1.13.12 DBD 10 Reasons Why Joe Starkey Rules the World
by Fire Starkey on Jan 13, 2012 6:28 AM PST
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Print"Fire Starkey, you were cheated out of victory by that wretched intern." Life responded, "You won that bet at least 6 times. He tried to cheat you out of becoming CGB’s #1 Indian but after you thwarted his diabolical plans with proof of your Casino bloodline from 7 generations back, he had to get back at you this way."
"True story, Life, true story" and so because of this crap, we have the following list the "Top 10 reasons Joe Starkey is awesome" (or some shit- I don’t remember the exact wording but its close enough).
Number 10
When you search for "Joe Starkey, Cal radio, images" on Google, this popped up. So he has that going for him.
via holdmyticket.com
Number 9
A recently uncovered audio tape was discovered with an odd conversation between Joe and Lee Grosscup. Apparently Joe and Lee troll the bars of San Francisco and when they see a potential hookup, they record the action. Here’s a written transcript from one fateful August evening:Joe: Well, it’s a fine evening here in the City. Marco, our favorite bartender at Fuse, gave us a call that a bunch of his boys were on the prowl tonight and are heading over to Element.
Lee: Joe, I think this evening has tremendous potential. Why, I remember back in ’48 after a game where I used the "Utah pass", they call that the shovel pass these days but I invented it back in my college days, some of my teammates and I went squirrel hunting. It was a great time.
Joe: That’s great, Lee. I think I see our protagonists, Marco said it was 3 Indian guys but the leader is clearly Mexican. Check that, maybe not.
Lee: Joe, it’s important to remember that Mexicans use a lot of cheese in their cuisine.
Joe: The guy is checking out what appears to be a New Delhi 8.3. He’s made his SELECTIONNNNNNNN… Lee, can you explain what a New Delhi 8.3 is?
Lee: Joe, I have no idea. Did you know that my nickname is The Cupper?
Joe: Well, it looks like there are drinks stacking… THERE’S A FIRE! NEW DELHI 8.3! WHAT A BONANZA!
Lee: Joe, I’d qualify that as a…big…play. Coach Tedford defines a big play as a run of more than 15 yards and a pass of more than 20 yards. A burning Indian woman surely qualifies in there somewhere.
Joe: And with that we have to wrap it up. Final score, Fire 1 Mexican/Indian guy nothing!
Number 8
Also on the same search as number 10, this came up. YeaaaaaaHHHHHHH JOE!
Joe is most definitely not Guy Fieri
It cannot be said the man doesn’t have a sense of style.
via prod.static.49ers.clubs.nfl.com
Number 5Handsome devil
via grfx.cstv.com
Number 4According to Wikipedia, Joe briefly played football at Thornton Junior College! No idea where the fuck that is but hey, Joe Starkey, gridiron legend! Also per Wikipedia, his career was spent with the 49ers, apparently Cal wasn’t important enough to get its own section or mention that he called The Play.
Number 3
A different Joe with a message to boomtho.
Something called the Starkey Remix is on this album. No doubt Joe contributed.
via ghettofunk.co.uk
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Apparently, India is the least friendly place in the world
"India is simply a minefield of relentless mental, emotional and practical daily challenges for most non-Indians," according to Denmark native Pia Mollback-Verbic, the director of a Mumbai-based qualitative market research firm who relocated there via the U.S. in 2007. "It’s nothing less than a riddling obstacle course, which only can be navigated with a healthy dose of humor, expansive capacity for patience, and tolerance for the illogical."
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That sounds about right. Takes a special kind of person to make it in India.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
Joe Starkey = American Hero
There should be a Starkey statue on campus.
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Just so long as the pigeons congregate there
Just sayin’.
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All fauna, including pigeons, should indeed worship Joe Starkey.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
A University of Connecticut researcher who studied the link between aging and a substance found in red wine has committed more than 100 acts of data fabrication and falsification, the university said Wednesday, throwing much of his work into doubt.
Dipak K. Das, who directed the university’s Cardiovascular Research Center, studied resveratrol, touted by a number of scientists and companies as a way to slow aging or remain healthy as people get older. Among his findings, according to a work promoted by the University of Connecticut in 2007, was that “the pulp of grapes is as heart-healthy as the skin, even though the antioxidant properties differ.”
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No, red wine is AWESOME for you.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 6:39 AM PST up reply actions
Pot is good for your lung capacity? (Someone concluded that from reading the paper posted the other day.)
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 6:43 AM PST up reply actions
SCIENCE
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 6:47 AM PST up reply actions
So long as you’re not stfu fatty or a diabetic, that is.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 7:57 AM PST up reply actions
?
Not that I’m going to believe the studies saying that it’s beneficial, but red wine is not different for diabetics.
Port wine, on the other hand…
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Red wine still has a lot of sugar and calories. It ain’t a diet drink.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 8:31 AM PST up reply actions
and it has those damn tannins which frickin’ keep me awake (I originally had “keep me up” but I realized that would be way too open to interpretation)… i loves me my pinot noir but i always know i will not have a good night’s sleep that night (maybe i should stop after two bottles…)
by fiatlux on Jan 13, 2012 8:38 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Try finding a white wine you enjoy as much. The darker the alcohol, the more congeners it contains. The more congeners, the worse the hangover.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
then why does tequila give me a wayyyy worse hangover than whiskey?
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by boomtho on Jan 13, 2012 8:46 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
SCIENCE!
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by boomtho on Jan 13, 2012 8:48 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
I thought the reason you don’t sleep well after wine (or liquor) is because alcohol disrupts your normal sleep patterns. You might fall asleep easier (depending on the individual), but spend more time in shallow sleep, not deep(restful) sleep. And your sleep cycle doesn’t last as long (hiyo), which makes you prone to wake up more frequently.
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and
the natural side effect of extra liquid intake before bedtime. LOL OLD MEN
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 8:56 AM PST up reply actions
Laugh now, whippersnapper
If you’re lucky enough, you’ll join us vintage humans.
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Hey, I was reporting the effects. At this rate in 10 more years I’ll probably need to sleep on the tub.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 9:32 AM PST up reply actions
I also remember hearing something like this, and thus I believe I have kod’s back.
Cal: Bears with Books.
I knew that “Men of CGB” calendar was a bad idea.
(Note: Decided not to say “would come back to bite me.”)
(Note #2: Period is correctly placed inside of quote mark. Suckit atoms.)
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If you didn’t want me to enjoy your photos, you shouldn’t have had them done professionally.
Cal: Bears with Books.
enjoy
???
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t know how I would feel knowing that you are “enjoying” my photos. Perv.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
You tell ‘em Kod! But while you’re doing that, can you mow my lawn with your shirt off? K, thx
Cal: Bears with Books.
I’d love my car washed, you’re such a dear for asking. And he’s $50 for your trouble. Now you be sure to take your time!
Cal: Bears with Books.
Can you make sure he vacuums the interior as well? That’d be a big help, thanks.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
good point, you really have to get down into the interior of the car. I think you can only get to those by bending over. No, bend a little farther… Yep, just keep doing that.
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In dollah dollah bills ya?
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 13, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
while we’re objectifying the help, can we got a hot nanny? it only seems fair.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
A Swedish one, perhaps
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
When he is done with that, can you have him come over here and write up the Block U Q+A post for me. Thanks.
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NO BLOCK U!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
It’s neither correct nor incorrect. BTW we saw your dad last night. He’s remarkably ambulatory for being related to you…
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
btw, everytime I see Kodiak’s Dad, I immediately look around for someone hobbling nearby. And then I say to myself “Where the F is Kodiak! I need to meet that guy!”
Cal: Bears with Books.
If not for the recent plantar fasciitis issues, I would have taken Little K to some of the home games.
I’m still going to CGB bball night in a couple of weeks. Where should we grab pre-game drinks?
It was going to be Raleigh’s, but now we’re thinking of The Bear’s Lair. I looked into getting a room at Haas – no go. And the CAA is already hosting a hoop’s party, so their facility is in use.
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Should we crash the CAA hoops party. And then ask if we just have the free food. PWEASE!
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Would it be considered bad form to bbq where Raleigh’s used to be?
It’s open space now, right?
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Nobody died, so I think you should be fine.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
They barely let me crash the parties (have done it in the past, tho). I’m not sure what’d happen if I brought 30 friends with me.
This would be like the time I cut in line for tix to see Bill Clinton and brought like 30 people (INCLUDING RAGS). We cut with ASUC Prez Wally Adayemo’s Chief Of Staff, so then the rumor was “PREZ LETS PEOPLE CUT IN LINE AT CLINTON SPEECH.”
He had to write an oped dealie about how he was the FIRST to call the police to deal with those NASTY cutters!!
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You have plantar fasciities too?? In addition to your hip issues? I mean, I guess it’s not surprising, but damn.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Well, the hip is actually doing really well – no pain and I have better flexibility and range of motion than before.
The problem is that after over a year with cane/crutches, the muscles in my feet, arches, and calves have atrophied. Now that my PT wants me to try walking, doing elliptical work, and steps, my feet decided to get all p!ssy. I might have overdone it by taking the girls to the park a couple of weeks ago.
So, my feet are now mummified with tape and I’m under orders to rest my stupid *ss for a week. Hopefully, they’ll calm down and I can slowly get back to my exercises.
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Damn, it’s been a year already? Man. I hope you’re able to go to the game on the 29th!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
*Kodiak does
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Mildly spooky. His injury status is arguably worse than mine. He doesn’t have cartilage in his knee or shoulder because he spent years playing through soreness.
Between the two of us, we have one somewhat functional body.
Old Toothwrangler
Spent years playing… what?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Tennis.
He used to go ride the bike or run on the treadmill, then play tennis for a couple of hours with his friends. Afterwards, he’d lift weights with improper form.
Did this twice a week for years. He was sort of a machine. When his knee and shoulder started hurting, he just popped more naproxen. By the time he finally got x-rays, the cartilage was adios.
Kind of a wake-up call for me to get some of these injuries checked sooner rather than later.
Old Toothwrangler
So you’re saying the lunacy is inherited, then…
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
With armored tank treads?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
That’s not surprising. It’d also not be surprising if he continued undertaking an activity that contributed to the deterioration of his hips out of pure stubbornness.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Alcohol is a sleep disruptor
I know so from personal experience. I also know that while I enjoy many red wines, I must be judicious in my intake and that I’m gonna have to cut back on all of my alcohol intake if I’m going to live to be 80.
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hmmm
I thought I remembered reading this somewhere and it would explain waking up in the night after nodding off too early, I guess.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 8:56 AM PST up reply actions
haha
Me neither as it would take valuable time away from drinkginggg…zzzzzzzz
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 9:03 AM PST up reply actions
I definitely think you should stop after two bottles if you want to get some sleep. And avoid a raucous hangover the next morning.
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Carlo Rossi says
you can’t drink just one!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
I’m trying to figure out how the heck you even drink two bottles without passing out or dying.
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Ha!
That was the standard per person amount for dinner in the early 1800’s. Or course the wines were 11% alcohol, not 14%, but that’s what any good hostess planned for. Oh and Port afterward, followed by brandy, of course.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
WHO ARE LIVERS?
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
Not only that, you would start the day with coffee and beer for breakfast, have a lighter white wine or Rose with lunch; so yeah, they worked that liver hard.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Small beer, right? Oh, wait, you said 1800s.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Correct, and sanitation being what it was then, safer than water.
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Whoa. I had read about the midday and evening boozing.
But coffee and beer for breakfast is a new one. I wonder if I’d be less cranky with my first patients of the day…
Old Toothwrangler
not sure they’d be cool with a coffee-beer flavored burp, Kod
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 13, 2012 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Stop making little girls cry.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
If I cover my entire face, I can’t see.
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by Kodiak on Jan 13, 2012 1:01 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
small beer
is a barely-alcoholic pour-off from mash at the beginning of the brewing process, just enough alcohol to kill the germs. Fun for the whole family in medieval Europe!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
Book Recommendation!
A few years back I read a book called The Invention of Air. It wasn’t the best book in the world, but it was a fascinating history of Joseph Priestley, an 18th century inventor and friend of many founding fathers. He goes into detail about the switch from small beer to coffee. I enjoyed it.
wow
Four Loko for hipsters!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
When I tried that once, I was surprised that I didn’t hate it.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Have you tried the creme brulee stout?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
not a huge fan of stout beers but down to try. i do love me some mirrors pond from deschutes though.
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mmm, Beta Lounge and their $3 pints from 4-9.
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 13, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
I don't like it
But that’s because I don’t like coffee. People who do like coffee, like sweetness in their beer, and aren’t lactose intolerant (actually, I’m not sure if this will set anything off, but they do use “milk enzymes” in it) will probably enjoy it.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
People who do like coffee, like sweetness in their beer
Absolutely false. I live on coffee and do not like sweet beer.
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It was a list of criteria!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Your mom is a list of criteria
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, Rishi’s mom seems to be the criteria, huh?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Your mom didn’t have a list of criteria, amirite?
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by Kodiak on Jan 13, 2012 1:05 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
At least she blatantly didn’t try to exclude you. That was straight up cold.
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by Kodiak on Jan 13, 2012 1:04 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Hey, I qualified my statement! Also, the creme brulee stout shouldn’t be served that cold.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
No heart FTW!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
SAY ONE MORE BAD THING ABOUT FNL
i’ll cut you, i swear to god…
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SO WHAT
it’s an amazing character driven show…
did you watch kuch kuch hota hai for the basketball scene?! [is that the one with the basketball scene?]
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But the movie is called Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, not Kabhi Basket Kabhie Ball
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meh, don’t care enough to discuss tbh. it’s a great show and it’s your loss!
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pqtm
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
I have a bottle of this in my fridge. Would I like it?
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 13, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
NETHERLANDS!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_(beer)
The history and development of stout and porter are intertwined.3 The name “stout” for a dark beer is believed to have come about because a strong porter may be called “Extra Porter” or “Double Porter” or “Stout Porter”. The term “Stout Porter” would later be shortened to just “Stout”. For example, Guinness Extra Stout was originally called “Extra Superior Porter” and was only given the name Extra Stout in 1840.4
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 13, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
I have!
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Did you guys like it, or were you just drinking it to be polite?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
We liked it. However, if we were just drinking it to be polite, don’t you think I would have to give you the same answer?
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
You can be way harsh on teh interwebz, didn’t you know?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
I’m a bit older than most on here. Let me try again to be like you kids:
TEH BEER SUCKED AND WAS SHITTIE LOL
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Brb
Crying in the men’s room
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
if you see twist, don't mind him
it’s just him reliving his wedding night
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Or, relieving, amirite!?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
days late reading this DBD, but this subthread made me almost LOL at work. nicely done, everyone.
by the federer express on Jan 17, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
Well, the contaminated water they were drinking otherwise would have been even worse!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
Nah, I think people just died at 40 so they didn’t have time to crap out.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Weren’t the bottles smaller?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
I read that Thomas Jefferson went through an inhuman amount of wine at Monticello. Like twenty thousand bottles per year or something unsane like that.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Of come on, he had lots of friends to entertain. And if you get a chance, go there. My favorite president’s house – much better than Mt. Vernon.
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I’ve been there.
Twenty thousand bottles per year = 54 bottles per night EVERY night.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe bottles were smaller back then
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I hope that the “bottles” are just a unit of measurement here… bottling that much wine would be a titanic undertaking only to open 54 per day.
I don’t know when wine bottles came into common use here, but if they were tippling that much they must have moved it in barrels.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
He hosted parties of 60 every night? His servents/slaves were getting sloshed just to deal with him?
Cal: Bears with Books.
/goats/chickens/certain types of rocks…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
Hmmm… some were whites, no doubt. Say 25%, for luncheons, so 40 or so for you and your nineteen friends (2 per head) per night. And what about the Balls? That would consume a lot. And some were no doubt brandy as well. See, it all goes so quickly.
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Well lookit Mr. 18th century Anglo aristocrat!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
I never knew
Monticello is a UNESCO heritage site, and now I’m sad I never made it there when I lived in the east.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
Wow. He was remarkably productive for evidently being perpetually sloshed.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
I'm so confused
Red wine actually has less sugar than white wine…
Diabetics are supposed to refrain from more than one serving of alcohol, to my knowledge, since excessive alcohol can cause hypoglycemia, but while it’s not good for diabetes (unless those studies are right), it’s also not on the list of “do not drink if you’re diabetic” (while, for instance, soda and even orange juice would be on that list)
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Sure, it has less sugar than other things. How about this: unless you’re (and I think YOU are) very fit and thin, whatever benefits there are in the antioxidants/resveratrol are outweighed by the additional sugar intake.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 8:55 AM PST up reply actions
Okay, fair enough
I think the line of thinking is “Well, I’m drinking an alcoholic beverage anyway. Instead of a mixed drink or a beer, I’ll have red wine” And thus, you do get the benefits from the red wine
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that makes some sense
I just think all the “red wine is good for you” is pretty overblown. Especially if you have a person who starts drinking solely for the “benefits” and thus incurs a marginal additional risk of alcoholism, which is why advice from places like the Mayo Clinic is hedged a bit. Tough to overcome the wine industry press (and funding) though.
Also, I guess I won’t be taking resveratrol pills anymore, from that article…
While researchers haven’t found any harm in taking resveratrol supplements, most of the resveratrol in the supplements can’t be absorbed by your body.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
I mean, if you enjoy the taste of red wine with your pasta, by all means, have a glass a couple nights a week and you will enjoy the benefits, along with the taste.
So, yes, we agree.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
Amanda Seyfried gettin’ nekkid?
"Mamma Mia!" star Amanda Seyfried is set to give fans an eyeful in her Linda Lovelace biopic – the film’s producer insists the actress will be stripping off for full-frontal nude scenes.
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The actress will appear alongside Peter Sarsgaard in the film, while Demi Moore recently signed on to portray feminist Gloria Steinem.
Someone got a Hollywood upgrade.
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Logan Couture and Brad Winchester scored and Antti Niemi made 24 saves for his second shutout of the season in the San Jose Sharks’ 2-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 13, 2012 6:39 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Sing glorious!
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
Cal managed to stay undefeated in a dozen games at Haas Pavilion this season with a hard-earned 57-50 victory over Colorado on Thursday night that was not decided until the final minute.
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MBB wins:
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) – Harper Kamp hasn’t had to do much scoring for California this season. Still, the Golden Bears feel pretty confident leaning on their big man when necessary.
Kamp had his most productive night offensively in nearly two months and provided just enough of a lift with 14 points, including a critical baseline layup with 49.7 seconds left to help lift Cal to a 57-50 win over Colorado on Thursday night.
“It was just a matter of me going out with a little more confidence and having confidence in my jumper,” said Kamp, who added eight rebounds and two assists. “I’ve been having my struggles here and there. I just had to focus and help the team any way I could.”
Kamp’s night coincided with a ragged performance from the Bears two leading scorers.
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Report from my friend that had courtside seats last night:
towards the beginning of the second half, we could hear Cobbs yell at Crabbe “Just shoot the fucking ball Allan!”
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
LOL we were all thinking the same.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
LOL. Love it. THAT’s a point guard running the team right there!
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The best part about last night was seeing fiatlux on the court leading a cheer.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
Did he show up MicMan13?
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Sure.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
MICMAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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No YOU give me a C!!!
No YOU GIVE ME A C!!!!
No YOU GIVE ME A C!!!!
by fiatlux on Jan 13, 2012 10:09 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Thatd be so funny. To have a skit liek that.
Dueling micmans!
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I think she has potential, but I actually thinks she needs more energy… and they need to “own” the space. Big big. Maybe this is my old Broadway training, but you gotta play to the back row.
Broadway training?
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Yea, they should spend some time on showmanship. That would improve the experience for everyone (and honestly everyone should, even for PowerPoint presentations).
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“Sooooooo, does anyone know how are sales figures are?
Do you? (whispers)
You? (points)
How about you? (piercing stare)
They. Are. (dramatic pause) DOWN!
And do you know how we’re going to fix them?
Is the answer in these? (picks up binder)
Over there?(points at computer)
Or in here? (puts hand over heart)
That’s. Right. YOU’RE ALL FIRED!!!"
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MicMan13 is a dude, I believe. Based on his avatar.
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Speaking of cheers
Is it just me, or do we need a couple of new ones to add to the arsenal?
We have:
1-2-3 Go Bears!
CAL-ih-FORN-ya [clap-clap-clapclapclap]
Gimme a C!
Hey, Alumni, GO! (which sadly we only used once, at the end, and it we had to stop it quickly because Crabbe was about to shoot a free throw)
Bear Territory is really only for AFTER we win the game… So really it was just 1-2-3 Go Bears, Cal-i-forn-ia, and Gimme a C for most of the game, and while those are quality, it’d be nice to have a couple of others to mix in.
Since I’m complaining about it, I’ll toss out a couple of suggestions, but feel free to add your own.
How about:
“Whose domicile? OUR DOMICILE!!!!” (I think it’d be great to have the student section do this one, especially at the beginning and ends of games) and maybe we can mix it with Who’s gonna win? WE’RE GONNA WIN, so it’d be like:
Whose domicile?
OUR DOMICILE!!
Who’s gonna win?
WE’RE GONNA WIN!! (repeated)
“STUR-dee GOL-den BEARS!” (I’m imagining like a five-beat accentuated on 1-3-5)
Anyone else want to try coming up with chants?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Pie Jesu Domine
Dona eis requiem
WHACK!
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by Kodiak on Jan 13, 2012 10:34 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
mixed in with a few
ecke-ecke-ecke-pKONG-zWEE-boings
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
lol Google Translate says
O Lord Jesus Pie
Grant them rest
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
O Lord Jesus Pie
Twist wouldn’t take you up on that, even if you left the ice cream off.
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win
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
that second one
sucks.
Where’s “That’s alright, that’s OK, they’re going to work for us someday!”?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
That makes it out like we’re gonna lose, though.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
This was not a shortcoming when I was in school.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
Me neither, but I want to change the culture.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
Didn't catch it on TV
But was following the game cast while watching the Dubbers on TNT.
Goochie went 2-17 and Crabbe 2-9 and we won!? That’s so awesome. I hope we curb stomp Utah and build some confidence for a tough game in Seattle.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
Heyyyy ladiessssssss?!? Get funky!
After trailing by 12 points with 12 minutes left in the game, the California Golden Bears went on a 17-0 run in the final seven minutes of Thursday’s game in Boulder to earn a 68-55 victory over the Colorado Buffaloes. Layshia Clarendon led the comeback with 12 second-half points.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 13, 2012 6:41 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
College football playoff coming?
NCAA President Mark Emmert would support a four-team playoff in college football — as long as the field doesn’t grow.
After giving his annual state of the association speech Thursday in Indianapolis, Emmert acknowledged he would back a small playoff if that’s what Bowl Championship Series officials decide to adopt.
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The field won't grow
If you use artificial turf!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 6:44 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You might want to get that checked out :P
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 8:00 AM PST up reply actions
if that’s what Bowl Championship Series officials decide to adopt.
Why would BCS officials decide to adopt that? Don’t they make hella monies in the current system?
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 13, 2012 8:17 AM PST up reply actions
Emmert should resign now
FBS football playoffs will be disaster for the student athletes. 12 regular season games + conference championship games + bowl games = 14 games for many FBS football players.
More games does not support their academic pursuits; it does support the bottom line, though. No wonder the charge has been made that student-athletes are little more than indentured labor.
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You’re referring to their scholarship? Counting that as earned income is a little aggressive don’t you think? The marginal cost of an extra student at a university certainly isn’t $50K. In fact, it’s pretty close to $0.
ok, i didn't express what i was trying to say
comparing them to indentured labor isn’t exactly fair because they’re receiving an education, room and board, access to top notch doctors etc. while i actually think they deserve a stipend / some share of revenue, the “indentured” labor comment takes it a bit too far.
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Is it really?
What do they get besides an opportunity to receive an education (limited by their commitment to the team), room, and board? We all know about certain notable exceptions *cough*Lew Alcindor*cough*Reggie Bush*cough*Eric Dickerson*cough* and on and on.
But that’s not the case for the majority of NCAA athletes or even FBS football players.
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What do they get besides an opportunity to receive an education (limited by their commitment to the team), room, and board?
that is a pretty fucking big deal. how many athletes wouldn’t go to college without athletic scholarships?
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It’s easy to overstate. Let’s say you have 85 scholarship students. Your football program pulls in maybe $65 million a year. You’ve got 1 head coach, 9 assistant coaches, 2 graduate assistants… let’s say for the sake of argument that’s in the region of $7 million in salaries for a top-end program. Let’s assume further that the cost of keeping a football player at a private university (housing, tuition, food, stipend) is another $62 k / year / player, which is $5.25 million assuming that you have to redirect the money from the football program to the other cost centers. That still leaves nearly $50 million that goes to facilities, strength coaches, tutors, and then whatever all else the Athletic Department chooses to spend it on, without even touching any donations.
So all things being equal, if I were a college football player at a major program and my benefits equated to less than 0.1% of the revenue, I’d start to wonder where all my expropriated value was going. That doesn’t mean that I’m proposing straight revenue sharing, but major programs really are raking it in… and the only benefit of the “student athlete” mythos is to keep some pretense of a level financial playing field for FBS teams that don’t have as much revenue.
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by DC Trojan on Jan 13, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
For many schools, a lot of that money is going to volleyball and track & field and such. And I’d expect that, if you’re calculating the total value received by these players, you’d have to factor in such things as facilities, tutors, strength coaches, all of which they get to take advantage of, and none of which are available to the general student population.
Also, and I have no citations to back this up, but I’ve read that only something like the top 10% of athletic departments actually come out in the black, even accounting for donations.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
a lot of that money is going to volleyball and track & field and such
Agreed – and that’s fair enough. I’m not in favor of all college football teams becoming syndicalist collectives, but a lot of people get a lot of benefit from that revenue and even if you factor in:
facilities, tutors, strength coaches
you could argue that there’s still a lot of money left that doesn’t benefit the players.
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I think 65mil is on the super high end.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
I think that’s roughly what SC has been pulling in for the last few years, but I couldn’t be bothered to look.
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Regardless, it's still indentured servitude
Student-athletes in revenue sports (i.e., football, men’s basketball and usually women’s basketball) are bringing in money to the athletic department far beyond the value of their athletic scholarship.
Any worker whose compensation is limited to goods and services provided by their employer is essentially an indentured servant. The fact that these student-athletes are doing it for a limited period of time only drives home the point that the system is effectively indentured servitude in football and basketball.
Adding additional requirements by instituting a playoff system (regardless of how may teams are involved) further serves to illustrate the powerless standing of FBS football student-athletes.
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"indentured servitude"
And if they terminate their relationship with the university, they get sent to debtor’s prison?
Point taken.
At the same time, they don’t have very much power, do they?
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No, but they pay all sorts of penalties for doing so. Especially if they want to another school.
And if they want terminate their relationship with the NCAA (who is the real bad guy here, not the universities) then they have no other options.
They could play in Europe or Canada. I’m just saying it’s not as stark and terrible as some of you are claiming.
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by AndBears on Jan 13, 2012 4:46 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
C'mon paleodan
How many American football players play in Canada? How many of them do so without playing NCAA football?
The NFL requires that a player’s HS class must have graduated no less than three years prior before said player is eligible for the draft. When Maurice Clarett tried to enter the draft, he was denied entry. The courts sided with the NFL. FBS football is the minor leagues for the NFL, pure and simple. What’s worse for the players is that they have no say whatsoever in the benefits that are offered to them.
Thanks for the scholarship, sir. Thanks for access to training table, sir. Thanks for access to great weight training facilities, sir.
How is it that the players have much in the way of redress if something goes horribly wrong? Let me give you a clue: they don’t.
It may not be medieval, but it’s a position of weakness, nonetheless.
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We aren’t just talking about football. There are 29 sports at Cal. There are thousands and thousands of NCAA athletes that aren’t football players. Sure, “minor league” American football is restricted to just the NCAA, but that’s not all that we’re talking about. Volleyball players and basketball players can go to Europe, if they find the rules burdensome. Olympic athletes can train on their own dime if the NCAA is exploitative. Football players are the ones that we should worry about and not start gathering pitchforks and torches to storm the NCAA ivory castle.
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about “NFL Minor League” all the time, but it really would be so much better if there were a league of some size like that. Guys, and there are many, that have little interest in school and need to make money should just be playing football. They could even license logos from colleges!
Then, as with baseball, there’s less of this rat-race pressure for the college athletes.
Of course, there might be one or two vested interests opposed to this.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 14, 2012 5:41 AM PST up reply actions
College football is also played at a very high level compared to college baseball. Not too many people watch college baseball comparatively.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 14, 2012 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, because there is no minor league system siphoning some of the talent off. And because millions attend minor league ballgames every year.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 15, 2012 6:33 AM PST up reply actions
Exactly. So I’m saying that a key side effect of your idea of having this NFL minor league system will be that college football will no longer be nearly as good as it is now. That may be worth it to maintain the integrity of the student athlete in your opinion, but it is a trade-off.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 15, 2012 8:20 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, that’s exactly what I’m saying. Or, more accurately, the integrity of the student and the academic institutiohahahahah never mind.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 15, 2012 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
Not true, paying for scholarships is a large cost for ADs.
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just saying
but ucla has an ad in their alumni magazine for donations that it costs the university about $49k per year per athlete including tuition, training, med services, travel, and such.
nice try
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Dwight Howard shot a lot of free throws
Howard broke Wilt Chamberlain’s nearly 50-year-old NBA record for most free throw attempts in a game, making 21 of 39 in the Orlando Magic ’s 117-109 victory over the Golden State Warriors .
The Warriors hacked Howard intentionally throughout, sending the notoriously poor shooter to the line early and often. Chamberlain, who Howard idolized growing up and used to have a photo clipping of the center in his Orlando locker, shot 34 for the Philadelphia Warriors against St. Louis on Feb. 22, 1962.
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I agree with Steve Kerr
He was arguing they should change to rule so its 2 shots and the ball. It was horrendous to watch and ruined the flow of the game. I think the Ws only have 2 or 3 nationally televised games, and this was more tortuous than watching teams in the NCG try to get a first down.
But Ryan Anderson is a a baller. Needs to shave the chin pubes tho….
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
Lakers fans lived through this with Hack A Shaq. I’m sort of surprised Shaq never broke the record …
That was terrible to watch as well. Shaq shoots free throws like a Beer Pong player
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
People forget that he made enough of those free throws that Hack-a-Shaq didn’t really work.
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People forget that Shaq convinced the Magic management to draft Penny as opposed to Chris Webber….CWebb and Diesel would have been a nasty combo
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder if the two personalities would have gotten along.
CWebb didn’t want the big shot in crunch time. And Shaq’s foul shooting was always an issue down the stretch in tight games.
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Games would never be tight! I just think CWebb’s great high post game coupled with his incredible passing skills would have been a good PF match to pair with Diesel.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
Those lil Penny commercials were classic.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
TY-RAH BANKS!
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 13, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
^^^^Exactly the reason why I do not watch the NBA
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Grant Wahl tries to figure out why Alex Morgan isn’t starting for the USWNT
That’s the question I get more than any other from fans of the U.S. women’s team. The 22-year-old Morgan scored in the World Cup final and semifinal off the bench, and she seems like a natural complement up top for Abby Wambach. But Morgan has yet to become a starter for coach Pia Sundhage, and the recent switch to a 4-2-3-1 formation from a 4-4-2 means it’s even less likely we’ll see Morgan in the lineup. (If there’s going to be only one forward, that’s Wambach.)
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Oxford United have rejected a second bid from Swindon Town for striker James Constable
An initial offer for the U’s leading scorer was turned down by United.
But a second bid from Swindon within 24 hours has also been rejected.
Swindon boss Paolo Di Canio has made no secret of his desire to land Constable, but when asked in a press conference today if he would be doing all he could to land the 27-year-old, the Italian replied: "I don’t know. "
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Still no admission of killing 5 hookers, though.
Former ESPN college football analyst Craig James, jumping into the fray of Texas’ Senate race Thursday, said he accepted “an insignificant amount” of gifts from Southern Methodist University supporters when he was a star running back at the Dallas school three decades ago.
Asked at a news conference whether he’d taken money or valuables from boosters, James said, “It was an insignificant amount that I had when I was at SMU. It was wrong. And I was 18, 19 years old.”
James declined to specify what gifts he accepted and how much money, nor from whom.
“It was insignificant. It was never,” he said, halting in mid-sentence. “I said in my book that if someone came up and shook my hand and there were a $20 bill in it, I didn’t have the maturity at that time to turn it away.”
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So he was a hotel concierge?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 8:01 AM PST up reply actions
And with this, James demonstrates he's unsuitable to be a US Senator
Deflecting blame and taking no responsibility for his actions shows that he’s unfit to act as a leader.
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Actually I think it shows that he’s completely suitable to be US Senator. He’s even better suited for US President.
I knew someone would say that
And yes, I am being a bit too serious. Except that our elected leadership is such a nest of vipers, I see little reason to make fun of their lack of ethics.
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is this a news flash?
Didn’t SMU get hammered by the NCAA right after the Pony Express graduated?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
ah
I guess he’s not here to talk about the past!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
Senative James
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Nicely done on the DBD, Fire Starkey
Considering that I recall you winning that bet several times, I think boomtho should write his losair DBD, too.
Old Toothwrangler
there was no proof! but since FS was such a good sport, I am happy too.
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by boomtho on Jan 13, 2012 8:40 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
*happy to
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by boomtho on Jan 13, 2012 8:41 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
ah. So there’s room for me to make suggestions? Might I suggest the Men of the DBD Calendar?
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Wasn’t I trying to decide between you doing a literary analysis of the “Fire Starkey: Ultimate Wingman” and “Secret Diary of a Love Assassin” episodes, their place in 21st century American Literature, where they rank in modern satire’s hierarchy and your suggestions for additional episodes OR the top 10 reasons why Joe Starkey is the worst radio announcer in hostory?
Although a “Men of CGB” deal might be entertaining as well. Who would you compare CGBers aginst in the celebrity world and why…
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 13, 2012 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
Let me get you started.
Twist
Cugel
FiatLux
Fire Starkey
by Scootie on Jan 13, 2012 7:01 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
hi scootie- have a nice weekend
your photo is not consistent with the one I posted above.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 7:02 PM PST up reply actions
Hi NBob!
Sadly, I can’t see the one you posted. It’s only a big red box directing me to nerdnirvana.org. :-(
By the way, here’s you:
Is this in any waytrue?
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You're too kind
If I look like anyone famous, it’s closer to this guy. But I still have my head.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
OMG you totally do
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve been told that I look like Chino from the Deftones (thin Chino,not fat Chino)
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
important distinction there
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 11:16 PM PST up reply actions
I get James Franco more than Penn Badgley.
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Mental Note: Never talk
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Your long national nightmare is over!
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And obviously...
boomtho
and LeonPowe.
by Scootie on Jan 13, 2012 7:09 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Moar Men of CGB
Sec119
and Spazzy:
Carp:
Sidenote: the surprisingly hot Mrs Carp (but she has to be to have been Tosh’d):
ZOONEWS:
Mr. F:
damn I was hoping I could be Bill Nye!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 15, 2012 12:42 AM PST up reply actions
hello from ohare
I’m stuck for another 2.5 hrs. hurray winter storm! it’s gonna be cold this weekend in Michigan!
by the federer express on Jan 13, 2012 7:55 AM PST via Android app reply actions
that’s how we do in California!
by the federer express on Jan 13, 2012 7:57 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
EAT!
There are Chicago dogs, cheesecake, Nuts on Clark…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 8:13 AM PST up reply actions
still at ORD. bad weather in Kalamazoo canceled the early flight. noon flight is delayed. I’ve been at the airport for 7 hours now.
but I did have a Chicago dog!
by the federer express on Jan 13, 2012 11:05 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
about frigging time!!
by the federer express on Jan 13, 2012 11:20 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
i kinda dig!
I can wear it with my khaki capris and white polo. SAFARI TIME
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Linky link (you might have to sign up)
Seiko Men’s Seiko 5 Casual Watch
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About this item
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- Markers: Black Arabic numerals and luminous dot hour markers
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- Clasp Type: Buckle
- Movement: Japan automatic, Caliber 7S26B, 21 jewels
- Crystal: Hardlex
- Case Diameter: 37 mm
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- Water Resistant: 30 meters
- Calendar: Date and day display at 3:00
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Oh hell yeah. A Seiko for $63? I’m on it.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
(also it’s nice and understated and pretty much my style anyway)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
You think I’m blingin’ or something?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
Diamonds!
I gave my mom something similar to that (by Bulova, I believE) and it looks fantastic on her.
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also, never tell a girl you’re giving her the same thing you gave to your mom. Even if it does look fantastic on her.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Don’t worry, I would never do that.
Also, I would never give a girl the same thing I give my mom. Even if I’m buying the same thing (a watch, perfume, flowers), the nicer stuff always goes to my mom.
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Awwwww.
Well, unless it gets really out of hand. Then I’ll totally take Mrs. Rishi’s side.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
Need female perspective. Doesn’t it seem like Rishi is saying, ’you’re nice, but I like my mom better’? Which would really make a girl feel a secondary relationship to him and his mom. Do you agree? Or is this a relic of the prince charming, take-me-away-and-we’ll-live-happily-ever-after myth and it would be selfish to think that he would disgrace his mother in any sense.
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Well, it doesn’t sound like Rishi wants to be serious, so rather than trying to be all, “Let me impress you by giving you better stuff,” he’s keeping it light. In a serious partnership, your partner should be your priority, at which point constant prioritizing of the mother would be a) unfair and b) maybe even creepy.
What do I know? I’ve never been in a serious relationship.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
I only give them the off-brand stuff.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
Homemade methanol? I hear that shit’s deadly…
no really.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
Serial monogamist?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
Yep, that’s me! I mean Rags and I have been together since college, so I had only a few years of dating before that, and one other serious relationship before that…so I might have missed my window. BUT I like Rags, he’s still my favorite.
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Remarkably similar. Not much dating here.
Just one girlfriend all through college. Then it’s been Mrs. Kod from dental school to present. (and so on, I hope)
Old Toothwrangler
(This is the point where all the singles tell us what awesome parties we are missing, and we say ‘sure, dude’ and then we shrug, go home and have sex sleep.)
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Fuck that, I hate dating, I’m ready to get married.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
I dated turkey for a long time. I mean a LONG time.
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That’s true. I still hav eour cat, btw.
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Really? Thats the big reason?
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Does he know what he did?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I gave you all the trolljobs I could!
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She never takes on flings and instead only pursues serious relationships with Tony the Tiger, Crackle, and Wendell
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by Rishi on Jan 13, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
That is SO you
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dont forget Toucan Sam
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
But he wasn’t in fiatlux’s parade!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Sleeping with only one person a time, but changing to a new person when the old relationship ends.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Heh.
So, basically, they don’t sleep around and they only sleep with whoever they are with?
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
The “negative connotation” part of it is when people don’t resolve their issues between relationships, and are therefore doomed to never succeed, and/or can’t bear to be alone, so they glom onto whatever comes along. (Not everyone, obviously.)
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
You’ve never been in a humorous relationship?
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
Nope, never had the rubber chickens for it.
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by AndBears on Jan 13, 2012 10:00 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
At the point I get married, it’s different.
But if it’s just a girlfriend, I dunno…
Oh, and I would never marry a girl who cannot get along with my mom.
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Just making sure! I know a few people who don’t give a damn what about their significant’s other relationship with their parents
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My sig others must get along with my parents at least as well as I do, which is a pretty low bar. You can tell why Rags has been welcomed in to the family like the son they never had they actually have but refuses to talk to them.
… my parents are lovably obnoxious.
Cal: Bears with Books.
I’m a bit confused there – do you mean that you have a brother who is not on speaking terms with your parents, that your husband was welcomed by your parents but does not speak to them, or both of those?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
That first one. I have an older brother. He has decided to ‘go his own way’. I haven’t seen him in person since I was 14. The last time I spoke to him was my freshman year in college.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Wow. That makes me a little sad.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Perhaps that’s because my brother and I didn’t really start to get along until he went to college – not that we were specifically hostile to one another, but he’s 6 years younger, and I wasn’t exactly the model of warmth as an older sibling. So the notion of you losing touch with your brother at that pointed resonated for purely personal reasons.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
My younger brother is 5.5 yrs younger, we only started to get along well when I went to college – that age difference is pretty big growing up
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My younger brother was only 1 year younger than me, but since I’m an undead vampire who has lived for hundreds of years, he’s been dead for quite a while. I haven’t seen him in FOREVER
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by TwistNHook on Jan 13, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!
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Dont blame me, its those Japanese women’s fault!
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My brother and I have always been different people, so we were closest when we were kids then we just didn’t know how to talk to eachother.
We might have been best friends as adults, but we’ll never know. I have plenty of great friends now.
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You’re welcome!
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Owe you what?
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Well, as an undead vampire, I can give you unlimited life.
Just say the word!
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now you’re extending this awful joke?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
You like your Raptors. I like my undead vampires. What’s the difference?
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What about undead raptors?
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But what does he pay you
for what you do in private?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
But if it’s just a girlfriend, I dunno…
You are almost begging for Psychotherapy.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I’m pretty sure I’m not alone among men in their mid-twenties with an attitude like that .
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At least you love your mother.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Rishi you like metal band watches right?
Got any favorites in say… the $150-$250 range?
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Airport thread!!!!!!!
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
IRLLOLROFL DBD
Holy crap was this funny. Why it’s Lee Grosscup! And Guy Fiery! And my favorite, a CGB #1 Indian slapfight! They’re all here! We have a winner!
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I couldn’t believe some of the stuff I found when I was Googlizing Senor Starkey. The internetz is a strange and wonderful place
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 13, 2012 8:01 AM PST up reply actions
I bet you didn’t even post the really good stuff, huh?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 8:02 AM PST up reply actions
its was just random. When I saw that picture of the woman and the popsicle ring, I almost spit my soda all over my cube at work. Seriously, how does “Joe Starkey, Cal Radio, Images” get me that??? Awesome
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 13, 2012 8:04 AM PST up reply actions
NORWEGIAN HAND GRENADE FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 13, 2012 8:19 AM PST up reply actions
The homoeroticism makes me not mind it as much.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
Where in hte world is that photo of Starkey with dancing with those two chicks?!
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I couldn’t find it!
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 13, 2012 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
My adviser checks on our lab every 2 hours
Adviser: Breakthroughs? [he asks every. single. time.]
Me: Well, today, I’ll do some microscopy, and then review some molecular biology.
Adviser: Review molecular biology?
Me: Yeah, I think there might be some holes in my knowledge.
Adviser: Alright, fill your holes.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
hello! Ohio has more sexytime than anticipated
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 13, 2012 8:05 AM PST up reply actions
haha
somebody’s happy it’s Friday! Or energized from a life without a looming move and fighting with contractors.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 8:06 AM PST up reply actions
I think he’s just happy because he has the weight of this dbd off his back
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by boomtho on Jan 13, 2012 8:48 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
That's kind of the way they roll at Ohio State
See, e.g., the Veterinary school.
Huck has presented evidence (necessarily construed in a light most favorable to her) that the workplace was permeated with intimidation, ridicule, and insult. Incidents with Smith in particular apparently served to create an unpleasant workplace. In addition to creating discomfort by talking about her breasts, the less than shy resident doctor apparently liked to discuss her sexual activities by telling Huck and others during rounds, for example, that “she liked to have her cervix rammed.” (Doc. # 56, Huck Dep., at 94.) Huck has also presented circumstantial evidence that Defendants fostered this environment by discouraging reporting and by failing to address or addressing insufficiently the incidents. Such incidents, if true, are sufficiently severe or pervasive so as to alter the conditions of Huck’s employment and create an abusive working environment. Huck’s workplace is a veterinary facility and a school, not the Playboy Mansion grotto.
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fffffffuuuuuuuuu
“In addition to creating discomfort by talking about her breasts, the less than shy resident doctor apparently liked to discuss her sexual activities by telling Huck and others during rounds, for example, that "she liked to have her cervix rammed."
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
Did your advisor say “Boom, chicka, bow wow” right after?
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 8:07 AM PST up reply actions
HAWT
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 8:10 AM PST up reply actions
The line you use before you put a ring on it? :)
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 8:38 AM PST up reply actions
Rishi is putting a ring WHERE?!
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Deadline approaching for abrand new sesaon ticket holders to get priority:
BERKELEY – Golden Bear football is returning to Berkeley in the fall, meaning now is the time for fans to secure a place in a renovated Memorial Stadium with a seat-selection time for the 2012 campaign. The deadline to place a per-seat deposit to become a new season-ticket holder is Wednesday, Jan. 18 for those who want to gain priority over general public sales.
With the highly anticipated reopening of Cal’s on-campus facility, which will include a reduction in seating capacity of nearly 9,000 seats to around 63,000, demand for season tickets is expected to be at an all-time high and fans are encouraged to place a deposit now.
For their dedication and support, all 2010 and 2011 football season-ticket holders, as well as all Athletic Donors at the $100 giving level and above, will automatically receive priority and a season-ticket seat-selection time.
Seat-selection times for fans who wish to become new season-ticket holders in 2012 can be acquired by placing a $100 per-seat deposit before 4 p.m. PT on Jan. 18. Click here to make a seat deposit now.
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Me loot ratepayers? That's unpossible!
PG&E may have used ratepayer funds for safety upgrades to pay the 1%
But PG&E wasn’t hurting for cash, according to the audit. From 1999 to 2010, the company collected $430 million more from its gas-transmission and -storage operations than the revenue authorized by the California Public Utilities Commission, which sets the rates the company can charge its customers.
“PG&E chose to use the surplus revenues for general corporate purposes” rather than improved gas safety, the Overland audit said.
The audit was unable to trace exactly how PG&E spent the diverted money. But in a separate report on the San Bruno explosion released Thursday, the utilities commission staff noted that in the three years leading up to the San Bruno explosion, the company spent $56 million annually on an incentive plan for executives and “non-employee directors,” including stock awards, performance shares and deferred compensation.
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Mens Gymnastics=awesome:
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Donothan Bailey got his start in gymnastics like many of his compatriots – as a rambunctious youngster whose mother thankfully saw an outlet for youthful energy in sports. Little did she know that some 13 years later, her son would be a member of the U.S. Senior National team and traveling the world to compete in gymnastics.
While it was at first just an extracurricular activity for the Mission Viejo, Calif., native, it’s the pure and childish love that keeps Bailey enthralled with gymnastics.
“I love this sport,” Bailey said of why he sticks with it. “I couldn’t see myself not doing it. I have goals that I feel I need to accomplish, and I could never quit until I knew I tried my hardest to accomplish those goals.”
A few of Bailey’s current aspirations include making a push for the Olympics and winning a national championship with the Golden Bears – lofty yet attainable goals for the Cal junior. Luckily for Bailey, his drive to succeed will bring him far.
“Donothan is a very determined and passionate gymnast,” Cal coach Tim McNeill said. “He really gets it. That’s why he’s gone from flying under the radar to becoming a member of the U.S. Senior National team. He knows what it takes to succeed, and that’s what he goes out and does.”
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Womens soccerer gets on U23 team:
BERKELEY – California goalkeeper Emily Kruger has been selected to participate in the United States Under-23 Women’s National Team training camp, the group announced. Kruger completed her sophomore season with the Golden Bears this past fall, starting all 22 matches in goal. She will join the 24-player training camp roster in Sarasota, Fla., Jan. 15-22.
“I’m extremely grateful for this opportunity,” Kruger said. “It will be awesome representing Cal on the national soccer stage.”
Kruger has started 35 games in goal during her first two seasons with the Golden Bears, including all 22 in 2011. She recorded a 0.91 goals-against average with a .756 save percentage. The net minder posted seven shutouts this past fall, including No. 2 UCLA (the first to hold the Bruins scoreless this past season) during the regular season and No. 16 Boston College in the NCAA Tournament. She has recorded 11 shutouts in her first two seasons in goal for the Bears.
“We are very excited for Emily,” said Cal head coach Neil McGuire. “This is an outstanding opportunity and a well-deserved one. Her performance in goal for us these last two seasons as been excellent and we know she will represent Cal well with U.S. Soccer. We wish her all the best in training in Florida.”
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NinersNation talks Bill Romanowski’s approach to stopping Saints O:
As the 49ers defense get ready for the Saints offense tomorrow, one of the factors that could impact things is how physical the 49ers get with Saints skill players coming off the line. For those that don’t recall, when the New England Patriots stunned the St. Louis Rams in 2001, they got extremely physical with the “Greatest Show On Turf.” That included popping receivers as they came off the line, and also making sure ball-handlers got tackled hard.
The 49ers will need to avoid any stupid hits that give the Saints free yards, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t get as physical as they can within the rules of the game. The Saints offense includes a lot of improvisation, but timing on those deep routes can be so important. I’ve seen a lot of 49ers defensive players comment on how receivers are still early in their routes when Brees fires the ball. A few well-placed jams at the line can hopefully disrupt that.
Former 49ers linebacker (and guy who was inevitably going to end up with the Raiders) Bill Romanowski took this idea to its logical extreme during an interview with 95.7 The Game:
They [the 49ers defense] got to lay some people out. This has got to be a stretcher game. I’m talking…bring out the stretcher and take [Marques] Colston to the hospital. Take Darren Sproles to the hospital, because he got knocked out.
I don’t agree with the specifics Romo suggests, but the basic point remains the same. The 49ers need to get physical on Saturday. Drew Brees needs to feel Aldon Smith, Justin Smith, Ahmad Brooks and anybody else who wants to get in on the sack party. Marques Colston simply cannot get off the line untouched.
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Please do not take my high school buddy, D Sproles to the hospital. Most total yards in the NFL? OLATHE KANSAS BABY!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
CCSF computers need to visit the Free Clinic
Viruses stole City College of S.F. data for years
Personal banking information and other data from perhaps tens of thousands of students, faculty and administrators at City College of San Francisco have been stolen in what is being called “an infestation” of computer viruses with origins in criminal networks in Russia, China and other countries, The Chronicle has learned.
At work for more than a decade, the viruses were detected a few days after Thanksgiving, when the college’s data security monitoring service detected an unusual pattern of computer traffic, flagging trouble.
I wondered how goldblooded could afford that solid gold Range Rover!
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Raiders fans want Gruden back:
Jon Gruden loves the Raider Nation and the Raider Nation loves him. Gruden is the last coach to bring lasting success to the mighty Oakland Raiders and his loss is a loss that we are still reeling from but all the wrongs can be righted with his home coming.
The above photo was taken in 2009 when Chucky made a surprise appearance at Raider Nation Mecca Ricky’s sports bar and this is a quote from a good Raider man who was in attendance on that day:
“Actually two years ago.chucky showed.up.at the san leandro california raiders sports bar RICKYS..all dressed up in raiders gear and few fans said we want you back and GRUDENS exact words was…i love you guys once a raider, always a raider…money can buy out any contract and if the circumstances were different I would love to be back with the raider nation.”
Full gallery of Gruden’s Ricky’s visit can be found here: http://www.rickys.com/jon-gruden/
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Gruden
is too smart to give up that cushy broadcasting gig to sleep on the couch and watch football porn all night 9 months a year.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 8:12 AM PST up reply actions
Of course we do!!!!
The most successful coach since Flores. Should’ve gone to the Super Bowl.
Tom “fucking” Brady
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
I know, the rule seemed to disappear shortly after that game.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
The rule tucked itself between its legs and danced in front of a mirror, saying, “I’d fuck the Raiders.”
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
Dubs lose:
On Monday, I had the chance to attend Warriors practice and ask Coach Mark Jackson point-blank about Biedrins. See here’s the thing. Let’s say you’re the 5th option, to the point where teammates are screaming your name whenever you grab an offensive rebound (read: they don’t trust your offensive abilities so they — without considering the pyschological ramifications — try to avoid having you proceed further with the ball in your hands). I’ve been both the 5th and 1st options on my rec league teams throughout the years, depending. When you’re the 5th option like this, it can be like there’s no light at the end of the tunnel.
So I asked Coach Mark how to get out of that situation. He protected his player and claimed that Beans isn’t the 5th option, although Coach did say Monta was #1 and D.Lee #2. So I think tonight will be a great opportunity for Biedrins to have green lights left and right. Even if he bricks, let’s hope he takes those opportunities. He needs to find that light at the end of the tunnel.
There are other interesting matchups for tonight…
If Charles Jenkins gets the start again at pg, we’ll have an interesting matchup of Monta Ellis vs Jason Richardson at the 2-guard. I’m sure the Oracle will give him a round of applause during intros.
There’s also Hedo Turkoglu vs Dorell Wright, who bounced back against his former team the Miami Heat on Tuesday night (players getting back at their former teams has been known to happen), and former Cal player Ryan Anderson, who can shoot from outside, against David Lee at the power forward spot. Ekpe Udoh would be your backup center.
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Sazctown Royalty talkin Keith Smart talkin DeMarcus Cousins:
Eric Koreen of the National Post in Toronto has a great column looking at the Sacramento Kings following their visit to the Raptors this week. Included in that column is a very interesting remark Koreen pulled from a chat with Keith Smart.
“He’s 21. What was I doing at 21? I was in college with a demanding coach,” said Sacramento coach Keith Smart, who took over for Westphal. Smart played for Bobby Knight at the University of Indiana. “A lot of things that happened at 21 for me got corrected while I was in college. He has to do this in front of all the media and all the world in front of a pressured environment.”
Smart makes a point to draw a comparison to Cousins’ situation and his own at the same age, and makes two key contrasts: Smart had a demanding coach that “corrected” things, and Smart didn’t have to get corrected in front of the media and world in a pressurized environment.
The implications are obvious: Cousins has largely not had a demanding coach who has corrected things — though Paul Westphal certainly tried to be tough at times. The problem seemed to be consistency in enforcement and disciplining the right missteps. (Yanking Cousins from the starting lineup for trash-talking an opponent still mystifies me a year later.) On the other point, Cousins has a tougher slog with media attention both because he’s in the pros and because things are a whole lot different in sports media than they were in the ‘80s. But Westphal’s statement to the media on how awful a person Cousins is certainly didn’t help minimize the attention or pressure, did it?
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Just one more Z through the DBD and I'll stop
Internet addiction affects the brain ‘like a drink or drug problem’
Researchers compared brain scans of young people with “internet addiction disorder” with their peers and found damage to the white matter fibres connecting emotional processing, attention and decision making parts.
Similar impairments have been found in research into other addictions including alcohol and cocaine.
It comes after researchers at the University of Worcesters found smartphones are so addictive many users now hear “phantom vibrations” because they are desperate to receive new messages.
The scientists in China said the study could help develop a treatment, although they admitted they do not know whether the changes to the brain are the cause or consequence of internet addiction.
I always thought Twist was melting my brain, and now there’s proof. Hard, horrible proof.
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Why do keep watching this platypus?
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
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SilverScreenAndRoll talks Howard trade:
Dwight Howard is a superstar, one of the best players in the league. He is the league’s best center, and the consistency of his play means that it really is no contest. The man is an absolute beast, and any team would be lucky to have him. Dwight Howard’s teammates are not superstars. They aren’t even stars. Jameer Nelson might be a top 10 point guard, but being top 10 at your position isn’t particularly impressive as a team’s 2nd best player. Good teams almost always have two players that are top 10 at their position. Great teams usually have three.
The lack of talent surrounding Dwight Howard is one of the primary reasons Howard is reportedly interested in taking his services elsewhere. He wants to win championships, and he doesn’t seem too sure of that possibility when he scans the locker room for friendly faces. There aren’t a lot of teams in the league that would make Dwight Howard feel comfortable making a long term commitment to. The Los Angeles Lakers are one of those teams. There aren’t a lot of teams in the league with assets attractive enough to make Orlando want to do a deal. The Los Angeles Lakers are one of those teams. The logic of a trade between the two teams is overwhelming. There’s just one problem.
The Lakers don’t need Dwight Howard. They need his teammates.
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ClipsNation delves deeper into Heat game:
I will be referencing the Official NBA Rulebook for the 2011-2012 Season.
Play 1) Let’s break it down starting from 5:00 left in the final quarter. Right off the bat, we have our first questionable call. Wade drives to the basket on a fast break and misses. Well after the play, the referee calls a foul. There’s no rule for this, it’s just a frustrating call. It doesn’t matter whether the play was a foul or not (and, upon replay it clearly wasn’t), the ref should call the foul when it happens, not after the shot missed.
Play 2) On Miami’s next possession, we see LeBron travel, and get rewarded with free throws. This happens every time he touches the ball, and the refs have overlooked it his whole career. Not much to analyze here. Let’s skip the rest of the missed travels.
Play 3) With exactly two minutes remaining, Blake gets his 5th foul on a loose ball play. Again, it’s a late whistle, which is why Griffin gets so angry afterwards. On this play, the replay revealed that it was the right call. Blake clearly comes over Bosh’s back to swipe the ball away.
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Sharks beat Jets:
After a game in Minnesota which the San Jose Sharks lacked intensity for the first fifty minutes a solid, determined effort is exactly what the Sharks needed.
That’s exactly what they got.
Although the game remained scoreless until the second period, battles were fought, positions were won and the anger of coaches and fans was quelled, at least for an evening. The Sharks played what I consider one of their best games all season, and while it came against one of the league’s weaker teams, the effort level was undeniable.
Every line clicked tonight, whether it was Joe Thornton making creative passes and dominating the offensive zone with his linemates, or Logan Couture and his group getting in the right positions to create offense. The third line of Michal Handzus, Jamie McGinn and Torrey Mitchell delivered a strong performance, forechecking to perfection on some shifts. Finally, the fourth line, complete with Manitoba native Andrew Murray, contributed positive play and a goal.
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India goes ane ntire year without a recorded case of polio, which si great:
Reporting from New Delhi— India has gone a full year without recording a new case of polio, a significant benchmark for the South Asian nation and an encouraging development for health professionals fighting to eradicate the stubborn disease worldwide.
But experts warned that premature declarations of victory could lead to complacency among Indian parents, who might stop immunizing their children. That would increase the risk of another outbreak, particularly in a nation where about 26 million babies are born each year. India will not be officially certified as polio-free until at least three years have passed without a new case.
“It’s an incredible milestone for polio eradication,” said Rod Curtis, a New Delhi-based specialist with UNICEF. “But complacency is perhaps the biggest threat to the program today. You could get down to the last three children in the world, but unless you [immunize] those kids, it could explode again.”
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Hold on… I got this…
WINNNNDIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Cal: Bears with Books.
:)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
My REALLY CGB Day Yesterday
Wow, that was one really really really California Golden Blogs day yesterday…
Had a great call in the morning with Davemann… then had lunch with CalBandGreat… after which met Rishi for his lunch (I did not eat)… then hit the CAA alumni event where I ran into Rags, AndBears and kid… Mrs. ZooNews… cbkwit…. and I think some others… then went to game with Atoms and Cugel (and son)… and ran into FrankCohen, JoeBandsmen and others…
That was a lot of CaliforniaGoldenBlogsering….
Mr. Popular over here!
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I like the clarification that you didn’t eat Rishi’s lunch.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 8:18 AM PST up reply actions
The real question
did he drink Rishi’s milkshake?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 8:21 AM PST up reply actions
Brings all the boys to the yard.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 8:22 AM PST up reply actions
fiatlux captured on film!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 8:31 AM PST up reply actions
How awkward
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I was surprised that Rishi had a big greasy cheese burgers, onion rings and that milkshake… and here is the weird part… the first time i met Rishi he was taller than I thought he would be… this time he was shorter than I remembered…
At the first meeting, he wanted to impress you so he wore platforms.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
pqtm
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 8:44 AM PST up reply actions
So many germs in the ball pit.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
Sidebar
I just realized what your username actually says. I always thought it was something about being a Kool Kat or something.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 8:56 AM PST up reply actions
AWW SHUCKS!
i blame i koo lyke dat forever
by GoldBlooded on Oct 14, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up actions
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
note
“Dwinelle Glory Hole” isn’t one of those Chinese restaurants with a weirdly-translated name.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
HE WAS IN THE POOL!
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RACIS!
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The first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem.
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 13, 2012 8:21 AM PST up reply actions
The next step is for you to order my self-help DVD series:
“Productivity is Overrated”
“No U”
“How Girl Get Pragnet”
“The #1 Indian, Who Cares Really?”
“Slapfighting for Dummies”
“Trolls, Trollops, and Trollolicious”
“Z is Mother. Z is Father.”
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by Kodiak on Jan 13, 2012 8:32 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
brb finding credit card number on CCSF servers
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 8:33 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, and of course add your dad to the list of folks from yesterday… except of course his omnipresence at Haas makes that rather hard not to do ;-)
The crazy guy has been fighting a cold all week. Almost lost his voice and could barely talk to patients/parents.
So, of course, I knew he’d be going to the game. :)
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To be clear here, fiatlux is talking about his camera, I think.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
Anytime :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
We’re a good community :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
“Whites Only” pool woman appealed, but god DENIED:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Cincinnati landlord who claimed a black girl’s hair products clouded an apartment complex’s swimming pool discriminated against the child by posting a poolside “White Only” sign, an Ohio civil rights panel said Thursday in upholding a previous finding.
The Ohio Civil Rights Commission voted 4-0 against reconsidering its finding from last fall. There was no discussion.
The group found on Sept. 29 that Jamie Hein, who is white, violated the Ohio Civil Rights Act by posting the sign at a pool at the duplex where the teenage girl was visiting her parents.
The parents filed a discrimination charge with the commission and moved out of the duplex in the racially diverse city to “avoid subjecting their family to further humiliating treatment,” the commission said in a release announcing its finding.
An investigation revealed that Hein in May posted on the gated entrance to the pool an iron sign that stated “Public Swimming Pool, White Only,” the commission statement said.
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God denied, hm?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 8:55 AM PST up reply actions
Better appeal to the Holy Ghost then!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 8:58 AM PST up reply actions
I’d like to point out that the reporting is from Columbus, but the infraction happened in Cincinnati. In sum, TheBuckeyeBear was likely not the landlord involved.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
likely not the landlord involved
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
Supreme Court hands down a rather big ruling yesterday. It is about First Amendment rights in the religious sector. Whether ministers (and other religious employees) have certain employment rights. The answers appears to be no. Very controversial, but also SUPER complicated. You should look at all the facts in this case before making an opinion.
Here is a story on it from NPR:
The U.S. Supreme Court for the first time has declared that the Constitution exempts ministers from the nation’s anti-discrimination laws. Wednesday’s decision was unanimous and groundbreaking — but it left unresolved some of the thorniest questions in determining who is a minister and who is not.
The court’s ruling came in the case of Cheryl Perich, a teacher at the Hosanna-Tabor Lutheran Church and School in Michigan. In 2004, Perich took leave when she was diagnosed with narcolepsy. But when her doctor certified her to return to work, the school asked her to resign, so she threatened to sue under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
“Their response was to fire me,” Perich said. “I can’t fathom how the Constitution would be interpreted in such a way as to deny me my civil rights as an elementary school teacher.”
The school did not dispute that it fired Perich because of her threat to sue, but it maintained that part of its faith requires that such disputes be resolved only internally within the church.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court sided with the church, saying its actions were protected by the First Amendment’s freedom of religion guarantee.
Writing for the court, Chief Justice John Roberts noted that since the passage of the Civil Rights Act nearly a half-century ago, the lower courts have always carved out an exception that allows ministers to be hired and fired without regard to civil rights laws. Now the Supreme Court has agreed, making that position the law of the land. But on the more difficult question of determining who is and is not a minister, the court was equivocal, saying that would have to be determined on a case-by-case basis.
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It looks like this was actually a unanimous decision, insomuch as there are no dissenting opinions. But there were some concurring opinions that narrowed the focus of the agreement down.
The one thing that is big about the Roberts court is how narrow many of the decisions are. Roberts doesn’t like to make broad rulings (unless he’s allowing all corporate money to be OK). This one looks potentailly to be super narrow, too. But we’ll see how the future pans out.
Interesting case, thoguh.
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So, I guess you didn’t find it as interesting.
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it’s weird I first read the above sentence as “it’s beyond my gay parade.”
KEEP CALM
AND
Z ON
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
that’s redundant
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
all credit to LeonPowe
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
weird
I haven’t read the case, but I don’t get how a church can discriminate against someone with a disability. I certainly understand the idea of race/religion/etc. categories being excluded, but unless it’s the Church of the Really Healthy I don’t understand how that’s a freedom of religion issue.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
I’m confused here. The Church claims it didnt fire her over her disability, but bc she threatened to sue. She says its because of the disability. So, Im not sure what is going on.
But thats essentially the frustration people have with the case. By limiting the state’s involvement with religious matters (per separation of church and state in first amendment) the Court might be opening up a situation where churches can fire ministers at will without any genuine recourse.
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Yeah, and then it’s an equal protection problem too, right? With no mitigating religious concern. “We don’t believe in courts” is not a tenet of faith I’m familiar with.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
Its an every problem. Its any right that you and I have in the employment context gone, I think.
For example, if a priest discovers that the church is covering up a molestation scandal and goes to the press, the church can fire him and I believe this new ruling allows him no recourse. However, it doesn’t block the church and the individual molestors from criminal charges. Its not quite that broad.
I think CalBear81 did some employment law. She could potentially provide further insight into the changes here.
I say it is narrow, bc I think it is limited solely to those truly in the faith. So, if you work for a Catholic school, but you just teach math and you aren’t involved in a religious sense, this doesn’t cover you. But if you are the priest there and you teach religious studies, it does cover you.
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f*ing mess is what it is
these kinds of things that are “a very narrow holding” make for years of appellate court unscrambling, even where (like I think they are here) picking up a concept from several circuits.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
I think like most anrrow Supreme Court rulings, it creates an optio for the lower court.
Unless the facts are 100,000% on point in whatever case their are dealing with, they can go “well, its close enough, well just do wht they said” OR “dude, not even close on the facts, who cares”
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True, but you consider the converse, you’ll see why they ruled this way. Say you’re a priest with views the church considers heretical, the church bans your ass, you sue claiming unfair firing (first amendment); now you placed the government in the position of deciding what the church should teach, which is a bad idea.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I think you make a prudent point here.
The other option is getting the state REALLY involved in the churches, which goes against the first amendment.
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Yup pretty much this. Since she was considered a “minister” and not just a secular teacher, the church can do what they want.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
*it wants.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Whats your view on this, atoms? Are you OK with it or are you against the ruling?
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I think the ruling is fine. I might feel differently if she had a clearly non-ministerial role, like if she were a janitor or whatever.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
Do you feel dirty for siding with Roberts, Alioto, Thomas and co?
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No dirtier than Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Breyer, and Kennedy must have felt.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
But you are you!
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Alioto?
Is that like the love child of Alito and the DC from Oregon?
Bush found out about him bc of a Texas street agent
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How would it be an equal protection problem if it is just churches making these hiring and firing decisions?
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not that this is how the issue was framed at court
Because a class of disabled people (i.e. those employed by churches) are not protected by a law supposedly protecting them because of their disability.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
Illegal to lay teachers.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Have to lay it out, to be clear
Teacher’s timeline: She got sick, tried to come back to work, they ask her to resign [personal rights re:disability violated here], she threatens to sue, they fire her, courts get involved.
Church’s timeline: She got sick, tried to come back to work, they ask her to resign, she threatens to sue, they fire her [Church’s right to freedom of religion used here], courts get involved.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Also
She’s ordained as a minister, and is teaching religious subjects.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I see that distinction, and did really appreciate your note about the converse view, but that leads back to natteringabob’s view that
"We don’t believe in courts" is not a tenet of faith I’m familiar with.
So, If you are teaching religious subjects, they can fire you for wearing the wrong color socks, because pink-argyle is the anti-christ.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Yeah, I get that this sounds F-ed up, and immediately strikes one as unfair. But if the courts get involved with telling churches who can, or can teach religion, the result is even worse.
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Did they claim at trial that they dismissed her for heresy/apostasy/whatever?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
No, I think their position was that all ministers were “at will” hires.
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No entiendo.
So much is so strange…. in the meantime, the IRS is deciding whether or not churches are “bona fide” churches.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
Yea, I agree. I’ll just say ‘agree to disagree’ and thank my lucky-stars that I’m not a lawyer.
Cal: Bears with Books.
My son and I got into a big fight over this. I think the Supremes did the right thing, he thinks religion is bullshit.
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His argument doesnt seem to relate to the case
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Well, if this were a corporation which was saying ‘because we make widgets, and widgets are protected under the freedom of widgets act, we can fire whomever we want’, It would seem pretty BS to me.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Maybe that’s why that woman lost the case.
“Your honor, RELIGION IS BULLSHIT!”
KEEP CALM
AND
Z ON
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
’THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS OUT OF ORDER!"
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“YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH AS EXPRESSED IN THE PENTATEUCH!”
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
DID YOU ORDER THE PLAUGE OF LOCUSTS!
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I agree with both of you.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
ha
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
anyone watch The Layover in San Francisco this week? Bourdain got pretty hammered, I found it inspiring.
#calgang take me away
I hope it was with a ball-peen hammer.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
no but it was from lots of bourbon at Comstock Saloon, a familiar experience for me.
#calgang take me away
speaking of drinking the Gold Dust Lounge may be closing. I support a CGB HH in this historic location.
(yes, I’m willing to find an excuse for HH anywhere)
#calgang take me away
Well, this just took a turn for the Ohio…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
kudos
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
Is the show worth watching in general? I enjoyed it, but wasn’t sure if it was because of the show or because of San Francisco.
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 13, 2012 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
also playing liar’s dice at li po was pretty cool (i only saw the middle ~20ish minutes)
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
hey DC
Everton signed Darron Gibson – thoughts?
The 24-year-old, a product of United’s youth system, made 60 appearances for Alex Ferguson’s side since making his debut in 2005 but never nailed down a regular place in the side despite scoring a few spectacular goals.
Gibson has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract, Everton said on their website
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rather than create a whole new answer, I shall share the email thread between me and my brother on this subject
Me:
hey look, Everton got someone in the transfer window… ..oh. It’s Darron Gibson
My brother:
It could be worse. It could have been…well…no, that’s pretty bad
Me:
SIGH. I know that Moyes and Ferguson have this symbiotic relationship in which Moyes takes the deadweight off Ferguson’s hands for a competitive price (in this case, Ferguson is the crocodile, Moyes is the bird, and Gibson is the rotting chunk of wildebeest being picked out of Ferguson’s teeth), but there should be a limit.
My brother:
Well, you never know. Everton are getting someone who could conceivably be a workman in the midfield
Me:
I am willing to be convinced, but optimism remains limited.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
LOL ouch. At least you have this studmuffin for a few weeks! (with less hair now)
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 13, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
Every little bit helps. At this point, I just want them to steer clear of relegation to avoid even further financial disaster.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Europa League money would help too. It’s funny there’s so much bitching from the FA Cup folks about BPL teams fielding weakened teams—one solution: increase the payout to make it worthwhile.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 13, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
the Dirty Tackle blog on Yahoo Sports is good for this kind of stuff
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 13, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
in this case, Ferguson is the crocodile, Moyes is the bird, and Gibson is the rotting chunk of wildebeest being picked out of Ferguson’s teeth
Great analogy or greatest analogy?
Not sure of the exact notation, but I think that (Phil Neville + Louis Saha + Darron Gibson) /= Wayne Rooney.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Okay, maybe the math is starting to add up.
I wonder if Alex Ferguson looks at De Gea and Lindegaard and thinks “what have I done…”
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I feel like I’m the lone City fan here…
by puresilence on Jan 13, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
I think you may be the only one.
We’ve got Man U, Tott, Arsenal, and Everton represented. I think there is even a Leeds United fan too!
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 13, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
SEEEEEE!?!??!!?!
Or are you just trollin’ me :-P
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
They’ve got one of the cooler named players: Snodgrass
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 13, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Ahem
Oxford United till I die
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Jan 13, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Blackburn checking in.
My brother-in-law is a huge Blackburn fan. And although they suck and might get relegated (probably?) he told me to say “suck it Man U”.
yeah no one cares, dude :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
Why would you pick Man U? Unless you spent time in England or something, or your family just happen to be big Man U fans… Or wait, did they have a Korean player?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
BANDWAGONER
and they still have a korean player, and he’s awesome.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
when my roommate and i play fifa, we spend the whole game trying to get him goals. not a winning strategy but still hella fun.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
it’s either him or peter crouch. we effing love peter crouch scoring goals.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
i spend most of my time trying to win ONE header…just one, CPU, let me win just one.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
must nifty elsewhere too
’cause he definitely scored a world cup winner in terms of wife.
abigail clancy.
I KNOW RITE?
I didn’t know stripes and solid green went so well together
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
I only noticed the eyeshadow, should have coordinated better.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I hear he’s really well endowed in the wallet.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
He's 6'8"
THINK OF THE DOWNSTAIRS
plus, he’s a rich footballer
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
We actually discussed this on my other community the other day
You’d be surprised.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
go on…?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
Starts with “micro-”
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
yeah, you’re right.
Footballers make a lot of money, but they’re likely to spend more too
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Haha
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
When you win an agrument over there, do you go “YOU JUST GOT DOOCE’D!”
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No, but I don’t fire people…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 7:09 PM PST up reply actions
Ahh. I guess that’s as decent an explanation as any :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
I consider myself a free agent, not a bandwagoner!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
HMMMMMMMM what? I’m not complaining about the existence bandwagon fans. I just wonder why someone would willfully choose to be one.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
you are not alone
many people are, stunningly, confused at this. Apparently because they think people (casual fans) should enjoy watching miserable, mediocre teams of limited ability lose.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
Are you saying there are only two categories of teams in the world? Rich, dominant mega-successful teams and miserable, mediocre teams?
Look, I totally get why people here in the Bay Area were quick to adopt the Giants over the past couple of years (or the past decade really). That makes plenty of sense. They’re the local team, and when they do well, they’re going to get more interest around here. That’s how it works. That’s normal.
But for someone distant, who has no geographic or familial loyalty, to pick a team, unless there’s some special reason or moment or whatever, it seems lame and obvious to pick the dominant team. It’s like if someone lived in England and decided they wanted to get into baseball, picking the Yankees his rooting interest would be really really lame. I’m not saying that someone would have to pick a team like the Pittsburgh Pirates or something to have any cred, but don’t pick the friggin’ Yankees.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
It’s like if someone lived in England and decided they wanted to get into baseball, picking the Yankees his rooting interest would be really really lame.
Isn’t this what people do abroad?
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 13, 2012 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
it’s easier to follow the bigger/better teams overseas. more information/more likely able to find games on tv/internet.
Taiwanese people loved the Yankees when they had a Taiwanese player!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 7:10 PM PST up reply actions
Probably, but I wasn’t in Taiwan at that time, so I didn’t hear about it as much. Everyone was scandalized when I declared my hatred for the Yankees.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 7:32 PM PST up reply actions
Japanese people better be rooting for Scranton Wilkes Barre while they have Kei Igawa!!!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 8:46 PM PST up reply actions
If somebody sees the Yankees, or the Lakers, or whoever, on TV, they happen to get excited and interested, and starts following them, what difference does it make where they live? Thanks to MLB rules you can more or less forget about seeing the Pirates or Marlins anyway.
For extra credit, did the A’s have more fans in the late 80s, or now after 5 years without a winning record? All those creeps who rooted for the Bash Brothers were really lame, they should have waited until they could root for Omar Olivares.
If you’re saying you don’t like front-runners, who change favorite teams every year, that’s one thing. But I had more than a bellyful of Giants fans kvetching about people who, amazingly, were more interested in Buster Posey and Tim Lincecum than they were with Jeff Fassero and Michael Tucker.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
No, I’m saying that teams like the Yankees, Lakers, Celtics, Manchester United, Brazilian National Soccer… Those are all such historically dominant powers that anybody who is approaching the sport anew from a neutral perspective should at least know what they represent. They’re in a category of their own. You know going in that you’re picking one of the most dominant teams in the sport to root for.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
We’re still talking about people who know nothing about the sport, right? Those are the teams that will be on TV for the playoffs or big games, and who people will see. They will watch them win, and they might like them. Then they might see them again.
Maybe there should be sports viewing licenses, so prospective fans pass a history exam before they decide they like watching David Beckham kick a ball.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
Nobody has to pass a history exam or even be a fan of the sport in question to know that those teams are superpowers.
If you grew up or live in NY, or your family were all Yankees fans and they handed it down to you, or your spouse is a Yankees fan, or some explanation like that, fine. Be a Yankees fan. If you just decide, hey I’m gonna start liking the Yankees, well, then that’s your prerogative, but I’m gonna think you’re lame.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
Why would anyone who doesn’t know anything about the NBA know that the Lakers are a superpower? And even if they do, why are they not entitled to root for whoever (yeah, I did it) they want to? Why is that lame? Who the hell are people in Nebraska supposed to root for?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
Which gives them a natural hockey team: Lightning!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
who isn’t a Fire Starkey fan on this blog?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
Because it’s just common cultural knowledge. Besides, it’s not hard to figure out once you start getting into the sport. Sure, they’re entitled to root for whomever they want… and I’m entitled to think it’s lame :)
Someone in Nebraska? [shrug] There are plenty of interesting/exciting teams. The Thunder, for one. Hell, this year, the Clippers look interesting. The Mavs were a good story last year. The Blazers look somewhat promising. The Nuggets and Jazz have been decent for a while, and they’re pretty close by. The Bulls are close by and they’re plenty exciting.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
You are entitled to think it’s lame, and as I said you are not alone, it’s just off-putting. Maybe you hang around sports fans exclusively, but I can tell you that if someone here decided to root for the Red Wings, they don’t know shite about Steve Yzerman, at least until they’ve seen a bunch of games.
Arguing they should “root, root root for the home team” is one thing. Suggesting someone in Chadron should be a Blazers fan is crazy, especially given the dramatic likelihood they’re going to see eleventy Lakers games before they ever see one Blazers game.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Really, in this day and age with almost everyone having cable TV and sports packages which let you watch whichever pro team you want?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
“almost everyone” in Nebraska? Pine Ridge?
And if I’m following your argument, they, in fact, should not watch whichever pro team they want.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Could and should are two different things. :)
Like I said, they’re free to front-run all they want, and I’m free to judge them for it.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
So, you hate kids in Omaha that decided to follow Cal baseball last spring when they saw the team there and order hats from Berkeley. They suck!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
That’s stupid. Cal isn’t a superpower, except maybe in Rugby.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
Well then I hope they buy BYU rugby jerseys!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
Also, you’re reading way too much into it. I don’t HATE anyone. In fact, I’ll welcome any non-affiliated bandwagoners if they want to follow a team I like for whatever reason. But if it’s a superpower team, then it’s a little mystifying to me. To get back to the original topic of this conversation, I’m somewhat interested in following EPL a bit more. I know very little about it. But I wouldn’t choose ManU. I’d probably be more inclined to choose, I dunno, Arsenal, or Liverpool, or Everton perhaps.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
So, how did you choose the Dodgers, again?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
My Dad has been a Dodger fan since they came to LA in 1958, and I grew up going to Dodger games down in Southern California.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
So what if you lived in Phoenix when you were growing up? When the Dodgers happened to be good, and on TV an awful lot when there weren’t other channels available?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
think phoenix, like vegas, was dodger territory before the dbacks.
by j.lee on Jan 13, 2012 5:44 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
That would be fine. The Dodgers also aren’t a superpower. You don’t think the teams I explicitly mentioned are in a class of their own when it comes to dominating their sports?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
The Lasorda/Garvey Dodgers weren’t a superpower? Walter O’Malley basically ran MLB. Check out “Lords of Creation” for delicious stories like the creation of the San Diego Padres as a perpetual Dodger patsy.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 7:00 PM PST up reply actions
No, they weren’t. Yeah, they went to the WS 4 times in 7 years, which is an awesome stretch. But they only won once, in large part because they kept playing the Yankees. Need I remind you that the Yankees have 27 WS championships and FORTY American League pennants? They’re simply on another level. There are great historical franchises in baseball, like the Dodgers and Giants and Cardinals and Red Sox, but none of those dominate the sport like the Yankees have, ever since forever.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
2 WS championships in the 60s, thanks to Koufax, Drysdale, et al.
Still kept running into the Yankee buzzsaw though. It’s a recurring theme in Dodger history.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:09 PM PST up reply actions
They’re tied with St. Louis for second if you count the Cards’ American Association pennants.
Of course the Dodgers went a bunch of times only to lose to the Yankees. The Dodgers have 22 pennants but only 6 WS championships. The Cardinals have 11, the A’s have 9, the Red Sox have 7, and the Dodgers and Giants are tied at 6.
The Giants have 21 pennants, just for comparison.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:39 PM PST up reply actions
I like seeing you explain the Dodgers’ crapulence, but you’re sinking here.
“Lords of Creation”. Also, take a look at “Bottom of the Ninth”, a nice romp through the roughshod run to get a nice hunk of Los Angeles and a privately-owned stadium all to themselves.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 8:48 PM PST up reply actions
I think it compares pretty evenly to the Giants’ crapulence (21 pennants, 6 WS wins).
And yeah, O’Malley got a sweet deal when he moved to LA. Sounds like a pretty brilliant fucking idea to bring baseball west, wouldn’t you say? You probably wouldn’t be a Giants fan if he hadn’t.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
seriously
if you don’t understand how O’Malley ran baseball, especially after the Yankees started sucking, it’s fairly risible that you want to attribute historical knowledge to new sports fans.
And I’ve lived in both towns the Giants played in, so you’d be wrong. It’s pretty fun to wear my Mays shirt around NY and talk to people who remember him.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
dude
What the heck is your point? What are you prattling on about? I get you don’t like the Dodgers and are probably trying to troll me, but I don’t get it. O’Malley was an influential owner nearly 50 years ago while the Yankees had their harrowing drought between winning pennants in 1964 and 1976, over which time the Dodgers won… 3 whole pennants? Okay… so?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
My point is that O’Malley and the Dodgers were as powerful as the Yankees, if not the Yankees of the NL before the leagues were combined in the 90s. He created the Angels to have a nice tenant for his team. He engineered the creation of the Padres to have a local whipping-boy. You already noticed what they did to Brooklyn and the PCL with their move. I can tell this is not something you researched before becoming a Dodgers’ fan. You should do so sometime.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 14, 2012 5:45 AM PST up reply actions
so…didn’t want to be the only team on the west coast…
by j.lee on Jan 14, 2012 10:41 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
It’s like you haven’t read a single thing I’ve posted. Amazing lack of reading comprehension, or excellent trolling all around.
1) It doesn’t matter for squat that O’Malley was politically influential 50 years ago. It really doesn’t. The Dodgers have pretty much an identical record to the Giants in terms of pennants and WS titles. We haven’t been back to the fucking World Series in 24 years and don’t look to be headed back anytime soon. We are no way the Yankees of anything. To compare them to the Yanks, or Man U, or the Celtics or Lakers or whatever, is completely and totally asinine. They’re a historically good team with a grand history, but they’re in no way comparable to the Yankees.
2) EVEN if they were Yankees of the NL or whatever as you ludicrously claim, I didn’t “pick” them. I inherited them. I was born and raised in Southern California. My Dad has been a Dodger fan since 1958. I don’t begrudge anyone who lives in New York or belongs to a family of Yankee fans for continuing the tradition.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 14, 2012 8:35 PM PST up reply actions
Also, I’m aware of the controversial history of the O’Malleys and the circumstances of the Dodgers’ move to LA. I’m surprised you haven’t also heaped the poor evicted residents of Chavez Ravine on my head as well. It’s not relevant to the discussion though.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 14, 2012 8:38 PM PST up reply actions
tl:dr
I’m just assuming that the take-home message is that the Yankees, Dodgers, and Lakers all suck.
Old Toothwrangler
Nah, I’ll summarize: Natteringnabob hates the Dodgers, likes trolling.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 14, 2012 10:22 PM PST up reply actions
no
The message is: I don’t care who you root for, or why, and your rules for why an orphan who didn’t have a father to teach them about a sport, or someone who had no exposure to a sport, has some duty of inquiry are ludicrous. Perhaps your future lectures to new fans on their errant ways will be more effective than mine about yours.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 15, 2012 6:35 AM PST up reply actions
You keep framing things in such weird terms like “duty of inquiry”. Dude, if you are new to baseball and randomly want to root for the Yankees, so be it, that’s your choice. But people are gonna think you’re a frontrunner, and for good reason. That’s all I’m saying.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 15, 2012 8:24 AM PST up reply actions
Meh. This is going to sound silly and trivial but I dislike the NBA Spurs so it’d be hard to overcome that association. Also the word Tottenham makes me think of Hottentot, which also isn’t a nice direction for my mind to go in. Sorry boomtho :-/
I’m willing to be courted by supporters of other teams though!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not going to keep ragging on you, but I hope you will not burden too many new, excited fans you encounter with lectures about what morons they are for rooting for whatever team they choose. Or rant on, whatever you feel.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 7:01 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think they’re morons. Obviously it feels nice to support a winner.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t understand this at all. You’re suggesting that people should make a conscious decision to follow teams that are likely to lose? Why on earth would someone do that? I mean, I love my Bears and all but I would never on God’s green earth suggest that someone should CHOOSE to become a Cal fan. That’s the path to tears and angst. What kind of freaking sadist are you?
You’re suggesting that people should make a conscious decision to follow teams that are likely to lose?
Scootie, you (and nabob) are arguing against things I am not saying. Please point out where at ANY point did I say to root for a team that’s “likely to lose”? When the issue of a possible NBA fan in Nebraska was raised, did I direct them to the Warriors, or the Kings, or the Minnesota Timberwolves? Hell no. I offered a list of exciting, interesting teams that have a chance to compete and be successful, but AREN’T the lazy, easy, frontrunner choice.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 7:59 PM PST up reply actions
Though I guess in a sense, since only 1 team can win a championship in any year, then I guess every team is “likely to lose”, and only the superpower is least likely.
If you had a friend who wanted to get into college football, would you advise that person, “Be an Alabama fan” or “Be an Ohio State fan” because they’re most likely to win?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:01 PM PST up reply actions
Cleveland: you’re either a diehard fan, or you’re not into sports at all
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
I would probably say
“root for whoever the hell you want to”.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
“Thanks for the advice! I’m so glad I came to my knowledgeable college football fan friend to guide me. That’s so helpful.”
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
If this hypothetical person already chose a team, what “advice” would they need? Why would they listen to pious lectures about the evils of the Lakers/Yankees/Microsoft?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 9:00 PM PST up reply actions
Arsenal and Liverpool? That’s like choosing USC or Texas instead of Alabama!
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Is it? Has Arsenal won much recently? I thought they have a reputation for losing to Manchester, kind of like a Yankees-Dodgers scenario or something. Though, like I said, I don’t have a ton of EPL knowledge, but I knew an English dude who rooted for them and he seemed to have a decent sports sensibility.
I know even less about Liverpool. I thought Chelsea was another one of those dominant kinds of teams though so I left them off. Man City seems to be kind of like the Miami Heat or something… I dunno, make the case, help me choose!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:06 PM PST up reply actions
Manchester United: 19 league championships
Liverpool: 18
Arsenal: 13
Add in Chelsea and you have the only four clubs to win the title since Blackburn in 1995.
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So, looks like Arsenal have won it 3 times since 1992, as have Chelsea, though all of theirs are more recent… And Manchester has won it 12 times, and Liverpool hasn’t won since 1990.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
Chelsea is nouveau-riche. For a college football analogy, Chelsea=Oregon, Manchester City=Oklahoma St.
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Very interesting. So, who should I root for?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
So far, Everton looks pretty attractive. They might be the leader for me right now.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:19 PM PST up reply actions
Honestly, I hate Arsenal but they’re a good choice. They play beautiful football and they’ve built more based on a moneyballish strategy rather than spending $$$$$$$$$$$$$.
If you don’t want to pick one of the ‘Big 4’ or ‘sky 6’ then Fulham, Everton, Aston Villa or Newcastle are all excellent choices.
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Of course, if you want to pick based on the quality of the SBN blog, I humbly submit that Tottenham is the clear choice.
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hmmm
Sorry Leon, and sorry Nick, just based on my initial research here… Everton’s got a long and colorful history (109 years in the top league! That’s longer than any other team), they’re a founding member of the EPL, they’ve some history of success (9 titles) and it seems like they’re competitive a fair amount of the time… and it looks they’ve got a few Americans (including Landon Donovan and Tim Howard), plus they’ve got a blue-and-gold away kit… I think they’re gonna be my guys. Does that mean DC Trojan and I will share a team? That should be interesting.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:31 PM PST up reply actions
Now is a painful time for Everton, and sadly Landon won’t be around much longer) but it’s a solid choice.
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Well, if it’s painful, at least DC Trojan’s cheery disposition will help keep my spirits up :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
until you watch an everton game. yeah…not much beautiful game going on there. i say, if aren’t going to watch my team, then watch spurs. they’re essenfially united without the defenders/winning. generally, it’s all attack attack attack.
by j.lee on Jan 13, 2012 9:01 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
ledly > sol.
if he had knees, woulda been great.
by j.lee on Jan 13, 2012 9:03 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
SPEAK AMERICAN, DAMMIT!
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I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
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I find Barca’s tiki taka play interesting and fun to watch. Granted all the diving and complaining at every call by both sides during El Clásico was kinda off-putting…
it’s interesting. i like xavi and iniesta’s game/close control of the ball. but the rest of them go down way too easily.
by j.lee on Jan 13, 2012 10:12 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
It’s a joy to watch Messi though. Wonder if he’ll win his 4th Ballon d’Or…
by puresilence on Jan 13, 2012 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
well damn…kobe w/ 42 tonight.
by j.lee on Jan 13, 2012 10:15 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
And it’s times like this that make me want to buy NBA league pass…
by puresilence on Jan 13, 2012 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
Ha, how would you describe Everton’s style, if any?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
uninspiring to watch.
but they’re tough and physical, but not dirty. like to play down the wings, but they simply don’t have a magicians on the wing to consistently create chances.
Hmm. I’ll try to watch a few games and see how I feel about it. Thanks for the heads-up. I’d like to see what DC has to say about it :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
That’s the difference that Donovan makes on his cameos – his crosses from the wings are excellent. (Everton got sca-rewed today on a decent penalty shout in the first half).
Broadly though you’re right – they’re good at maintaining possession but they desperately need to score more goals. Moyes needs to stop arsing about and play a straight 4 – 4 – 2
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SO MUCH SOCCER!
YOU ALL LIVE IN AMMMUURRICAH! NEVER FORGET THAT!!!
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Yeah
I have a buddy who picked up the EPL a couple of years ago and he first rails against front running ManU fans . . . and then you go out and choose Aresnal as your team? Really?
Plus he always talks about “us” and “we” – I think if you’re going to do that, at least become a member of the club. (I’m a member of Fulham)
(I’m a member of Fulham)
Does your butler
Does your butler
Does your butler know you’re here?
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Look, I totally get why people here in the Bay Area were quick to adopt the Giants over the past couple of years (or the past decade really). That makes plenty of sense. They’re the local team, and when they do well, they’re going to get more interest around here. That’s how it works. That’s normal.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, not to worry. I’m thoroughly immune from liking the Giants.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
They should be cool hipsters and root for lousy teams instead!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
You probably bought in 94 you big sellout! Let’s see your Jarry Park ticket stubs!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
Actually he probably bought it in 2009 from Lidz after a rapper started wearing it.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, that is EXACTLY 100% what I am saying, thanks.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
brb flattening the brim on my teal A’s hat
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
GO PORTLAND AS!
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Quiet you, you can’t root for them unless you live in Multnomah County.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
No! I’m a City fan.
We’re talking about NBA< right?
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OMG OMG OMG DOOM
I first posted this as he responded to a question that he thinks it would take "close to $1 mil’’ (meaning million) to get Lupoi to come to Washington. As I wrote above, he made a reported $164,000 last year at Cal. As Biggins noted earlier, and as other rumors have also stated, UW may be putting a hard press on Lupoi to try to get him north, even if it sounds like he’s predisposed to want to stay at Cal-trying to make him an offer he may not be able to refuse, so to speak. As Biggins notes, UW "pretty much has an open checkbook’’ if it wants to try to lure assistants-especially now with the influx of Pac-12 TV money, which helped bring up the bottom teams financially but also made the rich richer.
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 9:41 AM PST reply actions
then make it sound like DOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
so he’ll prolly become co-defensive coordinator?
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
he’ll probably go straight to co-AD and make as much as everyone under him put together.
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Tosh for Chancellor!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
Old Whip
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 9:47 AM PST reply actions
New Whip
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
take off that red metallic paint!
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
I think it would be great to paint it blue and make the stripes yellow, like our helmets/jerseys. But isn’t repainting a car crazy expensive?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah pretty much
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
Will you paint my ride?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
I got mine blue with the white roof/stripes. Yellow stripes would have seemed awesome, but I don’t actually think they would have looked as good as the white contrast does.
Also, I secretly think the red/white version of that car looks awesome, but I could never own one.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
A Cal blue or a UCLA blue?
I tend to only like black, white and red cars, but I would make an exception for a Cal Mini Tailgating Machine!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
Officially, "Laser Blue"
Not a true Cal Blue, but I like it plenty.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
My car is the proper color
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Punk'd
Someone drove your car to the water!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
No, that photo was taken here in Columbus earlier today.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Funny
The Olentangy is usually much cleaner.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Wrong region. IT’S LIKE YOU DON’T KNOW OHIO AT ALL!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
No, there’s no shame in that.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
Oh yeah, the S5 belongs to the missus, right?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
Yep, that is “her” car and thus it has auto transmission.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
Everyone’s gonna think you’re a Rams fan.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
Majority Whip
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
Old whip looks like more fun.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
Cal financial statements
So, I recently made some year-end donations to Cal Athletics (and the university) for seat-selection priority points and whatnot, which got me wondering how much money Cal receives in donations and what they’re spending it on. I couldn’t find anything until this morning when I searched for just the right terms. Behold:
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, Cal Athletics had $65.2 million in revenue, of which $15.9 came from ticket sales and $8.1 million from “contributions”, which I’m assuming are donations. On the other side of the ledger, they spent $8.9 million on athletic student aid and $14.5 million on coaches’ salaries. Also, it looks like contributions and revenue have fallen for three straight fiscal years.
Also interesting: for FY 2002, football generated $3.6 million in ticket sales. In FY 2011, football ticket sales brought in $12.2 million (which probably includes lots of AT&T season ticket sales).
wow goth teen weirdos really are all bark!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
goth’s have dreadies?!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
z
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
haha that’s pretty cool
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
lulz
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
Anybody see Parks and Rec last night? The political rally scene was A M A Z I N G
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I put it off because I was watching the game last night. I need to watch it…
by puresilence on Jan 13, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
I feel the first season is kinda slow, but the second season is amazing.
by puresilence on Jan 13, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
Just finished it. Oh god that was awesome.
by puresilence on Jan 13, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
"Everywhere I go I'm walking on red carpet."
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 13, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
Aziz is so awesome. His standup special was pretty great too.
by puresilence on Jan 13, 2012 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
Every time the music started over, I died laughing
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watched a little bit of it.
didn’t know rashida jones was on the show. has she always been on the show?
Apparently the daughter of Quincy Jones! Who knew.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
Daughter of Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton.
Younger sister of Kidada Jones, who was Tupac’s fiancee (he was on his way to visit her when he was killed).
Kidada:
Boy, Quincy knows how to make daughters.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:07 PM PST up reply actions
wat
Deuce Bigelow was looking big and high as CBS’ Rob this Thursday night premiered to 13.48 million total viewers and a 4.1 demo rating, representing CBS’ best numbers in the 8:30 slot since May 2010.
watched it…it had its moments, but i wouldn’t add it to my OMGNEEDTOWATCH list just yet.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 13, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
“YOU CAN DO IT!”
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
“Arch your back for security!”
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
z
Riots break out in Beijing over iPhone 4s:
Angry customers and gangs of scalpers threw eggs at Apple Inc.’s flagship Beijing store Friday after its opening for the China launch of the iPhone 4S was canceled due to concerns over the size of the crowd.
Apple reacted to the scuffle by postponing iPhone 4S sales in its mainland China stores to protect the safety of customers and employees. It said the phone still will be sold online and through its local carrier.
Customers including migrant workers hired by scalpers in teams of 20 to 30 to buy iPhones for resale at a markup to Chinese gadget fans waited overnight in freezing weather at the Apple store in Beijing’s east side Sanlitun district.
The crowd erupted after the store failed to open on schedule at 7 a.m. Some threw eggs and shouted at employees through the windows.
A person with a megaphone announced the sale was canceled. Police ordered the crowd to leave and sealed off the area with yellow tape. Employees posted a sign saying the iPhone 4S was out of stock.
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I love those new commercials that make fun of the Apple freaks/nerds that are waiting in line.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 13, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
France downgrade on the horizon?
Reports that Standard & Poor’s anticipated downgrade of France’s AAA credit rating could come Friday sent a current of worry through the markets Friday fresh on the heels of a steep drop in fourth-quarter profits from JPMorgan Chase.
France and several other eurozone governments were notified by S&P that their ratings would be cut as soon as Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported, though Germany is not believed to be among them.
The ratings agency warned in December that downgrades could be forthcoming for 15 of the eurozone’s 17 governments, including those with AAA ratings like France and Germany.
While a one-notch downgrade for France appeared imminent Friday, the market has been well aware of the likelihood for months, as spreads between French and German 10-year bonds grew progressively wider through the fall.
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nah
THIS bailout will work. No, it will. Really. Wait, what?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Ha, I’ve been eating bananas like that for a while now :)
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That article said you’re a monkey.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I KNOW RIGHT??
I so wanted to make a comment that said “insert horribly racist joke here”, but I resisted.
Totally should have done it!
lulz
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
there’s a tiny bit of stuff on them, but nothing significant. Besides, if you’re a banana with a mushy neck, it’ll be way messier to open it the conventional way.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
Then we snap your neck, rip you open, and feast upon your soft innards.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
a) I enjoy vegetarian food!
b) You ain’t a veggie.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
BAZINGA! rec’d with enthusiasm
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
I thought we crushed skulls and ate the goo inside on Thursdays?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t understand the last hint… 9V batteries are just bundles of other batteries? Opening batteries isn’t usually a good idea, but it’s not something I’ve done a lot of work on.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
wiki sez :
Nine-volt alkaline batteries are constructed of six individual 1.5V LR61 cells enclosed in a wrapper. These cells are slightly smaller than standard LR8D425 AAAA cells and can be used in their place for some devices, even though they are 3.5 mm shorter.
BATTERY = ONE OR MORE CELLS WIRED TOGETHER TO PRODUCE DESIRED VOLTAGE AND CAPACITY IN CERTAIN FORM FACTOR
WE ARE THE 0%
and for brain freeze.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
i got through a lot of my MBA classes using this technique.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
“life hacks” lol
Anyway, some of these are useful, some are unethical, and some are kinda dumb.
Also, who the hell struggles with bananas that much?
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Unless you walk into an empty elevator where someone else has already pressed several buttons more than they needed.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
It sounds fucking awesome. Oh, weird, why are we skipping all these floors? Oh wait, we’re stopping here finally. What do you know, this is where I need to get off!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
Als
Common uses for household products: http://i.imgur.com/Lufou.jpg (huge image)
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Unlock a chain with a rubber band hack is supposed to be used after the elevator hack?
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Craig James for Senative!!!!!!!!!
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
cold beer and head antenna
When I was in grad school there was a period when I ran the (sad but socially necessary) grad student social hours. We used the ice / salt water trick to cool down cases of beer at a time. Worked a little too well.
As for the head antenna, the spare key to my wife’s car doesn’t have great range for remote unlocking… unless I put it on the side of my head. For some reason this really bothers her. Can’t remember when I discovered that.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Worked a little too well
Did the beer freeze or something?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
Shitty beer goes down faster when it’s super cold, that’s science. It becomes a little too easy to get ahead of the pace notes for the evening.
(Even worse with cider, I found out once)
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Ahhh.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
Worlds With Friends saves life:
Addictive Scrabble-like game Words With Friends helped save the life of an Australian man with heart problems, reports Ozarks First.
Australian resident Georgie Fletcher met Beth Legler from Blue Springs, Missouri through a random Words With Friends game. Georgie’s husband Simon was experiencing some health problems, which Beth described to her husband Larry, who is a doctor.
Larry recognized the symptoms and urged Simon to go to a hospital, which turned out to be a last minute call, since Simon had a 99% blockage near his heart – an extremely serious condition.
"Had Larry not sent that message I don’t think Simon would have gone to the doctor that day," Beth said.
Three months later, Simon is alive and well and very thankful for that Words With Friends game. "I owe Larry everything…I’m really lucky to be here," admits Simon.
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I know “Worlds” gets you more points than “Words”, but I don’t think it’s the word you meant to use.
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He’s trying to take over the solar system, one move at a time.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
Surprised?
North Korea is punishing citizens who didn’t cry during the orchestrated public mourning over the death of Kim Jong Il, sentencing them to six months in a labor-training camp, according to a report.
The South Korea-based Daily NK newspaper said authorities have held "criticism sessions" for those who "transgressed" during organized weeping in the wake of the dictator’s death.
It said North Koreans accused of criticizing the world’s only hereditary totalitarian regime are being sent to re-education camps or being banished with their families to remote rural areas.
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
Dear Leader Sez
I’LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT!!!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
North Korean Re-education Camps : and you thought living in North Korea was bad…
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Just stay out of the Total Control Zones. Those are thw orst.
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Ain’t no weeping like North Korean weeping, because North Korean weeping is ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 1:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
batshit crazy nations:
1. Iran
2. North Korea
3. Twighlight nation
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
No, North Korea beats out Iran.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
CATS4LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE
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y no cat?
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
They're devious!
The Buddies are off on an all new adventure, and this time their journey takes them all the way to the ruins of ancient Egypt where, with the help of some new friends, including Digger the Archeologist dog, Cammy, a baby camel, and a mischievous monkey named Babi, they explore mysterious tombs, dodge treacherous booby traps, and race against a devious cat in search of the greatest treasure known to animalkind, the lost collar of Cleocatra.
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 13, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
What did the ___ say to the face?
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
HA!
I love Animals Being Dicks!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
"AndBears says STFU About Your F***ing Oatmeal Already" Update
Rishi, I have to thank you. On Wednesday, I went to Trader Joe’s and picked up a canister of their Quick-Cook Steel-Cut Oats. They cooked up well, and with a perfect consistency – still lots of texture, but mealy enough that it all holds together well and it doesn’t feel like you’re just eating a bunch of hot kernels. Instead of adding my usual brown sugar or strawberry preserves, I took more of your advice and sliced up 2 bananas, tossing them in.
OMG.
Amazing. Breakfast.
The Trader Joe’s oats aren’t quite as nutty as others I’ve tried, but it turns out that that’s ok – the milder flavor still works. Plus, I had no idea that the heat from the oats would bring out so much of the bananas’ natural sweetness. NO need to salt the water before cooking, no need to add anything else! The banana flavor just makes everything taste great without overpowering the flavor of the oats. Plus, the addition of the bananas help make it more filling! Wow.
This is gonna be my breakfast from now on. Thanks!!
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I should get around to trying that next time I’m there…
by puresilence on Jan 13, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
try making your own! Jamba Juice may add extra sugar or something… just a suggestion. In general though, oatmeal (wherever it comes from, except McD’s or Burger King) is a great way to start the day.
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Jamba fruit oatmeal is 300 calories and 25g of sugar without the brown sugar crumbles or fruit. May as well have Captain Crunch. The plain oatmeal is better — 210 cals but still 12g of sugar before the brown sugar. You’re better off with a bowl of Cheerios.
?
http://www.jambajuice.com/component/nutfacts/type/16
“As Served” INCLUDES the fruit and brown sugar.
Plain oatmeal without brown sugar or fruit is 180 calories with 5 g of sugar, all of which comes from the soymilk it’s served with.
You are significantly better off with that than with a bowl of cheerios.
And adding fresh bananas to it is very healthy.
So… yes.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
UH, no you’re not! Bowl of Cheerios with skim milk: 140 cals, 1g sugar.
The nutrition of Jamba oatmeal is appalling. 60 carbs for breakfast is absolutely ridiculous.
...
Yes, Scootie, if you add brown sugar and fruit, it adds calories and carbs.
But why would you compare a banana oatmeal with sugar to plain cheerios with milk? That’s not a fair comparison.
Btw, what the hell kind of milk are you putting on your cheerios that has 1g of sugar? 1 cup of skim milk has 12 g of sugar.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
depends on the source of sugar.
a small banana has 12 grams of sugar. So my breakfast, while healthy, still has 24 grams of sugar – and that would be completely different than pouring 24g of processed sugar into a bowl of oatmeal.
Now, I’m sure Jamba is just adding processed sugar – but, you know, just making a point.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
Most of the fruits at Jamba are processed and very jam-like.
That said, their bananas fresh.
Also, just blanketly saying carbs ignores the fact that oatmeal has a ton of fibre, which is something most people don’t get enough of in their diets.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
wooo!
Glad to hear.
If you want to up the flavour even more, grab a bag of frozen berries from Costco and toss some of those (thawed out, obvi) into the oatmeal.
It’s been my breakfast for the past three years.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
ok, off to rehearsal.
Glad I got to drop in for a little bit! I miss the DBD :-/
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Thanks! I’m understudying at a REALLY amazing, very local theatre – so I’m pumped :)
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And maybe pictures. Or gifs. With some foliage.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Re: headshots conversation from yesterday
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
SO RACIS
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Good in-depth preview of Saints @ NINERSSSSS
Remember the one from 2011 where the Saints were favored to go on the road and take out the clearly inferior NFC West champions? You know, the one where the dominant passing offense flew out to take on the team that just didn’t have the weaponry to compete with Drew Brees’ killer passing attack? The one where all the home team had to fight back with was home field advantage, a sound running game, and excellent special teams? Where the grinders with the inflated record couldn’t hide behind their schedule anymore?
If you don’t, well, just wait until Saturday. You might get a chance to relive it.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Saints are sadly probably going to win…
by puresilence on Jan 13, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
I, on the other hand, will not allow it. TAKE OFF THAT RED SHIRT!
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
Mmmm
Please take off that red shirt?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
No pants FTW!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Now I want to know what y’all are staring at for way too long…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
A Northern California tree trimmer has been decapitated after an industrial wood chipper apparently sucked up a rope tangled around his neck.
Nevada County sheriff’s deputies initially said 50-year-old Martin Lara was feeding brush and was pulled head-first into the wood chipper by the rope.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I’ll send you a message but THANK YOU!!!!!!! for your help yesterday. Had a great call today. I owe you a nice dinner!
Kenneth the Page
cracks me up to now end.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
WHEN END?
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nooooooooo
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
oh, and I’m probably going the Big Meet tonight. I’ll try to take pics.
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I SMELL FANPOST!
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gigglez
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
HOLY SHIT MARRY ME
I WILL NEVER EAT ANOTHER TURKEY AGAIN UNTIL THANKSGIVING
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 13, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Cats like turkeys?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
pringle
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 13, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
gawd this is creepy
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
I disagree
We could be a lot creepier
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
the kind where you make him dream of you?
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
pls post harbaugh dreaming of luck for the lolz
i need a pick me up
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
too much work, i was hoping to make it to zynga hh. and this cgb’ing is probably not helping.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
The drinks are free, but it costs upgrade tokens to add alcohol and mixers to them.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
What’s zynga hh?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
Does zynga have a bar? Do they let people come drink at their offices? It just doesn’t make sense.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
Should I be one of them? I’ve heard not great things about working there.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Another thing we should definitely discuss on a public board!
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not from Zynga. did get an email from a recruiter at a search firm, but it was pretty lame/vague.
incidentally, i’ve been wondering whether i should be putting any effort into politely declining unsolicited recruiting communications. some of them are pretty lame shotgun mailings, and i feel like those can be easily ignored, but some of them seemed to actually at least scan my linkedIn profile, and while i’m not looking to move right now, they are from companies i might like to work for in the future. but is a polite “decline” email worth anything? will recruiters remember that in 12-18 months? will they even be working for that same company?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
IMO, don’t bother. They won’t remember you
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Jan 13, 2012 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
yup
Unless you happen to be interesting in a job they’re pitching, forget it.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
My time, mostly. I’m already bad enough at responding to emails/phone calls/facebook messages as it is, and those are presumably from people I know and like. And I’ve been proactively doing things like un-inviting myself from meetings at work that I don’t really need to attend, so I can have more time to actually accomplish work and go home on time.
Basically, I’m trying to make an investment/return calculation here.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Sort of sounds like you’ve answered your own question already ;-) But honestly, i think it’s always good to be cool to people, you never know when you’ll need their help in the future. Networking is an important part of life…
Networking is an important part of life…
Too true, and having only met you a couple times, I can already tell that you’re much, much better at it than me.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
That is true. He could even out network me, I think.
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The irony here is I’ve never thought of myself as a particularly good networker, I just like meeting people and regardless if something comes of it, that in and of itself is the reward…
HES A NATURAL!
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After hearing what the CEO was doing with some employee’s stock option plans, I think I’d avoid them as an employer.
yeah that was a seriously dickish move.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
lol my friend works there…he said it involved like three people, and that they totally deserved it. It got blown WAY out of proportion.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
All the more reason for it to never happen. If your CEO is going to nickel and dime three people (and risk all that bad publicity) then I would seriously start calling his leadership skills into question.
I am 100% SURE it is this simple.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
hmmm interesting. still kinda stupid of the guy to do that though… he had to imagine this could potentially look bad from a PR perspective… and wtf was the incentive to give back the options? “give back the options or I fire you, cuz i don’t think you’re worth the options”? if somebody told me that, i’d think they’d want to fire me anyhow.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
This.
Even if it is just three people, would you ever want to sign a deal with that guy again?
For a great short time work experience that made tons of money for you while you get to live in one of the greatest cities on earth? Yes….
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a flippant reason to leave if it’s an isolated incident, but it’s the sort of thing where you need to assure yourself that you’re still a valued member of the team, and that this sort of thing is not going to end up happening to you. If I already worked there, it wouldn’t make me walk away, but as an outsider, it does make you think twice about agreeing to a compensation package if you know that the employer has tried to renege on previously-agreed-upon compensation packages.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
IMO given the number of individuals involved and who they were, there is no reason to think twice. But that’s just MO.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Just wondering, do you know anyone that works there?
Because I do, and he’s making lots of money, doesn’t plan on staying there that long, will cash out some options, lives in SF, and is having a total blast in life right now.
So, yes, at least some people are living the scenario I described…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
Many of his friends, he tells me, are doing the same thing…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
stalker
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 13, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
WHo iz Eddie Goldman?
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
i might be a successful troll, but every picture you post and I have to look at it for 5 minutes to decide if it’s real or not…
#calgang take me away
The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trolls.
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Hearing that #Auburn leads for the Armstead brothers and Jordan Diamond. Also, that we are still in it for Diggs, Winston, and Goldman.
State Senator from District 27
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He likes to fish
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Born on a dairy farm in Lee County, Tom Whatley grew up recognizing the value of hard work. Tom attended our local public schools and graduated from Beauregard High School in 1988. When not at school, he could be found working on the farm or participating in Future Farmers of America (FFA) events, showing market hogs, being a member of judging teams, and serving as a state FFA officer in 1988.
Tom always knew he would follow his grandfather, mother, father, aunts, uncles, brother and sister and attend Auburn University. Before enrolling at Auburn, Tom enlisted in the Alabama National Guard. After participating in the ROTC program, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Guard. Tom’s service in the Guard has taken him to Romania, Germany, and Turkey, where he was deployed in support of our troops overseas. Now a Lieutenant Colonel, Tom has received numerous honors and recognitions, such as the Army Commendation Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Joint Meritorious Service Medal, and the Meritorious Service Medal.
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nah i was talking about this guys' kids
, the picture kinda reminded me of parks
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Why is there an Arik at Auburn
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
TROLL-I-FORNIA
clap clap clapclapclap
TROLL-I-FORNIA
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 1:01 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
For we’ll win for Troll-i-fornia,
And for the Blue and Gold.
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 1:03 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
On our rugged eastern foothills.
Stands our TROLL clear and bold.
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
by cldpc on Jan 13, 2012 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
is this one of those “what 7 things are wrong with this picture”?
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
1. The graphic you posted is gigantic and red
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
Just one of them? :) :) :)
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
legs. the end.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
you keep my lovers out of this.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
WOW
u went there, didn’t you?
(pringle)
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if so, let me start
Those 4 ladies have penis statues on their shaved heads
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Awkward
Being told by Little K’s teacher that she has been describing things as “super mega hawtie.” Methinks I need a new pet name for Mrs. Kod…
Old Toothwrangler
by Kodiak on Jan 13, 2012 1:10 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions 5 recs
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA She’s going to be saying “last call” soon, too!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
next thing you should teach them is maybe “TMI”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
:(
Perhaps we should believe that some lucky child found this bear and they lived happily ever after?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 9:10 PM PST up reply actions
Or, the bear crawled to a daycare center and used evil scheming to establish itself as the tyrant-ruler.
Old Toothwrangler
Or the Bear lost to USC 8 years in a row
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I am on a conference call
…started 15 minutes late, spent next 10 minutes explaining a new committee and whether ‘committee’ is the right term, spent next 5 minutes debating what someone in another department’s job is.
… sigh… I spent the last day preparing a topic for this meeting, which we may not get to. I spent the first 3.5 days of this week preparing for a meeting which was cancelled (not rescheduled). …grumble grumble grumble… GO BEARS!
Cal: Bears with Books.
Is the person in the other department’s job to discuss the pros and cons of various Indian food related issues?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
btw, was there a winner about this, because I z’ed pretty heavily though the debate, but I wouldn’t mind eating some good indian food.
Cal: Bears with Books.
we discussed East Bay
but if you want the snack food we talked about yesterday, chaat cafe (3rd and harrison??) is awesome. cheap and a great happy hour too!
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
I live in east bay, you can tell me the winner there too. but I’m taking note of Chaat Cafe!
Cal: Bears with Books.
The chaat there is meh.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
nonononoonononono no no. this stops NOW.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
Hey, let’s discuss the relative merit of The Three Stooges Discover The Telephone Part IV
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Hey guys lets discuss the relative merit of aloo naan vs. plain naan.
Again.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
Hey, guys, let’s name the first car we ever drove and then post pictures of other cards because we totally don’t see enough cars on our daily commute btw I like the movie cars cars cars cars
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
…we’ve done this?
because that’s a great idea!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
2009 Papri Chaat
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 3:26 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
it looks like five little mini plates of sick…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
You have weird-looking sick.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
My neighbor had one. I wanted one for a long long time.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
i want one again. mine had the grill guard with fog lamps and taillight guards. and a big roof rack.
was the family’s camping/skiing car.
nice
Yeah, my neighbor actually worked for Nissan corporate, so he had all the nice accessories too.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
1990 Honda Accord
First car, and still my current car. Finding this picture, I also found an article about a guy who has driven his 1990 Honda Accord for 1,000,000 miles. YouTube link.
how many miles does yours have?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
Higher than 1990 Accords typically go for, sure.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
I love this subthread
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Very nice.
I didn’t actually recognize it as a nova at first. Fun car. Still have it?
Mine
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
let’s name the first car we ever DROVE
WE ARE THE 0%
by zoonews on Jan 13, 2012 5:19 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Ford Pinto. An explosion on wheels.
One of my HS history teachers had a Pinto wagon, stick shift. He was the faculty advisor for the Viking Trail Club (our HS nickname was Vikings).
I was in that car on backpacking trips to the Catskills, the Adirondacks, the Green Mountains, the Appalachians in Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Fun car, actually.
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"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
Reading comprehension isn't my best event.
First car I drove. 1981 Chevy Van
Scooby? More like where’s BA Baracus?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
True, but the model is closer to the A-Team Van than the Mystery Machine
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 11:17 PM PST up reply actions
I can assure you.
It was not as cool as either of those. It had curtains and a racing stripe. I wish I had a real photo somewhere.
My 2nd Car
2001 WRX — mine was black however.
It was OK, but Part III was better
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i feel better about ordering chaat from chaat cafe than amber. like, amber’s trying to make it feel like it’s NOT junk food or something.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
this was number 2...
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
I think you brought it to one of the tailgates. like emerald bowl 2008 or something
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
Of course…we beat Miami…it was our last bowl win I think.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
That’s my family’s go-to place.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
the one across the street from the Archstone Complex, pretty sure that’s 3rd and folsom.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
CHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTT
Cal: Bears with Books.
is this an official CGB Indian Alliance endoresement?
Been by a zillion times and never tried it… but will do.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
I actually like it. It’s got at least my endorsement. I’ve been trying to see if I can convince friends that we need to have an HH there.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
NO. NO ONE DOES! SH!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
there’s a lot of good options… two of my favorites are the gaylords on La Cienega and New India Grill in Irvine… hey you work by UCLA, there’s one on the corner of westwood that’s like just outside westwood village
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
New India Grill, on Westwood just past Wilshire. That place is good.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
it has limited parking, but they used to have a deal with the borders across the street where you could park there as well. it’s been almost 9 years since i’ve last been there, so i have no idea where to park anymore.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
Wait, Chaat Cafe is awesome? I’ve eaten there a few times but haven’t been impressed. What should I be ordering there? In the category of food.
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 13, 2012 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
Here we go again
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
Uploaded for you to link at rowdy women who are making less sense than usual.
hahahahahahaha
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 13, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
You left out:
Happy trolling.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
Writing performance assessments. For real this time. Feel free to cancel that for me.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
That would be slightly less baffling than the current way of allocating raises and whatnot.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
So at my last real job, I was the only R&D Manager who actually enjoyed this time of year. I continually wrote my evaluations and updated my employees on them quarterly so that there were no surprises, and I actually really enjoy the whole compensation process.
HOWEVER, if there is one thing I’ve learned it’s how utterly stupid most compensation systems are. Even the ones that make sense in principle are seldom executed as planned. I have a real problem with some totally unconnected group (HR) deciding the constraints by which I can reward my team.
Sounds like a DBD performed in the medium of conference call.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, I did! I haven’t had time to follow up on it yet, and no faceypages @ work, but I’ll give it a peek tonight. Thanks for sending. Sorry I didn’t see you guys yesterday!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
It is almost drink o'clock
There may be a movie in my future. Anyone seen War Horse? Would you recommend it?
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
nope. I am trying to arrange to see the Girl with the Dragon Tatoo tonight. We shall see.
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Jan 13, 2012 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
That movie was top notch. There are some eye-covering scenes, tho.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
Also considering Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Twistnhook. C’mon CGB hivemind, help me pick my evening’s entertainment
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
that one looks pretty cool.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
The Artist is suppose to be very good, but I haven’t seen it yet.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I heard it is excellent in a great theater with THX sound
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Mission Impossible? Sherlock Holmes?
Then Muppets and Hugo are alternatives that are more kid-friendly.
That’s all the other movies off the top of my head that haven’t been mentioned…
There’s also Melancholia and Shame if you’re up for something different.
I’ve seen MI, SH, Muppets, Hugo isn’t on much any more, and the other 2 are DVD flicks
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve heard great things and regret having missed it. Did you see it in 3D?
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
I found a theater showing it in 3D. I think I’ve made my decision. Thanks puresilence.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Update: it was excellent in 3D. Thanks again puresilence
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 15, 2012 9:21 AM PST up reply actions
Whoa. Have you been monitoring this DBD to see if I posted an update?
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 15, 2012 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
Nah, I was going to see if anyone was sad about Swansea beating Arsenal…
Otherwise, I was going to ask you in another DBD.
by puresilence on Jan 15, 2012 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
OK. Thought you were REALLY serious about your movie recommendations! I’m very glad I saw it in 3D. My wife usually hates 3D but very much enjoyed it too. Didn’t seem as gimmicky as most other flicks.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 15, 2012 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
Ha. I’m just happy someone else enjoyed Hugo. Real pity it didn’t do better in the box office. Absolutely one of my favorite films from last year.
by puresilence on Jan 15, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
Tried to take Little K to the Muppets and was bummed to find they discontinued it the previous day. Fandango lied to me!!!
Old Toothwrangler
Get it on DVD, and then watch it 3,000 times to make up for missing it in the theater.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
/shudders
I was trapped last night watching Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue for the umpteenth time. PTB insisted on using me as a couch.
Old Toothwrangler
PTB insisted on using me as a couch.
dude, you know you loved it.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
she was helping out. She fully understands the risks that come with you standing up :)
#calgang take me away
This
Prevention is the best medicine.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
Dammit. So that’s what I’ve been doing rong. I was using laughter all these years!
Old Toothwrangler
He’s got a floppy in his hand…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
lol
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
Top Movies out now, for reference
1 The Devil Inside Paramount Insurge $33,732,515 $33,732,515 1 2285
2 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Paramount Pictures $19,868,059 $169,568,971 2 3555
3 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Warner Bros. Pictures $13,689,321 $157,049,382 2 3603
4 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Sony Pictures Releasing $11,364,714 $76,900,628 2 2914
5 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked! N/A $9,496,913 $111,585,367 2 3425
6 War Horse Walt Disney Studios Distribution $8,679,470 $56,904,682 2 2783
7 We Bought a Zoo 20th Century Fox Distribution $8,305,797 $56,399,906 2 3170
8 The Adventures of Tintin Paramount Pictures $6,727,740 $62,008,015 2 3006
9 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Focus Features $5,478,521 $10,129,670 2 809
10 The Darkest Hour Summit Entertainment, LLC $3,124,316 $18,690,605 2 2163
Cal: Bears with Books.
I LOVED all of Sherlock..
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
I actually liked the 2nd better than the first. Unusual, b/c I usually see eye to eye with the critcs.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
I have seen 0 of them and didnt know Devil and Chipwrecked and Darkest Hour were movies that existed
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I’m pretty sure you’re not the target audience for Chipwrecked, though I can’t say for sure exactly who is…
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Patients recovering from lobotomies?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
Darkest Hour was the name of a metalcore band…
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
Which one of those movies is about the _ trolling the _ to troll the _ only to get trolled hard by the _?
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed, top notch
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
anil kapoor’s role made me sad though. my friend said “it set indian men back 20 years”
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Starring as Apu the Chai-wallah?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
seriously. wtf was he thinking?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
yeah but given his extremely minor role, and the fact that he is kind of a big deal in bollywood, how much money would it really have been to him?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
i duno, does he make a lot of bollywood movies still? i haven’t seen one in years
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
eh no idea, i don’t watch Hindi films
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
He was thinking “my bank account is gonna look GREAT after this!”
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 13, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
heh I thought the same thing!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
So, they’ve just now found out about Michael Jackson, then?
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Whatd he do?
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So you’ve giving up hope for your previous comment, just like the rest of us.
Cal: Bears with Books.
No, then after my joke (WHICH WAS HILARIOSU!), I got curious.
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pqtm
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
No. Tell me.
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His character is a ridiculous caricature of a ridiculously wealthy Indian guy who thinks he is the shit because he’s rich, but is in no way suave and is really goofy and, uh, Iunno…“tech service stereotype-y”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
eg Russell Peters saying “PAAAAIIINT”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a documentary?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
Blackhawks fan tells CSN reporter Sarah Kustok he loves her, leaves her speechless (Video)
Cal: Bears with Books.
DOOOOOM
We need to do a better job of hiding ancient chinese secret
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 2:17 PM PST reply actions
Wasn’t secret until the terrorists got it!
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
BUT THEY ARE INSIDERS!!!!!!!!
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
But they barely know her!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 2:23 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
(golf clap)
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 13, 2012 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
/facepalm
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
Thought they were talking about OUR Barbour!
Barbour “very comfortable” about pardons
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
They are actually related
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Only one way to find out.
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
LEAVE CALNET ALONE
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Calnet will one day rise up and overtake us humans.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
Calnet will replace Jeff Tedford.
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
Legit
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Twist went to the NY Symphony…
Little could Mahler, a century gone from the modern world, have anticipated the horrific intrusion of an incessant cellphone ring near the end of his ethereal 90-minute masterpiece, the Ninth. The instrument rang untended across excruciating minutes Tuesday night at Lincoln Center from the pocket of a front-row listener, sending the audience, the New York Philharmonic players and the conductor Alan Gilbert into shock and dismay.
As the ringing (one connoisseur said it was the iPhone’s marimba signal) vied with the Adagio climax of bittersweet quietude, Mr. Gilbert had had enough. He stopped the orchestra and turned, one witness said, and sternly asked the offender: "Are you finished?" The rage in the hall was general, according to bloggers who were there. "Kick him out!" came a shout from one music lover. "A thousand dollar fine!" demanded another.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
When I went to go see Phil Glass, there was a person near me with a cell phone that would just beep every few minutes. That alone was angering enuogh. And it was just like a beep.
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I’m surprised the New York crowd in the article didn’t tear that guy apart.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
well
At least people are less likely to blab with each other the whole time if they’re texting.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
Okay I have a semi-mean question to ask?
Why are we all SOOOOO jazzed about AA? He’s a “5-star” prospect, but only if he plays Oline. If he plays D-line he’s much less heralded. And we’re already stacked at Dline… I’d be sooo much more jazzed if we picked up a top-notch CB or TE…
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has he indicated he wants to play d-line?
haven’t been following, but if he could step in early and play on the o-line that would be a huge get. plus he can help with basketball!
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Yes, he wants to play Dline.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
What I read was he’s super quick and tall, has a body type better suited as a D-lineman. In HS, he could do whatever he wanted (as is often the case).
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Hey, don’t know if you saw it in the other thread but thank you very much for suggesting the ibuprofen… have some 800mg tablets and that seemed to do the trick!!!
It’s actually a huge relief because I think that’s a pretty big indicator it’s not a stress fracture…
Is this still your ankle/shin?
I sort of assumed that you iced it, taped it, and took advil 3x/day for a few days.
That being the prudent type of thing to do.
And, of course, in a week, start writing the alphabet with your toe to restore blood flow and range of motion.
Failing that, I recommend gin. Lots and lots of gin.
Old Toothwrangler
I always go to the last page of instructions…. gin it is!
You would think I would take a pain killer, but nooooo…. I rub dirt on it and whatever… but then I took the ibuprofen and that really helped… as in the pain totally went away. And it hasn’t really hurt today.
i’m not the sharpest tack in the box
Also we must collect all the pokemons.
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
you can ride a dominant dl to a championship like the ny giants if they’re all as good as advertised.
Yeah but dline is the last place we need help in that department…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
So were the last, like, six.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
The more elite competition for snaps, the better the overall level of play.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
I’m just saying, I’d much rather have an elite CB, TE, or OT/OG. I still don’t get the total wigging out over him. He’s like the 7th or 8th “good to great” Dline prospect we’ve had in two years…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
Also, he’s ranked hella high everywhere and it makes Cal look like that hawt chick that everyone wants to buy drinks for.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
^^this is sort of the only reason I can think of. I’d almost rather he go to somewhere far away and we occupy the spot with another position.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
Also, recruiting sucks, nobody knows anything, so lets get as many shiny baubles as we can and hope few of them suck
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I find shiny baubles distracting. I prefer a plain aluminum pole. Very high strength-to-weight ratio.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
Its not time for the airing of grievances, is it?
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A 5 star recruit enrolled at Cal is a festivus miracle?
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
When is it not time for the airing of grievances?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
new T-shirt
CGB: I GOT A LOTTA PROBLEMS WITH YOU PEOPLE
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
CGB: COULDN’T SMOOTH A SILK SHEET IF IT HAD A DATE WITH A HOT BABE…
CGB: LOST ITS TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
When its time for the feats of strength
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So you’re saying we must collect all the tostitos?
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Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
ALL THE TOSTITOS!
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I would too, but that doesn’t dissuade me from being happy when an elite recruit who can still make a huge impact chooses Cal. We have 2 of the top 5 players IN THE COUNTRY coming to Cal. That’s a huge deal any way you slice it.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
1) He seems like a fantastic athlete regardless, with great size and agility, and there’s no reason to think he can’t be an elite D-line guy too. He’s the top O-lineman in the country, but he’s also still a very good D-lineman. Less heralded, maybe, but less heralded than “best in the country” isn’t really much of an insult.
2) He’ll also be able to contribute in basketball. Goodness knows we need more bball depth.
3) He doesn’t go to a rival
4) Who knows, maybe he’ll talk to the coaches, go through camp, and decide that you know, maybe he should play O-line after all?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Is he actually going to play bball?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
Yes.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
I guess I’ll believe it when I see it.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
Why won’t Tedford let him play?
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Gimme an L
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TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t imagine this in college.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Two-way players are really rare…
The last guy I heard of that did this at the NCAA level was the kid from the furd…
And to illustrate the point...
he was a linebacker on defense and a fullback on offense.
I think playing both offense and defense in lineman positions would be much harder because of the repetitive hitting.
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
I say the more good players we can get, the better. For many reasons, not the least of all is the desirability factor. And depth is always a great thing.
just worried we’re overloading the dline. every prospect we get at one position eliminates a prospect at another…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
Not really. There’s chaff at every position, once you get down far enough on the depth chart. All this means is less chaff at d-line. We’re certainly not preventing any good OL or CBs from signing with us.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
we very well may be…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
Well, there are only so many scholarships out there, so techncially, it is a zero sum game. However, its my understanding that if some decent enough CB or OL is interested in Cal and we need a spot, some chaff player will all of a sudden go on medical retirement or something. Its not the most ethical thing, but it happens everywhere apparently.
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I don’t think we’d do that, Tedford =/= Satan, I mean Saben.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
We probably have done it. Let’s just admit it to ourselves.
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No context
but too good to not post.
by MailmanJr35 on Jan 13, 2012 3:20 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I just got fired for the second time in this thread…thanks!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
Try these with a little blue cheese. AWESOME
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 15, 2012 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
what’s the deal with the basketball game tomorrow? are there a bunch of cgb’ers going?
#calgang take me away
If I were in town I would.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
I’m going. Want to drink beer at the same place beforehand?
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
Do it.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking of who is going to games.
Any SoCal people going to either Cal-SC or Cal-UCLA?
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
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LULZ
You have to love “sources” in the new social media world where everyone scrambles to get it first.
In the NBA, I have a source that tells me “sources” that break trade rumors or assistant coaching hires are actually agents who want that news to get out.
On the high school and college sporting front, I don’t know how a source can be any more in tune, in touch or iron-clad than the immediate family.
Let’s take Arik Armstead, the national recruit football linemen from Pleasant Grove High who is with his brother Armond and dad Gus in Alabama as we type away here for a recruiting trip to visit the Auburn Tigers.
I talked to Arik at length earlier and to his dad, too, and contrary to fast-circulating reports, the 6-foot-8, 290-pound linemen man mover is not formally enrolled at Cal, meaning he is not a for-sure lock to be a Bear. Could Armstead wind up a Bear?
Absolutely, and that’s my guess. But at the moment, not true.
What has caused confusion is Armstead’s name appearing in the Cal student directory online. His name also appears on the Notre Dame student directory, a common tactic for student/athletes who aspire to graduate from high school early and enroll into college immediately.
But here’s the important element here: it’s not unique to have a recruit’s name listed in a directory and he never showing up. If anything, it’s a holding-pattern situation so if Armstead does indeed decide on Cal or Notre Dame, he has a head start with a course load.
And this clincher: Armstead, or any student, must attend classes at a college to formally become a member of that institution.
The Armstead family will announce late this weekend which college Armstead will call home.
I don’t need a source for that. That comes from the family themselves. We’ll have a Bee story Saturday that looks into Armstead’s decision to graduate early, to leave his Pleasant Grove basketball buddies behind and the hopes of playing at least one college season with brother Armond, who wants to transfer from USC.
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 3:43 PM PST reply actions
But will he be eligible for the first four games next season?
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
Suspended for the first four basketball games!
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Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
Uh, Armstead’s not in the Notre Dame Student Directory: https://apps.nd.edu/webdirectory/directory.cfm?specificity=contains&cn=arik&Submit=Submit
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 13, 2012 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
Looks like Davidson got trolled.
Gimme a C
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Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
NO I DID NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 13, 2012 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
haha that sentence was removed.
Click the link. Now it reads:
What has caused confusion is Armstead’s name appearing in the Cal student directory online. This is a common tactic for student/athletes who aspire to graduate from high school early and enroll into college immediately.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
I figured RB just tossed that in there for good measure.
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 13, 2012 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
nono I am pretty sure I got trolled too.
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
lulz
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 6:09 PM PST up reply actions
how the hell is it a ‘tactic’? It might be part of the process, but it’s not like some sort of nifty strategy
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
His name also shows up on Google! Brilliant!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
It’s exactly like mocking up their jersey: You get the recruit in front of a computer and you say, “this is what the online directory will look like with your name in it” and then you pull up that screen and it works every time.
WE ARE THE 0%
by zoonews on Jan 13, 2012 4:00 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
lolol
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
“This is what your email address will look like, let’s see if it works by sending an email to twistnhook with a picture of you trollin cgb in a cal jersey”
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Kachmarik, Scott (Scott)
Thanks for the help on that name, guys!
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Hooray!
MoreNCsarecoming
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Thanks for the work Joe.
When a football program hasn’t played in the Rose Bowl since 1959, never played in a BCS bowl game, never did better than a tie for 1st place in the conference, never had a Heisman winner then the fans become starved for news and attention.
Go over to any of the blogs visited by Cal “staters”. It is pitiful!
Joe should you know better than anyone how UCB is a program for losers. You had to cover the team in 2007 on special mission because all of the rage was that this a National Champship contending team. Then that team ended up losing just about 6 straight in what has become known as the “Greatest Collapse in College Football History”. Pathetic!
Don’t listen to that fan base. If you want to hear from reasonable fans go to any USC fan blog. Get your laughs from Cal “state” fans. Get your football awareness from USC fans.
by Yes We Cannon on Jan 13, 2012 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
so much haterade
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
What a strange existence that person has.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
LOVE IT!
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Can we trade for him, or will we sign him as a free agent?
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
Is it really known as the Greatest Collapse In College Football History? I thoguht it was the Greatest CALapse in College Football history?
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WOOOOOO CAL STATE!
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
We say UC
you say East Bay! UC!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 13, 2012 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
It was the worst thing anyone’s ever done in the history of mankind. Worse than 10 Holocausts!
I don’t want to overhype it, judge for yourselves.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 5:08 PM PST up reply actions
If there were a Troll Heisman, MoronSCsareScummy would have the award sewn up and a gotten sweet house for her parents.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 5:09 PM PST up reply actions
More like troll-dumb, amirite?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
Well that sucks because I really wanted to gOH WHAT’S THIS… A COACHELLA TICKET? SWEET.
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
But at this point, Coachella will sell out just because it’s Coachella. You could put a wet monkey and a flea circus as headliners and it’d still sell out.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
From the Book of Faces
Cal: Bears with Books.
by AndBears on Jan 14, 2012 8:27 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I loved DJ Who Can Be Replaced By iPod
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I posted this to a friend’s myface page and he commented, " I see Bitter in Oakland isn’t playing."
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by golden oso on Jan 14, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
MYFACE!
Any reference to The LEague is A++ with me
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omg rec’d so hard
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by atomsareenough on Jan 14, 2012 8:43 PM PST up reply actions
My favorite, for the record, was “Bearded Assholes from Ohio” :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 14, 2012 8:44 PM PST up reply actions
Crazy pic of McClure's knee, post-destroying...
not really graphic, but not something you’d want to stare at…
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Ooops!
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
edit:
http://yfrog.com/nz23994661j
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
STOP NEGABEARING US SUNSHINE PUMPERS WITH TORN ACL’S!
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
actually one of those might have been meniscus
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 13, 2012 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
David Binn is back
Cal alum and longtime San Diego Chargers LS signs with Broncos for the playoffs
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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We’re not known as Longsnapper U for nothin’!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
Can't explain that!
Gimme a C
Gimme an A
Gimme an L
What’s that spell?
TROLL!
Who are we?
TROLLS!
And who’s gonna win?
TROLLS!!!
TROLLLLLLLLL BEARS!!!
-Spazzy Mcgee
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 13, 2012 6:08 PM PST up reply actions
He was only listed on the Broncos directory. That doesn’t mean he signed with them!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 13, 2012 6:17 PM PST up reply actions
Ms. Atoms :(
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:10 PM PST up reply actions
A day late and several marbles short
But some of the food I had tonight:
and
http://i.imgur.com/qQJwg.jpg
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
mmmmmmmmmmmmm
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
Can I just call it Indian nachos? ;)
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 13, 2012 8:18 PM PST up reply actions
Isn’t cheese pretty much a defining ingredient for Nachos?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 13, 2012 8:25 PM PST up reply actions
chaaaaaaaaat
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 14, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Between the post itself and the comments, this was one of the best DBDs of all time. Well done weirdos!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Too much soccer, not enough supreme court analysis.
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AGREED
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Because it's lost way on the margins when comments get annoyingly small
Premier league fans will very much enjoy this fanpost
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
As a Spurs and Bears fan, I am pretty sure I have two of the best SB Nation blogs out there. It’s an embarrassment of riches really.
Hey...look who scored today...
Paul Scholes! He’s back!
3-0 United v. Bolton.
Scholes, Wellbeck and Carrick with goals.
(top of the league for now…so um…wigan…can you do us a favor and beat city?)
Scholes returns to inspire United
Paul Scholes’ first Old Trafford goal for almost two years set Manchester United up for a valuable 3-0 Premier League win over Bolton.
On only his second appearance since his shock retirement U-turn, the 37-year-old tapped home Wayne Rooney’s cross-shot at the far post in first-half stoppage time to give the hosts a priceless lead after Rooney had seen his penalty saved by Adam Bogdan.
Tottenham blew their chance to claim a share of the Premier League’s top spot as they were held to a disappointing draw against Wolves.
Mick McCarthy’s men stunned the home side by taking the lead in the 22nd minute when Steven Fletcher poked home.
And Spurs struggled to give Wayne Hennessey a real test until the second half and it took a 20-yard strike from Luka Modric to ensure they left with a point on an underwhelming afternoon that will do little to convince their doubters that they are credible title contenders.
Toothless Reds held at home again
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish failed to come up with the winning formula at Anfield as his side were held to a goalless draw against Stoke.
Ten-man Blackburn brilliantly clawed their way out of the Premier League relegation zone for the first time in four months.
The first red card of Ayegbeni Yakubu’s nine-year career in English football midway through the first half seemed to add to beleaguered manager Steve Kean’s woes.
But Morten Gamst Pedersen and David Dunn struck either side of the interval, and despite Damien Duff pulling one back, substitute Mauro Formica sealed only Rovers’ fourth league win of the season.
This is mindblowing
Look for Chennai Super Kings! (slightly slightly NSFW – there’s like 2 milliseconds of boobs)
Someone runs a transparent png file through Google’s recursive search close to 3000 times and posts the results – check out the internetz going from space to boobs to FUUUUUUUUU
wow
go CSK!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 14, 2012 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
SWEET forecast
CONFIDENCE IS GROWING THAT THE LONG-AWAITED PATTERN CHANGE THAT
WILL BRING BENEFICIAL RAINS TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
WILL FINALLY OCCUR BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE UPPER RIDGE
OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC IS FORECAST TO AMPLIFY ON SUNDAY AND
MONDAY AND PINCH OFF OVER THE BERING SEA. THIS WILL ALLOW A MOIST
ZONAL FLOW TO UNDERCUT THE RIDGE AND ARRIVE ALONG THE WEST COAST
BY MIDWEEK. THE MODELS DO NOT AGREE ALL THAT WELL ON THE
SPECIFICS…BUT THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME GENERAL IDEA. THE PLUME OF
HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER AND WARM ADVECTION RAINS WILL INITIALLY
DEVELOP TO OUR NORTH BY TUESDAY NIGHT…AND THEN SHIFT AS FAR
SOUTH AS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SF BAY AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY.
RAIN COULD EVEN BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE NORTH BAY WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MOST OF THE RAINFALL FROM THIS INITIAL MIDWEEK
PRECIP EVENT IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS THE SF BAY AREA…ONLY
BRIEFLY SHIFTING AS FAR SOUTH AS THE MONTEREY BAY AREA ON
THURSDAY. SUBSEQUENT IMPULSES COMING IN FRIDAY AND INTO NEXT
WEEKEND LOOK AS THOUGH THEY WILL BRING SOAKING RAINS TO NEARLY OUR
ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. THE PATTERN SETTING UP DURING THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK AND THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND IS DEFINITELY ONE THAT COULD
DELIVER PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN…AS WELL AS LOCALLY STRONG AND GUSTY
WINDS…TO OUR AREA. AFTER A MONTH OF VIRTUALLY NO RAINFALL…RIVERS
AND STREAMS HAVE AMPLE CAPACITY FOR THE INITIAL RUNOFF. BUT MINOR
URBAN FLOODING IS NONETHELESS POSSIBLE IF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS. A
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS EVENING TO
ADVERTISE THE EXPECTED COLD CONDITIONS EARLY IN THE WEEK AND THEN
THE EVOLUTION TO A WET WEATHER PATTERN LATE IN THE WEEK.
KEEP CALM
AND
Z ON
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I was going to hang my laundry out that day.
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Jan 15, 2012 6:36 AM PST up reply actions
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