DBD 7.8.11 Summer Appreciation DBD
With the weather forecasted to reach the 70s in SF today, I figure it's time for a long overdue appreciation of the joy that is summer and all that comes with it.
Sure, there are downsides. No football or basketball or good new tv shows. But that just gives more reason to go out! So here are a couple things that I personally appreciate about summer in the city! Share yours!
1) Summer fashion -- Summer suits (seersucker, poplin) and light colours. I love wearing them on Fridays and getting ready for the outdoor happy hours (see #2). Also, pastel polo shirts. If you've been dedicated to the gym, even better!
2) Outdoor happy hours -- Something about being in the greatest city in the world (sorry, NY) and enjoying warm weather outdoors, while sipping on a cool beverage is exciting.
3) BBQs -- In spite of being a vegetarian, what's not to like about grilling food outdoors and tossing a football around or playing beer pong? A great way to get a bunch of friends together in a different setting
4) More hikes -- Okay, fine, I put this on the list for other people.
5) The beach -- Unfortunately not so big up here in the city, but that's not going to stop me from enjoying it.
6) Swimming and the pool -- Not just the big pool parties in Vegas and whatnot, but even just grabbing a few friends and swimming around in the pool on a lazy Sunday. Love it!
7) Running outside -- I'm not a big fan of running, but it's much better in the evenings when it's warm, along the waterfront.
8) Summer jams -- I fully admit to enjoy catchy, throwaway summer tunes.
9) Warm nights -- They're still kinda rare around here in the city, but, man, when they happen... It's amazing
Okay, that's a long enough list for now. And wow, this is a pretty self-indulgent DBD, but that's what you get!
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Despite the fact that I had brought all the stories over to my DBD, I hid mine, Rishi. However, I’m tired, so I don’t particularly feel like redoing all that work. If somebody else could do it, I would be appreciative.
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Tree Planting Taking Root around Memorial Stadium
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When the original plans for California Memorial Stadium were proposed in 1921, controversy erupted over the location. Opponents to the new stadium objected mainly to its location in Strawberry Canyon. At the turn of the last century, the canyon was home to Strawberry Creek, some native grasses and landscaping that had been planted by UC Berkeley researchers.
As we all know, the stadium did get built in the canyon in a location that has been recognized as one of the top college venues in the country by Sports Illustrated and ESPN. Part of Strawberry Creek was moved into culverts and new oak trees were planted around the new football facility.
Fast-forward to 2008 and once again, there was controversy about a proposal for construction of campus athletics facilities.
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wear's D-Muff now?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
India currently batting first innings against West Indies, Test Match # 3
Dravid and Vijay were the two wickets :(
Trail by 153
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By playing patiently in the crease and taking advantage of small opportunities?
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Yeah I guess… however, lunch of day 3 and a good possibility that we won’t finish an innings today? Looks like another draw.
can’t complain about 62 from Mukund… let’s hope Kohli does well too. I mean, it’s 120/3, we’re chasing 204. Laxman has been fairly productive all season, and Raina is still due. (I’d also say Dhoni is, but he’s been, um, useless in Test matches lately)
lol
Dhaval: “A lot of Positive Intent from Mukund. Love the style of this youngster. Great technique, Sound Temperament, Just want to make sure he does not throw away his starts…”
Bishoo to Mukund, OUT, there’s the breakthrough which has been a long time coming, Mukund looking to play off the back foot, a short of length ball that sits up, batsman tries to clip it towards midwicket, but edges it on to his thigh pad and the ball pops up nicely for short leg, a much-needed wicket for West Indies
A Mukund c Barath b Bishoo 62 (149b 5×4 0×6) SR: 41.61
Dushyant: “Somebody always has to jinx a player who’s playing well, right Dhaval?”
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Sharan: “I can’t believe Laxman missed out on another century that was there for the taking! I just can’t. And what a terrible manner to get out in. I thought he’d get two centuries in this series, what with him coming in at number four. Instead, he has three misses!”
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i expect them to build a decent lead with dhoni/raina involved. of course, won’t matter when game is drawn
Draw = India wins series 1-0. Meh. I’m ok with this, considering this series was a lot about playing the youngsters.
Morgan, U.S. Squad Move Onto WWC Quarterfinals
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Posting a 2-1 record in group play, former California women’s soccer letterwinner Alex Morgan and the rest of the U.S. senior national now turn their attention to Brazil in the quarterfinals of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The Americans take on the Brazilians at 8:30 a.m. PT with ESPN’s coverage starting at 8 a.m.
In the most recent game – a 2-1 loss to Sweden in group play on July 6 – Morgan came on the pitch at halftime. Morgan earned the Americans a corner kick off of which Abby Wambach scored with Lauren Cheney assisting.
“It is an outstanding achievement to play in the World Cup and even more thrilling to move into the knock-out stages,” California head coach Neil McGuire said. “I am sure Alex will relish every moment.”
The last time the Americans and Brazilians faced off, it was on Aug. 21 in overtime with the U.S. emerging as gold medalists at the Beijing Olympics with a 1-0 win.
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Women's Water Polo - Pair of Bears To Play in World University Games
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Former California women’s water polo student-athletes Julie Oreglia and Stephanie Schnugg will join 11 other elite women’s water polo players for the World University games, USA Water Polo announced recently. The American contingent will head to Shenzhen, China for the tournament, held Aug. 11-23.
“Making this team is a real honor because I have a chance to represent my country while playing the sport that I love at an extremely competitive level,” Oreglia said. “It is also really exciting to travel all the way to China and play in world-class venues. We have a great group of girls all from universities across the U.S., and this is a unique opportunity for us to all play together.”
The U.S. opens its schedule against Australia on Aug. 12, and will play France, Mexico and Russia in the first round.
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Gymnasts train for Visa Championships:
BERKELEY – Kyle Bunthuwong and Steven Lacombe will join more than 80 male gymnasts at the 2011 U.S. Men’s Qualifier, July 9, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Men’s Qualifier is the last opportunity for the country’s male gymnasts to qualify for the 2011 Visa Championships, which serves as the USA Gymnastics national championships and will be held in Saint Paul, Minn., Aug. 17-20.
“Although this competition is not necessarily a `big’ competition, this is the first step in preparation for the upcoming World Championships and next year’s Olympic game,” Bunthuwong said. This competition will give us the opportunity to qualify for the Visa Championships in August, where the senior national team will be selected. So doing well here is a must. Moreover, solidifying a spot on the national team in August will certainly put our names up there in contention for hopefully the Olympic Trials, which will be in San Jose next year."
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Kyle Porter honored:
Pitcher Kyle Porter earned his third All-American honor of the year with Perfect Game honoring Porter as one of the top-16 freshman in the country, placing him on their Freshman All-American team.
The Perfect Game Freshman All-American team names one player at each fielding position, a designated hitter, one utility (multiple-position) player, four starting pitchers, and two relief pitchers for a total of 16 honorees.
Porter finished the season as a starter for the Golden Bears, but was a reliever for much of the campaign. He made 25 appearances and four starts and had a 1.89 ERA in 57 innings. He also struck out 57 and walked 15 and teams hit him at a .229 clip. Porter also earned two saves and allowed two home runs this past season.
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Zito wins game that started ten minutes ago
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And it was Barry Zito on the mound. The sixth starter. The Roman god of expensive afterthoughts. In his last eight starts against the Padres, he’d allowed 25 earned runs and 21 walks in 41 innings. If he had pitched well in his last game against the Padres, I sincerely wonder if he would have made the postseason roster, and possibly even started over Madison Bumgarner. Probably not, but experience is the kind of wine that can make a manager sleep in a dumpster behind an Arby’s when the night is done. So, so intoxicating.
As it happened, though, Zito laid an egg in that last start of 2010. Then the egg hatched, and a horrific, scaly, beaked abomination popped out holding a sign that read “FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, YOU CANNOT TRUST BARRY ZITO IN A PLAYOFF GAME. WHAT, ARE YOU HIGH?” Bochy can make some curious decisions, but the beaked thing had this look, you know. It was telling the truth. You could see it in its eyes.
Then, after Zito’s first injury as a major leaguer, came the Vogelsong revolution. It’s such a good story. It’s a Horatio Alger story, except the riches part of the rags-to-riches story are mostly metaphorical to this point. Barry Zito isn’t really a good story. He was paid a lot of money to go somewhere, and he did it. We’d all do that. Worst screenplay idea ever. More like Boratio Alger, right?
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by Rishi on Jul 8, 2011 8:02 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Time of game: 2 hours, 14 minutes
The Giants and Pads must have been trying to make sure I went to bed earlier.
Keeping January 2 open. You know, just in case.
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A fan at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington died Thursday night after tumbling 20 feet from the left field stands. After Josh Hamilton retrieved a foul ball hit into the left field corner by Conor Jackson in the top of the second inning, he tossed the ball toward the stands.
The fan ran forward to snag the ball but fell over the rail. He was reportedly conscious after parametics reached him, but passed away afterward.
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I am creeped out that this video is available everywhere. I don’t really want to see it.
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Dodgers apparently win 6-0
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This was supposed to be how the 2011 season would go. Starting pitching would dominate, Dodgers would score a few runs, Kuo would dominate, but it was not until the 89th game of the season that it all came together.
The defining moment in the game came in the top of the eighth with the Dodgers leading 6 – 0. Kershaw had been masterful up until that inning, giving up only three hits along with eight strike outs. By the time Don Mattingly came to the mound the five game losing streak was back on the line, the bases were loaded and the Mets clean up hitter was up. Surprisingly Don Mattingly let Clayton Kershaw stay in, and Clayton rewarded his faith by striking out Paulino for his 9th strikeout.
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by Rishi on Jul 8, 2011 8:06 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Apparently!
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s a mighty big Z you have there…. or are you just happy to see me?
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
z is for zoonews?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
The NBA and NFL seasons are over and everything is going to be about the lockout and trades that cannot happen
So F that
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My brother (who’s working overseas in Georgia – the country, not the state – for the next two years) asked me if I wanted to go see a Deron Williams game in Turkey later this year. I think he was completely serious, too. Way to twist the knife in my back.
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team owned by a Russian oligarch.
Order lifting NFL lockout thrown out
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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis has thrown out a judge’s order lifting the NFL lockout, handing the league a victory in a labor stoppage that has reached its 115th day.
The appellate court issued its decision Friday, even as the league and its locked-out players continue negotiations in New York intended to strike a new collective bargaining agreement and start the 2011 season on time. The first preseason game is scheduled for Aug. 7, less than a month away.
The appellate court ruled on an April 25 decision by U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson, who put the lockout on hold after players argued they were suffering irreparable harm. The appeals court put that order on hold and its final decision said Nelson ignored federal law in reaching her decision.
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How come all the numbers for your links are 1, when they are increasing in quantity?
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I’m glad you asked.
It’s because they’re brand new stories, hence the footnotes start over for each new story.
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Also because you’re an ass.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Go post your own stories and your own DBD if clicking on a number is too much work for oyu.
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I’ve got 5 bucks on Rishi in this one. Atoms is too nice. Rishi’d rip him to shreds
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okay, here's a story
Man posts links to internet news stories in the most annoying format possible
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A regular internet user of the sports website California Golden Blogs has repeatedly posted hyperlinks in a format designed to generate minimum utility and maximum irritation for other users. The user is thought to be a finance industry professional, where he has finely honed his ability to ignore any consideration for the common good and elevate his own preferences above all else. The user, who goes by the ironic handle “Rishi”, which is an Indian term for “wise man”, is known for his foppish style and political conservatism, as well as his provincial viewpoints. If seen, please contact…
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions 13 recs
The way the banks are running things soon they’ll be #secondworldproblems!
[note: this is an attempt at levity. Put the flamethrower down.]
"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
#firstworldproblems
"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
#OPECproblems
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by atomsareenough on Jul 9, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
so anal…can i borrow your anus? i have some coal i’d like to store there
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Atoms, I know that we’ve shared the frustration with the small links in the past, but I don’t often see you bringing in stories here. If you wish to criticize Rishi for bringing in stories (and remember he was doing it bc I asked somebody to do it, also), it might be helpful if you yourself helped out from time to time. I feel like al this week Ive gotten to my comptuer about 7:45 seen no DBD and had to get to work. I feel like CGB is better off when people who arent me write the DBDs and bring in the stories. Ill do it as the last resort.
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by TwistNHook on Jul 8, 2011 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
sooooooooo sexy!
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 8, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm, I think it’s time for me to do a few more DBDs. I had a couple in mind, but lost momentum.
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I was thinking of doing a DBD about how to pick up women, but I’ll wait until Royrules is around.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
What, we’re getting serious now? :)
C’mon, it doesn’t REALLY bother me, I’m just giving Rishi a hard time because of his idiosyncrasies. His attitude invites it, just like my OCD-ness invites mockery. Of course I appreciate that he brings the stories over. We all do. It’d certainly be nicer if his links were a little easier to click on, but it’s a pretty trivial concern to be sure.
I’d do it more, but I usually don’t get much of a chance to check in here until 8:45-9:15ish, which pretty well after things have already gotten going here. I can try to stop by a bit more soon after I wake up, I suppose.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think your link is broken at the end of that comment, can you repost?
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
That’s okay, I was replying to Twist. He loves whining.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
It doesn’t sound so bad if you pronounce it “winning”.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Quit horsing around, this is serious business.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Elway.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Not everybody does math the way you do math, molecule jockey!
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Are molecules and atoms the same thing?
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I think molecules are groups of atoms bonded together.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
They are! FUCK molecules.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
YOU CAN’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO OLD MAN, THIS IS MY HOT TI-83
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Not everybody does math the way you do math, legal pad jockey!
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I was once referred to as a paper jockey!
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One of my favorite insults to use is “dildo jockey”.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Today is the last space shuttle launch
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TODAY the shuttle Atlantis will launch from Cape Canaveral, in Florida, for its final mission and the final mission of NASA’s space shuttle programme ending. (The Washington Post has streaming video here.) This final flight is hardly a victory lap. Atlantis has lots of chores. The main purpose of the mission is to resupply the International Space Station; the station needs lots of supplies, what with the shuttle programme ending. Atlantis will also demonstrate a robotic refueling system and retrieve a broken ammonia pump, which has been strapped to a cargo bay in the space station since faltering some time ago.
America’s first shuttle launch, in 1981, wasn’t such a watershed as the 1969 moon landing, arguably the pinnacle of human achievement. But the shuttle was nonetheless a major accomplishment. It forecast the possibility that space travel could be predictable, even routine. That hasn’t come to pass yet, of course. Two of NASA’s five shuttles met a tragic end; in 1986 the Challenger exploded shortly after takeoff, and in 2003 the Columbia disintegrated as it returned to earth. In Houston a grove of oak trees stands as a memorial for the fourteen astronauts who were killed. But space exploration is ongoing, and alternatives to the shuttles have indeed emerged or at least been planned. Russia’s smaller Soyuz capsule, for example, is a cheaper way to send people up. Commercial interests are planning their own space shipping and transport services. The end has been looming since 2004, when George Bush announced plans to end the space-shuttle programme. (He also wanted to return astronauts to the moon, and to send them to Mars by 2030, but funding was not forthcoming.) In 2009, Barack Obama declined to issue a reprieve for the shuttle.
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if heaven is really full of dogs, i am converting to whatever religion dogs are. heaven would be playing with dogs for eternity. and in-n-out!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Hounduism
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Hairy Krishna
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 8, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
They are constantly fighting with the Meowslims though.
by Harsha on Jul 8, 2011 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
nice
rec’d
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
SUMMERTIME! Say what you will about the Fresh Prince, but I <3 this classic.
There’s also Summertime from Porgy and Bess; I used to have the Ella Fitzgerland / Louis Armstrong CD, but I must’ve lost it somewhere.
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One of my favorite summer songs. Just makes me feel happy.
Summer – Joe Hisaishi (piano version)
Anyways, check out this cover of the Game of Thrones theme.
Game of Thrones Violin Cover
I could use a little Winter temps though. Some hot hot heat at home.
There was discussion of this yesterday, but they arrested the head of that british newspaper:
Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been arrested by police investigating phone hacking and corruption allegations.
And ex-NoW royal editor Clive Goodman, jailed in 2007 for phone hacking, has been arrested over corruption claims.
It came as Prime Minister David Cameron defended his decision to employ Mr Coulson and announced two inquiries – one led by a judge – into the scandal.
Mr Coulson has denied any knowledge of phone hacking while he was NoW editor.
Meanwhile, BBC business editor Robert Peston said he had learned media regulator Ofcom was concerned about the proposed takeover of British Sky Broadcasting by the paper’s ultimate owner – Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.
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Beast Mode Sighting
He’s trying to start a youth foundation with Josh Johnson.
Johnson, an Oakland native, was at a waterfront restaurant in San Francisco on Thursday to promote the foundation he’s formed with his cousin, Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, who was also in attendance. The Fam 1st Family Foundation hopes to create a non-profit youth center in Oakland by 2013. The center will promote academics and athletics and target children, teenagers and young adults.
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trying?!?! From the way they spoke about it on Chron Live, it sounded like it was in full effect. At least their camps have been because Beast Mode was talking about some kids that were in the camp the first year that now are getting scholly offers
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Which season will you miss more, the NBA or the NFL?
The NFL is America’s Goliath. The league packs stadiums unlike anyone else in the country, and its viewing figures dwarf the competition. What other single game makes commercials an event of their own? If money talks, it’s been shouting football for years.
And that’s why the NBA lockout is so much worse.
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The NFL, definitely, since in recent history I only pay attention to the last month of the NBA playoffs.
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I am drinking coffee out of a travel mug right now … what about you?!
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I believe Kodiak prefers whisky in the morning.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 8, 2011 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m drinking black tea of a travel mug. Still recovering from a bit of a cold and my stomach doesn’t agree with coffee right now.
However, I also have managed to misplace that CD featuring Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong.
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I’m having green tea in my Lair of the Golden Bear Gin Fizz Party cup! The coffee earlier didn’t wake up, so I’m figuring to just hold on for another 7+ hrs (or maybe hold out til lunch for brews on break)
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FLAGGED for quoting WHAM! lyrics
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 8, 2011 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I live under a rock so I have no idea what you’re referring to.
Brave as a bear with a heart rare and true!
Pop song from the… early 80s?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
If you look up...
….“Pop Song from the 80s” in the dictionary (that’s a book we used to use back then) there may well be a picture of WHAM! singing that song. It’s THAT pop-ish.
In fact, Friday nights in Portland feature 80s dancing with a big screen showing the videos from those songs. It’s VERY likely I’ll be dancing to that very song tonight.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
gin fizz references make me want football season here NOW
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
pardon my ignorance, but where do you get gin fizzes pre-football around these parts?
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re: the CD
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but still, I am.
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Aren’t most people the exact same?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
You’re different.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
No.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I like the NBA, but I won't really miss it if it's gone
The NFL, on the other hand, I would miss greatly. I love watching pro football. Luckily, I sense this lockout will end without loss of regular season games.
Keeping January 2 open. You know, just in case.
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My sports preferences for the most part
College Football > College Basketball > MLB > NBA playoffs > NFL > Grand Slam tennis > cricket > Regular season NBA > random interesting soccer matches > everything else.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Plus mix in some other college sports that I’ll occasionally watch like baseball/softball, or rugby, or whatever.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
you’d rather watch regular season mlb than playoff basketball?
the nba is fucked :(
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well, I didn’t specify. The “MLB” part on that list encapsulates both regular season and playoffs. World Series > NBA Finals to me. I’m probably not like most people though; I grew up with baseball as my primary sporting love.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
for me CFB > CMB > NFL > any random Cal games on TV > NBA/MLB playoffs > NHL playoffs > NBA/MLB regular season > college lacrosse > everything else
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
for me, cfb > nba > soccer (epl, cl, international) > nfl > mlb > nhl/ cbb > auto racing > boxing > the rest
by j.lee on Jul 8, 2011 10:23 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
i would like to love the mls, but can’t justify spending time/paying money to watch a poor product.
by j.lee on Jul 8, 2011 10:47 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
My friend just got 2 tickets and 2 $15 food vouchers via Yelp to an Earthquakes game.
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Wait, Im stupid, I forgot to mention that the total price was $45. So, it was only 7.50 a ticket
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But, you have to go to Stanford campus! The games are at the Stanford soccer field, apparently.
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It’s so unfortunate that FC Gold Pride disbanded :( They were in such a great location!
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
no alcohol for an mls game? the horror! that calls for a riot. burn it down!
by j.lee on Jul 8, 2011 3:43 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Stop!! How many times do I have to tell you
THERE’S ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND!!!
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Cal football > Cal women’s basketball > Cal men’s basketball > Green Bay Packers > every other Cal sport > non-Cal Pac-12 football > non-Pac-12 football
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Why do you hat the A’s so much??
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven’t really followed MLB since 1994.
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I see...
FYI, the strike is over now :)
Oh… and, the Expos moved to DC, the Brewers are in the NL now, and there are new teams in Tampa and Phoenix. Also, both colors of Soxes finally won the WS.
That should just about catch you up, I think. Welcome back to baseball!!!
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s not something which has changed since 1994.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
That 1994 strike (the third in my time as a baseball fan) and wiping out the World Series, just soured me completely on major league baseball. I have never been able to regain much interest. I have watched the playoffs a few times when the A’s were in them, and I have watched a few World Series games, but my real love for the game ended in 1994. Although I still feel a nostalgic enjoyment in remembering what it used to be like.
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What did it used to be like? Besides lily white
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Don’t be an asshole. It was certainly not “lily white” when I was a fan. In fact, I believe there were more African-American players in the 1970s and 1980s than there are now.
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Don’t ask the impossible
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 8, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Oddly, your response did not seem commensurate in tone to mine.
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It is true there were more African-American players in the 1970s & 80’s than currently.
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But there are more teams now as well. I think another big factor is that young African-Americans have gravitated more toward football and basketball.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
What was it about the ‘94 strike that soured you so much? I mean, obviously it’s shitty to cancel a good chunk of the season, especially midway through, but as one can see from the current NFL and NBA labor problems, problems between the owners and players aren’t nearly unique to baseball. In fact, right now MLB seems pretty good in comparison.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
It made me thoroughly disgusted with both the players and the owners. It made me angry and unhappy and unwilling to invest any more emotional energy in the game that I loved, but they did not. I do not have some long, detailed, logical, rational explanation for this. It was how I felt. Just as there is no long, detailed, logical, rational explanation for the love I had had for the game growing up. A feeling of one betrayal too many, I guess. And there has been no getting that love back.
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What if I went on strike on CGB?
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I would love you.
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You are management, who are you striking against?
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Also, yay Packers!
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I FUCKING LOVE EVERYTHING ELSE!
EVERYTHING ELSE! EVERYTHING ELSE!
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"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I’ll watch some hockey, but I’m never really inclined to seek it out.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
College football > Boxing > NFL > College basketball > MMA > MLB (Used to hate it, now I find it fun in a kind of pastoral way) > NBA > International rugby (actually theoretical, I haven’t watched any yet but intend to gorge on the World Cup) > International soccer > everything else. It’s weird, 4 or 5 years ago I didn’t watch sports at all, now I can’t get enough.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
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College rugby as an aggregate misses the cut because I’m never going to watch any team but Cal and most of Cal’s games are non-televised.
"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
actually international rugby is pretty damn awesome to watch, especially the Sevens.
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I would expect so, but I don’t know where to start. Guess I should just pick a team and run with it. Was it Bath that tried to steal Jack Clark? They obviously have excellent taste in coaches.
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It was fantastic."
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Probably the NFL
And that’s only for the playoffs. I watch very little of the NFL regular season. What time I have for watching football is largely spent on watching college football.
The NBA? Only when it gets to the Finals and then not very much then, either. The NBA Playoffs are a second season with little interest to me. March Madness? Different story.
NFL
No question, even as much as I love my Lakers. The NBA is going to get itself in big trouble if they don’t get it together. Americans will wait for the NFL, but not the NBA – and MLB fans hate, hate, hate in change in the sacred traditions. That Strike year really hurt them, NBA should take note.
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Thanks for the DBD, Rishi
And for bringing over all those links.
I love summer evenings in the backyard with my family. We have a padded bench swing that we can all squeeze onto and enjoy watching the sun set while the stars and moon come out.
PTB and Little K like playing with their water table and will take turns using cups to water their strawberry tree (not dead!), tomato plant (probably not dead!), basil (um…might be dying), and guava tree. (oh sh!t…I think it’s dead)
PTB reminds me of how excited Little K used to get just seeing birds flying around. Her excited word is “moo!” and she has to run over and show us whenever she sees the moon.
Lately, I’ve been trying to practice hitting golf balls on a mat…but I rarely get in more than swing or two before the girls come over and want to take turns. But, that’s cute in and of itself.
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Do driving ranges let you take beer?
There’s a nice driving range near where my mom lives in Foster City. I’m tempted to grab some buddies and hit it.
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turkey could probably give you the most definitive answer. But, I know at the San Leandro range, if you bought a bucket of balls for the range, they offered to sell you a beer for another $2.
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1) Summer fashion — pastel polo shirts.
wearing a pink one right now!
2) Outdoor happy hours — Something about being in the greatest city in the world (sorry, NY) and enjoying warm weather outdoors, while sipping on a cool beverage is exciting.
yup.
3) BBQs — In spite of being a vegetarian, what’s not to like about grilling food outdoors and tossing a football around or playing beer pong? A great way to get a bunch of friends together in a different setting
it’s like the default weekend activity. what better than getting the friends together, having some beers/drinks outside and eating some grilled meats/veggies in the sun poolside?
5) The beach
surf, outdoor happy hours, warm nights = hell yeah!
And the fog has burned off down here, so this is actually an option! (except replace tan with burn)
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almost as good as a weekend in vegas
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I’m just sad I didn’t see Leinart at Tao, was gonna ask him about that 2005 BCS championship.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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some buddies went to marque, but i had to either boot or pass out by that point, i chose pass out
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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i like marquee! which is saying something because i hate clubbing
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i was debating that option, but passed out before i got there haha
Surprisingly I woke up without a hangover, wtf is that all about? Winning?
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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Surprisingly I woke up without a hangover
love that feeling
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Drink a bottle of water before you go to bed and you’ll have that feeling way more often
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This is true – take some aspirin as well with this water.
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I normally don’t recommend mixing painkillers with alcohol (even if it’s hours after the fact), but if you must, Aleve > Aspirin >>> Tylenol re: liver health.
What works for me is usually going out after drinking and then having water as my late-night food.
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I know a (medical) doctor who mixes painkillers, too. A couple of ibuprofen and tylenol each, plus a lot of water.
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all i saw there was “vitamin water”… now i know why lebron james has so much vitaminwater in his bookshelf.
The painkillers have another fun effect – painkillers + alcohol = body has no ability to feel what’s going on and adjust.
If you are sleeping in a position bad for your back, generally your body can self-correct. Instead, now you’ll have back problems for a week.
/or maybe this is a symptom of becoming vintage.
Interesting, but makes sense why I sometimes wake up with bad neck/shoulder pain after a night of drinking
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I believe that Meth
also does this quite well…
= body has no ability to feel what’s going on and adjust.
I worked in construction with a guy who was "on the “Jenny Crank Diet”… told a storyabout breaking his arm and continued to party – not knowing it was broken – for 24 hours (until he came down).
need more >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> before Tylenol. Anything with acetmiophen (including nyquil) is a no-go.
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well, who needs that pesky liver anyway? just dead weight amirite?
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I have a second liver where my heart should be, so I’m totally okay!
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damn, working for skynet has pretty sweet corporate perks.
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Downside is that I cannot connect emotionally with anyone.
Or understand why it is you cry.
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Watch Short Circuit, it’ll teach you how to be human!
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Especially since he’s so ugly when he cries.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 8, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
vanilla ice blended from the coffee bean at the bottom of the elevators also works, it seems
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i do this actually! i rarely get hangovers, but there’s just some nights where i end up expecting it… and then am pleasantly surprised when it doesn’t happen.
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You rarely get hangovers because you’re in your twenties.
I hear it gets worse as you get closer to your thirties.
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omg so true. hence my reduction in drinking and surprise on sunday morning
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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Yeah, when people tell me that they don’t rage as often because it wastes the whole next day, I get confused.
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it gets much, much worse as you get older.
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I haven’t had a hangover since I was in my 20s.
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I also haven’t had a hangover since I was in my 20s! :)
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow! That’s quite an accomplishment gven that you just turned fifty!
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I was pretty much born fifty.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s okay, I was born Caesarian.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
It was given to me as a gift on my first birthday.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
No change in me – I almost never have hangovers, but I always drink a lot of water.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
don’t you remember, he goes cuh-razzy with the wine pairings!
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I won’t publicly endorse a product unless I use it exclusively and I really believe in it.
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I guess not, except accidentally, if I’m having too much fun, and forget to count drinks 8-9 is my limit.
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Since you asked:
Rage (stylized as RAGE) is an upcoming first-person shooter game by id Software. It will use the company’s new id Tech 5 engine.2 The game was first shown as a tech demo on June 11, 2007, at Apple’s WWDC,3 and was officially announced on August 2, 2007, at QuakeCon. On the same day, a trailer for the game was released by Gametrailers.com.4 A handheld spin-off has been released for iOS
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Can we work on that "summer fashion" thing?
The summer fashions I like, and where I thought the DBD would go, is summer dresses and sandals (no, I’M not wearing them……..), or tank tops and shorts. Those hot spring days in Davis cured us all of the winter glooms we’d been carrying around for months.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
by BTown85 on Jul 8, 2011 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
We are all dudes, so, probably not good to go the way of the summer dress.
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Are half of them dudes, or are all of them half dudes?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
yes.
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by boomtho on Jul 8, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well, I like winter fashion, bc of the layering. But summer is nice, bc fewer layers. I would say that it makes no sense that people conceive of certain colors/fabrics as solely for this season or that. Wear what you want when you want.
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Random sports related investment
A buddy of mine had an in with the Orange Bowl, and picked up two tickets for himself and two for me. I don’t know if I’ll actually be able to go, nor am I terribly thrilled by the prospect of another Big East/ACC showdown, but the selling point was that it guarantees the opportunity to get 2013 NCG tickets. Go Bears?
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A Raider blogger calling for Boller replacement
Raiders Need a Better Backup Plan than Kyle Boller
I’ve never read this Raider blog before, but the link was posted on Silver and Black Pride. Uh…yeah…Raiders have more holes to fix than just the backup qb. Not the worth the cost to get a qb from another team. Unless there’s someone just sitting in free agency that I don’t know about, I don’t see Boller losing his 2nd qb spot.
This doesn’t feel like the sort of thing that is at or near the top of the Raiders’ list of needs to fill.
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Accordingly, they’re very likely to focus and overspend on it.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 8, 2011 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Before they sign Pryor, they have to first use a supplemental draft choice on him. Since the consensus seems to be that NFL teams project Pryor as a 4th or 5th round supplemental draft pick, we can expect the Raiders to use a 1st round selection on him.
Keeping January 2 open. You know, just in case.
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Hey Rishi, apparently the Galaxy II is coming to Sprint soon. If you’re interested.
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question for all cgb sf’ers, is att service really that much worse than verizon in the city?
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Finished season 3 of the wire, thanks for all the people who encouraged me to stick with it. Totally worth it. Onto season 4, which apparently is the strongest one?
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Science Fridays!
It’s been awhile since I did this, hopefully I won’t pull anything ..
‘Beehive Fences’ Keep Elephants Out
African elephants are afraid of bees (they even have an alarm call for them), and scientists are now using that fear to help protect the crops of Kenyan farmers.It’s hard to find Epipens in the bush.
Since males can’t reproduce by themselves and often contribute nothing except genes to offspring, a population of asexual females can grow at double the rate of a population that reproduces sexually (1). Why then, given this "cost of males," do most plants and animals indulge in biparental sex?Scientists still have no definitive explanation for the necessity of males in sexual reproduction. This does not bode well for my weekend.
Soft-drink cans beat the diffraction limit
… a group of physicists in France has shown how to beat the acoustic diffraction limit — and all it needs is a bunch of soft-drink cans.Basically, they’ve come up with a way to focus sound waves to a point, and by using ordinary materials. However, the soft-drink cans are totally bogus — I’m gonna guess they used beer cans first.
Mantle plume propelled India towards Asia
“Ancient hotspot is linked to the motions of African and Indian plates” … About 68 million years ago, the tectonic plate that includes the Indian subcontinent — which, at that time, had yet to slam into southern Asia — lay northeast of Madagascar and was moving north-eastward at a tectonically typical few centimetres per year. Then, it suddenly surged forward, racing along at an average annual speed of more than 10 centimetres for about 15 million years, before gradually slowing to its earlier pace.I’ll leave commentary for this one as an exercise for the reader.
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I hope you didn’t stretch statically before posting!
Recent studies have disproved the value of static stretching, and many physiologists feel it does more harm than good. Studies have shown that dynamic stretching is more suitable and effective for an athlete’s performance and health.
In one particular study at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, static stretching was found to decrease an athletes’ ability to generate force from their leg muscles than compared to when they did not stretch at all. "Studies have shown that static stretching may decrease muscle strength by as much as 30 percent," stated Reynolds in the article.
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Sexual reproduction definitely has an advantage—why else would almost everything use sex—but scientists have yet to nail the reason exactly.
So, I guess what you are saying is that scientists haven’t NAILED IT!
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by TwistNHook on Jul 8, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Technically, you told it to me in Profidence, which is the opposite of confidence.
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yup
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
LeBron James happened:
They remember it differently.
To you, it was a staged announcement. To the kids who were at the Greenwich, Conn., Boys and Girls Club last July 8, it was an exciting visit to their home. To you, his choice was about maximizing fortune and fame. To them, it was his chance to play with his friends. To you, he seemed stiff, almost embarrassed when he said, “I’m going to take my talents to South Beach.” To them — once the show was over and he was asked to pose for a photograph — LeBron James was warm and gracious.
“It was like I was looking up at a star,” says Gigi Barter, age 8. “He smiled at me, and suddenly I was lifted up, and sitting on his shoulders. I was scared, but I was on top of the world!”
This Friday marks the first anniversary of “The Decision,” and while it isn’t cause for celebration in Cleveland — or Miami, for that matter — it is in the building on Horseneck Lane and throughout the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. As a result of the sponsorships for the show, and at the specific request of James, more than $2 million was donated to the organization. And the boys and girls at the club in Greenwich now have a new gym floor with the “Knuckles” logo, 30 new Hewlett-Packard computers (families without computers get the old ones), some fresh Nike equipment and — coming soon — a climbing wall.
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PS They make Greenwich, Conn sound poor, but isnt it really rich?
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Don’t let the Mean Street Posse know that you think their hood is really rich.
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by yellow fever on Jul 8, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
As the demise of TV continues, could it be beneficial to comedy content production:
I have no clue when my favorite television shows are on. Despite loyally following five or six different half-hour comedies over the past season, I have never actually turned on a television to do so. In fact, I don’t even own a TV — like many of my manically busy and digitally-incubated young brethren, I am perfectly comfortable catching up with my favorite shows using downloaded episodes or streaming video. For those more traditional than I, DVR and TiVo contraptions allow viewers to easily circumvent the time constraints of live television while keeping close tabs on their darlings of the tube. For audiences, this means less life-planning around TV programming — and it gives TV writers more freedom, too.
My viewing habits are no anomaly, either; according to this 2010 marketing study, only 41% of the television viewing done by 18 – 34 year olds is on live TV. The other 59% is a mish-mash of streaming video and recorded programs, which doesn’t even begin to account for those illegally downloading. This means that dedicated viewers have a variety of ways to catch every episode of the shows they follow, and it means that newly inducted viewers have more than ample opportunities to play catch-up at any given point within a season, allowing them to watch an entire series over the course of a weekend. This fundamental shift in expectation frees the short-form sitcom from the considerable burden of exposition. Writers of long-running comedies can now, more than ever before, realistically assume that their viewership is experienced and informed. They can play to the choir, and the long-term plot lines of short comedies have benefited as a result
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OSU to vacate all wins from last season (including Sugar Bowl), per ESPN scrolling ticker
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Meaning that is what OSU is proposing in its written submission to the NCAA (which is due today)?
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According to Columbus Dispatch sources, Ohio State is wiping its 2010 football season from the record books and putting the program on probation for two seasons as self-imposed punishment for major NCAA violations.
Per the report , Ohio State concedes major violations of NCAA regulations and will vacate its 2010 season but says it should not face harsher punishment, because no OSU official other than Jim Tressel was aware of player violations.
The university submitted its response to the NCAA today, addressing allegations that Tressel lied and allowed ineligible players to compete by failing to report that they had sold OSU-issued memorabilia to a tattoo-parlor owner.
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Per the report , Ohio State concedes major violations of NCAA regulations and will vacate its 2010 season but says it should not face harsher punishment, because no OSU official other than Jim Tressel was aware of player violations.
Oh good; at least it wasn’t someone IMPORTANT in the organization…..
WTF ? I don’t think Pete Carroll knew about $$ to RB’s family and they lost schollies for three years. tOSU is going to have to do better than THAT ! Their “punishment” has no ACTUAL pain or punishment to it. Are they freakin’ serious???
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They are trying to avoid scholarship reductions bowl bans, bc they didnt fight the NCAA on it as compared to USC
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man, i have no idea how this is going to turn out…but in my eyes this is WAY worse than USC, and i will be upset if they’re not penalized much more harshly.
also, i’m prepared to be upset.
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The difference is USC fought the NCAA tooth and nail.
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yeah, but another difference is that USC was one player, and this is multiple players, a coach with a history of violations under his watch, and oh yeah, emails where the coach KNEW about the violations and LIED about it.
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No, they sat still and said “nuh-uh!”
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Holding your breath and stomping your feet does not a collegiate institution make
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I like this idea!
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
BRING JOHN WILLIAMS TO MY OFFICE IMMEDIATELY!
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If they were to re-score the Director's Cup
Ohio State would lose the 75 points for a 5th place finish in FBS football which would give them 1,202.05 points to Cal’s 1,219.50.
Woo Hoo!
We’re Number 2! We’re Number 2!
What’s the likelihood that they actually re-score though? Probably very little.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
We should start a letter-writing/lobbying campaign to NACDA, telling them how illegitimate they are if they don’t re-score this year.
Here’s a link to the officers of NACDA
It is when you-know-who is still in 1st place.
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Yeah, let’s not think about that.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of summer traditions...
I’ve heard tell that some people like to go see plays in the summertime! Outdoors even. For some reason, many of these plays tend to have been written by this dude named William Shakespeare. Good kid, I hear he’s going places – might make a name for himself one day. If you’re looking to be a copycat and do some things that other people also do…
…I hear there’s a production of Macbeth coming up that’s pretty darn good. I also hear that a person who may or may not post here semi-regularly might be in that show, being put on by the Marin Shakespeare Company. Well, if you happen to find yourself in San Rafael, looking for some summer fun… you might wanna check it out!
The official opening is July 15th, and the show runs til August 14th. However, preview weekend starts tonight, with a pay-what-you-can show tonight at 8pm. All the info for the run is here: http://www.marinshakespeare.org/pages/performances.php
So, just FYI.
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Nice! Thanks for the head’s up!
Is the venue the type of place where we can bring edibles and potables?
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Definitely. Picnics, foodstuffs, wine etc. are encouraged and can be brought with you to your seat.
If you’re in the front rows with wine, there’s always a good chance someone’ll come down off the stage and bum a drink off ya, to comic effect.
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Or if you want to check it out in the redwoods, come on down to the world renowned Shakespeare Santa Cruz , this summer they are running The Comedy of Errors, Henry IV (part 1) and The Three Musketeers
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Is that person playing Lady Macbeth?
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Your face, my thane, is as a book, where men may read strange matters.
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haha, not that thane – although I am totally willing to look like the time in order to beguile it.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
So you look like the innocent flower, but you are actually the serpent under it?
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Summer
For many years, the greatest thing about summer was all the extra daylight. I never painted with artificial lighting, so summer was the most productive time of the year, when most of my best paintings were painted.
That and chasing away neighborhood kids throwing rocks at our windows.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Speaking of extra daylight...
I’ve spent the first day of summer in some very northern places, including Sweden and as seen below in Alaska… I was going to take the below photos at midnight but the battery on my phone was dying…
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I took the following photo because it was so disturbing…
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Apparently, Nike's The Opening held a player draft
Cal Recruit Zach Kline was the number one overall pick:
Danville (Calif.) San Ramon Vallery’s Zach Kline was the first pick by Team Alpha Speed. Afterward, four straight teams picked a quarterback for the premier event in The Opening camp at Nike World Headquarters.
“I’m a big Zach Kline fan,” said Nike’s Matt James, who will coach Alpha Speed. "I think he brings a lot of intangibles to the game.
“He’s got good feet. He’s got a big, strong arm, almost sometimes too strong of an arm. Want him to be able to learn to be a pitcher and not just a thrower sometimes.”
James said Kline had shown some “happy feet” at times in the pocket during workouts this week, but his physical skills and decision-making won out.
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does this event feature O and D linemen? If not, I’m not wasting my time reading it…
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Two players Cal is recruiting will verbal during 'The Opening'
Hmmm… one common school amongst the two of them.
Bryce Treggs and Kenneth Walker will announce their college decisions during telecasts of The Opening’s seven-on-seven tournament, according to event organizers.
Treggs, from Bellflower (Calif.) Saint John Bosco, is a three-star receiver. The 5-foot-11, 170-pounder is considering Arizona State, Notre Dame, California, UCLA, and Stanford.
Walker is a 5-10, 169-pound three-star athlete prospect from Richmond (Calif.) John F. Kennedy who is considering Cal, Colorado, Boise State, Washington and Washington State. He is listed at The Opening as a receiver.
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Yao to retire, per Woj’s twitter
Rockets’ Yao Ming has decided to retire from the NBA, league sources tell Y! Sports. He informed the league office within past 48 hours.
Yao hasn’t been able to recover fully from numerous operations. He is one of the seminal figures in globalization of the NBA and basketball.
Yao will be remembered for what could’ve been as a player, but his impact in bridging the Far East and NBA will stand forever.
The NBA and its players owe him a great debt for the money he made all of them in merchandising and selling the game in China.
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Huh. That’s really weird. I just saw Yao out tonight (he was at Apothecary) Don’t believe the reviews – they’ve fixed all the door problems. Its one of my favorite bars/restaurants here.
Why it's so hard to lift oneself up by the bootstraps if you're poor
This horrific story offers a window into the reality of life for low socioeconomic status minorities:
Ikenna, a 28-year old construction worker, went to deposit a $8,463.21 Chase cashier’s check at his local Chase branch, only for the teller to decide that neither he nor his check looked right and he got tossed in jail for forgery, KING5 reports. The next day, a Friday the bank realized its mistake and left a message with the detective. But it was her day off, so he spent the entire weekend in jail.
By the time he got out, he had been fired from his job for not showing up to work. His car had been towed as well. It ended up getting sold off at auction because he couldn’t afford to get it out of the pound. He had been relying on that cashier’s check for his money but it was taken as evidence and by the time he got it back it was auctioned off.
All this while the cashier’s check had been issued by the very bank he was trying to cash it at.
Chase didn’t even apologize, not even after a year.
…
Cracked, of all places, recently published a very good — though highly profane — piece about being poor. The best way to think of its is that middle-class people enjoy all sorts of protections against misfortune. For poor people, a single thing going wrong can lead to a life-altering spiral — they lack the social and financial resources to overcome one problem, so a flat tire become a late day at work which becomes a lost job, an overcharge fee busts a checking account, which in turn becomes a ruined credit rating.
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I have to tell you, Wells Fargo did something similar to me
Years ago, I deposited a large check from a client (DuPont) in my ATM and simply forgot to endorse the back… for some reason their loss prevention people thought it was fraudulent… days later I get a notice from the bank that they put a freeze on the check and were closing my account… because the funds from that check were not in there I had multiple checks and online payments get returned… i had to go to each of those folks and explain… it was almost a month before I got access to that money… it was a nightmare.
To make matters worse, when Wells Fargo finally released the money for some reason, which I did not know, they reported it to the IRS as a miscellaneous payout, which of course it wasn’t. I had no idea they did… for years… last summer I was audited by the IRS over, among other things, that misc payment… I was actually taxed TWICE on that income because of Wells Fargo’s FUCK up. Seriously I HATE wells fargo and i wait for the day they go down.
Oh and by the way, IRS audits are not fun.
That really, really blows.
Most of my bad banking experiences have been with HSBC, and I’ve had good experiences with Wells, but I’m quite certain any and all banks are quite capable of fucking you over if something goes wrong.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for them to go down, though. I think we learned in 2008/2009 that our government isn’t going to let the major banks (Wells, BofA, Chase, etc…) go under.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
credit unions FTW
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
This. I just wish my credit union would up its game in the online banking dimension, because then I just might ditch Wells for good.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I have been sticking with B of A for a while now bc of the overabundance of ATMs. However, since I use less and less cash and can get it from various stores if I use my debit card, Im open to switching.
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can use any ATM and get fees refunded, no physical branch locations (but can deposit checks at Schwab brokerages or via mail), get some pittance in interest
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depends on your sitch.
One of my friends who hadn’t been working too long rolled her 401k into a Roth because she knew she wouldn’t be working during the year, and the taxes she’d pay now would be < taxes paid during retirement.
However, I’d find a financial planner to help you out with this.
I have both, because it is a crapshoot as to what rates will be 30 years from now when I retire. So, it is another way to diversify your retirement portfolio.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 8, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
24?! jeez just hunker down and prepare to die already. leave the world to our generation.
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YES! I’M WITH BOOMTHO, MY EQUALLY AS YOUNG AS I FRIEND!
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You cut me deep, Wee Wee Cannon.
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The more important thing right now is you maximize your tax-deferred savings. Contribute 100% each year if at all possible. That’s much more important than Roth vs. traditional.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 8, 2011 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I too am 24 and doing what I can to try to figure out how worried I should be about these things.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 8, 2011 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Just hand me a suitcase full of unmarked $100 bills every month, and I’ll take care of the rest!
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by Yes We Cannon on Jul 8, 2011 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I would give anything to go back to 24...
and take better advantage of an old friend, compound interest…
Bill pay, transfers, robust account management stuff.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
The credit union system allows you to use any other credit union’s ATM for free, and any ATM at a 7-11, also for free.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
White people are so torn!
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
No. But a free slurpee
DALLAS — 7-Eleven will celebrate “7-Eleven Day” this Monday, July 11, by giving away millions of free Slurpees, the company announced.
Participating stores in the U.S. and Canada will offer customers 5 million free 7.11-ounce Slurpees while supplies last. The chain, which operates approximately 41,400 stores in 16 countries, is celebrating its 84th anniversary this year. 7-Eleven first began business in 1927 when a Southland Ice Co. employee started selling bread, milk and eggs on an ice dock in Dallas.
…while supplies last? Would they really run out of slurpees?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
On “Free [anything] Day”, the supplier purposely restrict their supplies to half of the normal amounts.
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Hmm, interesting. Do they teach you that in b-school?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Thank you.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve gotten free slurpees on previous July 11ths. They hand them out in little sample cups. Like 2 oz. or something. I was bummed.
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Pshhhhhhhh, that’s lame.
That’s not a “free slurpee”. That’s a taste of a slurpee, for free.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Thanks for the info. Now I can go back to not knowing where my nearest 7-11 is.
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Isnt this one the closest to you:
401 WAVERLEY STREET
PALO ALTO,CA 94301-1719
(650) 326-2614
Distance: 1.0 mi.
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that used to be my go-to 7-11. they have mountain dew flavor.
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actually, it still is my go-to 7-11. they have mountain dew flavor.
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
It’s no Walnut Creek Orange Julius, that’s for sure.
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Ive never been there, actually. But its like right next to the Cal UThreads store! So, I should go.
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Neither have I. I was just trying to hide the fact that I am posting from the East Palo Alto Ikea.
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Read that there are special birthday cups that are 7.11 ounces. So a smaller cup and only free as long as they have the special cups.
7.11 oz doesn’t seem bad for free. Bigger than what I remember.
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That’s true, it IS free after all.
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according to l'equipe,
kobe wants mickael pietrus on the lakers.
http://m.si.com/news/nba_sp/tr_nba_sports/detail/3951175;.cnnsi1
i’d give up ron ron for him. whether the suns would…
by j.lee on Jul 8, 2011 11:02 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
More 'Opening' News
Bryce Treggs, WR, Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco
The Opening is loaded with big physical receivers and Treggs looks very small in comparison but he continues to go out and make plays. He’s got the burst to get separation and the hands to make every throw count.
Zach Kline, QB, Danville (Calif.) San Ramone Valley
The strongest arm that we’ve seen this year, Kline has an absolute rocket on his right shoulder and there’s not a throw on the field he can’t make.
Josh Garnett, OT, Puyallup (Wash.) High School
Sound technically, strong and physical, Garnett looked great on Thursday. Even though he is already rated as the No. 7 offensive tackle in the country, he is proving that he isn’t high enough.
McCarthy said he and Shittu have discussed playing together.
The Golden Bears might even have a little edge because McCarthy has developed a strong relationship with defensive line coach Tosh Lupoi and that could help in his decision.
“I’ve been talking to them a lot,” McCarthy said. “I’ve been talking to coach Tosh. He really stands out and I talked to the players when I went up there and it’s a really cool place. It’s a favorite with USC.”
Top100 defensive tackle Aziz Shittu isn’t even committed but he’s doing as much recruiting as anybody.
"I’m rooming with Ellis McCarthy," Shittu said on Wednesday. "We’re going to the same school as of yesterday. Me and him are real cool. He’s just like me. I’m getting him to go to the same school as me."
That school may be hard to pin down. Shittu has already committed to Stanford once and has since re-opened his commitment and named a top 10. On Wednesday he was able to remember seven schools in that top 10 off hand: Cal, Stanford, Arizona, USC, Notre Dame, Nebraska and Washington.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Shittu has already committed to Stanford once and has since re-opened his commitment and named a top 10. On Wednesday he was able to remember seven schools in that top 10 off hand: Cal, Stanford, Arizona, USC, Notre Dame, Nebraska and Washington.
Since he can’t remember the other 3, isn’t that a sign that it’s really a top 7?
Keeping January 2 open. You know, just in case.
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switch to 4-3 with MoalaShittu as ur interior dlinemen
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
the way tosh is going i say cal goes for the 6-5 defense
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
That might work with the right 11 guys :)
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Looks for Treggs and maybe Payton to commit today.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jul 9, 2011 1:48 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
hay guyz (and galz)
i got a real job (yay) with a work computer (yay) and it’s time for me to only use my backpack for hiking. i need a sweet messenger bag that has a good lappy compartment, some additional space, and isn’t super expensive, because i am still cheap!
let’s put a max price range of ~$75, and nothing that will make me look like a hipster! but i still wear cargo shorts so i’m probably OK in that department.
you’ve come through for me plenty of times before, so, go to work, cgb!
seriously help me.
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I use this.
Plenty of space for laptop + files. In fact, I’ve used it to travel(short trip) and just put clothes/toiletries in the side pockets.
Old Toothwrangler
I have the messenger bag that Jack Bauer uses, but I don’t think it’s great for holding laptops. It doesn’t really have a dedicated laptop compartment nor does it have much padding.
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how many bullets can it hold w/out the strap breaking? does it at least have c4 brick compartments?
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The straps are well-built. I imagine you’ll run out of space for bullets before ithe weight is too much.
There is no dedicated C4 compartment. But you should be able to put them in the same place as the bullets.
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Please rephrase this comment in a way that is relevant to messenger bags.
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if Jack Bauer had rocked this bag, he wouldn’t have had to go out the way he did
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I dunno about GoldBlooded, but to me, leather messenger bags look an awful lot like man purses.
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I have a leather messenger bag, and I like it!
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If you like it so much, why dont you marry it?!?!
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B/c my laptop backpack will get jealous …
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LAPTOP CARRYING CASE THREESOME!!!
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Geez, SPOILER ALERT!
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
That Jack Bauer dies in a fashion-related accident, obvi.
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See! I’m not the only one.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I dunno, it sounds like you’re saying that he died because of his messenger bag. That’s the way I choose to interpret it, anyway.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I hear the devil wears those.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Outside your price range, but I got one of these a month or two ago and it’s been working out okay. There are other models that are on sale now (or are available consistently cheaper on Amazon.com) that might suit your needs.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I have a messenger bag I bought from them in… let’s say 1994 when I was in grad school that’s still going strong, it just isn’t big enough to hold a laptop in a sleeve plus all the other accumulated junk for when I travel.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Pringle at their descriptions of this bag
More Berlin than Berkeley, the Command’s oxford nylon and anodized hardware make it Timbuk2’s most sophisticated bag. Metal hardware, sophisticated Oxford Nylon fabric, and our laptop love glove make the Command the bag your friends will mock and follow.
I both mock and follow things that are more Berlin than Berkeley. Wait, what?
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 8, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
It is an absurd description. I bought it on sale from Amazon and got it because it was black and therefore suitably anonymous for the middle aged middle manager. The “metal hardware” is not really an improvement over the usual plastic clips.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Actually, it’s worse, since during a downpour, they rust and and are less effective.
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All of a sudden you’re too good for garbage bags?!
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 8, 2011 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Real Job YAY
I like this one a lot, but it’s currently more than $75. From a cursory internet search, it appears that it goes on sale at various locations fairly regularly. Also comes in a lighter brown.

I also like this Ben Sherman one (Ben Sherman makes a few good ones) which is super cheap (<$40).

Ooh, I like the top one. I may have to get one eventually :)
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by atomsareenough on Jul 10, 2011 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow! I CAN play golf like a PGA Tour professional!
John Daly scored a 13 on the par-4 4th hole today at the John Deere Classic
Keeping January 2 open. You know, just in case.
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LivingSocial seeks $1 billion IPO
Valuation of $15 billion? Bahahahahahaha is the valuation being done in Monopoly money?
(This might be olds, but I got a good laugh from what’s apparently WSJ’s jokes ticker in the elevator)
apparently LivingSocial treats their customers with a lot more respect
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
That is what I hear.
I’m not sure any 1 company in this bargain rgame is really valued at that level.
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Well my understanding is that the trick behind a good IPO here is that a) the company can raise the funds it needs without giving up too much equity, and that b) the underwriters, who will need to essentially sell the majority of the offering to their clients, can essentially “undervalue” the offering enough so that there’s a healthy bump for their clients, as well as “keep the buzz going” for the company that IPO’d.
There aren’t enough complete idiots running funds that can afford to be institutional investors who’d believe the second condition holds true… are there?
I read that article, but valuations are based off revenue and market share and all that stuff.
GroupOn’s market share dwarfs that of LivingSocial’s, hence why this valuation is nosense
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I agree, those are all nonsense…
But common sense dictates that the market leader should have a higher valuation than a distant second player
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Thats a really passive aggressive way of saying you think Ragnarok is worth more than me.
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Pretty sure this is not about you.
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Common sense left the door a long time ago. Buuut, I will disagree with your point. From a valuations perspective, you’re looking at the current value of future cash flows (basic definition, of course).
What the market sees as your potential growth rate, and essentially, your “terminal value” after 5-10 years, really determines the majority of your valuation.
And if the valuations folks think that Groupon can’t really grow their marketshare anymore, and LivingSocial, with a better customer base, can, I can see how you’d have what appears to be a difference of valuations based on common sense.
Disagree again.
Not to defend either company, but a case has to be made that Living Social will eventually catch up with and beat GroupOn in market share and revenue and all that stuff.
LivingSocial can grow the market share, (how the hell did India rack up to 308 already?), but it’s useless if they can’t beat them.
LivingSocial’s anticipated Revenue is $1BB. Groupon’s, extracted from 1Q2011 is $2.5BB. A HUGE difference.
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The weird thing is that both of you are going through the motions on this valuation, but it seems that neither of you believe that such valuations are sensible or reasonable. Why? Aren’t there real jobs and real money at stake?
There’s real money and jobs at stake here. And Rishi and I are arguing because we enjoy arguing. But obviously it’s not because of any fundamentally sound valuation. Somebody has sold somebody a bill of goods. I could be wrong, but any basic strategic analysis of this marketplace has to show both companies at significant risk. Shoot, anybody looking at LivingSocial’s success recently had to have dampered GroupOn’s belief that there was any real barrier to entry in this marketplace.
There’s something else going on here, and unfortunately I don’t know what it is. Again, like I mentioned before, this just smacks of dotcom madness. Back then, there was a lot of “groupthink” going on, where people started believing that something not actually critical to cash flow was more important to consider than, well, cash flow. I think the same thing is happening here.
I have a fundamental problem continuing to argue this point because I think the market share and free cash flows for BOTH companies are going to drop. So I can’t make a case that anything is going to happen here other than epic fail.
Yikes!
Just walked in a naked model shoot next door, they really should set up some screens
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The awesome-ness of this story
hinges on this detail.
*Insert something witty here*. Oh, and Stanfurd Sucks.
…then I contend that your “Yikes!” was entirely inappropriate.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgoXUzIwXk0&feature=related
*Insert something witty here*. Oh, and Stanfurd Sucks.
That sound we just heard was a carpsplosion!
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I did just see her in the hallway (after the shoot, fully clothed), and I should have stared while I had the chance. C’est la vie.
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Ummmm......
Naked photo shoot next door isn’t a situation I come across every day……..where are you? What job do you have (and can I be an intern)?
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
…those are audible?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Was he a good looking model?
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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
This sounds much more interesting than how I spent my lunch hour.
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Did you run in with your camera and acted like you were one of the photographers?
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No, that would have been rude. The only thing I wonder about is who was paying whom.
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Maybe the model just needed some current headshots.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 8, 2011 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
ummm…. Maybe and her clothes just fell off. Also, they were playing some techno music too.
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a SEXY party!

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by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
summer appreciation
In the third year of being left to my own devices, I don’t appreciate summers that much, and shame on me for that I guess. I do enjoy the quiet on weekday evenings. In prior years I’ve made an effort to take advantage of doing things that are harder to do with kids – long walks on the C&O Canal Path, kayaking on the Potomac – but this summer is not shaping up that way, mostly by design.
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Dude, got a new chair. It has this lumbar support dealie at the bottom of chair. Totally changed my life. I feel like a new man!!!
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Joke’s on you, the lumbar support actually weakens your back over time!
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Their definition of the word “support” confuses me, then.
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if your back doesn’t have to support itself, it gets lazy and complacent and thus, gets weaker over time!
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So Twist’s back is a Welfare Queen?
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More like an Internet blogger living in his parents’ basement.
by Yes We Cannon on Jul 8, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
sf bringing fog to la.
This weekend the city is bringing a genuine SF cable car “complete with fog and a soundtrack by the SF Symphony” all around SoCal, including Griffith Observatory, Walt Disney Hall, Santa Monica Pier
by j.lee on Jul 8, 2011 1:53 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
They should hire some Giants players to ride around on it too
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
They could just get Juan Uribe and Eugenio Velez for that.
(cries)
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sads.
karma biting ass. used to make fun of giant fan friends for thinking thinking either of the two wold be any good. and now, members of about the worst dodger team record-wise in about 35-40 years.
by j.lee on Jul 8, 2011 3:55 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Have your say in the new Memorial Stadium field design
Go here and vote!
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Thunder stealer!!
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by CALumbus Bear on Jul 8, 2011 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Out of all of my videos on my YouTube page...
The one that gets me in trouble for the first time is one I made last night of Mankind winning his first WWF Championship.
None of my Cal videos ever got flagged for this bullshit. It wasn’t even the entire match I put up.
Fucking money grubbing faggots.
Yeah I mad.
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I understand your pain, but let’s please refrain from using homophobic slurs.
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by Rishi on Jul 8, 2011 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He was actually comparing them to a bundle of sticks. The copyrighters grub money and bundle them together for use as fuel, because they can afford to burn the money as a way of mocking the little guys, like Swamphunter.
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I think this may have been what he meant
Faggots are a traditional dish in the UK, especially South and Mid Wales and the Midlands of England. It is made from meat off-cuts and offal, especially pork. A faggot is traditionally made from pig’s heart, liver and fatty belly meat or bacon minced together, with herbs added for flavouring and sometimes bread crumbs. The mixture is shaped in the hand into balls, wrapped round with caul fat (the omentum membrane from the pig’s abdomen), and baked.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_%28food%29
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And here I thought he was talking about a motorcycle gang!

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Well sorry.
But all this is in the end is showing how fucked we all are when it comes to fair use materials online.
Greedy little men with their hundreds of lawyers win whenever some random dude like me just wants to try to entertain.
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Rishi is correct here, too. And lawyer slurs are okay.
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Yes, please
Rishi is the voice of reason here. The homophobic slurs are not appropriate.
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by Ohio Bear on Jul 8, 2011 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Rishi is the voice of reason here.
Woah, let’s not say things we can’t take back.
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Swamphunter, I appreciate your frustration with this YouTube situation. However, we have a fairly strict policy about not using slurs here. I have emailed the Hit Squad with a link to your post here. Although I have not heard from them yet, I presume they will delete the post and assess costs to me. I know you can find another way to express your frustration.
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by TwistNHook on Jul 8, 2011 2:27 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I didn’t call anyone here names.
I have beef with certain parties not even related to CGB.
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I understand completely. I know you aren’t making a personal attack at anybody here.
Perhaps the Hit Squad will think it is OK. I do not know. I am not in charge of them. I just wanted to make you aware of the actions I took. I, personally, as just a reader, was displeased.
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The Hit Squad saw and considered your e-mail
The Hit Squad agrees that the homophobic slur was inappropriate. But the Hit Squad decided not to delete the post. Not saying that the slur is okay — the Hit Squad decided not to disrupt the thread in light of the fact that Swamphunter has been sufficiently reprimanded (so to speak) publicly on the thread and wasn’t personally attacking anyone.
Costs were assessed to Twist.
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Andre Ethier is an All-Star
Thanks to the 2 sweetest words of the English language: De-Fault
LOS ANGELES — Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier, who finished second to Shane Victorino in this week’s All-Star Game Final Vote, will replace the injured Victorino at next week’s Classic in his Phoenix hometown.
It will be the second consecutive All-Star Game for Ethier, who was voted onto the starting lineup last year.
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by MR.F. on Jul 8, 2011 2:45 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Anybody else listening to Roxy's show?
I’m listening online, but I’m also trying to work. Did I hear him correctly? Did he say we’ll be a favorite to win the Pac-10 in basketball?
He was just talking some Cal football right now. He thinks our year will be 2012.
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Some people's heads are exploding!
Roxy doing some Tedford sunshine pumping!
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Dont look now but Dana Vollmer just upset Russell White.
Also <DeSean over JJ. Kevin Johnson over Alex Morgan. Hardy NIckerson over Kirk Everist!
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If you don’t want us to look now, why did you post a link?
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Uh oh he’s figured out reverse psychology!
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Jul 8, 2011 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Even Dana looks surprised!

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There was also an obscure band by this name. They were okay.
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by atomsareenough on Jul 9, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
so i hear nestor is back!
finally, i can be entertained on two SBN sites again!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Note for commenters
If you do not have anything to add to this thread besides "Rick Neuhisel sux" then do not bother.
The point of this post was just to inject a little bit of discussion in a slow summer. If you don’t like it, move on. Period.
Special note for those commenters – who often get off taking cheap shots at BN at other communities – and then engage here only with snarky/toxic take adding nothing to the conversation in this community. Keep your poison contained somewhere else.
by Nestor on Jul 8, 2011 4:12 PM PDT reply actions
IT BEGINS AGAIN!!!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Not a huge fan of summer
100 degree heat, no holidays (thus, endless 5 day work weeks) for two months, no Cal sports.
/turd in the punch bowl
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Sucks. This weekend marks my third straight 3 or 4 day weekend. 9/80 w/ roaming holidays FTW!
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jul 9, 2011 1:41 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Good news, nick! The highs are supposed to be down in the low-to-mid-80s all next week.
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Let's move beyond that YouTube BS...
Lookie what I got!

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by Swamphunter on Jul 9, 2011 2:01 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Another Bear makes a preseason watch list
Mitchell Schwartz for Outland Trophy
Mitchell Schwartz was named to the prestigious 2011 Outland Trophy Watch List released on Friday for the first time in his career. The award is given annually to the best interior lineman in college football, as selected by the Football Writers Association of America. The recognition is the latest prior to the 2011 season for Schwartz, who was previously named a third-team preseason All-American by GoDaddy.com and picked up first-team All-Pac-10 honors from Athlon, Phil Steele and Sporting News.
Schwartz has started all 38 games possible over the last three seasons at either left tackle (22) or right tackle (16), with his 38 career games played tied for the most by any active Cal player. Schwartz has been named honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic in each of the three campaigns (2008-10) and was a second-team All-Pac-10 choice in 2011 when he anchored an offensive line that blocked for 1,167-yard rusher Shane Vereen.
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I need boomtho to come by and tell me whether this matters or not :)
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by atomsareenough on Jul 9, 2011 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Did not know...
Some people hire strippers for funerals in Taiwan…
http://io9.com/5819625/in-taiwan-you-can-hire-a-stripper-for-your-funeral
Should you meet your demise in Taiwan, a funerary option open to you is the Electric Flower Car (EFC), a wheeled, neon-lit platform upon which pulchritudinous women strip down to their skivvies for the benefit of audiences…both living and deceased.
http://people.cas.sc.edu/moskowitz/dancingforthedead.htm
Funeral strippers work on Electric Flower Cars (EFC) which are trucks that have been converted to moving stages so that women can perform as the vehicles follow along with funerals or religious processions. EFC came to Taiwan’s public attention in 1980 when newspapers began covering the phenomenon of stripping at funerals. There is a great deal of debate about whether this should be allowed to continue. In Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, one often hears middle and upper class men complain about the harmful effects of this rural practice on public morality. In contrast, people in the industry see themselves as talented performers and fans of the practice say that it makes events more exciting. Dancing for the Dead follows this story, interviewing Taiwan’s academics, government officials, and people working in the EFC industry to try to make sense of this phenomenon. The film includes footage from nine different cities across Taiwan, including EFC performances, a funeral, and several religious events.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2011/06/30/2003507026
“I haven’t seen that many tear-stained dollar bills since dad hired a stripper for my uncle’s funeral.”
Not just a dream anymore!
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
NCAA Football 2012 News!
Custom Conferences are very dynamic and flexible.
http://kotaku.com/5819705/ncaa-football-12s-ultimate-conference-call
Under previous versions you could swap conference memberships but the size of their ranks could neither increase nor decrease. Now, you may expand or shrink conferences anywhere from 16 to four members. You may not delete or rename conferences or give them new logos. Theoretically, I think, you could have 11 four-team conferences and a pool of 76 independents.
Once you set your conference memberships, the game allows you to designate whether the league is an automatic BCS qualifier and, if so, to which of the four games it sends its conference champion (or second choice, assuming its champion is a BCS No. 1 or 2.) You may even control for days of the week in which that league plays (Saturday only, Thursdays permitted, or any day), and whether night games in November are permitted, two scheduling rules peculiar to the Big Ten.
Finally, if you have 12 or more teams, you then sort the divisional membership, rename the divisions, and then set aside interdivisional matchups that the schedule will guarantee every year, to protect rivalries such as Alabama and Tennesse, or Auburn and Georgia.
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