DBD 12.2.11 So where do we go from here?
by Rishi on Dec 2, 2011 7:12 AM PST
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So I've really enjoyed the time we've spent together. It's been a wonderful time, filled with all sorts of emotions, from angry (U$C), to hopeful (furd), to happy (Twist getting punched in the face).
But I really need to know where this is going, ya know? Like, where is this headed? Is this going to get a little more serious or is it just going to remain casual or what?
I know, I hate to bring this topic up too, but I just really need to know. I was talking to Niners Nation the other day and they recommended that I just sit you down and ask you straight up, instead of dropping passive-aggressive hints. And what's what I'm trying to do. It's what you wanted anyway, right? More openness and honesty and transparency? Well here we go?
So, CGB, I ask you -- where do we go from here?
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Due to rain delays, India vs. West Indies 2nd ODI going on right now!
West Indies 269/9 (50 ov)
India 66/2 (13.3 ov)
India require another 204 runs with 8 wickets and 36.3 overs remaining
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But I really need to know where this is going, ya know? Like, where is this headed?
I’m very sorry to learn this DBD is headed into cricket discussions.
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Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 2, 2011 7:16 AM PST up reply actions
Kohli is standing tall!
But we still need an RR over 6 to be able to do this.
LET’S GO INDIA!
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Damnit, where’s Raptor when I need him?
Kohli’s in with a century, but this gon be tough!
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WOOO KOHLI!
43.4
Russell to Kohli, FOUR
43.3
Russell to Sharma, 1 run, 130.5 kph
43.2
Russell to Kohli, 1 run, 117.0 kph, a little slower in pace, gently knocks it down to the on side
43.1
Russell to Kohli, FOUR, 126.1 kph, Kohli wants to get this done with quickly, friendly length, gives him time to rock back and club it over midwicket
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Looks close-ish, but within reach for India. This track is supposed to be supercharged for batsmen, kind of a low target considering that.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
Kohli’s got a century? Good for him!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:18 AM PST up reply actions
Let’s hope Raina can keep it going.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
And he’s out for a duck. He seems to be trying to work himself out of the order.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
Wow, hopefully two wickets that quickly doesn’t affect the team.
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technically neither seems to have the SR to finish this game a winner. People better start swinging for boundaries!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
5 wickets and less than 3 overs? I’d go for a few bigs swings.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah. At this point, with 5 wickets left, I’d start slugging.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
With a boundary. Only pity is that Sharma didn’t get a ton. But yeah. Win!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
Also Partiv Patel has been a fairly sad batsman, but I guess we have to keep him since we’re giving Dhoni a break. Actually, that’s probably, to me, the best part of this series, that Dhoni is getting some much needed time off.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
Sehwag is the “back up” captain. He’s shown to be a mediocre captain in the past, but good enough against Windies, I guess.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:23 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, there’s less captaining and strategy that goes on in Twenty20 tho
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
doh, look what happened
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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HAY GUYS HERE’S A PHOTO OF THE FIRST CAR I EVER BOUGHT
WOW I REMEMBER THAT CAR HERE’S MY CAR
OH THAT’S COOL HOW MANY HORSEPOWERS DO YOU HAVE?!
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BACK TO THE PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE HINTS?!?!
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YOU PAID WHAT?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Dec 2, 2011 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
ironically enough i googled ‘broken z key’ for that image and the first hit led to CGB.
GREAT SUCCESS!
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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by turkey on Dec 2, 2011 9:44 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
lulz
You make a “z” comment about every thread you don’t want to read, dude.
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
I only started doing that in response to the obnoxious z comments to cricket threads!
And I’m pretty sure the only people I make that comment to are turkey, Twist, and CALumbus Bear…
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ITS SO HURTFUL!
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ME TOO!!!
I JUST WANT TO HAVE A FANTASY FOOTBALL THREAD IN PEACE!!!!!
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
Don’t remind me! Chris Johnson sucks and Michael Vick is injured!
I now have Alex Smith as my starting QB, so I’ll be rooting for the 9ers this weekend!
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
Dude I have Marshawn AND LeSean McCoy on my primary team. Sueper psyched. Im in 2nd and im facing the 3rd place team, so putting up like 50 points from 2 players is HUGE
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
So India wins
Raina is pretty much asking to be dropped off the national team with his play as of late. Patel is demonstrating why Dhoni never gets days off, and Yadav is once again the young stud bowler who’s cementing his place on the team. Wooo!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
I think Sharma is definitley showing why he’s considered a upcoming stud player!
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Yeah was going to include that, but wasn’t sure how up-and-coming he was.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
Um... how did I miss this?
As Yuvraj Singh was leaving an indelible mark on India’s triumphant World Cup campaign in April with his all-round skills, the player was unaware of a major health scare that was about to rattle him to the core. The flamboyant left-hander opted out of the upcoming one-day series against the West Indies after he was diagnosed with a tumour in his left lung.
"During the World Cup, Yuvraj found himself constantly troubled by bouts of coughing and vomiting. Reports and scans showed that he was dealing with something really serious. A golf-ball sized lump was found in his left lung and doctors advised us to go for more scans," his mother Shabnam Singh said.
The good news is that it is a non-malignant tumour (non-cancerous) and the player, following extensive treatment, is on the road to full recovery.
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I have no idea. You haven’t been keeping up with the cricket news, it appears!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
holy shit
I was wondering where he went. Get well soon!
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Dec 2, 2011 10:31 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Zynga filing for IPO, 15% of shares, $7BB valuation
Zynga Inc. will sell about 15 percent of its common stock in an initial public offering, said a person with knowledge of the matter, breaking with a practice among Internet companies this year of using a lower free float to boost demand.
Zynga, the biggest maker of games on Facebook Inc.’s site, plans to sell shares for $8.50 to $10 apiece in its IPO to raise as much as $1 billion, said the person, who declined to be identified because the terms are private. That would value Zynga at as high as $7 billion, less than it previously had targeted, the person said.
The game developer decided against a low float for its stock after companies such as Groupon Inc. and Pandora Media Inc. tumbled following their IPOs, the person said. While selling fewer than 10 percent of their shares helped those companies boost early demand for their offerings, the stocks have more recently dropped below their initial prices.
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I'll probably regret asking, but...
What is a “low float?”
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 7:20 AM PST up reply actions
In simple terms, giving away less of their company when they first file for IPO.
In this case, Zynga is selling 15% of common stock.
GroupOn and LinkedIn both floated less than 10% in their IPO
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Gotcha. Is there also a high float? A medium float? A root beer float?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 7:47 AM PST up reply actions
I'll probably regret asking, but...
What is a “Rishi”?
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Warrior poet!
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In many ways, we are all Rishi.
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You might even say that we ate Rishi and he’s inside our stomachs right now!
No, wait, scratch that.
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Well then, what am I supposed to do with all this Rishibraten?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Must have been too small for anyone to notice.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
True atory?
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Is it medjved?
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Last time I saw that dude he didn’t have the card on him. I think he made up the card!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:17 AM PST up reply actions
Nah, I’ve seen the card.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
U.S. Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Declines to 8.6%
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Payroll gains in the U.S. picked up last month and the jobless rate unexpectedly fell to the lowest level since March 2009, a decline augmented by the departure of Americans from the labor force.
Payrolls climbed 120,000, after a revised 100,000 increase in October, with more than half the hiring coming from retailers and temporary help agencies, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. The median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey called for a 125,000 gain. The unemployment rate declined to 8.6 percent from 9 percent.
"It’s good news, not great news," said Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at IHS Inc. in Lexington, Massachusetts, whose forecast for a 125,000 gain in payrolls matched the median forecast in Bloomberg News survey of economists. "The labor market is gradually healing. I wouldn’t take huge comfort that the unemployment rate is falling but some comfort that it’s edging down."
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Alternate theory...
People are illegally immigrating to Canada.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 7:20 AM PST up reply actions
You’re thinking of Mexico.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Why are pharmaceuticals so much cheaper in third-world countries?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
No, because the corporations can recoup all their R&D costs in the price-insensitive US market. We are a bunch of maroons subsidizing the rest of the world.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
The WHOLE world. I think I have told the story of how much more expensive my non-subsidized pharmaceuticals are here than they were, non-subsidized, in the UK?
I don’t believe you have.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Three month supply of a relatively new (many years until generics are available) ACE-inhibitor in the UK = price of a 30-day supply in the US (from Boots, the Walgreens equivalent in the UK, with no insurance of NHS cover, from Costco in the US).
TWELVE month supply of name brand birth control pills in the UK = cost of a ONE month supply here. Same pill.
Daaaaaaaaaaamn. I hadn’t realized it was that bad. I could be saving crazy money by having my blood pressure back in the UK… except I don’t think the difference would help cover the cost of housing in Edinburgh.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
While generally good news:
more than half the hiring coming from retailers and temporary help agencies,
That’s a little worrying. How many of those jobs are seasonal?
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I anticipated that a lot of hiring would occur that is seasonal right now. Going from 9.1 to 8.6 seems like a MASSIVE jump and one much higher than I anticipated.
Does that mean that many corporations/retail stores are anticipating high sales this XMas? That could be promising.
The unemployment will probably dip again after January, but hopefully by not too much. Stay below 9?
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Pretty sure that’s not even enough to keep up with population growth…
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
Just whoever’s unlucky enough to cross my path, really.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Ok, I have an out-of-the-box method to reduce unemployment then …
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Theres a Mr. Show skit about this
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Send everyone without a job to Mexico? 100% employment!
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve always wondered about that. Unemployment rate doesn’t include people not actively searching for jobs.
Why do people stop searching for jobs? Is it bc the job market sucks and Im gonna live with mom and dad and fuck obama? Is it bc they and their wife were both looking for jobs and their wife got a sweet one, so Im gonna be a house husband and spend all day getting oiled up for her return from work? I’ve always wondered about that stat.
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In this sort of economy, it’s mostly people who give up searching because they’ve been unemployed so long.
It’s tougher to find a job when you’ve been out of work for a year than if you’ve been out of work for a month. Vicious cycle, etc
Another criticism of this unemployment stat is that it doesn’t take into acct quality of jobs. A guy who was a software engineer and is now waiting tables to make ends meet still counts as employed.
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Are there no prisons?
And the union workhouses – are they still in operation?
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Dude, that software engineer should get a job at Box.com!
My understanding is that there are many jobs out there, mostly in the tech industry, ist just that we dont have people iwth the right skillset searching for them. We need more computer science majors! We need more engineers! Fewer lawyers!
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We apparently just relaxed immigration statuses for certain types of immigrants to make that easier. However, carp doesn’t like that, I think.
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There was a good article on this a while ago. I think I posted it here.
A big part of it was, well, lack of discipline.
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This kind of discipline?
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Those people are called “discouraged workers”, so which do you think it is?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
I dont know. There are thousands of them. Perhaps millions. They could each have their own different reasons for stopping to look for work.
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Unemployedworkers-a-thousand? More like unemployedworkers-a-million thanks to Obama, amirite?
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This made me smile
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Let me go more in-depth into this report and see where the other jobs are coming from.
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hey anyone seen Rishi in the last ten minutes … ? he went more in-depth … ?
OH NO HE’S IN TOO DEEP! WE HAVE TO SEND A SEARCH PARTY AFTER HIM!
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I’ve had this song stuck in my head all day. It’s not so bad, though.
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The so-called underemployment rate- which includes parttime workers who’d prefer a full-time position and people who want work but have given up looking — decreased to 15.6 percent from 16.2 percent.
The report also showed an increase in long-term unemployed Americans. The number of people unemployed for 27 weeks or more increased as a percentage of all jobless, to 43 percent from 42.4 percent.
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they’re not just anticipating higher sales, this past weekend was a record setter.
small nit, unemployment will rise again after January, not dip.
Although, I forgot about the troops coming back from Iraq…
I wonder how that’s going to affect unemployment.
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Why do you think the VA won’t provide them with proper mental health services? Trying to keep the numbers in check.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
You know how I worked at that homeless veteran thing on Veteran’s Day? I have always had a kind of vaguely negative view of the VA, but it was changed a bit that day. One of the questions we had to ask upon checking the vets in was about medical care, and whether and where they have a GP. Every single one of them did have a doctor, that they could name and clearly knew, at either the downtown VA or the hospital out in the Richmond. I was genuinely impressed that at least they weren’t falling through the net medically.
Scootie, you may already be doing this, but I would highly encourage you to volunteer there on a regular basis. It means a lot to them and it will mean a lot to you.
#nottellingpeoplehowtospendtheirvaluablenonworktimejustathought
very easily.
http://www.volunteer.va.gov/apps/VolunteerNow/
I’m not pushing for VA, just when someone like Scootie has a positive experience I like to encourage them to do it more.. If we all did a whole lot of good would come of it.
#offsoapbox
Oh, okay, I thought you were specifically recommending them.
I have a couple I volunteer with right now, but like doing random events (like food banks, etc) every now and then.
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that’s nice.
again, not to tell people how to spend their time, but the best time to volunteer at foodbanks is during non holidays.. the need is there all year, people just don’t think about it.
Also, having been the president of the board of a non profit in africa, I can tell you that it’s so much more effective to commit to an organization for a period of time. getting people ramped up and showing them things for a one off takes a lot of time and focus. the thought is appreciated but the commitment is more appreciated.
What do you mean by “commitment”? I.e. if i volunteer once a month at a food bank, but not the same day every month, does that work?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
i can’t speak for them, but absolutely that works… although it helps if they can plan for it. Do you do that now?
I was mainly talking about one-and-doners who kind of volunteer once a year at Christmas or Thanksgiving so they can feel better once a year (and that sounds way more asshole-ish than I intend it to).
(and that sounds way more asshole-ish than I intend it to).
You and me both today, it appears.
Well, I have somewhat of a CSR goal for 2012 (seeing as I’ll have time) but don’t necessarily want to “lock up” particular times (also have social goals for 2012). So I’d like to volunteer once a month, but I’d like the flexibility for whenever it fits with my life without feeling a lot of guilt around it.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
so again, i’m not telling anyone how to do things… but sometimes part of what you get out of volunteering is exactly that hard commitment and then fitting your life around it. That’s just my two cents on that.
Talk to the org and see what they say. I’m sure they’ll be happy to get any help they can, but think about how you can optimize what you’re doing for them.
I might be more willing down the line. Right now I’m just finishing up school and I’m loath to give up my soon-to-be-found freedom.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 12:25 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d for proper use of loath/loathe.
And for volunteering :)
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
Rec’d for proper use of loath/loathe.
No joke, I looked it up to be sure.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
…for your own satisfaction, or because you knew I’d give you shit about it?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
a bit of both, really.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
:)
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:49 PM PST up reply actions
the VA is a good template for how heath care in the US could be—electronic medical records, universal care. pretty good stuff.
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
It is actually a pretty decent system. In fact, who was saying it wasn’t? … DC Trojan I’m keeping an eye on you …
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I think more people being happy is a good thing, so there’s that.
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Don't
The job report always says that they are “seasonally adjusted”?
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I like my jobs reports with a little cumin.
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I like mine with some sweet, sweet egg nog!
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Ah I see we had the same reaction.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
Not enough jobs added. Economy = still sucks. Wake me up when we start adding 200k-300k real jobs a month.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
Well this won't help it go down much
Job openings closed to the unemployed
Among the must-have qualifications for the positions: “solid large law firm experience,” “very flex for overtime,” “friendly, polished and team player,” “take charge type of person – large presence … not meek.”
Oh, and one other, as posted on CareerBuilder.com and HotSanFranciscoJobs.com: applicants must be “currently employed.”
In New Jersey, such a posting would be illegal. A law signed by the state’s Republican governor in March expressly prohibits posting a job ad that “knowingly or purposely” states that “qualifications for a job include current employment” – or that lack of same is an automatic disqualifier.
But not, as yet, in California, where the unemployment rate is 11.7 percent, or anywhere else in the nation.
The long-term unemployed have a VERY tough time getting jobs. And employers know that it’s harder for them to adjust back.
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I don’t have experience in hiring and whatnot, so I don’t know. I’m just working off intuition… someone laid off two weeks ago would be able to get into the job much faster than someone laid off a year ago.
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It makes sense to me. People hiring might say “Is there a reason I dont know about that has kept this guy from getting work for 9 months” or whatever.
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Yes, that too.
I noticed all my b-school apps ask you to explain gaps in employment.
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Yes, that’s typical – everyone always wants to know about gaps in employment.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Wow, you’re a good friend.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
No, I got your meaning. That’s still really nice of you to do.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:50 PM PST up reply actions
I honestly think that’s the more important point – people see you’re not employed and wonder “if nobody else is hiring him, why should I spend my time seeing if he’s a good candidate?”
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
sadly, yup.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder if volunteer work can bridge that gap at all.
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seems like that would be industry dependent.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Lots of people are doing unpaid internships to fill gaps like that. OTOH, lots of companies are abusing the practice of having unpaid interns and essentially getting an employee for free.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
mmhmm. I think the case is still pending.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
In a normal economy I think this is very true, but I don’t really think so right now. Well more than half the candidates we see are currently unemployed and everyone’s aware of the layoffs that have been done at all the various companies around, particularly as companies consolidate. This could be unique to financial services, but the only thing the unemployed seem to be at a disadvantage for, in this current environment, is leverage in negotiating compensation.
Interesting take. Been a while since I’ve been in a position to hire people, so I guess I wonder what I’d see. Within my industry, the layoffs seem to have been “targeted” (i.e. we need to reduce our workforce by 5%, let’s lump the bottom 5% of performers together and call it a layoff).
But then again, there is a dearth of talent within my industry.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
BURNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
Take taht, Scootie, Rishi, and fiatlux!
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Don’t take that to mean that everybody who gets/got laid off is a low performer, I really didn’t mean to insinuate that at all. Frick. I totally didn’t mean it that way. And in their respective industries I’m sure there’s a lot more talent, which is why they might face such a thing whereas a dumbass like me can keep my job in mine.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
All we are saying is that if you are unemployed right now there is a very good reason and you should prolly work on your fucking personality.
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I’m not saying that at all! I think it’s time to take a few plays off.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
so chagrined.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think so. I really don’t think there is a time off / adjusting correlation. My intuition would be that someone who has been out of work for a while would be so excited about getting back into the workplace they would be super gung ho and do whatever it took to make it work.
Maybe, but you do get “rusty” and lose some technical knowledge when you haven’t used it, right?
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Also, if you want to be completely mercenary, someone who’s been out of the market for a while is probably going to be more flexible about starting salary because almost anything is better than zero.
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I’d think the realistic value add of less training and more immediate work would outweigh that…
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I find this to be totally wrong – ought to be a law, and not just in New Jersey.
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Eh, I don’t see it making a difference. You can make them stop putting it explicitly in the job description, but that doesn’t change who’s going to get hired…
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
Possibly there is some truth in your statement, but they also have laws against discriminating against minorities in hiring that may be equally hard to enforce; yet I still think these laws are a good idea.
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I think it’d be much easier to enforce those. Also, I dislike laws against age discrimination. Just wanted to throw that out there. Age should be a factor in hiring decisions.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
So…why shouldn’t a company discriminate on age? My point is that it’s something that matters for the company in terms of employee long term performance/growth potential…
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
(sigh) They do discriminate as it is, hard to prove, unless the company does something really dumb. So, rather than argue with you, rather than look at this from the companies’ perspective, say you’re 55, you’ve just been laid off (no fault of your own), you’re talented, but now no one will hire you because they are trying to save money on their insurance premiums.
How would you feel about it them?
And why can’t I just refuse to rent to families? Kids cause a lot of problems – just a business decision, right? Why can’t I do what I want?
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Yes, that sucks, but what about it is fundamentally wrong? Just because it sucks doesn’t mean it’s some sort of wrong/unfair discrimination. We’re all born equal when it comes to age, and we all age 1 year at a time. So…aside from the fact that old people vote more…why is this an issue we feel the need to put on the level of racial discrimination?
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
You either understand or you don’t. Can’t help you here.
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Hmmm? That doesn’t help me. I’m legitimately curious if someone can answer my question.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
I mean, otherwise you’re basically advocating for protection for old people in that exact situation. Is legislation against age discrimination really the best solution to that…?
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
Let me try
… afterall, I’ve just had my sensitivity training.
In the same way you can’t fire someone for just being old, You need to hire someone for their skillset and talents. You cannot just assume that an older person will leave soon, or not be able to keep up with the training, or won’t be able to . Individuals might make this true but you cannot assume for a group.
Now, if you would prefer someone who has10 years in an industry more than 5 years in an industry, that is one reason to select. And that in general puts younger people at a disadvantage, but it is not fair to say ‘20yr olds are flightly, I’m gonna hire this 40 year old who’s gonna stick with me’
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Ok, well I do agree with all that. Trends/demographics aren’t necessarily representative of an individual, and people should obviously be judged on what they bring to the table as an individual. As a side note, I do not mind age discrimination against young people. To further the side note, why isn’t something like driving/drinking age limits counted as age discrimination? I’m legitimately curious – is there some sort of legal precedent? What about for insurance – how can they get away with charging different rates?
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
insurance is a little different, insofar as rates are based on statistics. they have to make money, after all.
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But isn’t that the same as the discussion about how group trends may not apply to an individual?
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
in some sense, yes. But the data and sample size for insurance is much higher than a company hiring a single person at a time, in which case it makes more sense to base decisions off expected value.
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Hmmm….I’m still not seeing a legal argument in there. What about senior/kids discounts?
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
Age discrimination
Very generally speaking, age discrimination is not prohibited in that many contexts. The ones that come to mind are in employment and in defined benefit plans (covered by ERISA). And even then, differentiation based on age can happen lawfully if decisions are based on “reasonable factors other than age” (e.g., cost).
There’s nothing illegal about senior citizen/kid discounts. That doesn’t implicate any statutory prohibition against age discrimination of which I am aware.
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That’s kind of what I was suspecting, that it’s just an employment thing. Seems to me that goes along with my thought that it’s just old people using their political power to try to help themselves out of a situation that sucks, rather than people thinking there’s anything fundamentally wrong/immoral about it (like there is with racial discrimination)….
Oh, and for anyone who didn’t notice, I’m wayyyyy too smart to touch the subject of gender/pregnancy discrimination. ;)
After all, society needs new babies, we don’t need old people though!
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
Old people who can’t get work and are too young for Social Security will just find other ways to be expensive. Like dying in the gutters.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Damn old people! I’ll walk on your lawn whenever I damn well please!
by Missing Barry on Dec 4, 2011 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
I think age and gender discrimination for insurance is bullshit too. I also think that drinking age should be lowered to 18.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
You could also use this argument not to hire women because they’re going to run off and have BABIES. SO MANY BAAAABIES.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2011 2:17 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
One of the supervisors I used to work with seemed to make every female on his team cry at least once. The first time, I thought the girl was just super sensitive. By about the 5th one though (and the girl was, IMHO pretty tough), I started to think something was wrong.
Then he said something to me about something and I nearly punched him in the face.
/where was i going with this
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
Oh I didn’t work for this guy. And fairly certain it wasn’t Twist.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
ONCE. I made a pregnant coworker cry ONCE.
The other one was just trying to make me feel bad for her because she had been caught not doing any work.
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lolol
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yes.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
Ugh. There is nothing more humiliating than the unintentional welling up in the office. Gotta run to the bathroom QUICK QUICK and hope nobody saw.
Do you feel embarrassed? After my last story, I’ve rearranged my world view to not assume that the woman is weak insomuch as the dude making her cry is a jerk.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
It can color your work from that point on. I’ve cried twice my decade of working.
One job, I cried because I was taking customer service calls and got yelled at pretty harshly by this little old lady. Was fine on the phone then had to run to the bathroom. —Not a problem, everyone at work treated me normally. Sometimes customers are jerks.
Other job, I was putting out this really important report, with a very short timeline, and I was very new so I didn’t really understand all the things I was working with. They pushed my deadline up a 2 days before it was due and I just started tearing up. After that, every so often I would see the ‘careful’ gloves come on. BAH.
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I guess I view this the same as when a dude gets angry (which tends to be a more male reaction to this)
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
to be fair, you shouldn’t have hardcoded market growth.
also, you shouldn’t have colored that calculate value black.
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They honestly told me before I got this job that they yell a lot and I have to be able to take it.
I don’t take it personally, but, man, sometimes…
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…you kick a baby deer in the face?
iunno, what?
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……………………………..you like to cry in the bathroom after an important meeting>
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Little old ladies are teh WORST!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
I had to make a major major presentation to the CEO and entire exec team. I had suggested something and now they wanted me to lead the whole thing. The meeting was to be the following monday. on that Wednesday I misheard someone say the CEO wanted to meet later that day to review everything… I seriously, i kid you not, contemplated just going outside, hopping in my car and then driving it into the traffic signal as surely that would bet me out of the presentation… luckily i found out before I did that what i heard was wrong and the meeting was on for the following Monday. It was a disaster but for reasons not having to do with me.
It usually is that someone’s being a jerk, but I also tend to well up when I am very very very angry. This is not a reaction that really screams “SHE’S SUPER PISSED” but more “she’s going to cry to get her way” so it has to be managed carefully. Also, you just don’t want to be the “Careful, you might make her cry” woman. It’s never good to be That Woman.
Fair enough. Then again, I’ve seen enough negative blowback against former managers who were men who also responded emotionally, with anger. So basically, no emotions.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
I doubt Scootie would give a crap about anything I have to say enough to cry.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
Solution: Sex change operation. You’ll never be That Woman ever again!
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I can make boys cry.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
All of the above!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think forcing me to watch the first ten minutes of “Up” really counts.
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What if you watched “Up,” and then I told you you could never go to Fenton’s again?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
then I’d go to Tuckers in Alameda, problem solved.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Never been.
Will have to rectify.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think showing us the last 10 minute of Big Fish counts
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you have to admit its pretty fucking annoying to hire a woman who immediately gets preggers and takes off a fuckton of time for bedrest, then maternity leave!
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I know it’s politically incorrect to say this, (maybe think it?)… but it is just a little annoying… that happened to me… hired a gal who not three weeks after starting lets me know she is pregnant… i love kids so i was happy for her and i am super mellow about that stuff, but it certainly did create extra work… but what are you going to do.
that actually happened in my current group and I shouldn’t make a joke of it actually. The baby has major problems and Mom basically works from home now (a big no no in my back assward company)
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It did kind of make me think though what obligations we have to each other… I mean, had she told me she was pregnant when she interviewed I am sure I would have still hired her, because she was great and i think long term… but I may be the exception.
I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t have said anything because most people wouldn’t have hired her.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
we actually had a woman telling us that she was trying to get pregnant and would probably be taking some time off due to pregnancy in the near future. my boss was horrified that she gave us this information and suggested she not bring that up during interviews.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
My current assistant was pregnant (unbeknownst to me) when I hired her, and she worked for 5.5 months and is now on four months of leave, which was twice as long as I was obligated to approve. I like her and want her here long-term, so I just had to suck it up and go with it. I was a bit annoyed, though. It’s a hassle.
One of our employee’s, her husband died, she’s out for 2 months or more. LIFE HAPPENS. DEATH HAPPENS. Get over it.
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I’d tell you to cry me a river, but I’m pretty sure you’re out of tears.
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You’re someone’s annoying brother, right? Because you must have had so much practice.
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Perhaps that is the sound yoru pants, because clearly your head is up your ass.
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That makes less sense than the fact that you’re crying because boomtho called you a name!
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Backed into a corner, are we? Don’t have much to say? Gonna get real brave and call me a girl?
Are you sure I’m crying and not just kicking your ass, because it might be embarassing to you if I was kicking your ass.
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Is this like a real thing? Do I need to call Andre Carter? I’m very confused.
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Sure, as long as it’s not during that time of the month again!
#uhoh
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and we wonder why Rishi is single..
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
what on earth is going on here..?
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
Done.
If you do a search, though, avoid the yoga baby videos. I’ve heard they’re pretty shocking.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
My mom bought us a baby yoga dvd.
We tried it for a while even. Kinda silly.
It was funny doing it with PTB, though, because Little K wanted to try to copy Mrs. Kod and do all the exercises, too.
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Pics or it didn’t happen.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
So, you think I’d take pics of my recently preggy wife in awkward yoga poses?
I’m still alive to post here today, aren’t I?
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hope it didn't look anything like this
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
What the hell is the matter with you?
NSFW doesn’t even begin to cover it and now that’s on my work laptop.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
some jerk friend forwarded it to me and a bunch of my friends. I thought I’d share the pain.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
zOMG WHY ARE YOU SECRETLY PHOTOGRAPHING ME WHILE I AM EXERCISING IN THE PRIVACY OF MY BACKYARD?!@
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
I meant Little K!!!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
Come to HH on the 9th and punch him in person!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
err I don’t know, I don’t plan CGB HHs… seems rong for the Bruin to plan them.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
yeah, you’ll just hype up how awesome it’s going to be and then find out the venue won’t let you talk to anyone.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
perhaps if we weren’t camped under a giant speaker, that wouldn’t have happened.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
way to defect my ucla coaching search parallel
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-TwistNHook
:)
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
Scoots, I didn’t mean to sound that angry at you, I think your approach was right. And I can understand that it was an unexpected hassle, but these things do come up when you’re dealing with people, any of them.
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I want to be back on the side that makes the jokes….How do I get back there?
Hey look, twist likes Sweaters! Rishi’s being insensitive!
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Why did you capitalize sweaters?
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I don’t like proper things at all!! AND YOU KNOW THAT!
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I thought that was your petname for boomtho?
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I call him Mittens
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German-style capitalization of nouns
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
NO MORE GIRL ON GIRL CRIME!
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HAWT
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
I thought you were agreeing with her.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, no worries.
I love my assistant. My sighing about the situation was fully internal, because I’m a chick and I’m never going to be the one to make another chick’s path harder. But only having her for 5.5 months when I thought I hired her to do 10 months of work? Drag-ola. Especially because the temp replacing her is, well, useless.
And…
This is mostly a commentary on how difficult it is to look for work when pregnant. Most people wouldn’t hire a pregnant woman if there were another candidate nearly as qualified. Sucks for the pregnant woman.
But also, not a great time to change jobs. My assistant is not entitled to a ton of benefits because her tenure has been so short (including, believe it or not, FMLA).
please, like i will be in a position to hire ANYONE for years.
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she's an aggrieved data point!
Or did you not notice that she’s a lady?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
i'm just saying
(AndBears)/(Scootie + AndBears + sincey + BuckeyBear) = 25%…
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What about Harsha?
If she was a guy, it’d be Harsho, right?
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no
tell that to expert cricket Harsha Bhogle
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
That chick can bowl!
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That is truly mind-bhogleing!
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by sec119 on Dec 2, 2011 3:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I laughed, I’m not ashamed to say.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
this is why my brain is fried
but to be fair, katster and kolwave haven’t posted in a while.
to ALL ladies of cgb: i apologize for being dumb. also, whatever your complains, i hear them but am not attempting to solve them.
/ducks and runs out
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Hurray, I’m a statistic!
And for the record, I didn’t take time off of work for babies. I was already off work for MBA. So this flies in the face of …what are you proving, again?
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hell if i know
honestly, if someone could tell me, that would help.
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From what I can tell, you’re trying to either see how many feet you can shove in your mouth.
Or, you’re trying to commit a very public and messy form of suicide.
Old Toothwrangler
which school was it again? :)
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
And then “work from home” when the babies are “sick.”
Oh, we’re on to you, you womb-waving shirkers.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
My boss splits that responsibility with his wife. If daughter is sick, they take turns taking days off. Seems reasonable enough to me. (Since we were a single income family growing up, it kinda never occurred to me until recently)
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not being serious. I view that sort of flexibility as pretty important to retaining good people, because I’ve got bugger all to offer them in the wage increase department.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
womb-waving shirkers.
WHAT? You don’t call them that to their face?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
Not explicitly, unless it’s something very physically dependent, like pilot or something.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t they essentially force pilots retire at 65?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure about that. If so, it’s because 65 year old pilots are the most expensive ones…
Being a pilot, especially an old one, involves a lot of sitting and doing nothing…
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
A “glorified bus driver”, as one pilot has told me many times…
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
Well, it is like that 99.9% of the time, but it’s that 0.1% emergency circumstance where you need them to be sharp and alert and able to make important decisions. That’s where pilots really earn their paycheck.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
It’s true, though I think you’re great exaggerating the percentage of emergency time.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
Somewhat exaggerating, maybe, but I think there are all manner of small emergencies and decisions that go into safely operating an aircraft in all sorts of different conditions. One of my favorite TV shows is Mayday, and I’ve seen pretty much every episode, and one thing I’ve come away with is that the slightest bit of inattention to a certain detail can cascade into a catastrophic failure in the right set of circumstances. The safety envelope has gotten larger in a lot of ways, but it’s amazing the types of trivial things that cause air crashes.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
Like landing the plane on, oh I don’t know, A FUCKING RIVER!!!
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I’ll have to look for that one youtube. Hard to watch late TV when you go to bed around 9ish.
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Found it… Here it is…
There is a ridiculous 65 second commercial before for, i kid you not, yard signs… so just let that go and then the vid with Steve Martin is hilarious
A real pilot woulda landed on the ground!
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
Two different takes on the jobs numbers
Both are basically correct, just focusing on different things:
Bloomberg: Payrolls May Be Shorting U.S. Job Gains
American households may be signaling the job market is stronger than the payroll numbers indicate. Employers said they took on 120,000 workers in November, bringing job gains over the past four months to 534,000, Labor Department data showed today in Washington. A separate survey of households showed 278,000 more people were employed last month, pushing the increase during the same period to 1.28 million.
At turning points in the economy, the latter may prove more accurate because it’s more likely to pick up hiring at small companies and new firms that may be under the government’s radar. In another sign of recovery, the payroll figures the last three reports have been revised up by a combined 91,000 on average for the prior two months.
Fox News: What the New Unemployment Numbers Are Telling Us
The new unemployment numbers are a lot worse than the headlines indicate. The news media is breathlessly reporting today that 120,000 jobs were created in November. But with the working age population increasing by about 160,000 people each month, job creation isn’t even keeping up with the number of people entering the work force. So how is it possible for the unemployment rate to fall from 9.0 to 8.6 percent?
The explanation is actually pretty simple. People are only counted as unemployed as long as they are actively looking for work. It is good news when the number to falls if it means that Americans are getting new jobs. It is not so good if the number falls because people are simply giving up looking for work.
Look at U6 to fix the second problem. Don’t worry about monthly variation to fix the first (look at trends, not individual numbers).
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
more than half the hiring coming from retailers and temporary help agencies,
joy
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
Iggles season runs into Hurricane Best Mode
In a game where the Seattle Seahawks beat the tar out of the Philadelphia Eagles to the tune of a 31-14 score and ran for 178 yards on 33 carries in the process, Marshawn Lynch’s(notes) 15-yard touchdown run with 9:19 remaining in the first quarter may have been the definitive play. It typified the way Lynch has been running over the last month — as physically as any back in the NFL — and it’s why he finished with 148 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.
Why he was chowing down on Skittles after the play — especially when he had an upset stomach — was a different story. Lynch has said that his mom used to feed him the candy in high school, and the tradition has continued to his day. Touchdown? Skittles.
Lynch had very few words before he bailed from the locker room, and that’s his usual M.O. after a good game. “It was all about the offensive line,” he said. “We managed the game, we came out victorious, everybody’s happy, and now we’re on to our break. Thank you!”
“He doesn’t like to talk about himself when he does well,” said running back Justin Forsett(notes), Lynch’s teammate going all the way back to their days together at Cal.
That may have been true, but everyone else wanted to talk about what Lynch did. But first, what about the Skittles? Forsett hypothesized after the game that Lynch may indeed derive some kind of mystical power from the candy that he has been eating on the sideline as long the two have known each other, and that an endorsement deal would be the only fair gesture in return.
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BEAST MODE
Also, some lovin’ for Slippery Justin!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 7:21 AM PST up reply actions
Slippery Justin? What you do in the privacy of your own home is your own business. Keep it outta here!
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Is he still with Angie Pressey?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
She goes by the name Angie Forsett now, in fact.
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And I repeat: awwwwww Golden Bear love!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
TASTE THE BEASTMODE!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 2, 2011 7:26 AM PST up reply actions
BEASTMODE THE RAINBOW!
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If only this were true for me
may indeed derive some kind of mystical power fromthe candybeer
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There was a cool shot of Marshawn chatting with DeSean and (I think) Forsett. IT was right when Nnamdi got injured.
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I saw this game at the gym with the sound off… what happened on the sideline when Vince Young was trying to talk to DJAX and DJAX ignored him?
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Wouldn't you ignore someone who had his own name tattooed on his back?
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NFL Network commetators were claiming that DJAX was ignoring VY. Looked like in one instance, VY was actually speaking with someone further down the bench, but WHO THE HELL CARES BECAUSE THAT FACT DOESN’T HELP PAINT DJAX AS A SELFISH LOSER.
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Hate
This kind of stuff, Mooch said it was all bullshit and he’s right.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I know some still hate Mooch for bailing on us...
BUT, he’s constantly reppin Cal on NFL network. He’s also gotten the rest of his studio mates to play along.
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No Mooch hate for me
When he interviewed for the job in 1995, he was up front about the fact that his ambition was the NFL. No one could have anticipated at that time that the 49ers would come after him after just one year at Cal. I was disappointed at the time, but I couldn’t blame him for bolting. That was the opportunity of a lifetime.
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I think most Cal fans feel that way. I actually don’t know anyone who hates Mooch for taking that opp. I know a lot of people who hate the 49ers for poaching him (but in fairness I don’t think they were Niners fans to start with). And of course I think we all universally hate Kasser for selecting who he selected to replace Mooch.
True. Bob Bockrath passing over Mooch and hiring Gilby was the decision that began the whole spiral.
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Long story short...
I grew up in LA, was a Rams fan my whole life until they moved to St. Louis, where it got harder for me to follow them. So I just gave up on pro football and put all my energy into college ball and my hatred of the niners (from an old rivalry standpoint) persists to this day. Plus they wear red.
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Interesting. I used to hate the Niners but now I’m over it. Though, if and when they meet my Packers in the playoffs once more, I might have to crank up some hate again.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Me too. I’m actually toning down my hatred of Bay Area teams as I figure I might settle down here and if I have kids, it would be nice for us all to be able to root for the home team.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
ROOT FOR ME, YOUR HOME TEAM OVERLORD!
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Root for you? You’re like the Washington Generals of the DBD! Nobody roots for them!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
Just bc Ive never won anything ever in my life doesnt make me a loser
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I used to hate the Packers SO MUCH
But I kinda like them now.
Thanks to Aaron Rodgers.
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[high five]
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t understand it at the time and still don’t.
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Ya. Rough year!
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Sadly, we technically wanted the Iggles to win. Seahawks are charging strong now. Still think the Niners will clinch soon, tho.
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I have no dog in this fight (too soon?)
But I was cheering for awesome production from all the Cal guys
Lynch, Forsett, Morrah, Mebane, alligator arms Jackson, Gibson (i think he’s still on the roster)
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
I didnt really root for the Seahawks, bc I do hate Pete Carroll. I just want Marshawn and the other SeaBears to do great!
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Most of my family is full of Iggles fans, so they are livid right now. Fire Reid etc etc etc.
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I still can’t believe how bad the Iggles are. Yikes.
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They had some really bad luck through the first few games… but seem to have given up since then.
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Apparent;y they gave up in the Niners game
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Losing a lead isn’t the same as giving up.
What they did in the Pats game… that’s giving up.
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Didnt one of the Niners player said he felt that they gave up?
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Dont take this the wrong way, Rishi, but Im gonna go with one of the players on the actual team over you when it comes to the question of “Did the Iggles give up in the game?”
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Okay Twist.
I was talking about their season, not a game.
Because their next game, they led the Bills before collapsing again.
Then won their next two games, the second one in impressive fashion.
That doesn’t sound like they gave up on the season yet.
Somehow, they won the Giants game in spite of VY’s terrible performance.
But the Pats game… once they got blown out and realised the best they could finish would be 9-7, they gave up.
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I was talking about the game.
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BUUURRRNNNNNNNNNN
What they did in the Pats game… that’s giving up.
I was talking about their season, not a game.
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?
They seem to had just completely given up on their season by that point, not just the game…
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I guess the confusion stemmed from me specifically referring to a single game and then you were also referring specifically to a single game.
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OH BURRRNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
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So when I say that the Eagles had some bad luck in their first few games, but seem to have given up since then… you thought that referred to one single game?
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That was like 3 comments earlier that your pats comment. How can I be expected to remember all that shit/
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Sounds like I’m hiring.
Who is available?
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fast forward 12 months...
Another lawyer arrested in Craigslist ad scandal
Another lawyer has been embroiled in a Craigslist ad scandal that is threatening to rock the industry.
Twistian “My middle name is eviction” Hook was arrested after posting multiple ads looking for secretaries.
Authorities responded when several women complained about the conditions attached to securing the job.
“He wanted me to sit there for hours and read him comments as they loaded. Doesn’t that sound like cruel and unusual punishment to you?”
Another women was quoted as saying, “After the last scandal, I was fully prepared to have sex with him to get this job. But talking about scoop necks for hours? Shaving his back twice a day? A girl’s gotta have standards.”
Reached outside the courtroom, the defendant yelled “Honk!” before being whisked away by bailiffs.
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by boomtho on Dec 2, 2011 10:13 AM PST up reply actions 9 recs
HONK!
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Hey I heard McNabb is available. They should pick him up!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
Before reading the article, I thought Marshawn had found a dead humming bird on the sideline and brought it back to life in his hands using his magical powers.
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DOUBLE BEASTMODE ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SKY!!!! I CAN’T EVEN CAPTURE HIM ON MY CAMERA
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
this is awesome!
Skittles is offering Marshawn Lynch a 24-month free supply & a customized dispenser for his locker for last night’s exposure.
from twitter
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man is Skittles cheap
Skittles is offering Marshawn Lynch a 24-month free supply & a customized dispenser for his locker for last night’s exposure.
from twitter
that should have read, “man, is skittles cheap”
because they’re basically doing nothing and getting even more pub out of it.
Well he prolly can’t actually be paid for endorsement/placement stuff in a game… but hopefully they’ll pay him for some sweet ass commercials for the Super Bowl and then we’ll all win.
WE ARE THE 0%
i’m sure the NFL attorneys are on this as we type…
yeah, that two years’ supply of Skittles and the custom dispenser is worth, what? $180? NFL wants its cut!
The problem with Marshawn as a spokesman is nobody can understand what he’s saying. The commercial would have to be him dressed as the KoolAid Man running through things.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
<3
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
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Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I like this
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Brand new news
Skittles is offering Marshawn Lynch a 24-month free supply & a customized dispenser for his locker for last night’s exposure.
from twitter
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Snowing in Beijing
I just spent 2 days on business travel. Over the last two days I’ve spent 7 hours on planes and 8 hours in taxi cabs . . .all for 2 1 hour meetings.
But I had an extra hour after my meeting in Beijing before I went to the airport so I walked over to Tiananmen Square. It was lightly snowing.
Many of those kids seem hapier than I ever have in my life
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This is their one allowed outside day of the year, before they go back to 16 hour days of studying. That is why they seem so happy.
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FIFY
This is their one allowed outside day of the year, before they go back to 16 hour days of studying making trinkets to fill landfills. That is why they seem so happy.
(and here comes LeonPowe…)
Four of them are Korean, but one of them is Japanese. Probably a cousin or friend visiting.
WE DON’T ALL LOOK ALIKE DAMMIT!!!
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Man, winter in Beijing is the worst.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
I think its a lot more comfortable than winter in Shanghai where it is fucking damp all the time and you can never be warm indoors, whereas in Beijing it is at least warm indoors.
Going outside and trying to breathe was a miserable experience. I’ve never seen anything like that kind of pollution before.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 7:20 PM PST up reply actions
Do The Coaching Shuffle!
Mike Sherman gone from Texas A&M, no interim named
Texas A&M was supposed to return to national prominence this season.
Instead the Aggies finished the regular season with a disappointing 6-6 record that cost Mike Sherman his job.
Athletic director Bill Byrne announced Sherman’s firing in a statement Thursday night.
The Aggies, who are leaving the Big 12 for the SEC next season, must now find a replacement to lead the team into their highly competitive new league.
The school hasn’t named any candidates, but possible replacements could include Houston coach Kevin Sumlin or Louisville coach Charlie Strong. Sumlin, who has led the seventh-ranked Cougars to a 12-0 record, was an assistant at A&M from 2001-02. Strong also spent time with the Aggies, working as a graduate assistant in 1985.
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Is that the woman from Outsourced?
PS Love the outfits of the backup dancers!
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also, Mike Sherman and TAMU had an odd, odd year, where they could’ve easily won 4 more games or so had they been capable of holding leads. Weird.
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I love this story how Sherman didn’t know he was fired until he was told at a recruits house by his mother.
Interesting
Report: Mike Sherman didn’t know he was fired until recruit’s mom told him
It’s never fun to lose your job. But when everyone else knows about it before you, it’s probably especially painful. Such appears to be the case with former Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman, who the A&M board of regents decided yesterday they would not retain for the next season.
According to a report from former Oklahoma State coach Pat Jones, Sherman found out he was fired when he was on the recruiting trail. According to Jones, who now works as a radio host in Oklahoma, Sherman entered the home of a potential recruit when the player’s mother told him about the reported firing.
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That makes the UCLA situation seem delightful in comparison. Wow.
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Not as bad as the coach from Toledo (?) fired on the way to his mother’s funeral.
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While I didn’t like that, it’s not like JoePa was being fired for not winning games…
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also, that was such a weird situation
there really wasn’t a way for any administrators to get to his house to fire him, with the mob scene outside. i don’t know what the best way to handle it would have been.
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as in, call to schedule a later meeting? yeah, that would’ve worked. i don’t know if there was a reason that they had to fire him right at that moment
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oh, my point being… if they absolutely had to fire him at that moment, i don’t know how else they would have done it.
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Yeah, I just don’t see why they absolutely had to fire him at that moment, and not, say, the next day in person.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
I think that was Akron rather than Toledo.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I wonder if they’ll even reimburse him when he gets back.
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We need DC Trojan!
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DC Trojan = George Clooney from Up In The Air?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
I agree. When I was let go from my previous job, at least my boss was nice about it and, to be honest, it was expected (95% of my program was cut)
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My firing was 150% not expected. But I handled it really well. My boss scheduled a late afternoon meeting with me, which I thought was odd… when I walked out of my office down to his office I actually noticed his admin did not look at me and then that was odd… and then when I walked into his office someone from HR was there. I just smiled and said
“Well I’ve been around long enough to know that a late afternoon meeting that involves an HR rep, probably isn’t going to be a great meeting. Let me go ahead and shut the door….”
I was really pissed off at the moment, but handled myself really well. I figure there is ZERO gain in burning bridges, so I was nice on my way out.
Then, I went to Union Square and got a beer and complained to my waiter.
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Three things made it easier for me.
1 – The company knew I was getting screwed so they took care of me
2 – Everyone throughout the org and company was soooo pissed off that I got fired they sort of did the anger thing for me
3 – He ended up getting forced out a few months later for doing exactly what he wanted me to do, which I wouldn’t, which is why he got rid of me. nothing illegal mind you, just inane.
My regret is I wish I could have just outlasted him. But that’s life.
It was funny because the HR person in the meeting was more upset than I was and wanted to know if I wanted to come back later or early the next morning to clear out my office… I was like, no let’s do it now… let everyone see, I have nothing to be ashamed of. It was actually really cathartic for me because people kept coming by and I know that made it harder on the x-boss. I tried to be as magnanimous as possible, but allowed myself that and to feel just a little good when he got promoted to the broom closet and out the door a few months later.
this must’ve been a long time ago if you had an x-boss, now people have x-boss360’s.
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pringle
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
gotta get down on Friday?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
I’m going to be that guy and mention Rebecca Black’s song.
Yeah.
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We’re talking about Rebecca Black – we all lose.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
[shakes head sadly]
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
Yes We Cannon is so happy right now
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I don’t think I’ve ever been fired. I’ve quit a few jobs.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
you would remember if you had been fired ;-)
I have been fired twice. Totally bogus each time… but it was what it was. I got taken care of so that took the sting off. I am sure there were other times, however, where I should have been fired so it all works out in the end… like Pass Interference calls in Tempe… ;-)
You’re probably right about that. I do remember quitting a job where my supervisor was a complete jerk. We were making reproduction Victorian bathroom stuff, and he just didn’t like me (being college educated, and opinionated). He knew little other than his job, and we moved, and he wanted me to do some funky (and dangerous) illegal construction.
I wasn’t happy about this for two reasons 1) knew way more than he did, and 2) you get paid more as a contractor than you do factory worker, so after he was yelling at me about some shit, I quit. “Fuck you, I quit”.
The next morning he called me to ask why I wasn’t at work, I was, dude, I quit yesterday, he said I had to give two weeks notice….. I just laughed.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Nice. So maybe you did actually get fired?
The irony for each of my firings, is at each, it was by far the best work I had ever done. Further irony, is the problem that great work got noticed by everyone in the company. Which in most cases, would make a boss happy. Hey, look at the really smart people I hire… but unfortunately, in each case, it was because I had bosses that were threatened. Oh well. Live in learn…
Apparently, they were 2s, not 1s. 1s are never threatened by their employees, no matter how brilliant the employees are.
2s always have to be better than their employees. If an employee of said 2 does something brilliant, or takes a principled stand, it’s only a matter of time before the employee is shown the door.
/stupid is as stupid does.
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One of our little battling points is he wanted me to do something that was just so inane, so fundamentally not how it should be done. But he had to have it done that way because it was “his proven way” and his value-add… In retrospect, I should have just sucked it up and done it, even though it was a total waste of time… but when you’re working the insane hours i was working, that’s a tough perspective to have.
The irony is he ended up getting forced out for just that way of doing things. So the live and learn part is suck it Fiat Lux – sometimes you need to go along to get along. Had I done that I would have outlasted him.
“suck it Fiat Lux” is your advice for us all? I hope mrs. FiatLux is ok with that!
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I got fired from my first REAL job
10th grade, was working at an auto repair shop off San Pablo near the Albany border. Part of my job was to empty garbage cans, sweep up, etc., and old parts were thrown out ALL THE TIME. Apparently the cylinder head draining on top of the FULL GARBAGE CAN wasn’t “actually” garbage and was supposed to be installed in a car the following Monday. So, like the concientious employee I was I tossed it into the dumpster THE DAY BEFORE GARBAGE PICK-UP. By the time my mistake was realized the part was swimming in the landfill.
Silver lining: I got fired the first day of spring break so I got to hang with my homies. There could be an entire DBD on this topic….. /copyrighted
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
I checked the brakes...
…..there’s nothing wrong with the brakes….
…..I know, cuz I checked them !!!!!
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
I had an old boss who told me he and others being RIFed were summoned to a meeting in the auditorium and it was a complete waste fo time, then when they got back to their desks, all of their keyboards had been removed.
Doh!
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
Or the office door lock has been changed. happened to me.
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every once in a while our door pads would get deactivated and in the back of my mind I thought it was just my badge having been deactivate ahead of the news…
speaking of security badge, I’ve somehow misplaced mine between getting into the office and now (I went for a coffee run and didn’t have it when I got back). ruh-roh..
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
seriously, this is weird. guess I’ll have to backtrack. maybe I left it at the coffee place.
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
found it. I dropped it by the hotel when I was making my coffee run. will pick it up in a bit.
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
how did you find it without being in its physical presence???
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by FromCtoShining(Blue)C on Dec 2, 2011 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
that, and the hotel staff reported it to reception, which in turn contacted me. w00t
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A&M is such a joke right now. From the Athletics CFO calling the school president a putz on a message board, to the emasculation of their AD by Rick Perry and Mike McKinney, bolting to the SEC for the wrong reasons and now firing the coach without any idea who will replace him. Seriously, anyone who thinks Sumlin will take that job is nuts.
Their top 3 candidates: Sumlin, Strong and Peterson (ahhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha)
Stupid fucks. If it wasn’t so pathetic it would be funny.
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Who the hell is gonna coach the bowl game?
How can you play a bowl game if you don’t name an interim coach? How do the players practise?
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they had a monster recruiting class coming in too and this will completely gut it because I don’t think they get someone in for at least a couple of weeks.
There are a lot of puzzled people in Texas right now at the timing of all this.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
Sumlin is apparently gonna go to ASU.
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its speculation, supposedly he’s interested but is conflicted because of the distraction to the BCS game (a big deal at UH). He’s gone out of his way to avoid distractions like this all year but now it seems unavaoidable.
We’re hearing in Austin that he’s not interested in the TAMU job, ASU is likely if he decides to leave Houston.
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is that guy saying “What the fuck is this?”
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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I think he’s saying “Every day I’m shufflin’”
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
Or Snufflin!
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VBall season is over:
MALIBU, Calif. – The California volleyball team suffered a season-ending 3-2 loss to North Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Pepperdine’s Firestone Fieldhouse on Thursday evening – 25-17, 16-25, 23-25, 25-17, 15-9.
The Golden Bear close their season with a 26-7 overall record while the Tar Heels improve to 24-8 and will face the winner of the Pepperdine-Missouri State match.
“Obviously we are extremely disappointed,” Cal head coach Rich Feller said. “There were a lot of factors. I don’t think we played our best match by a long shot. I have to give North Carolina a lot of credit. They played hard, they played with abandon. They made a lot of good things happened and put a lot of pressure on us. Certainly this is not the outcome we wanted or expected, but we got beat tonight by a very good team.”
UNC won the first set, but the Bears returned like a vengeance in set two, hitting .406. After going up 2-1, UNC limited the Cal offense to sub-.100 hitting in sets four (.061) and five (.045) en route to the 3-2 victory. Overall, the Tar Heels out hit the Bears, .230-.188, and out blocked them, 17-11.
Tarah Murrey led Cal with 14 kills. Her kills, coupled with 15 digs, made for her 16th double-double of the season. Murrey also put up two blocks and one service ace in her Cal career finale.
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UNC was playing like a team possessed, and we were playing like a team going through the motions. There were at least 2-3 plays were a UNC player would go chasing a stray hit wayyyyyyyyy off the court and make a ridiculous play to save it and keep the ball in play, and every single time, the rally would go on, the Bears wouldn’t be able to close off the point, and UNC would come away with a point that should have been ours. After the second time that happened I knew we were toast.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
Great post by AndyHogan. Go over there and give him some good feedback!
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Our resident Angels fan.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
Women swimming doing well:
ATLANTA – California’s Caitlin Leverenz captured the U.S. title in one of her specialty events – the 200-meter individual medley – on the first night of finals at the 2011 AT&T Winter National Championships Thursday at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center. The junior swimmer clocked a time of 2:09.39. A future Cal teammate – signee Elizabeth Pelton – finished second in a time of 2:10.02.
The current Bears, who are only competing in the first two days of the three-day national championships, stand in fourth place in the team standings with 43 points.
One of the top young IMers in the world, Leverenz finished fifth in the 200-meter IM at last summer’s World Championships and placed third in the 200-yard IM at last season’s NCAA Championships.
Also at Winter Nationals, Cal freshman Catherine Breed finished 17th in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 4:16.30. Senior Shelley Harper took 18th (4:16.32) and freshman Melanie Klaren placed 20th (4:19.24) in the event.
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Can you guys tell me some popular tropes for “Outbreak” or “Contagion” style movies, including cliche lines. Thanks.
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You’re forgetting the classic, The Andromeda Strain
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super engrossing book… until the end, which is about as anticlimatic as endings can get.
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haha rec’d
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
oh, god, that about ruined the book for me. was really enjoying it, thought he really whiffed on the ending.
was disappointed with how The Stand ended as well.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I L-O-V-E-D that book UNTIL the last chapter… just a brilliant book… may have to dig out and read again.
Didn’t you get the feeling that his publisher was saying FINISH THE DAMN BOOK!!!
They were probably telling him that “If you make the book any longer, we won’t be able to bind that many pages together.”
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I loved that book.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114069/quotes
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Outbreak
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Wow. Thats exactly what I needed. You=awesome. non-troll!
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Last time I try to help you.
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No, that’s not likely
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/remembers that ThisTroper exists
//resists the urge to watch ThisTroper.
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It was fantastic."
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Fuck astound. My FX is all screwed up so I missed Sunny and The LEague. :(!!!!
Did see Community (!!!), Parks and REc (!!!!!), Office (!, which is still pretty good, loved it when Jim was running around the office dealie).
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that switch to the asian animation in community was hilarious
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That was the perfect encapsulation of why that show got cancelled. You thought it was hilarious. Most people got really confused.
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i was also confused! i actually said to my roommate “you know, this is why this show is getting canceled”
then i watched it again and thought it was funny.
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ASre you me?
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i don't think i'm eating chicken salad and brownie for lunch?
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Its Friday. Think I might splurge and go get a teriyaki bowl and cookies.
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strange combo. from what establishments?
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
Cookies prolly from Subway.
teriyaki bowl from a Japanese fast food place.
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Yobogoya
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I actually wish there were more Yoshinoyas in the Bay.
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Jim booking it when he got mentioned was hilarious
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
I know, that whole scene was great.
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I was thinking that there’s a lot to like about Parks and Rec, but their best invention is Ron Swanson – I love what he did after April explains cookies to him.
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That was really good, but coulda been a BILLION times better!!!
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Actually, no. Theyve built this whole character of Ron Swanson as a paranoid government hater. The whole thing about the internet tracking you coulda been a full episode, but they did it in a quick clip. It was funny, but coulda been better
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Hmmmmm..
I see what you’re saying, but it was a funny, if throw away joke (hee hee).
But as much as I love Swanson, I don’t want him over-exposed; he’s better in small doses.
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Here's the difference
Marginal Utility of Ron Swanson:
Marginal Utility of Jean Ralphio:
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
Man, I thought this deserved better. OTOH, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised when econ humor goes over like a lead balloon.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 3, 2011 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
My chemistry may be a bit rusty, but I don’t think that a lead-filled balloon would still fly.
Unless, of course, you loaded it into a cannon or catapult or maybe if you had Moala shot-put it.
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My chemistry may be a bit rusty, but I don’t think that a lead-filled balloon would still fly.
Um…That’s the point of the idiom.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 3, 2011 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
You thanks, Kodiak’d it first!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 3, 2011 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
You could probably make a case for either. Has to do with the atomic properties of the elements I guess.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 3, 2011 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
Tom is awesome. Jean Ralphio is at best a sidekick.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 3, 2011 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
anybody watch Archer? I’ve caught some clips on youtube and I have to admit that it’s hilarious. insane, but hilarious.
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
I a great show, one of the funniest, most sick and twisted shows ever.
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yeah, funny, but definitely not for everyone’s consumption.. everyone has issues..
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
Too bad you guys are dunzo
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NinersNation talks injuries before Rams game:
49ers
Did Not Participate In Practice
WR Braylon Edwards (knee)
Limited Participation In Practice
RB Frank Gore (ankle)
OG Adam Snyder (hamstring)
FB Bruce Miller (concussion)
Full Participation In Practice
CB Chris Culliver (shoulder)
OT Anthony Davis (ankle)
Rams
Did Not Participate In Practice
DT Justin Bannan (shoulder)
QB Sam Bradford (ankle)
LB Josh Hull (hamstring)
OT Mark LeVoir (pectoral)
DE Chris Long (ankle)
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Rolando McClain mugshot
Thanks to SilverAndBlackPride:
Rolando McClain is guilty of using horrible judgment. There is no denying that. To what degree, we can’t be as certain.
The degree to which McClain was a bonehead, combined with the ability of his legal team, and his attitude going forward, will greatly affect his future with the Raiders. This is not going to be a speedy trial.
What We Know
McClain was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor assault, menacing, reckless endangerment and firing a gun inside the city limits. According to a statement released by Lt. John Crouch of the Decatur Police Department, it is alleged that Ro held a gun beside a man’s head during an altercation and the man begged him not to shoot.
Not shockingly, McClain’s attorney Billy C. Burney II has a different side to the story, “Mr. McClain asserts his innocence. We are confident that Mr. McClain will be cleared of all charges.”
A transcript of the 9-1-1 call aligns with the accusation of a shot being fired from close range. The caller was from a neighboring house and too far away to ID a specific person. No weapon has been found.
Rolando is currently free on a $2,000 bond.
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What a maroon.
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He has a nice wallet-purse combo keychain.
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Thats not chopped, si it?
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Sharks win:
The Sharks still can’t seem to kick those first period demons, although they somehow have been able to overcome them.
For the fifteenth time in their twenty-two games this year, San Jose gave up the first goal of the game. Tonight’s early lapse didn’t fall into the same category as the other fourteen; the Sharks were outplayed in most of those games and deserved to take the first arrow as a result. Against the Canadiens, though, the Sharks played fast and strong early, controlling the play for stretches and winning the majority of face-offs and board battles. Still, Mike Cammalleri was the beneficiary of a well placed shot from the point, and directed it past Antti Niemi for the first score of the game.
In a familiar position, the Sharks needed a hero to save them from what looked like could be another first period let down. Enter Jamie McGinn, who just 40 seconds after Cammalleri’s goal, took a glorious pass from Michael Handzus and slammed it past Carey Price for his third goal of the year. McGinn has been getting rewarded on the scoresheet as of late; he’s been getting better and better and if he can continue to sprinkle offense into his high octane, physical game, he will quickly become an extremely valuable player at just 24 years old.
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by TwistNHook on Dec 2, 2011 8:08 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Going to the Sharks game tomorrow. Any rec’s on where to take the GF for her birthday dinner near the arena before the game?
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It’s not particularly close, but I think Tigelleria in Campbell is one of hte best Italian places in the Bay Area.
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oh, and if you have $$$$$$$ there’s Alexander’s steakhouse in Cupertino.
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A friend suggested Paesano Ristorante Italiano, which is relatively close to the arena.
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SilverScreenandroll Talks Shannon Brown:
The Lakers and Shannon Brown just don’t know how to say goodbye. Each summer since the Bobcats traded him to Los Angeles, he’s peddled his services on the free-agency market only to re-sign eventually with the purple and gold. Let’s review the on-again, off-again saga….
In 2009, after helping the Lakers to a championship, he signed a two-year deal that allowed him to opt out after one.
In 2010 he exercised the opt-out and, according to his agent Mark Bartelstein, engaged in “serious talks” with half a dozen teams. But after the Lakers’ courtship of Raja Bell fell apart (phew!), Shannon took less money than he could’ve made elsewhere to return as Kobe Bryant’s backup.
Then this past June, on the day before the lockout started, Shannon again elected to become a free agent instead of playing out the final year of his Lakers deal, which would’ve paid him $2.37 million. On the heels of their playoff obliteration in Dallas, that seemed to herald Shannon’s final split with the organization.
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Love those ones too. I can’t watch youtube vids at work, but who sings the version of Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel that you posted?
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I see
My two favourite versions, that I can’t seem to find on youtube:
King’s Choir Version, one of more popular renditions.
Then there’s a Gregorian version, which is super nice, esp since the song is itself sung in Gregorian style.
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My Favorite Christmas Commercial - Stock Up on Joy
In the spirit of Rishi’s recent DBD on favorite Holiday Movies, Shows and Songs… what about commercials?
I’ve always been partial to those great Budweiser commercial showing the Clydesdales pulling a sleigh across snowy landscapes to arrive at a warmly lit home… I actually think this Miller one is better, but I always got the sense when people saw it the background, they may have been thinking they were watching a Bud commercial…
And of course it’s pretty hard to beat this great Coke commercial from the 70s (ah, my youth) which was a redux of their absolutely classic 70s capturing ethos hilltop commercial.
But my absolutely favorite, is this one that I saw in the movie theaters a couple of years ago. Now normally I hate commercials in movie theaters, but some of them are pretty good. This one speaks so succinctly to what I love about the holidays, and the song’s music is totally uplifting… It’s filled with nice looking people, not with “beautiful people,” just a group of people who might actually be CGBers (well, maybe not enough Indians).
Yeah yeah yeah…The commercial is a joint production of two little scrappy upstarts, Coke and Walmart, and they kind of blew it by going with referencing Myspace instead of Facebook, but that doesn’t take away from what a nice sentiment it delivers (and a catchy tune). What do you think? What are your favorite commercials? And should this have been its own DBD? Eh, it’s a Friday…
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Barry Zito gettin married tomorow:
Barry Zito is headed to the altar.
The three-time All Star pitcher and his fiancee, 25-year-old actress Amber Marie Seyer – a former Miss Missouri USA – plan to be married this weekend at a private ceremony in Marin County, according to his publicist, Kathy Jacobson.
Jacobson had no word on whether the couple had signed a pre-nuptial agreement, but she did say they planned to split their time between the Bay Area and Los Angeles during the offseason.
Zito and his bride-to-be showed up at the Marin County clerk’s office Nov. 18 to take out a marriage license.
“I asked if he wanted a confidential one, and he said ‘no,’ " said Joyce Whitney, a senior deputy county clerk. "He said, ‘Just give me a public one – I’m over myself.’ "
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Miss Missouri is now Mrs. Barry Zito
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Her or the dog?
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I know it’s fun for everyone to hate on Zito for having lost 99% of his pitching mojo while getting paid a gazillion dollars, but I think the guy has the greatest attitude. I was always “whatever” /shrug/ about him until I watched the Giants show on Showtime this summer, and I found his whole outlook really appealing.
Also, Miss Missouri seemed lovely. Best of luck to them.
LOVED the show. I also liked Zito’s attitude—considering his form and the injuries he was rehabbing, he still seemed pretty down to earth and not super angry with the world. Also, his relationship with his father is touching.
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He’s not super angry cause he doesn’t care. Sucking doesn’t bother him.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
I loved him when he was on the A’s. I could see his Giants career coming from a mile away because most people could see he was losing something…
but you are right because the guy has a great attitude. he’s a good guy.
I KNOW!
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REC’D!!!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
He was my favorite pitcher for a while when he was on the A’s. I thought he’d do well in the National League and was hoping he signed with the Dodgers, but thank goodness we uh, dodged that bullet.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
OTOH, Jason fucking Schmidt.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, “hoping he’d sign” was what I should’ve written.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:52 PM PST up reply actions
I had the hugest mancrush on him when he was on the As. And now that hes a super secret double agent taing down the Giants from the inside, SUPER HAPPY TIMES KEEP ROLLING!!!!
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I had some lady friends that were in LOVE with Mulder—who according to them, was a sexy sexy guy.
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Yes, he is tall and very attractive. But Barry had that extra weirdo aspect to him that really drew me in
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And he was just cool… I mean he took BART to the games!! Last guy I remember doing that was Bob Welch.
Barry Zito… every woman wanted him. Every man wanted to be him.
Are you fucking blnd?
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As a non-A’s fan, looking at that A’s team back then, I would have much rather been Hudson, Mulder, or Chavez. Not seeing the appeal of Zito.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
Hudson is OK in sort of a good old southern boy sense. You must like that bald look on guys.
As for Chavvy, ya, hes definitely good looking. No denying that.
Im not trying to say that Hudson, Mulder, or Chavez, are ugly. Just that Zito isnt.
Also, Miggy is. SORRY!!
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It was funny to me that they picked an actor in Moneyball with a much darker skin tone. Eric Chavez wasnt Latino enough to be eric Chavez!
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and Zito has smarts and an actual personality… Chavez, not so much.
although both he and chavez have a great head of hair.
I think Zito’s pretty much a dumbass with a terrible personality, so that’s where I’m coming from.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Ok well I love Stockholm and hate Minnesota!
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
I guess the looks part of thing just really isn’t that high on the scale of things for me. If you’re a MLB all-star, does it really matter what you look like?
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
(However, I would NOT want to look like Joe Blanton!)
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Jelly Roll Blanton!
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We were talking about looks. If you look good, does it matter if you are an all-star?
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BC I was hoping you’d get out of the way so I could gaze at boomtho some more
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Well, you were, obviously….
And I’ll let you know when I make $126M by being good looking!
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
Ive only made 85 mil for being good looking!
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Why was Damon living in Pleasanton?
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Because Pleasanton is awesome?
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
The A’s had commercials where Huston Street was taking BART to games. What a cutie :)
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
I could not believe it when in ‘89, I was leaving my job (summer job) at about 5:30 and heading to the Coliseum on BART to watch the A’s. Had my A’s cap on and in rushed through the closing doors Bob Welch (not pitching that night). He nodded at me and smiled and gave me a little hand motion to be cool (I must have looked excited)… He asked if I had tix to the game. I said no, friend and i were just going to get some bleacher seats… he asked my name and told me two tix would be waiting for me… sure enough… section 121, row 7 was waiting for us! At the game he saw me and my friend and tossed us up a couple of baseballs.. Felt very cool!
did he really? did you see him on the trains?
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, I had some lady friends who were basically Mulder-stalkers.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
you are forgetting one important thing. he loves sc. so fuck that guy
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No truth to the rumor Zito will walk the bride down the aisle four times?
by 49er16 on Dec 2, 2011 8:50 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
How about this
The groom doesn’t throw the bouquet so it doesn’t make sense… So how about this:
Everyone at the wedding party knew it was a match made in heaven when the bride through the bouquet and it went high and outside.
too wordy, needs to be punchier.
/everyone’s a critic
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no, you’re right because the only place she would be throwing the bouquet is at the wedding… would also help if i used threw and not through so…
Everyone knew it was a match made in heaven; the bride threw the bouquet high and outside.
How about change the premise to something about his wife being able to throw it harder than him?
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
How’s this?
Zito’s wedding started familiarly enough with 6 different people walking down the aisle to start things off.
But that doesn’t get across the message of him being the one walking them!
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I enjoyed 49er16’s original one!
I’m going to go back and rec it now!
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He knew she was the right one for him, because for the first time in his life, he was Fearless In The Zone.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
It's funny if you stop here.
Jacobson had no word on whether the couple had signed a pre-nuptial agreement, but she did say they planned to split
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:32 PM PST up reply actions
Can we go here, please?
UCLA inquired about Boise State coach Chris Petersen but the school has been told he will not be a candidate
ESPN’s Joe Schad reports on the Twitters…
I bet it wasn’t predictable to Ucla fans.
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If this is true, I can’t say I’m terribly surprised. But I do think we had a shot, and something more than we offered in 2007.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
Yup. But we’ve got 2-3x more money this time.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Didn’t she say ‘no’ to your date requests in high school?
Yup. But we’ve got 2-3x more money this time.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
What’s funny is, that’s pretty much worked in that sitch.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t think this is ha-ha funny.
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they all can’t be winners.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
Can I have some?
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Yes.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Swet!
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Is it moon money?
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Yesterday, people were saying that Dan Guerrero, UCLA AD, had put all of his eggs in the Petersen basket, flying out UCLA superstars like Troy Aikman to meet with him.
AWK-ward!
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I thought bringing Cade McNown would have sealed the deal. Bringing Aikman out there is one thing. That’s cool. But bringing McNown really showed attentiveness to a guy’s needs — it’s not often someone wants you so much that they bring someone for you to punch in the face just in case you get the urge to do so.
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Also...
Scootie develops new skill: turning off alarms while still asleep! Nice! Great skill, Scootie! It’s gonna get your ass fired!!
So anyhow, off to work now. At 9AM. Oops.
But if you get fired...
…..at least we’ll “see” more of you on the DBD……
/silverlining?
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
McDonald’s to charge small sum on happy meal toys to avoid new ban:
San Francisco’s law that bans toy giveaways in kids’ meals high in fat, salt and sugar goes into effect Thursday, and at least one fast-food operator has devised a novel way to comply.
McDonald’s will start charging customers 10 cents who request the popular plastic trinkets be added to their Happy Meals.
The Healthy Food Incentives Ordinance was passed by the Board of Supervisors and withstood a veto by then-Mayor Gavin Newsom last fall.
Chain restaurants no longer will be able to give away toys with Happy Meals and other children’s meals that don’t meet the city’s strict nutritional standards.
San Francisco drew nationwide scrutiny for passing the ban, with some calling it a good move to combat childhood obesity, while others mocked it as nanny-state politics.
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one important point
McDonald’s is donating all proceeds from the sales of the toys to Ronald McDonald House.
I love this because it so perfectly shows how not smart politicians are… and these are the people we entrust to run the place.
This.
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That’s because the vast majority of politicians are tied to an ideological perspective.
Ideology discourages the inclusive use of facts in formulating policy as opposed to cherry picking facts to make an ideological point.
If more politicians tended toward the gathering of facts without regard to ideological perspective and took a broader view of their mission as public servants, then policies would tend towards moderation and compromise. It would not tend towards the extremes.
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Agreed. 10% agreed
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Typo
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saw the sign at the McD’s on Pine in the Financial District yesterday. Board of Supervisors is a bunch of morons.
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
That’s an odd sign for McD’s to put up but I agree with it! ;-)
They really are NOT the smartest people in the room. As this little test case shows.
Bad student.
Uh-uh…bad principal.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Love the Colbert interview of David Chiu (?) for that. hilarious.
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Uh-oh...
Well that’s a little embarrassing… it was the Daily Show… and it was Eric Mar….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nl8enO7cKA
#idonotthinkallasianslookalike
ah, beat me to the punch on the racism charge. hahah
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
you can’t make this stuff up. wow.
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
haven’t seen it, but of what I know of Chiu, he’s a toolbag.
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
OK, I was wrong, it was Eric Mar on the Daily Show. DAMMIT!!! Obligatory joke goes here : “Not all late night political satire comedy central shows look alike!”
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my obligatory joke was better!
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It was. Much better. I tip my hat to you!
Clap…………………..Clap…………….Clap…………..Clap….Clap….Clap…CLAPCLAPCLAPCLAP!!!
Thank you for giving me the clap! Usually I get phone calls the other way around!
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it’s Friday, I can’t help myself.
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but i had just heaped all that praise on you… all that glorious praise… and then you went and did that.
What do you mean?
Rishi and I totally look alike.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
Rishi smells better
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He’s higher-maintenance.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
You dont get gorgeous eyelashes doing nothing. Am I right, folks?
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This is true. I’ve already budgeted an hour-and-a-half to get ready on Saturday night.
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and your event isn’t even until Sunday!
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List
1) Iron clothes so they have crisp press
2) Fill flask, place in freezer
3) Charge camera and phone
4) Polish shoes
5) Proper shave
6) Shower
7) Style hair
8) Make playlist for night
9) Grab flask, camera, and phone
10) Wink at self in the mirror on the way out.
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why would you freeze whiskey?
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
otter pops. he brings otter pops with him. after all, who doesn’t like otter pops?
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Here’s a video (NSFW) demonstrating how useful otter pops can be.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
It’s only nsfw for language. It’s a hliarious and iconic youtube video.
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Correct.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
Let Ke$ha explain to you.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
Planning to brush your teeth with it?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
You are so Tom haverford
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Putting whiskey in the freezer is not the same as freezing it. 80 proof alcohol will stay liquid well below water’s freezing point.
If you’re taking an alcoholic beverage with you where there will not be any refrigeration, you can keep said alcohol colder longer if you get it down to zero (or near zero) degrees Fahrenheit.
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rishi, do you know the “proper” way to iron a shirt? Like in which order you should iron the parts of a shirt? To this day, my Mom nags me if she sees me ironing a part of a shirt “out of order.” /sigh
and you do know, that to iron the front of the shirt you use the WIDE end of the ironing board. works perfectly. And you do NOT put creases in the sleeves.
Scootie, why would your mom be watching you iron?
I think so. My mom taught me, so I’m following her steps…
I just hope your mom doesn’t nag me!
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Yup, I am. I’ll near near Union Square around seven. Where you gonna be?
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you should stop by for a drink before or after. I am on Nob Hill across from Fairmont (Sacramento and Mason).
Yeah, sure, I’m going to dinner at 7:30; wanna grab a drink at 7?
E-mail me your number. I’ll text you when I’m there.
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get a room you two
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 3, 2011 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
WHo smells better, Rishi or boomtho?
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Setting up a bracket?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
You’re a 16 seed
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For smelliness!?
Surely I’d be higher up.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
I figured itd be for smelling nice.
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(+) for not moving much → not sweating) for not showering much
(
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Whoa, I didn’t know that would cross things out. Oops.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
You’re a 1 seed in the sucks as formatting bracket
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Let’s talk, TnH.
You know the welcome wagon? You’re off of it. You can clean out your keyboard now or otmorrow morning.
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How long do I get to ride the newbie train?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
well, in some ways, you never leave. but I’d guess that whenever a new lurker shows up, you’ll be part of the hazers, not the hazee.
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AndBears was a lurker, but now is posting. Time tog et out those paddles.
PS NO MORE GIRL ON GIRL CRIME!
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Hurray!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
Why don’t we just call him into a meeting and then confiscate his keyboard while he’s there?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
Barnes and Noble in trouble???
. From the WSJ:
Underscoring lack of growth in the book business, Barnes & Noble Inc. reported lower sales in its fiscal second quarter, as a continued decline in its brick-and-mortar sales outweighed growth at its website.
The bookstore chain’s sank 16%, to $14.59, after the company reported a worse-than-expected loss of $6.6 million, or 17 cents a share, for the quarter ended Oct. 29
BN is pushing its digital tablet, the Nook, big time—the store’s revenue is actually up, from selling content to Nook owners, but profits haven’t risen, because the investment to get the Nook up and running is huge. And if that’s the plan for the future, it’s fair to ask: will the Nook ever really become big enough to support an entire company, in an iPad-dominated world? It doesn’t take much imagination to see the Nook failing to make gains against the iPad and Kindle, and BN’s website failing to pull in market share against Amazon, and the business of actual, physical book stores in irreversible decline due to digital retailing and e-books, and… a few years down the road, Barnes & Noble is the next Borders.
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z
Happy BDay, ARod!
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halp me CGB!
What is easiest way to log in remotely to a computer? and what do I need to set up a VPN?
Thanks!
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I use remote desktop connection, but that might simply be the things my company’s IT has set up to allow it.
gotomypc might be a good option.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Yup. I use this for my parents. It works.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
STILL NO STANFURDIUM:
Scientists have put forward their suggested names for the newest additions to the Periodic Table.
If the names are accepted, element 114 will become Flerovium (Fl) in honour of the physicist Georgiy Flerov.
While element 116 will become Livermorium (Lv), after the Californian laboratory where it was discovered.
The table’s governing body will officially endorse the names in five month’s time, 10 years after the elements were discovered.
The newest elements were among a handful of elements put forward for inclusion in the table in recent years.
They were accredited in June this year after a three year review by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP).
The other putative heavy elements, 113, 115, and 118, are still under review.
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL), in collaboration with a team at the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in Dubna, Russia, discovered the newest editions to the periodic table by smashing calcium ions into the element curium to create element 116, which quickly decays to element 114.
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is llnl part of the “uc system” (using loosely) like lawrence in berkeley?
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It used to be up until very recently but is now jointly run by a bunch of people including the University of California.
/wiki’d
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Does anyone have any exciting weekend plans?
I’m bored as shit.
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Need to edit 55 page paper slash rewrite a bunch of it… reformat and embed another 50 pages of exhibits. yay
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
not sure if exciting, but … dinner with out of town friends tonight, possibly movie with my brother in law on Saturday, 49ers game on Sunday.
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Why do I keep reading BN...?
About Neuheisel’s firing… posted today!
Bruins Nation made the call first. In an October 21 front page post (posted under the collective “Bruins Nation” byline) titled “Clean the House: Time for Wholesale Regime Change at UCLA,” we wrote (in the wake of the Debacle in the Desert, played the night before)…
We’ve been on it ever since. In the days that followed our initial call for Rick Neuheisel’s firing Bellepheron posted a piece titled “Bruin Bites: Dan Guerrero and Rick Neuheisel Must Go Edition.” I followed with the criteria Bruins Nation would use to assess the next head coach and a piece we called “Checkmate for Neusheisel: On Field Results Rest of this UCLA Season Will Not Matter.”
Talk about self-promotion…
by FromCtoShining(Blue)C on Dec 2, 2011 10:10 AM PST reply actions
They did more than that
They created the world!
by FromCtoShining(Blue)C on Dec 2, 2011 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
BN = Al Gore?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Not sure what that means, but I think it’s an insult!
…what’s worse: Ohio or atoms?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
It’s not quite a compliment. Not quite an insult.
It’s a complisult!
Atoms is known for:
Explaining jokes that need no explanation
Correcting people’s grammar
People say “thanks, atoms” whenever anybody does something like that. Rishi also likes to thank Rakesh. I have no idea who that is but it must be a Hindi God who Rishi chooses to praise at various parts of the day.
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
That's totally what he said
a Hindi God who Rishi chooses to praise at various parts of the day.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
*Hind[u]
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
I think it’s more of an insupliment.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
The Dubs will play on Christmas day
Merry Christmas
Oklahoma City will host Orlando before Blake Griffin and the Los Angeles Clippers visit Golden State on Christmas night, running the NBA’s planned opening-day schedule to five games.
Those games were added Friday to the three that were already set when the 2011-12 schedule was originally unveiled: Boston at New York, Miami at Dallas, and Chicago at the Los Angeles Lakers.
Commissioner David Stern said the league hoped to open the season with that tripleheader after announcing a tentative agreement on a new labor deal with the players last Saturday. But the league decided to add two later games, with the nightcap featuring Mark Jackson’s debut as Warriors coach.
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read this, tell me if kawakami is as crazy i think he is.
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I would enjoy having any of those players on the Warriors.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
I hate xmas bball, mostly because the Lakers gets their asses handed to them every year.
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for me to poop on!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
On Christmas day in the... evening?
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
This from the Dawg Pound
Shaq Thompson heads the wish list of a guy they would make room for.
It’s gonna KILL me if he goes there (or anywhere else in the Pac) especially since he was on the UW sideline for the Cal game. C’mon, Syd; work some magic. I hope Zach Kline is right about Shaq……
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
…inoes??? Please?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
Shaq to UW really really worries me
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Dec 2, 2011 10:41 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
you should be very very very concerned.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
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They DO still list him as a "wish list" recruit.....
Probably everyone does.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
I know US news is full of shit, except when they get stuff right!
Berkeley is the #1 public school (I know, I know… thanks captain obvious)
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It is. Virginia has a really good set of public universities. Not enough for me to move there for in-state tuition, but still.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Especially since it has less than 6k undergrads. I almost went there…
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
Trying to make up for atoms not being around?
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
Trying to be helpful. It’s not an obvious grammar/spelling mistake.
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Not a mistake at all. Doesn’t change the interpretation, sounds correct….no need to worry about the little things. I gotta better things to do!
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
But it is! You wouldn’t want to write “less than 6000” in a job app!
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it is a mistake. unless you did it intentionally then it’s misguided.
whether you like them or not, we have grammar rules.
Guys, don’t. Missing Barry and I went through this months ago. He genuinely does not care. You can’t convince him.
My wife would flay him. One of the reasons she doesn’t shop at the local Safeways is the express lane signs that say “12 items or less.”
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I’ve never understood the obsession with meaningless details.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
Well, they’re not meaningless.
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--Thoroughbred
In that situation? Yes, they are. We all understand the point of grammar, right? The whole raison d’etre? It gives us a common structure for clearly communicating with each other. The point of grammar is not so we have rules we can follow, it’s to assist us in communicating. If something is clearly and accurately communicated, then we have accomplished our task, whether the grammar rules were followed or not. I don’t know much about grammar, but I still do well communicating. I’m sure I break rules along the way, and every once in a while, it probably makes me less clear. But overall? I do well getting my point across, and that’s the objective. Saying “less than” rather than “fewer” than is a meaningless detail, because it doesn’t change our comprehension of the statement , whether it breaks the rules or not.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
I believe you’re distinguishing between prescriptivism and descriptivism, which do sometimes meet. Typically, the more prescriptively correct you are, the clearer your communication. Why not practice the correct use so you have it when it matters?
Getting off my linguistic soapbox now :)
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:25 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I don’t see it as worth my while. However, that does not mean I disagree with what you’re saying. Had CA public schools not been so….CA public schools, maybe I would know more about grammar.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
No. It sounds like the problem was you being so… you. That’s cool. But don’t pretend it’s someone else to blame.
When I was teaching in Africa I would try and impress on my kids that there are certain things on which people will judge your intelligence (not just your learning). A big one is how well you use the language.
Given the choice, the very easy choice at that, why not simply use the correct word or phrase. It’s a really silly battle to fight.
The last time I can remember having a grammar lesson in school was in middle school. Dunno what to tell you.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 5:46 PM PST up reply actions
Perhaps he’d prefer a lesson on NYC nightlife!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t understand how a school that takes itself seriously as an academic institution offers a class like that for credit.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
That’s true, and had I gotten one in HS, I would have done my best to ignore it, as well, instead of having to ignore dumb lectures on themes and symbolism. However, I can’t help but learn through osmosis, what can I say. ;)
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
I know you’re just having fun, as am I (wait a minute, did I just admit this is what I do on a Friday evening for fun?).
Yeah, I’m partially serious, partially messing around, and if you haven’t picked up on it yet, I do enjoy being a bit inflammatory from time to time…
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
no???
There is a serious point though… out in the real world, never give people a chance to think less of you. Things that may seem pointless to you, may be, for whatever reason, important to others.
In my quest to take over the world, at times I like to let my enemies think less of me so they underestimate what I’m capable of!
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 6:25 PM PST up reply actions
So you’re saying, like George W. Bush, that we misunderestimated you? :)
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:54 PM PST up reply actions
I think the majority of us overestimated Mr. Bush, no?
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
I think I had him pegged pretty well from Day 1, personally… I just wanted to reference the Bushism :)
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 9:50 PM PST up reply actions
When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school...
It’s a wonder I can think at all…
And though my lack of education hasn’t hurt me none…
I can read the writing on the wall.
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In fact, the details carry great semantics.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
Is there anything more meaningless than the University of Richmond?
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If you want to know…
Is my date religious?
Ask…
Do spelling and grammar mistakes annoy you?
Rishi, Atoms, anyone else?
That’s why I’m applying for some Stat Masters programs!
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
Just read it
Sitting home with Ragnarok, and we both agree: THIS IS FANTASTIC. Excellent website.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Eh, I may be misguided, but I still destroyed the GRE writing section.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
This is not 'Nam, Missing Barry, this is grammar. There are rules.
Doesn’t anybody give a shit about the rules?!?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t you live in DC? I thought DC residents can go to any state school in the country and pay “in-state” tuition because DC’s not a state. That’s what I heard from someone in the education industry. True or not?
You are correct about in-state tuition benefits for DC residents… and that was something I gave considerable thought before moving out of the city. I just wasn’t sold on the DC school system’s ability to improve in the meantime. When the best argument that people can give you for the local middle school and high school is “if your kid can make it through that, they can make it through anything,” well, I wasn’t sold.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Here's what I found
The DC Tuition Assistance Grant pays:
• Up to $10,000 a year toward the difference
between in and out of state tuition at public
colleges and universities
Hmm... all the military academies are considered liberal arts colleges?
by FromCtoShining(Blue)C on Dec 2, 2011 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
/record scratch
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Can I complain about work?
I’m going to do it anyway.
I’m currently stuck at a meeting in which one more hour is remaining. I have a lot of work that I need to finish by today and by Mon morning so I’ll be stuck working late into the night and the weekend. But I need to be at this meeting because this meeting is going over new features to work on and my work next week depends on it. Unfortunately the guy running the meeting and thinks he is a developer when he isn’t so he’s reading (irrelevant) code out loud occasionally. And he’s slow and going into too much useless details.
To make matters worse there are.. certain people… at the meeting that are oblivious to the world and wastes most of the time asking stupid questions.
Sorry I had to rant. I’m sort of burnt out today.
In other words, Go Bears!
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No.... way....
But it’s not gonna happen. The ref is in a pretty good position to make the stop
by FromCtoShining(Blue)C on Dec 2, 2011 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
That ref just called a charge on Cal.
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your face is overrated!
jk no one thinks highly of it anyway.
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Their salads are massive! Nothing special other than that though
by FromCtoShining(Blue)C on Dec 2, 2011 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
I thought intermezzo tasted good. Then again, my tastes have changed a lot out of school.
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I have. Its OK
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I remember they have sweet-potato fries.
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
nah dude intermezzo’s are twice as big as smart alec’s.
also, i thought smart alec’s was way overrated.
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Will bet anyone alive $1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 that UCLA does not wear the all whites for the conference championship game. Any takers?
Neuheisel should have the team do it just for fun
He’s fired anyway. Go out with a bang.
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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Oregon’s gonna switch things up for the Conference Championship Game and make a fashion statement by wearing no uniforms at all.
Maybe Oregon will wear the UCLA jerseys?
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who gets credited with the points?
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
THIS IS THE WORST DBD EVER
What if I told you that voting in DBD polls is the only thing that gets me through the day?
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
I can’t post DBD polls. If a mod wants to edit a poll in, i’m okay with it, even though there’s an 87% chance it will make fun of me.
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Really? Because you’re posting from work and your work browser sucks?
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
Correct.
I also can’t put pictures into DBDs without putting in the html code for it
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Is it just me or does anyone else sometimes read “MR.F.” as “MILF” when that little “New Comments” box shows up in the bottom right-hand corner?
RAGS
I finished The Great Hunt and am halfway through The Dragon Reborn! Ish is getting good!
I still don’t know how to pronounce Aes Sedai, Egwene, or Nymaeve though.
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
Yep, you’re into the good stuff now! Ending to TDR is pretty badass.
I read through the whole series (8 books at the time) before I found out the * correct * pronunciation for any of those names. Turns out the pronunciation in my head for all three was wrong.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
This place has got a bunch, though there are spoilers if you read too far down/the wrong articles.
There’s actually a bunch of pronunciation included in the Glossaries in the back of each book, so you should try there first.
Also, apparently ‘Nynaeve’ is only two syllables. That one went right past me.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
WHOA SPOILER ALERT
I was saying “Nigh-nayve”.
I was pronouncing Egwene as “edge-ween”. OY.
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
Egwene has gotten to be pretty awesome in the last two Sanderson books, though. I totally appreciate her character now.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Spoiler alert: will there be a point where I need to start looking up random characters in encyclopedias? I really don’t want to do that.
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depends how fast you read them. There are a shitload of characters
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not only that, but Jordan does like bringing minor characters back for multiple cameos. remember the random darkfriend (Paitr) in Four Kings in TEOTW, who Rand punches in the mouth on his way out of town? he shows up like 5 books later in a completely unrelated situation.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Ah. Okay. I haven’t read the Sanderson ones yet. They’re in my to-get-to pile.
Thought I’d be reading them this week, but got distracted by Fire Starkey’s Viking adventures.
Old Toothwrangler
which ones? Seems like there have been a recent explosion of Vikings chopping their way across Europe sagas.
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I read The Whale Road. Only meh.
But, then I read Raven Bloodeye and Sons of Thunder. I enjoyed those a lot.
Thinking about starting Killer of Men later.
Old Toothwrangler
Goldman's Hatzius says Unemployment is actually 16%
To include out of work people, etc.
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/82028638
(Can’t wait at work)
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Good question, not sure I’ve ever read a discussion of that.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
“Like a U6?” That’s the worst song ever!
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for shame, I thought he was leader of Indian independence movement or something
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Damn it, I was going to make this joke.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
EURO 2012 Soccer groups
Group A:
Poland
Czech Republic
Greece
Russia
Group B:
Netherlands
Denmark
Portugal
Germany
Group C:
Spain
Ireland
Croatia
Italy
Group D:
Ukraine
France
Sweden
England
Is Netherlands trying to hook up with Denmark? So nasty. They arelike siblings!!!
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that’s SOOO yesterday’s news. Netherlands and Denmark had a love child: Belgium
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
so racis. Imma review you on Yelp now.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
“I wish I had used Dr Kodiak’s expert services before. Instead, I made the mistake of getting my teeth ‘straightened’ by an alleged orthodontist who went to UCLA, and people still can tell I’m from the UK.”
I left that comment already?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Oh. I thought you posted on yelp as EnglishSchoolMarm.
My bad. Keep calm and carry on.
Old Toothwrangler
You keep accusing me of being English. Words can wound, Kodiak.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I’ve been trying to get in touch with my emotions. It’s not been going well.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I don’t think that there’s anything to be gained by going down that woad.
(thanks, I’m here all weekend!)
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I didn’t get that one :(
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
The blue paint that ye olden Picts and Scots put on for fighting purposes is known as woad.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Ahhhh, thanks.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 4, 2011 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
BURNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
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…what’s Iceland got to do with this?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:15 PM PST up reply actions
I’m still catching up!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
LEAVE ME OUT OF THIS!
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That’s racis
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
how's italy playing?
they sacked their coach a while back, right?
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Thye’ve been on a downward slide since they won the WC in 06.
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they are really old and the new “golden” generation of players hasn’t panned out so far for the most part. Its a toss up who emerges from Group C with Spain.
Group A is complete dogshit. Who fucking cares who emerges?
Group B all 4 teams could conceivable advance if placed in a different group, Dutch and Germanos likely to advance
Group C Spain and any of the other 3 (Erin Go Braugh bitches!)
Group D England and Froggies will be strongly favored.
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Italy’s midfielders are old and mostly very average.
New Jersey native Rossi should be returning from his long term injury and they also have batshit crazy Ballotelli at the ST position.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
…and who else? That’s their problem. They have a couple of nice pieces but they were supposed to have a fuckton of good young players step up from the U21s and only the nutjob Ghanian and a couple of fullbacks have really done all that much with the senior team. De Rossi is all they’ll have in midfield and Buffon is dependable when he’s not making fascist salutes to the crowd.
Not expecting much out of them.
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Agree
They’re a mess right now and doesn’t look like they’ll right the ship anytime soon. i don’t really expect to make it out of the group stage but wouldn’t be surprised if they did.
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All of that seems plausible and yet… with Balotelli in the squad, no-one will be able to compete for off-field hi-jinks.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
whatever, this was probably the coolest pk celebration i've seen
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Poo?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
Great. We didnt make it?
FIRE KLINGSMAN!!!!
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You cant tell if Im serious?
FIRE KLINGSMAN!!!
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Yes. Yes, I am being serious. We should fire Klingsman over my comments.
PS What is the name of the US soccer coach?
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FIRE BECKHAM!
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Isnt he the King of england?
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“Piers Morgan” is a euphemism for excrement in my house – " back in a minute, I need to release a Piers Morgan or two."
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
HAHA
I follow a few UK twitter accounts and I was really shocked by the level of hate that many have towards Piers
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
He’s a complete arse. He’s skating away from this phone tapping business in the UK and he doesn’t know his arse from an Arsenal despite his habit of claiming an interest.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Apparently, a ton of Gooners hate his guts too. If I recall, he was part of some story that caused a ton of folks their jobs. So on occasion, I’ll see tweet replies to him saying something along the lines of “shutup Peirs, you cunt. you are no Gooner you stupid twat.”.
The British love the C word, huh?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
what’s a Gooner (serious question)?
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a nickname for a nickname – the soccer team “Arsenal” is so named because it was formed around an actual weapons store. Hence the nickname of players / supporters as “gunners,” which was turned into “gooners.”
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You really dont have to censor yousrelf here
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not to get political (honest)
But watch him when he interviews the rare Republican in show business. O.K., I’m talking about Kelsey Grammar. He inevitably will ask them about the Tea Party and then bring up the most extreme thing a tea party member has said and ask them if they support that too, so as to discount everythnig… He NEVER does this the other way with Dems and Occupy Wall Street folks… It’s a subtle thing, but annoying to me (obviously).
I wouldn’t be surprised. UK interviewers are more biased. I think the other thing, to be fair to anyone from the UK not named Piers Morgan, is that they have a really hard time wrapping their head around some of the fringier elements of the Tea Party… not least because a lot of mainstream Republican policy is to the right of the Conservative Party.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Aren’t the Dems essentially to the right of the UK Conservative Party?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:20 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I haven’t seen this so I’ll leave Piers Morgan out of it, but the Tea Party is essentially part and parcel of the GOP, in a way that OWS is not, at all.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
No, they don’t. They may have used OWS as an opportunity to talk about income inequality and rail about Wall St. a little, but they are very consciously keeping the movement at arm’s length. There’s not going to be an “Occupy” caucus among House Democrats. In fact, it goes the other way as well. Lots of the actual Occupy people are extremely skeptical of the Dems (whom they see as just as corporate-controlled as the Republicans) as well. The Tea Party, on the other hand, to a much greater extent, a movement within the Republican party.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:57 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, they did. Nancy Pelosi “God Bless the protestors… they’re going to be effective!”
The reason they are now keeping at arm’s length and there won’t be a caucus is because there is no real message behind the movement. There is no “political” objective. The Tea Party did what people are supposed to do in a democracy… they organized and instituted change through elections.
I’m not going to talk much politics, for all the reasons people who otherwise like each other shouldn’t talk politics…. but your characterization of the Tea Party is not accurate. They greatly impacted GOP primaries taking down established Republicans they didn’t like (and lost the general election in the process).
And you’re missing the more germane point I was making as it pertains to this subthread.
Of course, she did exactly what I was talking about. Used them as an opportunity to talk about the issues.
there is no real message behind the movement. There is no "political" objective. The Tea Party did what people are supposed to do in a democracy
I agree 100%, and this is the key difference I was talking about between the two movements. In fact I think it’s kind of a shame that the Occupy people are too clueless or idealistic to leverage their message into an actual politically engaged movement like the Tea Party people did.
Your characterization of the Tea Party is not accurate. They greatly impacted GOP primaries taking down established Republicans they didn’t like (and lost the general election in the process).
Right, but the Tea Party people were actual conservative Republicans, participating in Republican primaries. That’s my point. These Occupy people are not rank-and-file Democrats, working to change the Democratic party. I doubt many of them even vote in the first place.
I’m not going to talk much politics, for all the reasons people who otherwise like each other shouldn’t talk politics…
Eh, I don’t like you any less for having differing viewpoints. You’re a good dude with good values, you just approach the world a little differently. If everybody thought the same thing the world would be pretty fucking boring. Anyway, I don’t ever mind talking with someone if we can “disagree without being disagreeable” as the man says. :)
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
So, should we fire KLINSGMAN or not< then
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WHOLESALE REGIME CHANGE!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
#Occupy Wherever Soccer Is Managed!
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#OCCUPY KENYA
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ok, i'll just say why i'm confused
i genuinely don’t know if you know that this is EURO 2012, and as such, we would never make it.
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Are you trying to claim I am bad at geography?
I’ll have you know that I have at least one writer ons taff here at CGB who majored in geography!!! So, I know what’s what!
Why would you make such hurtful accusations????
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You are bad at geography! There, I said it.
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FIRE KLINGON TORPEDOS!
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I’m starting to really appreciate how special of a year Cal Athletics had last year from a competitive standpoint (not from a management standpoint, obviously, with all of the “we’re cutting 5 sports, no we’re not, yes we are, no we’re not” business).
Already this year, the Men’s Water Polo team, the Women’s Volleyball team and the Men’s Soccer team have underperformed compared to last year’s squads. Even though the football team is better this year, we’ll also probably not do as well in baseball this year.
That third place in the NACDA director’s cup (would’ve been second place if Ohio State vacated their 2010 football season and 75 points for 5th place football finish before the final standings came out) really was something special last year.
No
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You build tracks and drop marbles down them to race! They’re super fun!
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Yes
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atoms — plane, airline, airport plz
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AHHHHHHHHHH that’s so awesome! plus it’s way 50s/60s era. That looks like a blast to play with.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
I bet Oregons backups could crush UCLA
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From Marshawns twitter
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Marshawn re-tweeted this:
@1986truth Millio Smith
Just had some great head #NoLie I ate skittles right after >>score!!!<< @MoneyLynch
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Americas finest Jew!
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Magic to buy the Doyers?
At a time when Major League Baseball wants to restore the Los Angeles Dodgers’ brand following years of damage under the ownership of Frank McCourt, Earvin “Magic” Johnson — arguably the most popular athlete in the city’s history — is a major player in a group that wants to buy the team.
“I’m a big baseball fan,” Johnson said by phone Friday, “and you think about what the Dodgers have meant to baseball and to Los Angeles, and that part’s a no-brainer. … I’ve been to that place [Dodger Stadium] hundreds and hundreds of times.”
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Dobbs I’m a big baseball fan, and you think about what the Dodgers have meant to baseball and to Los Angeles, and that part’s a no-brainer.
" — Magic Johnson on trying to buy the Dodgers
Johnson was approached about a month ago by Stan Kasten, the former president of the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals — someone Johnson has known for about 30 years, and who once offered him a job to coach the Atlanta Hawks. Mark Walter, the CEO of Guggenheim Partners, a private global financial services firm, is the money muscle behind the group, which is called Guggenheim Baseball Management. According to a fact sheet about the group, Guggenheim Partners has more than $125 billion in assets under management.
As Johnson described it, their ownership of the Dodgers — if it happens — would work this way: Walter would write the big checks; Kasten would oversee the baseball operations; and Johnson, who recently sold his ownership share of the Lakers, would work as a president or vice president on both the business side and in recruiting players, when needed.
“I want to win,” said Johnson, who met with six different groups of potential bidders for the Dodgers before joining forces with Walter and Kasten. “We want to win. Not only do we have the guy who can write the check to buy the team, but we have to have somebody who can acquire quality people and talent, and Stan knows how to do that better than anybody. … We’ve got a great plan.”
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Will they change their colors to purple and gold? Cuz that’d be awesome.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Why you hat blue?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Why don’t you LOVE purple?
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
YESH, YESH
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
by MR.F. on Dec 2, 2011 12:09 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I have one when the Dodgers had a Laker night and had a giveaway. My brother went to the game and got like 6 of them.
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
larry sits a few rows in front of where my in-laws have tickets
/LOOKATME
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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i dunno, some people think dodger dogs are heavenly.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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This sounds intriguing. I like.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:24 PM PST up reply actions
B of A: Whoops, sorry we kicked you out of your house and ruined it. Still friends though.
A homeowner’s worst nightmare has happened to a family of 10 out in Wisconsin. Our friends over at AOL Real Estate told the tale this morning about the King family, who moved out of their home last year when Bank of America incorrectly began hassling them for missing a payment during their Home Affordable Modification Program trial period.
……
Sitting neglected and unoccupied for over a year, the house the Kings and their 8 children once called home fell into a state of complete and utter ruin. It’s so bad even health officials have deemed it unsafe to inhabit.
Also, 8 kids? WTF?
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Does anyone know on which days
JFK drive is closed to car traffic? Want to go on a ride through GG Park this weekend and the internet is incredibly unhelpful.
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We thought it was always closed on Sundays and now also Saturdays in the summer (April thru September) which is not now.
WE ARE THE 0%
the internet is incredibly unhelpful.
How dare you?! The internet brought you the DBD, I can haz cheeseburger and babysitter porn!
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
I’m sorry, have to stop lurking today for this. Babysitter Porn? Is that porn with babsitters? or an overindulgent enjoyment of babysitters, like house porn?
Cal: Bears with Books.
This.
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I’m in the same boat as AndBears.
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Suh-suh-suh-suh-suh sweeeet can
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Apology not accepted!
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When I lived across the street from GG Park, it was Sundays
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someone got me a jack black travel kit a few years ago. loved it EXCEPT you could not refill the containers so it was sort of a one and done, which seemed like waste.
Hmm, good point. If I can refill the pre-shave and after-shave, this could be even more useful.
I’m pretty sure the brush in this set isn’t good (probably boar)
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I’m interested in a travel sized brush, am researching this kit.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
OMG THE SANDALWOOD SMELLS SOOOOO GOOD. (so does lavender)
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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They don’t have the sandalwood in that $10 deal.
If they had free shipping on this, I’d nab it. Or even if they carried it in stores!
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No no no I go with the non-scented one, bc otherwise it gets in your motuh and then your brekkie tastes all weird and shit
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I don’t think my daughters would really get much use out of it…
/only people for whom I buy stocking stuffers
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lololol, the confusion in the DC Trojan household on Christmas morning would be amazing. “umm … thanks dad?”
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“Oh my god, do you think I’m hairy and have to shave? I can’t believe this!” [sobsobsob] /my 9 year old
“This is cool! I’m going to find something to spray this on!” /my 6 year old
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
So that reminds me of the one time I told a girl in college that she needed to shave……
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AIM convo:
Me: Do you own a razor?
Her: Like the scooter? Or the blade?
Me: The blade
Her: Yeah, why?
Me: pls shave
Her: EXCUSE ME?!
Then I left.
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That is so Berkeley it makes me miss college.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
I meant the complete lack of game and the very real possibility that razor could mean scooter hahaha
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
complete lack of game
Did you ghostwrite Rishi’s biography?!?!
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I’m confused. Are you supposed to run game when making fun of someone for being unattractive?
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Pardon me
I thought you were trying to woo her. Believe me, some of the hordes of pre-meds would have thought they were being charming.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, no, I was geniunely being a jerk.
So, it seems not much has changed since my college days!
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was it facial hair or other? because if it was facial hair, she was probably upset that you told her to shave as opposed to thread.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
Hahahahahahahahaha
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve bought that before. It is a good deal. They last a while.
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Yes, but not at that price. Its was like $30 or something. I forget exactly how much.
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LOL this comment was right below the Bacon Lube comment and for a sec I thought you were talking about the lube.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
funny how working for a firm with a good name attracts that, eh?
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firm emailing
is actually somewhere i wanna work, but further down the road.
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our company just gave us laptops for the first time, it’s like a whole new world!
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Oh I get it. You’re quoting the Aladdin song, and you’re Indian. Well played!
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
titled: a gif metaphor of the Pac-12 championship game tonight
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-TwistNHook
The game is tonight?
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
DBD DROPPING TRUTHY FACTS ON YOUR HEAD
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-TwistNHook
Fo realz yo.
I still won’t watch it.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
I wish I was surprised that someone was filming that rather than trying to prevent the scrawny idiot from being killed.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
The scrawny idiot was bullying the big guy for quite some time, apparently. The big guy just had enough.
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
Correction:
Inverted Gutwrench slam.
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~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
this, little kid had it coming.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
sometimes people need protecting from themselves.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I’ve never quite understood how my colleagues who are against big government can reconcile that with doing work as federal contractors. I think they’re not against big government spending, just civil servants.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Yeah, but at some point you’ve got to make some kind of stand on principle.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
being against big government doesn’t mean being against any government… but i get what you are saying.
principles are great. until you have to pay your mortgage and tuition and… then it gets tougher.
Yeah, it’s amazing what a difference it makes to have mouths to feed.
To be more serious: the argument I’ve heard which is most coherent, if not completely convincing, is that there are plenty of administrative activities / costs which could be reduced by simply outsourcing and having a well-paid cadre of contracting officers / contract managers who direct private sector resources. The idea is that while the hourly cost per unit of work completed is often higher, there’s no long term exposure to benefits costs, and you can get volume discounts.
In reality, for that model to work, you’d need to completely overhaul how administrative funds are allocated and expended in the executive branch, and remove all of the requirements to provide a percentage of work to small / disadvantaged companies. By funding at a pretty granular level, and by eliminating aggregation of work by contractors, you can only achieve so much… and what’s even crazier is that the government is trying aggregate services by government providers, so you just add another layer of administrative costs.
I could go on and on (too late!), but it’s a crazy system, and it’s designed by legislation to be as hard and painful to pull apart, at the electoral district level, so there’s essentially no chance of working through creating efficiencies as opposed to just getting out chainsaws.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
i like how republicans run for president, then campaign by saying that the role of government should be diminished. delightful.
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I like how democrats think Republicans are evil, but are actually evil themselves!
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You’re being unfair. The only people that Goldblooded thinks are evil are those lovely people affiliated with USC.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
and... you forgot the biggest one of all
by FromCtoShining(Blue)C on Dec 2, 2011 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
I'll give you a hint
They wear red, their QB is a caveman, they have a landmark named for a bad president…
by FromCtoShining(Blue)C on Dec 2, 2011 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
Sharepoint?
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Right about the same time you beat Twist to the punch and learn how to use Google.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I know how to use Google. Im just too lazy
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Out of curiosity, what exactly does an assclown do?
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Worst. Birthday Party entertainment. Ever.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Did you just respond to yourself?
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Did you just respond to yourself?
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Too late, I already self responded. I know how I like it.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
you should read this killer article by haidt and graham about morailty. i read it in a soc class at cal. 2007, i think. it’s why libs and conservatives can actually never agree – very interesting
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Because conservatives do God’s work and liberals hate America, yet want to lead it?
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no it’s way cool – i link it for all to read. do yourself a favor and skip to halfway down page 6 and read the 5 categories on which humans derive their own moral views from. it’s very interesting
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Sometimes dumbasses gotta learn.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
In this age, it’s more important to film things than to do things.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Whoa.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Dust. Wind. Dude!
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
can someone rehost the image on a site that’s not imgur or photobucket?
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
thanks! ah, I remember seeing this a while back.
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
Bear musical talent
I went to a concert yesterday at the Kennedy Center and one of the performers got an undergrad degree in statistics from Cal before a master’s in music on a Hertz scholarship. Here is a video of the concert. Her trio starts at 37:00. She’s the one in the striking red dress (or she’s the striking one in the red dress).
I only watched because of this comment.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
SHIT IS HITTING THE FAN
http://www.dailycal.org/2011/12/02/starting-forward-solomon-suspended-indefinitely/
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shit
anyone following him on twitter? has he posted anything?
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I like MB because he's a fellow sunshine pumper
If true, I’m glad it was nothing criminal
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
I’d rather lose with players who follow the rules.
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2nd part: Than win with those that don’t.
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So would I.
Besides, it’s part and parcel of the Cal ethos, is it not?
"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
One on one interview with Aaron Rodgers
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7295185/nfl-green-bay-aaron-rodgers-greatest-season-qb-ever-had
FLEMING: In Week 9 against the Chargers, your third touchdown was a 21-yard pass to receiver James Jones in which you audibled out of a run play at the line of scrimmage, froze the deep safety with your eyes and then threw a ball that seemed to materialize in Jones’ hands when he reached the end zone. What does it feel like to be in a zone like this?
RODGERS: It’s a lot of fun. It feels fluid. I used to play baseball, and it’s like when you’re hitting it on the label, or the barrel of the bat. You don’t feel anything, just fluid contact, and you just know you hit the ball on the sweet spot with clean power every time. When you’re throwing the football the way you want to, you’re not thinking about it. You’re not thinking about your drop or your release point or the trajectory or where your feet are. It’s just coming off your hand exactly the way you want it to, fluid and confident. You’re getting good snap on it, a good spiral, and it’s ending up exactly where you want it. That’s when the game becomes fun, when you can put the ball exactly where you want it. You just react naturally and let all the fundamentals and muscle memory that you’ve built up take over. It’s that feeling of being in total control.
Is part of that getting to a place where complicated reads, such as the TD to Jones, just become second nature?
It’s quicker reactions and being more decisive with my checks. When you really start figuring things out as a quarterback, you realize you don’t have to be perfect every time, but you do have to be quick and decisive. On that play, we had James on the left and Greg Jennings on the right. The pass check was for James to run a man-beater route — a route with a double move that works well against single coverage. We were hoping the Chargers would go to a one-high safety look. Instead, they played more quarters, where each DB plays a quarter of the field, and they used high-low coverage on Greg. My quick reaction was that we still have man coverage on the other side with James, who is running a man-beater route. It wasn’t perfect, but we still had good options to work with.
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cam newton's responses to the same questions:
DYAAAAAAAAAA DURRRR DURRRR DUHHHHHH H HUHUHUHH DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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while you were posting that
he just threw for 400 yards again
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Aaron Rodgers is thinking about switching his throwing arm to his left to make things more of a challenge.
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ZOMGZOMGZOMGZOMG
Has anyone ever tried hitting C to scroll through comments on CGB?
Whoa.
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It goes the opposite direction.
Boom.
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No, it doesnt. It just moves down without checking it ocff
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I’m talking K vs. C. Try to keep up.
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Im so full of self loathing right now
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It’s like a perpetual motion machine.
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IN THIS DBD, WE OBEY THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS!
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Ya, I use it all of the time. Its if Im on a coment and then I scroll somewhere else and dont want to lose the comment.
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A GINORMOUS WHEWWWWWW!!!
I got the blue screen of death a while ago on my laptop… thought i was royally screwed… but miracle of miracles, repair worked. and now you’re all royally screwed.
El Tigre has it going on today
Tiger Woods is 6-under thru 12 holes in the 2nd round of the Chevron World Challenge. 2 eagles, 3 birdies, one bogey. Currently in 1st.
He’s playing like turkey, amirite?!?
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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i'd love this house...
if it were in big bear or tahoe. not mill valley.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/02/BUHN1M5MUP.DTL
Damn, I like that too.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 7:30 PM PST up reply actions
Ozzie Guillen is a great American:
“I named my bulldog ‘DH’ because he’s lazy.”
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:39 PM PST up reply actions
mmm..hops....
http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2011/12/02/hanson-to-release-a-beer-called-mmmhop/
Pop artists from your youth may soon be producing your beer. That is, if you grew up in the ’90s, were familiar with the band Hanson and you like IPAs.
In a talk at Oxford on Monday, the band told their audience that they intend to produce a beer called MMMHop, a title that alludes to their original 1997 hit, MMMBop.
"We are soon going to be selling our own beer. I’m not joking – MMMHop IPA anyone?" Zac Hanson, 26, said at the talk, according to the Daily Express.
The concept is taking the social media sphere by storm, and Twitter users seem to have a good deal to say about the band breaking into the brewing business.
Hanson?
So, we can expect a watered down product that leaves a bitter taste in our mouths?
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Dude, if that one guy is 26, he musta been like 12 when they were huge
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JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE A NEVER WAS, DON’T MAKE ME A HAS BEEN!
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I believe the line is
“Were you ever famous?
No
“then how can you be a has-been”
#tootsieshouldhavewontheacademyaward
No. Its:
JUST BECAUSE BIG JERRY IS A HAS BEEN, DONT MAKE LITTLE JERRY A NEVER WAS!
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Rishi loves it!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
So, Dancing with the (hasbeen) Stars....
…..only had room for two????
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
one of my shameful, guilty pleasures is that I love the song MMMBop. I used to hide my shame. Then one day while driving with a couple of friends it cycled through on my ipod and before i could yank the cord out of the console my secret was out. Now I wear it proudly.
I remember when I hated that group. In hindsight…there was really no reason to care about them at all.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly! I was young at the time, though, and their target was my-age females, so that’s what it stemmed from.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
so you didn’t play that up and try and look like one of them and then sort of get those girls by osmosis? ;-)
Not my style. Not even sure that thought occurred to me.
by Missing Barry on Dec 2, 2011 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
Woo Hoo!
Just found out that Little K won student of the month at her school.
/yeah, I’m being that guy
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by Kodiak on Dec 2, 2011 2:11 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
hooray! bumper stickers for all!!!
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
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only student of the month? I would accept nothing less than student of the year.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
“Only student of the month?!?!?!? INTO THE HOLE!”
“Noooo Daddy nooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
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this would be more accurate at the Kod household
"Only student of the month?!?!?!? WEAR THE RED SWEATSHIRT OF SHAME!"
"Noooo Daddy nooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
“Only student of the month?!?!?!? DON’T MAKE ME BUY THE RED SWEATSHIRT OF SHAME! YOU KNOW HOW DADDY HATES BUYING THINGS THAT ARE RED”
“Noooo Daddy nooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
I’m going to propose this idea to Mrs. Turkey to use with any potential offspring.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
She got her first injury this week, too! (sprained ankle)
She’s a chip off the ol’ block!
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only a sprain? Daddy’s knee would have ruptured and somehow self amputated.
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that’s what happens when you kick too much ass.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
It did happen at her martial arts class.
No swelling or bruising, so not really that big a deal. I taped it for her just in case. But I think she’s practicing to be a European soccer player with all the limping and hopping about.
Old Toothwrangler
The mind of a 5 year old – “how much can I milk this for?”
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
My warmed 31-year-old mind: “How much milk do I need to drink to make this better?”
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 2, 2011 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
I knew someone would make this comment. Thanks for not disappointing :)
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:41 PM PST up reply actions
Fire Starkey Junior had some sort of craft day at school yesterday, each student made crafts to sell for 25 cents or whatever as a fundraiser for the school. Each kid was also supposed to bring $2 in coins to give as change. So Junior sells a few things and then decides to start buying everything in sight. So he spent his $2 plus all the money he had collected for his stuff and came home with a huge pile of shit. I asked him how he got all of that stuff.
“I had money, so I spent it.”
“What about the money you collected for selling your things?”
“I spent that too.”
“What are you going to give the teacher for all the things you sold?”
“I have to do that?!?!?”
Sigh, completely missing the point FTW!
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
Well, if they’re going to make most students feel dumb, I’m glad that Little K has already been recognized as an academic 1%-er :)
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I was a bit surprised, actually.
I didn’t think they did that sort of thing as early as kindergarten.
Ah well. I guess I better go make some t-shirts and bumper stickers.
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You know what, the kids know already. I’m sure it’s described as being an award for being a good citizen etc.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Does wearing Disney princess waterproof tattoo bandaids over my arthroscope holes count?
Old Toothwrangler
I don't wanna know about your.....
….microscopic hole…..oh wait, I read that wrong….
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
All the jokes I wanted to make were already taken :(
So congrats
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
I spent all my jokes making fun of AndBears for being a crybaby.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
A worthy task for sure. Isn’t it time for your lemon drop?
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
Knock Knock
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GO BEARS
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You are supposed to say "Go Bears Who?"
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And then I say "GO BEARS ON 17"
Why do I have to do everything for you!!!
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WHo's there?!?!?
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KNOCK KNOCK ON 17
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When the cops roared up to the neighborhood market in the San Francisco neighborhood of Cole Valley, it appeared they had an armed bandit on their hands.
The guy seemed primed for business with his gun pointed in the air and refusing the officers’ demand that he toss down the weapon, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Things like this happen in the big city.
But then the would-be bandit uttered something that caught the police off-guard.
"It’s a movie," he said.
The 41-year-old stick-up man, later identified as David Lupin, turned out to be an actor who was pulling off a mock hold-up at the Alpha Market while a Japan-based film company was shooting the scene from across the street, the newspaper said. The weapon? A replica. Total plastic.
Try this next time you get robbed
Victim cries and gets wallet back
The man was going into his apartment building on the 1500 block of Grant Avenue in San Francisco around 10:30 p.m. Thursday when police say a man, 37, in his late 30s approached him and demanded his belongings.
The victim handed over his wallet and smartphone. Then he began to cry, police said.
The suspect, who we imagine was a bit flummoxed by the emotions on display, then handed the man’s wallet back to him. Of course, he took the cash out first.
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Now he’ll always be That Woman.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
I feel like women can never be That Woman. Perhaps I am too kind to women. I think most guys are like that.
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I live in fear of being That Woman. What exactly makes up “That Woman” remains nebulous.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
It doesnt exist. Im often That Guy, tho
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Let’s cry about it.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
It was all fun and games until you posted this
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waaaahhhh1!!! Time to call WHINE ONE ONE we need a WAMBULANCE!!!
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fuck this, Im too attractive to be That Guy
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runs to bathroom
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Unisex in most Cal res halls!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
honestly, if i was getting mugged
this would be a not-terrible outcome. getting to keep my drivers license most of all…
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One of the worst things about moving to Ohio is that I don’t have a bear on my license :(
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 2, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
ftfy
One of the worst things about moving to Ohio is that I’m in f***ing Ohio
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
by Rishi on Dec 2, 2011 2:58 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
rec’d
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:45 PM PST up reply actions
Agree. I would care less about the cash and more about the other stuff.
Having lost my id and credit cards in Vegas, I know how much it sucks afterwards.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
yup, in order of pain ( in my mind):
1. drivers license
2. Cal ID
3. credit cards
4. cash
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
If only I got those!
Though I did tell The Economist I’m a student. DON’T TELL THEM GUYS
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
*care fewer
/JOKE
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Story time, because I had a similar experience minus the crying
About three years ago, I was walking home from work to my apartment on the northside, around La Loma/Ridge. It was dark and quiet, probably about 8pm. These two guys are just standing around on the sidewalk, I go to walk around them, and one of them sticks a gun to my chest. He tells me to look at the ground, and they start going through my pockets and backpack.
They start walking away with my wallet and phone, and tell me to walk in the opposite direction. Thinking of what a hassle it’s going to be cancel my cards and get new ID, I say, “Take the money, but can you please just leave my wallet?” Surprisingly, one of the guys says, “I’m leaving your wallet here on the ground. You can come back and get it.”
So I walk away, wait a minute, look back, don’t see any sign of them, and sure enough my wallet was on the ground with everything intact except for the cash. So, all I lost were my phone and some cash (and my sense of security). Yay for considerate robbers!
in the html for the image, you can add width = 300 or some other such nonsense to change the size.
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Also, my son created this a wants credit for some reason.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
why doesn’t he post, he’s met us hasn’t he! oh, right.
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I’ve made an account! This is Cugelsson. I figured that asking my dad to post stuff was reaching a new low, it was time to man up and make an account.
by OaktownRush on Dec 2, 2011 3:46 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
We like to have fun around here!
"RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!"
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by Redonkulous Bear on Dec 2, 2011 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
I hope that you hate you rtime here and never come back
In other words, WELCOME!
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Awesome. Guess you didn’t want to be That Guy.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 2, 2011 6:47 PM PST up reply actions
Looks like Keith David
"RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!"
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by Redonkulous Bear on Dec 2, 2011 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
what’s the record for most comments in a dbd?
by the federer express on Dec 2, 2011 3:47 PM PST reply actions
fyi, don’t drive down Montgomery St. Some sort of protest going on at One Post Plaza.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Does it have to do with the people in white? They were down the street from my building this morning. 3 people in a line, kneeling as if in prayer, wearing all white clothing. It’s either a protest or art, I can never tell.
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yeah, you haven’t figured out both calbandgreat and i work a block away from you? :)
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
You and CalBandGreat are dressed in white and kneeling as if in prayer?
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
I heard it. They had a good beat going for a bit there. No idea what was going on.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Are you ignoring me because of my earlier post?
sads :(
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Great job on the protest CalBandGreat!
btw, I’m pretty sure i saw you walking once by Harvest & Rowe on 2nd. Rags, RemorsefulBruin and I happened to be having lunch in our Cal gear. You missed us.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Today? I’ve only been out of my cage to goto the Crocker Galleria.
BTW, Burrito 360’s cajun burrito ain’t too bad.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
It was a while ago, but if I see you in Crocker Galleria, I’ll say Hi. Or give you the secret CGB handshake.
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We hav ea secret handshake?
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Thats it! Somebody isnt getting bonestorm for mxas!
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Shut uuuuuup.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Fine I'll show you
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Yep, it was a fine secret society we had once.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Let’s start a new club called the The Secret Order of the No Twists!
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
That sounds way better than mine, “The Twisthood of the Traveling Scoopnecks.”
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by sec119 on Dec 2, 2011 4:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The AAA is across the street from my building practically.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Goodbye Raleigh's and Intermezzo!
From today…
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
The Pac-12 championship game is starting in about a half hour
And we have an open thread for that
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Racism doesn't exist anymore
This doesn’t really fit into any topic…it’s just awesome: http://shitmystudentswrite.tumblr.com/post/11396168718/post-race-america
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Did you now?
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Want some Old School Cal Football?
I am streaming the 2006 Holiday Bowl. Looks like I can do 2002 Cal vs Baylor (Jeff’s first game as head coach) afterwards.
http://www.livestream.com/swamphunter
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
I’ve been up over 24 hours. This is what is keeping me sane while I pack for a big move.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
Because Livestream is fucking with me.
http://www.justin.tv/swamphunter#/w/2181604544
http://www.justin.tv/swamphunter#/w/2181604544
http://www.justin.tv/swamphunter#/w/2181604544
http://www.justin.tv/swamphunter#/w/2181604544
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Also, I call it "Old School" because it's not new school... as in not this season.
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