some photos like this earlier, but I’ll post mine anyway. Sorry they aren’t better quality, I only had my cameraphone.
Westside Concourse:
View from one of the arches along the concourse:
I've been Honked...
by giantfan5 on Sep 2, 2010 12:02 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
wow cool.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
21. The “shocker” is a nice variant now and then.
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Sep 2, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
And who the hell uses two f’s in definite?
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
You might have to wait for Rishi’s report. Not sure how long it takes to post after being tear-gassed…
Old Toothwrangler
20 is a boldfaced lie.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, but they’re also liars.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed. Girls never listen to good advice. I’ve given up on logic when dealing w/ women.
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Really? I always thought
“No birds, except ostriches, are 9 feet high.
There are no birds in this aviary that belong to anyone but me.
No ostrich lives on mince pies.
I have no birds less than 9 feet high. "
Is a GREAT pickup line.
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Agreed.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Those are all so vague.
“We love surprises”
What does that even mean? Candy and flowers? Or dick in a box?
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Except nobody wants to see a video of me loving in super fast mo with Yakety Sax in the background!
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Imagine yakety sax
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Sep 2, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Oh man
Security PA just came on and said there’s a suspicious vehicle parked right outside my office! How exciting!
I’m moving to a lower floor.
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Is it a van with a dude in a bear suit inside?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
There is a bright yellow/gold car outside! Not sure if it’s the suspicious one. I wonder if we’re on CNN.
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by yellow fever on Sep 2, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
TWO DAYS. WHO'S STOKED?!??!?!!?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 2, 2010 12:59 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
Whose excited?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
to UC Davis:
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
by turkey on Sep 2, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
UC Davis response
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I’m actually Stokke’d right now.
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by TwistNHook on Sep 2, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
has that been used before? I love it.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 2, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
[Comment From nervousfan]
is this the year cal finally has a losing season under tedford??
Jonathan Okanes: I don’t think it’s completely out of the question because it appears there are more question marks than in recent years, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
Who invited negative nancy?
Technical difficulties
Tech difficulties have sacked JO’s chat like Cameron Jordan will be sacking QBs this year. Chat has been offline for 17 minutes.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
a small plane just crashed in the bay near san carlos airport, on cnn, no linky yet
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/02/BAII1F7PB3.DTL
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
You mean someone finally took that out the back and shot it? Not before time.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
But isn’t this the part where CalBear81 tells us that they actually speak British?
Old Toothwrangler
Well, now I’m all confused.
I guess it’s a good thing Scotland won their freedom at Bannockburn. Otherwise, Mel Gibson would have suffered for nothing.
Old Toothwrangler
You wrote:
I miss Foxtrot
Which I assumed meant that it is no longer published. I didn’t check because I loath that strip, and so I instead made a remark intended to indicate that I felt the best decision related to the strip would be to cease publication with extreme prejudice.
Perhaps I was being unduly negative.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I used to really enjoy that strip.
He switched to only Sundays a while ago. I stopped reading at that point.
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It fell prey to the same problem that most comic strips do: outlasted it’s originality and just started recycling jokes. I do the same thing, but I don’t get paid for it. You all pay with wasted time.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Now there’s a strip, and a “creator,” who really should be put out of their misery.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
LOVE IT
Caller to Chris Townsend’s post game A’s show called out Nico from AN as being the failed broadcaster. Dan in Berkeley is his name. Anyone know his screen name or what it used to be. He made reference to being booted off AN for disagreeing with Nico.
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2010/9/2/1665981/ct-thread-of-optimism-9-2
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 2, 2010 1:26 PM PDT reply actions
has 33$$ qualities, but 33$$ sweet was banned from AN long ago. Dan seems to have been kicked off more recently.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 2, 2010 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
This guy is awesome. Called Robert Buan a joke. Dude, tells the truth.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 2, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
“…the failed broadcaster.”
An unfair characterization of Nico, but whatevs.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
It’s funny to me that Nico booted this guy from AN and then this guy, Dan in Berkeley, calls up the radio to escalate the battle.
Nico does a damn good job, but don’t you dare disagree with him.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 2, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven’t been to AN in awhile. What have been the contentious points of disagreement over there lately?
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
I don’t go over there much. Not much room for disagreement over there. Imagine a blog run by and visited by 50 yellow fevers.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 2, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
dan in berkeley has been identified as Reztips.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 2, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
That sounds fantastic! People who actually read through links and have intelligent discussions without ignoring all evidence to the contrary!
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SO CAL TV FOR GAME QUESTION
If I order the time warner sports package will I get the Cal game which is shown on CSN and not a Fox Sports station? I am inclined to say no. Someone who actually lives down there with any knowledge/perspective on this?
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 2, 2010 1:32 PM PDT reply actions
do you want everyone to answer ‘no’ ? or is not responding to the first post enough?
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
thank you. See, goldblooded, I ask again and I actually get responses. Don’t mess with the pumper.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 2, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Umm, it’s quite obvious who the Pumper is
o=========<| BBBBBBEARZZZZZZ
May I offer you a glass of sunshine?
I wonder where he and OaktownMario are.
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Wow, the new generation of CGBers.
oaktownmario was instrumental in the first ever 1000+ comment day when the treesitter ruling came down.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I should just use more CGB classic posts to fill my contribution quota.
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Repost the treesitter ruling DBD!
So good.
I feel like that’s when this community really solidified.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Where should I move then? I could be FriscoAggie (Note: intentional use of Frisco to cause consternation among locals), LamorindaAggie, WCAggie, BerzerkeleyAggie (Note: intentional use of Berzerkeley to cause consternation bla bla blah purple monkey dishwasher).
I went to tvguide.com
I said i was in LA, and clicked time warner cable.
I said i did not subscribe to premium channels.
I searched for “football” on Saturday at 1pm and did not see our game.
My best guess is No.
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
Thank you. I looked at the TW website. I can get FoxSports packages, but I do not know whether this includes CSN family of channels. I would call timewarner but the CSR’s do not comprehend much of what you ask of them.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 2, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
This is very true…. I had to kick and scream at comcast in 08 to try to get coverage of the WSU game before Sandy saved the day.
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
no kicking, maybe screaming
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
a-hole. I’d rather have an I don’t know than being ignored. Thank you.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 2, 2010 1:46 PM PDT reply actions
You, sir, are the gentlemanliest gentleman ever to gentleman. Thanks!
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 2, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
But, you do know. You saw GoldBlooded’s post.
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 2, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Scott Fujita Google alert
- “I’ve always been a little bit of an environmentalist,” said Fujita, who graduated from California with a degree in political science and later earned his master’s in education.
- Fujita has always been socially conscious. His interest in helping others grew during his college years in Berkeley, where he was around many who were active and aware. “People who thought globally,” he said. “They think big picture.”
- But it was as a young linebacker with Kansas City that Fujita’s appreciation for service grew. He was influenced by veteran teammates Tony Gonzalez, Trent Green and Tony Richardson, who donated time and money to local charities and causes.
- Fujita has also been a strong advocate for breast cancer awareness and research following his mother Helen’s two scares with the disease, and he’s looking into several Cleveland-area charities to support.
Craziest Food Creations of 2010
[1]
See, even the most well-established restaurant chains can’t rest on their laurels, serving the same old standbys that we’ve loved since we were kids. They have to keep us interested and attracted with shiny new bells and whistles. And since no one has invented, say, a new kind of potato, they’ve got to go with the next best thing: gimmicky entrees with terrifyingly complicated ingredient lists and rapidly expanding serving sizes. It wasn’t enough that pizza makers started putting cheese inside the crust! KFC saw that and ramped up its own destructive powers, by making a sandwich in which the bread is replaced by slabs of fried chicken. Then a few major league ballparks started serving their burgers on doughnuts instead of buns. What’s next: fried Fluffernutter franks?
Denny’s Fried Cheese Melt with wavy fries and marinara
IHOP New York Cheesecake Pancakes
Friendly’s Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt
Burger King New York Pizza Burger
Some of these do look absurdly delicious, though.
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Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
What’s scary about these things is they’re not dishes made in someone’s kitchen or served at the Texas State Fair — they’re items available on any menu at chain restaurants across the country.
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These are all jokes, right?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I have a pretty high tolerance for fatty foods and I wouldn’t touch any of those.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
New York Cheesecake Pancakes don’t sound delicious?
Because I have a low tolerance for unhealthy food and sugar and I would love a bite of that.
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No, but that’s because I only like buckwheat pancakes.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I heard on the radio this morning that someone invented Deep Fried Beer.
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep, that’s the guy! Texas State Fair FTW.
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s still not as good as that deep fried bacon dipped in white gravy that I posted about a while back…
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
That's no bacon lasagna
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Bring on college football!
I took today and tomorrow off work and am full of whiskey and beer. Let’s do this.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Sep 2, 2010 4:16 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
WE HAVE OUR FIRST SAFETY!
Central Washington is up 2-0 over Hampton.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Isnt there an open thread on the front page for this?
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Odd start to the season. I wonder if this is going to be a weird year like 2007.
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
CGB cooking question
I’m making veggie pizza tonight. Do I need to saute the vegetables before I put them on the pizza, or can I just go straight to the baking?
Definitely saute them first. Cook some of the water out of them and get a nice caramelization, they’ll taste soooo much better. If you don’t saute first you’ll have a slushy water vegetably mess on some soggy cheesy bread.
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ok sounds good — olive oil, garlic, italian seasonings, salt/pepper, anything else i should throw in?
Sounds great, but go easy on the seasonings…the flavor of the veggies should really be enough. Make sure when you saute that you do a semi-decent amount of salt (i’d estimate 1/2 tsp), not so much as a flavoring, but to draw water out of the veggies.
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Thanks for the advice! Maybe I’ll hold off on the Italian seasonings entirely (use them as a topping at the end). I know I want a fair amount of garlic because I bet the (store-bought) sauce is pretty bland
+1. Saute first.
Also, put the crust in the oven by itself before adding sauce/cheese/toppings. You want it to start getting a little golden…otherwise you get soggy crust. And definitely oil your pizza stone or tray to avoid stickage.
Old Toothwrangler
I bet he oils his pizza stone every day!
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry, let me rephrase: I bet he “oils” his “pizza stone” every day!
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
This is so great. How many other sports blogs do you think have threads about sauteing vegetables?
Exit, Pursued By A Bear
How many sports blogs do you think have so many comments about how many threads they have that other sports blogs don’t have?
by atomsareenough on Sep 2, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
How many sports blogs even think about how many comments they have about threads that they have that other sports blogs don’t have?
Old Toothwrangler
We know she knows too much.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 3, 2010 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m no expert (I’m really not), but I am of the opinion that you probably should not need to saute the veggies at all. I suppose you can caramelize the onions if you like them that way, however that will make them wetter and slimier. Mushrooms should not really be blanched as since then they’ll get soggy and make the pizza soggy. Mushrooms should cook just fine when the pizza is baked. As for the peppers, if you slice them thin enough then they should be fine without prior cooking. I’m not a green-chillis-on-my-pizza type of person, but I don’t think you need to cook those either.
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BOOM! CHEF’D!
Seriously. Pretty darn cool. I usually incorporate all my veggies into the sauce. ’Haven’t tried thinly sliced on top. I thought I didn’t have high enough temperatures available to make that work. Maybe I’ll try one grilled that way.
Old Toothwrangler
Agreed, I bet it’s an oven temp issue. I.e., if you don’t have a good oven capable of maintaining high temp then your vegetables don’t turn out as well, so you try to pre-saute.
So, I neglected to mention I was using a prebaked crust. I decided to saute the veggies because I figured the 8-10 minutes in the oven wouldn’t be enough time for them to cook to my liking. Plus, I just kinda like sauteing veggies.
It was pretty good. The crust was mediocre (my time constraints prevented me from making it from scratch), but the toppings were awesome. IMO it should be pretty hard to screw up pizza, and I didn’t.
Pizza Dough Recipe
• 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
• 2 cups bread flour
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons white sugar
Directions
1. In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
2. In a large bowl, combine 2 cups bread flour, olive oil, salt, white sugar and the yeast mixture; stir well to combine. Beat well until a stiff dough has formed. Cover and rise until doubled in volume, about 30 minutes. (I’ve actually found that making the dough a day ahead and letting it sit works best if you want a thinner/crispier crust.) Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (175 degrees C).
3. Turn dough out onto a well floured surface. Form dough into a round and roll out into a pizza crust shape. Bake for about 10 minutes. Add sauce and toppings. Bake another 10 minutes until done.
Old Toothwrangler
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