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DBD 12.22.11 The Twelve Days of Cal-mas

On the first day of Cal-mas,

My true love gave to me

A Rose Bowl on New Years Day.


On the second day of Cal-mas,

My true love gave to me

Two quarterbacks,

And a Rose Bowl on New Years Day.


On the third day of Cal-mas,

My true love gave to me

Three tight ends,

Two quarterbacks,

And a Rose Bowl on New Years Day.


On the fourth day of Cal-mas,

My true love gave to me

Four coordinators,

Three tight ends,

Two quarterbacks,

And a Rose Bowl on New Years Day.


On the fifth day of Cal-mas,

My true love gave to me

Five Golden Bears,

Four coordinators,

Three tight ends,

Two quarterbacks,

And a Rose Bowl on New Years Day.


On the sixth day of Cal-mas,

My true love gave to me

Six season tickets,

Five Golden Bears,

Four coordinators,

Three tight ends,

Two quarterbacks,

And a Rose Bowl on New Years Day.


On the seventh day of Cal-mas,

My true love gave to me

Seven points a touchdown,

Six season tickets,

Five Golden Bears,

Four coordinators,

Three tight ends,

Two quarterbacks,

And a Rose Bowl on New Years Day.


On the eighth day of Cal-mas,

My true love gave to me

Eight previous bowl games,

Seven points a touchdown,

Six season tickets,

Five Golden Bears,

Four coordinators,

Three tight ends,

Two quarterbacks,

And a Rose Bowl on New Years Day.


On the ninth day of Cal-mas,

My true love gave to me

Nine lovely mic men,

Eight previous bowl games,

Seven points a touchdown,

Six season tickets,

Five Golden Bears,

Four coordinators,

Three tight ends,

Two quarterbacks,

And a Rose Bowl on New Years Day.


On the tenth day of Cal-mas,

My true love gave to me

Ten Pac-12 games,

Nine lovely mic men,

Eight previous bowl games,

Seven points a touchdown,

Six season tickets,

Five Golden Bears,

Four coordinators,

Three tight ends,

Two quarterbacks,

And a Rose Bowl on New Years Day.


On the eleventh day of Cal-mas,

My true love gave to me

Eleven healthy starters,

Ten Pac-12 games,

Nine lovely mic men,

Eight previous bowl games,

Seven points a touchdown,

Six season tickets,

Five Golden Bears,

Four coordinators,

Three tight ends,

Two quarterbacks,

And a Rose Bowl on New Years Day.


On the twelfth day of Cal-mas,

My true love gave to me

Twelve sold-out games,

Eleven healthy starters,

Ten Pac-12 games,

Nine lovely mic men,

Eight previous bowl games,

Seven points a touchdown,

Six season tickets,

Five Golden Bears,

Four coordinators,

Three tight ends,

Two quarterbacks,

And a Rose Bowl on New Years Day!


Star-divide

GO BEARS!

The opinions expressed in a FanPost are, in every way, reflective of the opinions of every California Golden Blogs Marshawnthusiast. Moreover, they are reflective of every employee of SBNation, including Tyler "Blez" Bleszinski.

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Nicely done. I’m going to start singing this version instead.

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 22, 2011 7:38 AM PST reply actions  

9 micmen?

9 dance team instead?

"Our hearts shall sing and our voices ring for the dear old Blue and Gold!"

by Joe Bandsmen on Dec 22, 2011 8:50 AM PST via Android app up reply actions  

agree… nicely done!

by fiatlux on Dec 22, 2011 8:57 AM PST up reply actions  

I can’t believe no one rec’ed this until I came along. It’s great!

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 8:58 AM PST up reply actions  

Incoming!

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 7:51 AM PST up reply actions  

Self serving comment is self-serving

Matt Barkley is going to have a press conference this afternoon, apparently to announce his intentions about coming back for one more year at SC versus going pro.

I’m sure you’ll all join me in hoping that he’s coming back for one more year. That Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl berth should have been ours, dammit!

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 7:53 AM PST reply actions  

ICWYDT
SC versus going pro

hahahahaha

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by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 7:58 AM PST up reply actions  

Maybe he also wants a worthless architecture degree!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 7:59 AM PST up reply actions  

You mean he’s transferring to Stanfurd?

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 8:31 AM PST up reply actions  

yay, you spelled it right!

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 10:11 AM PST up reply actions  

but he capitalized it :(
still he’s learning!

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 10:12 AM PST up reply actions  

For god's sake, one more time

IS IS NOT AN ARCHITECTURE DEGREE…. It’s an architectural STUDIES degree…

by fiatlux on Dec 22, 2011 8:58 AM PST up reply actions  

Dwelling on the distinction undermines the key point, which we shouldn’t lose sight of, and that is: stanfurd sucks.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 9:34 AM PST up reply actions  

how ironic

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:40 AM PST up reply actions  

Perhaps he should have been more specific regarding the “pro” aspect…

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 8:58 AM PST up reply actions  

Chuckles.

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 9:01 AM PST up reply actions  

Sorry I didn’t respond earlier I was too busy jumping over the wall.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions  

hahah

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions  

Touche – not gonna happen any Mora.

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions  

Well played. Sigh.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:16 AM PST up reply actions  

I hope he declares himself Sanchez.

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 22, 2011 8:57 AM PST up reply actions  

I laughed.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:38 AM PST up reply actions  

Actually you would have been in the Alamo Bowl, bumping us down (up?) to the Sun Bowl, missing this match up with Texas. So even thought your two year bowl ban might have been unfair, at least one good thing has resulted.

Thank you, Reggie.

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 9:29 AM PST up reply actions  

I think the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl might have been more punishment than a ban.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions  

You take that back!!!!! BTW, you finish the first season of Life on Mars?

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions  

Yes, I started in on the second season last week. The plot lines are definitely less subtle but I’m still enjoying it.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, I’m re-watching for the first time, I liked the twist at the end of the first episode of second season. Well set up, in my opinion.

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by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 11:50 AM PST up reply actions  

I suppose that from a narrative standpoint, it would make sense that some of his actions in the 70s would reverberate back to the 90s.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions  

And might have deprived you of the possibility of seeing your cross-town colleagues end the season as the first eight-loss bowl team ever.

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by CalBear81 on Dec 22, 2011 11:16 AM PST up reply actions  

Hmm, you make a valid point.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions  

I imagine many local USC fans would feel differently.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:17 AM PST up reply actions  

Ah, whatever.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions  

it’s on ESPN now

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions  

he’s coming back.

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions  

(woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!)

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 1:27 PM PST up reply actions  

boooo!!!

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 1:40 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

Damn

I would have placed money that he wouldn’t. He really has nothing to prove. Damn rich kids.

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 1:59 PM PST up reply actions  

Let's lead with Europe

How Bad Ideas Worsen Europe’s Debt Meltdown

Defenders think that devaluing would fool workers into a bout of "competitiveness," as if people wouldn’t realize they were being paid in Monopoly money. If devaluing the currency made countries competitive, Zimbabwe would be the richest country on Earth. No Chicago voter would want the governor of Illinois to be able to devalue his way out of his state’s budget and economic troubles. Why do economists think Greek politicians are so much wiser?

The latest plan calls for Europe to be tougher in enforcing deficit rules that are similar to the ones that they blithely ignored for 10 years. Sure, a directive from Brussels is really going to get the Greeks to shape up. Imagine how well it would work if the International Monetary Fund or the United Nations tried to veto U.S. budget deficits. (That is, if our Congress passed budgets to begin with.) This plan is mostly a way to let the ECB save face and buy up bad debt with freshly printed euros.

More fiscal union hurts the euro. Think of Poland or Slovakia. Using euros was once a no-brainer: It made sense to use the same currency as all the other small countries around them, just as Illinois wants to use the same currency as Indiana.

Now, it’s not so clear: If using this currency means signing up to bail out Greece and Italy, then maybe adopting the euro isn’t such a good idea. A common currency without a fiscal union could have universal appeal. A currency union with a bailout-based fiscal union will remain a small affair.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 8:06 AM PST reply actions  

suck it Berlusconi
Italy finalizes austerity package

Following is a factbox on the 30-billion-euro austerity package to balance the budget in 2013 and ease the debt crisis passed Thursday.

The package contains budget cuts of 20 billion euros and growth-boosting measures worth 10.

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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres

by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 8:08 AM PST reply actions  

Hey, Rishi, where's a nice safe place to put my money?

Umm… well this is gonna be awkward

Credit Suisse calculates the supply of assets that markets deem safe has fallen to $12 trillion from $22 trillion in the past four years. Emerging-market foreign-exchange reserves, the primary source of demand, have risen to nearly $7 trillion from $4 trillion in the same period.

So what?

“In the financial system,” says Mohamed El-Erian, co-chief investment officer of bond-market heavy Pimco, “you cannot replace something with nothing.” For now, this benefits governments in the U.S. and (to the consternation of France) the U.K., which can borrow cheaply because they are drawing so much frightened money. Bill Gross, the other half of the Pimco team, describes the U.S. Treasury as “the cleanest shirt in the dirty-laundry pile.”

Longer term? That’s hard to know.

Also, a really important sentence at the end:

Today, for the first time in generations, it is time to contemplate a world without a risk-free asset. The consequences of that are truly hard to fathom.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 8:09 AM PST reply actions  

It’s almost like paper with numbers on it doesn’t have intrinsic value.

It’s kind of an interesting existential observation when the debt of multinational corporations is more stable than fiat currency. Rollerball ftw.

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by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 8:13 AM PST up reply actions  

One thing I want to add (outside the scope of this article)

The article doesn’t talk about it, but I think gold as a “safe haven” fits into this. For a while, gold was the “hedge” against bear markets. It had a relatively inverse correlation with stocks and when people wanted somewhere safe to put their money, gold was it.

Here’s a five year graph of gold vs the S&P 500

Recently, gold and the S&P 500 have been correlated (that’s the market correlation issue). It’s been most noticeable in the post-US Debt Downgrade environment. See a graph of the past couple months here

NOTE: NONE OF THIS IS OFFICIAL INVESTMENT ADVICE.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 8:19 AM PST up reply actions  

I put some in a gold ETF

as a hedge against inflation as most of my 457/401 goes into an index. I R A GENIUS

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by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 8:21 AM PST up reply actions  

The current “safe haven” is the USD. I personally, however, would feel silly spending my US Dollars to invest in the US Dollar (can be done by purchasing the ETF with the ticker “UUP”)

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 8:27 AM PST up reply actions  

wat

I suppose that makes sense for whoever manages that ETF. Other than that? Pass.

I already have too big a chunk of tax-deferred money in cash, but there’s not much crying out these days as a good idea. EEM has run up quite a bit along with everything else, and even oil isn’t very cheap.

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by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 8:33 AM PST up reply actions  

also

This subthread is not asking for investment advice, nor giving any investment advice, just chatting.

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by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 8:35 AM PST up reply actions  

Stocks are actually pretty cheap right now (as measured by PE, book value, etc)

But there is still downside.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 8:43 AM PST up reply actions  

Which is why they're not considered safe

But if you have a long-term investment horizon, treat them like bonds, enjoy your lightly-taxed income, and don’t worry about market fluctuations.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 8:44 AM PST up reply actions  

What would you predict stock market return will be for the next five years? ^not official investment question

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--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:19 AM PST up reply actions  

Volatile, but ultimately flat.

Seroiusly.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:27 AM PST up reply actions  

There’s good money to be made in that environment, right?

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 9:44 AM PST up reply actions  

Sure, if you can time everything exactly, even when it goes against all logic.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:44 AM PST up reply actions  

What about bond market?

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--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 10:02 AM PST up reply actions  

Bond yields are historically low right now (short-term treasuries literally have negative yield) and even munis aren’t spitting out too much income.

High yield… well, just look at this graph. You really want your bond portfolio taking a 15% dip?

International bonds could be fine, but then you have to know how to do currency plays, which gets confusing when countries like Brazil deliberately try to devalue their currencies to tweak their trade balance.

NOT OFFICIAL INVESTMENT ADVICE

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:09 AM PST up reply actions  

Interest up, bonds down. Right? And there’s no more room for rates to go down, more or less.

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by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 9:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Yes, though if rates go up marginally or stay flat, then yields still stay where they are. Which is very low.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:19 PM PST up reply actions  

It’s almost like a piece of metal doesn’t have intrinsic value.

Wait, this would work better if gold wasn’t making money hand over first for investors.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:17 AM PST up reply actions  

But the point is that it’s about perceptions. It’s not that people suddenly became frightened by gold or realised that it’s just metal.

What happened is people got scared in general and started liquidating everything, including gold ETFs. This is what created gold’s market correlation.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:28 AM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, I got that, I was beating a drum and/or taking my crazy pills about how gold is useless.

The irony about market correlation, if I am understanding correctly, is that people invest in gold as hedge against inflation, but if they are liquidating it, then they must buy currency of some kind. Which I guess goes to show that a lot of the gold run-up the last few years has been more as attempt to make money and less hedging.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 10:04 AM PST up reply actions  

then they must buy currency of some kind.

I mean, they are in a sense… but it’s less to buy a currency than it is “HOLY MOTHER OF GOD I AM SCARED JUST PUT ALL MY MONEY IN CASH AND STICK IT UNDER A MATTRESS”

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:10 AM PST up reply actions  

So you are advising us to invest in mattress futures?

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by CalBear81 on Dec 22, 2011 10:13 AM PST up reply actions  

Just don’t sleep in it!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:15 AM PST up reply actions  

None of it was actual advice in the first place, technically.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 9:42 AM PST up reply actions  

OK, I contemplated a world without risk-free assets. Now what?

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--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:11 AM PST up reply actions  

are you quivering in your bunny suit yet?

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 9:12 AM PST up reply actions  

Now do this

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:14 AM PST up reply actions  

Well THAT looks familiar.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:14 AM PST up reply actions  

you guys use CAPM in the real world?

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 9:14 AM PST up reply actions  

My guess: Possibly their computer does.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:15 AM PST up reply actions  

It’s how we figure out Beta.

I mean, I don’t calculate it, other people do, but Beta is important.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:15 AM PST up reply actions  

Q: what did they call the indian frat?

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 9:16 AM PST up reply actions  

Eta Lota Curry?

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 9:16 AM PST up reply actions  

WRONG

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 9:18 AM PST up reply actions  

well Delta Phi Beta and Beta Chi Theta are real answers. But I’m sticking with my first guess.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 9:19 AM PST up reply actions  

beta beta beta!

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 9:27 AM PST up reply actions  

I should have been able to guess this.

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions  

Ro Beta Ro

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:28 AM PST up reply actions  

:’-(

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 9:50 AM PST up reply actions  

I don’t get it.

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--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 10:05 AM PST up reply actions  

i don’t either

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 10:05 AM PST up reply actions  

I don’t know what it is in other Indian languages, but it means “Cry Dear Son Cry” in Gujarati.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:07 AM PST up reply actions  

so beta beta beta also means ‘dear son dear son dear son?’

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 10:09 AM PST up reply actions  

ya, beta is something that parents called their kids.

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 10:10 AM PST up reply actions  

Ro means “cry”

Pi means “drink”

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:11 AM PST up reply actions  

thanks!

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 10:11 AM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, but you have to pronounce it with an “ee” sound instead of an “eye” sound.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:13 AM PST up reply actions  

And your point?

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:15 AM PST up reply actions  

I figured most of the non-Indians wouldn’t know that so I was being helpful.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions  

cool

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:20 AM PST up reply actions  

Pit Beta Pi

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:29 AM PST up reply actions  

(Pi, not pit)

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:29 AM PST up reply actions  

my roommate works for a company that does risk management and portfolio mgmt platform development, he uses it a fair amount

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 9:15 AM PST up reply actions  

Hmm interesting. I thought it was a pedagogical tool, like Black-Sholes.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 9:16 AM PST up reply actions  

Me too. I could never quite get the idea that stock brokers and …what-ever Rishi does… would be sitting at lunch, talking through something, then suddenly say “CAPM!” and do algebra/sketch a graph on their napkins.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:19 AM PST up reply actions  

The reason I asked is because I could have sworn that my finance professor said something about it being “illustrative of a concept” and that most firms had their own proprietary models for this sort of thing. Maybe that was just options pricing though.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 9:21 AM PST up reply actions  

i imagine capm is either a first pass at getting to a number, or a triangulation/sanity check. doubt companies rely on capm

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 9:22 AM PST up reply actions  

Agree on the options pricing, and I think that sounds right. I agree with this idea and don’t have any first hand knowledge of it. I mean, the market wouldn’t be very competitive if everyone just used the textbook model, would it?

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:24 AM PST up reply actions  

Black Scholes is for option pricing. And most models I’ve seen derive from the original model.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions  

what about the black rock?

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions  

I’ve been searching for that ship for centuries!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions  

i miss lost :(

well, really the first season. goddamn that was gripping TV.

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 9:32 AM PST up reply actions  

I don’t care what anyone says, I’ll always love the final season a lot

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:33 AM PST up reply actions  

WHA??? It became so convoluted at the end. The mrs gave up on it with 3 episodes to go. And when it ended, I cursed them for taking 6 years from me. Those bastards!

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by golden oso on Dec 22, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions  

cj spiller alert

I absolutely loved the last episode, I loved the concept of the Flash-sideways. There were some amazing episodes here (Ab Aeterno, Happily Ever After, The End, Across The Sea).

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:48 AM PST up reply actions  

That’s because we have computers that do this.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:29 AM PST up reply actions  

I know, but you don’t need to know the theory to run the computer. Your training could be ‘put number in box A’, ’If output B is high, then you should ___"…See my point?

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions  

Right, so the point is we use stuff derived from it, even if I’m not calculating CAPM myself on a daily basis.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:32 AM PST up reply actions  

Ron Paul seems to be doing well in Iowa

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But amid a highly fractured GOP field, Mr. Paul has held the lead in three of the last four publicly available polls of GOP voters in Iowa, with support ranging from 20% to 28%.

“Ron Paul has the highest floor here in Iowa,” said Tim Albrecht, an aide to Iowa Republican Gov. Terry Branstad. “The name of the game is to bring in the new supporters. Ron Paul has successfully expanded his base this time around much more than he did last time.” In 2008, Mr. Paul finished fifth, with 10% of the vote.

His unusual coalition of supporters was on display Wednesday as Mr. Paul appeared before more than 100 people in a hotel conference room here. When he was introduced as the man who would cut $1 trillion in federal spending in his first year in office, the crowd erupted in applause.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 8:13 AM PST reply actions  

Ron Paul plays well in Iowa until they ask the inconvenient questions:

will he continue farm subsidies and crop price support

will he continue the wasteful ethanol subsidies and mandates

if he were honest, he’d tell them in Iowa that they’ve been running a major scam on the country for far too long and that they should pay their own way for once

but he won’t

and they won’t ask

because they know that the only reason they’re for ron paul is so that they can express their irrational anger, even though by the standards of most folks, they have absolutely nothing to be angry about.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 8:14 AM PST up reply actions  

He also wants massive cuts in defense and reduction in military—something many conservatives would have a major ’it’s cold outside" penis shrinkage about

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by ikoolykedat on Dec 22, 2011 8:44 AM PST up reply actions  

According to conservatives, they just got out of the pool.

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by CalBandGreat on Dec 22, 2011 8:58 AM PST up reply actions  

man, I really wish he’d rail against those things..

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions  

The last Republican to do that… well, he won the nomination.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:20 AM PST up reply actions  

Really? I know he did in 2000, I thought he changed his mind in 2008. Like, I want to win this time.

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by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 10:52 AM PST up reply actions  

He definitely kept up with the anti-corn subsidies platform in 2008

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:54 AM PST up reply actions  

He must’ve known he wasn’t going to win Iowa anyway.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:57 AM PST up reply actions  

Good for McCain though. That’s one thing I’d agree with him about.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:57 AM PST up reply actions  

"Ron Paul has the highest floor here in Iowa,"

He also has the lowest ceiling, he’s not going anywhere with this. He’ll look good in Iowa, but it won’t translate to other states.

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by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 9:05 AM PST up reply actions  

yup

Well, I think it’ll translate almost precisely to other states. I could see him getting a solid 5-10% in pretty much any state. He’s got a ceiling of 20% or so though in most states.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 9:49 AM PST up reply actions  

Women's Gym picked 7th in Pac-120
Pac-12 Conference features four teams in the top-10

The California women’s gymnastics team was picked to finish seventh in the inaugural Pac-12 Preseason poll, the conference announced on Wednesday. The Bears tied for seventh place with Arizona State with 11 votes in the poll conducted by the league’s eight head coaches.

UC Extension was picked as the preseason favorite to capture the regular-season title.

Under the direction of first-year head coach Danna Durante, Cal returns all but one gymnast from a 2011 season that saw the Golden Bears place sixth in the league. The Bears had three individuals advance to the NCAA Regionals with all three of them returning in 2012.

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by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 8:14 AM PST reply actions  

Syria Army Pounds Northern Towns

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Syrian military forces have killed hundreds of people in two days of tank and mortar shelling in the country’s north, antigovernment activists reported, reversing dissident soldiers’ recent bid to carve out a safe zone in towns near the border with Turkey.

Tanks sprayed antiaircraft rounds through neighborhoods while machine gun-wielding troops stormed homes looking for activists, sending residents of at least three towns fleeing to orchards in Jabal Zawiya, a vast northwestern region in Syria’s Idlib province, according to one resident who fled the area.

The commander of the Free Syrian Army, the largest grouping of defected Syrian soldiers, said he ordered his dissident troops to withdraw under what he called the worst crackdown in Syria’s nine-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 8:21 AM PST reply actions  

Syrian Air Force technology?

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by golden oso on Dec 22, 2011 9:14 AM PST up reply actions  

Remember that protest in that village in China?

Officials Offer Rare Concession to Chinese Protesters

Chinese officials appear to have at least temporarily calmed protests in a southern fishing village on Wednesday by offering an unusual set of concessions that include extending recognition to protest leaders.

The move will likely be watched closely by China’s leaders as well as in other restive parts of the country to see whether officials keep the promises protest leaders say they made, and whether the compromises bring a permanent end to the nation’s boldest episode of civil unrest this year.
Serious questions remain, such as when and how local officials might return. The fate of the leaders of the protest will also be closely watched. In the past, Chinese authorities have mollified protesters only to arrest the leaders later to make examples of them.

If Wednesday’s meeting leads to a definite end to the protests, it could set an example in a nation where public unrest is common. Experts said the concession to recognize elected village leaders in particular could be viewed by petitioners elsewhere as a reward for civil disobedience—and by Communist hard-liners as bowing to an isolated case of unrest. While some local communities in China elect their government representatives, the process is firmly controlled by the authorities and challenges to the Communist Party aren’t tolerated.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 8:22 AM PST reply actions  

CPC comments!
This is not a defeat for the Chinese government but a victory for the Chinese government, the people of Wukan and China as a whole. The Chinese Socialist system has lifted hundreds of million people from abject poverty. But it still needs to learn. The latest incident shows that the system is learning and the people is correct to have put the faith in the system. The Wukan people was correct all along to have trusted the central government who is the true gatekeeper of the system. With inflation down, and manufacturing growth turning up again, China is ready for the next phase of economic development that put more equitable distribution of the fruits of progress.

There are many bitter disappointed souls who would have hope for a major unrest and bloodshed that would send China back several decades. Go and eat your hearts out!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 8:24 AM PST up reply actions  

It only lifted hundreds of million people from abject poverty because it killed thousands of millions of people that existed before that.

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by cldpc on Dec 22, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions  

And I love this comment
Translation: The Chinese government didn’t want this village to become the powder keg which would have touched off a major rebellion. Like the vegetable seller who set himself on fire, and sparked an entire revolution in Egypt, this was the beginning of the end of the Chinese Communist Regieme. They just don’t have the troops to put down and intimidate 1 billion people. And, the rebels in Egypt were so fed up with Mubarak that they didn’t care if they got killed, or what happened to them. They were sick and tired of being sick and tired.

And, with the advent of the internet and in this day of instantaneous communcation, the Chinese Communists couldn’t hush this up and make it go away. Instead it became the Occupy Wallstreet issue of China and a rallying cry for the Chinese people.

The Chinese authorities know the score. Once this blows up in their face, they will never be able to put the genie back in the bottle.

And, in this day of modern communication and more and more personal wealth, the average Chinese, even the peasants don’t want to be told what to do anymore.

And, with the US pouring billions of dollars into the Chinese economy through our numerous bailouts in the form of manufacturing orders and so on, the Chinese people will continue to get wealthier and wealthier. And, once people have money, you can forget about dominating them. That’s why ironically enough Obama wants to keep the American people so broke and impoverished.
Even though he himself is going to take a lavish vacation in Hawaii and that’s going to cost the American taxpayers $4 million dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

China is on the verge of casting off the chains of it’s Communist regieme. As more and more Chinese own their own cars, and demand and receive higher wages, there will be no turning the clock back.

It’s unfortunate though that the Americans don’t pay attention to this. The Chinese know the value of hard work and sacrifice, and they are taking full advantage of the billions of dollars that the US is pouring into their economy to bail them out.

In fact, the billions of dollars that the US pours into China will do more to undermine their Communist regieme than any military attack ever did. Once the Chinese get a taste of American Buicks, Rolexes, and Louis Vuitton luggage, CD’s and blue jeans, you can hang up Chairmen Mao and his philosophy for good!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 8:24 AM PST up reply actions  

haha, Chinese people don’t know the difference between it’s and its. Silly Communists!

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:45 AM PST up reply actions  

That’s why ironically enough Obama wants to keep the American people so broke and impoverished.
Even though he himself is going to take a lavish vacation in Hawaii and that’s going to cost the American taxpayers $4 million dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lulz

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 10:25 AM PST up reply actions  

You can tell it’s a serious problem by the number of exclamation points.

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by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:18 AM PST up reply actions  

At least it’s cheaper than his $4 billion trip to India.

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by CalBear81 on Dec 22, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions  

lol

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions  

and the redundancy of saying “4 million dollars dollars”! OBAMA IS SO EVIL

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chicks with sticks
Womens’ lacrosse hosts fundraiser play day

The Cal lacrosse team hosts the 4v4 Queen of the Turf Play Day fundraiser and Clinic at Berkeley High Sunday, Jan 29, 2012. Come for a fun day of lacrosse to break in those sticks for preseason! Teams may consist of 5-9 players (bring a goalie!), or you can sign up to play individually and we’ll form a team for you!

All participants must be current US Lacrosse members. I don’t know what that means but you should figure it out before you go.

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by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 8:23 AM PST reply actions  

what to do with visiting relatives
tour the University of California Botanical Garden- 1:30 PM

With paid admission, we offer free docent-led tours year-round on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 PM.

Explore the Garden’s incredible diversity of plants from six continents, including environments as diverse as deserts, tropical forests, redwood forests, and wetlands. Each tour is a unique experience focused on plants at their seasonal best, a variety of themes, and your interests.

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by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 8:27 AM PST reply actions   1 recs

Great place to go

I took my mom there over Thanksgiving, when I realized that she could name pretty much every plant around my neighborhood on a walk. We spent an hour and a half there before we had to leave, and she was really disappointed we couldn’t spend more time.

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:47 AM PST up reply actions  

Amazing views when it’s clear too, and with the wind picking up I bet it was great up there.

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by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 9:20 PM PST up reply actions  

what to do with visiting relatives pt. 2
Bullets Across the Bay: the SF Bay Area in Crime Fiction

Ever since the publication of Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon in 1930, San Francisco has been recognized as the birthplace of modern crime fiction. Using materials from numerous campus libraries, Bullets Across the Bay examines the Bay Area as a popular setting for mystery and detective novels and highlights the richness of UC Berkeley’s collections for the study of genre fiction.

Open during the operating hours of Doe Library.

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by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 8:29 AM PST reply actions  

I saw Christmas carolers yesterday!

At Union Square, after going ice skating!

It made me so happy! And they were so good!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 8:32 AM PST reply actions  

We used to carol on a cable car… about 12 of us… It was SOOOO much fun seeing the smiles along the way… then we would carol through Pacific Heights and ALWAYS people would invite us in for something… and if they were having a party, oh my god we made their party. I HIGHLY recommend doing this some year…

by fiatlux on Dec 22, 2011 9:00 AM PST up reply actions  

I love caroling! My friend used to host a caroling party every year with mulled wine and songbooks. We would always confuse people in his neighborhood but it was SOOO FUN! Then he moved to stupid DC for stupid gradschool…jerkface. Okay, he’s actually one of the sweetest and best people I know, but STILL. i miss his party.

So, who wants to carol!?

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:08 AM PST up reply actions  

I’ve never been a fan of mulled wine. Same with hot cider, which has slowly concentrated over time. They’re both waaaaaay too sweet for me.

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:48 AM PST up reply actions  

I just had hot cider with a splash of brandy last night. It was delicious, but I can see your point about sweet. Luckily I love sweet.

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:49 AM PST up reply actions  

That sounds fantastic. I also love mulled wine. I think I will get some.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 9:54 AM PST up reply actions  

Where do you get mulled wine?

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:58 AM PST up reply actions  

box of cheap stuff…

crock pot.

mulling spices. (there are either packets or recipes for what to use)

heat.

enjoy.

resist urge to lose pants

profit.

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by Rocksanddirt on Dec 22, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions  

Wait, why do you have to resist that?

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions  

well i presume that andbears will be in a mixed age party (parents and kids). where the loss of pants is frowned upon.

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by Rocksanddirt on Dec 22, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions  

You can get mead with mulling spices at bevmo

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions  

Oh, I see. I thought you were going to get completed mulled wine somewhere. I’ve never tried to make it at home, maybe it’s time!

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 10:05 AM PST up reply actions  

Yes

It’s not hard and is great on chilly nights.

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by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 10:06 AM PST up reply actions  

Yes, agree. Wayyyy too sweet

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:55 AM PST up reply actions  

Not if it’s done right. Needs fruit (oranges) for extra bite to counter the sweetness, just don’t add too much sugar. Done right (fresh spices) it can be glorious. Always was a big hit when we used to throw Christmas parties.

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by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 10:05 AM PST up reply actions  

Well, save some for me and I may change my mind!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:11 AM PST up reply actions  

i don't add any sugar to those kinds of drinks

the juice/wine/orange combo is sweet enough.

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by Rocksanddirt on Dec 22, 2011 10:29 AM PST up reply actions  

That sounds like so much fun! I just stopped and watched these carolers for ten minutes and it was superbly entertaining, especially when they sang “The First Nowell”

Makes me want to experience the “Christmas in New York” at least one.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:09 AM PST up reply actions  

just watch home alone (2?) instead!

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 9:10 AM PST up reply actions  

EXPERIENCE, intern

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:14 AM PST up reply actions  

I’m so glad I put that comma there, otherwise I’d sound like Bill Clinton

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:14 AM PST up reply actions  

Nowell? Are we going without water this xmas?

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by golden oso on Dec 22, 2011 9:13 AM PST up reply actions  

BOOOOO

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:14 AM PST up reply actions  

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO to you too!

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by golden oso on Dec 22, 2011 9:14 AM PST up reply actions  

i liked it.

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:49 AM PST up reply actions  

mwahahaha

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 9:54 AM PST up reply actions  

that’s what I read too. what? is that supposed to be “noel”?!

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 10:37 AM PST up reply actions  

It could be either

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Nowell

I most commonly see it written as “The First Nowell”

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:49 AM PST up reply actions  

Really? I’ve never seen it that way. I always see Noel.

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions  

I just searched my iPod. Of the 17 versions I have of the song, 10 list it as “The First Nowell”, 7 as “The First Noël”

It appears the more traditional renditions write it as “Nowell” (which would be the choirs and choral societies, etc)

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:56 AM PST up reply actions  

You have 17 versions? How many Christmas albums do you have?

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions  

lol, this.

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions  

Am I the only one here who finds Rishi’s obsession with christmas slightly creepy?

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions  

yes

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:01 AM PST up reply actions  

No. I’ve been trying to write a psych paper in my head on it for a while. Rishi, you were born in the US right?

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions  

...

It’s a time of the year when people buy gifts for each other, smile a lot, do more charity work… the streets are lit up and well-decorated, there’s singing and celebration all over. Family finally becomes important for people again.

I don’t know why you find that creepy, you grinch.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions  

You and Mrs. Unclesam…

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 11:04 AM PST up reply actions  

I’m glad to hear!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:07 AM PST up reply actions  

Rishi, am I correct that you were born in the US?

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions  

Yes. Born and raised here. Never spent longer than three months at a time out of the Bay Area.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:06 AM PST up reply actions  

How does your family feel about christmas? Did they celebrate as Children (I’m guessing not)

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:07 AM PST up reply actions  

My parents moved to the US in their twenties.

And in India, I think they did a little bit. My mom told me she learned Christmas carols in college.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions  

So, Rishi was born in the US but his family traditions don’t include Christmas (or didn’t until moving to the US), so in a sense he has adopted the most passionate view of Christmas instead of inheriting the feeling of chores and a more limited version from parents. Also, as a sense of being an immigrant there is more of the view of it being an ‘American’ holiday rather than a religious one. So Rishi is buying into the theory of Christmas spirit and doens’t have the reluctance to celebrate Jesus as I might.

The contrast would be my view of Christmas – My mom always sees it as a chore to be done, as her English mother did and that we do set A of all the possible christmas things. eh, just a theory.

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions  

My mom loved Christmas passionately. Maybe a bit too much at times, but I’m very sentimental about it as well.

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by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 11:17 AM PST up reply actions  

My mom always sees it as a chore to be done, as her English mother did and that we do set A of all the possible christmas things

This sounds familiar but once we get some wine on the go, the misery quotient drops off dramatically.

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by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions  

Classic social lubricant.

And for the record, I’m 3rd generation Californian on both sides. So I grew up with opening the presents and then riding my bike in shorts (San Diego), my view of Christmas has never been the big traditional new england what-not so perhaps thats why I don’t embrace Christmas as the same level as Rishi.

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions  

The first Christmas we spent in California there were Santa Ana winds on Christmas day – so we all jumped in the pool and then called relatives in the UK to taunt them for $1 a minute or whatever it cost in those days.

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by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:47 AM PST up reply actions  

THIS is why California is great.

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions  

And now we can do it to you!

by WolverBear on Dec 22, 2011 5:25 PM PST up reply actions  

From Ann Arbor?

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by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:34 PM PST up reply actions  

Back in California today, sucker!

by WolverBear on Dec 23, 2011 12:01 AM PST up reply actions  

reluctance to celebrate Jesus

Hinduism to some can be seen as a monist religion… celebrating Jesus and celebrating our “own” are not mutually exclusive.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions  

This is true.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 11:27 AM PST up reply actions  

Some schools of Hindu thought view Jesus as an avatara of Vishnu.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:27 AM PST up reply actions  

How do you feel Rishi?

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions  

This is a new concept for me, so I don’t have an opinion. I see no issue with celebrating the greatness of Jesus Christ, but you are correct in that I celebrate Christmas as an American holiday, not necessarily a Christian one.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions  

win for me.

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions  

What do you win?

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions  

Its a metaphoric win. Its me versus the world and I think I’m gaining

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions  

Oh, okay.

Well, your psychoanalysis of me wasn’t mean-spirited, so yay~!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:36 AM PST up reply actions  

nope, this is what we call ‘Armchair Anthropology’

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:37 AM PST up reply actions  

tell me more

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions  

Its like armchair quarterback except smug and with a down smoking jacket and clay pipe.

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions  

I wanna be one! What do I need to do?

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions  

Make sure you keep ragscub away from the secondhand smug!

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 11:56 AM PST up reply actions  

I’m wasn’t being mean-spirited! :( At least I’m not trying to be. Maybe I should’ve used the word “curious” instead of creepy.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, word choice hasn’t been your strong suit in this thread.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 12:07 PM PST up reply actions  

HUG IT OUT

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 12:08 PM PST up reply actions  

I admit, my suits are very, very weak! Anyway, sorry to be indelicate, and like I said, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with enjoying Christmas, so please don’t let me grinch it up for you! I was just not quite understanding where you were coming from, that’s all.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 12:12 PM PST up reply actions  

Okay, that’s fine.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Doesn’t Baha’i consider all gods to be valid or something?

Or am I thinking of a different religion?

Sorry if that’s offensive to those who follow Baha’i.

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by cldpc on Dec 22, 2011 11:29 AM PST up reply actions  

That is correct. The Baha’i Faith believes that Abraham, Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad were all messengers of God.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions  

The lefty Unitarian congregations in SF come close to this I think too.

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by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 9:21 PM PST up reply actions  

Oh interesting. So there really wouldn’t be the ’I’m right, you’re wrong’ aspect of embracing others’ religious holidays.

Can I celebrate dwali then?

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions  

Absolutely.

In Hinduism, there is no “one true path”. Different religions are just different routes to the same destination or different perceptions of the same God.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:29 AM PST up reply actions  

Then you just get to pick the fun parties to go to! No wonder you like Christmas so much!

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions  

Well, of course!

And as a Hindu, I can walk into a church, a mosque, a synagogue, or any other house of worship, say my prayers there, and walk out still a Hindu.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions  

As an atheist, I get to be smug wherEVER I go…

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:36 AM PST up reply actions  

And this is what’s really important.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions  

Just not in heaven.

cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.

by cldpc on Dec 22, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions  

I think my alternate plan will be to haunt something and try to get on the history or travel channels

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions  

I feel like being a ghost would be overrated. I mean, spooking people would be fun at first. But after a while, the downsides would start to drag on you. For example, you can’t actually touch anything.

cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.

by cldpc on Dec 22, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions  

Maybe it really means you get to touch EVERYTHING?

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 11:47 AM PST up reply actions  

But FEEL NOTHING!

cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.

by cldpc on Dec 22, 2011 11:51 AM PST up reply actions  

OTOH, he might not be welcome at the fun parties, insofar as other religions don’t usually reciprocate the Big Tent philosophy.

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions  

I dunno, my friends of other faiths completely welcome me to celebrate with them!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions  

Right, but no one would confuse you with a Christian just b/c you went to a Christian party, whatever that is.

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 1:00 PM PST up reply actions  

Oh, you mean a Denver Broncos viewing party?

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 1:04 PM PST up reply actions  

they’re the broncos? thought they were the tebowing tebows.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 1:05 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

See, the other religions think they can change him. So he’s welcome for the first few parties, and then if he doesn’t tebow upconvert — he’s out.

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 2:14 PM PST up reply actions  

Wow, what a cynical view!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 2:19 PM PST up reply actions  

Why thank you. :-)

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 2:20 PM PST up reply actions  

It’s like you’ve never lived in the Bible Belt before!

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 2:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Correct, and sure! We welcome all to our celebrations.

On a side note, this is part of the reason why Buddhism is prevalent in other countries but not in India, where it started; Hinduism was all, “hey sounds good, let’s celebrate that as part of our religion too!”

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions  

Great, I’ll be by your house for the next one.

Thanks for the fact about Buddhism in India, that’s really interesting.

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions  

ah, so elements of Buddhism got co-opted by Hinduism in India? interesting!

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions  

did you go to a public high school in San Mateo County?!

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 4:05 PM PST up reply actions  

...

yes

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:20 PM PST up reply actions  

yeah, should have asked you at the HH to follow up on your city of residence

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 5:19 PM PST up reply actions  

he’s aragon i’m hillsdale

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by GoldBlooded on Dec 22, 2011 6:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Where is this going?!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 6:34 PM PST up reply actions  

He’s just doing his usual “pretend to be Barney Stinson” thing… not out of the ordinary…

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions  

No, he actually likes Christmas this much.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:17 AM PST up reply actions  

pretend to

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions  

I don't understand...

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions  

Those things are great, and I like that aspect of the holiday season too, but as a non-Christian, I don’t feel the need to incessantly download and listen to devotional tunes, nor do I have any desire attend mass as a tourist (I’ve been once while visiting with Catholic relations of mine, and it was nice, but I see no need to go on my own). I mean, it’s totally fine for you to do that, but it does seem slightly odd, is all I’m saying.

I do like some traditional and non-traditional Christmas songs quite a bit though, but the fact that we’re bombarded with it in commercial contexts wherever we go detracts from my enjoyment and enthusiasm for it considerably.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions  

Please don’t patronize me.

Thanks.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, I’m not. Sorry you feel that way, dude. Seriously.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions  

You see it as a Christian holiday with some attached dogma. Did your parents grow up in the US?

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions  

Nope. My dad’s been here for almost 60 years though. We had a Christmas tree for many years when I was a kid, and we’ve exchanged presents and gotten together with family and stuff to be together and enjoy the holiday. Growing up I’ve participated in Christmas-related stuff for school and Boy Scouts and the like. So, I do think it’s a broadly cultural holiday for America in a lot of ways, and it’s a good one. I don’t think it’s just a Christian holiday, though it is definitely Christian in many respects, and I respect that and leave that aspect of it to the adherents of that religious tradition.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions  

one of my fondest Christmas memories/family traditions was assembling the Christmas tree. I remember finally being old enough to assemble it myself.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:47 AM PST up reply actions  

Me too! I was a junior in college the first time I took charge on decorating the house for Christmas and that year, I was the one who brought out the tree and started the decorations and put the reindeer out on the front yard.

All while college bowl games were going on.

Sigh

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions  

Assemble? How do you assemble a tree?

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by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions  

haha you picked up on that

We had a plastic Christmas tree which had a metal pole in the middle, with little notches to put the “branches.” After Christmas was done, we disassembled said tree and stored it in the attic. My mother would not stand for a real tree – it shed pines all over her carpet and “smelled like outside” to her.

Tradition!

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions  

Fake trees come in sections.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 11:55 AM PST up reply actions  

Yeah. I think my parents initially started doing that stuff because they didn’t want me to feel left out of a major American holiday tradition. Later on, as I grew up, we eventually stopped bothering to decorate the house and put up a tree and stuff because 1) they were getting old so if it was going to get done, it would be on my shoulders and 2) meh, it didn’t seem all that important to me and I had better stuff to do.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions  

You would not make a good psych paper. I think essentially you and rishi are different. I guess I’m done armchairing.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions  

GO BEARS

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:50 AM PST up reply actions  

LOL, stop the voting now, we have a winner!

Understatement of the Year Award goes to AndBears for the following:

essentially you and rishi are different.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 11:51 AM PST up reply actions  

I’m so embarrassed! And honored! Mostly embarrassed!

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions  

I think it’s the same way Japanese people feel about white people who are REALLY into their culture.

“Ok, sort of flattered, I guess, but…mostly just creeped out by the obsession.”

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 11:55 AM PST up reply actions  

I feel the same way about White Guilt.

If you didn’t do shit, don’t apologize for it either.

cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.

by cldpc on Dec 22, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions  

gladly!

Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!

by GoldBlooded on Dec 22, 2011 12:13 PM PST up reply actions  

No, you have much to apologize for.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 12:14 PM PST up reply actions  

Ok sure.

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions  

Cool story bro.

"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

by AERose on Dec 22, 2011 12:22 PM PST up reply actions  

I’m an American really into American culture.

HOW CREEPY!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions  

srsly.

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 12:09 PM PST up reply actions  

Not until he starts wearing ugly Christmas sweaters without irony.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions  

seems like he'd go for this

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions  

Wow.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions  

...

Oh dear God

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions  

That’s really bad.

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:12 PM PST up reply actions  

I generally align with his (and others) appreciation of X-mas, but his universal love for all things X-mas includes many aspects of the holiday season that I generally find annoying – i.e., bad X-mas music played non-stop.

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by norcalnick on Dec 22, 2011 5:37 PM PST up reply actions  

I don’t like bad x-mas music played non-stop! I like good Christmas music! I’m not going to complain if Macy’s is playing Sinatra or Dean Martin. I will not like it if they play Mariah Carey or Spice Girls, though.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 6:35 PM PST up reply actions  

I find the vast, vast majority of X-mas music to be boring at best and downright wretched at worst. Artists both good and bad have been phoning in awful holiday albums for a quick buck for a good 50 or 60 years.

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by norcalnick on Dec 22, 2011 6:47 PM PST up reply actions  

Well, that’s just unfortunate to hear.

I’d say the songs that have made it this far are, for the most part, nice. Andy Williams’ “It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year”? It’s been out for almost fifty years.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 7:09 PM PST up reply actions  

That may be true – but even in popular music there are probably 25 great Christmas albums, not counting traditional and classical.

Ella Fitzgerald’s is just one.

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by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 8:02 PM PST up reply actions  

I downloaded A TON on torrent (literally, 2000 MB worth)

I love Christmas music. And I love hearing different takes on the same Christmas carols. Little Drummer Boy by the Vienna Children’s Choir and then by David Bowie. It’s wonderful.

Then I put together a playlist of my favourite renditions of most of my favourites.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:02 AM PST up reply actions  

That’s impressive. And time consuming.

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions  

I listen to music while I work, so over time, I just get a feel for what I like by putting Christmas albums on shuffle.

For instance, something like Winter Wonderland or Rudolph is best sung by a Dean Martin or a Bing Crosby or an Andy Williams.

Silent Night sounds best when sung by a children’s choir.

O Come O Come Emmanuel by a Gregorian style chorus

The First Nowell by a traditional Church choir.

ETc

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions  

Woo!

Nothing better than starting the day with the news that our vacuum pump may explode.

Of course, the schedule is heavily booked due to school break.

So, if you see torches and pitchforks in Union City due to rioting parents, I might advise Best Buy, Target, or Walmart for all of your looting needs. Imma giver like that.

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by Kodiak on Dec 22, 2011 8:46 AM PST reply actions  

Exactly what I was thinking.

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by CalBandGreat on Dec 22, 2011 9:02 AM PST up reply actions  

You mean this right

the mouth suction dealie that dentists use so that I can’t talk during the 30 minute appointment?

or… the swedish thing?

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:10 AM PST up reply actions  

Two at a time? Hot.

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by CalBandGreat on Dec 22, 2011 9:11 AM PST up reply actions  

That’s how I roll.

Old Toothwrangler

by Kodiak on Dec 22, 2011 9:19 AM PST up reply actions  

You’re a machine!

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions  

Why can’t it be both?

[It’s the vacuum which runs that noisy tube thing which spits up saliva or you spit into.]

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by Kodiak on Dec 22, 2011 9:19 AM PST up reply actions  

Ah, I can see you have a very good chair-side manner

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:20 AM PST up reply actions  

If it were a lab-grade vacuum, I might be able to help. Wait, am I supposed to listen or to offer solutions? I get so confused on the DBD.

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:50 AM PST up reply actions  

Thanks! (Am I supposed to ask something about your girth?)

Fortunately, the pump has behaved thus far with only two patients scheduled for bonding or repairs to go.

Tech is coming first thing next Tues just to be safe.

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by Kodiak on Dec 22, 2011 11:07 AM PST up reply actions  

have fun sleeping on the couch.

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 11:08 AM PST up reply actions  

Not to story-top you, (actually, to totally story-top you), but we had a turbopump for a mass spec blow a few weeks ago, in the worst possible way. Basically, it sheared off metal dust throughout the entire instrument before grinding to a halt. Cost to repair?

One hundred thousand dollars.

Goodbye mass spec.

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 10:28 AM PST up reply actions  

ouch.

we had a 6" HDPE leachate line fail yesterday.

Go Bears Go

by Rocksanddirt on Dec 22, 2011 10:30 AM PST up reply actions  

You should have asked for my help.

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--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions  

Super Bowl to be streamed online

NFL finally realises technology exists

Relax football fans. The days of missing the big plays while you’re peering into the fridge are over. Now you may be able to take sports’ biggest game with you.

NBC and the National Football League announced today that for the first time they will stream the Super Bowl, scheduled for Feb. 5, plus two wildcard playoff games and the Pro Bowl. The online stream will be available at NBCSports.com and NFL.com through SNFExtra, a web package of technologies built to stream NBC’s Sunday Night Football games.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 8:47 AM PST reply actions  

This brought out my inner-14 year old when I saw it... I mean, this is GOOD stuff!

Stole this from a friend’s facebook page… My thought was, man formerly known as Mike Hunt finally changes his name so people will quit making fun of it.

by fiatlux on Dec 22, 2011 8:48 AM PST reply actions  

I bet

his wife is named Mulva.

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by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 8:58 AM PST up reply actions  

Dolores!!!

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:50 AM PST up reply actions  

not Gipple?

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by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 10:28 AM PST up reply actions  

Wow, poor bastard.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 9:47 AM PST up reply actions  

Haha. Dude almost certainly made up a name for the news reporter.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 12:26 PM PST up reply actions  

ohhhhh duh I’m an idiot.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 12:27 PM PST up reply actions  

I BET YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS EITHER.

"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

by AERose on Dec 22, 2011 12:28 PM PST up reply actions  

ahhh, another host please?!

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Dancing on the graves of the poor.

#Occupy

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by CalBandGreat on Dec 22, 2011 9:04 AM PST up reply actions  

Male ballet dancers.

Being men, what are your respective opinions? Why aren’t you a ballet dancer?

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:26 AM PST up reply actions  

Just living a quasi-normal life has given me multiple injuries.

If I took up ballet, I think my body might just say, “eff it” and spontaneously combust.

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by Kodiak on Dec 22, 2011 9:28 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Opinion of what? I believe that they exist. Also, I’m not a ballet dancer because of my dancer’s hip.

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by CalBandGreat on Dec 22, 2011 9:29 AM PST up reply actions  

Why aren’t YOU a ballet dancer?

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions  

Not enough parental tyranny.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions  

I knew a straight guy who was a dancer. He was sometimes the only straight male amongst a company of many women. He got laid a lot. My respective opinion is that his life sounded great.

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:53 AM PST up reply actions  

He’s an athlete and artist and a player. Not too bad, I think.

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:53 AM PST up reply actions  

That looks… strangely erotic.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 9:47 AM PST up reply actions  

I don’t know how to put this, but I think you’re doing sex wrong.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:48 AM PST up reply actions  

i dunno, might be an interesting position to try with some slight variation

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 9:55 AM PST up reply actions  

Welp, I’m done with CGB for today.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:56 AM PST up reply actions  

I think you’d need a lot of support systems. Maybe if you had a couch or bed at the proper height.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions  

depends how light the girl is. and how much i’ve had to drink.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 10:02 AM PST up reply actions  

Ballerinas are very light. Above you’ll see a corrolation between mulled wine and the loss of pants.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 10:06 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

but there’s an inverse proportion between mulled wine consumed and ability to stand/hold things without dropping them. it’s a fine line.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 10:08 AM PST up reply actions  

Maybe you should skip ballerinas and go for the circus tightrope walkers, they use safety harnesses. Or cirque du solei could be a nice middle ground.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 10:10 AM PST up reply actions  

Haha. A bunch of my friends saw a cirque du solei show when we were in our early 20s… and then we decided we were going to try all the stunts. I know better now.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 10:16 AM PST up reply actions  

That sounds like an excellent story. :)

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions  

I’m surprised he lived to tell it.

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by CalBear81 on Dec 22, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions  

Well, it’s also pretty vaguely erotic as well as strangely.

I’m not saying it looks like a sex position, but the way their limbs are splayed out, and the angle of her head and facial expressions. It’s got an aspect of exhilaration and sexuality to it.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 9:57 AM PST up reply actions  


who made you this way

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 9:58 AM PST up reply actions  

I don’t know! Help me :(

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions  

Regret nothing! Be who you are!

/enabler

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--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 10:06 AM PST up reply actions  

Okay!!

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:14 AM PST up reply actions  

:-)

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions  

i dunno, might be an interesting place to try with some slight variation

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--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 10:06 AM PST up reply actions  

Sex on the trading floor? I bet its been done before.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 10:07 AM PST up reply actions  

and i bet it will be done again.

who will be first on the new 50 yard line at memorial?

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by Rocksanddirt on Dec 22, 2011 10:31 AM PST up reply actions  

I see a new CGB Poll in our future!

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 10:33 AM PST up reply actions  

what will constitute victory conditions? is it a POIDH? or is one’s word and a good story enough?

Go Bears Go

by Rocksanddirt on Dec 22, 2011 10:35 AM PST up reply actions  

Tedford

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions  

Needs p-chop of Vancouver Riot Couple at Memorial Stadium

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions  

(someone please ring Redonkulous)

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions  

Haha. That’s hilarious.

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 10:42 AM PST up reply actions  

Allegedly by Maria herself, pre-marriage and humongous ass.

by Scootie on Dec 22, 2011 7:27 PM PST up reply actions  

Ballerinas are sexy! Lots of eating disorders, unfortunately.

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:54 AM PST up reply actions  

A new approach to predicting holiday sales numbers
People try any number of ways to get a bead on where holiday sales are going, from tracking credit-card receipts to counting the number of cars in parking lots at malls.

ISI Group pollster Oscar Sloterbeck takes a more festive approach: He talks to Christmas-tree sellers. He started in 2003 after a client whose family owned a Colorado tree farm tipped him off that their sales seemed to fluctuate alongside overall holiday sales.

For the week ended last Sunday, Christmas-tree sales were up 4% versus a year earlier, according to Mr. Sloterbeck’s survey, after a 6% gain the week before. Overall, sales this year are running 5% higher than last year. In another positive sign, the pine purveyors report that customers, instead of embracing their inner Charlie Browns, are gravitating toward larger, more expensive trees.

There’s bad news for last-minute Christmas-tree shoppers, however: With inventories depleted, many sellers have cut back hours or closed down for the year.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 8:54 AM PST reply actions  

I think there is a Christmas tree bubble. It all started when Congress de-regulated Christmas, and now there are multiple Christmases every week.

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:55 AM PST up reply actions  

I disagree. In fact, I doubled down and bought ten more Christmas trees on leverage. This cannot fail!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:56 AM PST up reply actions  

Rishi’s too big to fail! (stfu fatty)

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 9:57 AM PST up reply actions  

I will sell you some packaged debt backed by holly wreaths, this completely mitigates the Christmas bubble risk.

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 10:07 AM PST up reply actions  

I dunno, I’m worried about creating a liquidity crisis. I’m currently sitting on mounds of snow and I think that’ll become completely liquid in a few months!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:12 AM PST up reply actions  

oy

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:15 AM PST up reply actions  

Fashion's Top 10 Moments

Slideshow!

Most Influential Haircuts: Justin Bieber, above, and Emma Watson

Hairstylists are being inundated with requests for pixie cuts and the Bieber swish. The enthusiasm plays out online, where the fastest-rising searches for celebrity haircuts on Google are for Ms. Watson and Mr. Bieber.
Coolest New Style Development: 1961 | The Mid-Century is in.

Though this era just recently represented so many things that were wrong (rampant sexism and racism, for starters), it has modernized ever so nicely. So park your Fiat 500 in the driveway of your Mid-Century modern rancher, doff your bouclé suit and prim pumps, and settle back in your Eames couch: In one sense, ‘Mad Men’ is always on these days.
Biggest Sleeper: The Three-Piece Suit
Not long ago, the suit was said to be on its deathbed, a victim of Casual Friday and an informal world. Then young men began showing up at their local coffee shops in suits and ties—and even vests, because they think the look is cool. Seen Justin Timberlake lately? He’s been wearing three-piece tweeds, looking both dandyish and ultra-modern.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:02 AM PST reply actions  

Mid-century was in starting a couple of years ago. Now that the WSJ has reported it, I think I can safely move on.

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:57 AM PST up reply actions  

Nooooooooo I don’t ever want to move on from mid-century :(

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 9:59 AM PST up reply actions  

Disagree. It may have “started” a couple years ago, but it really got big this year and I can imagine it carrying on for a little longer.

And I’m fine with this being fashionable, before people shift back to graphic tees

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:02 AM PST up reply actions  

Now that it is out, consider it over.

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 10:06 AM PST up reply actions  

Driving Who-Knows-Where, We're Hooked on Map Apps

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“Directions are a real sore spot,” Mr. Otterstedt says. Three steps is the most the average person can handle—left out of the gas station, right at the light, right again at the second light—so he usually just sends people toward the next place where they can stop for help again.

Every day, Google users spend more than a million hours browsing Google Maps and Earth, and more than 750,000 sets of directions are printed from MapQuest. Since AAA launched its TripTik mobile application in spring 2010, it has been downloaded more than a half-million times.

It’s hard to say whether online maps and GPS are leaving us more, or less, oriented, Dr. Palmer says. The ability to zoom in and out of a mapped location gives a sense of spatial context that paper maps can’t provide. “But technological crutches could impact our practice of even looking carefully at maps or landmarks that help our orientation,” she says.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:07 AM PST reply actions  

Cartography Nation
Whether on the highway, in the airport or on a street corner, it’s never been easier to access a map. Yet we’re still getting lost.

•Each day, more than 750,000 sets of directions are printed from MapQuest.com. And Google users spend more than a million hours browsing maps.

•Users of TomTom GPS devices have submitted more than 200,000 map corrections since 2006.

•People who drive less, residents of New York City, for example, may be less adept than people who drive more, such as residents of Southern California, when it comes to taking visual notes that aid navigation, according to a researcher.

•The average person seeking directions can handle a maximum of just three steps—turn left, make the second right, turn right again—says Jim Otterstedt, a New Jersey service station owner.

•An all-out ban on using cellphones while driving—even phones that are hands-free—has been proposed by the National Transportation Safety Board. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday he won’t back the proposal.
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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:08 AM PST up reply actions  

I really don’t understand how all you fucking people are always getting lost. Is it really that hard? One of my best friends told me once that he always adds an extra 20-30 minutes of “getting lost time” to the trip whenever he’s going someplace new. That blew my mind. I’ve never, EVER been truly and completely lost before.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:04 AM PST up reply actions  

Thanks, royrules.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:13 AM PST up reply actions  

I kinda miss that guy.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:15 AM PST up reply actions  

On behalf of people who are always getting lost – Eff you, douche-bag. ;)

Hard to explain why. My grandfather has always gotten lost, yet was the only one of his family to go to college (Cal ’40), got a degree from Yale, figured out how to build his own home from scratch, and was generally considered a very high-achiever.

My dad has zero sense of direction, yet survived the Oakland public system during a time unfriendly to Asians, attended Cal, got into dental school, got into specialty school…and still gets lost while using his GPS.

Sadly enough, I also still get lost (even with a GPS), even in the town where I grew up.

I’d like to hope that this is kind of like an idiot-savant thing – there are different types of intelligence. Being somewhat helpless in one aspect doesn’t mean that you’re a complete waste of oxygen. And who knows? You might still have the discipline and strength of will to still accomplish something with your life…like say, sticking with an exercise plan which even so-called morons have been known to do.

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by Kodiak on Dec 22, 2011 6:56 PM PST up reply actions  

How do you do with
1) geometry?
2) tetris?
People have differences with spatial thinking, and I think that makes a big deal with navigation.

by WolverBear on Dec 22, 2011 7:24 PM PST up reply actions  

As a left hander I am amazing with spatial thinking. I think it helps me as a passer in basketball (although I am terrible ball handler, I see so many angles and am very good at passing)

by LeonPowe on Dec 22, 2011 10:08 PM PST up reply actions  

Interestingly enough, I was good at geometry, and really good at tetris. I’m actually pretty good with spatial reasoning/thinking/analysis; like packing the back of a car or finding my way in a video game with an on-screen mini-map.

In fact, one of the main pre-reqs for dental school is a test of spatial reasoning. To pass the boards, you have to be able to cut a prep to tenths of a millimeter precision while working upside/down and backwards in a mirror.

And yet, I seem to have a knack for getting lost. (To be fair, that’s usually when I wing it instead of using a map or pre-printed directions.)

Old Toothwrangler

by Kodiak on Dec 23, 2011 9:08 PM PST up reply actions  

I am the opposite of you.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 24, 2011 5:47 AM PST up reply actions  

Obviously sense of direction is not directly (or inversely) correlated with other types of intelligence. I brought up the example of my good friend, who is very much an intelligent guy, but has a horrible sense of direction. It’s just hard to understand how someone could be lacking it when it feels almost innate. It’s like facility with language, or music, or anything else I guess. Some people pick up new languages extremely easily, while others struggle to wrap their heads around it. But to my mind, if you have a map… that’s like doing math with the answer sheet.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:17 PM PST up reply actions  

I have to tell you… having grown up in the bay area where the hills all run north south… and the ocean is ALWAYS west… driving in Southern California can be very confusing. Just the other day I was in Westminster and I had to get on Beach to go to Huntington Beach… I had to decide to make a left or a right on Beach and sonofabitch if I didn’t choose the wrong direction even though I totally thought I had it right…

by fiatlux on Dec 23, 2011 7:37 AM PST up reply actions  

hehe. beach is a north south street.

by j.lee on Dec 23, 2011 8:38 AM PST via Android app up reply actions  

…that heads to/from the ocean :)

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by atomsareenough on Dec 23, 2011 10:08 AM PST up reply actions  

it gets weirder… because if your heading south on the 5 or 405, you just assume, since Beach intersects those, it’s heading east / west…

by fiatlux on Dec 23, 2011 10:15 AM PST up reply actions  

It’s not as weird as heading north on 80E/580W through Berkeley :)

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by atomsareenough on Dec 23, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions  

THIS, HATE THIS, THIS HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT. .. it lies.

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by AndBears on Dec 23, 2011 2:34 PM PST up reply actions  

for me, only the 101w/e through the san fernando valley weirds me out.

by j.lee on Dec 23, 2011 10:20 AM PST via Android app up reply actions  

Going from SoCal to the Bay Area hasn’t been disorienting like that, thankfully. Westminster is right by my neighborhood!

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by atomsareenough on Dec 23, 2011 10:16 AM PST up reply actions  

why are you thankful to live near Westminster?

by fiatlux on Dec 23, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions  

I like pho and Vietnamese sandwiches.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 23, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions  

I didn’t see the period at the end of that first sentence ;-)

by fiatlux on Dec 23, 2011 6:14 PM PST up reply actions  

Hehe, I know, I just figured I’d run with it anyway.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 23, 2011 6:39 PM PST up reply actions  

most of my friends who get lost all the time are really smart. most went to cal. it doesn’t make their habit of not looking carefully at directions and being lost all the time and late as a result any less annoying…

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 23, 2011 12:58 AM PST up reply actions  

not looking carefully at directions

I don’t have any patience for that. Mostly when I go astray it’s because I got caught out on a specific turn or something, and the recover effort goes awry.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 23, 2011 8:13 AM PST up reply actions  

I’m glad you said this, and not me.

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 11:01 AM PST up reply actions  

We’re so similar, you and I.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions  

I was going to say how I never get lost; I look at a map before going anywhere and can see it in my mind. BUT, I did get lost once. We were in Dublin and walking around the City (there aren’t any real landmarks to set your bearing by) and I was relying on a compass that was part of an umbrella I was carrying so as not to get lost.

Unfortunately for us, the compass was bullshit, and after walking for an hour in what I thought was one direction, found ourselves back in the same spot. Most annoying.

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 11:26 AM PST up reply actions  

"Blair Witch Project: The Dubliners"

This is the worst Blair Witch remake ever.

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions  

Sorry

I guess this makes for a boring story, nothing really bad happened. I could tell other stories….

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by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 1:11 PM PST up reply actions  

I’m just teasing Cugel, my creative juices need an outlet sometimes :)

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 1:38 PM PST up reply actions  

keep your juices inside yourself, perv.

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 1:40 PM PST up reply actions  

Alright

Just for that I’m going to tell y’all an “England Story”, so named because when I used to get together with my family, us siblings would talk about shared experiences, diving my wife to distraction.

This story involves a shaggy dog, Oliver, champion Old English Sheepdog. We had a four foot high chain link fence in the back yard of our row house on the base in England, but this was not stopping him from jumping over and running away. Also, since we lived near elementary school, kids were teasing him, leading to further escapes, and causing my Dad some concern.

So, one day, I helped my Dad erect a 6 foot high solid wood fence in place of the chain link fence. It was a lot of work, took most of a day. My Dad was really proud of himself when he was done (he was never the handiest guy) so he let Oliver out into the backyard to test the fence. He was outside the fence with me, and called out “here boy” to Oliver, who proceeded to jump the new 6 foot fence in 2 seconds. I’ll never forget the look of astonishment on his face.

So then we had to install the chain link fence perpendicularly on top of the wooden fence to keep him from escaping. He eventually smashed holes through the wood fence to escape.

not Oliver, but similar

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by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 2:22 PM PST up reply actions  

I have a soft spot for dog stories. Dogs are so great.

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 2:25 PM PST up reply actions  

Oliver did not like living there, I think

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by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 2:26 PM PST up reply actions  

Nah

He did, but he just like to explore. He was kinda a bossy dog.

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by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 2:27 PM PST up reply actions  

I'll resist the urge

…to call this a shaggy dog story.

Rimshot, rimshot! Where’s my rimshot?!

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by FiatSlug on Dec 22, 2011 3:44 PM PST up reply actions  

Here!

Wait, that’s not it

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 3:46 PM PST up reply actions  

What is Colin Kaepernick laughing about now?

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 3:48 PM PST up reply actions  

Should have just gone south to Pleasanton ;)

"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."

by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 25, 2011 12:41 AM PST up reply actions  

Same. It’s kind of infuriating to me to be in someone’s car using a GPS, and then still get lost again and again. I have to just close my eyes…

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 11:02 AM PST up reply actions  

*as in, they’re using a GPS and still getting lost.

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions  

Okay, that would merit a slap to the offender.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions  

Inconceivable!

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 11:17 AM PST up reply actions  

You take a crack at driving through Bennington VT with multiple Rte 7s, none of which are shown with a sign bigger than a letter-sized piece of paper, and see how you do.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions  

Challenge accepted!

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions  

It’s actually the only part of VT that I’ve driven through that doesn’t have really good signs. I drove on country roads from Tory NY through to where my wife and girls spend the summer with only Bennington as the source of my missteps… three drives through, two unique screwups, got it right the third time.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:50 AM PST up reply actions  

Pretty much if I’ve ever been to a place once, I can almost always find my way back without any problems.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions  

That’s usually the case for me – it’s the recovery efforts from a misstep that really go awry.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions  

This. And if there are women in the car… you never hear the end of it.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 12:03 PM PST up reply actions  

Has this really happened to you often?

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by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions  

Once was enough.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions  

or

finding the corner of Third Street and Tenth Street in the West Village. In a car.

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by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 9:25 PM PST up reply actions  

I’ve both driven and walked all over NYC, by myself, with no problems. I’m not familiar with the intersection you’re talking about (which I suspect doesn’t exist because streets go one direction and avenues run perpendicular in Manhattan), but it’s honestly not that hard.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:14 PM PST up reply actions  

i'm not sure about 3rd St and 10th St but...

where he is talking about down in the Village is where a few numbered streets actually intersect… for instance 4th Street intersects with 12th Street…

by fiatlux on Dec 22, 2011 10:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Good luck finding the intersection then, which you are totally wrong about.

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by natteringnabob on Dec 23, 2011 6:01 AM PST up reply actions  

3rd St. ends at Ave. of the Americas, so what exactly are you on about.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 24, 2011 2:37 PM PST up reply actions  

small nota bene…, no true new yorker calls it Avenue of the Americas… It’s 6th Avenue…

by fiatlux on Dec 24, 2011 4:38 PM PST up reply actions  

Thank goodness I’m not a true New Yorker! :)

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by atomsareenough on Dec 25, 2011 8:13 AM PST up reply actions  

sorry

I meant 4th and 10th. We can settle this via a duel. I’ll meet you at the Utica Ave. station.

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by natteringnabob on Dec 26, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions  

In Brooklyn? Sure :)

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by atomsareenough on Dec 26, 2011 9:58 AM PST up reply actions  

I’m with you atoms. Never been lost. Never really even been a little lost — always aware that if I do X, I will be at Y (though Y is not necessarily my destination, at least I know where I am relative to something I know).

by Scootie on Dec 22, 2011 7:30 PM PST up reply actions  

go to Venice

or Napoli. QED

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by natteringnabob on Dec 22, 2011 9:24 PM PST up reply actions  

Been to Venice. Didn’t get lost.

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:14 PM PST up reply actions  

Uberman!

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by natteringnabob on Dec 23, 2011 6:01 AM PST up reply actions  

Sometimes, I just browse google maps to see what I can see.

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 10:31 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Street view is fun!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:35 AM PST up reply actions  

No, not street view, just maps.

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 10:35 AM PST up reply actions  

Although my uncle found himself on streetview, heh.

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 10:36 AM PST up reply actions  

I found my car parked outside my flat in Berkeley!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:49 AM PST up reply actions  

i saw my car parked outside my parents house for a few years. they’ve finally updated it now, so no longer.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions  

You and I are alike

I’m a fan of seeing how long it takes to get to random places, like a trip from key west to Seattle that goes through every state /unrepetetantgeographymajor

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by norcalnick on Dec 22, 2011 12:32 PM PST via mobile up reply actions  

“Unrepentant”?? That’s something to be proud of, not ashamed of!

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by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions  

I think we were born in the wrong century. We could have been much more useful to the world in the 1500s.

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 12:37 PM PST up reply actions  

or before google maps.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 12:38 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

WOO CONFERENCE CALL

ugh.

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 9:07 AM PST reply actions  

You’re going to drink beers on the roof and throw the empties at pigeons?

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by CalBandGreat on Dec 22, 2011 9:10 AM PST up reply actions  

i’m in bed :)

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 9:11 AM PST up reply actions  

Zehr is no conference call here.

PUSH-UPS!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:13 AM PST up reply actions  

How to Sneak in Sports on Christmas

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Sometime this weekend, somebody’s going to tell you to stop watching sports. It’s going to happen. There are 13 NFL games on Christmas Eve, and five juicy season-opening NBA contests on Christmas Day, and at some point, you’re going to be following a game on your TV, or your phone, or your high-tech germ tablet, and a disapproving person is going to scold you and tell you to shut that thing off and show some respect. And you will feel ashamed, and promise to pay close attention for the rest of church, or your child’s first Christmas.

If you celebrate the holidays, televised sporting events can be a tricky proposition. Obviously, loads of people watch them: The leagues wouldn’t plan such an assault of games if they didn’t think anyone would tune in. And this weekend is tempting: just for starters there’s an important Cowboys/Eagles game, Jets/Giants, Chargers/Lions and Tebow versus the Bills. Opening day of the NBA kicks off with Celtics/Knicks, which spills right into the zesty, Mavericks/Heat rematch and then Lakers/Bulls. A sane person might shut off TV then, but oooooh look at 10:30 p.m., it’s Clippers/Warriors—new besties Chris Paul and Blake Griffin—who doesn’t want to catch a little bit of that?

Yes, there are good people who are aghast that anyone would consider this, who can’t imagine not wanting to spend every moment surrounded by needlepoint pillows, savoring conversation with their precious families and in-laws. And to those good people I say: I want to live in your family, it sounds amazing. What time does dinner start?

For the rest of us, here’s a five-step guide to sneaking in some sports on Christmas weekend.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:13 AM PST reply actions  

1. Don’t Go First.

2. Don’t Lie.

3. Start a Sports Tradition.

4. The Fun of Explaining Stuff to Casual Fans!

5. Don’t Try to Justify It!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:21 AM PST up reply actions  

Follow-up: I don’t enjoy pro-football. What should I be sneaking around to watch this Christmas?

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:25 AM PST up reply actions  

Do you not enjoy pro basketball either?

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions  

Even less than pro-football.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions  

ih8you

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 9:32 AM PST up reply actions  

…would Bluebottle Coffee change your mind?

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:36 AM PST up reply actions  

obviously.

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 9:39 AM PST up reply actions  

This is the most effective bribery mechanism ever!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:41 AM PST up reply actions  

I will hate whatever you want me to in exchange for coffee to change my mind.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:58 AM PST up reply actions  

that’s what i need.

moar coffee.

Go Bears Go

by Rocksanddirt on Dec 22, 2011 9:59 AM PST up reply actions  

Then play with your baby.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:32 AM PST up reply actions  

Fair enough. Luckily baby is the perfect distractor from talking to awkward family members. Scene is below:

“Obama is a socialist!”
“Oh look, Ragscub just pet the dog!”

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:38 AM PST up reply actions  

What if your dog is a socialist?

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:42 AM PST up reply actions  

He does always want his fair share of the roast and bed without doing any work…

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:42 AM PST up reply actions  

In retrospect, naming your doggie “Red” was a terrible idea.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:46 AM PST up reply actions  

For real! Although, doggy sec119 is very good at being a footwarmer.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:59 AM PST up reply actions  

Boxing Day soccer matches from England.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions  

those are good too.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 1:23 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

most nba player

kris humphries over lebron.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 1:26 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

hated, right?

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 1:29 PM PST up reply actions  

No, most NBA

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 1:31 PM PST up reply actions  

durr, silly me.

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 1:31 PM PST up reply actions  

…hated…

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 1:41 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

why?

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 1:55 PM PST up reply actions  

Shouldn’t there be boxing matches instead?

CGB: The Strangest Blog

by CalBear81 on Dec 22, 2011 1:42 PM PST up reply actions  

Strictly amateur, in-home efforts, I’m afraid.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 1:43 PM PST up reply actions  

Kangaroo boxing?

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 1:45 PM PST up reply actions  

I’m getting a kangaroo for Christmas?

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 1:49 PM PST up reply actions  

Well, I didn’t want to ruin the surprise…

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 1:56 PM PST up reply actions  

And then you did anyway.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 2:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Well, now I feel terrible, but at least I didn’t tell you about the goat you’re getting for your birthday!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions  

BRB, looking up goat stew recipes.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 2:51 PM PST up reply actions  

But it’s a cute goat!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 3:01 PM PST up reply actions  

om nom nom

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 3:16 PM PST up reply actions  

RIP FLUFFY :(

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 3:23 PM PST up reply actions  

1. Turn on television.
2. Tell naysayers to suck it.

WE ARE THE 0%

by zoonews on Dec 22, 2011 1:21 PM PST up reply actions  

A not bad Christmas gift idea

<a href="http://www.horchow.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=cprod83180006&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horchow.com%2Fproducts%2Fpersonalized-note-pads-and-post-it-notes.jsp" target="new">Monogrammed notepads!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:18 AM PST reply actions  

well that failed

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:18 AM PST up reply actions  

Does that have something to do with Norm Chow?

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 22, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions  

Real link

Works

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:50 AM PST up reply actions  

I just take the ones from Days Inn and use whiteout to repackage them.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 9:59 AM PST up reply actions  

Wow, fancy hotel!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:02 AM PST up reply actions  

I don’t stay there, obvi, I just piggy-back my way in.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 10:09 AM PST up reply actions  

This would have been great info to have a few weeks ago for a stocking stuffer…maybe it can be an after Christmas surprise.

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 10:12 AM PST up reply actions  

Get rush delivery!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:13 AM PST up reply actions  

Expected to ship no later than:
01/12/2012

Small problem…still a great gift for later though.

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, I called them and it looks like personalization takes time. I might just send it directly to a friend’s place

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:38 AM PST up reply actions  

and put the receipt in a wine glass as a gift? :)

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions  

Just write it on a post it and tell them it will look so much cooler when they get the one with their name on it.

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 10:44 AM PST up reply actions  

Okay f*** that idea, the f***ing coupon lists the dollar amount I paid for it, the “value” of the groupon, and MY name.

So annoyed.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, that kinda defeats the idea of a gift huh?

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 10:52 AM PST up reply actions  

Exactly. And pinchit doesn’t seem to understand this concept.

I’m going to call the place and see if they need anything more than the coupon code. Because if that’s fine, then I’ll just make my own version.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:53 AM PST up reply actions  

Cool Story bro.

This year for Christmas we are getting a gift that we already know about. What is it, you ask? It’s a Christmas ornament celebrating the 2010 World Series Champs, the San Francisco Giants. Huh, that seems dated, you might say. Well, my mother ordered it online last year, expecting it to arrive in time for Christmas. It didn’t. In fact she finally got it at her house in MARCH. She saved it for 9 months and now we are finally getting it for Christmas.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 10:42 AM PST up reply actions  

Very cool, story.

Gigantes!

Old Toothwrangler

by Kodiak on Dec 22, 2011 6:57 PM PST up reply actions  

The Year in Technology
Year of the Talking Phone And a Cloud That Got Hot

The iDevices
The lesson here is that Apple is driving the industry toward simpler, more reliable digital experiences tied into ecosystems of content and cloud services. It is expected to bring out radically new iPhones and iPads in 2012. But can it fend off challenges from popular, rapidly improving rivals using Google’s Android operating system? And, in the absence of Mr. Jobs, can it keep churning out game-changing hits?


The Kindle Fire
In 2012, Amazon is expected to bring out a larger, possibly sleeker Fire, and, if it continues to prove popular, it could attract larger numbers of apps designed for the Fire and sold only through Amazon. But despite its success with simple e-readers, Amazon has little experience as a maker of general-purpose computing devices, and it will have to be nimble and creative to keep up with Apple and more-traditional Android rivals.

LTE
Though several cellular technologies claim the moniker “4G” to indicate fast data speeds and greater capacity, only one, LTE (Long Term Evolution,) delivers true broadband speeds consistently. This past year, it finally spread significantly in the U.S., both in terms of geography and in the number of devices supporting it.

The Cloud

The Android Army

Windows

Ultrabooks

Television (not dead)

The reinvention of television picked up steam in 2011, albeit in a small way. Despite some miscues, Netflix streaming of TV shows to many devices grew in popularity. Set-top boxes that bring Internet video to TVs, like the Roku box and Apple TV, got better and more popular, though Google’s competing effort was a dud. Microsoft’s Xbox is set to compete strongly, using its Kinect add-on to find and play media apps with gestures and voice commands.

The big test may come in 2012, when Apple is believed to plan to ship a whole new type of Internet-connected TV, which the company hasn’t confirmed. A big obstacle: Cable and media companies will have a huge say in this potential revolution, and the current system serves them well.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:26 AM PST reply actions  

Texas Keying On Cal’s Keenan Allen

AUSTIN, Texas — Last time out Texas wanted to make sure Robert Griffin III didn’t have a Heisman moment.

The Baylor quarterback had several — the 59-yard pass in the first five minutes of the game being a rather large one — and won the Heisman in large part because of his performance against Texas.

Now Texas is pinpointing another breakout player to stop, Cal’s Keenan Allen. The wide receiver averages 105 yards per game and has topped 1,200 yards this season. He is 12th nationally in receiving yards per game and behind two players Texas has already faced, Baylor’s Kendall Wright and Oklahoma’s Ryan Broyles. The Texas defensive backs didn’t fare too well against either of them. Wright had 166 yards, including the longest touchdown pass given up by Texas, the aforementioned 59-yarder. Broyles had 122 receiving yards and a 40-yard catch.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 9:39 AM PST reply actions  

cool then, Marvin Jones is pretty good.

Tony Gonzalez? University of California?

by ikoolykedat on Dec 22, 2011 9:53 AM PST up reply actions  

Hoping for a Sofele, Defense Destructor game.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions  

Gaudete

This carol is new to me, but I’m loving it!

I really like the way Latin sounds.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:00 AM PST reply actions  

I have to say, Mel Kiper Jr. is a strange looking dude.

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 10:02 AM PST reply actions  

not surprising, still sad.

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 10:10 AM PST up reply actions  

Did he not score 17 the other night?

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 10:12 AM PST up reply actions  

yeah but that was pretty much it

no bear, no care

by EchoOfSilence on Dec 22, 2011 1:15 PM PST up reply actions  

Still too much of a scoring guard than a true point. :(

Old Toothwrangler

by Kodiak on Dec 22, 2011 6:58 PM PST up reply actions  

But there’s a role for scoring points in the Association!

by LeonPowe on Dec 22, 2011 10:09 PM PST up reply actions  

The Green Bay Packers are now “America’s Team”

Americans love a winner and that’s not the Dallas Cowboys these days. The team from deep in the Republic of Texas has been replaced as the nation’s most popular team. Aaron Rodgers’ Super Bowl-winning Green Bay Packers were picked by 22 percent of voters as their favorite team in the NFL, according to Public Policy Polling’s newest national survey. The Cowboys finished second, with 11 percent of the vote, followed by the Bears, Giants and Steelers.

CGB: The Strangest Blog

by CalBear81 on Dec 22, 2011 10:20 AM PST reply actions  

Wow, 22 percent! Go Pack!

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions  

One suspects these numbers will fall if they don’t win the Super Bowl again this season.

CGB: The Strangest Blog

by CalBear81 on Dec 22, 2011 10:28 AM PST up reply actions  

Last night my sister in law wanted to argue with me that Tebow was better than Rodgers…

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions  

Did they let her out of the asylum for Christmas?

CGB: The Strangest Blog

by CalBear81 on Dec 22, 2011 10:27 AM PST up reply actions  

Haha. I just let it go…clearly there is no logical thinking there.

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 10:40 AM PST up reply actions  

Not sure if he’s seen that bit.

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 10:48 AM PST up reply actions  

Sounds familiar but refresh me…Dodge Stratus on SNL?

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 10:49 AM PST up reply actions  

Yes to the SNL part, but it’s older than Dodge Stratus. IIRC it’s from Weekend Update way back in the 70s with Dan Akroyd and Jane Curtin. Youtube it :)

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:56 AM PST up reply actions  

That’s right, I remember now. Definitely need to youtube when I get home.

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions  

More important news
Dallas was actually picked as America’s least favorite NFL team. The Cowboys got 22 percent of the negative vote,

F*** YOU, COWBOYS

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions  

ha! f-ing cowboys!

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 12:28 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

i'd totally wear it.

and embarass the living crap out of my 16 yr old.

Go Bears Go

by Rocksanddirt on Dec 22, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions  

“Oh, if you think you don’t want to go to the Mall with your dad NOW, just you wait til I get my hat!”

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 10:48 AM PST up reply actions  

So, after tablets, what’s the next device?

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 10:34 AM PST reply actions  

They implant little computers inside your eyelids that gives you a HUD

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions  

which reminds me, i really really want this

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 10:41 AM PST up reply actions  

THAT is really cool. All we need now is SNOW.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 10:43 AM PST up reply actions  

Yes. Seriously. I’ve got a ski trip planned for the first 3 weekends of january. there better be some damn snow for some of those trips.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 10:45 AM PST up reply actions  

looks breakable.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions  

yeah. and the fact that i’d probably get distracted by all the gadgets and crash and burn while skiing has pretty much convinced me it’s the last thing i need.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions  

What about a chair made entirely out of swords?

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions  

The Iron Throne is not for me. (close to done with 2nd book now… wooo)

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions  

Widespread augmented reality devices would be nifty.

by puresilence on Dec 22, 2011 10:42 AM PST via Android app up reply actions  

like the holodeck?

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 10:44 AM PST up reply actions  

I want a holodeck. Also a replicator.

CGB: The Strangest Blog

by CalBear81 on Dec 22, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions  

z

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions  

Already done

http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/augmented-reality-in-a-contact-lens/0

cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.

by cldpc on Dec 22, 2011 11:18 AM PST up reply actions  

hot!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:33 AM PST up reply actions  

If a single blinking LED implanted in a contact lens powered by enough RF to cause retinal cancer within the next ten minutes is ‘done,’ then yes. Very hot.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions  

Some stupid bullshit.

"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

by AERose on Dec 22, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions  

One reviewer had this to say about it

经典的童话故事!
非常经典好听的童话故事,孩子很喜欢!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions  

The classic fairy tale!
Very nice classic fairy tale, the children love!

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions  

i can’t read that, but given the exclamation points, I can only assume it’s saying Sacramento! Sacramento, Sacramento!

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions  

Oh no, the Chinese hacked CalBear81’s account again!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:04 AM PST up reply actions  

New levels of Cut the Rope out on Android today!

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions  

Oh yay! Thanks!

Did you download Cut The Rope: Holiday Gift?
http://www.androidblip.com/android-games/cut-the-rope-holiday-gift-104080.html

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions  

No… I’m staying away from adding games to my phone for a bit, i find i have no time to play them anymore.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions  

But it’s super fun and will get you through numerous BART rides!

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions  

i’ve got books on my kindle to read now :)

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions  

Books are dead.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions  

So are most of the characters in the ones I’m reading, it seems.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 11:51 AM PST up reply actions  

Well you’re reading Game of Thrones, so that would make sense.

cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.

by cldpc on Dec 22, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions  

lols.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions  

I could have. My bedroom growing up had a huge bookshelf that acted as the headboard for my bed. During the big quake in ’89, my entire bed was buried under a mass of books. If the big shake had happened at night time, I would have been smothered.

Old Toothwrangler

by Kodiak on Dec 22, 2011 12:28 PM PST up reply actions  

amen

all this tablet junk makes me sad that used bookstores will have much less stock in a couple of decades.

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 22, 2011 9:27 PM PST up reply actions  

Used tablet stores.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 9:33 PM PST up reply actions  

Mine and the Defense Department’s. They’re always after us.

CGB: The Strangest Blog

by CalBear81 on Dec 22, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions  

flagged, where’s my android version jerk.

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions  

ok thanks!

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions  

That’s the price of the latte you just bought.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 1:14 PM PST up reply actions  

I drink drip coffee from the office!!

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions  

Thenwhy did you buy a $3 latte!

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 2:29 PM PST up reply actions  

wasting money is the best!!

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions  

Young the Giant

is an awesome band. how have I not listened to them before?!

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 11:17 AM PST reply actions  

Was this the one where they flew in all their friends from SoCal?

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions  

I really like My Body, but I was kinda meh on the rest of the album.

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions  

I really like your body too. You been working out?

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 12:07 PM PST up reply actions  

wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle yeah

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 12:09 PM PST up reply actions  

aw, that’s too bad. I really love the album—“Strings,” “12 Fingers,” “Cough Syrup,” and “Every Little Thing” are standouts.

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 12:08 PM PST up reply actions  

they’ll be in concert at the Fillmore in February!

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 12:09 PM PST up reply actions  

turns out they are my gf’s friend’s band from College 8 at UCSC

"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"

by CruzinBears on Dec 22, 2011 9:47 PM PST up reply actions  

Haha

That’s funny, one time I visited UCSC when my son had first started, he showed us around; and there was this EPICALLY bad white reggae playing outside of College 8/10 quad. I mean comically bad, if fact worse than the parody on Lonely planet. Also: Young the Giant, not that good. (sorry).

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 10:00 PM PST up reply actions  

Lonely Island, not Lonely Planet.

Ja toil part time at jah cold stone creamery!

by LeonPowe on Dec 22, 2011 10:09 PM PST up reply actions  

I’ve actually never heard any of their music. My gf was talking to me a couple weeks ago and was like “remember so-and-so that was in college 8 with me?” “uh huh” (I didn’t) “well his band is doing really well and just played the VMA’s” (or something) But it is nice to see slugs doing big things in the world.

"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"

by CruzinBears on Dec 23, 2011 3:38 PM PST up reply actions  

I often think that when I am at home doing some gardening.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 23, 2011 3:58 PM PST up reply actions  

i get pissed at them for putting holes in my plants.

by j.lee on Dec 23, 2011 5:18 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

Give them a sip of your beer, they will be MUCH better behaved.

by Scootie on Dec 23, 2011 5:41 PM PST up reply actions  

I just squish ’em.

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by CalBear81 on Dec 23, 2011 6:15 PM PST up reply actions  

Kate Beaton, as always, brings the goods:

http://harkavagrant.com/

Hunks!

"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

by AERose on Dec 22, 2011 12:17 PM PST reply actions  

Reports say that Matt Barkley will declare that his in fact not Sanchez.
@PeteThamelNYT: Barkley has told teammates he’s returning. Look for good news for USC fans at 4.

Link

cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.

by cldpc on Dec 22, 2011 12:41 PM PST reply actions  

Well, fuck.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions  

Ooof.

I didn’t really expect to win in LA next year anyway, but damn.

"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

by AERose on Dec 22, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions  

But he’s still going pro, right?

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions  

But he’s still going pro, right?

Tony Gonzalez? University of California?

by ikoolykedat on Dec 22, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions  

NOOOOOOOOOOO

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions  

is the #1 qb in the next class? anyone know who else is going pro then?

because right now he’s 3rd right… behind RGIII and Luck

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions  

Probably. If he’s staying, he’s Heisman leader already.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions  

You mean like Luck this year?

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions  

Yup. Ha ha.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions  

My guess is he’d be taken #2, but I’m no GM

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 1:13 PM PST up reply actions  

I’m imagining Barkley sandwiched down on the turf as the meat between two slices of Armstead and that makes me feel slightly better.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 12:52 PM PST up reply actions  

how quickly we forget about tiny

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 12:53 PM PST up reply actions  

No no, Moalasaurus then comes by to eat the sandwich.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 12:53 PM PST up reply actions  

Tiny is more of a bacon press

Tony Gonzalez? University of California?

by ikoolykedat on Dec 22, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions  

that’s hella sexual

Tony Gonzalez? University of California?

by ikoolykedat on Dec 22, 2011 12:53 PM PST up reply actions  

I sure wouldn’t want to use atoms’ keyboard…well, ever.

Old Toothwrangler

by Kodiak on Dec 22, 2011 6:59 PM PST up reply actions  

wonder what his retention bonus is.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 12:51 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

lots of sex?

Tony Gonzalez? University of California?

by ikoolykedat on Dec 22, 2011 12:52 PM PST up reply actions  

retention bone-us?

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 12:53 PM PST up reply actions  

Nothing Mora than another shot at UCLA. Hope this doesn’t backfire.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 1:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Mora Intensity! Lesa jumping over walls!

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 1:30 PM PST up reply actions  

gotta be among the dumbest sports traditions ever.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 1:42 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

Not as dumb as the marketing campaign Mora Grit!

by LeonPowe on Dec 22, 2011 10:53 PM PST up reply actions  

He can’t take the pay cut.

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions  

so still doomed…damn.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 1:21 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

This is going to be SO controversial, but here goes...

…I find it quite hard to hate Matt Barkley. Seems like a nice kid.

by Scootie on Dec 22, 2011 8:12 PM PST up reply actions  

boooooooooooooooo

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 10:19 PM PST up reply actions  

I think you might be right.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:38 PM PST up reply actions  

Mostly nice. Decent kid. I suppose he’s BAMmy in a Ken Doll sort of way, but I don’t find him dreamy or anything. I haven’t gone that far astray!!

by Scootie on Dec 23, 2011 9:55 AM PST up reply actions  

I dunno, you seem to have a penchant for being attracted to the enemy :)

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 23, 2011 10:19 AM PST up reply actions  

A true Cal fan would try harder.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 23, 2011 7:23 AM PST up reply actions  

Trying to get another break up?

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 23, 2011 8:14 AM PST up reply actions  

btw... if i may bitch about work for 1 min

today was supposed to be a work til 12 day. instead, i have meetings basically 1-5 with a 30 min break… wtf.

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 12:53 PM PST reply actions  

How effective can meetings a week before Christmas be? I’d imagine many people would be off?

Tony Gonzalez? University of California?

by ikoolykedat on Dec 22, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions  

our client shuts down next week

so everyone is offloading their ish to us

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 1:03 PM PST up reply actions  

What are you going to do on that 30 minute break?

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions  

what aren’t i gonna do?

well, i’m probably gonna pack for when i go home.

thanks for indulging my bitch session!

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions  

Make sure you bring your laundry and make your mommy happy.

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions  

im doing my laundry right now in my apt… that makes my mom much happier.

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions  

my mom gets confused when we don’t bring laundry home.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 1:03 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

We?

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 1:04 PM PST up reply actions  

asians

Tony Gonzalez? University of California?

by ikoolykedat on Dec 22, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions  

me and bro.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 1:06 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

my mother gets a little upset. “Why did you waste your money?”

my dad asked me last time “Do you even bring any clean clothes home with you?” my response: “why would I do that?”

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 1:19 PM PST up reply actions  

that sucks bro.

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions  

Seriously. That is pretty terrible.

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions  

HONK!

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions  

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 1:07 PM PST up reply actions  

until they start slap fighting.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 1:22 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

TwistNPurr?

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.

by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 22, 2011 1:19 PM PST up reply actions  

Good one.

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 22, 2011 1:46 PM PST up reply actions  

Prometheus Trailer

By Ridley Scott

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sftuxbvGwiU

Also for your consideration, watch this afterwards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEVY_lonKf4

I am fangasming a little too much right now for coherent thought.

"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3

by Swamphunter on Dec 22, 2011 1:47 PM PST reply actions  

Looks cool, anyone else notice the similarity between the spaceship in this and Firefly?

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 2:31 PM PST up reply actions  

So long, Middle Class!

Source

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 22, 2011 1:51 PM PST reply actions  

Middle Class!

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 22, 2011 2:29 PM PST up reply actions  

OTOH, house sizes have doubled in the last fifty years also.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 2:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Middle class!

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 22, 2011 2:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Lisa needs braces?

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 2:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Hot dog! We have a wiener!

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 22, 2011 2:33 PM PST up reply actions  

Lisa needs braces!

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 22, 2011 2:59 PM PST up reply actions  

spurs-chelsea game was quite entertaining

won’t ruin it for those (unclesam) who haven’t watched yet :)

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 1:57 PM PST reply actions  

Why would an NBA team play the former president’s daughter?

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 22, 2011 1:58 PM PST up reply actions  

soccer is zany like that.

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 2:00 PM PST up reply actions  

Haha. Thanks. I have stuff to do tonight so I had the gamecast up.

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 1:59 PM PST up reply actions  

gonna watch at home.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 2:10 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

chelsea had like 34 injuries…they’ll likely spend more of that russian oil money in the January transfer window.

Tony Gonzalez? University of California?

by ikoolykedat on Dec 22, 2011 2:03 PM PST up reply actions  

Don’t click this link!

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 22, 2011 2:01 PM PST reply actions  

ok

cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.

by cldpc on Dec 22, 2011 2:10 PM PST up reply actions  

asdf

"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3

by Swamphunter on Dec 22, 2011 2:13 PM PST up reply actions  

That pretty much sums it up for me.

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 22, 2011 2:24 PM PST up reply actions  

the Great Reveal at 1:03 is kinda weird, on top of the other video weirdness.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 2:27 PM PST up reply actions  

Wow, you watched that far? I gave up after Meow, Meow Bells.

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 22, 2011 2:30 PM PST up reply actions  

I skipped around, hoping it got … different.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 2:55 PM PST up reply actions  

well now I really wanna watch this

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 3:01 PM PST up reply actions  

And Gio Gonzalez is off to the Nationals for….wait for it……prospects.

Gio Gonzalez was the subject of intense interest from numerous big league teams the past two months, and he finally is on the move: A Nationals source confirms to me that Gonzalez is going to Washington in return for four players.

Those players, as first reported by Keith Law, are : right-handers A.J. Cole and Brad Peacock, catcher Derek Norris and left-hander Tom Milone. I’m told that those were the names being discussed as of this morning, though I have yet to hear confirmation from the A’s side that those are the players in the final deal – or even that the deal is officially done.

If they are, that’s a major haul, indeed. According to some rankings, those are four of the Nationals top 10 prospects, with Cole and Peacock No. 3 and 4.

Several teams remain interested in Andrew Bailey, including Boston and Toronto.

Gonzalez will make the Nationals into potential contenders – the team has the makings of a top-notch rotation, and even with this deal, many good young players on the rise.

Gonzalez will be missed in Oakland’s clubhouse. He’s among the most likable players in the game – numerous Major League Baseball officials have told me that Gonzalez was their favorite All-Star this past summer because he was so friendly and treated everyone from the parking attendants to the fans to the sponsors beautifully.

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 22, 2011 2:03 PM PST reply actions  

I’m not sure I can name a single A.

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 2:06 PM PST up reply actions  

Are Pennington and Suzuki still A’s?

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 2:07 PM PST up reply actions  

Who knows!

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 2:13 PM PST up reply actions  

anderson and braden are still on the team (last year’s rotation), but both recovering from major injuries

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 2:42 PM PST up reply actions  

yes

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 22, 2011 9:28 PM PST up reply actions  

There’s the fat one with the thing, uh, the little wiener who’s always got his hands in his pockets!

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 22, 2011 2:09 PM PST up reply actions  

:(

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 2:10 PM PST up reply actions  

seriously…nothing gets you pumped for the new season like prospects…

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 2:12 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

Sigh.

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 2:25 PM PST up reply actions  

my friend who’s a huge A’s fan and writes on Athletics Nation likes the trade a lot.

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 2:41 PM PST up reply actions  

They’re all Billy Beane Sunshine Pumpers at AN!!!!! He’s GMing not to lose!

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 22, 2011 2:43 PM PST up reply actions  

I knew it was coming but I still am not sure I like it. It’s like the 2006 sell off of the Hudson/Mulder, which worked out ok, but still left us where we are now.

by unclesam22 on Dec 22, 2011 3:42 PM PST up reply actions  

Well, I feel like if you’re gonna do rebuilding, and goodness knows the A’s need rebuilding at this point, then do it wholesale and put together what could be a real contender in a few years. Tinkering around the edges isn’t going to do it.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 3:45 PM PST up reply actions  

yep, and Beane is going full-blown rebuild right now.

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 4:04 PM PST up reply actions  

A ZONAL FLOW SETS UP OVER THE PACIFIC NW AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
NEXT WEEK. EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FLOW TO THE
PACIFIC NW COAST. THE DISTRICT WILL BE ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE
ZONAL FLOW WITH MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT RAIN STAYING NORTH OF THE
DISTRICT. HOWEVER…STARTING TUESDAY THERE IS AT LEAST A CHANCE OF
RAIN…MAINLY NORTH OF THE GOLDEN GATE THROUGH THURSDAY WITH
CHANCE/SLIGHT CHC FURTHER SOUTH
.

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 2:16 PM PST reply actions  

What’s the San Diego forecast for the Holiday Bowl?

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 2:18 PM PST up reply actions  

BEARS

cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.

by cldpc on Dec 22, 2011 2:19 PM PST up reply actions  

100% CHANCE OF BEARS

cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.

by cldpc on Dec 22, 2011 2:19 PM PST up reply actions  

TEXAS PLAYERS WAKE UP AND REALIZE THEY’RE STUCK IN A TERRIBLE STATE, QUIT OUT OF SHAME

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 2:19 PM PST up reply actions  

CONTINUED FAIR AND DRY
FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEAK [sic] WITH GRADUAL COOLING.

The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 22, 2011 2:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Yikes ...

(Link)

Firefighters are battling a massive five-alarm blaze centered in an almost century-old four-story apartment building at 1015 Pierce Street near San Francisco’s Alamo Square.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 2:22 PM PST reply actions  

So that’s why I heard so many firetrucks

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions  

sad.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 2:32 PM PST up reply actions  

z3

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 3:02 PM PST reply actions  

z

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 3:04 PM PST reply actions  

may as well keep posting stuff

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 3:07 PM PST reply actions  

hehe.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 3:09 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

Are you lonely in the DBD?

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 3:22 PM PST up reply actions  

yes and i dont wanna do work

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 3:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Finally, the anti-business party of higher taxes caves to Obama, the great tax cutter!

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 3:23 PM PST up reply actions  

LOLWUT

cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.

by cldpc on Dec 22, 2011 3:24 PM PST up reply actions  

Well, that last bit is true. Obama has been a pretty big tax cutter for the past 3 years. He extended ALL the Bush tax cuts and tossed in the payroll tax cut on top of it. Plus a good chunk of ARRA was tax cuts and credits I believe.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 3:33 PM PST up reply actions  

they just said fuck it, need to get out of dc.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 3:25 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

z

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 3:26 PM PST up reply actions  

I’m not sure how it would be possible to sit next to a panda on an airplane and not just hug it the whole time. How can this dude resist?

by Scootie on Dec 22, 2011 11:12 PM PST up reply actions  

He doesn’t like the smell of bamboo farts, I would imagine.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:43 PM PST up reply actions  

Did he order the vegetarian option?

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 23, 2011 8:48 AM PST up reply actions  

that

is the sad and actual truth.

But even better news: all this horseshit will start again in two months!

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 22, 2011 9:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Hahahahaha

But they were going end up here anyway – They’re going to take a hit politically anyway, and now they look incompetent as well. McConnell totally cut them off at the knees. Man, this is just priceless.

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 3:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Yep

My favorite columnist/blogger Jon Chait had a good post about this the other day:

Why Are House Republicans Acting Out?

The House Republicans refusing to extend the payroll tax holiday are carrying out a spasm of anger and resentment so politically irrational that fellow Republicans are openly trying to slap some sense into them. The question is what they’re so angry about.

The proximate cause is that Republicans think that the bottom half of the income distribution already pays too little in taxes. A payroll tax holiday simply gives more to the "takers" and increases the burden on the "makers." That’s why Republicans are throwing sand in the gears – they want to either block the extension of the payroll tax holiday, or at least wring some concessions out of the White House for it.

But a deeper, aggravating factor is that the House Republican majority has started to burn out on the ecstasy of its midterm triumph and is reaching the "is this is all there is?" stage of the revolution…

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 3:39 PM PST up reply actions  

i'm seeing a betting opportunity

kansas -6.5 v usc. sc’s gonna get killed. don’t see them keeping it close, even at galen.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 3:48 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

What do you use, bodog?

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 3:48 PM PST up reply actions  

Bodog is probably the best one I’ve seen

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 3:55 PM PST up reply actions  

I know virtually nothing about this. Is it actually legal or is it kind of on the fringes of legality?

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 3:57 PM PST up reply actions  

It’s not illegal.

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:05 PM PST up reply actions  

just tough getting money in/out.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 4:06 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

Is it run out of another country like Intrade?

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 4:11 PM PST up reply actions  

europe.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 4:14 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

Ahh, yeah that could be frustrating then.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 4:15 PM PST up reply actions  

Bodog isn't tough at all

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:21 PM PST up reply actions  

no? bro says it’s tough for him. i don’t use.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 4:24 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

bookie or buddy in vegas usually.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 4:02 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

Speaking of Dumb Republicans
"And then he got on the topic of first ladies and their special interests, and he said most first ladies have serious projects," Marsh-Meigs said in an interview. "He implied that Michelle Obama being interested in childhood obesity was not serious, he sort of made fun of it and then he made fun of her. He said something like, look at her big butt."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70788.html#ixzz1hJLK6SXL

In related news, Sensenbrenner revealed that Sir Mix A Lot is his favorite rapper.

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

by Cugel on Dec 22, 2011 4:02 PM PST up reply actions  

z

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 3:56 PM PST reply actions  

Just checking what's up

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions  

kill it!

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 4:16 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

Fine, you can borrow my teddy

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:11 PM PST up reply actions  

This picture was taken right before the mouse devoured the teddy bear’s head.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 4:21 PM PST up reply actions  

SNUGGLE COMPETITION

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:12 PM PST up reply actions  

God, Monday suck

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:13 PM PST up reply actions  

what site are these from?!

by the federer express on Dec 22, 2011 4:14 PM PST up reply actions  

google images

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:21 PM PST up reply actions  

bear cubs!

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions  

Why did anyone let him read atoms’ posts?

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:23 PM PST up reply actions  

did someone throw an interception?

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 4:25 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

lulz

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 4:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Foxes are so cute

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:15 PM PST up reply actions  

Yes, they are.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 4:16 PM PST up reply actions  

…that’s kind of an ugly kitten.

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 4:18 PM PST up reply actions  

It looks like that kitten has a five head.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 22, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions  

Haters gonna hate

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

roar! stomp stomp!!

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 4:25 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

I love kitties, I’m just sayin’…

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 4:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Give it a break! It’s probably less than two weeks old. Like human babies, kittens take a while to cute up.

CGB: The Strangest Blog

by CalBear81 on Dec 22, 2011 4:31 PM PST up reply actions  

I don’t know what you’re talking about, my daughters were adorable from the word go.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:54 PM PST up reply actions  

I kept expecting Ragscub to be all alien head shaped and wrinkly and look like Winston Churchill but she was perfect. Didn’t even cry, just squawked to let us know she was here.

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 23, 2011 7:26 AM PST up reply actions  

Didn’t even cry

The hospital where both of ours were born had a subjective scale for ‘volume of hollering’ on the charts. Both girls pegged the meter, so to speak. Just like their father!

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 23, 2011 8:19 AM PST up reply actions  

I’m trying not to imagine anyone birthing a Winston Churchill-looking baby, but there’s something to be said fo rkeeping expectations low.

FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred

by sec119 on Dec 23, 2011 8:49 AM PST up reply actions  

Well, there are three broad categories of new-born: Churchill, monkey, and Mao. There are exceptions, but generally speaking, independent of race or gender, those hold.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 23, 2011 10:53 AM PST up reply actions  

My Nonni tells a story that my dad was so ugly and pointy-headed when he was born that she denied that he was hers when they first brought him to her and demanded that they bring her her real baby, because her baby would NOT look like that. This went on for a couple of days until they finally convinced her that, indeed, this mess of an infant was indeed her offspring.

by Scootie on Dec 23, 2011 9:57 AM PST up reply actions  

Simba's childhood

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:18 PM PST up reply actions  

<3

thanks!

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 4:19 PM PST up reply actions  

:)

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:20 PM PST up reply actions  

maynard, he’s open!

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 4:20 PM PST up reply actions  

OMG SO CUTE

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 4:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Pringles. This is GREAT!

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions  

Why is atoms such a grinch?

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Needs more christmas animals?

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 4:25 PM PST up reply actions  

sleepy puppy is sleepy.

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 4:27 PM PST up reply actions  

OMG SO CUTE

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 4:32 PM PST up reply actions  

best friends!

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 4:32 PM PST up reply actions  

playyytimeeee

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 4:33 PM PST up reply actions  

"illegal hands to the face" /pac-12 ref

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 4:34 PM PST up reply actions  

i wish i had a dog when i was a kid :(

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 4:34 PM PST up reply actions  

and dogfood to eat!

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 4:35 PM PST up reply actions  

VROOM VROOM

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 4:38 PM PST up reply actions  

catmobile.

nanananananana cat man!

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 4:42 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

I bought you a Christmas gift

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 6:37 PM PST up reply actions  

that lab looks to be about 4 – 6 months… just the PERFECT age for cuteness… someone needs a tshishy!

by fiatlux on Dec 23, 2011 7:39 AM PST up reply actions  

awwwwwwwwwwww

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 4:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Whatever, that cat just mauled Santa and took his hat. Anyone would be tired after that.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

by DC Trojan on Dec 22, 2011 11:55 PM PST up reply actions  

YAY GO BEARS

and… TAKE OFF THAT RED WRAPPING PAPER!

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 4:29 PM PST up reply actions  

They’re just waiting for me to come back!

"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded

by atomsareenough on Dec 22, 2011 4:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Just got back from a quick gift search in Union Square and it is crazy out there!

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by CalBandGreat on Dec 22, 2011 4:07 PM PST reply actions  

What did you get?

Cal: Bears with Books.

by AndBears on Dec 22, 2011 4:08 PM PST up reply actions  

It’s a secret. A little something for the GF.

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 22, 2011 4:10 PM PST up reply actions  

Put your pants back on.

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by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:12 PM PST up reply actions  

teehee little

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by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 4:18 PM PST up reply actions  

little eh?

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 4:21 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

wood chipper?

floor sander?
air compressor?

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 22, 2011 9:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Woodchipper?

"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

by AERose on Dec 22, 2011 9:45 PM PST up reply actions  

I don't even have to click on that link

…to know the $#!t that’s gotta be there.

Good movie, Fargo. Really good movie.

"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

by FiatSlug on Dec 22, 2011 10:35 PM PST up reply actions  

I’m not sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your police work, there, Lou.

by LeonPowe on Dec 22, 2011 10:36 PM PST up reply actions  

Slug, are you going to the holiday bowl?

by fiatlux on Dec 22, 2011 10:39 PM PST up reply actions  

you betcha.

(I don’t actually know but I couldn’t resist)

by Scootie on Dec 22, 2011 11:13 PM PST up reply actions  

And how was everything today?

by LeonPowe on Dec 23, 2011 1:15 AM PST up reply actions  

Sadly, no.

I’d love to, but it simply was not in the cards this year.

I’ll have more thoughts for you, later.

"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

by FiatSlug on Dec 23, 2011 8:17 AM PST up reply actions  

*daps*

"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

by AERose on Dec 22, 2011 10:41 PM PST up reply actions  

bought for the gf: snuggie, knit hat.

last year: slippers. i think she gets cold easily.

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 4:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Buy her a weight training set. She won’t feel cold then.

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 4:24 PM PST up reply actions  

or fat.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 4:27 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

but then how can i call her my fat little girlfriend?

Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian

by boomtho on Dec 22, 2011 4:27 PM PST up reply actions  

uh…

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 4:28 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

you’re just sensitive.

by j.lee on Dec 22, 2011 5:31 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

heheheh

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 22, 2011 6:38 PM PST up reply actions  

what tablet do you have? I’m assuming it has 3G?

by the federer express on Dec 23, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions  

My true love gave to me

Jeff Tedford gave to me

The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS

by norcalnick on Dec 22, 2011 5:41 PM PST reply actions  

Innovative.

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 22, 2011 5:54 PM PST via Android app up reply actions  

Giants' rainy day fund dodges another bullet

Carlos Beltran to Cardinals for 2 years/$26M

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 22, 2011 9:32 PM PST reply actions  

Checking in from Vegas

Looking forward to the game tomorrow… Almost stayed at Hooter’s for $20 for the sheer absurdity of it, but just couldn’t…

by fiatlux on Dec 22, 2011 10:35 PM PST reply actions  

Go get drunk.

2011 World Cup Champions Team India

by Rishi on Dec 23, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions  

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