DBD 12.20.11 Last Minute Christmas Gifts!
Well, friends, five days until Christmas. Kinda sat, innit? Pretty soon, all the Christmas decorations and the trees and the lights... all gone :(
Great, I don't want to post this DBD anymore.
Wait, no, I'll push through it. All right, Rishi, gather yourself.
....
So five days and I'd imagine most people aren't done with their Christmas shopping yet? But some people are just hard to shop for! So let's instead use the the CGB community to try to help each other out! Give ideas! Help find a gift for a specific person!
Here's my list of go-to gifts (which I've mostly exhausted by now)
For girls:
- Stuffed animals (bonus if you get the Little Brown Bear from Bloomingdales, since part of that goes to charity and that just makes everyone feel all warm and fuzzy and that's before they cuddle the teddy!)
- Perfume: It's a tough one, but if you know the girl well enough, it can make for a great gift. Go to Sephora and describe the person you want to buy perfume for and find their suggestions. Then buy the perfume somewhere else cause Sephora is expensive
- Chocolate. Self-explanatory.
For guys:
- Alcohol: depends what they drink, but a good bottle of wine or whiskey or whatever.
- Cologne: Different strategy than picking perfume for girls; pick a cologne that you think girls would like
- Cufflinks: Most guys do not have enough of these
And that's my list of ideas. Okay, GO BEARS!
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Niners defense plays lights out against the Steelers
On Monday night, the San Francisco 49ers hosted the James Harrison-less Pittsburgh Steelers at Candlestick Park. Two 10-3 playoff-bound teams colliding in a head-to-head match-up on the big stage with post-season implications on the line. All signs before the game pointed to a competitive, hard-nosed contest between two similarly built teams — and it did not disappoint.
The game was initially delayed by a power outage; a transformer blew at roughly 5:19 PT, postponing the 5:30 regularly scheduled kick off time a half hour. I expected lights to go out, but I thought they were going to be Ben Roethlisberger’s (which would’ve been the case had it not been for a lot of those quick releases). Right off the bat, I thought there were too many Terrible Towels in the stands but the Faithful countered with a strong presence.
With Patrick Willis still out, Larry Grant once again started alongside NaVorro Bowman. That defense started out hot early, ending the Steelers first drive with a Carlos Rogers interception — his 6th of the season. And the 49er D continued to be an enigma for offenses that like to move the ball on the ground. Before the game, the pre-game hype with Boomer and the guys was complimentary regarding the Niners front seven; calling it “perhaps the best in the league” and more.

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There were a lot of Steelers fans walking around downtown yesterday. Very cool.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 7:43 AM PST up reply actions
I saw one guy posing with a terrible towel in front of the Ben & Jerry’s at Haight/Ashbury on Sunday. I’m sure that was the highlight of his trip.
by minesweeper on Dec 20, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
I think what we learned from that game is that a high-ankle sprain can turn Roethlisberger into 2nd half of the 2007 season Nate Longshore.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 12:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Bears win!
Cal 70, UC Santa Barbara 50: Justin Cobbs Doesn’t Eat Chipotle, Saves The Day
With Richard Solomon out against a feisty UCSB team, Cal fans were justified feeling nervous. When it was announced about a hour before tip time that the talismanic Jorge Gutierrez would miss the game and that Harper Kamp and Robert Thurman would play despite food poisoning, I felt that Cal went from a solid favorite to arguably a slight, slight underdog, depending on how much Kamp could give on the court.
Justin Cobbs laughed at my lack of faith, to the tune of 25 points on 10-12 shooting and spectacular defense on NBA-ready guard Orlando Johnson. Whenever you average more than 2 points per shot you probably had a pretty amazing offensive game. And to play a major role in holding the other team’s best player to 9 points on 4-13 shooting? All while spending 38 minutes on the court? In his post game interview with Roxy, Monty described Cobbs’s effort as ‘spectacular,’ which is about as strong a superlative as you’ll ever hear him use.
It was a statement by both Cobbs and the Bears that this team is more than the triumvirate of Jorge, Harper and Allen Crabbe. David Kravish did an excellent job replacing Richard Solomon’s rebounding and interior defense, and played 34 key minutes. Brandon Smith chipped in seven assists. And while Emerson Murray, Bak Bak and Jeff Powers didn’t bring much offensively, they all kept up the defensive intensity
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by Rishi on Dec 20, 2011 6:56 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Cobbs
10 of 12 from the floor (3-3 on 3’s), plus great defense on a guy whom “nearly a dozen” NBA scouts were at Haas watching.
Wow wow, Cobbsey. Cobbsey Cobbsey WOW WOW!
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Got to tell you guys a great story from last night's game
A friend of mine sent me a pic from his seat at last night’s game… when I saw it I thought, wow those look like REALLY good seats… so the story…

A good friend of mine went to the game. He is not a Cal alum but IS a full on Cal fan (he is from CT and went to school in Vermont). So he decided to "re-seat" himself down into some better seats… Waaaaaay down into some MUCH better seats… Everything is great and is enjoying himself and the people around him when the gentleman sitting next to him says "Listen, I know these aren’t your seats, which is OK, but would you mind moving down a couple so my friend down there can switch seats and sit next to me…" So that guy was Wally Haas and his "friend down there" was Ricky Henderson!!
All kinds of cool about that and how incredibly gracious of Wally. I love the fact that
1) he was so cool to my friend who was clearly not in his seats… I mean he was sitting in Wally Haas’s seats in Haas Pavilion. Love that!
2) I love human interactions like that and to me what makes Haas, the arena, so special – we’re all there together; no stratification
3) he had been talking with him and
4) Ricky Henderson was at that game!
That whole thing to me is soooo Cal. Just loved it.
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by fiatlux on Dec 20, 2011 7:06 AM PST reply actions 5 recs
Rickey Henderson!
One of my favorites players of all time to watch in person.
When I was at KALX, we had a press credential to cover Giants and A’s games if we wanted. I used them a few times. Only three players ever acknowledged me unsolicited with a “hello” or “how are you doing” or some other greeting — Will Clark, Stan Javier, and Rickey Henderson.
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by Ohio Bear on Dec 20, 2011 7:10 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
And...
Wally Haas = awesome!
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As a Dodgers fan, I’m not ashamed to say I love Will Clark’s swing. Prettiest swing in baseball.
by HeyAlumniGo on Dec 20, 2011 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
what’d you think of Griffey Jr.’s?
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
or some reason, I liked Will’s better. I did like his intensity when he plays. As long as he sucked against the Dodgers. Griffey’s swing is pretty though. I wonder why lefty swings are much more prettier than righty swings.
by HeyAlumniGo on Dec 20, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
fify
I wonder why lefty swings are muchmoreprettier than righty swings.
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“one of the most hardest-hitting safeties in the league!”
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
AH PUT THE TEAM ON MAH BACK
"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."
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“you can’t stop me! cross the planeeeeeeeeeee…TOUCHDOWNNNN”
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
I really, really want this guy to be TV football commentator.
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
So much better than Craig James! And then what if he runs for Senate?!
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he’ll be debating legislation like this! “but earlier doe…”
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Kelsey Grammer did what now?
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A left hander’s swing naturally carries him to first base, so it is easier to complete the swing. A right hander, on the other hand, has two competing sources of momentum: the move towards first base, and the swing pulling him the other way.
cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.
hmm, that’s actually a pretty nice explanation
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
A second possible reason is that some hitters (like myself) learned to switch hit to gain an advantage. Since lefty-hitting is “unnatural” for me, I had to spend a lot of time on mechanics from that side. As a result, I guess it looks better?
cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.
Sigh, I wanted to go to this game, but I had plans to watch Monday Night Football (which was also fun). Can’t do everything
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lol that’s sweet
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Gennifer Brandon is the Pac-12 POTW
Yay, Gen
California Golden Bear redshirt sophomore forward Gennifer Brandon was named Bank of the West Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 12-18, Commissioner Larry Scott announced today. With the help of Brandon’s 24-point, 24-rebound performance, the Golden Bears nearly knocked off 12th-ranked Ohio State last week.
Brandon scored 24 points and grabbed 24 rebounds in the 77-75 setback to the Buckeyes in Berkeley. The 24 boards were a Haas Pavilion record and one shy of tying the all-time Pac-12 single game record. Brandon had a double-double in the first half alone, tallying 12 points and 12 boards in 12 minutes. For the game, she was 9-for-15 from the floor and 6-for-10 from the free throw line.
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by Ohio Bear on Dec 20, 2011 7:13 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
I wonder how many times growing up that her name was pronounced with a hard “G”.
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 7:43 AM PST up reply actions
hennifer?! what a stupid name!!
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Brandon was very good as a freshman, but she has made a huge leap this year into being truly outstanding. Cal actually got a good break, in an unexpected way, with Brandon missing all last season with a stress fracture. She probably could have come back late in the season, but Boyle decided not to spend a year of her eligibility when the season was clearly going nowhere. So she’s only a blue-shirt sophomore, and we’ve got year for 2 1/2 more years!
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but Boyle decided not to spend a year of her eligibility when the season was clearly going nowhere.
So Boyle is the anti-Ketih Gilbertson!
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Argh!
And also the anti-Keith Gilbertson
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WBB game tonight at Haas
Cal vs. Dartmouth, 7:00 pm
The California Golden Bears (8-3) close out the non-conference portion of their schedule at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20 when they host the Dartmouth Big Green (2-7).
The Bears are 8-3 this season against non-Pac-12 opponents with their only three losses coming against ranked teams. The Bears losses were by a combined six points, falling to now-ranked No. 11 Rutgers 73-70 and to still-ranked No. 24 Texas, 61-60. The Bears nearly pulled off the upset over No. 12 Ohio State on Saturday. The Bears trailed by 14 points with five and a half minutes left in the game. Cal trailed by just two points with 20 seconds left in the game, and they had possession of the basketball. Cal got the ball in under the hoop, but never had a clean look at the basket. They threw up three shots in the final seconds, none of which fell in, with Ohio State holding on for the two-point victory.
The Bears are trying to win nine games against regular-season non-conference opponents for the fourth time in the last six years. The Bears went 9-1 in 2006-07 and 9-2 in both 2007-08 and 2008-09. Last year, Cal went 8-3 before jumping into Pac-10 action.
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If you’re going to the game tonight, note this—
Please Note: Construction on Zellerbach Hall will directly affecting ticket operations on December 20th vs Dartmouth. There will only be an eight foot clearance between the construction fences and ticket booth at Haas Pavilion, so fans are encouraged to arrive early to avoid access-related delays.
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Cal athletics has acknowledged Warren Hellman's passing
“True Friend” of Cal
Warren Hellman, a visionary leader and philanthropist, passed away Sunday at the age of 77, leaving a lasting impact on both Cal Athletics and the University as a whole.
“Warren lived his life with tremendous passion and remarkable compassion,” Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau said. "His contributions helped people, ideas and causes at UC Berkeley, the Bay Area and the world. The Cal family for generations to come is indebted to him for his support of Berkeley and public higher education.
A member of the Golden Bear water polo team and a 1955 Cal graduate, Hellman was a lifelong supporter and advocate for Cal Athletics. He enjoyed getting to know student-athletes on a personal basis and hearing their inspiring stories.
“Cal Athletics will miss a true friend in Warren Hellman, who cared so deeply about our student-athletes and our University.” Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour said. “His vision and commitment to world-class programs truly benefited our entire department, from the need for fully-funded scholarships to hiring and retaining high-level coaches and building state-of-the-art facilities. He was dedicated to our student-athletes having the necessary conditions for success at Cal. Warren was so proud of the accomplishments of our aquatics programs overall, particularly last year when both our swimming teams won NCAA championships and our water polo squads were national runners up.”
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Current favourite Christmas song!
Holly And The Ivy by St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir
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Cal athletics published the official release on something called the Holiday Bowl
Seven days ’til game day!
Kickoff – Cal vs. Texas Wed., Dec. 28 (5:00 p.m. PT)
Cal (7-5, 4-5 Pac-12) and Texas (7-5, 4-5 Big 12) will meet for the first time in 41 years in the 2011 Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl. Both teams enter the game with identical overall and conference records. Cal finished fourth in the North division of the Pac-12, while Texas tied for sixth in the Big 12. Only two seasons ago, the Longhorns played in the BCS National Championship Game, falling 37-21 to Alabama at The Rose Bowl.
Cal finished the 2011 campaign with three victories in its final four contests, with its only loss during the stretch by a slim 31-28 margin on the road to a Stanford team that is headed to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma State after finishing the regular season ranked No. 4 in the BCS Standings, AP Top 25 and USA Today Poll. The Bears started their final month of the regular season with home victories over Washington State and Oregon State, and finished November with an emphatic 47-38 road victory in their regular-season finale over an Arizona State team that had been nationally ranked most of the season.
Texas began its 2011 season with four straight victories and was 6-2 before dropping three of its final four regular-season contests. Two of the three losses came to nationally-ranked teams on the road at Kansas State and against Baylor at home. The Longhorns also fell on the road at Missouri. The lone win during the stretch came in their rival game at Texas Tech.
Texas holds an all-time series lead of 4-0 over Cal, and was ranked in the nation’s top 10 in each previous meeting, including the last matchup in 1970 in Austin when a second-ranked Longhorns club prevailed, 56-15. A No. 10 UT team also took the first meeting in 1959 in Austin, 33-0, while the other games were contested in Berkeley with No. 4 Texas squads winning 28-3 in 1961 and 17-0 in 1969.
Cal and Texas will see more of each other in the near future as the teams have scheduled a home-and-home series for the 2015 and 2016 seasons, with the Bears visiting Austin on Sept. 12, 2015, and UT making a return trip to Berkeley on Sept. 10, 2016.
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Just noticed something in the release is already outdated
Live Coverage
TV: ESPN – Rece Davis (Play-by-Play), Craig James (Analyst), Jesse Palmer (Analyst), Jenn Brown (Sideline)
As we learned yesterday, we will be spared James’ multiple pronunciations of Isi Sofele:
James already was going to miss Tuesday night’s ESPN telecast of the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl. His replacement is Danny Kanell. He was scheduled to work two other bowl games as well; no replacement has been named.
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what happened to him?
(yes, i live under a rock most of the time)
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by Rocksanddirt on Dec 20, 2011 8:02 AM PST up reply actions
so he announced and
is taking a leave from boring me to tears?
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by Rocksanddirt on Dec 20, 2011 8:07 AM PST up reply actions
How could he bore you?
Weren’t you on the edge of your seat with anticipation, waiting to hear the next way he mispronounced “Isi Sofele”?
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Anyone gone for Christmas Mass in SF?
For Christmas morning? Was thinking of going just out of interest. Like Grace Cathedral or something?
I also know there’s Midnight Mass, but I hear that involves showing up several hours early.
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Not Christmas Mass...
But when I lived in SF, I used to attend Mass regularly at St. Anne’s of the Sunset on Judah Street (Sunset Dist). I liked it there. And it’s easily accessible taking the N Judah on MUNI.
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I recommend
Old St. Mary’s in Chinatown. It’s staffed by the Paulists, an order formed in America that is interested in using modern media and grappling with modern life.
Their masses are at 8:30 and 11 on Christmas Day and they seem to have a Christmas eve concert before mass at midnight.
For an alternate historical experience you could go to Mission Dolores. I’m sure Christmas services will be in the basilica and don’t think the mission/museum will be open on Christmas day. But they’ve had Christmas mass on the site since 1776.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 7:54 AM PST up reply actions
forgot to say
the Paulists also staff Newman Hall at Berkeley, if anyone is familiar with that.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 7:57 AM PST up reply actions
That's were we got married
Our kids look at our wedding album now and ask why we got married in a cave.
haha
It’s really more of a bunker! Brutalism!
Fun Newman fact: the big sculpture installation at the Embarcadero BART that looks like a spinal column or something is from the same artist that made the altar and Flinstone chair at Newman.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
True Story
My in-laws were married there and my father-in-law’s aunt, as a wedding gift, donated money to the church and had their names inscribed in bricks in the front apse of the church.
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I assume you're talking about St. Mary's
They also have noontime concerts during the week which are nice.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 8:01 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, St. Mary’s in Chinatown. Whenever we are in the city, and in particular, in Chinatown, we stop by and visit the bricks.
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It’s a good place. They are the people that do the Ash Wednesday services downtown each year, at the Hyatt or in Embarcadero Center or whatever.
Plus… dim sum after Christmas church! A San Francisco treat!
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 8:14 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks! What do they do at Christmas Mass? Any singing by the choirs or is it speaking or what?
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regular service with special music usually
sometimes it is a fully musical service (i.e., all the normally spoken service parts are sung as well).
for example: Handel’s Messiah is a straight up Easter Service if you do it front to back.
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by Rocksanddirt on Dec 20, 2011 8:04 AM PST up reply actions
The Catholic mass would be a combination of speaking and singing no matter which one you attend. I’m not sure if OSM will have their choir at both or just one, but the choir was very good the last time I heard them.
There’s a bit more information for the St. Ignatius services.. that’s the Jesuit church at USF. They’ll have organ/choir at 8:30, “contemporary ensemble” at 9:30 which I imagine is guitar, horns, etc., and full choir at 11 AM.
Any of these places will be pretty welcoming. I like the little church at UCSF too, St. John of God.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 8:08 AM PST up reply actions
Nice! So would you recommend OSM over Grace or anything like that?
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I have only been to a couple Episcopalian services in my life, and none at Grace Cathedral, so I have no opinion about that.
As I said you might get a little more out of the Old St. Mary’s service than some of the others; if you want a more traditional kind of experience the organ/choir thing at St. Ignatius might be a better fit.
Also I imagine there’s Indian-language mass somewhere in SF but I couldn’t tell you where. I know there’s Portuguese, French, Italian, Arabic, Tagalog…
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
Oh wow, St. Ignatius looks wonderful as well! I am more going for the experience, so this might be perfect. Thanks!
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I’m glad I suggested it… it’s very beautiful. Also, I always feel terribly underdressed there so you should be all set. FWIW!
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 8:46 AM PST up reply actions
I’d imagine at that point, I’d have to just get garage parking, innit?
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For Old St. Mary’s , there’s a big garage across the street, and a young athletic soul like yourself should be able to find a metered space somewhere around. Especially if you park a few blocks downhill and not in Chinatown.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 7:06 AM PST up reply actions
I’d have no problem with that, but I’m bringing my mother; not sure if she’d wanna walk several blocks uphill.
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You could always drop her off at the church and then park?
Just for reference it’s one block up from the B of A building. I’d think you could park on Kearny there on Christmas Day.
Or take the cable car uphill for a real San Francisco treat!
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by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 7:20 AM PST up reply actions
Rocksanddirt and nattering are right, with one possible exception—
If you go to a Christmas Eve mass, there might be a children’s Christmas pageant in lieu of (or in addition to) the priest’s homily.
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check w/the church
when I was going to Newman in Berkeley, the big production mass was christmas ‘midnight’ (we started at 9 pm with music, service at 10:30 or so)
and the Christmas morning was a kid centric service.
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by Rocksanddirt on Dec 20, 2011 8:31 AM PST up reply actions
Depending on which Christmas Mass you go to, it may be a bit longer and more of an event. More music, longer homily, etc. I forget if the readings are the same every year though.
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I believe the readings are the same every year. However, there are different readings depending on when you attend:
- a Vigil (Christmas Eve) Mass,
- during the night/at midnight,
- at dawn, or
- during the day
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Worth checking out are St. Patrick’s on Mission St, Notre Dame de Victoire on Bush (especially if you like French carols) and Sts Peter and Paul on Washington Sq in North Beach. Should all have traditional full choir Midnight masses.
How early do you have to get there to get a seat for Midnight Mass?
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really varies
Depending on the church. I can show up at St Thomas Apostle (my local parish) at 11:55 and be right up front. So maybe call to ask the parish staff.
I’ve been to mass at Sts Peter and Paul. Very pretty church. I remember there used to be this old bald priest that would sing. Not a great voice. Wonder if he is still there.
by HeyAlumniGo on Dec 20, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
To honor our Lord and Savior, Tim Tebow.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
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Supposedly provides ambient noise to help you fall asleep
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De La Salle football: still awesome
A couple of Cal mentions in this article:
What we learned from the CIF state-bowl championships:
* De La Salle-Concord’s defense is the best I’ve seen in the region since 1984. After his team shut out the nation’s No. 6 team Westlake-Westlake Village 35-0 in the Open Division, De La Salle defensive coordinator Terry Eidson almost agreed. “If you said it was the best defense we’ve ever had, you’d get no argument from me,” Eidson said.
* It had five shutouts, allowed 7.8 points per game and its first-string didn’t give up a touchdown in the postseason. Besides having the best linebacker trio in the state – Cal-bound Michael Barton and blue-chip juniors Michael Hutchings and David Moffitt – the Spartans “swarm and were relentless,” Eidson said. “We didn’t cause a lot of turnovers, but always had four guys around the ball.”
…
* De La Salle’s top offensive lineman Luc Hamilton, like most in Alumbaugh’s system, won’t play in college. At 6-foot-2 and 235 pounds, he’s not big enough for Division I. He’ll play rugby at Cal. Hamilton said he feels as if he has played at the highest level of football. “There’s just no other football like De La Salle,” he said. “We play to our potential. We finished it right.”
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From De La Salle to Coach Clark? This guy WANTS IT.
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by EchoOfSilence on Dec 20, 2011 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Gin and Titonic Ice Cube Tray

A novel conversation piece and cocktail party icebreaker, the Gin & Titonic Ice Cube Tray is made of ice blue, food-safe synthetic rubber and features four ocean liners and four icebergs. Created by Fred & Friends, the home design firm whose goal is to "put a smile on your face," this ice cube tray (measuring 5.8 by 1.2 by 6.2 inches) is sure to add some grim humor to your next event—the iceberg shaped ice cube floats while the Titanic-inspired ocean liner gently lists. Packed in a recyclable clear box, the Gin & Titonic ice cube tray is perfect for your next Oscar party and makes a great gift for Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet fans.
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Good thing it’s packed in a recyclable clear box, there’s no way I would otherwise have bought one.
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To put a smile on your face, hm?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 7:52 PM PST up reply actions
If you never got a chance to see Pan-Am, the tv show
Download all of Season 1 for free! http://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/pan-am-season-1/id457951754
Also available on AMZN: http://www.amazon.com/Pilot/dp/B005PKQFIQ/
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I liked the first couple of episodes but then lost interest and stopped watching. Anyone watch the whole thing?
The wife and I watched it, it had its moments and was “ok”.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 20, 2011 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
U.S. Housing Starts Jump 9.3%, to Highest in Year
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Builders broke ground in November on more houses than at any time in the past 19 months, led by a surge in multifamily units, signaling the market is stabilizing heading into 2012.
Starts increased 9.3 percent to a 685,000 annual rate, exceeding the highest estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News and the most since April 2010, Commerce Department figures showed today in Washington. Building permits, a proxy for future construction, also climbed to a more than one-year high.
Work on multifamily units like apartments and townhouses is growing as the rental market improves. Single-family-home construction may be starting to strengthen as lower home prices and borrowing costs near record lows draw in some buyers, even as builders face competition from existing houses as another wave of foreclosures throws more marked-down properties on the market.
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apartment buildings FTW!!!!
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 8:06 AM PST up reply actions
Sarcasm aside, I think we could do with less home ownership, it impedes labor mobility.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Also true. Perhaps we should change the tax code so that there are incentives to become nomads who can fit everything in a mid-size car.
(I almost used the word “incentivize” and then I realized this isn’t a work document.)
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
do you have a staple puller handy?
pinch your hand with it everytime you use one of those icky work words.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Dec 20, 2011 9:04 AM PST up reply actions
I think that's been done
You obviously missed the 60 Minutes segment on the growing numbers of folks living in vehicles.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
Way down upon the Suwanee River?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 7:53 PM PST up reply actions
I don't think that was planned though
I wasn’t thinking about this in terms of involuntary hardship.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
wrong skit
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 9:17 AM PST up reply actions
Hire movers! I thought we went over this already?
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Especially if DBD 1%ers chip in :)
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 7:53 PM PST up reply actions
What’s the ideal rate? Like 60% or something? Aren’t we still a little above that?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
Will this make prices go further down? ohpleaseohpleaseohplease
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my cousin is doing TFA for detroit, he lives in some nice suburb outside the city and pays like 250 a month for a 2br house… ridiculous.
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A nice suburb outside Detroit?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 7:53 PM PST up reply actions
Ann Arbor ;)
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
by DC Trojan on Dec 21, 2011 6:23 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
nice
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by atomsareenough on Dec 21, 2011 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
You transposed the letters in “hobo”.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 9:26 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The CA housing market is an absolute failure.
People are leaving in droves primarily because supply can’t meet demand. The frustration got too much for my family and we moved away two years ago. So ar most of our college friends have done the same.
/is fine with this
//all of this?
///allofit
"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
The Best 11th Hour Gifts
Enter the e-gift. E-commerce research firm Elastic Path estimates 27% of shoppers will make a present of a virtual gift such as e-books, apps or Facebook credits this year. The number of retail chains offering gift cards sent via email or cellphone has also jumped, with more than half now offering such options, according to surveys from CreditCards.com and Bankrate.com. “People feel more comfortable buying and receiving digital gifts,” says Judd Lillestrand, chief executive of gift-card comparison site ScripSmart.
Daily deal vouchers
Digital content
E-tickets
Gift cards
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These are not always bad, I’m give my sister 6 months of Netflix.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Fair enough. I actually saw some decent stuff via GRPN and whatnot that would make a good gift… but who the hell wants to give a paper voucher to someone? Feels cheap
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When it’s what they want…
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I dunno, I still couldn’t just give someone a piece of paper that says he can eat dinner at such and such a place.
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Read: equally bad.
Besides, obviously the best gift is an extra plot of land in Farmville.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
At some point, you have to give and respect people’s preferences. I know my family is a little out of the norm on this one, but that’s how we roll. (Driven originally by my mother’s pathological aversion to getting / giving “dud” gifts.)
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I’m okay with anything that doesn’t suck. My mother in law and her husband sent me a gift certificate for Nordstrom, and I’m perfectly happy to cash that in.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Gotcha.
I guess I’d personally rather get a gift that someone put some thought into. Just… if you’re gonna buy a shirt for me, at least ask my size?
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You kid, but I have about three Large-sized shirts that are gathering dust.
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.............
What’s the problem? If you buy shirts that are too small to motivate yourself to lose weight, then this should work the same way, right?
Btw, would you like a Vegan Cupcake make with coffee beans?

Cal: Bears with Books.
Vegan Cupcakes Take over the World
I found it as a joke, but I actually think this would make a great christmas present for you. Send me your address, I’ll send it to you. Or if Twist has it, I can coordinate with him.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Don’t eat them all at once, or you won’t gain any weight.
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Yes., and 25x more weight loss than if you ate 3 cupcakes
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--Thoroughbred
Met them at the Eat Real fest last year. They were in the booth next to us, real cool chicks.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
Which booth were you, if you don’t mind me asking?
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--Thoroughbred
What’s Eat Real fest?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Judging by the conversation it seems to be a place where people go to share their meticulously-crafted food-substitutes.
Which is a bit ironic, I think.
"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
(Which is why it is better to actually look things up, because actually all that shit looks delicious.)
"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
That sounds like a great, delicious time. Is it an annual thing every September in Oakland?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
I only heard about it last year, I dn’t know how long its been going on. But I’d guess it’ll be around next year. prolly golden oso knows for sure.
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This was its 3rd year and also was the 1st year it’s been held in September (previous years held in August). It gets a little better every year. I have friends who work it every year and I usually volunteer to help them out. I’ve been as a spectator and worked one. Definitely had more fun working.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
Well, picture this, because it’s happened more than once:
Christmas rolls around. I open a gift from my mother in law, it’s a gift card. Great: I can buy some shirts! My wife opens a gift from her mother: it’s a knitted article of clothing in colors that don’t suit her, that’s ugly, and in no way looks like anything she’s ever voluntarily worn.
Which gift reflects less thought about what someone might want?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Good point. A gift is not automatically better than a gift card, as your situation points out.
But a gift that’s actually fully thought out, etc?
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One of the presents that made me happiest was a little pack of things like a business card holder, cloth for cleaning glasses, etc., that my wife gave me – because she was responding to grumbles from me. I hadn’t even realized I was missing these items, but they made a real day to day difference in how smoothly my day went.
Just like Fire Starkey, about the only person who can get me something that I’d actually like is the missus.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Awe, you shouldn’t have.
Sometimes it really is the thought that counts, as anyone who has received half-assed home-made gifts from their children can tell you.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
i'm doing homemade for my parents this year
well home cooked i guess.
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my rice krispie treats are gonna be soooo awesome
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by boomtho on Dec 20, 2011 9:28 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Eh, Rice Krispie Jerky is delicious and can be stored for use at future holiday events!
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
Indian time goes the other way. 5 minutes means 5 hours.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
Hey, now, those homemade Christmas ornaments continue to hang on the family Christmas tree to this day!
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I can’t tell you how pleased I am that the local elementary school is too multi-culti for that sort of thing.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
:(
But I like my Rudolph made of popsicle sticks back from 1st grade
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my mom still puts all of our old ornaments on the tree
but she is super sentimental like that.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Rags and I have our own childhood ornaments on our tree. What does that say about our families?
Cal: Bears with Books.
You are not related to boomtho?
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--Thoroughbred
Yeah, same here. I decorated the tree with my mom and few weeks ago and she insisted on putting the ornaments my brother and I made as kids.
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They’re making ornaments to not lose (their father)
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
We have a Santa made out of construction paper, a plastic cup, and some cotton wool that my mother insists was made by me and had saved for years. My brother’s name is clearly visible on the inside of the cup. I’m only keeping it to annoy him.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
See, what fun projects those were! Why don’t they do that in schools anymore?
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I didn’t enjoy those at all.
I assume the answer to your question is “the war on Christmas.”
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Finally with the Iraq war “ending” we can redeploy troops to Santa’s workshop!
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
But they taught us all about Channukah too! And I evne got to teach my class about Diwali! Celebrate culture! Don’t ignore it!
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They’re too busy preparing for standardized tests so that the school doesn’t lose funding.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Starting in third grade in Maryland.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
My daughters’ school has what they call a “learning center” for kids who are “on the spectrum” and even their scores are included. One year the school missed the target by 0.5% because of that.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Teach the test Mr. Pryzbylewski!
Surely there are enough Wire nerds here to not need to be told about this.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
All I want is gift cards, usually to Amazon.com or a book store. I don’t usually like most things people buy me and my needs are extremely minimal. The wife is the only one I really trust to buy me anything (since she’s been doing it forever).
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
i’m usually cool with gift cards, the ones i hate are itunes though. usually the only ones i end up regifting.
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so let the circle of suck continue!
on the other hand, i got regifted $100 in american airlines giftcards which paid for 2/3 of a flight to vegas. awesome.
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i’m going jan 6th-8th but these paid for a trip last… april?
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
yeah i think ours were around there too. im flying virgin out and continental back
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Travel vouchers are pretty good, because then you get all the fun of planning (if you like that) without having to commit to a date. On the other hand, an entirely planned trip is a gift on a different level!
Cal: Bears with Books.
oh, those cards totally worked out
i just thought it was funny because we’d get like $5-10 books every year (which are fine, i love books) and then $100 in AA gift cards…
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Ideally, I agree. I like getting the perfect present for someone, but it’s not always possible. I find 18 year old scotches are rarely wasted.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
We do a fair bit of gift card-type stuff, for exactly that reason. Especially with the teenagers.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 9:06 AM PST up reply actions
I totally get this. For example, I love getting gift cards for my birthday, because it means extra special shopping for only me. But I’m always disappointed by gift cards at christmas because part of christmas is the mystery and the group package opening (besides, I always specifically STOP shopping for myself about 1.5 months before christmas, and if you give me a gift card, then I think “I could have been shopping for me this whole time!”) /That-was-more-rant-than-i-thought-it-would-be.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Except if you don’t use them quickly, Visa starts assessing fees and the value of the card starts dropping.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah I did… sorry, didn’t have internet access last night and spent last night picking up my phone from SJ. Was quite beat from Tahoe. Will take a look and respond tonight.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
Yup. Now looking forward to going to Tahoe for NYE and the weekend after! (And maybe buying new skis/boots before then)
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Heavenly is apparently Pacman Jones when it comes to this sort of thing… which was good because there wasn’t enough real snow to actually ski on without the snow making machines.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
It was decent… man-made snow does tend to ice up more though (that may be a function of weather rather than the snow itself tho)
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
vaguely relevant
Oh yeah forgot to mention… as I was chilling at the lodge waiting for my friends at the bar, some drunk dude started telling me how hilarious he thought I was in Van Wilder.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
LOL you should totally pretend to be Kal Penn. Like, try and do his voice and stuff. I think you could pull it off.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
I really hope you guys are kidding, but sadly I doubt it.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
?
RaptorsIceskating does resemble, partially, Kal Penn.
Why would you hope we’re kidding about that?
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I thought you were basically saying that you regularly meet white folk that tell you you look like the only Indian guy they can think of.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 7:07 AM PST up reply actions
Ah
No, not at all.
Though when I was in grade school, some kids thought it would be clever to call Indians kids “Gandhi” as an insult. I never understood that.
This reached its logical peak when another Indian kid tried to call other Indian kids “Gandhi” to fit in.
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I was horrified one time when I went to lunch in NY with several friends of various Asian extraction, each of whom told very recent stories of overtly racist insults or incidents they had suffered. So, that’s what I thought you guys were alluding to.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 7:22 AM PST up reply actions
lolwut
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 21, 2011 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
Raptor looks more like him than you do.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
Rishi says I look like Kal Penn. He is saying that he is not the only one who thinks I look like Kal Penn.
/atoms’d
//how mehta
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 8:37 PM PST up reply actions
btw sorry about my long-windedness in email… if i had more time it would be shorter.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
It’s actually a Mark Twain quote that was repeated to us in 5 or 6 of my classes in some form. Effective brevity is appreciated by most.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
Effective brevity is appreciated
TWSS?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
“Sorry for the long letter, I didn’t have time to write you a short one” or something similar.
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yes, something similar. pretty sure my profs mangled it, but got the gist right.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 8:37 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know. I know that this happened two years ago to me (was given a $25 card that I got a total of $5 of use because i kept forgetting to use it)
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
At worst you will be giving a small piece of plastic. The card will take fees until it goes to nothing.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
Same here – I’ll take whatever is offered.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I hereby express apologies on behalf of the departed cretins who surely burdened you with presents happily labeled “Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas!”.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 6:20 AM PST up reply actions
Damn.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
My birthday is in May, so it’s all spring time and BBQs. It’s TOTALLY different.
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wait, both you AND your brother have bdays in December? oh, the humanity …
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--Thoroughbred
March 23rd is Founders Day.
Are they Cal grads?
"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
Your comment made me think of my in-laws: they’re both Cal grads and they were married in March. And my father-in-law’s birthday is on March 23rd. While he was at Cal, he had the great privilege of hearing the Campanile play Happy Birthday on his birthday.
Your comment rang a bell, as it were.
"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
Oh.
I must have missed that…or it failed to stick in my feeble memory. Sorry for the unintentional troll.
"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
…beware the Ides of March?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
I second Scootie: hmph.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
June for me! It’s the best month.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 21, 2011 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
It’s early enough so that my birthday was always before school let out.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 21, 2011 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
No, but in college it didn’t matter because I could go do whatever I wanted and it’s not like we celebrated anyone’s birthday in class or anything.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 21, 2011 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
dude can I join your family?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
no no I just want to be like…adopted nephew or something.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
I’m afraid there’s already a waiting list – but I will happily add your name.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
If I send you a gift card to home depot, can I be bumped up a few places?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
I disagree with your example. Sometimes people want to try a new place but haven’t hit that activation energy or are resource-constrained. Essentially, you’re giving a new experience. GREAT GIFT!!!
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--Thoroughbred
Well, I think there’s a difference between giving gift cards for goods and giving gift cards for experiences.
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--Thoroughbred
If someone likes stuff like that, then why not?
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--Thoroughbred
I dunno, I still would feel cheap giving just a printed ticket or something…
As opposed to making a gift basket of wine, cheese, crackers, and dark chocolate (and a movie)!
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You could give it to them on nicely printed paper in a wine glass or something…
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
wow. that’s a great idea.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
Seriously? I gave my brother a 49er ticket for his birthday last week, it was totally the best gift he got. Also, I gave my mom a gift certificate to ride in the blimp a couple of Christmases ago, to let her book which itinerary she wanted, and she wept tears of joy! No cashmere sweater or ugly earrings ever did that.
It’s all about getting something the person you are giving it to is going to like. Some people insist on buying gifts they would like themselves, rather than giving gifts the recipient would like. You need to put aside whether you would like the gift. And price isn’t the issue either. If I find something that’s fairly inexpensive that I know is just perfect for a person, that’s what I get them. It really is the thought that counts — provided real thought is put into the gift.
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So what do people think about buying a cow for a village in Afghanistan in someone else’s name?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 8:00 PM PST up reply actions
What about a donation to The Human Fund?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 8:30 PM PST up reply actions
Do you mean…buying a human for a village in Afghanistan?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 8:43 PM PST up reply actions
(from Seinfeld)
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 21, 2011 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Ha no need to apologize…I was just curious, cause I keep getting postcards/pamphlets about it.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 8:43 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think it matters what you or I think. What matters is what the person you are getting the gift for thinks.
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I tried to convince people one year that was what I wanted for Christmas (donations to good causes in my name), I have everything I need and that’s good enough for me. Nobody bought into that.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve done that with friends, where we agreed to make donations to the charity of the other person’s choice in lieu of gifts. I don’t think it works as well if it’s a one-way thing.
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Also, I don’t know about you guys, but don’t you just feel like you’re passing the same thousand dollar check around?
well we’re not donating to each other…
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 9:06 PM PST up reply actions
There’s nothing “wrong” with it and I guess at the end of the day it exposes us to other causes… it just always feels a little quid pro quo-ish to me
As RA says, exchanging gifts is inherently quid pro quo-ish. And I dislike it very much when somebody spends his or her money to buy me something I don’t especially want, and I spend money buying that person something he or she doesn’t especially want. What a total waste. Better to put the money to some positive use.
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gift giving tends to be quid pro quo, minus a percentage tax for choosing gifts inefficiently
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--Thoroughbred
in the end though, isn’t that what gift giving really is? “I’ll buy something i think you want, you buy something you think I want”
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 9:10 PM PST up reply actions
Thousand dollar check?
Thousand!?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
Numerous countries use a comma in place of a decimal point.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 9:23 PM PST up reply actions
S*** Girls Say - Episode 2 - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbovd-e-hRg
Oddly, from people discussing the first one, it seems that girls enjoyed it more than guys.
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I didn’t watch it so I have no comment. Generally, if Twist gets offended, it’s probably too much for me.
Cal: Bears with Books.
I thoroughly enjoy these!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
Sometimes, even lawyers do good work
Snooki hit with $7 million lawsuit
“Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi has some off-screen drama to deal with.
The TV personality has been hit with a $7 million counterclaim in her legal battle with a licensing company.
Pictures: “Jersey Shore”
According to the New York Post, Polizzi partnered with SRG Ventures to launch an array of Snooki-related merchandise last year, but filed suit in October to end her contract with the company, alleging it didn’t fulfill its obligation to land her enough money or branding partnerships.
SRG Ventures fired back with the counterclaim against Polizzi and her management team, claiming she sabotaged the deal by negotiating with brands behind the company’s back.
A rep for the reality star told the Post, “Ms. Polizzi disputes SRG’s version of the facts and looks forward to her day in court.”
“Jersey Shore” returns to MTV for its fifth season starting Jan. 5.
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Someone needs to punch her in the face
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 8:07 AM PST up reply actions
Click at your own risk
Snooki Bikini (PHOTOS): ‘Jersey Shore’ Star Shows Off New Body
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She's still orange
This is what’s wrong with America—found at the bottom of the post
Tell Us: Should Snooki get a boob job?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
correct me if i’m wrong…but doesn’t she have pretty good knockers already?
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Dec 20, 2011 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
the only part of the show, snookums getting punched in the face.
by j.lee on Dec 20, 2011 3:04 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
YES. Suffer, you dirty little umpa loompa
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Dec 20, 2011 8:07 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
you say that like it’s a bad thing…..
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Dec 20, 2011 8:08 AM PST up reply actions
YES. Suffer, you dirty littleumpaoompa loompa
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by ikoolykedat on Dec 20, 2011 8:07 AM PST up reply actions
To equate Snooki to oompa loompas is an insult to oompa loompas everywhere.
"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
REALLY, FEDEX, REALLY?
I know it’s the holiday season and you’re swamped, but really? LOL, the recipient doesn’t even live on that floor
http://consumerist.com/2011/12/fedex-thinks-this-is-an-appropriate-place-to-leave-a-package.html
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
I'm gonna guess
someone loses a position over this.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Dec 20, 2011 8:38 AM PST up reply actions
thats setting the bar pretty low
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 8:42 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve had a better success at receiving deliveries from FedEx. Half the time UPS doesn’t bother to call up from the front the building.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
I used to manage the contracts my old company had with DHL, UPS and FedEx.
FedEx was the priciest but ultimately was the best value because of consistancy of service. DHL was mega cheap but sucked balls (Domestically- Internationally, they are very good). UPS was meh but I ultimately hated them for some very dicey business practices they tried to pull on me so they got real high on my suppliers shit list (which is pretty long).
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 9:09 AM PST up reply actions
they got real high on my suppliers shit
At least they weren’t getting high on their own supply?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Fuck UPS!
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Generally agreed, although the individual UPS drivers are sometimes really nice.
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--Thoroughbred
If you are fortunate enough to run into them. Mine think that I’m the boogeyman and will often just drop the package off on my porch. I’m not looking for them to deliver it into my hands—at least ring the doorbell (then bolt) if you’re dropping off a package.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
we're lucky that way
we leave notes for the driver when we know a package is coming and don’t even have to do the signature-to-leave thing.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 8:48 AM PST up reply actions
It’s a total mixed bag depending heavily on your driver. I’ve had much shittier experiences with FedEx. Their home deliveries are all contracted and are complete hit or miss with some drivers just leaving a tag and never calling up. They also somehow redirected one of my packages from my home in El Cerrito to a cemetery in Pinole, which I had to go pick up myself. UPS has skipped deliveries a few times but generally been better.
lol brilliant
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by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 11:40 PM PST up reply actions
HDS comin thru!
Got a package, people!
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 8:40 AM PST up reply actions
reHEheHEheHEEEAALLY
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
nope…….
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
Unintentional comedy is the best
See what happens when you use an abbreviation for “Methodist”?
"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
Abbreviate “Methodist” and hilarity ensues!
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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Man?
"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
No no no, it's spelled
M-E-T-H-O-D MAN.
"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
Good news A's fans
Texas Rangers win rights to sign Yu Darvish!
Darvish is the No. 1 pitcher in Japan, but we want him to become the ace of the world," Nippon Ham team representative Toshimasa Shimada said this month.
Darvish turned pro in 2005 at 18. His professional career got off to a rocky start when he was caught smoking in a pachinko parlor on an off day during his first spring training, despite not being old enough to legally smoke nor to gamble at the time.
After going 5-5 with a 3.53 ERA in his rookie season with the Fighters, Darvish had a breakout year in 2006, going 12-5 with a 2.89 ERA and 115 strikeouts.
In 2007, Darvish won the Eiji Sawamura Award presented to the top pitcher in Japanese professional baseball after posting a 15-5 record with a 1.82 ERA and a league-leading 210 strikeouts.
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A’s are so screwed next year. Sigh.
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--Thoroughbred
And now Gio might be traded to the Nats. Yay!
While the Washington Nationals may have failed to make a big splash on the free agency market so far, reports on Monday night linked the Nats to one of the biggest pitching prizes on the offseason trade market. Fox’s Ken Rosenthal tweeted that Washington was making a push to acquire Oakland’s young lefty starter Gio Gonzalez.
Via @Ken_Rosenthal:
Sources: #Nationals pushing hard for Gio. Discussing 4-for-1 trade with #Athletics. #MLB
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH hopefully they can at lesat get a Dan Haren-like return, but still.
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--Thoroughbred
They do have a lot of prospects, that’s for sure.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
No, Yu.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
hoped the dodgers or angels would get him so i could see him play. plus, he’d be a rockstar down here.
by j.lee on Dec 20, 2011 3:10 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
wonder how he’s going to deal with the dallas summer coming from sapporo and its 70° summers.
by j.lee on Dec 20, 2011 3:51 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Listers Vs Non-Listers
So my wife’s family members would be classified as ‘listers’. That is to say they each pass around each other’s lists and by-and-large all gifts come off that list. To me, this is the antithesis of what Christmas is about. Since I’m not religious, surprising someone with something they don’t expect is part of the fun. My family is definitely of the non-list variety. In practice, you always pick a little off their list and a few surprises. The risk with non-listing is while you might have some successes you also have some failures.
Thoughts?
I don’t like the listing either. It’s not a f***ing wedding registry.
I somehow got sucked into a secret santa thing with a group of friends that I’m not super close to. And people just “wish” for stuff on Elfster. It’s really silly.
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“White Elephant” is the only way to gift with friends you don’t know that well.
Also, can I say that wedding registries suck? It’s the one time in your life aside from your funeral that you can get all your family and friends together. On top of that they’re all getting you gifts that you get to hand pick. What do you do? You register for linens and random kitchen crap. Really? Did I really need those egyptian cotton sheets over say a down payment on a house? How about a new transmission for my car? That would help. Hell, I’d rather gave an XBOX. At least I know how to use an XBOX, I’m still trying to figure out this strawberry huller.
Its a tradition left over from when you had 2 idiot 17-yr olds marrying who were living away from home for the first time and had no idea that they needed ___________. Now everyone has built their household and spends 60hrs picking out fancy china and linens that they never use.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Is it rude to ask for cash in the wedding registry? That’s what I gave to my friend when she got married.
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When they’re dead they’re just hookers!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
I bet he knows how to pronounce ‘hookers’ correctly
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Dec 20, 2011 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
She had a wedding registry, but I just figured she could use cash much more than a fancy tablecloth or a cuckoo clock with a Marshawn Lynch that pops out every hour and shouts “PLAAYYYYYTIIIIME”
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wait, who wouldn’t need that kind of a clock?!
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
it also needs to dispense its own fountain drinks and appreciate the decor.
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
I hope we’re both referencing the same video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2uN28EJRlA
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
Mrs. Manners (of the Olde Englishe tradition) says ‘Yes’ but the attitude is shifting. (Personally, I don’t think so) I think the happy medium is to buy honeymoon experiences, which is getting more popular. If you haven’t seen it, basically the couple makes a registry of fun honeymoon things (dinner at the eiffle tower, etc) and makes a guess of how much it will cost. It’s fun to pick out an activity for them, and in the end it’s just money.
Cal: Bears with Books.
atoms
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
Died of nagging.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
I really think that we’re taking a top 5% view of this. Even those that get married a little later are more often than not, not that financially that well off and furnishings for a new apt/house/whatever are useful. Giving the bride + groom gifts to help them start a household instead of, like, board games and shit is a valuable piece of society and one of the last ways “planting the carob tree” is carried out in our society.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
I use linens. But not fancy china, I think that’s a relic of a more formal culture.
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--Thoroughbred
An elegant weapon ...
for a more civilized age?
I have multiple sets of china and crystal, inherited from my mother and grandmothers. I use it as often as possible. It’s quite lovely to use. I enjoy the way a beautifully set table looks and the way people react to it. I’ve had people express concern that something might get broken if their children use it, but my belief is there is no point in having the stuff if I don’t use it. And if a piece gets broken, then it gets broken. I wouldn’t give a crystal glass to a four-year-old, but a 10-year-old? Sure. Let them get used to the finer things.
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Are you inviting us all over to your place for tea?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Damnit, what am I going to do with this barrel of tea leaves now?!
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Dump them in Boston Harbor.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
Whoops, I accidentally started an ultra right wing party! Now what?
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Warn the British!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
My mechanic is a horse!
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
of course, of course.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
A) Organize local meetings and voter registration efforts to try and win the next election – Turn to page 24
B) Ride the populist tide by becoming a media personality known for your outlandish and controversial views – Turn to page 32
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
ooh, too bad
Your third party run only succeeds in fracturing the conservative vote, resulting in the liberal candidate winning and completely discrediting you in the process! Worst of both worlds, plus your political career is over.
Now, what do you do in a CYOA book?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 5:43 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
seppaku
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
That’s a shame.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 21, 2011 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
Crystal is nice. I like crystal. I don’t very many crystal glasses, sadly.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Meth?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
LOL, that’s an awesome idea. If/when I get married, I’ll put an xbox on my registry and see if anyone comes through :)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
I was naive...
and actually walked into a Best Buy expecting that they would have a registry. When I found out they didn’t I wrote a lot of nasty letters for the Idea Box. Yes that’s how long it’s been since I got married …
…these days, couldn’t you just do one on Amazon? You can buy pretty much anything on Amazon, too.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
I spend all year adding things to my amazon wish list and then at Christmas time just distribute that to my family so at least they have a better idea of what I want. I love the Amazon third party feature because it not only helps me add stuff to the wish list, but I also use it to save stuff to buy later on my list.
They are idiots for not having a registry, if they still don’t. Even Home Depot has one IIRC.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Ok this is going to sound epically dumb but..
… wtf is a wedding registry?
In other words, Go Bears!
I'll put it this way
CalBear81 didn’t invite him to her tea party.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
None of my friends are close to getting married and all my relatives that are about to get married are in India. So no.
In other words, Go Bears!
None of my friends are close to getting married
That’s what you say now…
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Warning: this phase is followed by the Year of 1st Birthday Parties. You might start eating grocery store sheet cake now to build up tolerance.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 6:30 AM PST up reply actions
You might start eating grocery store sheet cake now to build up tolerance.
Ugh. We had a group of friends from my wife’s various pre-natal activities so we all had kids turning 1 around the same time. Fortunately most people treated it as an adult gathering with small unruly guests, so it was a while before the dreaded sheet cakes appeared.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
We’ve lucked out because the Safeway in the Mission makes pretty decent Tres Leches cakes, but otherwise…
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by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 7:08 AM PST up reply actions
a group of friends from my wife’s various pre-natal activities
Didn’t know you were into this, DC. Did not need to know.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 21, 2011 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
Pregnancy yoga, various birthing classes, etc.
Why, what were you thinking?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Conception is an important pre-natal activity.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 21, 2011 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
Surviving multiple sheet cakes, or the breeding? Maybe our friends were older when they hitched so they were more anxious to get the reproduction underway. But still. One follows the other so if you have a cluster of weddings you’ll probably have a cluster of births soon enough down the line.
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 7:09 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t understand any of this. What does sheet cake have to do with anything?
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I'm just goofing around
That’s what seems to be served at first birthday parties, which seem to be pretty large as the parents haven’t tired of the drill and all the relatives turn out.
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 7:24 AM PST up reply actions
When people have a birthday party for their children, they tend to buy sheet cake from a local supermarket or bakery. Since one generally sticks around at birthday parties for the 5 and under set, unless the kids / parents really know one another, that usually means you are presented with a slice of sheet cake to consume.
Now, if you’re a big fat pig like me, you chow down anyway… but mostly they aren’t that good. Fortunately I don’t really have to deal with other people’s kids any longer, and my wife bakes birthday cakes for use in this house.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I friggin hate Safeway cakes. They’re so foul .
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 21, 2011 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
Sheet cake is what people use to reproduce. You should ask your grocery store baked goods counter for more details.
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--Thoroughbred
Much better explanation than I could give.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
pfft – Ragscub’s first birthday was cupcaked by Miette bakery in Embarcadero. #hipsters #1%ers.
Cal: Bears with Books.
I’ve had a Miette birthday cake before…
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 21, 2011 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
This was my life until 6 months ago, if it makes you feel any better.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 8:05 PM PST up reply actions
Er, sub out Taiwan for India.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 8:05 PM PST up reply actions
I think my wave of weddings is slowing down, finally.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Hell.
I’ve had at least 6 weddings a year for the last four years. That’s a lot of weddings and a lot of bachelor parties. However, this year the people we always said “would never get married” finally did so I think I’m in the clear.
Also, we’ve hit our first round of divorces.
we’ve hit our first round of divorces.
We’ve been seeing some of those but not with any consistency (not that I’m complaining).
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I’m not looking forward to that phase although a goodly number of our close friends aren’t married in the first place. One in-law has come close at points which would be a disaster for them and us.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 6:29 AM PST up reply actions
Most people we know around here got married later, so I think the clock may still be ticking. So far it’s just been the occasional egregious behavior (having an affair with a junior associate, not for the first time, while your wife is expecting your third child, that sort of thing) or mystery separation.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
It’s like an amazon wish list a bride and groom put together and share the link with everybody so they know what to buy and what’s already been purchased as a gift for them.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Wow.
This is such a modern answer, unfortunately, its not as cool as an Amazon wishlist where the candidate items are near infinite.
Instead you generally get to pick 2 or 3 stores to send your attendees to and each store has a separate list. This is, I figure, how department stores stay in business since no one ever goes there willingly (except Rishi for the Bloomingdale’s stuffed animals). It’s wise to segment your store selections into wealth groups to avoid making people feel bad. An example might be: Pottery Barn (Expensive), Macy’s (Moderate), and Target (Cheap). As noted above, actual stores you might shop at (like electronics/computers stores) do not have a registry.
It was merely to give roy a rough idea of what it is… the details are somewhat irrelevant to me, as I figure I will have no say as to what is on said registry or much else relating to my wedding (if that ever happens, that is)
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
I wasn't criticizing ...
it’s actually a great description.
good explanation
but, not speaking for myself here, one might feel very, very old when a wedding registry is compared to an Amazon wish list.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
that’s after marriage, when he loves another woman
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 11:18 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It’s a process where you register your proposed marriage with the government, so they can approve whether you are fit for marriage (basically they do a background check, DNA analysis and filter for interracial marriages).
I can’t believe no one’s told you about this. Pretty standard stuff.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
winner
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
win
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
The crux of our domestic crisis at Christmas
I come from a family of listers, my wife does not. She has done her best to adapt, mostly because it’s just easier, especially with grandparents living a fair distance away and not being sure what to get the kids.
I mentioned above that my mother started the listing because of a youth spent getting crappy presents. It was also reinforced by moving around – when we went back to the UK from Holland for Christmas, everything had to fit in the car. When we moved to the States, you don’t want to be paying that kind of postage for duds.
The other fault line is with the “Christmas is too material” side of the in-laws. This is where they sort of want something, but don’t really want an item. It’s most loudly espoused by the people who don’t want to bother getting something (my father in law and sister in law) and coincidentally are less able to go overboard even if they wanted to.
I’m more than happy to accommodate their wishes (we typically get them all something they can eat) and I certainly don’t expect them to deviate from plan with us because I look at Christmas differently… but I could do without the annual lecture and snide remarks about my extended family.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Funny....
I’m on the other side of the argument but I still get the annual lecture and snide remarks. I guess that’s the one constant!
I just can’t stand it when my mother-in-law won’t take the time to buy a personalized gift for my 5 year old daughter. She demands a list, which is happily supplied by my wife and she buys the few top things. Then, at Christmas, she gets to sit back smugly as if she did anything at all, when in fact she’s punting on the whole adventure that is Christmas.
Listing for extended family sort of makes sense and I give them a pass on that, but listing a 5 year old girl? This I cannot forgive.
Then, at Christmas, she gets to sit back smugly as if she did anything at all, when in fact she’s punting on the whole adventure that is Christmas.
WOW, major realization: my mom does this too! She’s Christmas’ing not to lose! But its fair, she hates the holidays. We don’t even visit her near any major holiday because she spends the whole time 1) not doing anything festive and 2) worrying about how she hasn’t done anything festive.
Cal: Bears with Books.
listing a 5 year old girl? This I cannot forgive.
Well, there you go – this is an unbridgeable divide. I figure my parents make up the gap with their undivided attention when they visit, which is not always forthcoming from the other grandparents.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I list for those who ask and hope for the best from the rest
Let’s face it, some people are better and finding cool gifts than others and some people are just hard to buy for. I ALWAYS ask my Dad what he’d like, get a few suggestions, get what I can from that and get some unexpecteds, too. So he gets something he wants, and some surprises. We give ideas to my parents for my kids so they get what they want, but if someone goes off list, that’s fine, too (to a certain extent; we DON’T want Xbox, etc., and we make that known…).
I guess I’m somewhere in the middle on this, but if you refuse to give ideas to someone who’s buying you presents, be prepared for gift cards or worse.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
Recruiting
So, Keivarae Russell has eliminated us from consideration, but DJ Foster is pretty high on Cal:
After Cal Visit, D.J. Foster Says Golden Bears Lead
Dec 20, 2011 – Running back D.J. Foster, one of the better backs in the country, has a new leader after visiting Cal over the weekend, per ESPN:
Foster already has visited Arizona State and Oregon and still has a trip set to USC (Jan. 13). Right now, the Bears are definitely the team to beat.
“Cal is my leader; I loved it there,” Foster said. "I have a lot of family in Oakland, and my mom actually grew up in Berkeley. I’ve been there before, but this was really my first time seeing Cal up close, and it was incredible. The campus is great and I loved the overall atmosphere there. The facilities are incredible and easily the best I’ve ever seen.
There’s also a highlight video in the link.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
2012 RBs
C.J. Anderson SR
Isi Sofele SR
Brendan Bigelow SO
Covaughn DeBoskie-Johnson SR
Mike Manuel SR
Daniel Lasco SO
Darren Ervin SO
Dasarte Yarnway JR
Trajuan Briggs RS SO
Mitchel Bartolo RS JR
So, that’s 4 seniors coming off the depth chart in 2013. I imagine Bigelow will be the main guy by then, but there’s still room for someone to come in and be the Vereen to his Best.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
Only two, right? (Manuel and Bartolo)
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yep, those are the two that I’m aware of!
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Dec 20, 2011 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Well, we are something of a tailback factory. Gotta have the raw materials if we want to produce the goods.
But yeah, -4 mostly from the top should mean opportunities for guys who don’t mind waiting a year.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
Gotta have the raw materials if we want to produce the goods.
And Ron Gould sure does produce a good product.
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by Ohio Bear on Dec 20, 2011 10:08 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Coach's responsibility....
…..is to put the best talent possible on the field. Part of that is some people NOT playing much; the downside of big college athletics.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
I really feel for Mike Manuel, he really showed promise in the fall and at the start of the season.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Dec 20, 2011 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
dude I’m sorry to say this but GO VACATE. VACATE HARD!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 21, 2011 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
I like reading this from a recruit
The facilities are incredible and easily the best I’ve ever seen.
We haz recruiting weapons!
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I know, nice to hear. We always had world class academics, now it’s nice to have world-class Facilities to match.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
according to Jim McGill, we backed off Mr Russell, not the other way around
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
Huh. Got any more insight on that? The quote from Biggins yesterday was that he wanted to play immediately, and considering how many RBs we have in 2012, that seems incredibly unlikely.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
just re-posting the crux of a comment he made over there, that Cal hasn’t been pursuing Russell for a couple of months
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Ah, interesting.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Why would we back off? Do we think Foster is more talented or something? Because the recruiting services seem to indicate otherwise.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
I’m not sure how he compares, but 500+ yds AND 10 TDs in a playoff game? Sounds pretty effing talented.
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Facebook randomness ha ha

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Ugh, may be dying
Just had lunch (salad) followed by nearly a pound of fudge that my assistant made for me. I wonder how much fudge it takes to set off toxic shock. I’m thinking the exact amount I just ate. DAMN YOU FOR BEING SO DELICIOUS!!!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
When CALumbus Bear does his bills, her title magically changes to “associate.”
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That’s “senior associate”. She’s over 60.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 20, 2011 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
you should get her a sexytary or two.
a nice 20 yr old body builder, and tell him his uniform is either fitted shirts or a wifebeater.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Dec 20, 2011 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
How dare you objectify men in such fashion! SEXIS!!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 20, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
this way they can't object
when sexytary number 2 is a 20 yr old stripper who can spell.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Dec 20, 2011 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
But then the sexytaries would just be hooking up with each other. And that’s only acceptable if they are all female.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 20, 2011 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
alternating shifts?
so they don’t meet?
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Dec 20, 2011 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
You may be dying of stuffage, but...
It’s better than eating at the Chipotle where Jorge Gutierrez ate.
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Friends
don’t let friends eat at Chipotle.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
by Cugel on Dec 20, 2011 9:54 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Uh oh, now you’ve offended Ohio Bear and his once-weekly Chipotle Night With The Family.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 20, 2011 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
That’s okay, those of us who actually want to eat non-tainted meat in a place that serves food suitable also for youthful palates will soldier on somehow.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
want to eat non-tainted meat
I’d imagine that would be a tough piece of meat?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Dec 20, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, I like the Chipotle. I have not experienced food poisoning there, though I know someone who got food poisoning at a Columbus-area location I don’t go to.
As a household, we get carryout there once a week, tops. And for the last couple of years or so, I started choosing my orders based on this nutrition calculator. Not much you can do about the high fat & sodium content, tho.
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rice bowl, no tortilla, no sour cream, no cheese = reasonably healthy.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Yup, that’s pretty much what I do. I add the chicken and the green salsa. I usually skip the beans and go with the grilled veggies. 355 calories.
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rice bowl = what’s the point of going to Chipotle, really.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
oh so this
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
pretty much
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
My “usual” is 1125 calories. Need more fudge stat!
p.s. who knew the tortilla was 300 calories? That’s 2 12-ounce cans of soda.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 20, 2011 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
and lard
flour tortillas are not good for a person.
How many calories are in a Mission-type super burrito?
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
wow
A full day’s meal!
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
It seems close enough, those burrito tortillas are like 2x or 3x a regular tortilla, plus avocado plus sour cream plus cheese… and rice. That’s a crapload of calories.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
I may have read about it in one of those “Eat this not that” type books. And don’t forget the amount of oil they cook their meat and beans in
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Yeah, if you pick refritos that’s even more.
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
what's the worst one?
refried beans
carnitas
sour cream
cheese
rice
guac containing mayo or other non-avocado stuff
white flour tortilla
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by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Mmm, I really like them at…. damnit, what’s the name of that place near 4th and Gilman… It is Gilman, right?
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
6th and Gilman, but yeah, good place, better than Cactus.
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Juan’s is still good. Vwery good. If the boys have a choice between Picante and Juan’s, they pick Juan’s everytime.
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"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
How about Gordo?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
Northside, Southside, or both.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry to interject...
…for those who DO embrace carbs, they will happily double-wrap your burritos if you ask. Or, at least they did when I was a cashier at Chipotle back in the day.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 8:09 PM PST up reply actions
Just to the ones who wore red!
Which Chipotle, btw?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 8:44 PM PST up reply actions
I AM A TOXIN DISPENSER.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 9:26 PM PST up reply actions
haha
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by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 6:22 AM PST up reply actions
carbs carbs carbs carbs carbs carbs carbs
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--Thoroughbred
Bloody vikings!
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by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 6:22 AM PST up reply actions
I posted this in the game thread, but I have gotten food poisoning at Chipotle, and it was the sickest I’ve ever been in my whole life.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t anymore!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Calvert/Connecticut near Adams Morgan in DC.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
get chipotle ’bout once every week. 1 burrito = 2 meals.
by j.lee on Dec 20, 2011 3:13 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
i like this sbnation app for android. there’s a z key!
by j.lee on Dec 20, 2011 3:20 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
No way! I gotta install it.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
like new sbnation android app
except new comment button doesn’t always mean new comment. posted similar as reply.
by j.lee on Dec 20, 2011 3:25 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
If it’s anything like the iphone app, it also skips a good number of comments, randomly. So you will see half a thread, and not always in the proper order. Better than nothing, but room for improvement.
For some reason it looked like if there was a hyperlink in a comment, it wouldn’t allow you to click on it. Anyone else notice that?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 11:37 PM PST up reply actions
It is... acceptable.
It’s not the best value for money you’re going to find, but it hits most of the spots for a satisfying fast food meal.
"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
they call it “casual dining” because it’s a step above your McDonald’s and whatnot..
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
It’s not the best value for money? I bet the dollars/calories ratio is fairly high.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Well I mean I can get an equally gigantic if not bigger burrito for less
from any number of carnicerias or taquerias within like two miles of where I live, so yeah. And it’ll taste better.
"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
from any number of carnicerias or taquerias within like two miles of where I live
Showoff.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Sacramento!
"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
definitely NOT a fan of Chipotle.
Meat should not be cut in cubes. Flavorful beans should not be an afterthought. Rice should not suck. Sour Cream and cheese (i do like their cheese however) should not be the sole source of flavor.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Dec 20, 2011 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not a fan of Chipotle either, but I think their rice is tasty.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
cilantro thing
It’s not a fad, it’s an traditional ingredient
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You’re supposed to wash it, Scootie.
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by CalBear81 on Dec 20, 2011 8:39 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
good article on why uppity europeans like scootie hat cilantro
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/dining/14curious.html
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That’s too bad, there are things I don’t care for, but I can’t think of a single thing that has an effect like that on me. I’m not a fan of eggplant, but I like ratatouille.
If my mom were still alive she would no doubt say “oh but it’s an acquired sweetie, just give it a try”.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Huh, that is very sensitive. Do you tend to avoid Mexican restaurants then?
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
And thai?
"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
Me too.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 11:38 PM PST up reply actions
Nice use of the word “uppity”.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 11:37 PM PST up reply actions
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU PEOPLE
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
too late, she “dropped” it all into the garbage disposal.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
Have you ever lived outside of California? Chipotle is handy for living in a burrito desert.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
I may have embellished the weight a bit. But it feels like 10 pounds in my belly.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 20, 2011 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
omg i think i’ve been there, it’s so good…
but don’t eat this fudge, it costs me $55/ounce.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
WTF…gold flakes in it?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Dec 20, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
your poop? or are you a twilight vampire (SO I’VE HEARD)?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Dec 20, 2011 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
Ron’s facial expression was awesome as he attempted to hold back tears
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Dec 20, 2011 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
You should know by now… just eat it all at once and yoou’ll be OK
by fiatlux on Dec 20, 2011 12:55 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Uh. You think you’re going to get TSS?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 8:08 PM PST up reply actions
also on the subject of last minute gifts
Amazon has a bunch of stuff with free 1 or 2 shipping (w/o prime obviously)
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Judgment day at Ohio State
Interested to see what happens
Athletic director Gene Smith confirmed to The Associated Press early Tuesday that the NCAA’s committee on infractions would hand down its final sanctions of the Ohio State athletic program at 3 p.m. ET.
Five players were suspended last Dec. 23 for the first five games of the 2011 season for accepting cash and tattoos from the owner of a local tattoo parlor.
Coach Jim Tressel was subsequently forced to resign for knowing about the violations but not reporting them to his superiors, then playing the athletes throughout the 2010 season despite the risk that they were ineligible.
Based on precedent, Tressel likely will receive a “show-cause” charge, meaning any university wishing to hire him will need to make a strong case to the NCAA.
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I'd cross my fingers for some ban-hammer action
but we all know that’s not going to happen.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
They wouldn’t do that to Urban Meyer—he coached Jesus-in-cleats afterall
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Dec 20, 2011 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
They’re a joke.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Come on, still serious – set aside the USC thing for a moment.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
One player, no way of proving that any coaches knew: 2 year bowl ban, 30 scholarships
Five players, active cover up by a coach: 1 year bowl ban, 9 scholarships.
The reason it’s not proportional is because the NCAA plainly didn’t anticipate that they would make an example of SC and then find a more egregious violation at a university that was touted as having a strong compliance office. I understand about the issues of institutional control at SC beyond football, but the only person really taking a hit here is Tressel with the 5 year show cause.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
One player, who the head coach directly paid off: 2 year bowl ban, 30 scholarships
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
That’s about the only receipt that Yahoo didn’t find then.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I thought Pete Carroll was too busy rolling around in his Range Rover between charity events and “mentoring coeds” to have time for that sort of thing.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I see the LOLs but I’m not sure what the rest of it means… no Rose Bowl in 50+ years I think.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
That’s okay. At least Tedford doesn’t cheat and then bail on his team.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
No, he just has to put up with people wanting to fire him for running a clean program that “underachieves.”
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
WHAT DO YOU MEAN PEOPLE
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
Eyes playing tricks
I don’t know why I read that as “mentoring cats.”
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It's from having children
You were auto-correcting for “pussy.”
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
We’ll go with that. It’s better than “I’m tired and/or drunk.”
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"I’m tired and/or drunk."
Oh, so you’ve seen my to-do list for later.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Or you saw my list.
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Is it possible we have the same list? Mine involves wrapping Christmas presents which therefore requires strong drink. I also think that I am missing latkes with the neighbors, which fuels resentment and thus the need for strong drink.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Except for the “missing latkes” part, it sounds like our lists are the same. As for wrapping Christmas presents, I’ve already wrapped my ass off today! Time for drinking!
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Middle aged suburban males with children have similar behavior patterns – news at 11!
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
dang, that’s what I have to look forward to? I’m going to need a strong drink.
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--Thoroughbred
If one of you will go to work for me, I’ll happily wrap all your Christmas presents (NOTE: not a euphemism) for you.
Is your sexetary back at work? I’m not asking for prurient purposes, I’d just like to experience what it’s like to have someone to help.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
unapologetic sexist ageist comment
When I had access to secretarial help, I cannot tell you how fantastic the 50+ ladies were, of the age that went to secretarial school, knew shorthand, were trained in and capable at making and maintaining files, etc. One was fabulous at travel arrangements: tell her the destination and the meeting time, and a couple hours later the room, car, flight, transfers were all arranged. BAM.
I’m sure the ladies of this type now finish college and move on to do other things nowadays, which is great. But that generation of secretaries that was retiring as I started out really were excellent professionals. The pretty young things cycled in and out of the office fairly often, but the empty-nester ladies were the best at their craft.
The above comment is not affiliated with the San Francisco Giants, is not based on a secret source of team information, and may contain personal opinion.
"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 7:17 AM PST up reply actions
completely agree
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Fail
I said “set aside the USC deal”; it’s still more serious than most people thought it would be.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
deliberate
I can’t in any seriousness not look at the USC sanctions. They didn’t even correlate to the NCAA’s guidelines.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I said it before, I’ll say it again, you guys are going to drive yourself crazy over this. Not healthy.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
At least they’ll be driving themselves crazy in a shiny new Range Rover!
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
If only. I think the time has come to stop pretending like incremental changes in lifestyle really make a difference in saving the earth and get an SUV – but the budget just doesn’t extend to a Range Rover.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
It’s not (as much) an emotional response now as just one of head-shaking over the actual content of the decision. The time for anger has passed, now we just have to wait out the scholarship reductions and see how that goes.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Bowl Ban for next season, plus some more loss of scholarships
http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stories/2011/12/20/ncaa-report.html
by ximiankernel on Dec 20, 2011 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
More than one UCLA fan: WE SHOULD HAVE HIRED TRESSEL ANYWAY!
"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
Not this one.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
DAMNIT BOOMTHO THIS COFFEE SUCKS
CAN’T YOU DO ANYTHING RIGHT? YOU ARE THE WORST INTERN EVER! YOU’RE AN INSULT TO INTERNS!
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Good good.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
Ohio native. Started his coaching career there. And $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
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I don't know
But I bet it’s less than the $4 million per year base salary from Ohio State
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It's not going to take as long as you seem to think it will.
"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
I think USC has done pretty well so far. It will go likewise for OSU.
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We have yet to see the long term effects of the scholarship reductions.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
The victory margin of USC over Cal will reduce to about 10.
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…one year?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
I’m not trusting Urban Meyer to stick around for very long.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 8:14 PM PST up reply actions
Grew up in Ohio, got his start coaching there, coached under Woody Hayes, will make more money than God.
Plus the fact that USC is sanctioned all to hell AND has Lane Kiffin as their head coach and they still won 10 games this season. Sanctions can deal lasting damage if an athletic department isn’t prepared to deal with them (Oklahoma around the beginning of the 90s, Alabama around 10 years ago), but there are just as many examples of teams that have rallied immediately under penalties.
"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
I guess that makes pretty good sense. Still seems like a weird move to me, especially given the “health issues” that “made him” leave FL.
Well yes, there's also the part where Urban Meyer is, in one way or another, completely full of shit.
"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
Dominoes?
* Strip four more football scholarships over the next three years on top of Ohio State’s prior forfeiture of five scholarships over that span.
Urban Meyer had been cleaning up in recruiting since he took the job. Wonder what will happen with some of the more recent verbals.
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Yeah, look how bad USC was hurt by their sanctions. And how well we managed to beat them during the sanction years. Sigh.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 20, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
At the Cal-Ohio State WBB game on Saturday, I was surprised to see one of the the OSU assistant coaches wearing a sweater-vest. I would have thought those would have been banned. But maybe that will be part of the sanctions.
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A lot on my Fbook are calling for Gene Smith to be fired.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
Put up Tree
This weekend, and I’m in the Christmas mood now. Last year’s tree – this years’ is too fat

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Do I see VHS tapes in this picture? Shame on you!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 20, 2011 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
I’ll take that as a non-denial. GUILTY!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 20, 2011 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
Why shame? Are they dirty tapes?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
It would make sense that you have “golden” in your name…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 9:26 PM PST up reply actions
there’s EECS porn now too?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 9:27 PM PST up reply actions
Randy
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
Do I see a bottle of dessert wine in this picture? Shame on you!
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Possible X-Mass gift for Rock fans

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 [Box set]. If you know someone who likes Rock, but doesn’t have this, it’s a solid gift. 114 rarities, with an interesting book to give background on the bands. (also if you look closely at the tree photo, maybe that’s one of the things CALumbus thinks is a VCR tape, silly boy) about $43 on Amazon.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Possible X-Men gift for Disco fans
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"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
It's weird being the only person from your team in the office
Everyone else is on vacation.
In other words, Go Bears!
Pantsless programming?
"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
Close enough!
"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
I’m wearing jorts.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
by sec119 on Dec 20, 2011 11:47 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Dammit, Siddoway is going to Mississippi State.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
ya. was hoping he and/or ragland could transfer back.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
maybe this means we're getting some even more awesome OL?
/sunshine
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
:-/
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
It was always my life goal to have female assistants inspect every grain of rice I ate…
Kim insists that his rice be cooked over a wood fire using trees cut from Mt. Baektu, a legendary peak on the Chinese border, according to a memoir written by a nephew of Kim’s first wife. He has his own private source of spring water. Female workers inspect each grain of rice to ensure that they meet the leader’s standards. (The nephew, Lee Young Nam, who defected to South Korea in the 1980s, was assassinated by suspected North Korean agents in Seoul in 1997.)
cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.
Damn. He certainly knew how to be a dictator. And create jobs!
I wouldn’t even know how to develop standards for individual rice grains.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
lolwut
According to a CNN report from 2003, Kim was the world’s largest buyer of Hennessy, having spent between $650,000 and $720,000 per year on the cognac during the ’90s. (Just a sidebar, here, Amnesty International reported that in 2006, 37 percent of North Korean children were chronically malnourished.)
(link)
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
$650K to $720K?!?
That’s a lot of cognac.
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Only 3 or 4 bottles of Hennessy Paradis / night, it’s expensive to be a dictator and entertain friends with the best.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Buying people’s undying loyalty can be expensive, even if you’re a virtual deity.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
no no, I think plenty of people died.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
The people died, but yet the loyalty lives on…
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
so sad, while so many other people died
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
well, it would have helped them feel warm, at least..
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
at least they’d all be lightweights tho
/sorry
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
sadness.
oh, my friend linked to this on fb: an insider’s (his teacher!) account of kim jong il. fascinating
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
must… not… make… inappropriate comment…
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Dec 20, 2011 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
looks like a lot of people are on vacation..
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:20 PM PST reply actions
i’m spending my free time at work reading Game of Thrones, so I’m posting a lot less.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
SPOILER: You know that one character you really like? That one dude? Dead.
On the other hand, that one character you absolutely can’t stand dies too so it evens out.
"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
I’m actually half-way through the second book, but I forget what it’s called. So yeah. Aware of these things. :) There’s this other guy who seems like he should be a bad guy but I find he’s one of my favorite characters.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
the second book
A Clash of Kings
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah that sounds about right. I bought all 4 as a package via my Kindle, so I’m just reading through :)
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
Kings of Clash.
"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
I did the Sound of Music tour today, it was a tourist von Trapp
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
In Salzburg?
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I did that tour 14 years ago. Happened to be on the same tour as the Miami University (Ohio) volleyball team.
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probably was more fun if it wasn’t -3 out like it was tdoay
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Yes
I went in the summer on a nice day. Probably enhanced the experience.
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hope you’re shooting lots of pics!!
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
pics



Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
by turkey on Dec 20, 2011 12:45 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
ugh, can’t see anything. can you link to your flickr or something, please?
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
only on the facebook right now, i’ll throw up a link when I get things up on flickr.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
ok. or if it wouldn’t inconvenience you too much, could you link to the direct images on fb?
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
you are almost as needy as twist :)
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
bored at work.. haha. thanks! hope you’re having fun
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
That joke made me go, “D’oh! Oh dear.”
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
I’m happy to accept your pity.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
I briefly dated a Trapp. She was the only person in her family who couldn’t sing. She was hot though.
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Woah, more details needed plz
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Pictorial evidence doesn’t hurt either.
by puresilence on Dec 20, 2011 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
I think I have a couple of pictures of her still somewhere. You’ll have to come to the Fire Starkey Cal/Texas blowout extravaganza in 2015 to see them.
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
She was a San Diego girl and went to UCSD. I met her on an airplane (thank you Southwest and no assigned seating! I think I shall sit next to….HER) and we ended up going out a couple of times while I was down there visiting my dad. Then we had a 3 or 4 month long distance thing before we moved on to other things. Really cool chick and seriously gorgeous (had a Hispanic mother so she had the blond hair and dark eyes that I am a sucker for).
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
I hope you broke up with her using the ‘so long, farewell’ song.
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--Thoroughbred
never saw that movie actually
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
I hope she was older than 16 going on 17.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
I assume thats a song in the movie?
I think she was 19 and I was 20? Or was it 18 and I was 19? Something like that.
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
I’m going on vacation next week, so I’m actually trying to meet deadlines today. And a few deadlines that already passed by that are now angry deadlines.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Sorry to hear, but the circle of yelling is how work gets done in America. Now go yell at someone junior to you.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
CGB: We’re nonlinear.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
I got bitched out by my Director yesterday, that was fun.
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t wait until I become more succesful and get to yell as people.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
I’ve never found it to be fun plus I recognize that if I am trying to get someone to do something for me, chances are better that do me a favor if I am nice and understanding…to a point.
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
But yell if they make a mistake! They’re less likely to make it again… right?
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
hahahahahahahahahahaha
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
I never ever yell in the office. I just get reeeeeaaaaalllllly quiet and do a lot of mmmm hmmmm or unnhhh uhhhhhs in response to questions. I think they find it scarier. Also, the one raised eyebrow thing = very effective.
that is scarier. at least with a yeller you know they’re getting something out of their system.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
I HOPE NORM CHOW BEATS EVERYBODY BUT CAL AND THAT JIM MORA SPECIFICALLY LOSES EVERY GAME FOR UCLA BECAUSE HE THINKS THAT THERE IS SUCH THING AS A COLLEGE FOOTBALL DRAFT
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Cal plays Hawaii next year? Cool.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
NORM CHOW WILL PROBABLY COACH AT HAWAII FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE, THAT’S HOW GOOD HE’LL BE AND YES HE’LL PROBABLY PLAY CAL SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
If you yell, people’s feelings get hurt because they were yelled at and it was unpleasant. Then they convert that hurt into anger at you because you were unkind, and lose any sense of 1) having been in the wrong, and 2) being responsible for that.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Just as well, since you seem to work with a bunch of shouters.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
shoot, I misread that and thought YOU were the one yelling at your director.
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Need good Scotch or Whiskey or Rye recommendations
Got a $100 gift card as a Xmas gift from the company and I’m thinking of spending it on some brown liquor. Any suggestions?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
high west rendezvous rye. done and done. then get some scotch with the left over, or maybe redbreast irish
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Xlnt, thanks! I do like me some rye.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Also, check these out.
Whiskey stones: good or bad. Discuss and show your work.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
why would you want your whiskey cold? doesn’t that ruin the taste?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
…why would it?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
suppresses flavors and aromas
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
But enhances sensation and refreshment.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
yeah this. same reason good beer is meant to be drunk at room temperature in a cold glass. mediocre beer can be served cold as a “refreshment”
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
but at the end of the day, enjoying however you like it. although if you pour coke in any whiskey i serve, you are going to get kicked out.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
i just imagine if that’s the way you like your whiskey, there’s probably another beverage you’d enjoy more. Natural Ice, perhaps?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
same reason good beer is meant to be drunk at room temperature in a cold glass.
This makes no sense.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
room temperature means you get the full taste/aroma without numbing your taste buds.
cold glass keeps your hands from warming the damn thing beyond that temperature.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 8:46 PM PST up reply actions
I already cringe at putting edible and drinkable things in my whiskey. For example, I was offered a whiskey sour the other day. I nearly threw up in it.
I can’t imagine the lure of putting inedible items in my whiskey. Especially if their only purpose is to make it colder.
cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.
I like a rye on the rocks, am I doing it wrong?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
CGB HH
are we trying to do something next week?
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:38 PM PST reply actions
on the plus side, free tattoos for everyone!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
hmmmm….maybe bear claws on my hips…..
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Dec 20, 2011 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
a Chinese character that means ‘Chinese character.’
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
by sec119 on Dec 20, 2011 6:46 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
pqtm
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 21, 2011 8:28 PM PST up reply actions
I won’t be back in town until Friday (12/30), but I’m down for one then. I can regale you with tales about my trip to the Holiday Bowl. Hopefully, I won’t be able to tell you what the Quallcom drunk tank is like.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
I think you mean Snapdragon drunk tank.
by puresilence on Dec 20, 2011 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
oooh, that sounds a lot more enticing! calbandgreat, check it out!!
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Challenge accepted! Where’s me whiskey?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
at the CGB HH on 12/30! see what I did there?
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
YAY!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 8:19 PM PST up reply actions
Georgia hit with minor NCAA violations
Believing members of his football staff weren’t being compensated satisfactorily, Georgia coach Mark Richt unknowingly violated NCAA rules by paying them out of his own pocket.
Richt’s payments to several staffers were among a series of secondary NCAA violations uncovered by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in a standard open records report released Tuesday.
According to the AJC report, Richt’s actions broke NCAA rules on supplemental pay. But discipline was limited to letters of admonishment from the school to Richt and those he made payments to, as well as additional rules education, the report said.
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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Richt was being nice guy, too. For example, he gave—
To former linebackers coach John Jancek, $10,000 in 2009 after the previous university administration declined to give Jancek a raise when he turned down a coaching opportunity elsewhere.
and
$6,000 to fired defensive ends coach Jon Fabris in 2010 when Fabris was unable to find a job after his UGA severance package expired.
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That’s almost as bad as when Nebraska gave their players the optional textbooks for their courses!
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Yeah, WTF Nebraska. Bunch of miscreants over there. How DARE they give athletes the optional reading material?
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Heh and the Bama textbook thing
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
University of Oregon study: Winning lowers students’ GPA
In a new paper, the economists at the University of Oregon chart the grade point averages of students there alongside the fortunes of the football team between 1999 and 2007. Their findings could give ammo to critics of big-time college sports.
Their conclusion: When the Ducks were winning, students celebrated more and grades suffered.
Women’s grades held up better than men’s when the team was doing well — and the drop in men’s grades compounded a GPA gender gap that was already present at Oregon, as it is on many campuses.
The bottom line: Three extra wins for the Ducks’ football squad in any given year caused a drop in male GPAs that’s about as steep as the one you’d expect if male students had scored 27 points lower on their SATs.
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The bottom line: Three extra wins for the Ducks’ football squad in any given year caused a drop in male GPAs that’s about as steep as the one you’d expect if male students had scored 27 points lower on their SATs.
Sounds like football makes you dumber, but that’s silly… right? I mean, we at CGB are the smartst!
Cal: Bears with Books.
a
at least they’re honest!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t believe they said Davis isn’t a football powerhouse. How insulting.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 9:48 PM PST up reply actions
This would be cooler if it didn’t have a typographical error in it.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
This person should get an abortion not because the cat recommends it, but because they’re too stupid to be raising a child.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Haha thank you for saying what we all were thinking.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
Depends on whether this woman’s real name is Rosemary.
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by CalBear81 on Dec 20, 2011 1:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I thought that’s what they were there for!
Attention cocaine users of the world: Parents everywhere would like you to know that changing tables are generally covered in baby poop, and we’d appreciate it if you’d think of that the next time you’re looking for a place to snort a line.
According to an informal study out of the United Kingdom, 92 percent of the more than 100 public changing tables were coated with trace amounts of cocaine. The testing was conducted by Real Radio journalists who used specialist wipes on the tables and then had them tested in a lab as part of a series to be broadcast this week called Cocaine Unwrapped.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
you change baby diapers on those? Well, this is awkward
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
oh. my. word.
I would never ever have thought of that.
/olds and far to square.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Dec 20, 2011 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
The UK is Blow Central. Something like 96% of the toilet tanks in central London restaurants and bars had cocaine traces on them the last time they tested.
Considering how sensitive some of those measurements are, ‘trace’ can mean very, very, very low amounts.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
ya I think it’s funny ppl freak out over this.
“Did you know that there are bacteria ON YOUR HANDS!?!”
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 21, 2011 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Norm Chow to Hawaii?
NORM CHOW CHOSEN TO BE NEXT UH FOOTBALL COACH
The University of Hawaii is reportedly prepared to pay Norm Chow $600,000-$800,000 per year for up to five years to become its new head football coach, the Star-Advertiser has been told.
Chow has been chosen to succeed Greg McMackin, whose salary was $1.15 million per season and negotiations were underway today. UH officials authorized athletic director Jim Donovan to begin negotiations Monday night.
A person familiar with negotiations but not authorized to speak for either party said “the salary for (Chow) won’t be the hold up. Talks are more about what the assistant (coaches) will get. He’s focused on trying to put together a staff.”
Friends said the 65-year old Chow wants to finish his coaching career here. He is a native of Palolo and Punahou School graduate.
he retired
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by Fire Starkey on Dec 20, 2011 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
No, it's just UH
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
That I was a right wing extremist.
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Why would Kolkatta have hotter girls?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
Bangalore? I barely know her!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
that’s never stopped anyone before..
by the federer express on Dec 20, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
LeonPowe does! (We hope? Updates?)
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
Dinner tonight. My place. I’m making linguini with red sauce – homemade, infused fresh basil and garlic olive oil then mellowed out with a little butter – rosemary roasted vegetables (green and yellow zucchini and potatoes) and apple crumble. She’s bringing vanilla ice cream.
We’re watching A Christmas Story because she’s never seen it.
That’s a great tactic. Just try not to ask if she has a razor on the first date.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 9:16 PM PST up reply actions
We’re well beyond first . . . activity. Let’s see met this summer at one going away party. Hung out at second going away party. She then leaves for the US for 5 weeks to “see about a guy.” Comes back and goes on 4 week business trip. So fell out of touch, the out of the blue she hits me up on facebook to see what I’m doing this weekend. Also, changes her facebook status to single same day. So since then, its been drinks, two lunches, one group dinner and epic evening (free flow beer) where someone asked “How long have you two been married?”
by LeonPowe on Dec 20, 2011 9:24 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
YAY! I guess that clears the way for the razor question, although it’s probably still not recommended.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 9:27 PM PST up reply actions
Well, be prepared, then.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 9:29 PM PST up reply actions
This. Home-cooked meal, sentimental movie… add some wine and it’s basically a free-throw.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Ummm… I don’t think you can sub-in for this one… I mean, how far ARE we taking the metaphor?
Cal: Bears with Books.
shoot over the top, from long range?
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Undone by the face she was at the airport at 6am today to fly to North China. All signs point to yes in the near future though – she’s in Northern China to spend Christmas with her grandmother I’m in Hong Kong ovre new years.
And human WD-40?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 9:37 PM PST up reply actions
On the Jersey Shore, I believe they call it smooshing.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
This is hella late
…but I guess Rishi asked a girl if she owned a razor in college.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 26, 2011 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
I’m on vacation!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 27, 2011 8:00 PM PST up reply actions
Holiday Bowl Club Level tix for sale
Anyone interested in buying 3 club level seats for the Holiday Bowl?
$75 each (face value).
Email me at: calbandgreatcgb@gmail.com if you’re interested.
Bonus: you get the whole CalBandGreat football-going experience. And you can drink up there!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
You should have announced this much earlier; I would have taken you up on it.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, my brother can’t make it after all.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
Sent you an email… a colleague of mine i think would be interested. he is taking his two sons. Where are they? We are sitting in club level 59, row 1.
Awesome, let me check and get back to you.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
Awesome Berkeley song/video I stole from Yes We Cannon’s facebook page
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Roku's are an easy gift for techies.
They’re wireless pods that connect right to the TV and allow instant access to Netflix and other digital streaming services.

I’m giving one to my folks for Christmas.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
I fear that would also mean I was expected to provide tech support
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
If they know their way around a DVD/Blu-Ray player, it should be self-explanatory.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
So I got my HBowl tickets from the ATO yesterday...
… and they’re in the view section. Nosebleed seats. FUCK
In other words, Go Bears!
Sell them, buy my extra tix for the club level and see how the 1% lives.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
Unfortunately we have to post in the first person or people think we are conspiring against them.
WE ARE THE 0%
If someone doesn’t “know” the joke it does come off like you’re an asshole…just fyi.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
this sbn app is awesome!
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
by boomtho on Dec 20, 2011 3:50 PM PST via Android app reply actions
You’d better not be out enjoying life and still checking in on the DBD. Go ice skating or something, geez!
Cal: Bears with Books.
still trying to figure out why mine whoo new app comment posted as a reply. but like the look.
by j.lee on Dec 20, 2011 3:55 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
answer's in there somewhere, i just know it...
this sbn app is awesome!
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
by boomtho on Dec 20, 2011 3:50 PM PST via Android app reply actions
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
doesn’t the iphone app that came out months ago work on iPad?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
In general, iphone apps for ipad do work, but you only have 2 choices of size: Screen size of iphone or iphone(x2). It really works better if you have an app created for that larger space.
Cal: Bears with Books.
In general, iphone apps for ipad do work, but you only have 2 choices of size: Screen size of iphone or iphone(x2). It really works better if you have an app created for that larger space.
Cal: Bears with Books.
so you comment twice on the second option? :)
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
One of the glorious things about SBN is the BONUS posting! It’s free posting! Who doesn’t want more comments.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Is this the part where RagsCub throws Cheerios at you?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
Did you look in your shoes? Sometimes when I lose things, I find them in my shoes.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
How did you navigate to the DBD on it, out of curiosity?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
california golden blogs > fan posts > scroll down (past recommended)
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
I told it what teams I like, and I am getting stories that I can click on on the news feed, but I don’t know how to navigate to a particular blog.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
This. Go to ‘line-up’ then tap the plus sign, and you can choose to follow teams or follow individual blogs.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Aha! Norcalnick is the hero I needed.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
That’s the list of my favorite teams. So I can click on “California Golden Bears”, but that gives me a feed of all stories featuring Cal, including, say, stories on Burnt Orange Nation or SBN Bay Area.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
Utah
Thanks to a Utah convenience store’s contest, Frito-Lay truck driver David Dopp won another set of wheels last Saturday: this lime-green, 631-hp Lamborghini Murcielago LP-640, worth at least $200,000. Such an awesome car that will…oops, he already wrecked it. Just a few hours after getting the keys to the V-12 powered Italian supercar named for a famed Spanish fighting bull, Dopp took to the roads around his home in Santaquin, Utah. According to In Santaquin News, police were called about dusk after a witness spotted the all-wheel-drive Lambo bass-ackwards in a field, with skidmarks from where it left the road.
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The next time, driving lessons will be included.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
by DC Trojan on Dec 20, 2011 3:54 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Sounds like rain on your wedding day.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
Or a free ride when you’re already there.
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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So it’s not just the Japanese that like to wreck exotic cars.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
They are more efficient after all.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
Hahaha
I shouldn’t laugh, but dude, you might want to take your time to get used to 631 hp. And it’s all wheel drive! Tons easier!
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
a buddy of mine owns a lambo and he let me drive it once. a lot of power…took a little bit to get used to it.
by j.lee on Dec 20, 2011 4:26 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I can believe this. There’s all sorts of youtube videos of SoCal tools crashing them. Race cars need race car driving skills.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
truth.
saw an audi r8 busted ’cause the driver broke an axle hitting the median on burton dr in bhills.
by j.lee on Dec 20, 2011 4:38 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
icy utah roads prob would have most drivers screwed
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
Joe Schmo, indeed.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
The lawyer in me kicked in immediately. Is this car covered under his insurance? Ordinarily you get a grace period when you get a new car where it’s automatically covered by your insurance before you add it to your policy. But I’ll bet his policy excluded super-expensive cars like this. And what about taxes? He’s got to pay income tax on the $200,000 value of the car. He probably would have had to sell the car to cover it. What does he do now? Can he write it off as a casualty loss? Even if he can, it won’t cover the whole amount. He is so screwed.
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This is what happens when you go to law school.
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by CalBear81 on Dec 20, 2011 4:33 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
rec'd
note above where I am branded debbie downer by a certain someone
The above comment is not affiliated with the San Francisco Giants, is not based on a secret source of team information, and may contain personal opinion.
"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Dec 20, 2011 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
"Ghetto re-gifting"
It’s one law firm’s thing
Of course, people do it [re-gifting] all the time. And not because they lack class so much as they lack money. Even if it’s tacky, regifting usually comes from a good place: you want to give presents to more people than you can afford to shop for.
But there’s nothing laudable (or forgivable) about how one small law firm in California goes about re-gifting. They want to send gifts to their clients — so they commandeer the gifts sent to their secretaries and staff, and regift them.
I think this firm missed the "spirit" part of this holiday season….
A tipster tells us how things go down in a small law firm that people living in Los Angeles will recognize. We’re not going to share the name of the law firm (it being a small shop and all), but we understand that if you pay attention to the law firm ads on the bus, you’ll figure it out.
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Is that ASU’s 7-foot Russian dude?
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i checked their roster..
and no. 23 is Ruslan Pateev
by ximiankernel on Dec 20, 2011 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
Wow
Stay classy, ASU.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
In Pateev’s defense: this video indicates he didn’t start it (‘it’ being defined as cowardly half-punches). Also, be sure to stick around til the end, where there’s some great ‘shocked ASU fan’ images.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Psh, the USM guy’s “punch” can barely even be described as a punch. It looked more like a “get off me” shove.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
in the face, with a fist. fighting is fighting! both got ejected, it was the right call. plus, fuck both of those shitty excuses for schools
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Sure, eject them both, I’m just saying that what the USM guy did wasn’t really a “punch”. He seemed to be using both arms to shove Pateev off.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
atoms i hate asu as much as you but a shove is still uncalled for
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Agreed. Just sayin’ a shove is not a punch. Both are uncalled for though.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
Shhhhhhhhh that’s supposed to be a secret
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 6:32 PM PST up reply actions
Vintage?
This BI thread has video of last night’s UCSB game!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
by norcalnick on Dec 20, 2011 4:40 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Not vintage.
Thanks!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
Award-winning sports columnist Bill Conlin retired abruptly from the Philadelphia Daily News on Tuesday, the newspaper said, as a rival newspaper published an article accusing him of child sex abuse. The Philadelphia Inquirer, in an article posted online on Tuesday, said three women and a man claim they were molested as children by Conlin in the 1970s. . . . Conlin offered to retire on Tuesday afternoon, said Daily News editor Larry Platt at a news conference. “I immediately accepted,” said Platt. “It was a painful conversation.”
Conlin started in 1965 at the Daily News, where he wrote about Penn State and other college football, professional boxing, baseball, the Olympics and tennis. He was named to the Baseball Hall of Fame this year.
http://news.yahoo.com/philadelphia-columnist-retires-amid-sex-abuse-allegations-221727340—spt.html
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Is anyone involved with sports not molesting kids?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 20, 2011 5:23 PM PST up reply actions
Here is a great political interview
I know I may be the only one who watches the show, but I am a pretty big fan of the O’Reilly Factor. I think Bill has lots of different people with different views and engages them.
So tonight he had Gingrich and Clinton on. The Clinton interview was OUTSTANDING… seriously folks, watch this. This is great discourse.
Watch Bill O’Reilly? I doubt you have enough money to pay me to do that. But I will entertain offers.
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Why don’t you watch this interview. I never understand this “I don’t watch him, he’s awful” because I am not sure how you know someones i awful if one doesn’t watch them… unless it’s from cherry picked lack of context clips.
I am guessing you like Bill Clinton. So maybe you should watch for that. It’s very interesting.
You know it’s funny, the best interviews Hillary and Barrack did in 2008 were with Bill. He asked them both tough questions which allowed them to actually answer intelligently instread of the typical softballs the rest of the media lobbed their way.
.,.,.,.,.

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 20, 2011 6:15 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll check it out, should be entertaining at least. :)
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by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t watch it here or on my phone for some reason, but I’ll check it out later tonight.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 6:29 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks; replied!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 20, 2011 6:27 PM PST up reply actions
the reason that i and others do not like him is because he is a fucking idiot. he is actually a fucking idiot. it is not bias. people see the show, rightly and accurately declare him an idiot, and stop watching. this video is the cause of much of this reasoning, fiatlux. bill o’reilly is the object of humiliation and scorn for much of the conservative right. al franken, among others, tears him apart with every sentence he speaks.
again, i repeat: BILL O’REILLY IS A FUCKING DARK AGES IDIOT
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
ALSO THIS SHIT
THE ANTI-LOGIC VIEWS OF BILL O’REILLY AND HIS ILK MAKE ME WEEP DESPERATELY FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR RACE

this good came out of that video, at least.
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I don't mind watching him
when his clips are on the Daily Show or Colbert Report.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 6:28 AM PST up reply actions
I get this is your thing, but you look really closed minded whey you use that as your proof. I am not a believer, but I understand others are… so he’s speaking to people who are interested in his opinion on that.
You proved my point about cherry picking things out of context. That speaks more to you than anything. Al Franken is hardly the paragon of reason and intelligent debate.
I could have sworn we had a conversation about not being assholes to each other? Did we not? I think the above, both in tone and tenor deviates from that spirit.
He could use more temperate language, but this isn’t directed at you.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
there’s definitely a transitive property there…. ie, he’s an idiot, so only an idiot would like him… no biggie, but it’s a silly thing to be so rude about.
when people are starving and dying of disease because someone or some group openly and actively rejects scientific advances in the name of make-believe, yes, i get very very angry about it.
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there is no way you can convince me that bill o’reilly is anything but an inflammatory anti-science talking head asshole, unfortunately. anything he may have been othewrwise at any point during his life is now forever besmirched by not only his love of ignorance, but his embrace of ignorance. the kid who wrote in to explain the tides merely gets told that he’s a “pinhead” because bill felt like it was time to redirect the conversation and go off on some “why are we all here” red herring.
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I wasn’t trying to convince of you anything. I was suggesting this is a good interview. IE you will be interested in – wait for it – what Bill Clinton has to say. I watch a lot of this stuff and it’s one of the most in depth, interesting and civil conversation. Don’t watch it… that’s your call. Just don’t be a dick about it in the process…. that’s a very low threshold.
THIS is the part of your post that set me off:
I never understand this "I don’t watch him, he’s awful" because I am not sure how you know someones i awful if one doesn’t watch them… unless it’s from cherry picked lack of context clips.
i don;t watch interviews as it is. i mostly read the dbd, read a book, work, sleep, or play skyrim.
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Do note that most people refusing to watch this because it’s Bill O’Reilly will quite likely call you close minded for not watching their favourite Jon Stewart segment.
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Jon Stewart may be stupid, but he rarely interrupts as vociferously and rudely as B.O!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 21, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
I watched it.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 21, 2011 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t think it is closed-minded to not want to watch or support the culture of rude, nasty people who constantly interrupt and talk over the people they are supposedly interviewing.
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Although I guess I could be accused of being biased against rude, nasty people who constantly interrupt and talk over the people they are supposed to be interviewing.
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INTERRUPTIST!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 21, 2011 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
Fiatlux, I think Bill O’Reilly is a truly despicable person. He has behaved in exactly that kind of rude and nasty manner in every interview I have seen him do with anyone who does not agree with everything he says. I’m willing to believe he behaved a bit better with a former President of the United States, because he pretty much had to. But that does not make me want to watch him, or to do anything to encourage him or the people like him who, in my opinion, are a substantial part of the rot at the center of our current politics. And I don’t say that because his politics are far right-wing. I say that because he is part of the culture of promoting anger and hatred toward anyone who has different views, which makes our politics so rotten.
Also, I have never been especially fond of Bill Clinton and have no overwhelming interest in watching an interview of him.
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I’m so sad; I missed all of today’s DBD because I left my computer cord at home. BUT NOW I’M IN BED AND READY TO Z! Gonna catch up on DBD, chortle at the awesome quips I’m sure to find here, and then I guess I’ll get around to packing to get back to the Yay! Happy Hour on the 30th?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
Meanwhile, in women's basketball
The Bears are leading The Big Green (i.e. Dartmouth) 48-18 midway through the second half.
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NOOOOOOOOO WE COULD STILL LOSE BECAUSE OF VACATED WINS FOR A FUTURE OFFENSE……
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QUICK! Take back the tattoos!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 20, 2011 8:46 PM PST up reply actions
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Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 20, 2011 9:13 PM PST up reply actions
Berkeley Enough - Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UysN1vMkmZE
from the guy that did the whole foods parking lot video.
Later this afternoon I’m winging my way to the Bay Area to visit my brothers and their families for Christmas. If you see a graying, bearded guy wearing Cal gear wandering Hayward or Castro Valley in the next week, be nice. It could be me. Happy holidays. Go Bears!
Hayward! Go Bears!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 21, 2011 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
If you see a graying, bearded guy wearing Cal gear wandering Hayward or Castro Valley in the next week, be nice.
I KNEW SANTA WAS A BEARS FAN!
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Why would Santa wear so much red if he were a Cal fan?
by LeonPowe on Dec 21, 2011 7:24 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
communist
why else would he keep all those proletariat elves producing toys to give away?
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by natteringnabob on Dec 21, 2011 9:03 PM PST up reply actions

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