DBD 11.29.11 Your Favourite Christmas Movies/TV Specials?
by Rishi on Nov 29, 2011 6:56 AM PST
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What? Another Christmas DBD by Rishi? In other news, war in the Middle East, Republicans and Democrats disagree, and the English find another way to screw up tea.
So one of the things I love about Christmas is the opportunity to revisit those movies and tv specials that make the season even more special.
I'm sure I'm missing a ton, but that's where you guys come in!
Home Alone 1 and 2 - There were only two films in this series. They're both excellent, but I appreciate the Christmasy feel of the second more, just due to the "Christmas in NY" factor. One of those things on my list of things I need to do.
Love Actually - Nice and entertaining movie and really gets into the Christmas spirit
It's a Charlie Brown Christmas - Good Grief!
Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean - Oddly, probably my favourite on this list. What's not to love about this brilliant special? From Mr. Bean unplugging the entire Harrods for testing his light to his staged play with the decorations at the store. I can't wait to watch this.
Bowl Games - Go Bears!
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I think we should agree to pretend the Jim Carrey version does not exist.
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This.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 8:52 AM PST up reply actions
Just watched Carrey’s A Christmas Carol, which was surprisingly good. I recommend it. His Grinch, not so much.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 29, 2011 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
I was coming here to post that Rishi done messed up because he left off the only two that matter
But you got them here.
“In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan. "
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Um....
The original Miracle on 34th Street!
It’s a Wonderful Life…
I think my favorite though is White Christmas. While it’s not the movie in which the song originated, the song proved so popular they decided to write a movie with it as its theme.
Here are the scenes from each movie with the song:
White Christmas
Now in White Christmas, the song had actually been sung at the beginning of the movie too… I just like the production quality and I love the very end of the scene where the camera pans back and everyone is toasting their friends… don’t get me started on what the holidays mean, but that just gets me every time.
Yeah, wife loves this movie, has watched every Christmas with my daughter – it’s a surprisingly down beat movie in parts.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I like Holiday Inn better. The plot is slightly less ridiculous and the acting is better. And it’s got that great number where Fred Astaire makes fun of Bing Crosby’s dancing, and Bing Crosby makes fun of Fred Astaire’s singing. Although the production numbers in White Christmas are superior.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
I like them both and I think most people think Holiday Inn is the superior movie. I just like White Christmas better as a Christmas movie.
Also, the colors are so great, especially in the finale with the stars in those red and white outfits.
I suspect, from your many great posts, that the finale reminds you of your father’s generation. It reminds me a lot of my godparents.
Oh yeah, and Mickey's Christmas Carol
My absolute favourite version of this classic story.
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Scrooge McDuck?
Nice.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 7:44 AM PST up reply actions
Love Actually is pretty awesome
And y’all doubted that I was a girl :P
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
I didn’t doubt it as much as I was concerned that being within the state borders of Ohio could cause some sort of physical damage rendering gender irrelevant. But I’m not a doctor, so what do I know?
I do like Love Actually a lot. Great movie.
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Oops sorry for being hetero-normative
And it’s true. I moved from Ohio to California halfway through my life, and then moved back to Ohio, so the innards, dey iz disarranged.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 7:58 AM PST up reply actions
You should seek professional medical help immediately.
Or, failing that, leave Ohio and never return. It’s not safe to live there.
As for hetero normativity, I had a different understanding of the definition of that term. So, I went to research it to respond to you and lo and behold, you are right, it does include gender.
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I'm calling out TheBuckeyeBear out right now
Whom are you rooting for in the Cal-Ohio State game on September 15, 2012? I’m giving you another chance to give the correct answer.
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AHHHHHHHHHHH
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 8:25 AM PST up reply actions
Sounds like you got got.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 29, 2011 8:25 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
THat show is still on? Huh, I am out of it.
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I was actually just referencing her sig.
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Yeah, some commentator was insightful as always on the Big-10 Network. (Why change the number?)
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
What other SBNs ites do you frequent?
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If only you could click a profile and figure out which blogs a user comments on the most!
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Commenting=!frequenting
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Er, well, actually, I was watching a Buckeye game on the Big-10 network. Not an SBN site…I’ve only just de-lurked here!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
My cousin had a small role in an episode in season 2.; credited as “Stripper #2.”
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
AHHHHHHHHHHH
This is not the correct answer.
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How about…
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Real monsters?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
BURN HER!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
if not, burn her with more witches!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
Warlocks, mostly. And sorcerers.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 29, 2011 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
Trying to convince Mrs. Kod to cook one on the rotisserie for this Friday’s game. Just ’cuz.
/mmmmm – plum sauce…
Old Toothwrangler
My wife never cooks anything like that. Or lamb. Or fish.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Hes just saying what were all thinking
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DC Trojan read it as
Lamb fucking is awesome
And got REALLY excited for a moment.
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by Rishi on Nov 29, 2011 11:27 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
time to bring back an old joke
In Scotland, baaaaaaaa means no
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Oh no!!!! And you had such a great debut performance in the DBD! This is worse than weekend daddy telling me he’d take me to a baseball game.
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--Thoroughbred
I think the line from the Brady Bunch is, “Something suddenly came up.”
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Sophmore slump
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I'm hoping for a really good, evenly-matched game
Although I suspect some sort of emotions will take over when I’m watching, and we might find out which team I really support.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
I cannot believe I welcomed you into my house. So ashamed of you right now. SO ASHAMED THAT YOU WERE ON RALLY COMM BUT YOU’RE ACTUALLY A BIGGER tOSU FAN!!!
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 29, 2011 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
Wow, just wow.
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
So this is how Ohioans are. OK.
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--Thoroughbred
Not OK. Bad.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 29, 2011 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Someone stop the Ohio on Ohio violence!
This is like watching amateur sumo!
Think of all the couches that will get burned! Madness!!!
Old Toothwrangler
I might just get on my motorized barstool and drive away.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 29, 2011 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
I go to class for an hour and this is what happens? Fine, my blood is red, but my colors are Yale Blue and California Gold. OK?
I suspect that’s not enough.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
You need to get a blood change.
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Then what are we going to drink to celebrate CGB’s 5 year anniversary?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
Thank goodness. Let me remind you that I have also fired the cannon.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
Pretty sure it’s one of the weaknesses you turn into a strength during a job interview.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
Wow, get a awkward perch above Memorial stadium room you two!
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--Thoroughbred
There’s a chair at the cannon platform sometimes! Also, the occasional sleeping homeless person.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 29, 2011 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
AND YET YOU STILL DON’T KNOW WHO YOU’RE ROOTING FOR?!?!?
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
I mean…I want to root for both!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
Sometimes you dont get what you want in this world. Like a Rose Bowl. For 50+ years
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GO BEARS!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
WHO LET THIS SECRET DOUBLE AGENT INTO OUR CANNON FACILITY?!??!
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Isnt that why all those people occupy Tightwad hill on gamedays?
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I thought it was so they could make money by selling beer after hauling up kegs.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 29, 2011 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Joe Kapp is the man we need!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
You want Joe Kapp to beat up TheBuckeyeBear?
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Well, only if the blood transfusion does not work.
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Someone stop the Ohio on Ohio violence!
But I thought our readers liked Ohio on Ohio violence!
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HAWT
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
CALumbus Bear, you have brought great shame to your ancestors
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Motion To Force TheBuckeyeBear to watch Cal-USC 2003 over and over and over again until she’s all that is right with the world.
Do I hav ea second???
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Second
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What is the next procedural step here? I’m not knowledgable about Roy’s Rules Of Order.
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I watch it again.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
A voice vote
Which is moot because she just said she’d watch it again. You intimidated her into compliance, Twist.
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Looks like my work here is done! Intimidation is the cause of and solution to all the world’s problems.
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OK, I hate to welcome you with girl-on-girl violence, but Love Actually is one of the most sappy, trite, shallow, saccharine movies ever made. It’s complete crap, in my bottom ten.
That aside, it’s lovely to have another living, breathing female around these parts. We might be up to 10 soon!
What's wrong with that?
My motto-
Fattie: it’s not a size; it’s a lifestyle :D
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
The DBD is riding a bar stool?!?!
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
No hard feelings!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
It’s a christmas movie, it’s supposed to be all those things. Its like eating smores when camping, you don’t do it every night!
Cal: Bears with Books.
puts hands up – although admittedly the stumbling part is “camping,” but I don’t care for smores much regardless.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I don’t go camping. Easy enough to avoid showering from the comfort of my own home.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
I like you.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
I like you back <3
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
I feel left out of this mutual admiration society.
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There’s a reason for that.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
“Jogging is the worst Chris, I know it keeps you healthy, but God, at what cost?”
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 29, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
I love camping
Matter of fact, went through the Russian River area this weekend and found my old summer camp – Camp Royaneh. Have not been there in decades and it was exactly as I remembered in the best ways… just an awesome place… man, i just soaked in the memories for a while. ANyone Bay Area kids on here ever go there?
Camp Celio and Lair of the Bear for me good sir.
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH
S’mores are NOMNOM
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
see comment above
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Let me tell you how times have changed. Growing up in San Leandro, my grammar school used to go away for camp for a week during the school year!! Camp Royaneh… it was so much fun walking around, seeing the old tent bases, the “hilton” cabins, the archery range, swimming pool, mess hall, trading post… seriously, i just walked around for an hour soaking it all end and recalling some much simpler times.
7th grade at Albany Middle School went to Yosemite for a week. That was slightly awesome
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Man, I wish I grew up in the 50s too!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
That’s okay, DC. It’s already been established that you are an excellent communist.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
oh you wacky pakistani.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Oh, I thought that said “pastrami.” More delicious than Pakistani.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Irish, I think.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
dude that’s the same as Scottish. duh.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
The rare girl-girl-girl comment thread!
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--Thoroughbred
HAWT
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 29, 2011 10:06 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I’ve watched Love Actually every night since it came out on DVD
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LIES
smores morning noon and night!
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 29, 2011 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
Is this your passive aggressive way of saying that you think I’m a girl?
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That is correct.
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I thought you’d disowned me :(
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
I never used those words! I think you have potential.
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This is a bigger deal than when Ohio fought Michigan and “won” Toledo.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
It’s a tumorrrrrrr!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
.
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
My diplomas are signed by him.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Har har.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Ok that was deserved. Sidebar, the Arnold Classic is held in Columbus every year, and the city fills up with brawny men and women. Oily and brawny.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Mine too! Wait that means you graduated in the 2000s so you are not as old as the Ohio twins (sorry!)
In other words, Go Bears!
I graduated with Yes We Cannon.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
YAY! LET’S ALL CLAP RHYTHMICALLY TOGETHER AND WISH WE WERE COOL ENOUGH TO BE IN THE AMRCHING BAND!!!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 29, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hi Flag Guy :)
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
HEEEYYYYY!
Seriously though, I will haunt you for the rest of your life if you even think anything positive about the Buckeyes when we play them.
I think I’m a year older in that case. maybe 2. definitely not more than 4. (i can’t remember)
Cal: Bears with Books.
I think so… Holmoe’s last year was my first year in school. (Now it’s in CODE)
Cal: Bears with Books.
I did mine full-time! With Full-time pregancy and then part-time infant care.
When I graduated I had a 2year MBA and an 11-month old.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Someone commented yesterday that part-time MBA students age three times as fast.
#DBDsAreGettingTooSelfReferential
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Sorry, been thinking about this. I think I’ve decided NOT to connect that MBA with my persona here. I’ll be happy to talk offline about it but I’ll just say it was a small private university in the Bay Area.
You can email me if you want, but I generally don’t think it’s your type of school.
Cal: Bears with Books.
…Mills? St. Mary’s?
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
SCU? (probably not SCU, nobody should do that fulltime)
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
to everyone
What do you want me to tell you?! The point is NOT to put it up here. sheesh.
Cal: Bears with Books.
i think we all know that.
And we’re pointlessly listing every real and fake school we possibly can.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
What, Hollywood Upstairs Business School wasn’t good enough for you?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
You went to Stanfurd?!?! No wonder you don’t want to admit it!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Wait. What?
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Lucy, you got some ‘splainin’ to do.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
You’re so wise, I hope to be you one day. I look up to you as a sage and mentor. I assume you are the grand age of 35.
FYI, I’m really just bull-shitting here. I’m really not trying to offend. I like you a lot. You’re older than me. Those are the only relevant facts.
Cal: Bears with Books.
So you don’t look up to me? Sads.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
That’s mostly cuz you’re lying on the floor after she ko’d you for that anti-Dutch comment earlier.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
that’s what we all thought. i knew you were lying when i saw you in person!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
I thought so.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Definitely not!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
I’m shocked!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
I will add that I used to!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
I’m shocked!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
I will add that you should probably remove your fingers from that wall outlet.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
That was you.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
No worries—it’s rare that people find me old these days. I like it!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
Sandusky again…
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
Is there a reverse “To Catch a Predator”?
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 29, 2011 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
lulz
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
I used to be the youngest, but now Im just old as pho around these parts
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So that means you are the next to go . . .
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
He posts like an 87-year-old.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Yet you are never sorry for calling me olds!
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Me too!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Womens lacrosse signs new recruits:
BERKELEY – Before the first draw, ground ball and goal of her debut season at California, Ginger Miles inked her inaugural recruiting class, the first-year head coach announced Monday. Seven new Golden Bears – including a high school All-American, a member of the ESPN RISE’s Watch List and the sister of a current Cal player – will join the program next fall.
“We are happy to announce seven new additions to our Golden Bear family,” Miles said. “This group of student-athletes has a proven track record both on the field and off. Their dedication and work ethic will make them tremendous additions to our locker room. Athletically, they will make a significant impact on the future of the program at every position. I am confident this group will continue the tradition of academic excellence as they all bring with them the drive, character and determination it takes to be successful at a place like Cal.”
Signees Nicole Beck and Michele DeVincent both hail from Pennsylvania – Beck from Horsham and DeVincent from Maple Glen – and play for the same club team – Ultimate Goal. A prolific scorer who plays in attack and midfield, Beck collected 153 goals in her first three seasons at Hatboro-Horsham High School. She earned national notoriety as a junior last spring, when she appeared on ESPN RISE’s Watch List, and also claimed U.S. Lacrosse High School All-Academic Team honors this season. A defender for Upper Dublin High School, DeVincent earned third-team All-Suburban One American Conference honors after her team won its fourth consecutive league title and reached the Pennsylvania state tournament for the first time.
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If only there were people here who knew anything at all about lacrosse!
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I know enough to know...
…it’s a good thing that the recruits are from the east, where they, you know, play lacrosse.
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I know this as well. Though both are getting much more popular out here, some high schools even send one or two kids per year back east for scholarships
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
*Though both men’s and women’s lacrosse
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
You can start reserving your seats now:
BERKELEY – With a 7-5 overall record, including last Friday’s 47-38 shootout victory at Arizona State to give Cal three wins in its past four games, the Golden Bears have become a hot commodity among the Pac-12’s bowl representatives as they prepare for their eighth postseason invitation in the last nine years.
All Golden Bear football season-ticket holders and Bear Backers at the $100 donor level and above (gifts received 7/1/10 – 6/30/11) have the opportunity to reserve their seats for Cal’s upcoming bowl game ahead of sales to the general public through a special website: CalBears.com/bowl. Although specific bowl-game destinations will most likely not be made until Sunday, Dec. 4, Cal remains in the hunt for six different postseason contests with conference tie-ins:
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With the comedy that is Fucla...
…the Golden Bears have become a hot commodity :D
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 7:59 AM PST up reply actions
Do you think this means they are going to make a movie out of the DBD?
I call Ryan Gosling to play me!
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I was thinking more of Justin Timberlake to play you.
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I was picturing Will Ferrell, but I’ve never met Twist IRL.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
the guy from Man vs. Food, except thinner
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
LeVar Burton, but younger and white and a differently shaped head.
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Michael Chiklis! Or, Paul F. Tompkins.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 29, 2011 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
Andrew Luck!
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
This is definitely me
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might just be the hair but cmon
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
I’m still with Levar
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But we don’t have to take your word for it?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Voodoo Donuts ftw.
Didn’t know he went there. I’m going to have to track down that episode…
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
James Franco
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Just wait until my blogging exposee “Inside” comes out!
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Penn Badgley
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Oh shit. Thats WAY too big
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Dude.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Yes
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Duuuuuuuude.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
That’s what she said.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
I was think more Penn Jillette.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
We hung out with Gosling’s sister one crazy eve in Sandy Monica / Malibu. Nothing like that tho; just us and our more crazier friend “in the industry” and Val Kilmer’s (cute) PA and a 50’s convertible with headlights that kept going out. Val Kilmer’s PA was glad that we didn’t just talk about Ryan the whole night; We were like who’s Ryan and why would we talk about him?
WE ARE THE 0%
How much blow did you guys go through that night?
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Bummer.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
If tooling around PCH in a ‘59 Mercury Park Lane with hot ladies and intermittent headlight issues is boring and uneventful then we don’t want to be interesting and eventful.
WE ARE THE 0%
We laughed, we got scared, in the end we went our separate ways but we learned a lot that night. Isn’t that every pointless indie flick ever?
WE ARE THE 0%
that sounds like that shitty Julie Delpy/Ethan Hawke movie Before Sunrise. I don’t think I’ve ever been so bored in my life. I kept wanting to scream “WHY DONY YOU JUST FUCK ALREADY!?!?!” but it never happened. Or maybe it did and I had fallen asleep by then.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one romantic evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.
Blah!
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
Mrs. sec119 liked both of those movies and may even own copies of them.
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I must be crazy then
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
haha c’mon that movie was cute
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
I actually barely remember it, I just remember them discussing random shit and making me drowsy.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
i want edward james olmos to play me.
he’s way prettier.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 29, 2011 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
More Bowl Game info:
With the regular season now complete and the Bears owning a 7-5 overall record, we want to give you important information regarding bowl tickets. Although it is premature to present you with all the specifics, please take note of the following plan leading to a potential bowl appearance.
TIMELINE
Tuesday, November 29 at 9am PST – All donors at the $100 and above giving level (gifts received 7/1/10 – 6/30/11) as well as all 2011 Cal football season ticket holders can log onto www.CalBears.com/bowl to request bowl game tickets. The website will detail how many tickets you may request for the bowl games in which the Bears may be playing. Special ticket priority is assigned to all donors at the $2100 and above giving level.
Sunday, December 4 – The Bears will find out if they are selected to play in the Valero Alamo Bowl, Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl, Hyundai Sun Bowl, Maaco Bowl Las Vegas Bowl, Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl or New Mexico Bowl.
Tuesday, December 6 at 11:59pm PST – Bowl ticket requests must be submitted online to receive priority.
General Public Ticket Sales – The on-sale date for the general public will be announced at a later date. To join the wait list, click here.
CAL BEAR BACKERS & 2011 SEASON TI
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I’d buy that for a dollar.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
I just got an email from Cal with a code telling me to buy bowl tickets… but how can I without knowing which bowl to go to!?
In other words, Go Bears!
Kendricks named Pac12 POY:
(WALNUT CREEK) – Mychal Kendricks (Sr., LB) was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year in a vote of the conference coaches announced by the Pac-12 on Monday. Kendricks was joined on the first team by Keenan Allen (So., WR), Bryan Anger (Sr., P) and Mitchell Schwartz (Sr., OL).
Trevor Guyton (Sr., DL) was a second-team selection.
Kendricks finished the regular season tied for third in the Pac-12 in tackles per game (1.08 tflpg) and tackles (8.0 tpg), while leading the team in both with totals of a career-high 96 tackles and 13.0 tackles for loss. He also co-leads the squad with a pair of interceptions that he has returned for a team-high 62 yards, while adding 3.0 sacks, two pass breakups and two fumble recoveries that he has returned for 33 yards. Kendricks posted four double-digit tackle games in 2011, including a career-high-tying and team season-high 15 stops at Washington. He also had 13 tackles at Stanford along with a season-high-tying 2.5 tackles for loss (-18 yards) and his first full sack of the season when he dropped Heisman Trophy candidate Andrew Luck for a 14-yard loss. Kendricks was a fourth-team Midseason All-American and first-team midseason All-Pac-12 choice according to Phil Steele.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 29, 2011 7:58 AM PST reply actions 4 recs
Congrats, Mychal
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HERE, HAVE A SEAT
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
Cal gets defensive player of the year. Furd gets offensive player and coach of the year. Oregon and USC both get shut out.
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Irony
We got the defensive POTY but we didn’t have a single defensive player of the week during the season.
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What is the committee’s ruling on this? I don’t think it’s technically irony.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Now time to assemble the committee to decide the fate of the 10,000 spoons.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 12:11 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
yes, but only one is champion of their division.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
Tedford Teleconference quotes:
(BERKELEY) – Cal head coach Jeff Tedford addressed a group of media during a teleconference call on Monday to talk about a Cal (7-5, 4-5 Pac-12) squad that is bowl eligible for the eighth time in the last nine seasons. The Bears will find out the 2011 bowl they will be playing in and their opponent when bowl selections are made on Sunday, Dec. 4. For more information on Cal’s bowl prospects, visit CalBears.com.
Following are selected comments of what Tedford had to say.
On Mychal Kendricks being named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
“I think that’s a great honor for Mychal. He has worked very hard over the years and been the backbone of our defense. He’s made a lot of plays for us. I think Mychal would be the first to admit that he couldn’t have done it without his teammates to help put him in the position to do the things that he has done. He’s worked very hard, and he’s obviously a guy who people have recognized as someone who you have to pay attention to as you game plan. I’m very proud of how Mychal has grown and developed. I’m happy for him to be recognized with that honor.”
On the increased value of Kendricks’ importance to the defense with the injuries suffered to different Bears on defense this season
“The most important thing is that D.J. Holt was in there from the first snap to the last snap because I think Mychal would tell you that D.J. as far as his partner inside, really helps him with communication and they play very well together and feed off of one another.”
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Jorge leads Cal to victory over McNeese State:
BERKELEY (AP) – Jorge Gutierrez scored a season-high 26 points to go with six rebounds and five assists, and No. 24 California matched its best start under coach Mike Montgomery with a 73-57 victory over McNeese State on Monday night.
Allen Crabbe had 20 points and six rebounds and Harper Kamp scored 10 for the Golden Bears (6-1), who overcame a shaky first half before opening an 18-point lead. Cal also started 6-1 in Montgomery’s first year in 2008.
Patrick Richard had 18 points and Dontae Cannon scored 15 for the Cowboys (3-3), going 1-1 on a rare West Coast trip. The defending Southland Conference champions beat Sacramento State two days earlier.
The Bears stumbled at the start with a rare lack of hustle against an overmatched opponent.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 29, 2011 7:59 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
These Monday games are throwing me off. I didn’t even realize there was a game until it was half over.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 8:55 AM PST up reply actions
You can find this information by consulting California Golden Blogs.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
And where would I find this “California Golden Bog”?
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
You’re sinking into it at this very moment.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
That has got to be in the top 10 of stupidest commercials ever.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
And yet, it was an ad campaign for years!
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
Causing millions of manicurists to soak their customers’ hands in dishwashing liquid!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
one day lad….all this will be yours….
what the curtains?
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 29, 2011 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
On the uniforms last night, “McNeese” looked a lot like “McCheese”.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 29, 2011 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
And I thought I was the only one who thought that…
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Did his face get tomato red?
Does the Pope shit the woods?
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
wiping your ass with cloth of gold is brutal on your sphincter. No wonder Pope Dieter always has a sour look on his face
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Berkeley to host MWP NCAA Tourney, but Cal not involved sadly:
The NCAA Men’s Water Polo Committee announced tonight (Sunday, Nov. 27) the four teams – UCLA, USC, Princeton and UC San Diego – participating in the 2011 National Collegiate Men’s Water Polo Championship. This year’s championship, hosted by the University of California, will be held Dec. 3-4, at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
In the first contest, USC (22-3) will play Princeton (21-9). The second match will have UCLA (23-4) versus UC San Diego (17-9). Game times are 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Pacific time respectively on Saturday, Dec. 3. The third-place game will be played at 1 p.m. Pacific time, Sunday, Dec. 4, with the championship game at 3 p.m. Pacific time. All four national championship matches will be streamed live on www.NCAA.com.
Conferences receiving automatic qualification included the: Collegiate Water Polo Association (Princeton), Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (UCLA) and the Western Water Polo Association (UC San Diego). The remaining team (USC) was selected at-large without geographical restrictions.
In 2010, USC defeated Cal, 12-10 in overtime, to capture its sixth national championship title and third NCAA championship in a row. The last time the Golden Bears won the NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship was 2007 when they defeated USC, 8-6, in the national title match. Cal also captured the 2006 NCAA title with a 7-6 win over the Trojans. The Bears own an NCAA-record 13 national men’s water polo titles.
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why would you want a sad Cal team involved?
Or did you mean it’s sad that a Cal team is not involved?
The latter
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Q+A with women’s swimming senior:
BERKELEY – CalBears.com chatted with senior Katherine Raatz before second-ranked California heads to Athens, Ga., for the Dec. 2-4 Georgia Fall Invitational. A transfer from Arizona, the freestyler reached her first NCAA Championships and won her first national title last March in her first full season with the Golden Bears.
CalBears.com: How is your senior season going?
Katherine Raatz: It’s going really well. I think we have a great freshman class that came in. They’re on board with everything that we’ve been practicing and working on. I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do as a team as the season continues on. Our team has elevated and risen to the occasion so many times; because of that we’re more confident about where we’re at in the season.
CalBears.com: Last season, your first year swimming as a Golden Bear, you reached the NCAA Championships for the first time and of course won the team championship with the Bears. What was that experience like?
KR: It just brings joy to me. We definitely deserved it. As for being part of the Cal team, I know how hard this team works – in and out of the water. I am able to trust my teammates with anything, and they know they can trust me with anything. To say that about a teammate is something I know not a lot of other people on other teams can say. It says a lot about how this team functions and how we hold each other accountable for our actions and how we would do anything for each other.
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VBall heads to Malibu for big games:
Thursday, Dec. 1
5 p.m. PT – Match One: Cal vs. North Carolina
Firestone Fieldhouse – Malibu, Calif.
NCAA Tournament – First Round
7:30 p.m. PT – Match Two: No. 15 Pepperdine vs. Missouri State
Firestone Fieldhouse – Malibu, Calif.
NCAA Tournament – First Round
Friday, Dec. 2
7 p.m. PT – Winner Match One vs. Winner Match Two
Firestone Fieldhouse – Malibu, Calif.
NCAA Tournament – Second Round
BERKELEY – The California volleyball team has stamped its ticket to the NCAA Tournament with an at-large bid to the Big Dance – marking a school record 10th consecutive postseason appearance under head coach Rich Feller. The Golden Bears will travel to Malibu, Calif., to take on North Carolina.
“I’m very thrilled to be making our 10th trip to the NCAA Tournament,” Feller said. “You can say what you want about the bracket, but I could not be more pleased. We get to stay in our region, bus down to Malibu and be very comfortable.”
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NinersNation talks D v. Ravens:
Last week we kicked off a new sponsorship deal in which we take a look at the top five defensive plays from the previous week’s game and have you guys vote on the top play. While I could probably find five solid defensive plays every single week, that could get a little bit dry. Instead, each week we’ll try something a little bit different. Some weeks we might take a look at five plays from a single player. Other weeks we might look at the five biggest mistakes of the week if they are particularly pertinent.
For this week, I looked up the plays that resulted in a stop on third down. The Ravens failed to convert on eight of their 15 third downs with the eighth coming in the victory formation. Those plays resulted in three field goals, including the one that just about iced the game at 16-6.
Here are the third down plays in order from the start of the game. These are just my quick notes from re-watching the game:
1. 3rd and 10 at SF 20 (10:33, 1st): Ahmad Brooks forces Flacco to his right, grabs him from beyond as Flacco throws short and incomplete in throwing it away
2. 3rd and 2 at Bal 18 (6:54, 1st): Over thrown pass – receiver ran into Ahmad Brooks and couldn’t get turned in time
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Silver And Black Pride talks defensive leadershiP:
The Jaguars have just fired their Head Coach, Jack Del Rio. Despite having and maintaining very solid Defenses in Jacksonville over the past eight seasons, Del Rio’s offenses have struggled recently.
Despite it’s 3-8 record, Jacksonville’s Defense is the 4th toughest in the NFL. Compare that to the Raiders now ranked 27th.
The Raiders really need to move on Jack Del Rio as their DC. There’s no question in my mind his leadership and defensive intelligence would take our Defense up several notches. Moreover, the simplicity of our system could be absorbed in short order. Our Defense needs strong leadership, Richard Seymour cannot do it by himself. A strong unifying voice is needed in what Hue Jackson has delegated away – the management of the D – which is in dire need of a strong leader.
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Raiders are so hawt for $C guys in their coaching staff, it kind of irks me
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Not me!
Poach the Trojans, let our good coaches stay in Berkeley.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
That’s true I guess, and I don’t complain if they are good coaches
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
Sharks lose to Kings:
You have to love how the Sharks finished tonight’s game, controlling the play and throwing everything they had at Kings netminder Jonathan Quick.
But you have to wonder just when the Sharks slothful starts are going to subside, as games like these show why a 60 minute effort is the only recipe that can cook up a culinary creation that tastes like a win when you’re sharing the table with an excellent goaltender and a team committed to clearing out the front of the net.
San Jose fell to Los Angeles tonight as the Kings got goals from Mike Richards and Ethan Moreau in their 2-0 victory. Jonathan Quick made 33 saves in the game, posting his NHL-leading fourth shutout of the season.
The first period was a physical affair on one side of the ledger, as the Kings came out in the opening minutes and proceeded to get down to basics— get pucks deep, work the puck up to their defenseman, and let their talented blueline core bomb away as the forwards crashed the net. San Jose did a good job of keeping the Kings and their chances to the periphery for the majority of the period, but it didn’t matter much as Los Angeles would put one past Niemi from a low-chance scoring area.
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would be annoyed but was busy winning my league’s championship game last night.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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is cbkwit on your team?
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 29, 2011 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
alas I am not as cool as CBKWIT and stick to roller hockey.
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On Sportscenter this morning Matt Millen ordained the Urban Meyer era at Ohio State. Said they should be undefeated going into conference next year. Bears will have something to say about that.
Eras usually last longer
Over under on how long it takes before CUM leaves for the NFL or “to spend time with his family” again?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 8:06 AM PST up reply actions
Hey, I got it from you guys
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 8:08 AM PST up reply actions
I stole it from BruinsNation. I had no particular view on the matter, but if it makes Rishi use his condescending dots move, I’m all in!
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Guess we can add bball back to the rotation. SilverScreenAndROll:
The Amnesty Clause
As we noted yesterday, the Lakers are interested in Baron Davis and Rashard Lewis, two likely recipients of the amnesty clause, which allows a team to waive a player and exclude their salary from their cap and all luxury tax calculations. New developments, however, have thrown a small wrinkle in how that might actually go down. From the text of the agreement:
A modified waiver process will be utilized for players waived pursuant to the Amnesty rule, under which teams with Room under the Cap can submit competing offers to assume some but not all of the player’s remaining contract. If a player’s contract is claimed in this manner, the remaining portion of the player’s salary will continue to be paid by the team that waived him.
Yikes. So the Lakers’ potential interest in any amnesty candidates can be railroaded by a team below the cap offering a token bid on those players, from which they would pay that player that salary for the length of the player’s previous deal. For instance, if Baron Davis becomes an amnesty candidate, then team A, which is under the cap, can bid $3 million — assuming that team has enough space under the cap — and pay Baron that salary for each of the two remaining years of his contract while the Cavaliers would continue to pay Baron his original contract minus the amount of team A’s bid. Moreover, if a team B wanted Baron, they could offer $4 million and would win the bidding.
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WHO CAN STOP US FROM THE PEDOBEAR INVASION:
In this report from New Mexico’s KRQE, spokesperson Lynn Southard offers a stern warning to the public: “The bear is cute,” she concedes, pausing a moment to resist PB’s button-eyed adorableness. “The bear is cute. Buuuut — that is what the pedophiles are using to identify each other.”
Pedobear bumper stickers, window decals, lunchboxes, Trapper Keepers, you name it — all of them offer Pedobear sympathizers a simple yet effective way to keep in touch, Southard says.
Two Pedobear stickers were spotted on cars in Albuquerque this month. One was on the rear window of a Jeep near the University of New Mexico…Members of the Attorney General’s office say these accounts are the first time the bear has popped up in the state.
Online the bear is placed in children’s games and unprotected kid-friendly websites. Predators use it to lure kids to their websites and initiate inappropriate contact. Pedophiles have also been known to buy costumes of the bear and wear them to get close to kids.
There’s one catch: Since it’s perfectly legal to display a Pedobear sticker, there’s actually not a whole lot the Attorney General can do. They strongly suggest, however, that if you spot Pedobear in the real world, to “use caution with whatever situation you’re in or the people involved.”
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I think the other photo, actually. wow.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
The other photo, which I dont want to place here, bc it does have a naked girl in it, so even though its not salacious at all, its prolly best to keep it there. But ya, that photo is amazing
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On so many levels! Actually someone in the thread atoms’d its amazingness.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
wait
not onion?
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 29, 2011 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Reminds me of a case in Wisconsin
Three 6 y.o. kids are found playing doctor (one girl, her brother and another male kid).
The siblings are related to rich people so they charge the other kid with sexual assault. He has to register for the sex offender’s list when he turns 18 (12 years from now!). Parents sue the DA. Judge issues gag order to the parents.
WTF
In other words, Go Bears!
….Why did it remind you of that?
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
UC Regents approve lower sproul renovation:
The renovation of Lower Sproul Plaza overcame a major hurdle Monday when, in minutes, the UC Board of Regents approved the project as well as the hundreds of millions of dollars of debt that will come with it.
The board’s Committee on Grounds and Buildings approved the $193 million project, along with two other action items, in a single vote. The other items included approval of the 2012-13 budget for state capital improvements, certification of the environmental impact report and approval of an amendment to the 2005 Long Range Development Plan for UC Riverside.
No discussion was held on any of the action items, and the meeting adjourned minutes after it had initially been called to session around 12:30 p.m. More time was spent on coordinating all of the regents in the teleconference than on the actual meeting.
Along with the $193 million budget, the campus will use another $30 million to do additional, yet-to-be determined projects, for which the campus will not need the regents’ approval.
But the total of $223 million is just a fragment of the project’s true cost; it will end up costing UC Berkeley approximately $750 million over four decades.
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But the total of $223 million is just a fragment of the project’s true cost; it will end up costing UC Berkeley approximately $750 million over four decades.
This doesn’t sound promising.
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its debt load just like buying a house. The cost is x but you end up paying 3x because of all the interest.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 8:36 AM PST up reply actions
What is the renovation going ot do?
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You’re sorry you did In-N-Out? I’d be sorrier if I did Five Guys. Eh heh heh.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
Eh heh heh is how I pretend to be a creepy old man.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 10:51 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Impossible!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 29, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Just because he was a 12-year-old boy first doesn’t mean I’m not a 12-year-old boy NOW!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
I like the inanity you bring to the DBD.
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Well, this just got tricky.
AHA! Rishi, YOU are the old one!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
I hear that action has moved to Oakland.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Wouldn’t… or wasn’t?? :)
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, please finally fix up that decrepit space.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
I question whether spending 3/4 of a bil on space renovation is entirely worth it, currently…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
I was thinking this too. On the one hand, I am glad they are still investing in the physical plant. On the other, could this wait five or ten years to see if a better situation evolves in which to make such an investment?
Yeah. And I mean, Lower Sproul definitely isn’t the prettiest place on campus, but it’s not exactly Mogadishu, either. Not seeing the real “need” here.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
is this an earthquake retrofit? the article mentions safety…
improve the safety and sustainability of Eshleman Hall, the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union building and the Cesar Chavez Student Center.
what are they actually doing?
I suppose then it would be justified…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
I agree. Eshlemann is ugly.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Not as ugly as Wurster!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
I just always found it ironic.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
Me too. Or else it’s an object lesson in what not to do.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
SO IS YOUR FACE
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I immediately regret this post
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YOUR FACE IS AN EDIT FUNCTION
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Yeah, seriously. WTF, $193 million. While they’re hiking tuition.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Fun Fact:
They recently renovated the cement blocks sproul plaza. The university task-team specifically chose a size which was too big to throw, in the event of a riot, if a cement block ever came loose from the ground.
I feel like this is not a common concern in most universities.
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Also, the new paint jobs will be using colored pencil.
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It’s very sad, though, when the giggles protest.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Wait, what???
What are they building that is going to cost $193 MILLION??? That’s a mindboggling amount of money just to renovate lower sproul.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Monday Post-Lockout Links: Golden State Warriors' Reactions To The End Of The NBA Lockout
The NBA lockout is over.
Thus, all is right in the universe. Sort of. Well actually, not really yet.
•Marcus Thompson II of the San Jose Mercury News notes that the owners and players still need to vote on the proposed deal in addition to summarizing its terms, including some interesting information on the proposed amnesty clause: “…multiple sources confirmed that Golden State has no intention of getting rid of (Andris) Biedrins through the amnesty provision.” Read more >>>
•SB Nation’s Tom Ziller takes a closer look at that amnesty clause, highlighting an interesting wrinkle in it: teams bidding for taking on part of a player’s salary with the original team paying the rest. That could make for some interesting decision-making. Read more >>>
•Ziller also takes stock of 20 questions about the new deal that will need to answered A.S.A.P. Most importantly is the matter of whether owners will even vote for this deal after so much wrangling, though he provides reason for optimism. Ultimately what those questions highlight that we should “not kid ourselves: the NBA isn’t permanently out of the woods.” Read more >>>
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This Christmas special is on CBS tonight and then the Victoria Secret show
by 49er16 on Nov 29, 2011 8:37 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Rudolph is prolly my favorite
My kids love it, so I watch it often during the holiday season. And the story makes me laugh — Santa, et al. are so noseist!
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I don’t know why CBS plays it so early though. It’s not even December and they’re already going to air it.
Rudolph and the Grinch are my two favorites.
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Grinch #1 for me – also holds up as an adult. #2 Charlie Brown Christmas.
So DC, will you review the Grinch after you watch it with your daughters? (PS you’re a lucky man).
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I had completely forgotten about that! Going to netflix to make arrangements now.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
It’s got Boris Karloff as the narrator. You can’t get any better than that!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
My favorite as well.
I loved watching this as a kid.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
This seems like a strange demographic, the intersection of people who watch Children’s Christmas Specials, and enjoy Victoria’s Secret Models. Oh, it’s just Rishi.
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by AndBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:37 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Men's Fashion (Z) - Help me put together an emergency package
Yes, I’m playing hard and fast with the definition of “emergency”.
But I’m thinking of keeping a couple spares in one neat box under my desk at work in case I forget anything important or spend the night out and don’t make it home or something.
So I’m thinking of the following:
One changes of clothes (the staples)
One white shirt
One white pocket square
One straight black tie
One set: tie, pocket square, cufflinks
Anything I’m forgetting? I already have contact solution, cologne, and a toothbrush at my desk.
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If Mad Men has taught me anything, beside the fact that sexism and alcoholism are ok in the workplace, it’s that you’ll need more shirts than anything else. Those are the true basics.
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disposable razor & aftershave? comb? Does your office have a shower.
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Ooh, that’s a good idea. I have small sample bottles of aftershave and probably have a disposable razer somewhere; though can you use that without shaving cream?
Office does not have a shower, but my gym is two minutes away and I can shower there (I also get towel service there and have a small lock in my drawer that I can use for the lockers)
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You can get travel sized shaving cream canisters at the CVS or whatever the local drugstore is. If you’re looking for something a little more upmarket, I’m sure most companies that sell fancier shaving products have something that is small.
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In general, I can get away with stubble in the office if I want to. I haven’t shaved for two days now (nicked myself last shave, so I’m waiting for that cut to heal before I shave again), so it’s not a super huge worry, but it’s a good thing to have.
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I haven’t shaved for two days now
Jesus, you should apply to be a shirtless boy whore at whatever store in the mall has shirtless boy whore’s in the entrance. If I don’t shave for 2 days, I look like Mel Gibson after a 2 week bender.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 8:56 AM PST up reply actions
Me too. I shave every day
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I’ve seen you on weekends. I shave every weekday. Also, on saturday, I hadnt worked in a while bc of the holiday
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Well, for one, I wasnt wearing a bear head
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
I used to keep a suit, white shirt, three ties, an undershirt, a pair of dress socks, a pair of dress shoes, and a belt at the office. But I had a closet to keep them in — didn’t need to stash them under a desk.
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Well, aren’t you fancy?!
I figure in all likelihood, if I were in this “emergency” situation, I’d most likely already have a suit on from the night before, so the suit and shoes and belt are covered.
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whoa, OB makes a good point, do you have a closet?
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My type of “emergency” was different. The reason I kept the suit in the office was for Fridays when I went casual and some emergency (like a court appearance) came up where I’d need to suit up. That happened once in nine years.
I did use the emergency white shirt and one of the emergency ties when I spilled coffee on myself at the office. That happened to me once for the shirt and at least twice I can remember with ties.
I used the emergency belt a few times when I forgot to bring a belt with me to the gym. (My routine was to work out, shower, dress ,and go straight to work.) Amazing how often I’d forget to bring a belt.
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I did use the emergency white shirt and one of the emergency ties when I spilled coffee on myself at the office.
Sadly, this is 100% of the reason that I would need an emergency suit, since there is zero chance I would be rolling in from some hottie’s house after an unexpected night of passion.
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“emergency belt?” like you’re walking along, and ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR PANTS ARE A LITTLE LOOSE.
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I heard they built a special wooden locker for Steve Chiu to stow his stuff when he was at the Lawrence Labs. He’d change after a bike ride up the hill, though, not for a fancy occasion.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
Oops
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
I keep a pair of coveralls
and a hideous sportcoat at the office.
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by Rocksanddirt on Nov 29, 2011 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
How about an extra bottle of wine and/or chocolate?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
There you go.
I used to keep a spare dress shirt and pants at the office. Plus, an old electric razor. Haven’t used them in 10+ years…In fact, they probably don’t fit me anymore. But, we do have a bottle of tequila on a shelf somewhere.
Old Toothwrangler
…top shelf?
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
I'm worried chocolate will melt :(
Wine, though, may not be a bad idea. I can keep an okay bottle of red wine in the box and hope it doesn’t spill.
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Very low chance of this, unless your office experiences extreme heat waves.
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little tip...
Always have your dry cleaner “fold and box” some shirts for you. That way those shirts are always ready to be back and when you arrive at your destination they don’t need to be ironed! The fold creases actually fall out fairly quickly.
This
I keep a few white shirts in my work cabinets that have been boxed.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
Hmm, not a bad plan.
Well, except that I’m my own dry cleaner, so I’d have to fold them.
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I used to do this too. God I’m glad I’ve outsourced that.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
wait a second, you wash your own dress shirts??? really now (i wanted to say seriously there but am trying to wean myself off that), you need to stop that. Have your dress shirts laundered. It’s not a lot of money, and your time is worth way more than what you would pay.
Although the image of Rishi ironing at home is sort of funny ;-)
I do all my laundering, ironing, etc. It’s therapeutic in a way.
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i get that. just not with dress shirts. I also like cleaning… though I am not one of those people who insists on cleaning before the maid comes over. That i never get… but i get great satisfaction out of a well vacuumed carpet!
I never understood why mrs. golden would clean before the housekeeper came over. Finally, I convinced her that is what we are paying for. But she continued to pick up, wipe down, dust, sweep, etc., every time.
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i have friends who do that. It’s like, STOP IT!!! I love the night before the maid comes over not having to do the dishes… i often though would strip the bed… i don’t know why, nothing embarrassing there, just always thought it was my way of moving the process along.
We do the easy stuff before the help arrives, tidy up a bit too, because then the help will be stuck with just the nasty stuff to do.
WE ARE THE 0%
yeah i don’t do the dishes either. the only problem with this is the dishes end up in cabinets i least expect them later on.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
We have this problem at Thanksgiving
Some family members actually help with cleaning up after dinner. It’s a big help after all of the work that I and Mrs FiatSlug go through in preparation for the Big Day.
But the downside to that has been finding stuff in places we don’t expect in the days following. Solution: Clean utensils and other things not easily placed in their usual spot were placed on a counter for proper placement later by me and Mrs FiatSlug.
It’s much easier to do it this way and saves time hunting for stuff.
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Mrs. Kod does that too.
We used to do all the cleaning together each weekend. Once we had the 2nd kid, it got to be a bit tough. So, she asked if we could try a service. I thought it would be less stressful for her. Instead, she now goes into a frenzy mode the night before and the morning of. I just stay out of the way.
#firstworldproblems
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are those the same as ladies?
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
Hmm…I don’t know that my place merits a service, but I would certainly like to have a roomba or robotic duster. Anyone have any recommendatins?
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We had a roomba when we had wall to wall carpet. Now it just sits there collecting dust since we moved to a place with hardwood floors. Scares the crap out of the cats.
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Roomba is great for a square carpeted room with few obstacles…I usually let mine go in the den and come back to find it under the couch or something.
I wish that was my roomba. Sadly, my music isn’t allowed to be played in the house.
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Mostly punk, hard rock, metal and underground hip-hop.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
haha, I have a similar situation. Well, my tastes and Ms. Atoms’ tastes have significant overlap, but it’s more that I tend to like most of the things she likes, and she doesn’t always like the things I like. So, I guess my circle of the musical venn is larger than hers.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
I was thinking of something like this, since we have hardwood floors and all we need is a robotic duster. Roombas take up way more power since they have to generate vacuum.
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I thought I saw an America’s Test Kitchen special that compared the Roomba to the Itouchless. The Roomba was the better product, though I don’t recall why.
My parents have one and like it a lot. They call theirs, “SCV.”
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Another cat owner!!!!!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Roombas are male?
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Not after golden oso totally emasculates it!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
gangsta-gay-gangsta
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by GoldBlooded on Nov 29, 2011 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
I LOVE CATS
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I know someone who used to put the toddler’s favorite doll in the back of a remote controlled truck. Then, drive it around letting the toddler chase it while catching a break on a comfy chair.
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Some good knobs and hoses?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
What about loving to do fold laundry? Do I lose man-card for that?
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Folding towels… love it… fold them in half, then in half again, then thirds… left side, then right side… then flip over… and you have one beautifully folded towel… so awesome… so exquisite… you’ll have to excuse me for a moment…
You sound like you love towels. How many categories of towels do you have?
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Weekend At Bernie’s!
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Well, I know it’s not the Netherlands. That’s just the make believe place where Peter Pan and Tinkerbell come from.
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they’re not even Dutch! They’re Germans!
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Pennsylvania Dutch refers to immigrants and their descendants from southwestern Germany and Switzerland who settled in Pennsylvania in the 17th and 18th centuries. Historically they have spoken the dialect of German known as Pennsylvania Dutch or Pennsylvania German.
The word Dutch is a variant form of “deutsch” and only over time has acquired its distinct English meaning referring to the language and people from the Netherlands that historically was part of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation and ethnically German.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
blockquote fail
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
Some is being deliberately provocative.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Some of the best episodes of Friends are the Thanksgiving episodes.
TOW The Rumor; TOW Ross Got High ,etc
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The Highland, the Lowland, and Rotterdam.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Mama Scootinez is looking at you sternly
That’s not how you fold a towel. For a bath towel, fold it in thirds, width wise, then in half lengthwise, then in half again. For the hand towel, fold it in thirds width wise than thirds length wise. Place hand towel inside the last fold of the bath towel. Tuck in washcloth. Put in linen closet. Never deviate from this method or the earth will end or something.
So crumpling them up in a ball and shoving them in the linen closet is a no go? Seems to work well for my bedsheets.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
lots of linen closet space. very few towels and bedsheets.
(yes I’m joking. I know how to fold towels and bedsheets. that being said, folding the later is a pain the butt and I’d rather wash the sheets and put them back on right out of the dryer than fold them)
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
I’d rather wash the sheets and put them back on right out of the dryer than fold them)
This is PERFECTLY acceptable. Matter of fact, I was well into young adult years before I owned two sets of sheets. Now I own too many.
I own 3 sets, but that’s because if my parents come to visit, I need 1 set for sleeping on before they get there, one fresh set for them, and typically don’t have time afterwards to clean immediately, so a 3rd set for that.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
does that mean i should get an air mattress for such occasions that my parents come to visit that doesn’t deflate overnight?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
As I’m only 150 lbs and have outweighed every girl i’ve dated by at least 25lbs, pretty sure that’s not the case.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
you shut your midget mouth!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
lemme just say
Fuck fitted sheets. I don’t bother folding those damn things.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
i figured out how to fold them. just fold the “corners” in together. They’ll be a mess, but then just fold the “flatter” parts over and around them. It looks folded. Mission accomplished.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
I watched that same youtube vid and then tried it. It works.
When I offered to show my wife how its done, she said, “Why? You just volunteered to fold the fitted sheets for-ev-uhr.” (saying “forever” like Squints in The Sandlot).
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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still not worth the effort
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
There will come a time in your life where you don’t use fitted sheets… I know… hard to imagine… but when you get really nice sheets neither are fitted.
such as? you mean from actual hotels? or their catalogs (like Westin does?).
One word for you when it comes to sheets… Frette.
and you don’t know Frette? Oh my friend… be forewarned your linens budget is about to take a serious hit… a well worth it serious hit.
I just bought a set of these to try because I tend to overheat at night. Nice enough, not sure if they’re worth the price.
We’ve been holding off on new sheets because we’re planning on moving our queen to create a guest bedroom and upgrading to a king sometime next year.
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Forgot the link. Sheex. Supposed to be made of the material as those performance training clothes like Under Armour.
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Yeah, I’m looking at their site right now.
No thread count listed. Can I just assume a gazillion?
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To understand what creates the softest hand, the finest drape, the most lustrous finish, and the world’s most luxurious linens, you must consider more than just thread count, which is a measure of the number of yarns woven into one square inch of fabric. Thread count is important, but it is only one part of the story.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
no… apparently high thread count is totally marketing BS. once you get above 400 or so it doesn’t matter.
i have 600 thread count sheets
your statement is invalid.
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it’s like sleeping in lotion, amirite?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
I was interested in those, let me know how they work out!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
The material feels just like a performance shirt. So, if you don’t like that, then don’t bother.
They put a seam in a really weird place that I don’t like, but it’s not too big a deal.
The sheets also don’t tend to just lie flat. It’s more a clingy feeling. If you’re a really active sleeper, that might bug you.
But, they do feel cooler to the touch. My timing was off. Should have bought them before summer instead of early fall. I liked them enough to keep. Not sure if I like them enough to buy a whole extra set when we get the new bed. I’ll need to try them during some really hot nights first.
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I tend to overheat at night
SEX-AY!!!
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--Thoroughbred
The surgeon told me that the hip injury occurred from “overuse.”
And that’s all I’m sayin’.
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Best thing for hot sleepers: linen sheets. They get sooooooo soft with repeated laundering, and they are very cool. Love mine.
Is there like some kind of insulating wrap I can encase my gf in? The temperature of her skin runs approximately 870 degrees C by my estimation.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
Wrap her in “spazzy mcgee!”
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problem not solved!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Shouldn’t one of those astronaut blankets work to keep her heat reflected inward?
Either that, try Victoria’s Secret. Then, neither of you will care.
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She’ll be so happy she got that astronaut blanket for christmas!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
Use astronaut ice cream instead, then you can wake up and snack whenever you want!
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Use astronaut suits, then you can keep sleeping and relieve yourself whenever you want!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
Did they not think I’d count that shit?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
that might be the actual line. funny story, I haven’t seen Aziz do this bit, but a friend of a friend does a ridic impersonation of him, and did this entire bit.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
That will be the time in my life in which I will have a maid.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Will Mama Scootinez do my laundry if I bring it?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
If I ever get a grown-up job, someone else might do my laundry. Wait…my parents do my laundry when I go home…?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
You know, that is one of life’s small little weird joys… when people who don’t have laundry facilities bring their laundry to your home on a visit. I know it sounds weird, but I think a lot of people will agree with me on that. I don’t know what it is about that, but it’s endearing and I think reminds us of when we were there. I don’t know.
really? I have an aunt who’s offered that, I guess if it would bring us both joy, I should take advantage of this offer.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
I will now start offering to bring my laundry to everyone’s home! It’s my hostess gift.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Seriously. I’ll just keep an stash of dirty laundry in my car in case of emergency. “Oh I forgot to bring a bottle of wine, but I brought dirty laundry!”
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
#OccupyLaundry
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah. I wash them, then hang dry them for a day, then iron them in batches, usually while watching football or tv or something.
I dunno, I wear shirts everyday and I go through one shirt per day, so that’s $35/week.
And this is from a guy who takes lunch from home to save money.
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No. You’re not dry cleaning the shirts, you’re laundering them (a common misunderstanding). Most dry cleaners charge about $2/shirt. If you wear an undershirt, you can usually wear a laundered shirt twice unless you spill something on it.
unless you sweat profusely, like when Rishi talks to women.
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by boomtho on Nov 29, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
you should place tampons under your armpits a la Michael Scott.
by the federer express on Nov 29, 2011 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Ugh
Wearing a shirt twice is so 99%. The wrinkles and everything. Come on, man.
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um, washing and ironing your shirts is 1%? ;-)
If you launder then, and wear and undershirt they don’t get wrinkled. Unless of course you’re sleeping in them.
Don’t you tuck in your shirt? They definitely get some noticeable wrinkles. Even the suppose “wrinkle-free” shirts.
I guess I’m okay ironing an extra few shirts in exchange for wearing fresh shirts. Or maybe someday I’ll get lazy and just start getting my shirts laundered.
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YUCK!!!! to wrinkle free shirts.
Yes, I tuck in my shirts. And keep them tucked in. so those wrinkles never show.
Honestly (again, avoiding “seriously” which I wanted to use), based on the pricing you quoted I think you were confusing dry cleaning with laundering (which by the way, a lot of people do). Try laundering. It’s awesome.
Why do you hate wrinkle free shirts?
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I have some Brooks Brothers non-iron.
I mean, I still iron them ,but they don’t wrinkle as easliy.
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I personally like them. My favourite shirts are obviously the Charles Tyrwhitt and TM Lewin ones that I keep ordering online.
One day, hopefully, I’ll be able to upgrade to Canali and later, Brioni!
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Rishi… we discussed this. If you’re going to go Italian we need to get you into Corneliani. They’re the best.
I actually own two Corneliani shirts, but they’re non-cufflinked and not SUPER impressive
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I l-o-v-e mine.
Hmmm… what would be my order of preferred dress shirts…
I think it would be
Corneliani
Turnbull & Asser
Zegna
Sigh.
I saw some Turnbull & Asset shirts at Bloomingdales. And their pocket squares and ties and bow ties.
God, that’s beautiful.
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Pretentious Post of the Day (on my part)
I have a few Turnbull and Asser shirts I bought at Harrod’s in London a while back and I still love them. They are just flawless… perfect collars and French cuffs.
dude you already had your pretentious post of the day
when you talked about your butler unpacking your clothes!
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Pretentious Post of the Day
My boss gets his shirts custom tailored from Turnbull and Asser. Literally, they send one of their licensed tailors out there to measure him and everything.
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I wonder what that sets him back?
True story… Ronald Reagan… the quintessential western Republican, GO USA!!! all that stuff? Shirts he wore? Turnbull and Asser.
I asked him about it once. He offered to let his tailor measure me for one shirt.
Then he quoted the price.
I then looked at my weekly paycheck.
The former was a sizeable portion of the latter.
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As Herb Caen would say...
very weakly.
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
Fortnightly, actually, but that just made my post sound awkward.
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Really? Fortnightly? Not biweekly?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
You should either just throw your shirts away after using them once, or donate them. Or have your butler go and get them cleaned for you.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
one of my favorite parts of staying at a St Regis hotel is the butler will unpack your bags (and pack them when you’re checking out) and will also press all your garments gratis. LOVE THAT!
Hey, I tip well! Bartenders, waiters, cab drivers, my tailor, etc
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You tip your tailor? Do other people here tip their tailors? I must confess, it has never occured to me to do so.
I do this radical thing called paying the agreed upon price. Seems fair to me.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
I like my tailor and he gets my stuff done REALLY quickly. He did my suit for this last wedding I went to in a day, when he had more customers waiting and would have taken a week.
I also do tip my barber.
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Well, my takeaway here is that I’m more generous than everyone else!
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…says the guy who just bought a bunch of gifts for himself and nobody else.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t find anything good that day to give to my friends.
I’m still going to get gifts for them.
So, suck it
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If I did you’d just tip me a dollar and pat yourself on the back.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
Hmm GQ's style guy says this
Tip your tailor?My friends and I have been arguing about whether or not you’re supposed to tip your tailor. Do you tip yours? And if so, does the amount depend on the work being done?To me, tipping your tailor is a bit like tipping your urologist or your butcher. These people get paid for their work. A bottle of champagne at holiday tipping time for your alterations guy is a nice idea, though; or if he’s a Muslim, like mine, you might want to substitute chocolate.
I might try that. I have 2 suits and a tux that I need to get done soon, so maybe I just won’t pay a tip and give him wine?
Or since he’s my regular tailor, tip him. I’M SO CONFUSED
The though of NOT tipping my tailor just never occured to me.
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I dunno, I still like my tailor, and he gets things done well and really quickly. I don’t find any fault in giving him an extra buck each time.
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Then do it. (see I want to use “seriously” here again). If you feel good doing it and he doesn’t take offense (don’t know why he would) then do it. I just like the idea of paying what he is asking for and then doing something nice during the holidays or something like that. Like I said, if he goes out of his way for yo (as you described) then something extra is definitely in order.
I think that’s a nice and classy gesture. I’ll probably give my barber a bottle of wine for Christmas.
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And here, DBD subthreads come together… my old dry cleaner in Weho my first year there gave me a bottle of wine for Christmas… Now granted, I gave them a lot of business, but I was really touched by the gesture.
I tip my cobbler. For sure.
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You have shoes that need cobbling? How mom and pop!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
Here’s my plan.
Move into te neighborhood. Establish trust for 20-30 years. Then, steal Jerrys shoes
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giddyup
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
I make sure to tip my blacksmith after he forges horseshoes and carriage wheels for me.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
I make sure to tip my footman, as well as my valet, as well as the fellow who distempers the fences in my garden.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Which garden, the one next to Grand Canal or the orangerie?
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the one that runs by my mock obelisk, past the stables and pineapple pit!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Well, here’s my line:
I do tip my cobbler. It’s essentially one guy working on it and I have a working relationship with him.
My dry cleaner is Purple Tie, where I don’t have that one-on-one relationship. So I don’t tip.
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Please don’t tip the cobbler. He’s my cobbler too and you’re making me look bad. Also, he is the owner (but alas, he is not Victor, who was a lovely old man).
Just the tip?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
BuckeyeBear?
MORE LIKE SHMUCKEYE BEAR!
Spazzy, I await your glowing review.
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10/10!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
NAILED IT!
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But we don’t have a female atoms.
Do you smell love connection????
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We know it wont be love beef or love pork, that much we know
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That’s not an atoms, that’s just a corny joke. Yes, I make those occasionally but that’s not atomsing.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 10:23 PM PST up reply actions
I just posted “/atoms”, which means it’s a post atoms would make.
Which includes stupid, obvious sexual jokes.
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Psh, you’re a stupid, obvious sexual joke.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t believe I went to sleep and missed the obvious sexual jokes AND samosas.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 30, 2011 5:37 AM PST up reply actions
Nay
Sucks not to be me.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 30, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
whoa, that must be awkward when he finds the dicey skin mags and inflatable doll you brought with you on the trip.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
I guess so
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Possibly NSFW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS-7zTzrSAA
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#FirstWorldSolutions
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
According to astronauts the most important thing to change (in order to feel clean) is your underclothes, because cotton soaks up 70-80% of your bodily oils.
… you’re welcome.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Damnit, and I’ve just been getting progressively more yellow shirts to wear over this undershirt for years!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
I think it’s deodorant/anti-perspirant that turns shirts yellow.
What do I know? I started out yellow.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
no, jaundice
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
no, teletubie
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
This post somehow appeared and was recd already
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Wait, I was trying to rec it. Do I fail?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
no, you are awesome. carry on.
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
No, but my brother did have jaundice. I was just your run-of-the-mill East Asian baby.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
You mean adopted by a Jewish family and now starting in the TV show glee?
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omg why u hat East Asians???
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
jaundice aint that big of a deal by itself. Fire Starkey Junior had it after he was born. He was a 5 week preemie so had some minor issues. It was odd to see him with his little blindfold on under the blazing 10 billion megawatt light they shined on him though.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Ohio Bear Jr. had it, too. It was soooo the least of our worries at the time.
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ugh, the baby next to him in that room was born diabetic and weighed like 15 pounds or something and had serious other problems. Poor thing. The NICU is not a place to go and be happy, thats for sure.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Yep. Little K had to be wrapped in a UV blanket like a little burrito baby.
I remember sleeping in shifts so that we could hold her for that first couple of weeks.
Not a big deal at all.
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I think it’s relatively common among Asian babies. Also, thunder and lightning babies.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
One thing we found out later is that you can help your chances by giving formula while waiting for the mother’s natural milk to come in. It helps flush out the existing bilirubin.
On Little K, Mrs. Kod was against any formula. For PTB, we supplemented for the first couple of days, then went back to the Good Stuff. No bili-blanket for PTB.
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THERE ARE ASIANS IN OHIO?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
What the fuck, another stereotype SHATTERED by truth
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
More like invasian, amirite??
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
Dude I picked up that book and leafed through it in B+N. I read that part! It was hilarious…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
bah humbug
I don’t dislike Love Actually, as such, but it’s a real dog’s dinner of a film. If push came to shove, I’d say I enjoy the scenes of family greeting one another in the airport… when you’re an immigrant and fortunate enough to be able to visit the old country / have family visit you, greetings can be a powerful moment in an anti-septic environment… unless of course you’re like me and tell people not to bother coming to the airport because you’re renting a car and why waste the time.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Dog’s Dinner:
Dressed or displayed in an ostentatiously smart manner.
Why is this a bad thing?
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Hmm, I’ve always used dog’s dinner to mean looking like a shambles.
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that’s “dog’s bollocks”
(not really — dog’s bollocks is the definition above displayed for dog’s dinner — I agree with DC on the definition of dog’s dinner)
I think Scootie’s more reliable on this.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I have (almost) 41 years of experience in being British.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I thought you were Scottish?
Actually, I’d thought you were Americish?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
I am Scottish, but I will claim to British because 1) it’s true in a general sense, and 2) I’m arguing with Rishi so whatever it takes.
I am also a naturalized citizen, but I think I have only really taken on all the negative stereotypes about being American, so maybe I shouldn’t make too big a fuss about that.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I am Scottish, but I will claim to British
Claim? If you’re Scottish, you are British, like it or don’t.
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But do you have a flag?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Flagged
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
by CalBear81 on Nov 29, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
counter-flagged
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
But that flag is NOT BRITISH!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
counter-counter-flagged.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
But that flag is also NOT BRITISH!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
…I thought you’d say that it is British? :)
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
It’s Scottish-only.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
But if Scottish is British….
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
Scottish + English + Welsh = British
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
So are you saying that DC is Scottish and English and Welsh? :)
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
Irish, I think.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Here’s a rather confusing video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10
(Is there DBD protocol for linking videos?)
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Click open new window & the chain link above, then add title.
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Thanks!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
A movie of you at the rental car counter could also be interesting! Maybe more of an indie flick though.
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Scene: DC Trojan walks up to Hertz counter, looks for name on #1 Gold List (or whatever they’ve just renamed it), walks outside to car, puts bags and children in car, starts engine, drives away.
That doesn’t look like it would take more than about 10 minutes, but it screams Sundance Award.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
You forgot the flashback scenes to painful memories of your past like the first time your grandmother made you eat headcheese and the time when the Dutch bully next door pulled your underwear so hard in a wedgie that the they ripped. The sales girl at the Hertz counter sees the tear in your eye and hands you a purple pocket square that a dashing young Indian businessman left behind accidently a few moments before. Then, you see a person in a huge oversized bunny suit hopping by and a plane is crashing in the background, all why that solitary tear slides down your cheek.
#germanindiefilm
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 8:51 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
As long as I don’t end up as part of a human centipede, I can live with that. We should probably also include a scene where I’m running through the airport with my children until they can only walk slowly and then flash ahead to them walking away from my grave.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
haha and you thought you couldn’t make a good indie film out of your trip to the Hertz counter
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 8:58 AM PST up reply actions
Question
Years ago (5? 10?) it seemed like, you make a reservation, you pick up a car. Now it seems like every time I go to pick up said car, the reservation people to this insane hard sell to try to get you to “upgrade” your selection. Sure we have car X (cheap car who cares?) but you wouldn’t want to be seen dead in a PT Cruiser would you?
Does this happen to y’all?
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I don’t mind that so much, they’re just trying to get some extra money out of an idle asset (see what I did there). What I HATE is when they try and get you to purchase insurance they know you don’t need… especially when they do this to foreigners. It’s really sleazy.
They make an absolute fortune off the insurance, so that will never stop. (I used to represent several rental car companies.)
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Impossible!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Not recently
Every car rental within the last 3-5 years had gone smoothly. I reserved car ‘X’ and picked up car ‘X’, I don’t think anyone has ever tried to upgrade me to car ‘Y.’
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
Same here, I don’t get a lot of hassle aside asking if I need insurance.
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No, but I use Avis all the time for work and they just drop me off at the car, and I go. Hertz I try and avoid dealing with the counter staff, human interaction doesn’t seem to be their strong suit (at MSY and BOS, in any case).
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
i rent from avis every week and because i’m not 25 i can’t be in preferred. it’s bs.
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heh, that’s one of the wonders of turning 25 — being able to rent a car anywhere you go.
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--Thoroughbred
I really like the Hertz people I dealt with at OAK
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Ive never done a car dealie before, but Im just about to do my first on ehere. Any tips????
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Gas brake honk. Gas brake honk. Honk honk punch. Gas gas gas.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
crud, it’s Simpsons, but PaRappa had a similar lyric..
by the federer express on Nov 29, 2011 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve gotten the free upgrade because the smaller cars were taken and all they had was the larger one. That was nice.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Love Actually
Pro: Martine McCutcheon NOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM
Con: Keira Knightley Blech
Pro: Bill Nighy
Con: Unintentionally spawned “Valentine’s Day” and New Years Day" WHY????
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
This is the best Christmas special, by a mile.
Does anyone know of a link to a schedule of all the specials this year?
Dec 8 on ABC
Here’s a full schedy
http://a.media.abcfamily.go.com/a/media/pdf/25DOC_PGuide_2011.pdf
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Another good "Christmas movie" I like to watch during the holidays
Die Hard
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by Ohio Bear on Nov 29, 2011 8:54 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Totes.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
Be careful you don’t get sucked into this new dangerous game called “beer pong”!
NBC 10’s I-Team hidden camera revealed a potentially dangerous drinking game called beer pong.
It’s generally believed it began in the 1960s at a Dartmouth College fraternity. It’s also known as a game called Beirut.
With a variety of rules, the idea is to shoot a ping pong ball into a cup of beer or water and be rewarded by getting to drink the beer out of the 16 ounce cups or claiming a pot of money or, as our undercover producer found, getting a shot of booze when you win.
Also, happy hours and pub crawls are banned in Rhode Island? What a state.
….is that real?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
Beer Pong is not "new"
Or did I just get sucked into the sar-chasm?
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the idea is to shoot a ping pong ball into a cup of beer or water and be rewarded by getting to drink the beer out of the 16 ounce cups
No freshman, I made it, you drink!
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, true
Maybe that’s the part that’s “new”?
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This is why King's Cup is so efficient
Once you make a chain of drinkers, it’s amazing.
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I HATE KING'S CUP
one of the things i seriously, seriously don’t like about drinking. it’s not a game!
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sounds like someone isnt very good at King’s Cup
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
You have brought great shame upon CALumbus Bear’s ancestors.
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It’s not. It’s a way of life.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Your life is dragging on far longer than any participant intended and now everyone just wants to quit prematurely?
The monopoly is over!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Can you explain King’s Cup?
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
people get really drunk, the end.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
So, it’s a name for every drinking game ever.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Detailed explanation, if you have questions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_(card_game)
Essentially, you have a few people seated in a circle with their beers or drinks or whatever. And there’s a red cup in the middle surrounded by a whole deck of cards. You take turn picking cards and each card corresponds to a particular action.
For example, 2 is “you”, which means whoever picks the card gets to choose someone else to drink. 4 is “whore”, so all the women drink. It gets super fun with, say, a jack, which means you get to make up a rule. Like “no swearing” or “you have to speak in accents” or “you cannot say names”. These carry on throughout the game and lead to the fun of people getting drunk really quickly. Also, 8 is “mate” which means you choose someone who has to drink everytime you take a drink, which sets up chains (atoms is my mate; Kod is atoms’ mate, fiatlux is Kod’s made), which makes it more fun.
Oh, also whenever you get a King, you pour a bit of your drink into the middle cup. Whoever draws the fourth king must drink the whole thing.
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that sounds really complex. Who is the rules master? I’d forget all that shit within 2 minutes and drink regardless of what fucking card I drew.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
the way i see it, king’s cup is a poorly crafted to drink. if you really want to drink, just do it – don’t hide behind a stupid game.
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It gets people who may not be inclined to drink as much to drink more.
How this is a bad thing, I don’t know.
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i prefer to think of games as things that require skill, which king’s cup doesn’t.
that said, i really like some of the parts as the night goes on – rhyming, categories, and the “don’t say this word” part. those are fun.
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Yeah, those are the parts I play for. Usually my friends and I get super creative with the rules, so it ends up being a perfect pre-game for going out.
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Usually we just go to wikipedia and look up the cards right beforehand.
It’s SUPER fun once the rules and stuff are in place.
Also, yeah, I drink regardless, but it’s fun to make other people drink.
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the calvinball of liquor!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I agree with fiat. Sounds rather complicated. Hard to remember all the rules when you’re drinking so much.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly. This is pretty much the stupidest news article in the history of journalism.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
This rule will get you drunk every game-
Rule #2: “Folks” Everyone drinks 1 when Brent says “Folks.” However, if Brent says “Hold on Folks”, everyone must drink once but the first person to drink has to finish their drink for not holding on.
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what is this devil magic - how are you DBD'ing from work?
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Has anyone made a DBD Drinking Game yet?
If not… can someone who is funnier than I do this?
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i think i actually wrote a DBD on that?
or at least thought about it. can’t remember.
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Someone please do this before Twist hijacks this idea and just writes “CGB Drinking Game: Drink”
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Okay, ten seconds of work later
http://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2011/4/10/2103504/dbd-4-11-11-cgb-drinking-games
#imnotatwist
I like it, but needs more detail!
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We need a few more.
Fiatlux posts a picture from an exotic location
Rishi starts a discussion about men’s clothing
Twist transparently tries to troll someone
CB81 makes a Dutch reference
Fiatlux namedrops a famous person
Zoonews uses first person plural
Fiatlux references his 1% lifestyle
Kodiak injury joke
Things take a turn for Ohio
MR.F. says something hipstery
Wolverbear drops a creepy bit of lurker knowledge
Someone gets Cugel’d (sorry dude, that’s the word now)
Two words: INDIAN FIIIIGHT!
Someone mocks DC Trojan for going to U$C
A reference to scotch and/or golf inevitably draws turkey or CALumbus into the DBD
Someone actually makes a clever Twist’s Wedding Night/TWSS joke.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
That's ridiculous...
and I said that to Barbara Walters when I ran into her at the Copacabana Palace hotel right before I headed up to my suite over looking the beach.
long enough ago that i had hair. I think this is January 2004. which can’t possibly be almost 8 years ago.
Rishi starts talking about cricket
Redonk posts an animated gif
Someone posts an image without a header
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Never, ever, ever, ever give the Bar Mitzvah shares of stock in a custodial account. Major pain in the ass to transfer shares.
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They say it's your birthday...
TwistNHook: So, just to recap, today is our 5th birthday. In internet years, that makes us old. SO OLD. Like as old as an undead vampire of unclear age. Unclear age! But really amazing abs.
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Happy Birthday! Don’t drink too much blood.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
Everybody forgot our birthday?!?!
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San Fernando mayor announces he's in relationship with councilwoman
The mayor of San Fernando apparently wanted to get a few things off his chest.
First off, Mayor Mario Hernandez told colleagues and audience members during last Monday’s council meeting, he had filed for both corporate and personal bankruptcy, the San Fernando Sun reported. And he’d also lost his business.
Oh, and one other thing, the mayor added:
“I’d like to put out there, to squash the rumors, that yes, I have been in a relationship with Councilwoman (Maribel) De La Torre,” he said, according to a city tape of the Nov. 21 council meeting.
…
“I’m his wife … we weren’t separated,” she added.
…
"Ghetto," proclaimed Councilwoman Sylvia Ballin.
Protesters Storm British Embassy in Tehran
Dozens of Iranian protesters screaming "death to England!" stormed the vast British embassy compound in central Tehran on Tuesday, tore down the British flag, smashed windows and ransacked the offices in what appeared to be an officially sanctioned protest of Britain’s particularly tough economic sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear energy program.
The embassy assault, reported by Iranian news services and broadcast on Iranian television, was the most serious breach between Britain and Iran in more than 20 years, and the images evoked memories of the siege of the American Embassy following the Iranian revolution of 1979. It was not immediately clear whether any hostages were taken by the embassy assailants, and there was no word on the whereabouts of the embassy staff.
#OccupyBritishEmbassy!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
Dozens of Iranian protesters screaming “death to England!”
Good, maybe they;ll takea break from hating us for a while
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Why can’t it be both?
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Notice how they aren’t upset at the Scots? It’s because we’re such lovely people.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
They should be.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
The old model:
1. put on kilts
2. travel overseas
3. locals laugh
4. conquest
5. profit!
The new model:
1. put on kilts
2. travel to soccer games
3. locals stock up on booze
4. soccer team loses, party happens anyway
5. locals profit!
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I understand they were actually screaming “Death to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and to the Queen’s other Realms and Territories and to the Commonwealth and, most especially, to the Scots!”
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
That’s quite a mouthful.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
They’re very articulate rioters.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
I wonder if this has anything to do with the recent explosions at an Iranian nuke research lab. DC Trojan, control your SAS.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
rec’d!!!!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
cool pics, bro
http://m.life.com/gallery/66681/50-photos-that-brought-the-war-home?_v=1
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
page freezes up at #9 for me every time.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
For those of us too lazy to look up bowl dates, what are the potential dates of our game?
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 29, 2011 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
90% chance of Holiday Bowl, Dec 28; range is 22nd (Vegas) to 31st (Sun)
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Year end deals make the 28th unlikely for me, but 22nd and 31st may be doable.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 29, 2011 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
=(
wish I could go.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
also
y’all fail for overlooking this classic:
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
I have never seen this, I thought Lucas destroyed all the copies?
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holy shit. Chewbacca’s family? MY EYES ARE BLEEDING
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
there’s like a 3 minute dialogue of them speaking in Wookie to each other with no sub-titles. Holy shit, my mind is completely blown. Chebacca’s wife wearing an apron?
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
fucking hell, now Mrs Chewbacca is gazing longingly at a picture of Chewbacca and groaning wistfully. There is no possible way this ever got broadcast
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
Now they’re getting all Teletubbies on us. 10 minutes in and still no english spoken. This is beyond epic, I wish I was high right now to enjoy it even more.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
Chewbacca’s dad is named “Itchy”? Really?
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
12:30 in, English is spoken! Luke says hi via remote tv! 45 seconds of Wookie is spoken. I am left confused.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
Oh no! Chewie hasn’t gotten home for the holidays yet!
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
I can’t continue, an evil Imperial guy is questioning the local Wookie groomer or something about Chewbacca. This is killing me.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
I watched it when it aired the first time. I have regretted it ever since.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
And you fail for not bringing up the separate Star Wars Christmas album!
Track list:
The song “R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas” even features a young Jon Bon Jovi as John Bongiovi on lead vocals!
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 29, 2011 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
Home Alone 1 > Home Alone 2
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 10:21 AM PST reply actions
Is there a way of stopping the DBD from jumping
to new posts when you’re in the middle of typing a new comment? that drives me nuts.
I’m also annoyed by this but I find punching Twist in the face makes me feel much better.
(also, press tab, it should bring you back to your text box)
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
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traB pu kciP!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
Your cursor is still in your text box. Just keep typing and it skips back…
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Congrats to FiatSlug
on your Maryland post revival elsewhere. It’s turned into and epic. Very very well played.
Link?
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Thanks Very Much
Actually, I must say that yesterday’s DBD reminded me of the thread to which you refer. The mention of John Feinstein’s column and that Randy Edsall had failed so spectacularly this year rang the alarm bells in my head. It’s amazing what a person will remember when reading the DBD.
I had no idea that bumping that thread would re-ignite the controversy to the degree it has. By my count, it has almost doubled the posts (282 posts now vs. 147 yesterday when it was bumped) and views (9,679 now vs. 5,046 yesterday when it was bumped).
Jeff Tedford will continue to be a source of controversy unless and until he wins a National Championship.
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
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come on...
you had to no a little bit… given who started it ;-)
as usual you and OTB provided the best points. (although I think I was pretty good too, and not as petty as I usually am with him)
You showed restraint. You also used the facts to beat him like the German sargeant beat Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Only you didn’t back into a whirling propeller blade. That’s something the other guy did all on his own.
And yet he keeps on going as if that weren’t enough. Amazing, actually, that someone would willingly expose themselves to so much punishment.
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One of my favorite holiday movies is “Bad Santa”. So many great scenes in that movie and even though it is filled with foul-mouthed swearing, debauchery, alcoholism and crime, it actually manages to have a little heart too.
love that movie, it is so wrong on so many levels
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
I like that movie, but the kid’s character is so depressing its hard for me to watch. I feel really sorry for him throughout the whole movie
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
I dunno, I thought Bad Santa banging the chick in the Pleasantly Plump clothing section changing stall and yelling “You wont shit right for a week” was the real low point. Or high point, depending on your sense of humor.
Billy Bob really was a perfect choice for that role
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
I absolutely agree and I love everything about the movie, except for the kids character, he just makes me so sad.
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
but he gets a happy ending!
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
This just took a turn for the Sandusky
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
LOL Dan Orlovsky to start for the Colts on Sunday
Is this a Suck For Luck move?!?
I remember Orlovsky most for this — as Lions QB, running out of the back of the endzone for a safety, and apparently not even realizing he did it. He literally kept on running, looking downfield, after he stepped out and even after the referee signaled safety.
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Awesome
I’d never seen that before!
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Where?
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NAMASTE! YOU JUST GAVE UP 2 POINTS, BITCHES!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Cal’s Jeff Tedford has more tools to draw recruits
“It’s a huge part of it,” Tedford said. “For 10 years here we’ve been showing them pictures. Now it’s nice to know we can actually walk kids through a facility that is up to speed with your competitors. No question, that’s a focal point when they come on campus.”
I’d argue that stanfurd is full of tools.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Nice
You definitely belong here.
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Don’t you live in No-hio?
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When I was young(er)
I used to love watching Cartoon Network in December. Especially the Yogi Bear episodes.
I miss sitting around and doing nothing
In other words, Go Bears!
One Alabama site's take on Urban Meyer
There seem to be two main paths to success as a college football coach. One is to use your skills at recruiting to sign talented, hard-working players; to practice relentlessly and coach them in all phases of the game and of life; and to instill a discipline that translates to a culture of success.The other is to take a job where success is preordained, either by lack of competition, or by such overwhelming advantages that failure is impossible.Urban Meyer has made a habit out of walking into the latter situation, and did so again this week when he took over as Ohio State’s new head coach. Meyer is now in an enviable position; taking over a program in disarray but with significant built-in advantages, in a conference wracked with scandal, mediocrity and incompetence.
You beat me to that observation
I thought the same thing as I read that.
Bowling Green also got good under Meyer and hasn’t been the same since the last of the players he recruited there left.
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NO NO NICK SABAN IS A GENIUS
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
eh
That’s going a bit far – but they do care about their football there, and certain great a ton of support, but that alone isn’t enough.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
yup, Tennessee is not doing well but they have fans and support and facilities.
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--Thoroughbred
Bama went 7-6 their first year under Saban.
Tennessee isn’t Bama.
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tru dat, Tennessee has a bigger stadium and waterfront tail(boat?)gating
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Like a Heisman winner in 1997 or a National Championship from 1998?
Or like 107k people singing a Dolly Parton song in unison kind of history?
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I don’t think that can compare to Bear Bryant and the draw that Bama has for recruits. I honestly think Bama has a natural recruiting advantage.
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I think they’re all on the same level.
Which is what makes the original Bama argument so dumb.
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No, definitely not. U$C has a huge structural advantage (and to a lesser degree, UCLA) because there are only 2 BCS schools for a population of roughly 25 Mil, Alabama has to split their talent with Auburn. But yes they are a storied program.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
population != potential football superstars
west coast is much more into basketball, and also a lot of the elite recruits are from the south / florida
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The Bigger
Question is why has UCLA been so bad with all that talent?
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Apparently, fUCLA doesn’t have that natural advantage. Lemme see if I can dig up why it’s a little tougher to win there (and it’s not just academic standards)
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Honestly, the stadium not on campus has got to hurt, but then I think USC’s is off campus too, so that can’t be it. They were good in the 80-90’s
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USC’s might be off campus technically, but it’s right across the freaking street practically.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
I’d have given him 10
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
so...
half of the PAC-12 had new coaches in the past 2 years
by ximiankernel on Nov 29, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Given the era I came of age as a Cal football fan, it amazes me that we have the dean of Pac-12 football coaches.
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this
I think they made a mistake.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
It seems like the FIRE TEDFORD mentality: he can only take us THIS far. No farther. It’s time for the next step. Blah blah blah stupid stupid dumb stupid.
WE ARE THE 0%
Dude almost took the Cougs to a bowl game with his 3rd string QB.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Leach?
WSU will have competition for him
The Times reported that Mike Leach, former Texas Tech coach, would be at the top of the WSU list if the Cougars fired Wulff. Leach is also thought to be courted by Kansas, which just fired Turner Gill after two seasons.
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What was your Black Friday haul?
1) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 6
2) Community Season 1
3) Community Season 2
4) Deus Ex: HR (PC) for $20!
5) Battlefield 3 (PC) for $20!
6) Ico and Shadow of Collosus HD (PS3)
Nothing special this year. Last year I bought my TV
In other words, Go Bears!
1) arkham city for my brother
2) sweatpants
3) pajamas for $8
that is it. i’m boring.
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I made the best cereal this morning! I used fruit loops and added milk
NOM NOM NOM
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For friends:
1) Angry birds plush (yellow)
2) ???
3) Damnit, fine, I’ll go Christmas shopping
For me:
1) Three piece suit, black.
2) Cashmere scarf
2.5) Almost bought a black satin tie from Saks… but didn’t and now I regret it :(
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Nothing
And judging by the size of the repair bill I’m about to pay today, just as well. Old Euro cars ain’t cheap to run, kids.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
broken water pump, one rear shock failing, and I’m replacing the other rear shock as a prophylactic measure.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
haven’t you repaired said car somewhere between 15 and 47 times times at a cost that exceeds several new cars?
Isn’t time to treat yourself to a new rig?
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
That was the Audi, which is long gone. This is my wife’s Saab – first time we’ve gone over $2k in maintenance in a year.
I called her to say I’d started the mechanics on the repairs on the grounds that this wasn’t something we could ignore until the planned replacement next fall and her response was “maybe I want to replace it now.”
Too late dear. And that would require the ability to pick a car in under 3 months.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
“if a fart had a shape, it would be a Saab” was a favorite saying of an old friend of the family
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
Just over 9 years. We probably should have replaced it this fall, but it takes the missus a painfully long time to choose a car. Reports and reviews must be read. Numbers must be crunched. Multiple test drives must be taken. Numbers must be crunched again. The fact that you can’t meaningfully quantify preferences will be bemoaned. Numbers will be reviewed again. And then a car will be selected on a completely random basis.
She actually wants a Chevy Volt but has heard so many rants from me about hybrids having twice as much to go wrong that she is talking herself out of it.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
so if i gave you a car without the red bow, you wouldn’t be happy?
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Mrs DCT would kill me. She hates those commercials and she especially hates not being in charge of her decisions.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Had this conversation with my bro-in-law this weekend. Buying a car without wife’s approval is definite no-go.
If it’s my car, she wants nothing to do with it, although strong opinions will be expressed… which is why I don’t drive a Ford Crown Vic.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
My dad once did this for my mom, with a little classic Mercedes 280 with a big red bow. She was pissed because it was stick shift.
/no gratitude
We’ll you’d have to get SOME details right. For instance, we need a bigger car than our Mini. If another Mini showed up (even a clubman) I’d be pissed.
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On the one hand, that was ungrateful. On the other – and I know I’m stepping into dangerous territory here – didn’t your father know she preferred automatics?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
On the other other hand, my mom is constantly doing this, even for my wedding. Saying first “Oh honey, you take care of it, you know best” and then saying “Why didn’t you consult me?! Don’t you even care?”
Cal: Bears with Books.
Ha! That’s never fun. My mother in law did the opposite to my wife – talked up a storm about how she wanted to help pick a dress and help plan etc… and then when it emerged that this entailed actual work, said she was too busy and sent a check. Which I think worked out best for everyone.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
We’d always had automatics up to that point. I’m not sure they’d ever discussed it.
The car was totally out of left field. In general, one should probably make sure that the recipient is truly in the mood for a new car when buying one as a gift. IIRC, it was our fourth car at the time, when only the two of them were driving, so not strictly necessary by anyone’s logic.
These parents are, of course, no longer married to each other.
Who got the car in the divorce?
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To Our Café Gratitude Community:
With great sadness we are announcing the upcoming closing/sale of all Northern California Café Gratitude’s.
A series of aggressive lawsuits has brought us to this unfortunate choice. Although we believe that we have done nothing wrong and our policies are completely legal, it will cost us too much money to defend them in court. Despite telling the attorneys that brought the lawsuits that the current structure and resources of Café Gratitude are insufficient to sustain and defend our community, they have refused to give up and are forcing us to close.
We appreciate the loyalty of our employees and customers over these past 8 years and are grateful for having had the opportunity to serve each of you. We were happy to tolerate low margins and sustain ourselves on the transformation and personal growth of our people, while providing local organic vegan food to our community in an atmosphere of unconditional love. That commitment is under attack and we are not able to weather this storm.
This process will take a few months so please keep coming in and let’s celebrate our 8 years of success together, we are grateful for you!
We have come to realize that it isn’t how we serve that is most important but rather that we serve.
Our mission will survive this, as love cannot be threatened.
Thank you and love to you all,
Matthew and Terces Engelhart on behalf of Café Gratitude, LLC
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 29, 2011 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
I was following that in the BART… looked like we weren’t going to pull that one out. Bailed out by the bowlers batting.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
it was practically one wicket and like 2 balls… (ODI)
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 6:33 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
errr. i see the need for an edit button now.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 6:34 PM PST up reply actions
no. not really. :/
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 30, 2011 9:06 AM PST up reply actions
Good
F*** you and your bland food and pretentious waiters and waitresses and fear of fire that clearly drivecs the existence of your pathetic excuse for “food”
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by Rishi on Nov 29, 2011 2:47 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I hope I’m not getting Cugel’d here but I completely agree with this.
Their behavior is the sort that makes people upset at vegans
In other words, Go Bears!
I think we are getting cugeled, but since I went first… I happen to agree with the above. HATED that place.
No, I’m serious.
I like vegetarian food, but wtf, their food sucked. I was so disappointed when my food came out and was like “why isn’t this cooked?” and they’re like “Sir, we serve raw, organic, sustainable food”, while peering through their thick, librarian-esque, hipster glasses (lol totally ironic)
I love places like Herbivore in Berkeley. Just not Cafe Gratitude.
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haven't tried it
but i hear wildly differing things. my gf hated it, my rommate loved it. not sure who to trust.
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i lean that way, but had some other friends who didn't like it as well
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But why not just let the market shake things out? what’s with the hate on them?
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the market did shake them out… that’s exactly what happened. maybe if they had been asking “what’s with all the hate on us” they’d still be in business.
just let
I know the market acted. The question is, why go out of one’s way to be actively bothered by this?
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I’m not sure how far out of one’s way we’re going on this, since it’s a discussion board… but I think it’s because they got their just rewards… It’s sort of how human nature works… it’s the whole schadenfreude thing. Somebody posted that they failed and many of us, having had bad experiences there, were happy they failed. Don’t see anything particularly egregious about that.
And imagine if some vegetarian takes his friend there… then the friend thinks all vegetarian food is bland and uncooked.
Whereas if the friend is taken to Millennium, they’ll have a better opinion.
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is that the on in the tenderloin? i wanna try that one and/or golden era.
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Not that I’m representative of all people, everywhere, but I think there’s a difference between adoptive vegetarians and people who have a vegetarian cultural background.
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--Thoroughbred
it’s nice that you make that distinction. most don’t. additionally some categorize us as “rude” (Anthony Bourdain, for example) because eating meat will cause us two days of severe gastrointestinal discomfort.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 6:35 PM PST up reply actions
Would it? If you’re vegan I can imagine it, but if you had milk or eggs or something I can’t imagine it being a problem. I wan an ovo-lacto vegetarian for a time and never had any issues.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 9:19 PM PST up reply actions
It’s not conventionally vegetarian, but Gather has good non-meat options.
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I still love Mayflower, btw!
Only place I’ve ever enjoyed “fake chicken”.
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Agree. BTW, you should try the vegan charcuterie at Gather if you haven’t already. Pretty amazing stuff.
Gather is good stuff. I wanted to go there on Friday after Thanksgiving, but sadly it was between lunch and dinner so they were closed.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, 10 years is when you should let them go. Wow your wife sounds difficult to buy for, I had a pretty easy time the last two car purchases for my wife. I don’t know about the Chevy Volt, she’s been totally happy with the Honda Accord Hybrid – but it’s like a guilt free V-8, it doesn’t get all that great millage. 19 in town 33-35 on the highway.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
In her defense, she’s quite short – 5 foot even – and so it’s hard for her to find a car that allows her to be more than 2" from the steering wheel, see out, etc.
If we were smart, we would buy a used minivan and a Mini, but I am not quite ready for a three car household.
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King-sized bed for the new place in Marina del Rey, so excited!
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Got it for like $1100 off the sticker price and no sales tax!
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
We are also looking for a new bed. Finally looked at our full-size bed and saw how small it is. Where did you buy?
Cal: Bears with Books.
The Sleep Shoppe, I was hoping for mattress discounters because they had a free flat screen with purchase of mattress deal going through Sunday, but they apparently don’t have em in LA, SD yes, LA no. :( Still got a really good deal though.
In norcal I’ve had good experiences with mattress discounters, they will match any price and I think will do all the delivery, set-up and removal stuff for free.
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
We looked at Keetsa and another all-natural bed place in Berkeley and then I ended buying from PlushBeds.com. We got the 8" latex mattress. I like it, but I’m a side sleeper so I need a softer mattress. 100% latex mattresses feel weird at first, but you will sleep well on them.
Sadly no, I wanted the floor space in the bedroom and it will be easier/cheaper for ms. cruzin to find all the headboard/frame/linens stuff (that was the deal, I guess).
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
apparently queen beds are the cheapest because they are a loss leader for the rest of the stuff… this could be a total wives’ tale, but what i have heard.
I do not know how couples sleep in anything but a California King…
we’re quite happy in a queen. seems to have plenty of room.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
I know, I’ll go pepper spray some fools in Walmart if that will help.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Just have a couple cheeseburgers until the king size feels right
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
I like queens for sleep a deux. Big enough that you don’t have to touch if you don’t want to, small enough that you are aware the other person is there.
That was our reasoning behind buying our queen when we got married.
Did not anticipate that the pitter patter of little feet would herald suddenly having no more room.
Old Toothwrangler
So we should just opt for the king bed now and anticipate future kids and dogs using up the extra room.
Cal: Bears with Books.
how long is a mattress supposed to last?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
Ours will be 10 years old next year and that’s when we’re planning on changing it.
I think that 7-10 years is about right. Unless, of course, you’re my parents or grandparents who buy one mattress for life.
Old Toothwrangler
So conceivably, the mattress they have now is the one you were … nevermind.
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That’s the old Ray Ramano line about choosing which side of the bed to sleep on… he would have given it a little more thought had he known it would be his decision for life!!!
Funny you should say this. early on the mrs and myself used to trade sides every so often; 6 months, a year, whatever, and within the last 4-5 years we’ve just settled in to our respective sides and the issue was never brought up again.
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being single I can only guess this, but would think I would want to be on the side of the bathroom and window…
But, logically, wouldn’t the bathroom and window usually be on opposite sides? I always want to be on the window side, as I, like Spazzy’s GF (who is not me) have a sleeping skin temp of 897C. I must sleep with open windows.
Whoa re these warm blooded women? I thought all women were cold blooded and needed to suck sweet warmth from their husbands or dogs to survive at night.
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not at all… many bathrooms have windows and are on outward fronting walls. I also sleep incredibly hot… it can be 6 degrees and I would be fine without a big blanket.
Me too, sometimes I sleep under the mattress, sometimes I’m on top of it.
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You’re a total softy – our kids have been banned from our bed for years. I am the meanest daddy alive.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Kids haven’t ever slept with us at night. Only did some naps as infants.
It’s more the pre-bed snuggling or that early morning don’t-quite-want-to-get-up stage where we find ourselves crowded.
Old Toothwrangler
I adopted a multiple-bedroom-visit routine that would do justice to a drawing room farce in order to keep them out of our room of an evening… and since my 9 year old can’t get it through her head that an early visit on weekends 1) wakes my wife up like a fire alarm and 2) guarantees a wide awake mother rocketing out of bed for vengeance, the morning visits aren’t an issue ;)
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
That is good.
My issue is really only actually going to bed. I sleep like a rock, I rarely remember my dreams, etc., etc.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Try not too dwell too much on the environmental damage!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Everything is killing the earth.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
This one ups the ante slightly with by hurting some villagers as an added bonus!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
okie dokie, now where is my super battery fueled Prius!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Mrs. Kod gave me grief over the weekend for having a real fire in our fireplace. I just told her, “don’t worry. We have solar.”
She sighed.
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What about like 3 high temp. logs to ratchet your wood burning stove up to 700 degrees because its the first cold night in Santa Cruz and of course the wall heater doesn’t work, even though the pilot is lit?
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Yay! What about doing this 3-4 times per week for several hours a night, because you still can’t figure what the fuck is wrong with the wall heater?
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
wtf do youknow about weather
you’re not speaking in all caps.
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WHOSE CHILLY!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
Not our Chilly. The Vikings fired that dude last season.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
I want some taquitos.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
I disagree, both Left Eye and T-Boz were much more crucial to their success.
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Lisa Left-Eye Lopes was a member of the Minnesota Vikings?
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
No, but she did once burn down the house of a NFL wide receiver, does that count?
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I dunno, was he a scrub? :)
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 4:40 PM PST up reply actions
I was only a super fan as a kid listening to CrazySexyCool. The one album with the scrubs song was okay, but I was no longer interested enough to keep tabs on them after. I was sad about Left-Eye’s death though =(.
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
Nah, they’re stupid and put the initials in the wrong order.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
If I wanted an environmentally-friendly computation device, I would whittle myself an abacus. One that I could play Angry Birds on, preferably.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Not a Black Friday haul
But I just bought a PS3! Should be arriving by Thursday/Friday, just gotta keep myself from unwrapping till Weds.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
Nice!
I went with my brother on Thursday midnight to GameStop where he bought a PS3 bundle, an extra controller, BF3 and the Metal Gear Solid HD collection.
I also got the Skyward Sword pre-order finally delivered this morning. I’m excited to play it tonight
In other words, Go Bears!
I bought Madden and MW3. Not sure exactly what MW3 is, but I assume it’s fun. Also bought an extra controller. I finish school on Tuesday, I’m taking Wednesday off to nurse hangover/play video games.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
You bought MW3 without knowing what it is…? Lol. MW3 is Modern Warfare 3. It’s a first person shooter. In my opinion not a good one but many love it.
In other words, Go Bears!
i figured the whole first-person shooter. I asked my friends what games they’d want to play if they came over. Madden and MW3 topped the list. I figure if they like them, I’ll like them too. Or, I won’t know any better cuz I haven’t played real video games in 10 years, and whatever these are will seem great.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Well I’m interested to hear what you think of them after playing for a while. I figure though you’ll enjoy it since they are your first games.
BTW if you do like Madden, make sure you get NCAA 12. It actually is better than Madden and you can play as Cal!
In other words, Go Bears!
Cal is a 100 rating team in my heart!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 2:38 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I finally finished the 2011 regular season in my dynasty as Cal. I played on Heisman difficulty unlike last game and it was hard but I managed a 12-1 season and won the Pac-12 (lost to USC at home because I went for it on 4th one too many times and failed and beat Furd 17-14 in OT thanks to a Prophet like INT by Holt).
I cheated on the Pac-12 CCG because I wanted that achievement. From now on I’ll try to be very realistic.
In other words, Go Bears!
Ugh, I can’t play Hesiman. I just hate the feeling of it possibly cheating. I’ll adjust my sliders for All American to make it more “sim-like” though.
seriously, computer cheats are the worst
up 14? drop every pass
championship game? qb goes 17 for 19
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That’s a good point. I crushed Utah in the regular season but in the Pac-12 CCG Wynn was nailing passes in triple coverage and outrushing everyone on the field.
In other words, Go Bears!
so Cal also pulls a Cal in the gaming universe. sigh
by the federer express on Nov 29, 2011 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
Try Uncharted 2 — it’ll be cheap, you’ll probably like it. THen, find me a good deal on Uncharted 3.
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If you do, do this: Buy MGS1 via PSN. Buy the MGS HD collection (you’ll get 2, 3 and some other). And then buy MGS4.
I personally beat MGS1 and MGS2 back in ‘08 in like a couple of weeks. I loved MGS1 and 2 was good but WTF. I still haven’t finished MGS3. The lack of radar is really annoying for me.
In other words, Go Bears!
You need to beat MGS3. Its by far the best one out of the bunch story-wise (although MGS4 is awesome too and has the great control scheme)
The best thing about MGS3 is CQC. Especially the body slam. It gets you out of all binds.
I’m picking up the MGS HD Collection limited edition as a gift for my friend who introduced me to the series. I can’t believe the ridiculous price on it though.
I bought MGS4 based on recommendations but forgot that I am old and have a job and responsibilities and real life things get in the way and therefore I stopped playing it after the first or second level.
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NBA 2k11/2k12 are excellent Basketball games. The commentary, music, and general control scheme are amazing. I’d definitely recommend. 2K11 is supposed to be the better, more complete game. 2K12 is the up-to-date version, but has a few flaws.
it may be because i've played basketball my whole life...
but i hate basketball games. they just can’t capture the game accurately.
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any good baseball games for ps3?
by the federer express on Nov 29, 2011 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
Get the Uncharted series!
You’ll be able to punch Twist in the face!
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
Question for LA CGBers
So I need to set up cable and internet at my new place and have no idea which providers have the best service/pricing in the LA area.
Do any of you have suggestions? [“Don’t move to LA” /InBeforeRishiGBorSpazzy]
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What if I plan on living there for several years at the minimum? I’ve heard the rise in DirecTv pricing after a couple years can be pretty dramatic
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
I’ll be in Marina del Rey, any idea if its available there? Also what is the pricing like?
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by CruzinBears on Nov 29, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
I wish I had Verizon FiOS available in my neighborhood :(
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
or ATT U-verse or any other fiber optic system, for tha tmatter.
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U-verse is pretty good, except for the two months this summer when it went out every time it rained. Offers a lot of options though.
I don’t think I have U-verse available either. Or at least I didn’t last time I checked.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
Old?
University of Oregon President fired
PORTLAND, Ore.—Students and faculty were gathering Tuesday morning on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene to protest the sacking Monday night of university president Richard Lariviere, who clashed repeatedly with state legislators, education officials and Oregon’s governor.
University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere, left, speaks during a public hearing at Portland State University in Portland, Ore., Monday, Nov. 28.
Dr. Lariviere learned last week his contract to remain head of the state’s largest public university wouldn’t be renewed when it expired in July, leaving the 61-year-old educator with the choice either to resign immediately or be fired. Dr. Lariviere told the board he would rather be fired than “watch ourselves glide into mediocrity.”
Oregon’s 12-member State Board of Higher Education voted unanimously Monday night to remove the University of Oregon’s president “without cause” during the next 30 days.
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Did Phil Knight not want Dr. Lariviere back?
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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He must have figured it’d be easier to control the school with one less person to CC on emails.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
ATQ is going BONKERS. They had a post up about how they wanted to burn the place down and they were going to send their kids to cal now or something. Just INSANE.
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Good good
Everything’s going according to plan.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
One of them replied to a Conquest Chronicles fan post about this and indicated that they think this guy was fired for trying to improve the university, which costs money, and that the board which fired him has a number of Oregon State alums who are trying to avoid being left behind.
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They are spinning a conspiracy theory abotu it now
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This post just reflects the need for new leadership at the helm of CGB. CGB has too proud a tradition to be continually run into the ground by TwistNHook. But the reality is that, despite TwistNHook’s overhwelming incompetence, it’s not just him. This goes all the way to the top. We need FULL REGIME CHANGE at CGB!
#OCCUPY DBD!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 29, 2011 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
WE ALL KNOW THAT CTnH IS INEFFECTIVE AND ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WILL BE BANNED FORTHWITH
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 29, 2011 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
White Christmas
Classic, songs, completely good natured and positive. Danny Kaye being jewish but doing it anyways for the chance to work with Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Get a load of this talk title we have at work...
I think the fact that this guy is probably a highly paid muckity muck is in some way indicative of our shittily balanced economy…
[TwistHNook] is an executive coach, facilitator and keynote speaker who helps leaders focus on what is most important, improve communication and alignment with key stakeholders, build influence, and speak and lead from a place of deep authenticity. He draws on a rich background as inspiration for his work. Prior to consulting he held a series of leadership and executive positions over a 15 year period which involved coaching and supervising managers, directors and key leaders; strategic planning, leadership development, board leadership, HR, finance, and operations.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Translated: this man has never actually been responsible for anything and talks about himself incessantly.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Rishi
Did you really use the British spelling of “favorite” in this DBD? I thought India threw off the shackles of colonialism.
Clearly you are new. Rishi <3 British spelling just like he <3 something else
In other words, Go Bears!
A veritable CGB classic
I <3 cock
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by Rishi on Dec 21, 2009 4:12 PM PST up actions 39 recs
In other words, Go Bears!
I know; just playing along. hahah
by the federer express on Nov 29, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t believe its still at only 39 Rec’s
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
He hats America!
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I’ve been telling him this for years now. Tsk, tsk.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
I am telling you, this is the time to be working for a company that would be a good acquisition candidate for Facebook… because they are going to go on a serious acquisition binge next year.
Visual Aids included
I think its their main revenue growth strategy; they have probably hit their new user saturation point. I.e they have hit their late majority portion so they can’t expect large growth easy.
Executive summary: They’ve picked the low-hanging fruits.
Cal: Bears with Books.
In Umrica, they are pretty saturdated. However, they have a huge market to expand to in other countries in the orld
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Slightly important details: $10BB IPO...
With a market cap of $100 Billion.
And, let’s be honest… the moment facebook goes IPO, no matter where it IPOs at, it will get a significant pop.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
holy fuckin fuck this DBD just keeps going
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
oops, that was from yesterday’s, but the point stands!
by the federer express on Nov 29, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Rec'd for update
Hot and spicy, what’s not to like?!
although, smoky and garlicky is sometimes not so romantic.
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The Aussie. We’re going biking first. Yale wants to come over and watch ‘Die Hard’ – its a Christmas movie. NFL will just be a lunch.
Wow, these all sound nice.
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You kidding? It’s self-explanatory. Third date = she’s totally into you, you should return the favor.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
You could always steal someone else’s stories.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
Why do you think I hang out in the DBD?
“So this one year, after taking in the India/Sri Lanka test match, I went to Africa where I stayed in the Westin – you know that Starwood is the best travel program out there – so I was telling Coach Tedford about my Africa trip and he made fun of me for evicting grandmothers.”
Go on. Maybe I can use this to pick up some Ohioans!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 7:44 PM PST up reply actions
free access to meth.
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by golden oso on Nov 29, 2011 7:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
rec’d :)
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 9:46 PM PST up reply actions
BECAUSE I’M LAZY, DAMNIT!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
Like how I’m a dirty hippie?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 8:08 PM PST up reply actions
You went to Cal, that parts implied. Living in Ohio just reinforces it.
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True. It’s pretty enchanting that I shower less than your average bear, right?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 8:21 PM PST up reply actions
Arent we all? Arent we all?
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Good call!
I haven’t met Ohio Bear Jr yet…although now I might never get to haha!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 8:53 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe you should ask her about her interests? And why aren’t more CGB women chiming in here …
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Did I mention I’ve seen "Before Sunset’ AND “Before Sunrise?”
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by sec119 on Nov 29, 2011 8:53 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I heard a rumor that sec119 smiled just one time at Mrs. sec119 and she immediately said “Yes. I’ll marry you.”
That’s how good he is.
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@sec119 To be honest I know that I have a problem blabbing about me all the time, so I made very special effort in our first two dates to ask about herand not talk about myself so much. But she spent the entire night (both times) asking about me. Very curious as to the differences between growing up Australian Chinese vs. American Chinese
And why aren’t more CGB women chiming in here…
Because we’re like the elusive mythical unicorn, remember?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
Hey, when I try to hand over the keys to the Secret Palace of Happiness with Women, I only get mocked. I’m standing on the sidelines, scorecard in hand. You’re on your own here.
That sounds like such a magical place, though! Will talking about how my cannon requires proper permitting and insurance get me there?
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 29, 2011 9:09 PM PST up reply actions
Epic phail, Oui Oui.
Scootie is in distress. You’re supposed to try to fix her problem. Sheesh. How insensitive!
Old Toothwrangler
Yup
God knows I always look to men to fix my problems.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 9:14 PM PST up reply actions
There are keys to the concept of girth?
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I heard that sec119’s pick up line for Mrs. sec119 was “I’m sec119. Do you want to spend the rest of your life with me?”
She said yes. That’s just how good he is.
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You did this already, I thought you go with the Karvorka is strong in this one.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I was trying to get a sec119valance going.
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Ohh…. then yes, yes, YES!!!
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TWSWS!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
Behold the power of the Ohio!!!
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by sec119 on Nov 29, 2011 2:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
More info on the AOregon sitchL:
The meeting was a sham.
That in and of itself should not come a a surprise.
We knew Lariviere was going to get fired. There was no doubt about that coming in.
What was frustrating was the arrogance displayed by the State Board of Higher Ed. After listening to an hour of public testimony, they had the audacity to come back with pre-prepared statements. After listening to public concerns about lack of transparency and trust, the Board has the audacity to lecture on the importance of transparency and trust. While showing how out of touch they are by saying that all the outrage came as a surprise.
My first reaction was emotional. And my first (and now deleted) thread on the subject was overly so.
That said, no amount of protest is going to bring Lariviere back. Nor should that be the goal at this point. We have to move forward, and that’s going to include a number of things.
The Board of Higher Education, whether they like it or not, has a major mess on their hands. People are very angry, and rightfully so. And I think a lot of people are more angry about the process than the decision itself. That University stakeholders, students, faculty, and alumni were not kept in the loop, then patronized when they finally got a chance to speak. Clearly, Lariviere was a difficult man for the politicians to deal with. But he also embodies what a lot of us feel: that our chance for greatness is now, that we can’t continue to be held back so that other univerisites in the system don’t feel bad, and we certainly can’t wait for years for a broken system to deliver results. The Board has a lot, and I mean A LOT, of work to do to build trust and respect with the University community. They cannot do that until they acknowledge their own faults in that process. That was something they were not prepared to do tonight. Perhaps, after reflection, they will be.
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sounds like i know a board who could use a certain professional’s help
[TwistHNook] is an executive coach, facilitator and keynote speaker who helps leaders focus on what is most important, improve communication and alignment with key stakeholders, build influence, and speak and lead from a place of deep authenticity. He draws on a rich background as inspiration for his work. Prior to consulting he held a series of leadership and executive positions over a 15 year period which involved coaching and supervising managers, directors and key leaders; strategic planning, leadership development, board leadership, HR, finance, and operations.
But where is this Twist*H**N*ook when we need him???
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So does anyone know why they actually fired the guy? Firing a University president is usually only done when there is a big scandal. Otherwise they tend to arrange some kind of buy-out deal in exchange for the resignation, often including post-resignation “consulting” and stuff. So this seems pretty unusual.
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I think they did oust him
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That doesn’t seem like an answer to CalBear81’s question.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
He was acting too independently for their tastes. I think the straw that broke the camel’s back was when he used the “tuition reserves” to give pay raises to the faculty. He also wanted more autonomy to create a more independent University of Oregon Board of Directors that would gain them more independence from the current board that also oversees the other state schools as well. That, and Gov Kitzhaber hated him.
Basically,
the main cited reasons are that he pushed a plan forward in the legislature that would provide UO with greater financial security and operational independence – and that would have actually reduced the cost to the state over the long term. But the board didn’t want him to, forbid him to push it, and were angry when he did anyway.
For context, state funding for UO has fallen precipitously over the last few decades, to the point that UO receives about 5.8% of its funding from the state. That’s it. Among AAU public schools, UO’s state support is dead last – and far behind the next-to-last school. As a result, faculty salaries are around 75% of the national average, and it is an immense struggle to keep high achieving faculty.
But the board prefers central control of the whole OUS system. UO actually has little representation on the board itself, having no current employee reps while every other school has at least one, and OSU actually has a student rep on the board as well as an admin/professor. The general plan for about, well, forever, has been to wait for the same tide to lift all ships, when the state gets its act together and starts adequately funding higher ed. This will happen when pigs sprout wings. But in the meantime, the board is invested in even and equal growth among a very diverse group with very diverse purposes and challenges. The raise issue, for instance, came when the governor and board insisted that UO not raise salaries because the other schools were freezing salaries due to the state budget problems. UO had just experienced a mass exodus of faculty due to low pay, so increased salaries were an urgent need. So Lariviere, using no additional public funds, prioritized institutional funds to offer raises for faculty retention. The board went ballistic over the challenge to their authority, and general uniformity philosophy, completely regardless of the need at UO and UO’s capacity to improve its situation without affecting any sister OUS schools. (Should also be noted that Ed Ray, OSU prez, announced raises of similar size, scope a purpose a month after the board flipped shit, though no one has said a word about that) To put Lariviere’s more unilateral initiatives into perspective again, the all-together status quo path that the board is insisting on has lead to decades of inaction, deterioration, slashed budgets. They’ve had decades to fix the problem and have shown no real initiative toward doing so. A similar plan was brought up by the UO president about twenty years ago, and he was also fired for it. Since then, state funding has fallen from some 25% to 5.8%, and the governance system remains the same.
It came down then, I guess, to interpersonal problems, philosophical clash problems, and power dynamics problems. Problems that seem eminently solvable without taking such drastic action, unless the independent vision and initiative he showed was itself the problem the board sought to quash. The public hearing was rather heartbreaking, as professors, students, and legislators attested to the tremendous work he has done for the university, the momentum he’s brought, the hope that he has instilled for an improved university. They have hired a good number of top-shelf faculty over the last several years and retained good ones due in large part to Lariviere’s leadership. And this drastic action is set to shatter that. The public commenters begged the board to find another way, offered mediation and support to improve the working relationship between prez and board and governor, pleaded for time, cooling off time, to work towards an actual solution before just throwing the whole thing down the crapper. The faculty, students, and university admin was basically completely shut out beforehand so all the outcry and support for the prez basically happened over this last weekend. But the board came back and voted unanimously to fire, brushing aside all comments and concerns about negative impact on the school, and all offers of assistance in fixing the frayed relationships. They gave canned, preprepared statements that stressed how necessary this was because Lariviere wasn’t a “team player.” The president of the board even went on about how he agreed or appreciated all Lariviere’s policy initiatives, that it wasn’t about policy at all, but rather this drastic and destructive action had to be taken because Lariviere didn’t play nice with others, or some such thing. It was all extremely condescending.
To emphasize the petty power play angle of it, before the weekend’s pushback, the board was set to simply not renew his contract, which expired in June. After the outcry about the decision and broad support from for Lariviere from the school, they accelerated the initiative to immediate termination.
This is, basically, why our state cannot have nice things. Apologies for length.
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by omb on Nov 29, 2011 2:04 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Wow, how Oaklandian.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
That sucks dude. Thanks for explaining, tho.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Apologies for length.
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Don’t apologize for the length. That was very informative. Hard to believe the University only gets 5.8% of its funding from the state. And I thought we had it bad! It can hardly even call itself a public university with that level of funding. Thanks for taking the time to give us this information.
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It gets more money from Nike I bet.
I tshould be the Oregon Institute Of Nike.
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Ok, counterpoint -
the biggest hole that I can think of in what I just laid out was that apparently the Governor and Board were mad because, allegedly, his promotion of this plan was interfering with and endangering passage of their own reform plans in the legislature. That would understandably cause consternation. This is the only thing that I could pull from their decision that seemed to constitute harm to others.
But especially in light of their priorities and track record, it’s also understandable that Lariviere would have little faith in their efforts to begin with. And that both ideas could not be advanced simultaneously is a pretty big indictment of our dysfunctional political system, and a good argument in itself for greater independence for UO. Lariviere also did withdraw his proposal, eventually, at the request of the governor, months before he was fired. The raise fiasco was reportedly the tipping point.
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Can someone bulletpoint this whole situation for me? thanks.
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Now that you mention it,
The next prez should most definitely be a wookie.
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Eight people shot during rap music video taping in Oakland
Oakland police are investigating the shooting of at least eight people, including a 1-year-old boy, during the filming of a rap music video.
The boy was in critical condition after being shot in the head Monday night, and an adult also was in critical condition with unspecified injuries, police told the Oakland Tribune. Other victims were in stable condition Tuesday.
The shooting occurred in a liquor store parking lot, where dozens of people had gathered, possibly for a taping by Oakland rapper Kafani. Officials said he was at the scene but unhurt, although Kafani, on his Twitter account, contested that report.
My bus drove by that scene yesterday. So many cops and firefighters.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
silly LA, it wasn’t actually a video taping.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
But there’s video of the whole thing
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
silly KTVU, not reporting facts
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
But they’ve got traffic and weather on the 1’s, 5’s, 3’s and 9’s.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
Those are for rugby!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
Possible X-Mass gift
If there is a contemporary British historian who is the chronicler of World War II, it would be Max Hastings. In book after book, he has zoomed in on individual theaters and arenas in the global conflict, which continues to fascinate historians and readers more than 65 years after it finally came to an end.
For the person interested in WWII history in your life. I haven’t read it, but his “Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45” was a fantastic read, and he does bring a fresh perspective to events that occurred 70 years ago.
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Angry judge gives Conrad Murray 4 years in Michael Jackson's death
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/conrad-murray-sentenced-michael-jackson.html
A judge on Tuesday sentenced Dr. Conrad Murray to four years behind bars — the maximum punishment possible — for his part in Michael Jackson’s death, saying the doctor’s role in the singer’s fatal overdose was "money-for-medicine madness."
In blistering and lengthy remarks, Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor lambasted Murray for failing to express any remorse for the pop star’s death and suggesting in a recent documentary that Jackson bore responsibility for his own demise.
"Talk about blaming the victim," Pastor said. "Not only isn’t there any remorse, there is umbrage and outrage on the part of Dr. Murray against the decedent."
Ugh
Not sure that he will ever be back. Let’s hope for the best.
Redshirt freshman receiver Kaelin Clay is no longer with the program.
“He’s taking classes somewhere to help his academic situation,” Tedford said.
yup
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
whaaaaaaa?
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
wow. he was pretty funny on Charlie Sheen’s roast. makes a lot of those self fat jokes a lot less funny.
ManBearCal & Solarise
Any word on Tagaloa? I thought we would hear something yesterday…
In other words, Go Bears!
didn’t he get some silly job that required, like, work, or something like that?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
He moved to Taiwan to live in a real life rap video world. His moving was the death of “Fire Starkey: Ultimate Wingman”.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 29, 2011 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
You might like this fiatlux
So I wanted to take advantage of that sale for 50% off men’s bball tix. The mailer, in huge print, says WED NOV 23 to TUE NOV 29 SALE. Organized 7 friends to go, via email over T giving. Tix are $11. When I go to buy yesterday, there’s a $4 fee ascribed to each ticket. No explanation, just “fee.” So I venture that it might be an online convenience fee and if I call, then there’s no fee. So I get confirmation from one more friend, and call a few minutes ago.
Oh turns out the sale ended at 9AM PDT, in teeny tiny print on the reverse of the mailer. I ask to be relayed to a manager, who says it’s all automated online and there’s nothing he can do for me. I say “yes, there is, I can easily come in and you can sell me 7 tickets for $11 as advertised on 11/29.” And he says “well then I’d have to do that for everyone.” Gee, sounds like a lot of people also wanted to buy on 11/29 AS ADVERTISED ON YOUR FUCKING MAILER YOU TARD.
I go to like one basketball game per year, I’d love to go to more, but I already spend enough $ on football. So now I explain to him that there is no way I’m buying tickets, and that he will be getting $0 from a longtime supporter instead of $109. He basically says tough cookies, “you had a week to take advantage of the offer.” Look, you tool, I never go to bball games, I want to, and now I’m not again. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, now YOU will be getting zero dollars.
Moral of the story: have you ever, ever, EVER heard of a sale ending at the start of business on the last advertised day of the sale? Is that not the dumbest shit you’ve heard? Do the people in the ATO even walk on two limbs?!? Do they know that their job is to sell tickets, or was the job description simply printed as Be Stupid. ASEDFQW(R&#($N
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 1:18 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I saw that it ended at 9AM, but had no idea why it would.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
Questions? Call (800) GO BEARS Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm
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by Redonkulous Bear on Nov 29, 2011 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
I think maybe the ATO thinks “GO BEARS” is actually like GO AWAY BEARS. GO AWAY AND NEVER COME BACK TO GAMES OR ANYTHING.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
“Tickets on sale from 4pm Nov. 23 to 9AM Nov. 29”
"RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Nov 29, 2011 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
.,.,.,.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Team Unsure Of What Fans Mean By ‘Go!’
CHARLOTTE, NC—Saying the command was not very specific and lacked any real substance, confused members of the Carolina Panthers football team were forced to call a timeout Sunday so they could try to figure out what their fans meant by “Go!” “Did they think we might stop playing the game or something? Because we weren’t going to do that. We’re under contract,” quarterback Cam Newton told reporters, adding that fans should be a little more clear next week in terms of what they want. “I don’t think they were telling us to go in a specific direction, either. Like forward or to the left or something. Overall, it was just really frustrating.” Following the press conference, the Panthers had a team meeting, assumed the fans wanted them to leave North Carolina, and moved the franchise to Los Angeles.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 29, 2011 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
Nobody let fiatlux see this post. His head will ESPLODE
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so the next time I complain about them, maybe you’ll agree with me? ;-)
Go right to the top and send your email to Sandy. And here is what you do… cc Gregg Gottlieb who is the operations guy for basketball. Sorry, for men’s basketball. gg@berkeley.edu
Clean up what you just wrote and send it off… and then maybe forward it to me so i can see it.
Iunno, I gave/give them a lot of the benefit of the doubt for the shitstorm that was organizing/predicting Cal Football 2011, but ending a sale at the start of business of the last advertised day of said sale, after a holiday weekend? Short bus material.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
like having 2000 tickets left to the Big Game to sell and not selling 200 to a long time ticket buyer?
I am actually working on an email to Greg, let me include this incident in it.
Thanks. I’ll send him one independently.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
You must be joking
Iunno, I gave/give them a lot of the benefit of the doubt for the shitstorm that was organizing/predicting Cal Football 2011, but ending a sale at the start of business of the last advertised day of said sale, after a holiday weekend? Short bus material.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
That’s ATO’s business: they’re supposed to organize ticket sales for all of Cal’s sports.
But to be fair, I don’t think know that ATO is responsible for the mess that you exposed with the basketball ticket sale. It may be someone else who’s responsible. ATO is merely responsible for making sure that sales are carried out in accordance with policies set by Marketing and BearBackers (one presumes).
And the ticket fee thing is ridiculous. It’s a way for the ATO to skim additional money from customers and boost the profits for the AD. I’ll bet that there’s an argument that “everyone does it.” Doesn’t make it any less reprehensible. $11 should be $11, not $11 + $4 handling fee.
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If I were joking that would be a terrible standup act!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
2.4/10
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by sec119 on Nov 29, 2011 2:37 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
see?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
Yesterday before the basketball game Gottlieb gave a pre-game talk in the Club Room in Haas and said the issue they’re trying to tackle for the program is to get people to use tickets which have already been sold rather than selling more tickets. Selling more tickets would be nice, but it’d be meaningful if those people who bought tickets actually used them or passed them on to people who’d show up. He also said that if people didn’t know anyone to give tickets to, to contact him and he’d do what he could to help.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 29, 2011 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
If only they didn’t sell tickets at all! Then they’d never have to worry about people using the tickets they purchased…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
But if they could get people to use the tickets, then they wouldn’t have to sell them.
Am I doing it rite?
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
You sound perfect for Cal’s ticketing office! But, no, really, the team’s more concerned about filling Haas than selling tickets. This is not surprising.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 29, 2011 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
Good for them. Team should provide clean resale market online for season ticket holders. Also give some shit away. Bing bang boom. This advice is all free, btw, and we are full of it.
WE ARE THE 0%
I will not be satisfied until I can make an outfit out of giveaways from Cal games! I just need pants.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 29, 2011 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
sigh
it’s so easy. seriously (I can’t help it, i have to use that word sometimes). Even this guy could so it
(ps, I love the fact I can google “Andrew Luck Caveman” and so my images come up.)
SOLUTION:
Don’t bundle all these crap games into the season ticket package. Now you can get back to working on selling tickets!
WE ARE PROBLEM SOLVER
WE ARE THE 0%
But season ticket holders should love seeing UC Irvine and Denver and Outer Mongolia U.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair, Outer Monglia is way better than Outer Mongolia State…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
what does cauliflower have to do with anything?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 6:37 PM PST up reply actions
yup
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
Indian group hug?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 30, 2011 9:08 AM PST up reply actions
i love outer mongolia u's full court press
i think they called it “rape and pillage”?
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That doesnt make much sense.
I mean its great that people who buy tickets use them. And they can buy sodas and tshirts etc etc etc. But on the same wavelength, selling MORE tickets means MORE revenue
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NO NO NO
having a mongolian bbq when outer mongolia state comes to visit will create more revenue
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by Redonkulous Bear on Nov 29, 2011 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
On a related note, I’ve got a pair of tickets to most of the home basketball games in December available. Gonna miss a few, and I got a free extra pair to Jackson (is not a) State.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I might be interested!
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
also rishi, I love that you included the home alone movies
they are awesome!
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ThatGuyWithTheGlasses on Christmas Specials
The dude loves Christmas, and he always makes good videos about Christmas specials during the holiday season.
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/14801-ncchlist11
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Word association
When I read “ThatGuyWithGlasses,” I immediately thought of Stricherz
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I'll share this here
I looked up the Nick Foles double pass play from our 2009 win over Arizona, just to see if Stricherz was the referee that night (he wasn’t).
Bravo to those of you in attendance that night. Sounded great at Memorial that night through my TV. The noise was tremendous.
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I love that game. So much for us to love and be miserable over… including after that play Shane scoring on that long, seemingly, game clinching TD… only to have the extra point go awry giving UofA life… but then we shut them down.
That was such a great back to back game stretch.
That was a very fun game. When Foles threw that second pass, I yelled, “He can’t do that!” And, indeed, he could not.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
that game was so much fun! student section was awesome at the end of the game.
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Man, I was yelling so loudly like a maniac at that game. My 4 year old son was embarrassed to be seen with me. He was like, “Dad, Sit DOWN! Stop IT!” I was standing up waving my arms telling everyone in the upper rows of section Q to get on their feet and support their Golden Bears. Totes lost my voice that game. It was worth it though because all that yelling made Foles throw that double forward pass. I just know it.
I was trying the channel the mic man from my undergrad days. ;-)
by daveman on Nov 29, 2011 8:00 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Fun fact
A mic man once asked me if I wanted to try out. They might have been grasping at straws…I’m loud, but have no idea what I’m talking about!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 8:08 PM PST up reply actions
Yup, stood through those, too.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 8:10 PM PST up reply actions
China could block NBA players return
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-wojnarowski_china_nba_players_112811
The Chinese Basketball Association is showing no inclination to let unhappy NBA players out of their contracts for the 2011-12 season, and will likely mandate they not receive clearance letters to return to the NBA until the Chinese season ends in March, sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Wilson Chandler(notes), Kenyon Martin(notes), J.R. Smith(notes) and Aaron Brooks(notes) are the four top NBA players under contract in China, and several sources involved in those contract entanglements said escape clauses won’t be allowed with the impending end of the NBA lockout.
The Chinese Basketball Association passed a rule that its teams could sign only NBA free agents during the lockout, and it was made clear to those players they would have to play the full season to be given FIBA clearance letters to sign contracts with NBA teams.
Smith has had multiple clashes with his team, and some Chinese officials fear players becoming obstinate and purposely missing practices and games once they realize they’ll be held to their contracts.
Team officials have prepared for the possibility some players could try to force their way out of deals, but their contracts give teams the latitude to fine and suspend players without pay. Chinese teams invested heavily when they signed NBA players, also providing hotel suites, personal drivers and chefs to make the players more comfortable.
"They can play, get paid [in China] and return to the NBA in March," one Chinese team official said. "Or they can not get paid, and return to the NBA in March."
Are they legally obligated to stay in the country? Why not just bolt?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
They can’t re-join the NBA because of NBA/FIBA agreements.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
And if they can’t rejoin the NBA, there’s no point to bolting the country and being in breach of contract.
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This would be a perfect, visible opportunity to show China their own special brand of free trade.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
If it weren’t for FIBA, I’d say yeah, sure, but then we’re gonna start messing with our Euro pipe to the NBA as well.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
and we know how euros can swing pipe!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
That’s what she said!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
Eh, before the players signed there were all of these articles and news releases that very very very clearly stated WE WILL NOT RELEASE YOU IF THE NBA SEASON RETURNS – so fault lies with the players. They cannot claim they didn’t know.
rule of law? what is this, the US?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 29, 2011 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
Doesn’t seem like the players made a lot of good choices during the negotiations.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
Roommate stories?
I just remembered two more about my sophomore year one.
1) He took a CS class (so that it would help him get into Haas). It was one of those really low level self paced ones. He naturally procrastinated (so would I to be honest) and did no work. He tried to get me to do his homework for money but I refused just to spite him. He tried to get others for weed and still fucked up. In the end he wanted to drop the class but it was like a week before finals and he couldn’t. So he called his sister and cried to her for a few hours. And then called the guidance councilor and cried. And some administrator. His sister even called. He finally got to drop the class without a W or anything bad on his transcript. I was PISSED. Fucking asshole.
2) He wanted work experience during the summer but he didn’t want to do the work to find a real job. He did find some unpaid stuff but he wanted money so that he could travel. Finally his mom told him to just work with one of his professors and that she would pay for his gas (travel expenses). He somehow managed to get her to agree that she will pay him so that he could go work at this unpaid internship which would give him units at Cal. But it turns out she backed out of the deal so I endured listening to him bitch, moan and cry to her over the phone for a few days straight. Bonus points were given because he whined about this to his 16 year old GF.
Extra: I might have already said this but whatever. He obviously didn’t get into Haas which was no surprise to anyone but him. He refused to admit that it was possible. So he wrote a letter to Haas. Unfortunately for him he wrote it on my computer when I wasn’t there and saved it to the Desktop. So I read it (fuck him). It was the most entitled piece of crap I have ever written. It basically consisted of him saying “I should get into Haas because I deserve it”. At one point some of his “close” buddies asked me on campus (when I ran into them) if he got in and when I told him no, they started laughing. Since this happened after that CS thing, I took perverse pleasure in seeing his “friends” laugh at his misfortune. Yes I’m a bad guy. Oh yea his appeal failed.
I remembered these because he was the one that always wanted to go to Cafe Gratitude (not sure if he went).
In other words, Go Bears!
Okay, fuck Furd and all, but everyone could use this class, in response to suicides.
Stanford happiness class proves popular, helpful
“Their class is not just about avoiding catastrophe,” said a former student, senior Elise Gibbs. “It’s about promoting wellness so you don’t get to catastrophe. This class isn’t just for people who aren’t happy. It can improve the quality of life for anyone. Absolutely anyone.”
One important message the instructors hope to convey is that racking up accomplishments won’t necessarily lead to fulfillment.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
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Love the vibraphone solo in this SFJAZZ video.
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Nah I listened to it, it was a nice solo, if I have the instrument right.
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Its the xylaphone one
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Looks kinda like a malnourished Saxophone? Xylaphone is one those things that look like kids toys, right? You hit with sticks?
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Vibraphone
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Don’t sousaphones look like tubas?
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 6:24 PM PST up reply actions
Little known fact: they were designed by John Philip Sousa
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I thought that was widely known.
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You never know. There are people here who didnt even knwo country’s was a possessive OR a country is.
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You can’t fool me with that canard, you troll.
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I thought you were trolling earlier, but when I tried to call you on it you were all “NO, I’M LEGIT AS FUCK” so I’ll show you what a sousaphone looks like:
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I am legit, in fact I just got done working out, ipod on random, and a jazz song came on, which surprised me, since there is no jazz on my ipod, but it was by a prog-rock band called BEN off of the Vertigo Retrospective.
I couldn’t find the song I was listen too but this a sample. Also, I’ll have to listen to your song again, because I was focused on the saxophone solos, which were good too.
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As for a malnourished sax, I have noid ea what you are saying. Are you referring to the alto sax? They have ana lto and a tenor.
Alto:
Tenor:
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soprano sax
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Sopranino sax
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This is smaller than the soprano
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Baritone sax
Played this in high school
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The photo is tiny, but the sax is HUGE. Bigger than tenor.
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Bass sax
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CONTRAFUCKINGBASS SAX
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This one is like 6 feet tall and 90 pounds.
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Probably, but I dont know. Ive never actually held eithe rin my hands. Its much larger at 6 feet tall.
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The SNL band used to occasionally features that monster heading into commercials. We thinks it may have been around Christmas time.
WE ARE THE 0%
Lenny Picket rocking out on that?
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Me too!
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I think the highlight for me was when we played “Peg” because there was some part (i can’t vaguely remember) where the baritone sax was featured… bum bum bummmm
But could you do this?
2 at once?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6naQ195c_k
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I can play two saxes at once. I can also play 1 woodwind and 1 brass at once. That one is tougher.
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Brings all the boys to the yard.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 9:20 PM PST up reply actions
What can I say? People love me!
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Sax family. ALthouogh I dont know a lot of the ones on fht efar left
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Its been a while since I did music theory stuff BUT, IIRC:
alto and bari are EFlat, while soprano and tenor are BFlat.
As for the other saxes, I dont know. They are very rarely played.
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i played trumpet and for part of one year switched to the E-flat alto horn (which looks like a little baritone) and played with the sax section. Hated it. Went back to good ol’ B-flat trumpet.
You play trumpet>?
I SMELL JAM SESH!
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I had to learn it because I kept getting all these emo kids and their parents freaking out that getting braces would ruin their musical careers forevair.
Now, I just nod comfortingly and say, “Nonsense, young lad(lass). It just takes a little practice to slightly modify your embouchure. You’ll be fine.”
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Maybe if you Zed a bit more slowly, you could learn something about different saxes! WOuldn’t that be interesting if you try to date a woman who plays an instrument??
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“zed?” We call that the Z key here in Murikah, thank you very much.
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The only instrument I’m interested in her playing is [deleted by CGB Hit Squad]. if you know what I mean.
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You want her to play your piccollo?
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[Twist does that to me all the time. Just thought I’d return the favour]
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Sounds like you need to buy Mr. F bonestorm!
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OH FUCK YES. PUFF DADDDY’S KID IS GOING TO UCLA ON A FULL FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP:
His dad has gone by many names, but this talented young guy is looking to make a name for himself on the gridiron.
It was just announced today that a certain hip-hop mogul’s son has chosen to attend the University of California, Los Angeles, and play for the college’s football team on a full scholarship.
But in addition to brawn, the 5-foot-9, 175-pound cornerback also has brains. He currently carries a 3.75 GPA and is the head of the African American Society at Iona Prep.
So who obviously has all the right moves?
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I thought I told you that he won’t stop. I thought I told you that he won’t stop.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
I read a tweet last night saying Lamond Murray Jr. is a junior at a HS in LA and is looking pretty smooth. Would be sweet to get him here.
True Story
I was at the game where Tracy Murray broke the all time state scoring record in HS; unfortunately it was against my HS.
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True Story
When Tracy was leaving California (the nation?) in scoring at 43.3 ppg, our power forward matched up with him and held him to 35. Of course, he sat down with like 15 minutes left in the game.
Adam Jacobson (Gelndora High as well – played at pacific) dropped 36 points against me (well, 9 against me and then 27 against the next two guys)
I know three people who went to Damien. Mark McGwire. Bill Duffy (who is a big NBA agent, and was also Kurt Rambis’ rommate at Santa Clara) and Andy Sugita who was the only one in my elementary school who could throw a tennis ball over the fence from home plate.
Are you from La Verne?
No, I lived in Upland/Alta Loma at the time. Mark’s younger brother JJ (the one who admitted to giving Mark the juice) was at Claremont HS at the same time I was at DHS. They were probably our biggest football rival; Glendora for basketball and just about about everything else. We used to hang out at the Straw Hat pizza on Foothill after the games. Every once in a while at In n Out in La Verne. We were always cool with the Bonita folk, though.
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My high school years coincided with Dan McGwire – he of the 6’8" QB frame being at Claremont.
Where’s the Straw Hat Pizza on foothill – the one in Claremont? We went to Warehouse Pizza on D Street in downtown La Verne.
I bet you never gave a second thought to the Bonita folk. We were such an anonymous school. When we were in Hacienda League, we were the rich white school. But as soon as we played anyone from Baseline League we were the poor Hispanic school.
I was always always always at that In-N-Out.
Well look at this fucking love connection :)
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by atomsareenough on Nov 30, 2011 9:07 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I think the straw hat was in Calremont. Maybe that’s why there were so many fights in the parking lot. I had friends who went to Bonita; granted they started out at Damien and we would hang out together at the in n out. When I was there, there was no beef between the schools; most likely because we were in different leagues, but we did hang out together.
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wasn’t Bill Duffy’s first agent Gary Payton? I sat next to him on a plane when he was first getting going. Wish I would have taken better opportunity of that chance meeting. He, back then, seemed like a nice enough guy.
Maybe
He and Aaron Goodwin used to be partners way back in the day. Goodwin is a Cal grad and ended up being GP, Jason Kidd, ‘Reef (and lots of other Oakland guys) agents – Bill Duffy and Goodwin split early on because I think they disagreed with how players should be represented – also lifestyle choices. Duffy’s clients tend to be “good guys” – who are very active in the community and such (Yao Ming, Steve Nash) whereas Goodwin doesn’t seem to put as much emphasis on that.
Stolen from BI
In other words, Go Bears!
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Facebook randomness
Some guys doing Mo-vember. This photo make me chuckle:
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pretty funny…
not to ruin the point, Movember is not about facial hair… it’s about ‘staches… so the goatee things don’t count.
Fu Man Chu, bitches!
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Fu Manchu
Weird Beard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2-tX3YebCE
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gotta be the 'stache
nah, too hispter-wanna-be-irony. You gotta go full Burt Reynolds circa Smoke and the Bandit or Tom Selleck Magnum PI ’stache
Dude, the ironic mustache has been done for like 4 years now. Its just a ronic mustache now
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for zoonews it’s more like weronic, amirite?!
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I still laughed.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 29, 2011 6:39 PM PST up reply actions
I laughed too :)
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
I thought it was good! Not good enough to rec, but good!
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 29, 2011 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
Favorite bits from The Onion over the last few days:
Trophy Wife Mounted
Even Annoying Twentysomething Shits Like Me Deserve To Have A Future
While the Declaration of Independence guarantees each of us the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, today’s economic uncertainty has kept those sacred rights out of reach for many of our newest college graduates. Not long ago, all Americans, regardless of how young and unbearably irritating they were, could count on having a chance to make a good lives for themselves.
Everyone—even people like me, a twentysomething piece of shit who has contributed nothing to society yet expects everything to be handed to him anyway—deserves a shot at a decent future.
If this truly is the land of opportunity, shouldn’t America’s promise extend also to the most worthless of human beings who continue to live on their parents’ dime two years after college? It seems as though this nation has forgotten about the parasitic, self-involved young assholes who believe jobs starting at $42,000 a year with benefits are their birthright. What about us? What about all the smug, overeducated pricks out there still asking Mom and Dad to pay off a credit-card invoice filled with $4 purchases of bubble tea?
When do we get our turn?
‘Please Stop Calling Me Big Baby,’ Says Glen ‘Pencil Dick’ Davis
BOSTON—Irked that a reporter had once again referred to him as “Big Baby” while asking him a question about the NBA lockout, Boston Celtics center Glen “Pencil Dick” Davis lashed out at fans and the media Monday for continuing to call him by his renounced nickname. “I understand people like calling me ‘Big Baby’ and all that, but it really bothers me, and it’s demeaning,” Pencil Dick said. “I just don’t think ‘Big Baby’ defines me at all, not anymore. If anything, you should call me Big [Pencil Dick] or Mr. [Pencil Dick]. Even [Pencil Dick] would be fine.” None of Davis’ teammates could be reached for comment, including Kevin “The Big Fuckface” Garnett.
Old-Fashioned No-Water Practice Gets High School Diving Coach Fired
GRANT, NE—Perkins County High School diving coach Tony Spencer was fired Friday for what he called an “old-fashioned no-water practice,” a drill that left three swimmers dead and several others in intensive care. “If you can dive into a pool with no water, imagine what you can do with a pool that has water,” the 72-year-old Spencer said as he was led to a police car, adding that the “old-school” practice was meant to weed out those who want to be divers from those who aren’t serious about the sport. “Those kids who are still breathing? They’ll thank me in a couple years when they’re wearing gold medals around their mostly healed necks.” During his arraignment Saturday, dozens of Spencer’s former divers, many of whom were confined to wheelchairs and unable to breathe without a ventilator, showed up to the courthouse to support their coach and thank him for molding them into the men they are today.
How does it smell?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 6:55 PM PST up reply actions
smells fine… i am sitting in a hotel room and want some cereal with milk i got this morning (glamorous life i know)
Taste a little bit. Wait, how long ago was this morning for you?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 6:57 PM PST up reply actions
You’ll be sorry in ten minutes when that cereal box starts taunting you from across the room.
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My friend, I give you permission to leave your hotel room in search of sustenance.
Just this once. Be wild. Hunt well, brother.
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;-) I’m not really that hungry… I can go a night without dinner… or i could order room service, but that would be a bad choice.
CARDIO!
There’s always cereal + water.
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Had a friend in the dorms freshman year that put orange juice in his cereal in the morning at the DC. I was like WTF?
cereal + yogurt or ice cream ftw!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
I think it’d be ok. Especially if it was a cool room and pasteurized milk and an unopened carton (originally).
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I’ve had friends refer to the milk expiration date as the ‘first world’ sell-by, and that date plus a week as its true ‘sell-by.’
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Depends on the type of milk
Non-fat milk, ime, goes bad before the sell-by date…
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I know that's how it should be
But, seriously, I would buy 2% and skim milk from the same brand at the same grocery store…
And the skim milk would always go bad first.
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Nonfat is generally good for weeks after the sell by. Whole milk has a day or two after the sell by before it’s butter.
I don't know why I wrote that, but yes
I was thinking about higher/lower fat content and moisture content, etc. and typed higher rather than lower. Then Zed and couldn’t find this comment again to correct myself.
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Well, these people might know better: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/foodsci/ext/pubs/milksafety.html
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 7:00 PM PST up reply actions
Well, at least the bathroom is easily accessible, should it not agree with you.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 7:11 PM PST up reply actions
If you wait long enough, you won’t be able to drink it, but you can eat it.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 29, 2011 7:27 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
When milk goes sour (a little, not like a month sour), you can use it for “buttermilk” pancakes :)
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 7:47 PM PST up reply actions
Safer trick is to add a tablespoon of white vinegar to your milk and wait a few minutes before adding it to the rest of your dry ingredients when making pancake batter.
Old Toothwrangler
What happens when you buttermilk goes sour? It happened… to a friend of mine…
Cal: Bears with Books.
Safest trick it to get on the buttermilk pancake trail of South East Asia.
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3-4 hours for me
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
FiatSlug - we have this to look forward to
BERKELEY RESIDENTS ADVISED TO PREPARE FOR HIGH WINDS
Berkeley, California (Tuesday, November 29, 2011) – Berkeley residents are being advised that the National Weather Service is forecasting a High Wind Warning, which is expected to be in effect from early Wednesday morning through Thursday evening. Winds are predicted to gust as high as 70 miles per hour, and can cause power outages and tear branches from trees.
"This high-wind warning is a good opportunity for residents to take precautions and be aware of the danger," said Fire Chief Debra Pryor. "Residents should check their flashlights, batteries, and generators. They should also be aware that driving large or high-profile vehicles may be difficult, so please travel with a little extra caution."
Wha?
Berkeley Residents Advised To Prepare For High Winds
Is that a reference to those silly all caps weather postings here? Cuz this looks legit.
Yeah, Scootie is referencing those ALL CAPS WEATHER POSTINGS WHERE THEY’RE SHOUTING AT YOU.
But yeah, I’ve become aware of the high wind advisory. Mrs FiatSlug is worried about our persimmon tree because its exposed to westerly winds. We’ve left the fruit on the tree this long because it hasn’t been ripe enough to pick until just a day or two ago. It’s been a very mild summer and fall.
I’m not looking forward to tomorrow. Walking in downtown Oakland (where I work) will be a challenge. 11th Street is often like a wind tunnel.
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Shirtless Stanford men from sometime in the late 80s didn’t have enough chest hair? Please discuss.
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I pray that’s all Mother Nature does to the persimmon tree.
Would hate to lose branches, especially some of the big ones.
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OK, dense
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Winds need to stop smoking pot. Cant hotbox a mountain range
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WOOOOOOO
Lagavulin 16 on sale at Costco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
by turkey on Nov 29, 2011 8:51 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
how about ‘available for purchase’
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i know they have coupons they send you in the mail. My mother-in-law swiped ours yesterday. She was all, “Oh, it looks like you aren’t using these, do you mind if I take a couple of these?” And I just told her to take the whole thing.
In two marriages
My friend managed to scoop up 4 MILs
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
Really?
How much? Can you pick me up a few? I’ll pay you back.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
$52. You don’t have a membership, I assume?
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If I see it in the SF one I’ll pick you up a couple (I assume there is not a problem if both Turkey and I end up with some for you?).
You guys could buy a half dozen, I would have no problem.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I once read that you don’t need a Costco membership to purchase alcohol. Just FYI. I’ll see if I can dig up more info…
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 9:36 PM PST up reply actions
fyi, Lagavulin 16 is the path to Calumbus Bear’s heart if you need extra brownie points
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I might
After my mixed loyalties.
Don’t laugh at my Wiki and Yelp links, but those tell you how to buy liquor without a Costco membership :)
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Nov 29, 2011 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
The Internet wouldn’t lie!
bq. Alcohol Without Membership
Costco has a few items that can be purchased without a membership. One of these items is alcohol. Coscto has a huge alcohol section ranging from vodka and beer to fine wines. All of the alcohol at Costco is usually cheaper than anywhere else. All you have to do when walking in is tell the employee checking membership ID’s that you are only there to buy alcohol and you will have no problem.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 29, 2011 9:41 PM PST up reply actions
can you buy other things when you check out? I have no idea how costco actually works. I’ve shopped there with friends and love their apple pies but i don’t know membership stuff
I don’t think you can buy other stuff because when you check out you have to give the check out clerk your Costco card.
No last-minute-at-the-register-impulsive-apple-pie buying?
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You need to try a Bakesale Betty apple pie.
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Their desserts are the best. Better than their sadnwiches!
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I believe this is true. I think you can walk in and tell them you are buying liquor and go into the store and then pick up beer, wine, liquor and then check out. In CA at least.
I have an email out to a friend that would know how valid this is.
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OMGOMGOMG going to costco
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Nov 30, 2011 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
Official Thermodynamics Question
I am baking cookies (Tollhouse). I preheated the oven. The oven tells me it is no longer heating, ie it should be at 375. I put the first cookie sheet in. Why does the first batch always take a couple of minutes longer to cook than subsequent batches?
No. I alternate cookie sheets (one batch goes in as one comes out, then the original gets reloaded and we redo the cycle). The cookie sheet going in is usually warm but not hot (though the first one is a few degrees cooler, room temp).
Just tested cookie sheet, it’s back to room temp by the time it goes back in. So it’s probably just the dough warming up a couple of degrees?
Are your cookie sheets double walled?
Is there an air pocket in between the surface that the cookie dough is on and the underside of the cookie sheet?
If so, the airpocket may retain some heat even if the surfaces you touch feel cool.
If that’s not the case, how would you know the temp of a cookie sheet making a subsequent into the oven only a few minutes after the initial or earlier trips? Did you apply a thermometer to said cookie sheet? If you’re only going by touch, I’m not sure that you can tell if cookie sheets have returned to room temp if you’ve been handling the cookie sheets, oven door handle, etc.
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I feel like we’re all overthinking this cookie thing just a little, here.
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by atomsareenough on Nov 29, 2011 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
We have a thread about how many times we can wear dress shirts between washes!
We have a thread about all the different varieties of saxamophones!
We have a thread about how long it takes skim milk to go bad!
There is room in the DBD for baking. THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR BAKING!!!!!
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We have a thread about how many times we can wear dress shirts between washes!
and the difference between laundering and drycleaning
and the value of having said shirts folded and boxed v on a hanger.
and whether or not to tip the dry cleaner
Hey, that sax thread is interesting!!!
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Temp dips for longer on door opens early in baking process cuz oven has less hot mass then BOOM TOASTED
WE ARE THE 0%
cold cookie sheet.
also, do you have a thermometer in the oven to confirm it really is pre heated?
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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Do you leave the dough out while a batch is in the oven?
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but i am in SJ until friday. hopefully we will meet at a cgb hh! i’m sure they will be delicious!
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confirmed, just let the gatekeeper know you’re the keymaster err, I mean there to buy alcohol and it’s all good.
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