DBD 2.23.2012 Arizona State Screws Us Again
by 49er16 on Jan 22, 2012 8:15 PM PST
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PrintKyle Williams, Arizona State grad. Yes an Arizona State grad cost the 49ers a trip to the Super Bowl. I don't know what is worse. The 49ers losing that game or the thought for a Arizona fucking State player costing the 49ers that game? I don't know how else to describe the way I'm feeling right now other than to say I'm bitter, disappointed, angry, enraged, displeased, sullen, and depressed. I haven't been this angry since Mack politic his way into the Rose Bowl.
Have a good week folks and thanks for letting me vent.
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This too shall pass
This too shall pass.
To ease the pain, I’m rewatching Game 5 of the 2010 World Series.
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This made me pqtm
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lulz
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by atomsareenough on Jan 22, 2012 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry man
I think they’ve been playing with house money for a while but still tough to go down that way.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 22, 2012 9:26 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I took much pleasure in this. It’ll be a Harbaugh-less Super Bowl! The two bros can console each other :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 22, 2012 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
It's really my fault
It’s literally the only time in my life I ever actually rooted for the 49ers.
Anyway I felt bad for 49er16 specifically. And the old folks around town that watched them be horrible for decades, then had to watch them slide into horribleness again.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 6:23 AM PST up reply actions
This is huge....
It would have been just that much reflected fame / interest for/in Stanfurd… which is not a good thing.
Cal frat kid from Kappa Alpha auditioned on American Idol
Kyle Cruise (?) was his name. He dedicated his audition song (“Angel of Mine”) to J-Lo. They made the kid look goofy on the pre-audition and then he kills the audition. Great audition — he’s through the Hollywood.
Looks like we have someone to root for on American Idol.
All this because I was too lazy to change the channel after watching the 49ers’ loss.
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i saw that too. I’m almost confident he’s also in the uc men’s octet. I’m rooting for him!
by Ursus arctos californicus on Jan 22, 2012 9:31 PM PST up reply actions
haha, my first thought was “Kim Jong Il’s more talented cousin?”
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Cal women's BB wins sixth straight game
Cal beats Wazzu to sweep the Washingtons at home
The California Golden Bears held onto second place in the Pac-12 by holding on to a 60-55 victory over the Washington State Cougars Sunday in Berkeley. In a see-saw game with 12 lead changes and seven ties, the game was decided in the final minute with Layshia Clarendon scoring four of her 15 points to secure the win.
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by Ohio Bear on Jan 22, 2012 8:41 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
Men's BB lets one slip away in the Palouse
Wazzu rallies in 2nd half to beat Cal
Faisal Aden scored 24 points to lead Washington State (11-8, 3-4) by California (16-5, 6-2) 77-75.
WSU’s Davonte Lacy hit a 3-pointer and drew a foul against California with 18.3 seconds on the clock. He missed the free throws, but did give the Cougars a 77-74 lead.
“I think the score was 62-62 at one point and I missed a big 3. Charlie Enquist said make the next one when you go back in. I went in, it’s my time, shot it, I’m not going to be scared to shoot it. I shot it and it went in.”
With six seconds left on the clock, Cal’s Justin Cobbs found himself on the free throw line. He made the first, missed the second, but Jorge Gutierrez, who led the Bears with 19 points, grabbed the rebound needing only a 2-pointer to force overtime.
But Gutierrez was out of position and threw up a prayer that clanked off the rim, giving the Cougars the win.
Gutierrez was the man all night for the Bears. The crafty guard popped long-range 2-pointers at will and didn’t hesitate to take the 3 when needed.
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Women's water polo sweeps through San Jose State tournament
Bears go 4-0
Bolstered by two goals apiece from senior Elizabeth McLaren and junior Dana Ochsner, the No. 2-ranked Cal women’s water polo team powered to an 11-7 victory over No. 17-ranked UC Santa Barbara Sunday (Jan. 22) in its final game of the Spartan Invitational in San Jose.
The Golden Bears finished the season-opening invitational 4-0, defeating Pacific, 9-5, earlier Sunday. On Saturday, Cal had topped Santa Clara (16-6) and UC Davis (13-5) to conclude its weekend in San Jose outscoring its opponents, 49-23.
For the tournament, 14 different Cal players scored, led by seven goals apiece from junior Kirstn Mase and sophomore Kelly Mendoza.
Against the Gauchos, the Bears also received single goals from seven other players – senior Jessica Robinson; juniors Breda Vosters and Kirstn Mase; sophomores Ashley Young and Kelly Mendoza; and freshmen Chris Baker and Tiera Schroeder. Junior goalie Lindsay Dorst finished with seven saves.
Cal held a tight 5-3 advantage at halftime, but pulled away in the third period by outscoring UC Santa Barbara, 4-1, to take a 9-4 lead before finally winning, 11-7.
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Mens tennis game resked:
BERKELEY – The 14th-ranked California men’s tennis team (1-0) has cancelled its match against UC Davis and will not seek to reschedule the match until a later date head coach Peter Wright announced, today (Jan. 22). The Golden Bears and the Aggies were set to take the court for a 10 a.m. PT match, today, but inclement weather conditions forced a postponement and then a cancellation.
Cal will host the 2012 ITA Kick-Off Weekend at the Hellman Tennis Complex on Sunday (Jan. 29) and Monday (Jan. 30). Please visit CalBears.com for more information.
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Womens tennis, too:
BERKELEY – The eighth-ranked California women’s tennis team has rescheduled and re-located its match against No. 70 Santa Clara, head coach Amanda Augustus announced today (Jan. 22). The Golden Bears and the Broncos will meet at the Degheri Tennis Center in Santa Clara, Calif., for a 2:30 p.m. PT dual on Wednesday, Jan. 25.
Cal and Santa Clara were originally scheduled to play each other on Friday, Jan. 20, but heavy rains forced the postponement of that match. The two teams were set to take the courts in Berkeley, this morning, but inclement weather conditions forced another change in venue and time.
The Bears will host the ITA Kick-Off Weekend, n
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Shane Vereen still in playoffs:
BERKELEY – NFL running back Shane Vereen will give Cal a former player on a Super Bowl roster for the 11th straight season after his New England Patriots were a winner at home over the Baltimore Ravens, 23-20, in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday. New England will face the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Sunday, Feb. 5. The Giants were a 20-17 overtime winner against the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game.
Vereen was inactive for Sunday’s win and also for the Patriots’ first playoff game, a 45-10 victory at home over Denver on January 14. However, he is on the team’s 53-player roster and still eligible to be activated for the Super Bowl. During the 2011 regular season, Vereen rushed 15 times for 57 yards and a touchdown in five games played off the bench.
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This is an awesome story. Twist, thanks for posting.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 8:02 AM PST up reply actions
ACTIVATE VEREEN!!!
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NinersNation discusses recent changes to crabbing laws:
Until yesterday, Niners Nation had never truly known great pain from the team. The team lost tough battles along the way, but for us as fans, yesterday stands as the worst experience of the last five years. I know the 49ers history dates to well before Niners Nation, but as this community has grown, it has become a bit of a history unto itself. During that time, we’ve experienced some bitter defeats that felt pretty awful at the time.
Now, we sit here a day later after the toughest loss since Niners Nation has been around, and one of the toughest losses in franchise history. I suppose it is fitting that arguably the two toughest losses in franchise history were both against the Giants (’91, ’12), featured a key late turnover (Craig, Williams) and saw the Giants kick a game-winning field goal (Bahr, Tynes) to end the game.
That game was a roller-coaster of emotion and it ended with one final swing through. One minute I’m jumping up and down after a huge sack, the next minute I’ve been basically knocked on my butt by the Kyle Williams fumble. The Giants ran several plays after the fumble and there were some commercials mixed in, which led to a sort of half-dazed viewing of the final moments of the game. I was hoping we’d see a huge special teams play to save the day, but it was not to be.
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SIlverAndBlackPride talks roster moves:
I won’t take much time reviewing the season here, I want to get down to business. This is my favorite part of the season, the offseason, which unfortunately, has started early for Oakland yet again. However, there’s some good looking FA’s out there at areas of need for Oakland.
With I believe three or four draft picks (depending on compensatory picks for Miller and Nnamdi), this team will definitely have to build through free agency. It’ll be interesting to see what the new coaching staff will have in mind whenever they’re assembled. Maybe a 3-4 defense? Maybe a West Coast offense? Who knows? So I’ll just delve right in on with my preferred possibilities.
First thing I would do, and I know this will be very unpopular, trade Darren McFadden. Look, I love the guy and love what he does on and off the field. However, this guy cannot stay healthy. Darren is a top-3 running back when healthy, but he’s still never put in a full year and injuries begin to stockpile. He hasn’t been so injured that teams wouldn’t trade for him, but he’s injured enough that we can afford to do so.
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Dubs season at quarter mark:
Warriors have played 15 games. The cake is not fully baked, but it’s definitely in the oven at this point. If this season was an episode Iron Chef, would there be time to start from scratch and maybe change up the recipe a bit? Are there some different offensive strategies that might be utilized or implemented by Mark Jackson? Let’s take a look at some Synergy stats to see if there are any helpful ideas we can glean.
Here’s what I did. I looked up all the Synergy stats for the 11 major players (excluding Tyler) on the roster right now (didn’t include Kwame Brown because there’s no point in strategizing when a guy is not coming back for the season – or maybe ever). I only counted plays that a player attempted 10 or more times. If you need a refresher on Synergy stats, see here.
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Sactown Royalty recaps week 4:
The Good:
1. Comeback Win Against Indiana
This looked like it was going to be another disappointing loss, against a good Indiana team. The Kings couldn’t hit a shot all night, and that didn’t change even when the Kings made their comeback in the 4th quarter. It was the defense and energy that won the game, as they held Indiana to just 8 points. Isaiah Thomas and Francisco Garcia came in off the bench and changed the tempo and got to the line. It was a great team win, and they carried that momentum into San Antonio.
2. Upset Win in San Antonio
The Lakers game to start the season was the most fun victory of the year, but this win against San Antonio was the most impressive. The Kings came out strong, getting out to a 15 point lead early in the first half. San Antonio came back, but thanks to a dominant all-around performance by Tyreke Evans and some big plays from Cousins and Salmons, the Kings won by two, giving San Antonio its first home loss of the year.
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SilverScreenAndRoll talks about Pau Gasol against Indiana:
That, my friends, is a no-look, behind the head touch pass. Any one of those traits in a pass is usually pretty cool. Any combination of the two is usually pretty spectacular. Doing all three at once? In a live NBA game? I can’t remember ever seeing anything like it. That might be one of the single greatest passes in NBA history … and nobody is going to remember it. Because Andrew Bynum couldn’t finish the play, and because Pau Gasol didn’t play all that well overall, and because the Lakers lost in typical Lakers fashion, this glorious pass is destined to be pushed into obscurity.
There hasn’t been much to smile about in Lakerland over the past few months. We were disgraced by our team’s exit from the playoffs, we were less than thrilled with the head coach brought in to replace Phil Jackson (for apparently good reason), and now, our team is off to a rough start to the season and looks to be completely lacking in depth and ability behind the big three. So take a night off from worrying, and just watch this highlight over and over again. It really is that good.
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ClipsNation looks at the West divison:
We are one month into a young NBA season that sees the Los Angeles Clippers in the playoff picture for the first time in, well, a very long time. LAC hasn’t started a season this well since the fateful season in 2006. Despite the slow schedule for the Clips so far, it has been a crazy start to the season. We’ve seen major injuries, surprise teams, and underachievers.
The All-Star voting results are coming in, and the standings are starting to fall into place as we pass the euphoria of the early-season games and enter the grind that is the NBA regular season.
Let’s start off with injuries.
We all knew it was coming. With games coming at a much faster pace this season, everyone knew that depth and youth would be key to sustained success. Star players on contending teams have missed time, including for the defending champions, where last year’s finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki is going to miss four games with a sore knee, and Jason Kidd has already missed time with back problems.
Spread across the other fourteen West teams, many more stars have been injured (Nene Hilairo, heel, 4 games; Stephen Curry, ankle, 9 games; Chris Paul, hamstring, 4 games; Zach Randolph, knee, 11 games, 4-6 more weeks; Eric Gordon, knee, 14 games, 2-3 more weeks; Manu Ginobli, hand, 12 games, 4-6 more weeks).
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FearTheFin previews the game against the Oilers:
Matt Taylor coming to you from the railing of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Tough loss for the 49’ers last night (or an hour ago, because I’m using this gameday to get over the pain of a gut-wrenching loss that shouldn’t have happened), but we move on. Feel terrible for Kyle Williams (especially the way he’s being treated on twitter), but the 49’ers also had chance after chance to put it away and the offense couldn’t get it done. Can’t put this one on him entirely.
But hey, this is a hockey blog, right? So let’s talk about hockey.
Goddammit, that’s not any better. Sharks coming off a loss to the hated Vancouver Canucks, giving up the game winning goal just seconds after they tied the game with a few minutes left. Saturday and Sunday were not great days for Bay Area sports fans.
Hard to step off the ledge right now (don’t worry, I’m sitting on my couch in reality), but the Sharks have a great chance to heal the wounds of the weekend with a win in Edmonton tonight. On an 0-2 stretch where they allowed four goals in both losses, San Jose needs a big game to get themselves back on track.
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Vintage news by now. But in case you away from civilization all weekend...
Cal hires Todd Howard as new defensive line coach
Todd Howard has agreed to become the defensive line coach at California, Golden Bear head coach Jeff Tedford announced Saturday. Howard has a combined 20 years of coaching experience at the NFL and collegiate levels.
“I’m excited to have Todd Howard as our defensive line coach,” Tedford said. “He has a tremendous amount of experience as both a coach and player at the NFL and collegiate level. We’ve had an opportunity to play against several of the teams he has coached in the past, and I’ve always been impressed by the way his defensive line has played. He is also consistent with what we stand for at Cal and will be an excellent mentor to our student-athletes athletically, academically and socially.”
“This is an outstanding opportunity for me to work with Jeff Tedford and the Cal football program,” Howard said. “Cal teams always play hard and are well coached, and I believe that my coaching experience and knowledge will be an asset to the program. I am familiar with this conference and coaching the defensive line at this level.”
Howard spent the 2011 campaign as the defensive line coach at Washington State, where he tutored second-team All-Pac-12 selection Travis Long on a vastly improved Cougar team.
Prior to arriving in Pullman, Howard was at UCLA as the defensive line coach and associate head coach on defense with the Bruins going to bowls three of the first four years of his tenure.
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by Ohio Bear on Jan 22, 2012 8:46 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
ESPNBearInsider Jim McGill
New Cal DL coach Todd Howard: “Remember Owa, Marsh, Willis and others? With my head-to-head battles with Tosh, I won quite a few.”
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by Kodiak on Jan 22, 2012 8:49 PM PST up reply actions 7 recs
oooooh!
Someone just got served on teh twitters
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 22, 2012 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
Rugby Bears got a win on Saturday
Cal edges Santa Clara, 83-7
Scrumhalf Nicklas Boyer and wing Hunter Frisinger scored hat tricks, Eakalafi Okusi scored twice and five other Bears had tries as California beat Santa Clara University, 83-7, Saturday on Bellomy Field.
Boyer added 14 points on conversions (7-for-10) before Frisinger (0-for-1) and fullback Spencer Morris (2-for-2) finished those duties for the Golden Bears (5-0). Broncos inside center Nick Johnson scored a try in the 50th minute, converted by flyhalf Daniel Iritani to round out Santa Clara’s scoring.
Eleven freshmen were among the all-underclassmen starting lineup in damp, gusty conditions, and the young Rugby Bears struggled at times to keep their shape. But while the weather may not have proven to be as adversarial as forecasted, Cal proved determined to overcome its own inconsistency and ended the day with a solid performance.
Okusi said the Broncos “really challenged us on defense and it took until the second half to really get going. We were finally able to change the tempo and then played better.”
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by Ohio Bear on Jan 22, 2012 8:48 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
edges
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shoot, how’d we give up 7? DOOM?
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jan 22, 2012 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
its PANIC time
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 7:31 AM PST up reply actions
HIRE JIM HARBAUGH
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As mentioned in the NFL thread (too bizarre a coincidence to post only once)
ASU fans remember this pain all too well, as Kyle Williams did the exact same thing against Arizona in 2009.
Arizona won after ASU’s Kyle Williams — who had caught the tying TD pass minutes earlier — muffed a punt to give the Wildcats the ball at the Sun Devils 22-yard line.
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I never thought the absence of Ted Ginn Jr. would matter this much.
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Fumbling on a return
Is one of those things. But there are two choices for a punt returner: catch it or GET AWAY FROM THE BALL.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 22, 2012 9:31 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I agree, Niners had all the momentum in the game (and the lead) until this. That mistake bugged me more than the fumble.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
it's too bad
I always hate when team sport results are blamed on one mistake, because to me: you had 59:59 other seconds to score another point or stop the other team, or 8 2/3 other innings to score another run.
But the defense had really tightened up on them and I don’t know that they could have driven all the way down the way Lee was pinning them in.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:12 AM PST up reply actions
The two punt miscues may have cost the game, but when you go 0 for Third downs, it is tough to win a game.
That is a problem unless you’re averaging 9 yards on first down!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:22 AM PST up reply actions
Cal softball "meet the freshmen" feature on calbears.com
Danielle Henderson. We already know her sister.
For those close to the California softball program, one freshman will be a familiar face for Danielle Henderson has finally joined her big sister Jolene in Berkeley. Having attended Golden Bear softball games for years and owning a softball resume that has garnered national attention, the younger Henderson was more than suited to don the Blue & Gold. At the conclusion of her senior season at Sheldon High School in Elk Grove, Calif., Henderson had played for the No. 1 team in the country, led the Huskies to multiple CIF championships, was a three-time scholar-athlete, a three-time member of the All-Delta River League First Team and the 2011 Sacramento Bee Player of the Year. Additionally, on the club circuit, Henderson won 16U nationals and more with the Lady Magic and also played in the 2011 Under Armour All-America Game. CalBears.com caught up with Henderson to learn all things Danielle.
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To steal CalBear 81's thunder...
SACRAMENTO!
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Shane Vereen
NFL running back Shane Vereen will give Cal a former player on a Super Bowl roster for the 11th straight season after his New England Patriots were a winner at home over the Baltimore Ravens, 23-20, in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday. New England will face the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Sunday, Feb. 5. The Giants were a 20-17 overtime winner against the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game.
Vereen was inactive for Sunday’s win and also for the Patriots’ first playoff game, a 45-10 victory at home over Denver on January 14. However, he is on the team’s 53-player roster and still eligible to be activated for the Super Bowl. During the 2011 regular season, Vereen rushed 15 times for 57 yards and a touchdown in five games played off the bench.
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He’s had some moonsovermyhammy problems the past few months
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 22, 2012 8:58 PM PST up reply actions
Ooh Denny’s!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 22, 2012 10:34 PM PST up reply actions
There isn't one in Columbus
So, my friends and I drove 40 miles in the snow for Denny’s once. At 4AM.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 22, 2012 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
Nope. But, we do have Steak n Shake!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 22, 2012 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
I think we have some Waffle Houses. No Iron Skillet. Yes to Perkins and Bob Evans.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 7:45 AM PST up reply actions
I do, too Mmmm biscuits…
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:02 AM PST up reply actions
I love Perkins! I used to go there all the time in high school.
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Is this the enw InNOut v. Five Guys?
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Just like that argument, there is a clear winner. SnS and Five Guys are superior.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
/facepalm
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 8:13 AM PST up reply actions
It’s not new, you chardonnay-sipping liberal elite, it’s Middle American.
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West Coast Ivy League Liberal Elite
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(psssst you got rejected from the furd)
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by CruzinBears on Jan 23, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
West Coast Ivy League Liberal Failure
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there we go
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by CruzinBears on Jan 23, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
perhaps oHIo
isn’t part of the US to Denny’s?
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by Rocksanddirt on Jan 22, 2012 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
That is some serious Denny’s love you got there. No IHOP around there? No Waffle House?
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Denny’s is nasty.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 22, 2012 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
We also once drove an hour for IHOP. Also at 4AM.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 6:27 AM PST up reply actions
Cholera!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
That’s a Grand Slam™!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
LOL munchies
DWB: driving while baked
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 6:23 AM PST up reply actions
Chip Kelly to Tampa Bay?!?
Front page discussion of the rumors
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And here we go...
Who becomes a candidate if Kelly does leave? The offensive and defensive coordinators in Eugene, Mark Helfrich and Nick Allioti, probably don’t get this job. I can’t see Mike Bellotti returning, especially given that he’s going to be measured against Kelly.
So where does that leave Oregon?
Jeff Tedford? Tony Dungy? Boise State’s Chris Petersen? A source deeply connected with the Ducks athletic department mentioned all three to me after the Kelly confirmation [of negotiations with Tampa Bay] was posted today.
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It's been confirmed by the Register Guard (Eugene paper)
University of Oregon football coach Chip Kelly has reached an agreement to become the head coach of NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a highly placed UO athletic department source told The Register-Guard.
“It’s done,” the source said Sunday night.
http://www.registerguard.com/web/updates/27502806-55/kelly-oregon-coach-source-bay.html.csp
Nvm, he's staying
University of Oregon football coach Chip Kelly told a highly placed UO source late Sunday night that he has reversed course and decided to turn down an offer from the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The source told The Register-Guard earlier Sunday night that Kelly had reached an agreement to become Tampa Bay’s head coach. "It’s done," the source said.
An hour later, Kelly changed his mind, telling the source: "I’m staying."
Kelly told one assistant coach Sunday night that he had been offered the Tampa Bay job, but Kelly told him he wasn’t certain what he would do.
by puresilence on Jan 23, 2012 12:28 AM PST up reply actions
I honestly don’t know what to believe any more. I’ll wait…
by puresilence on Jan 23, 2012 12:29 AM PST up reply actions
Whaaaaa?!
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 23, 2012 12:32 AM PST up reply actions
What a fucking jerk. Can’t even leave correctly.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 7:49 AM PST up reply actions
Ugh, Monday. There’s a joke somewhere involving Protest Pioneers and Oregon Trail, I just can’t put it together.
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Joe Paterno died on Sunday
He was 85 years old
Joe Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone in major college football but was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his reputation for winning with integrity, died Sunday of lung cancer. He was 85.
His family released a statement Sunday morning to announce his death: “His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled.”
“He died as he lived,” the statement said. “He fought hard until the end, stayed positive, thought only of others and constantly reminded everyone of how blessed his life had been. His ambitions were far reaching, but he never believed he had to leave this Happy Valley to achieve them. He was a man devoted to his family, his university, his players and his community.”
The Pennsylvania hospital where Paterno died confirmed the cause of death as a spreading lung cancer.
Mount Nittany Medical Center said in a statement that Paterno died at 9:25 a.m. Sunday of “metastatic small cell carcinoma of the lung.” Metastatic indicates an illness that has spread from one part of the body to an unrelated area.
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I kind of wish Paterno lived long enough for the courts to hear what exactly he knew or didn’t know with regards to the Sanducky case, and to receive his comeuppance if needed.
nah....
it’s pretty clear he ignored the problem that he knew about in an official way for upwards of 10 years. The current court stuff wasn’t going to go there, and he was unlikely to be involved any more than what he has been to the grand jury.
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by Rocksanddirt on Jan 22, 2012 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not going to pile on a dead man with a grieving family, but it’s hard to believe you’ve read the timeline / sequence of events that have been beaten to death over the last couple of months and can still hold to a position like that. He met the legal standard at the time, but utterly failed in the realm of moral culpability.
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Oh, I’m greatly suspicious of what happened, but I’m also not convinced his actions weren’t the same actions as about 80-90% of the rest of the population. Regardless of any of that, I think the sentiment that “I wish he could have lived longer so he could of got his comeuppance” is cruel and presumes too much.
but I’m also not convinced his actions weren’t the same actions as about 80-90% of the rest of the population.
That is an exceedingly dim view to take, in my opinion.
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It was fantastic."
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It may be a dim view but it’s probably not wrong.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
That's very sad.
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It was fantastic."
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The number of “nobody said anything” comments you tend to see when spousal or child abuse stories get bad enough to merit press attention tends to make me think it’s so.
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That's also very sad and true.
Furk.
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It was fantastic."
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Not a dim view at all. If you were a victim of childhood sexual abuse, I bet you'd think differently
Oh, I’m greatly suspicious of what happened, but I’m also not convinced his actions weren’t the same actions as about 80-90% of the rest of the population.
That is an exceedingly dim view to take, in my opinion.
And yes, I know whereof I speak. Speaking as a former victim, that is.
I won’t go into the sordid details, because in many respects, I was very lucky. In other ways, not so lucky. But I know that in my case, it was not the first time, nor the last, the particular perpetrator did what he did. Nor was it unknown to others.
It amazes me to this day that people would willingly look the other way. And yet it happens all the time.
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:(
Too little, too late- I hope you know it wasn’t your fault. I’m sorry it happened to you.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Horrible. So sorry
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Kinda like Baer Bryant
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Screw him he won’t let the A’s move to Huntsville!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:12 AM PST up reply actions
Bryan Anger put on a show at the East-West Shrine Game
Not sure what happened on that first punt. But he did better!
Former Cal punter Bryan Anger shined for the winning West squad in the 87th East-West Shrine Game® played Saturday at Tropicana Field. Anger averaged 60.0 yards per punt in three attempts for the 24-17 winners.
Anger’s first punt midway through the first quarter sailed 59 yards and he added another four yards of net punting when returner Charles Brown lost four yards bringing it back. Anger would later have punts of 60 and 61 yards in the third and fourth quarter, respectively.
“I came in this week hoping to display my abilities, primarily hangtime, and get my name out there as the top punter in the nation,” Anger said. “I am looking forward to kicking at the NFL Scouting Combine in February and then whatever else is to come afterwards.”
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I hope I never notice whoever’s our new punter.
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boooooooo
Find an even better punter! Make us forget Nick Harris and Anger, if such a thing is possible!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 6:24 AM PST up reply actions
Jed Barnett, come on down.
Huge leg. Very inconsistent.
Fortunately, you can’t tell ‘cuz he’ll be rugby punting and that always looks fugly.
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but
can he drop-kick? THAT is the great underutilized weapon in football!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 7:59 AM PST up reply actions
A drop kick involves letting the ball actually hit the ground.
Kind of a holdover from when both the ball and the game were a bit more rugbyesque.
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correct
it’s a scoring play, not a punt.
Also, I am not old enough to remember anyone actually doing this in a game, although I am old enough to have played against a single-wing offense in HS.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:15 AM PST up reply actions
Here’s Doug Flutie doing it in his last game.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
haha
Nobody cheered because they didn’t know what the hell was going on!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:15 AM PST up reply actions
I hope I never notice whoever’s our new punter….because we never have to punt.
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How have you enjoyed Cal football without an irrational appreciation of punters?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
I think its very rational
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People tweeting death threast to Kyle Williams:
It’s incredibly disappointing to see the words directed at San Francisco 49ers wide receiver and punt returner Kyle Williams. It was Williams who fumbled the last punt of the game, setting up the New York Giants’ game-winning field goal in overtime. And it was Williams who was the overwhelming target of angry fans’ ire.
With Twitter and social media in general, the ability to instantly react is both a gift and a curse. In Williams’ case, fans abused that ability to instantly send him thoughts, bombarding his mentions with threats and other harsh words. To say it was bad would be putting it mildly.
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Stupid people are stupid
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It's a good thing
he’s not a goalie from Colombia.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 22, 2012 9:37 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Was that it? I remembered it as a goalie.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 6:25 AM PST up reply actions
Sorry, I didn’t mean to sound argumentative.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 6:53 AM PST up reply actions
Your point still stands, who would wnat to be a Colombian goalie anyway?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
Need proof
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
I nominate carp to locate the proof.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
Only the single most entertaining goalie of all time, that’s who!
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without clicking on the link…IS IT RENE?????
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
that dude was loco
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
That wasn’t because of his mistake in the game, that was because of his connections to Pablo Escobar.
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That was an excellent program – linked to it in the comment above.
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HOL SHIT
Kyle Williams is Chicago White Sox GM Kenny Williams’ son (!?!?!?!):
Chicago White Sox general manager Kenny Williams questioned the “culture of sports” after his son Kyle received death threats on social media outlets following Sunday’s NFC Championship Game.
Williams’ son is the San Francisco 49ers wide receiver and kick returner who made two glaring miscues late in Sunday’s game that helped the New York Giants advance to the Super Bowl.
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i feel less bad for kyle williams now
his dad can always kick him some cash if he gets cut
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Are any other Niners fans secretly happy that Jim Harbaugh is sad righ tnow???? I’,M SO FULL OF SELF LOATHING
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How is that different than before the game?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 22, 2012 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Did you hear about the new JIMBACO/HARBAUGHBACO?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 22, 2012 10:56 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
This brightened my day!
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no
Why would I take any pride in the man who turned our team around this quickly being sad?
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He flushed a gold plated toilet at furd for a few years! YOU MUST HATE HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 6:54 AM PST up reply actions
I was kidding!
An amazing turnaround, all the moreso because I don’t think they had any real huge turnover in talent. Just wait until he has a whole offseason to work with.
Did they sign Smith only for 1 year?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 7:09 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, but very likely, we’ll resign him. I cannot imagine that Alex Smith would want to play anywhere else.
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For sure. I f he stayed after last year, there is no way he’s going anywhere. Now please draft or sign some decent wide receivers.
I hated the West Coast offense my entire life but I would have liked to see some shorter routes once Smith started having happy feet in the pocket.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 7:19 AM PST up reply actions
Early on it looked like they could run over the Giants with Gore. Tough in the mud, but the field held up better than I expected and after the early bomb they seemed to be loosened up.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 7:46 AM PST up reply actions
It did look like they gave up on the run a little too early.
Also, the Giants took a page out of the the old Patriot’s playoff playbook and were mugging our receivers at the line. Crabtree never got free. Only thing open was over the top and down the field, but smith wasn’t accurate on his deep ball and then didn’t have time for longer routes when our Oline started wearing down.
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I haven’t watched him a ton but he definitely seemed to be really tap-dancey in the second half. I don’t mean to pile on the guy, I just felt like he was trying to do it all himself (like Rishi said maybe they were asking him to).
It kind of looked like an old Raiders game when Stabler was hurt…. throw incomplete bomb on first down, run for 1 yard on second down, get pressured on third down while receivers run 10-yard routes. I didn’t watch every play, but I don’t recall any screen passes and even though Aikman criticized Smith for a dump-off there at the end, that’s something that would have helped earlier on.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:03 AM PST up reply actions
As good as he was last week, I felt that Smith didn’t play well yesterday. But, the Giants D had a lot to do with that. After all, they did the same thing to Aaron Rodgers who had much, much better WRs to throw to.
Harbaugh and his coaches laid a bit of an egg in this one, too. I think they went for fool’s gold from the Saints game and designed a gameplan asking Smith to do a lot. (like you said) In doing so, they deviated from the formula that had worked all year – smashmouth, field position, and game-management.
Even so, they played well enough to win this one except for those two brain-fart turnovers by Williams.
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We’ve been winning this season mainly by winning the turnover battle. We lost it last night and the game with it.
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One of those things… good enough to overcome one f-up but two sinks the ship.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:16 AM PST up reply actions
Sigh, probably the most painful Niners loss in the past ten years
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Sorry, but quite a few of those 10 years didn’t involve any “painful” losses at all, right?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
Come on, it’s the Niners. We always have plenty of painful losses.
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I just meant some of those miserable games must not have been that painful, so much as soul-sucking. You know, like Cal games.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:26 AM PST up reply actions
I agree with this, but also, it was a tale of two lines; the Giants were able to get constant pressure rushing only 4, we weren’t able to match this. Screens or a shorter passing game would have helped.
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hard to run screens when they’re only rushing 4, leaves a lot of defenders on the back end who can blow it up.
in all games combined, i only remember 3-4 screens combined. all 4 teams did a great job bringing pressure with 4.
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It doesn’t have to go for 20 yards, you just want to get the defense thinking about the possibility of a screen play. Picking up 4 or 5 on one of those where they had sent all receivers on post/flag routes could have helped.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:35 AM PST up reply actions
i actually agree with you, my buddies and i kept wondering when someone was gonna use a screen, even a quick WR screen to get the ball out quick.
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I hate screens and swing passes and all that dump-off crap but they do have their place.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:37 AM PST up reply actions
Also, the Giants o-line held onto Justin Smith the entire game and the refs said nothing
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THIS
I know the refs (generally) let the players play in the playoffs, but the Giants O-line was holding like crazy. Screaming at the TV.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Let the players play, but enforce a ridiculous celebration penalty against VD for standing on a podium.
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that’s how the rule is written, man. VD has to be smart enough to not do that. or to jump on a giants’ back.
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screw that too
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 9:00 AM PST up reply actions
…how is the rule written, anyway?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Ah, and the goalpost doesn’t count because it’s part of the field?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
I guess?
Also, the Lambeau Leap is okay because it’s “grandfathered” in
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Why? Are fans considered “props” now?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
Agree. I just wish they’d allow for fun celebrations.
TO once scored a TD, then used the football as a “camera” and pretended to film the other team (a nod to Spygate).
He got super flagged for that.
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eh
Screw that noise. Talk on the scoreboard.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:51 AM PST up reply actions
What was more silly is that they said the penalty would be enforced even if the TD was overturned by review. wtf?
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I really had to not think about many, many things concerning the NFL to enjoy the game yesterday, and dumb rules are among them.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 9:00 AM PST up reply actions
Must’ve had the same refs that do the Oregon games
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The NFL was trying to lure Chip Kelly by showing that they don’t care about holding either!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I thought we got good pressure in the second ahlf
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yes and no; we did get to him, but usually after he looked over the field, and no one was open.
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Because of our defense?
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it was a tale of two lines; the Giants were able to get constant pressure rushing only 4, we weren’t able to match this.
Just like next year when the #CalGang Dline matches up against UW, right?
We’re gonna run through them like beans through a gringo!!!
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I was excited when they drafted him a few years ago, but he’s turned out to be a whole lot of nothing.
Sigh, yes.
I mean, he’s shown flashes of brilliance. But… he’s just not living up to his potential yet.
To be fair, VD was pretty much nothing until Sings got up in his face.
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I’m completely in favour of this.
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by Rishi on Jan 23, 2012 8:02 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I know. Wait until someone cues up the “nevair forget” quote. Gonna add to its most rec’d status.
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This is just an additional data point.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
…because he’s an asshole. He may be your asshole now, but he’s still a furd and a d-bag and it’s nice to see him taken down a peg.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 7:52 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Sorry for your team though.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 7:52 AM PST up reply actions
What? I don’t hate the Niners per se, mostly it’s just Harbaugh.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 8:08 AM PST up reply actions
Whatever, dude, your team got pummeled by this same Giants team. Get off your high horse.
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Queue the ’what’s your deal’ segment between Atoms and Rishi
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
We’re gonna have a “what’s your daal” segment tomorrow at CGB Chaat Night!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 8:09 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, they did. Giants are peaking at the right time. There’s no high horse.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 8:09 AM PST up reply actions
He’s been consistent in his ‘Harbaugh is an ass’ opinion since well before the Packers lost to Green Bay.
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Thank you! :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Dude, its fucking Jim Hrabugh
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Hrabuco! Hrabuco!
Also, I still like making fun of your typos but I tried using a smartphone to post last night and I find it kind of a PITA. I’m almost ready to turn off auto-correct.
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:04 AM PST up reply actions
I did that for a while and found it more annoying.
Now, I wait a sec for the little white box with print to show up, hit the little x to override the auto-correct, and then keep typing. It’s surprisingly fast once you get the hang of the timing.
Old Toothwrangler
Yeah I haven’t even made a commitment whether to dual-thumb type or index-finger peck. Like you say I do use the autocorrect as often as not so I don’t really want to dump it entirely.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:19 AM PST up reply actions
I have an app that learns my typing and starts suggesting the next words.
Helps kill the problem. And it’s learned that I really like texting people “Hiiiii how is the location”, “I’m drunnnnnnnnk” and “I love you”
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
My phone now knows that when I type “boudin,” I actually mean it.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
by DC Trojan on Jan 23, 2012 8:34 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hes OUR Jim Harbaugh!
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more importantly, the team appreciates his (gasp!) actual knowledge of x’s and o’s.
"#caltrollgang" - RB
How can you possibly appreciate his enthusiasm, when it is unknown to mankind?
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
My friend on facebook:
The Giants, led by big dumb lucky redneck, will be facing the Patriots, led by plastic surgery and hatred in “Super Bowl 46: Wait, we’re in the Super Bowl? I could have sworn they had the ball on the last possession.”
Fuck it, I’m pulling for plastic surgery and hatred.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Aerose is talking about the game, dear.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
pa-zow
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
i bet i don't even watch
i care so little about the boston-nyc metro area’s sporting media masturbation.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jan 22, 2012 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
go pats, i guess. meh.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 22, 2012 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Meh was the key word there. If the Giants win I guess I can say the Packers lost to the eventual Super Bowl champs…
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 22, 2012 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
NO YOU AH!
NOMAH!
That skit wasn’t just funny because they were funny.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:05 AM PST up reply actions
New York vs. Boston. I’m sure ESPN is falling over themselves right now.
by paleodan on Jan 23, 2012 12:48 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Giants easy
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wtf
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i duno, i like tom brady. and SHANE VEREEN WHERE IS YOUR LOVE FOR THE BLUE AND GOLD
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Its the Pats.
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Does Andre Carter get a ring too if they win super bowl?
"Our sturdy golden troll"
-cldpc
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 8:55 AM PST up reply actions
FTFY
Brady Vereen
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 8:16 AM PST up reply actions
I suggest a headline of
VEREEN SINGLEHANDEDLY WINS THE SUPER BOWL JUST BY BEING ON THE ROSTER
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
You should change the title
They screwed the 49ers… not “us” (Cal).
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 22, 2012 10:16 PM PST reply actions
and the date
which is incorrect as it’s not February yet.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jan 22, 2012 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
The future’s open wide!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 22, 2012 10:35 PM PST up reply actions
exactly! let’s not predetermine it by discussing it a month early!
or something.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jan 22, 2012 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve seen the difference and it’s getting better, all the time.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 22, 2012 10:46 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, the part that threw me was the ‘again.’ As tortured as Cal is, I can’t recall a recent example of ASU screwing us. They’re the only Pac-12 team we seem to own.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Is everyone up late because of football?
Lunar New Year?
Insomnia?
I guess it’s not that late, except in Ohio…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 22, 2012 10:36 PM PST reply actions
been out and about all day
finally sitting down to let my brains unwind.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jan 22, 2012 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
Indonesian children cross collapsed bridge to reach school
Students are risking their lives to get to their school in the Indonesian village of Sanghiang Tanjung after three suspension bridges in the district of Lebak collapsed due to flooding.
The 162-metre-long bridge that connected Ciwaru village to Sabagi village was severely damaged in the floods, giving children few options of getting to class on time.
They’re going to think their kids are so entitled…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 22, 2012 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work
When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley’s top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president.
But as Steven P. Jobs of Apple spoke, President Obama interrupted with an inquiry of his own: what would it take to make iPhones in the United States?
Not long ago, Apple boasted that its products were made in America. Today, few are. Almost all of the 70 million iPhones, 30 million iPads and 59 million other products Apple sold last year were manufactured overseas.
Why can’t that work come home? Mr. Obama asked.
Mr. Jobs’s reply was unambiguous. "Those jobs aren’t coming back," he said, according to another dinner guest.
The president’s question touched upon a central conviction at Apple. It isn’t just that workers are cheaper abroad. Rather, Apple’s executives believe the vast scale of overseas factories as well as the flexibility, diligence and industrial skills of foreign workers have so outpaced their American counterparts that "Made in the U.S.A." is no longer a viable option for most Apple products.
bullshit
it’s all about cost.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jan 22, 2012 11:09 PM PST up reply actions
yeah…i think this is the most important part…
"The entire supply chain is in China now," said another former high-ranking Apple executive. "You need a thousand rubber gaskets? That’s the factory next door. You need a million screws? That factory is a block away. You need that screw made a little bit different? It will take three hours."
relevant (and really worth listening to)
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/454/mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factory
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 22, 2012 11:17 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
It’s sobering. Makes you really think about your relationship with your electronic devices.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 7:54 AM PST up reply actions
Ha, nah, it’s worth it. It’s still entertaining.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 8:03 AM PST up reply actions
But not your food, oil, clothing, etc.?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Those all come from bright, sparkly factories under rainbows where the creeks run with milk and honey!
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:36 AM PST up reply actions
No, this one’s just about electronic devices. :)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
This was a really good episode. You get a lot of 1st hand reports on the factories from the workers. Many underage kids and when the factory lines are checked, they switch the kids out for the older workers.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
If they don’t like it they should find a job at a different prison!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:06 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah I couldn’t believe it when they decribed the living conditions in their “dorms”. In a room something like 10×10, they had like 20 people living there in bunks.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
All those containers in the Oakland port… everything at Wal-Mart, Target….
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:20 AM PST up reply actions
and in the US....
if they stay away from companies that do a lot of defense work, it can be the same. only you get quality control on the screws so you only by the 500,000 you need, not 1M and have to reject half.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jan 22, 2012 11:53 PM PST up reply actions
Some interesting stuff coming out of Avery Sebastian's Twitter right now
He seems to be suggesting that Coach Kiesau’s pitch to Jordan Payton was that he’d be the next Keenan Allen. And apparently Payton ate it up.
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
seesau be trollin
"Our sturdy golden troll"
-cldpc
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 12:03 AM PST up reply actions
Avery is the best
In our defense I get to smack receivers and I’ll be on a mean streak against Washington. Therefore don’t go be a WR
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Filipino Traffic Cop Doing His Job Like A Boss
Michael ain’t dead, he just moved to the Philippines.
hahahaaha
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Jan 23, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
I liked this a lot.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
way vintage
But the best/worst part of it is the first comment :)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 7:59 AM PST up reply actions
but you ARE alive
mostly! Was your crawl Sun or Sat? Or both?
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 6:29 AM PST up reply actions
Oh yeah, happy belated birthday!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 6:29 AM PST up reply actions
Saturday night! It was really fun!
Sunday was fun too, up until… ya know.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
21st Amendment. We had a table, so it was super fun there (except for one waiter who was being a jerk to us)
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Yeah, saw both games.
Also ran across the street at halftime during the AFC game and ate a grilled cheese sandwich from the American Grilled Cheese Kitchen!
Where’d you go?
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
we were at this irish bar called the chieftain at 5th/harrison. also watched both games. food was AWESOME.
"#caltrollgang" - RB
yeah for suresies. we were worried we wouldn’t get a table (8 people) but i guess we got there at 11 so it was chill.
"#caltrollgang" - RB
good to know
I’ve walked by that place and wondered how it was. LOL NEED TO CHANGE TO MATERNITY PANTS WITH EXPANSION PANEL TO EAT IRISH FOOD
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:21 AM PST up reply actions
omg the lamb burger was so so good! 1/2 pound patty with grilled mushrooms/onions, blue cheese, nomzzzzz
"#caltrollgang" - RB
SHUT UP SHUT UP
Soda bread? Irish butter?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:24 AM PST up reply actions
i don’t know what soda bread is, my buddy got irish butter on his toast but i don’t think i did?
OMG they also had a $6 bowl of lamb chili
"#caltrollgang" - RB
Dude, soda bread is freaking awesomely delicious!
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 8:26 AM PST up reply actions
I had it when we went to Ireland summer before last. NOMNOMNOMNOMNOM
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 8:29 AM PST up reply actions
Guinness bread is also delicious!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:30 AM PST up reply actions
it's pretty easy to make too!
Soda-leavened bread doesn’t require time to raise so it’s a good thing in a pinch. Pretty healthy as such things go if you make it with nonfat buttermilk (I keep powder in the freezer) and whole wheat flour.
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
beware Irish butter
So, Ireland’s main export for many years was butter. They stored it in crocks in the bogs for export. And, the by-product of buttermaking is buttermilk. So, soda bread is buttermilk and baking soda and awesomeness. Kinda salty, and crunchy, and with the awesomeness of their butter, utterly belt-busting.
Visit the Butter Museum and find out more! And the one at the Phoenix is pretty good so give it a try sometime.
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:31 AM PST up reply actions
I buy Irish butter for home regularly.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Dude, Marco texted me and said you didn’t show up at Fuse. He’s seriously pissed at you, he had the VIP section roped off and everything.
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 8:22 AM PST up reply actions
Raj Patel was.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
Element banned you for a while but I think Fat Dave is getting over it. I heard the insurance check just arrived.
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 8:27 AM PST up reply actions
Element—the party promotion company? LOL—haven’t heard that name in a while!
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
I have no idea. When I wrote the Secret Diaries of a Love Assassin chapters, I needed club names so I trolled the internetz for popular clubs in SF. I figured if they turned out to be popular, cool places, then great but if not and they were lame or inappropriate in some way, all the better because of the unintentional comedy value.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 8:31 AM PST up reply actions
I didn’t sneak anything in and we bought so many beers from them.
He was just taking his issues out on us. He literally took a beer from my friend while he was drinking it and said “you can’t drink anymore”… during OT of the game, when said friend was not being belligerent in any way
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
For those of you with a lunar inclination
Happy New Year!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 6:29 AM PST reply actions 5 recs
Xin nian kuai le!
I cant type Chinese characters on this Japanese keyboard. It is DUMPING snow in Tokyo right now, which is why I am not out. Off to the mountains tomorrow.
Nice. When I switch my keyboard to Chinese, it always takes me forever to find the keys (I don’t type pinyin). Hope the weather looks up for you!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 6:38 AM PST up reply actions
I need snow in the mountains! It’s the purpose of this trip. Well, to strap a wooden board to my feet and slide down it actually.
You use bo po mo fo or some radical based method to type Chinese? Pinyin is pretty easy, it allows even an illiterate like me (I think I can write about 300 characters from memory) to type work emails or chat via text message or MSN to Chinese chicks broads girls women, or anyone. But usually female.
Yup, I use bo po mo fo. Not super well, but…I use it.
Have fun!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
I remember learning bo po mo fo in chinese school. Have forgotten most of them though. Yes, I do regret getting out of Chinese school on Sat morning to play sports. That and getting out of piano after a couple of years.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
WHO ARE YOU CALLING A BO PO MOFO!?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
I complained so much (threw tantrums) that my parents didn’t even bother. If I had known I was going to live in China for so long . . . I probably still wouldn’t have gone.
Don’t know. Is Korean school on Saturday mornings for 3 hours? I think mine started at 8 or 9.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
I thoguht you were white up until this conversation
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Nope. Chinese. Have to find out what part of the Venn diagram I fall into. Maybe Chinese in the midwest.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
I think you guys could get a Venn for that now.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
I figure I understand enough to survive. Can’t read or write at all though.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
I can read menus, road signs and work emails that are less than 4 sentences. Also, texts from friends. If the work emails are longer, I’ll crunch it through Google Translate and if it looks like it needs more accurate attention, I’ll ask a co-worker. In return, I am the go-to in my area for Chinese-English vocabulary translations as well as final copy-editing before it goes before global.
I’ve used it for transfer patients (from China) before.
Tough sledding. You have to have at least a rudimentary understanding of pinyin or the intonations and pronunciation won’t make any sense to you.
I’m sure I butchered it and brought shame upon myself and my ancestors.
(Then again, those patients have all elected to start treatment.)
Old Toothwrangler
If they really wanted to shame you, they’d bring out the white people speaking/singing perfect Chinese. Like on New Years telecasts. sob
My aunt in Paris runs a small company that translates between English, Chinese, and French. When we visited in 1988, I met one of her employees, a whilte Frenchman who spoke fluent Mandarin with a small French accent. Was very weird talking to him in Chinese.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
I'm such a dutiful daughter
Chinese school K-6 (when we moved from Cleveland to the Bay)
piano 1st-12
But, I can’t read very much and write even less. On the bright side, my spoken Mandarin is good enough that when I was chatting with a girl from China, she asked me, “Did you have any language problems when you moved to Columbus?”
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
Only took two semesters of Mandarin. Both at Cal. Shamelessly enrolled because of a girl.
Note to self: taking a language class to impress a girl only works if you don’t suck monkey butt at speaking said language. Still remember getting called to the instructor’s office hours and being chastised to “practice more.”
/hangs head in shame
Old Toothwrangler
It’s ok; I pretty much only went to my physics discussion cause the GSI was cute.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
Did she have the chili pepper?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 7:51 PM PST up reply actions
No, the discussion was at 8AM and the GSI wasn’t very effective. It got to the point where no one else would attend class.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 7:52 PM PST up reply actions
That's what I was thinking!
But, he was a furdie. I should have just slept in.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
Nah dude, if the girl is any good you can ask her for help for extra practice outside of class.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
新年快樂
Cut and Paste. Cut and Paste.
Happy new year to all. I did a bunch of cooking because my oldest wanted Fried rice with Chinese sausage and mushrooms, chinese stuffing, Nian Gao soup (surfboard soup my kids call it), and I did egg rolls this morning. Lots of cooking.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
AHHHHH
You’re only 3 hours away. Can I invite myself over?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 6:58 AM PST up reply actions
Mrs. Dr. CALumbus made 100 jow-zuh (phonetic spelling of dumplings). Hey, guess what I’m having for lunch!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 8:01 AM PST up reply actions
Nice!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:03 AM PST up reply actions
MMMM…maybe I should drive up and we can have stuffing, egg rolls, and dumplings.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
YES!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:09 AM PST up reply actions
TheBuckeyeBear brings NOTHING to the table! Let’s do it secretly and not invite her.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 8:18 AM PST up reply actions
I was about to contradict this statement, but…I got nuthin’
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:20 AM PST up reply actions
Cal grad > anything else.
Science major > stupid liberal arts sh!t
And because CALumbus Bears is totes older than you, he’s supposed to feed you and give you money.
Old Toothwrangler
This is an auspicious day, then! (Also, apparently, it’s National Pie Day…not to be confused with Pi Day. We should not limit pie celebrations.)
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:58 AM PST up reply actions
She’s a grad student, be nice!!! Also, she lives in Ohio.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Thanks, sec119 <3
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:51 AM PST up reply actions
so racisssss
it’s spelled “gyoza”!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:06 AM PST up reply actions
That's the Japanese way
I think the Chinese way is more like “jiaozi”.
jeeyow-zuh
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 8:11 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Typically thicker skinned than gyozas.
Mandarin: jiaozo (or shuijiao)
Cantonese: siugao
YUMM..getting hungers
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Taiwanese ones are long and skinny
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:18 AM PST up reply actions
Er, well, the potstickers (pan fried) are long and skinny. The steamed dumplings are rounder.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:19 AM PST up reply actions
Last night was boiled. Tonight we fry and/or steam!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 8:20 AM PST up reply actions
kinky!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:22 AM PST up reply actions
Oh! I can contribute!
I can sneak everyone into the OSU gym. Hot tub aka human soup.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
I have only stepped foot in the gym to use the hot tub and for a Haiti earthquake relief dinner. It’s typically wise to cleanse yourself after the hot tub (before, also, but that’s just etiquette).
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:26 AM PST up reply actions
wait..
you had dinner IN the hot tub? this is getting all kinds of kinky
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Ew, no. I have standards.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:28 AM PST up reply actions
Mostly just a lack of coordination.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:48 AM PST up reply actions
I thought you were against cleansing yourself?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
Not when I’ve been in the same body of water as other OSU students.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Smart.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
I thought it was year of the dragon, not year of the cholera
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 8:25 AM PST up reply actions
Love in the time of cholera?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:27 AM PST up reply actions
Stop… cholera time!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 8:28 AM PST up reply actions
And as soon as we duct tape it in position, you’ll use it, right?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:29 AM PST up reply actions
Paging Dr. Atoms, stat!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 8:31 AM PST up reply actions
I just figured it might be hard for him to heft a shotgun. Might dislocate his shoulder.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
We could probably jury-rig a mount so he can have it on his mobility scooter. (I was about to substitute “Little Rascal” for “mobility scooter” but that’s a very different hardware issue har har)
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Well, not being possession of a pogo stick, I couldn’t say, but I would think you’d need to stick to a pretty wide dispersal pattern on the choke to offset the accuracy problems from bounding around.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Duct tape? Pogo sticks?
Geez. I thought y’all were just going to replace my leg with the shotgun like that crazy/hawt girl from Grindhouse.
Don’t we have a bunch of engineers here?
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They’re probably working.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
Or the wild variant, boiled/steamed/fried. My mother in-law puts a small bit of water with oil in a frying pan w/ the dumplings. Brings to a boil. The water boils off/steams, then the dumplings finish frying in the oil.
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Oh really? They broke Granny Mrs. Kod’s secret!?? WHERE’S OUR IP AND PATENT INTERWEBZ LEGAL ADVICE?
[Never bought those. We either make our own or buy the ones where I can’t read the instructions anyway.]
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:)
i guess you need to send me some granny kod dumplings so i can do a taste test??
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Heh. Sure. If there are any left. I’m lucky if I get to try one. By the time Mrs. Kod and the girls do their piranha thing, it’s usually slim pickings.
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dude, i played basketball. i think i can box out at least ptb and little k at the dinner table.
:)
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unfortunately, i forgot that i’m recruiting today at cal-state east bay berkeley. eat some pav bhaji for me!!
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yeah, mama koolykedat does that too. She’s sometimes adds a bit of starch to the water so that it crisps up
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For really crispy potstickers, use a mix of half water half beer as your steaming ingrediant. It makes the edges go nice and crispy.
But whatever shall we do with the extra beer?
And the test beer?
And the pre-test beer?
Old Toothwrangler
This is how I make it. I like the crispiness with some of the juices inside from the water.
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Mmmmm dumpling juices—reminds me of dragon dumplings (shuilongbao)
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AHHHHH SO HUNGRY! Luckily, some aunties made me some tea eggs.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:38 AM PST up reply actions
Shiulong bao are our favorites.
Real pita to make yourself. Making the little gelatinous cubes takes a lot of time. But soooo good and juicy when they’re ready.
Damn. I might have to go buy some for lunch now.
Old Toothwrangler
MMMM…have some for me. Crappy Chinese restaurants around here.
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Did! Om nom! (full now. Sleepy…)
And in case anyone wants to make their own, this is the recipe that I’ve used in the past. Work intensive, but worth it.
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TWSS?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Thank you.
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
Hi, you all realize I was kidding around, right? F*ing atoms.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:22 AM PST up reply actions
We take our dumplings srsly.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:22 AM PST up reply actions
I see.. you're all a lot whiter than I imagined
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:26 AM PST up reply actions
The solution to this problem is, just make your jokes funnier.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Even my lame jokes are still pretty obviously meant to be jokes!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
I totally thought this related to me
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新年快樂
Wishing you all red packets galore!
Dumplings time
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SF: you don't need cars, ride public transit!
Leah Garcik makes it from Cal and Van Ness to Crapplestick in only 3 hours
And then it became too much. At 2:10 p.m., with the bus at a complete standstill and not yet on the off-ramp, a pair of guys pushed open the emergency window and jumped onto the freeway shoulder. They were followed by about a dozen fans who urged others to come along: “We’ve got to get to the stadium. No more excuses.”
They walked along the shoulder, moving quicker than us by far. There were buses behind us, and a few passengers left those, too.
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Run away Atoms, while you still can!
From today’s Guardian (UK):
For those of you who only discovered football circa 1992-93, here is a quick Everton-themed history lesson. During the 1980s, the Toffees, managed by Howard Kendall, were one of England’s biggest and most successful clubs. They won the league in 84-85 and 86-87, came runners-up in between, won the FA Cup and beat Bayern Munich in an incredible semi-final comeback en route to European success in the Cup Winners’ Cup.
Yes, that same Everton who, after Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Blackburn Rovers (yes, that Blackburn Rovers), have dropped to just four places above the relegation zone.
Oh well, Moyes usually manages to navigate the balance of the season pretty well. Who’s next?
Those hopes will not be helped by a glance at the upcoming fixtures: in their next seven games they face Manchester City, Wigan, Chelsea, Liverpool, QPR, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal – they have lost to all of those sides in the league already this season with the exception of Wigan.
Dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Yeah, things look bad for the Toffees. If they get relegated though, I wonder if Spurs could sign Howard…
why? Friedel seems to be ageless and is a top 3-5 GK in the Prem IMO.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 7:36 AM PST up reply actions
yeah…but they also play for much longer period of time. van der sar could, and should, still be in goal for united. the position is more based on reading the possilbe danger than athletic reaction.
That’s true. I just see Friedel more as a stopgap to a permanent solution in goal. He’s been light years better than Gomes was last year for sure.
Gomes was a fuckup waiting to happen last season. Friedel’s been an absolute monster for Spurs in the games I’ve watched this season.
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Ghoul!
Actually, my worry re: relegation isn’t losing Tim Howard, it’s the financial ramifications. Apparently Everton’s management came up with some stupid idea about mortgaging future television revenue for an immediate cash infusion, so the parachute payment into the whatever-they’re-calling-the-next-division-down these days would probably immediately go to paying that mortgage. SIGH.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I honestly don’t think Everton will be relegated—but I suppose you never know with the BPL.
One concern is IF they do get relegated, young soon-to-be-stars (which Everton has quite a few) may want to bolt for a ‘big’ club
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It probably will, but it’ll definitely speed up that process. Folks like Barkely, Rodwell, and McAleny typically give a few years back to the club before pulling a Rooney
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With all the oil money flying around and some big clubs floundering a bit, I’d be surprised if teams can hang on to young, good players. I’d love for them to, but I just don’t see it happening.
I think there’s an effort to hold on to a few young rising stars for KIT and ticket sales as long as a club can before cashing in. But yeah, I agree it’s become increasingly difficult to resist the cash being thrown around from the oil-owned clubs
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Or they could just let Bilyaletdinov go to Spartak Moscow…
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Plus if they get relegated it’ll weaken any negotiating positions.
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Have Everton ever been relegated? I thought they hadn’t.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
There’s a first time for everything.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Are you sure you’re not a Cal fan?
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
oy
That’s a rough slate. Do you really think [cough] we’re going to get relegated?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 8:05 AM PST up reply actions
I’m more concerned than I was at the beginning of the month. Everton’s not winning the obvious opportunities for three points at the moment.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT
woke up at 5:30 for the game yesterday, started a rough sports day…
"#caltrollgang" - RB
I woke up at 7 to catch the tail end of that match. I was happy with the result. (Balotelli is awesome)
Sadly the rest of the sports day didn’t turn out so well…
no way dude rewatch. the first kick is totally fine, that was because he was off balance. the second stomp was totally malicious, an off-balance person would not step backwards to steady himself.
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yup i’m talking about the backwards kick, not the first one (which i think is innocuous).
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Mario Balotelli charged by FA for violent conduct after the alleged stamp of Scott Parker. 4 game ban likely
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
The FA agrees with you….I don’t have an opinion other than I love Balotelli and his batshit craziness
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Aww... :(
Manchester City’s Mario Balotelli has been charged with violent conduct by the Football Association following an incident against Tottenham on Sunday.
by puresilence on Jan 23, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
man
I need to get a TV and a cable package.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
streams will usually allow you to watch games. It’s the time that’ll kill you on the west coast.
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Low quality, can’t record. I need a TV.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
What are the options? Pretty much just goltv or fox soccer channel…
by puresilence on Jan 23, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
is there a package where you can sky sports? i ususally either watch via stream or find the game for download afterwards.
I dunno, what are the best options w/r/t cable? I’ve heard good things about directv…
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
With DirecTV you have an opportunity to watch a good amount of Champions League games (w/ sports pack—which you should get anyways because I’m sure Pac12 Networks will be part of it).
Fox Soccer has a ton of BPL, SerieA, and some Champions League games
For an addition $20 or so a month, you can get Fox Soccer Plus—which adds more BPL, Ligue 1(France) and Rugby
GolTV televises LaLiga, some SerieA, Bundesliga, and Europa League games
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
haha I’m not paying $20/month for soccer just yet. I’m barely familiar with my new team, which may or may not be on the verge of relegation.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
Here are some BPL teams with US players
Fulham – Dempsey
Bolton (but also near relegation) – Stu Holden & now Tim Ream
Norwhich – Zack/h Whithead
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Dempsey is a scoring machine right now
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
I still have no idea what the dawg meant by BLOO. At least we got a definition for caremad
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Thanks to an emergency room visit Saturday night (DON’T WORRY EVERYBODY’S FINE!) I had to choose between 3 hours of sleep + spurs or a reasonable amount of sleep
I’m glad I chose sleep.
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good old emergency room
if you wait long enough, you’ll be better by the time you get to see a doctor!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
It was a classic experience. Crying child, smelly homeless people, 2-3 hours of various waits, and then we get a prescription for medicine we already had. GREAT SUCCESS!!!!
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Sorry, man. That’s not fun. Our only experience with ER was exactly the same, but with more booze aura in the air. We were the ones who brought the crying child, however.
Hope everything is okay.
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Only experience?
You f-ing lucky bastard, Kaiser gave us a punch card for free visits, since we’ve taken our son countless times.
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I dunno. Three week old baby.
102F fever. UTI requiring IV antibiotics. The next week spent in the special care nursery, sleeping on the floor in shifts. Quality, not quantity?
Old Toothwrangler
Can’t recommend it. After being awake 40+ hours, they told us that they only allowed one parent to stay. I remember politely telling the nurse that there would be significant issues and all manner of repercussions if they tried to send me home. Feel mildly guilty about that now.
But, it worked out. Little K is healthy and happy. Special care nurses were awesome. (ER nurses not so much.) Sent all manner of gifts and thank-you notes to the special care pediatricians and nurses. Still remember them at Xmas + donate to their department/hospital.
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So, this happened
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by TwistNHook on Jan 23, 2012 8:49 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Is that the real FP?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:52 AM PST up reply actions
No idea.
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Hahaha
My exact reaction too. Pompous Newt is hysterical; and Romney is just plain terrible as a candidate, can’t close the deal. He is so uncomfortable talking about his wealth.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Newt’s reaction to John King’s opening question in the S.Carolina CNN debate was hilarious (about his 2nd wife’s allegations that he asked for an open marriage)
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King would have been my hero if after that long diatribe he asked News “So, is that a no?”
#calgang take me away
but he couldn’t because it was just such a pathetic way to open a debate and when your ass gets handed to you so thoroughly on national tv you (try to) cut your losses.
Except nobody would be asking Newt about those things if, you know, he hadn’t done those things.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Except the only person who claims this, is the bitter ex wife who, wait for it, was the mistress while Newt was in his previous marriage. But that’s not the point, and you know it.
The grossest part is that anyone would consider sleeping with him.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Right. Exactly it. Orgy with Newt and Dick Cheney.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
They were into some kinky stuff. A gun was involved.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
my guess would be his impressive geoduck
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
Sure, I agree that the timing of the whole interview with the ex wife and all that were kind of sketchy, considering it’s old news. But the man did put himself in that position by being an absolute scumbag to his first two wives.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
They weren’t “kind of sketchy…” Further, it’s a little ridiculous of her to claim indignation (and thus make a public spectacle of it)… “HOW DARE HE have an affair while were married… I thought he ended that when I was having an affair with him while he was married to his first wife.”
He’s no saint. But the actual question, opening a debate with it, was ridiculous.
Sure, but his indignation was also ridiculous. :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Actually it’s not. You can do something really awful and still rightfully be indignant at it being raised in what is not an appropriate manner (which ever seems to agree)
Come on, it was performance art intended to rile up the partisan audience, and guess what, it worked like a charm! The idea that Newt Gingrich of all people should be offended by someone asking him a question about his personal life in the context of running for president is pretty spectacularly un-self-aware. Was the ex-wife’s interview w/ABC News, timed right before the primary, a sour-grapes looking move on her part? Yep. Should it have been the very first question asked by CNN at the debate? Maybe not. Was a the interview a suitable topic for a question at all? Absolutely it was. Anyway, you can argue that CNN did Newt a favor by asking it like they did, because he was able to turn it into a critique of the media, basically make the issue out of bounds, and ensured that none of the other candidates would mention it for the rest of the night.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
They did do him a favor. But he still needed to nail the answer.
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Come on, it was performance art intended to rile up the partisan audience, and guess what, it worked like a charm!
Just look at fiat’s reaction!
One thing about Newt; the man knows his audience.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
I believe fiat has been at least somewhat pro-Newt for a while now.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t get how you remotely see outrage or indignation in my comments. I was making some observations. This is why I don’t like to talk politics on this site.
:-/ Sorry you feel that way. I don’t know what about this discussion bothered you, but I guess politics can be a sensitive subject for some.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t see why that makes Newt look better.
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It doesn’t. But it certainly calls into question the veracity and motives of the woman making the claim. Newt having an affair isn’t news. It was ten years ago. The “open” relationship thing is the juicy thing. If that woman doesn’t say that she’s not on TV. And this isn’t an issue.
As I said, “social conservatives” obsession with what people do in their private lives is bizarre, and makes them rightfully susceptible to claims of hypocrisy in these situation.
That does not, however, make the manner it which it was broached at the debate any better.
By the way, if I were Mitt Romney (assuming he has no skeletons in this closet), I would absolutely 100% use this… not so much as an attack on Newt, because I would say it’s none of our business, but as to way to question those very pious “social conservatives” who vote for Newt regardless of what they profess at their core concerns. I get you may not win their vote but I think you would impress a lot of other people.
I think Romney won’t touch it because that’s not a debate about social conservatives being hypocrites, that’s a debate about evangelical Christians being unwilling to vote for a Mormon.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
So you’re not going to win those people anyway. Impress the people you can win.
Every time Newt and others label him as a Massachusetts Moderate I keep wanting Mitt to say “What the hell is wrong with you people that having moderate views is a vice?”
Unfortunately, the Republican party doesn’t have too many moderates in it left.
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Yup
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Newt was actually hitting him from both the right and the left, and that ended up working out well for him in SC. The Bain attacks were effective.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a fair question to ask of Romney… but it’s wasting his breath in South Carolina, those people are nuts. This is the inherent challenge of having the true believers pick your candidate when the path to victory requires picking up voters in the middle.
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Has Newt denied the allegations? I’m not 100% up to date on everything.
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Mitt's not saying it directly but he's alluding to it now
ORMOND BEACH, FL — Mitt Romney upped his rhetoric against both Newt Gingrich and President Obama in his first Florida rally since losing South Carolina, looking to reassure anxious supporters who suffered through the campaign’s toughest week yet.
"We’re not choosing a talk show host, we’re choosing a leader," Romney said, saying that their nominee should exhibit "integrity," "sobriety," and "ethics."
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
Santorum has been doing the same the past couple of days. Emphasizing a STRONG and dedicated marriage to his only wife
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Surprisingly, I’ve been impressed with Santorum’s campaign, he’s found his voice.
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that’s article wasn’t measurably interesting, in my opinion… ;-)
This quote was particularly insipid, particularly without the key follow-up point, which I’ll include below
"On the morning after the Iowa caucuses, there were millions of pro-life voters who woke up pinching themselves that one of their very own had emerged at the top rank of candidates, making sure it wasn’t a dream," said the Southern Baptist Convention’s Land.
Um, in the very last Republican Iowa Caucus, a strongly pro-choice candidate won. AND HE WAS A SOUTHERN BAPTIST!
Bad writing. Lazy thinking…
I’m hoping he will drop out and endorse Gingrich when he realizes he has no shot in Florida. Though, I don’t blame him for hanging around.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
I think this would help with independents, who generally don’t like the government messing in their bedrooms, but it could turn off the christian conservatives that make up such a large part of the Republican primary voters.
Dangerous move, in my estimation.
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He just lost South Carolina very convincingly. There are few states as “conservative” as South Carolina.
Most people care about their pocket book first (especially now). I would focus on that.
I like Newt and would love to see him debate Obama. And think he has good ideas and in the past hasn’t been a rigid ideologue.
True that
There are few states as "conservative" as South Carolina.
but that argues that you want to piss off as few of your potential supporters as possible.
And yes 100% he should focus on the economy (not Newt’s penis .
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south carolina proved they are not racist, they just helped a black guy get 4 more years.
#calgang take me away
my point being that those people aren’t going to vote for you. So don’t worry about them. All you do is look bad and turn off people who may otherwise vote for you.
I get that, but I disagree. You were right about McCain, because he passed up a chance to demonstrate his character and not pander, and act like a typical politician. But unless you’re saying that Romney should endorse a full-throated ACLU view of religion in public life (I don’t think you are, as this would end any chance of his winning), all he ends up looking like is a normal politician, attacking Newt on a personal issue. This might work (if done right) but unless I’m missing something, I don’t see how Romney can demonstrate his character and convictions but hitting Newt with this.
Do you see what I mean? Or are we not connecting somehow?
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I do see what you mean. I think we probably agree, but a little hard to effectively get into the nuance on here.
I think a lot of people would find it refreshing if Mitt actually hit “social conservatives” (I have a bias as I intensely dislike these people and see them ruining the party to which I have been affiliated most of my life) for supporting someone who has behaved in such an antithetical way to their alleged “core” beliefs.
I think in this case you’re stating your personal views, not what a campaign manager would say to Mitt.
What you’re suggesting would certainly be brave.
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I like Newt and would love to see him debate Obama.
Sorry to keep quoting TPM but that reminded me of another post of theirs after South Carolina:
A number of TPM Readers referenced this today in emails. And moments ago, Brit Hume made a similar argument. For Hume it was making sense of the exit polls which appear to show that people didn’t just like Newt Gingrich better than Romney. They think Newt would be the stronger general election candidate too. Now, all the available poll data suggests that’s very wrong. So why the disconnect?
One good possibility is simple cognitive dissonance. People have a hard time pulling the lever for someone they don’t think can win. So they adjust their thoughts accordingly. But there’s another possibility, the one our readers and Hume was suggesting. And that is that a lot of GOP primary voters — at least in South Carolina — seem less concerned about building an electoral majority than engineering some epic smack-down of Barack Obama in the debates. It’s like a hunger for catharsis. And if that’s your thinking, Newt is just sort of irresistible.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
Nah, that’s silly. It’s more that they see Newt as stronger, because he’s doing a better job in the debates. I don’t think that primary voters necessarily are swayed by the “electability” argument. Counts more with talking heads than actual voters.
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I don’t know that Newt is actually a great debater per se. He’s great and slinging out red meat and sounding dog whistles for the GOP primary electorate, but in a general election I doubt it would play very well.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
great *at
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
Newt is a great debater. He has a command of facts and the ability to articulate them that few have. You can disagree with him, but they guy is good. And of course he can throw out some red meat.
he’s also a philanderer, which, as we know, qualifies him for impeachment in the eyes of republicans.
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i’m saying that if he’s elected president there should be an instant uproar that he’s been with other women while he’s married, because that means he can’t be a good president, it makes perfect sense!
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le sigh
I’m pretty sure the philandering didn’t qualify him for impeachment, the lying did.
At the same time, Newt is a loon. The guy is a career politician, making his trustworthiness somewhere below 0. If we saw eye-to-eye ideologically I still wouldn’t vote for him.
lying about sex? HORRIBLE THING! lying about having mental faculties? GREATEST REPUBLICAN EVAR!
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You aren’t doing a great job of representing Democrats right now, Goldblooded.
I disagree with people like Bears916, fiatlux, and cdlpc. But I think we can all agree that we should do so in good faith and respectfully.
I don’t see a lot of good faith in your comments her.e
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i dont aim to represent them! i would vote troll if any party so existed.
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If you want to do it, be funny. And do it in good faith. We like good faith trolling here.
Not bad faith trolling. Except for turkey. He’s grandfathered in.
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Well, I am totally open to the idea of having him be the nominee and getting the chance to prove me wrong :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
Me too. Man, 370+ I know this will bug Fiat (sorry) but any of Newt’s “accomplishments” will only remind voters of the Clinton years; it would be a loosing argument.
I still think Romney will pull this off.
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I’m like 85% sure it’ll be Romney, but I’ve got my popcorn ready just in case.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
Ooooh!!!
Sheldon Adelson is a fan of popcorn!!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 5:11 PM PST up reply actions
But I do think this happened with Democrats in 2004. I heard over and over how people voted for Kerry because they thought he was more electable. I thought it was a mistake at the time. I think people do think about that a little bit, particularly in primaries as opposed to the ridiculous caucuses.
The only states where christian conservatives would make a huge impact aren’t going for Obama anyways.
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I’m interested in your views on this matter. You have stated in the past you are a Republican and it’d be interesting to see who you want as the nominee.
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Well, I tended to side with Republicans in the past, because I lean towards small government both fiscally and socially. Yes, I was troubled by the pro-life and anti-homosexual agendas in the Republican Party of the 90’s and early 2000’s, but I looked at that more as a necessary evil in order to engage a base rather than a true intent of the party.
However, after Sarah Palin’s nomination and the rise of anti-intellectualism in the Republican Party, I reached a breaking point and pseudo-align with the Democrats. I wanted Huntsman as the nominee, mostly because he represented a more intellectual approach than the other candidates who seem to operate through Pavlovian politics.
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you pretty much articulate how I feel.
but for me the Democrats’ long list of ridiculous issues makes it hard for me to align, pseudo or otherwise, with them.
I am becoming a man without a party.
What about the CGB Party? What are our tenets?
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Pretty sure it’s just trolling.
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Trollious leader
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
1. Trolling
2. Not taking shit too seriously
3. Secret love for the Stanford band
Who wants to be our presidential candidate???
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OMG FLAGGED SO HARD
3. Secret love for the Stanford band
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
I know but he could at least quit bringing it up!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
So, is that a yes or a no?
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HELL NO
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
who is
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that’s obvious at this point. whose every post do all of us fawn over?
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am i the only person who votes democrat because it’s the lesser of two evils? there’s no point in voting for any other candidate, hate them or not….
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A good friend of mine founded Govern for California. It would be great if it caught on, but it makes so much sense it probably won’t.
Here is an interesting interview he did about this. It’s only 8 minutes. It’s such a clear articulation of the problem and what needs to happen.
I’m generally tempted to not vote as my vote doesn’t mean all too much in the grand scheme of things.
I wish we had mandatory voting.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
I think people would be more likely to pay attention if they knew they had to participate, and it would improve the quality of our democracy by bringing virtually all citizens into the process, so that it’s not a skewed sample of more affluent, older people voting.
Plus it would help to virtually eliminate the possibility of voter fraud :)
People could still have the option not to vote in my perfect world, but they’d have to, I dunno, pay a nominal fine or something, like $5 or whatever. It would just create the norm of expecting people to vote.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
And if people really wanted to not really participate, they could cast an empty ballot.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
How am I nuts? Do you think it’s a bad idea?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
I think Cugel meant to say “so long as you know your nuts.”
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 23, 2012 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
I’m decently well acquainted with them.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Is that a warning?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
It’s just so un-American, so anti the ethos that motivates political thought. I’d far rather see weekend voting and policies to make voting more accessible, but if you’re too stupid to care about the future of the country, frankly, I’d rather you just stayed home.
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I think more people would care if they had to vote. Australia does compulsory voting IIRC, and that seems to work just fine. They’re not some sort of fascist state or anything.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
So, you hate Australia, then?
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This is a terrible idea
The people who currently can’t take the time to vote in a presidential election…. do I really want their votes deciding the future of this country?
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I don’t want any votes deciding the future of this me, you, or my neighbor. My future isn’t up to a vote.
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Although I’ve voted in every election I’m qualified for, voting is an absolute waste of time. The cost benefit analysis weighing the effort required to be competent in all the issues against the actual effect a single vote has will never make it worthwhile.
Of course it’s not worthwhile in terms of cost-benefit. It’s more of a moral obligation to do your civic duty.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
Eh. I have no idea what a “civic duty” is. Also, morality has to do with this. That’s like somebody telling me “but Jesus wants you to vote!”
Regardless, I do vote. My point is, by understanding that the CBA will never work out we can at least begin to see (and sympathize with?) those who don’t vote. It’s completely rational not to (although apparently immoral).
Well, a civic duty means participating in civic institutions, and voting is part of that. You don’t have to be engaged in politics if you don’t really want to, but our democratic institutions of governance work best, are more transparent, are less beholden to special interests and are more accountable when more people are engaged and active participants. So it has nothing to do with Jesus wanting you to vote, but it’s a step toward having our system work more optimally.
I agree that it’s completely rational not to vote if you’re considering things on a basic Econ 101 level. There’s only a tiny tiny tiny chance that your individual vote is going to be meaningful in being the difference between one person winning or another, so why waste the time and energy?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
You don’t have to be engaged in politics if you don’t really want to, but our democratic institutions of governance work best, are more transparent, are less beholden to special interests and are more accountable when more people are engaged and active participants.
This sounds awesome, but I believe very little of it. First, I’m not sure what it means for government institutions to work better. I’m guessing that how to measure this and what it means is completely up for debate. Second, “special interests” used to mean the minority has a voice, now it’s sort of a disparaging remark meant to indicate minority groups I disagree with. This, too, is completely subjective. Third, I’m fairly unconvinced that more people being involved in governance means that the quality of governance is improved (whatever that means). For the record, both majority rule and minority rule sound awful to me.
My “Jesus” comparison was a really poor one, but the point is I don’t believe “morality” truly has anything to do with it.
This is getting dangerously close to a full scale discussion about ideology, so I think I’ll retreat into my cave.
Second, "special interests" used to mean the minority has a voice, now it’s sort of a disparaging remark meant to indicate minority groups I disagree with. This, too, is completely subjective.
No no, believe it or not, I actually meant it in a relatively neutral way. I mean that people who have a very dear stake in a certain political outcome have disproportionate influence on the actual political actors, especially when those people are well-funded. The broader the voting public, the more people would have to be convinced that those interests serve the greater good.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
I guess I would attack that very same problem in a completely different way. I’d like to reduce and minimize the situations where any subgroup has a “very dear stake in a certain political outcome”.
How are you going to do that? Gay people want to have gay marriage. Defense contractors want to have new weapons systems. You’re always going to have certain groups that really really care about certain issues.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed that you can only seek to minimize it, you’ll never make it zero. However, the gay marriage issue is a great example. Currently, a segment of the population has to appeal for government to validate their marriage. I haven’t looked into the history, but I’m assuming government got into this marriage business with a whole bunch of explanations about “moral obligations” and “civic duties”, but it isn’t strictly necessary for there to be one centralized body deciding what qualifies and doesn’t qualify as a marriage. Furthermore, the government already has a body of law regarding contracts between private individuals. Remove the government function, remove the problem.
As for defense contracting, I think that’s a whole different post.
Casting a ballot doesn’t potentially require weeks away from your job.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 24, 2012 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
Does it come with disco lights?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 7:17 PM PST up reply actions
WolverBear said engineers like them!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 7:23 PM PST up reply actions
Collective Bargaining Agreement?
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I don't think one can be morally obliged to commit an essentially futile gesture.
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Of course not, and obviously most people clearly don’t feel so obliged. It’s also not as much of a cultural expectation as it ought to be. Voting should be a norm, and it’s becoming less and less of one. That’s why I think we should make it a legal obligation :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
Wonderful, I always wanted to be conscientious objector.
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It was fantastic."
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You totally could be in my system! Just submit a blank ballot or pay a nominal fine.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
[shrug] I dunno, it’s not a big deal either way. Maybe take it out of his tax refund if he ever has one? Who knows. It’s not important. Establishing the norm is important IMO. Australia with its mandatory voting has a 95% voting rate. It’s not 100% but it’s pretty damn close. I could live with that.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
Eh. I just have no interest in compelling others into doing things they’re really not interested in doing. I’m especially not interested in robbing them by force if they then don’t comply. I don’t think that’s the point of government, especially democratic ones.
Meh, I get that viewpoint, and I respect it… but I think as a practical matter it would improve the system (also most people who don’t vote are not fierce ideologues, so it’d probably benefit moderates), and it’s something that I see as part of the duties of citizenship anyway, so I don’t think it’s a big deal in terms of restricting people’s freedom or whatever. Especially when the enforcement/punishment mechanism is weak by design. So on balance it doesn’t really bother me.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
An irritatingly literal depiction of the nanny state.
Nagging the populace into action.
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It was fantastic."
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People have to get a license to drive, so that must mean they all get good at driving.
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It wouldn’t have to be “all”. I just think if people had to cast a vote one way or another, they might be a little more likely to pay attention. I don’t think it’d be a panacea but it would be a step in the right direction.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:26 PM PST up reply actions
Because then the Democrats would eaisly sweep to victory.
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Well, maybe. Maybe there could even be a viable third party that appealed to the mass of people who evidently don’t find the current two parties appealing enough to vote for.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
no, most people just don’t care to vote, going to be tough to change that
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You wouldn’t have to change desire if you just made it mandatory :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
No you are not
I’d love to have a realistic other option in many many races.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 3:09 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
It was clumsy, if you want to touch on this, you need to do it obliquely. I love how Newt bashing on the media makes him a hero to the same conservatives who wanted Clinton’s hide, it’s just too delicious.
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GO NEWT GO!
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It wasn’t even clumsy, it was pathetic. A pathetic attempt to get attention.
As for the right’s obsession with OTHER people’s sex lives, i agree with you. And I find this a very odd development.
Finally, I think Mitt Romney really blew it in SC. Not that he lost but he sort of sold his soul in losing. He did basically (not exactly mind you so some of you don’t need to scramble on google looking for counterpoints) what McCain did in 2000. He should not have tried to be more conservative than Newt and actually embraced “the moderate” label (in some clever way). Losing one state doesn’t kill you. Saying stupid stuff in that state will.
Well yes, he should be more adamant about who he really is, but that’s the problem; he doesn’t seem comfortable in his own skin, and that’s a serious failing for a politician.
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by way of reference, McCain was going to lose SC in 2000. So he should have come out hard on the Confederate Flag thing… but instead he equivocated, which destroyed his whole “straight talk” selling point (whether you believe that or not is not the point, it was his “thing”)
I think I agree with this.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Romney is even so desperate that he agreed to release his 2010 tax returns. I’m excited to see if his tax rate is lower than 15%.
Romney’s said himself it’s about 15%. Doesn’t really matter whether it’s slightly above or slightly below.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Well, if you ask it that way, you are asking to get your ass handed to you.
If, however, you phrase the question along the lines of “it has been reported from multiple sources that you have been unfaithful in two of your three marriages. Your second wife has alleged that you were unfaithful and requested either a divorce or an open marriage, which occurred at the same time that you were involved in an effort to impeach Bill Clinton over, among other things, lying about infidelity. More recently, you have attacked Freddie Mac and housing policy while at the same time you were taking money from a contract with that agency. What would you say to the proposition that you have demonstrated sufficient public hypocrisy, on these two issues, to call into question your suitability to be president?”
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FUCK YOU, JOHN KING, FUCK YOU AND YOUR STUPID TOUCH SCREEN SMELLOVISION
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Supreme Court says wireless GPS monitoring without warrant is unconstitutional:
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday the authorities need a probable-cause warrant from a judge to affix a GPS device to a vehicle and monitor its every move.
The decision (.pdf) in what is arguably the biggest Fourth Amendment case in the computer age, rejected the Obama administration’s position. The government had told the high court that it could affix GPS devices on the vehicles of all members of the Supreme Court, without a warrant.
"We hold that the government’s installation of a GPS device on a target’s vehicle, and its use of that device to monitor the vehicle’s movements, constitutes a ‘search,’" Justice Antonin Scalia wrote.
In a footnote, Scalia added that, "Whatever new methods of investigation may be devised, our task, at a minimum, is to decide whether the action in question would have constituted a ‘search’ within the original meaning of the Fourth Amendment. Where, as here, the government obtains information by physically intruding on a constitutionally protected area, such a search has undoubtedly occurred."
In all, five justices said physically attaching the GPS device to the underside of a car amounted to trespassing and was a search requiring a warrant. The majority said "the present case does not require us to answer" whether police may employ GPS monitoring of a vehicle via an already onboard navigation system "without an accompanying trespass."
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oh snap
Sidnor would totally have been written up for tagging Bodie’s car!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 8:53 AM PST up reply actions
Not legal to stalk twistnhook with a gps monitor, but okay to stalk him from a distance with drones, satellites, and old vans?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 8:59 AM PST up reply actions
It is legal to stalk me with a gps monitory…if you have a wrrant!
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Went to Maharaja exhibit at Azn Art Museum in downtown SF.
Would highly recommend it. it is organized chronically and by region, so it sorta tells the story of the power of the Maharaja (kings) being subsumed by the British and then sorta destroyed by modernity.
There are a lot of 17th, 18th, and 19th century art works depicting the maharaja doing various things (mostly hunting and being in processions). They also have bejeweled artwork, like daggers, swords, items of clothing bla bla bla. I thought it was really cool.
my favorite piece was a lengthy scroll depicting a procession with just about every single aspect of Indian culture from the lowest castes to the British. I would recommend it.
You can also tell when the British start to influence things, bc the art goes from that 2D panel image to a more realistic 3D style. There obviously is a lot more to that transition that I was able to figure out.
It ends with the freedom of India and what the maharaja were doing at that time. Sweet photos of pimp looking kings in tuxes and suits etc etc etc. Rishi-esque! Interesting end.
Of course the other aspect to it is the political aspect. You can enjoy the culture, but the reality is that it was a non democratic structure designed to promote the wealth of the REALLY 1% at the expense of everybody else. That whole situation sort of hangs over the entire exhibit. How many poor people’s lives could hav ebeen improved if the maharaja spent less money on bejeweled swords and more money on building cities or creating jobs etc etc etc.
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Also, we look at artwork these days as a personal extension of the artist. Art is auto biographical.
But the vast, vast, vast majority of classic art is a reflection of the king or religious institutions. They were the customers buying the art essentially. I wonder if there was a lot of art that was done that was more personal that never made it to us bc nobody would keep it around for hundreds or thousands of years.
Or was it just never viewed that way back then. Art was viewed from a political or market prism of “Kings buy this art to promote themselves and protect their position.”
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Cool!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 9:01 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder if there was a lot of art that was done that was more personal that never made it to us bc nobody would keep it around for hundreds or thousands of years.
Really not much of this exists, maybe the Rembrandt self portraits fall into this category, possibly some Chinese landscape painting of the Sung period, but they have a much different tradition.
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I would think any self-portrait falls into the category. I really wonder what art was being done that well never know about bc it didnt last 200+ years or so
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Unless you’re talking about ephemeral folk, not much, because the resources were rare and expensive, talent hard to come by.
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Good point.
Also, I think that they might have not viewed art as a personal self-reflection the way we do. They didnt have art institutes. Art existed in the forms of music that was very basic compared to what we have today, epic poem! and stuff the church paid for.
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Whats your thoughs/
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I’ve always associated art with some form of self-expression, as opposed to simply craftsmanship. And even among art that is commissioned, an artist usually would find a way to communicate something beyond craftsmanship, and would thus add self-expression within his/her employer’s constraints, right? Do you think skill was the only criteria that people cared for when choosing an artist?
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Hmmmm…. I would agree that there is much more than craftsmanship in classical art, but whether that means that, say Giotto:
for example is exhibiting “self-expression” is questionable. He was a great artist, but he was (as best as I can tell) trying to express Christian beliefs more forcefully.
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Well, I think that when the kings or chuch was commissioning art, it was essentially for a political purpose.
To promote their own interest and to make tehmselves appear as dominant as possible. Most art that makes it to us after hundreds or thousands of years is, fundamentally, propoganda. It doesn’t seem like that to start, but it really is. So, in that vein, the skill and craftsmenship of the artist is priority #1.
Art then is no longer autobiography.
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If they go really really really REALLY soon, they can see this modern Indian art exhibit at YBCA
As contemporary art becomes more widely recognized within India, there has also been a growing awareness of its international development and impact. YBCA is pleased to present The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India, an exhibition of sculpture, photography and video by artists of India living inside the country as well as in the diaspora. Inspired by material culture, literature, spirituality, and social and political aspects of the history of the South Asian region, the exhibition is organized around three thematic threads that resonate from contemporary India—embodiment, the politics of communicative bodies and the imaginary. Of particular interest are the artistic practices that either incorporate these concepts or operate within a gap between these existing thematic categories. Whereas sculpture and painting have a long history within both sacred and secular traditions of Indian art, in recent years photography and video have emerged as significant media as well.
Until very recently, contemporary Indian photography has had little exposure in the United States. With a focus on "straight" and staged approaches, the photographic works utilize either reality-based settings—such as the informal street shoot or a formal portrait—or constructed realities and imaginary personas. These photographs merge the vision of the artist with the social dynamics of India’s vast cultural landscape to create a revealing narrative of contemporary life in an ever globalizing world.
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thanks for an interesting review
have you seen the Venetian exhibit at the DeYoung? I hope to (finally) get there this weekend.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 9:02 AM PST up reply actions
Is that the Masters Of Venice one? No, even though I am a DeYoung member, I have not made it. Was frustrated with the Picasso exhibit and didnt feel it. Will prolly go to the Jean Paul Gaultier one. Madonna’s corsets! What more do you need?
Also, I feel like my review is sort of haphazard, I didnt do a good job of explaining myself, but this isnt the best write up, bc Im lame and tired. But fuck all those hatters from my review on Millenium Cafe. I can review shit if I care. I dont care about food.
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that is it
We’re taking my nephew there this weekend, I hope, but I might not have time to linger in there as long as I’d like. I imagine there’s separate admission which kinda sucks, but oh well. I don’t know how large it is either.
You did a good job of explaining what was there. I didn’t see the Picasso thing but I recall a fantastic one at the Met when I lived in NYC that was all about his paintings of his wives/mistresses. You could totally trace the progress of his relationship. First, they’re all demure and lifelike. Then they’re kind of scary. Then finally they’re totally surreal and dismissive, in one his wife’s head looked like a Dungeness crab and was mostly composed of mouth. Pretty interesting.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
Picasso exhibit at DeYoung was a disaster. They didnt include any plaques with information so the art was without context. I had no idea what was going on.
All I got from it was Picasso was horny as fuck
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I latched onto a docent-guided tour for the Venice exhibit, which made it a LOT better.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
I saw it. It’s not really my favorite period or style, but I actually enjoyed the exhibit quite a bit.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Were there any Moghul miniatures? Those are my faves from Indian art.
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Maybe, can you explain what a Moghul miniature is?
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Exquisite jewel-like paintings that were illustrations in hand made books for Moghul elites.
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I don’t think that they had those there, but that looks so similar to the stuff they did have there that its not that far off. But I dont remember anything with that writing at the top. It was mostly Hindi. Hundred year old Hindi. Wonder how the language has drifted. Wonder if anybody fluent in the script today could read it or what problems might exist.
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Hindi is a language. Though, your point actually is probably relevant anyway. It was probably Urdu, which I believe was used in the Mughal courts.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
When used properly, totally.
The lyrics for the song Chaiyya Chaiyya (the one with SRK dancing on a train) are unbelievable.
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I discovered that song watching Inside Man! great film.
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
Truth
I think it’s prettier than both Hindi and Persian. It’s like the best of both.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Isn’t Persian just Farsi?
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somewhat related, my dad is a huge classical hindi songs buff and has a ton of lata, mohd rafi, kishore kumar, etc cd’s.
god damn those sings are pretty.
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Depends upon your interpretation.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
No
Hinduism is a monotheistic religion.
Krishna, Ganesha, Rama… they’re all avatars of one God.
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I’m fine with the interpretation of Jesus being an incarnation of God.
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I’d bet on the guy with 4 arms and a trunk.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
What slapfight?
I’m just saying I see validity in all religious beliefs…
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it’s not interpretation, it is fact and you are going to hell if you do not believe so
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
And that God is Tim Tebow, got it
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I get the impression that that’s what more enlightened, educated upper-middle class folks may tend to think, but I bet the vast multitudes of Hindus in villages and cities all over India take the mythology literally and think of them as separate deities.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
How many people actually read the Gita? It’s all tradition/practice for most people. People take their gods/goddesses seriously.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
We celebrate the avatars and what they represent, but I don’t see any evidence to back up your claim that most Hindus think of Ram and Krishna as separate Gods.
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ram is a great album but it’s no god.
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t have any polling data or anything, so who knows. It’s just my perception based on things I’ve read/seen. Most poor and uneducated adherents of any religion take things pretty literally.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
That may be the case.
Anyway, the reality is that Hinduism is a monotheistic religion.
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I agree with you on that being the best interpretation. That’s what my parents believe as well. I just think that view would be a surprise to hundreds of millions of Hindus.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Still disagree, but that’s okay! Everything is open to interpretation!
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Even SteakNShake versus Denny’s?!?!
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It’s the pre-Five Guys vs In N Out. Like, Four Guys vs. soaking.
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InNt v. Five Guys is SO two thousand and late!
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praise rang
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
The Holy Quintuplets!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
If you take it literally, yeah. Or you could take them all as manifestations of a single divinity.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
Hindu scripture actually says this stuff, so it’s not just my interpretation.
The theory is that God shows up in avatar form from time to time whenever there’s a decline of morality in the world. If nothing else, it’s interesting reading!
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So, would you say your actions these days are designed to bring about another Avatar?
You are singlehandedly inviting an Avatar!
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Has anybody ever told you you need to drink less? Could be that guy.
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I want you to drink more! Better stories!
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Also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalki
If you get bored and want to know how the world is supposed to end, according to Hinduism.
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This is why twist shows up at my window every time I get on CGB.
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
it’s to let air in in case it gets stuffy during a tornado
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
lul
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, my dad’s a huge fan of Saigal, Mohd. Rafi, Jagmohan, Ghulam Ali (he’s my fave), Talat Mahmood, etc… That’s the stuff I grew up listening to at home.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
me too!
my dad also went to UT austin in the early 80’s, so my musical upbringing was a combination of country music / rock and then these songs
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I got raised on old school Hindi music, rock (lots of Queen), and classical music.
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Did your family like Queen bc the lead singer was Indian?
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Send this to your dad if he hasn’t heard it. He may appreciate the humour here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nER3GFyGRUc
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Ha, interesting. I’ll send it to him :) Thanks.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
This chutney soca song about rum samples a song from an old Bollywood film. We studied it in a class I took at Cal.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
I know. That is a different script from the Devangari one.
It might be Urdu, I don’t know what Urdu looks like when written. Its spoken the same as Hindi, I believe, but written differently.
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Not quite
Nowadays, though, Hindi and Urdu sound the same because they’ve merged.
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But my question was bout the script. Could you have read the script frm the 1700s or 1800s?
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Yes, like I said, sound the same ,written differently.
Like I said, there was a lot of Hindi there (no Urdu that I saw, but perhaps I missed it). And my question was regarding language drift over hundreds of years.
Could a Hindi reader now read the langauge back itn eh 1700s 1800s and how would be it difficult?
We could read English back in the 1700s etc, but there would be some major problems that we might stuggle with like idioms and spelling/grammar etc.
Just curious about Hindi.
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Yep true to at least the 16th Century, but English from the 14th Century is a bit more difficult.
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So, I wonder if that same thign has hapened in Hindi or if its been almost the sme for the last several hundred years.
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That’s a really good question. I honestly don’t know.
I know that Sanskrit, the mother language of Hindi, has essentially not changed one bit from classical Hindu scriptures. But that’s because it’s not really spoken anymore and is used to read.
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Sanskrit and Latin are actually sister languages.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
Like the Kardashians?
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Serious! Shes like twice as tall as the others.
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Do they have the same mom? Then yes, like the Kardashians.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Although, to my knowledge
I’m not sure that Sanskrit split off into classical Sanskrit and vulgar Sanskrit
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He took classic Indian art scenes and made them modern.
If I was an Indian artist, I’d totally mine the thousands of years of history for inspiration. I mean there is SO much to work with.
A thought I had ove rlunch was to do the OPPOSITE of what this modern artist Sanjay Patel did. I’d take modern Indian scenes and do them in that classic 2D style.
People talking on cell phones, driving cars, etc etc etc, but done in that 2D style that is so closely associated with Indian art. Like these scenes:
Wouldn’t that be cool? I lack the artistic ability to pull this off, though. Oh well. Perhaps somebody else can take this ball.
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That is damn cool
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
Do you have to be Indian to mine classical Indian art?
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Not at all. I have concepts in my head that I could never actually execute (due to lack of skil) of what mining classical Indian art would look like.
I think, though, that it adds something when its self-reflective of your heritage and upbringing. I look at a lot of the Indian art and I miss out on subtle aspects.
For example, apparently the way women wore saris determined their status in society. I just see a woman in asari, but somebody who grew up in India and is knowledgeable about the intraciacies could put that into their art much stronger.
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To me, I just mean it like utilizing the concepts for your own art.
Like I’m saying you have that 2D classic style, so you use it in your art. Like you mine and take out the nuggets you want to use.
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Is that the “Cool” you use when you don’t want to fight with somebody and am trying to calm the situation down? I’m not trying to be antagonistic or fight with anybody.
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 9:08 AM PST reply actions
I lol’d at the “If Kelly leaves Oregon, a good case for Cal as Pac 12 North faves” tweet
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
Why is he in Daly City?
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Is it the the steam from the rice cookers that gave it away?
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Howard story over on BI
“After Tosh left to go to Washington, I knew some people on staff at Cal so I gave a call to express my interest in the opening so we set up an interview with Clancy Pendergast, Kenwick Thompson and Coach Tedford, to talk about my philosophy and beliefs,” said Howard.
All that was left to further explore an opportunity that really piqued Howard’s interest was a flight from Eastern Washington to Oakland, though that was easier said than done. But despite several obstacles, nothing was going to stand in the determined Howard’s way, especially knowing that Cal was ready to move quickly as time was of the essense during such a critical time during the recruiting season with National Letter of Intent Day rapidly approaching on February 1st.
“It’s blizzard weather up there in Eastern Washington,” said Howard. "I was supposed to fly in for the meeting on Thursday afternoon.
“I couldn’t get out at 6:30. I couldn’t get out at 10. I couldn’t get out at 3:30. Everything was cancelled so I asked about Friday but the earliest flight out on Friday was 5 pm.
“So I called Cal and said, ‘Why don’t I drive to Portland. I know I can catch a flight out of there and get to Oakland.’
“They said, ‘Are you willing to do that?’ And I told them, ‘Yes, I am.’
“I left Pullman, Washington Thursday evening in a blizzard. I almost turned around 4 or 5 times. I couldn’t go more than 20 miles an hour. I was out on the roads alone, no one out there. With the adrenaline going, I was holding on tight with both hands.
“I had blowing snow coming at me and I’m driving on ice. It took me almost ten hours to get from Pullman to Portland but I made out of sheer determination and was able to get up and catch that flight and go interview. "
“I explained to Coach Tedford that there’s really two kinds of players: a dominant player or a break-even player.
“You watch college football on Saturday and there’s around 119 teams. I consider most of the guys out there to be break-even players -good college players that win some battles and lose some battles. They finish their college careers, get a job and start a family. That’s the majority of college players.
“Then you have your dominant players. They win their battles on Saturday, you know what I mean?
“I tell the players, you did what you were supposed to do. You handled your gap and took care of your responsibility. But you broke even. You didn’t knock your guy back and then throw him on his back.
“When I say they broke even, they know it’s a slight because they can always do better. I want them to dominate their guys. I’m pushing you to dominate guys and to do it on every play.
“In order to be a dominant player you have to do the things that get you there, You have to have dominant strength, you have to have a dominant attitude. You have to be dominant in everything and play that way.
“You look at what I did at UCLA, I can recruit, too,” said Howard. "You can go down the list. I got Owa, from Oregon, Cassius Marsh, Brandon Willis from South Carolina. In my head-to-head battles with Tosh, I won quite a few.
“I know he relates well with recruits and I won’t take that away from him but I do, as well, and I expect to continue to do that at Cal.
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 9:59 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
HE WILL BE HORRIBLE UNLESS HE CANT EAT TWENTY JUMBACOS IN ONE SITTING
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK HE WAS EATING ON THAT 10 HOUR DRIVE THROUGH A BILZZARD!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111oneoneone
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
HIS OWN SON
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
SONBACOS?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
GIF HURRY ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
NOT ENOUGH REDBULL WAS AT WORK UNTIL 3 THIS MORNING CRYING
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Time for some ikoolykedat sunshine pumping
HE was the one that reached out to inquired about the job. He REALLY wanted this job (of course, he was unemployed at the time).
He’ll want to prove that Tedford made the right hire and work his arse off to ensure he does not drop the ball in recruiting AND developing our current players into ‘dominant players’. This guy is not some newbie and should provide needed experience to the position. Of course, I’m as concerned with others about his recruiting abilities—but mostly because he’s an unknown to ME and not necessarily because he lacks those skills.
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
I agree with this. He definitely seems like a good hire and I think he’ll work really hard and do pretty well. Overall, I am pleased with both of the recent hires.
I'm with you both
The proof will be in the pudding (where does that come from????) but so far this hire looks promising. We’ll know better by middle of the season next year.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
Proof was an ancient slang term for phallus, and pudding comes from puddendum. So that phrase means you’re going to get laid. The proof will be in the pudding!
/totallymakingshitup
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Quit being such a proof.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
More of a proofhead, really.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
But he’s Indian so he’s only a little one.
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Recd hard and put away wet!
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“I like the kids. Part of the allure of college ball is that I not only get to teach the kids but I get to be a mentor to them. I want the kids to graduate. I want the kids to meet their goals. So I’m going to be there with them to push them and cajole them to do the things they need to do to meet their goals. That’s a big part of it. Each kid I coach is like my son.
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especially since you dont know what skyrim is!
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
I’ll buy it eventually. After the GOTY edition comes out later this year.
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youch.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
Is CGB Jumbaco Night gonna happen? Or was that just cloud talk, man?
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me me i’m a jumbaco man
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
is TWSS?
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Whohah posted this
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by Rishi on Jan 23, 2012 10:32 AM PST reply actions 4 recs
I DONT EVEN KNOW WHO THAT GUY IS BUT THIS SO BEAUTIFUL
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Josh Freeman Tampa Bay QB
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Fanpost discussing scheduling of Pac12
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He’s spreading the love….
Not EVERYONE can dedicate their entire day like we do to inane conversations, pictures of Alex Morgan, cricket reviews from the other side of the world, and links to the latest cuff links in the HOPES of discussing things like Pac-12 Scheduling. While those who can’t spend their days like that are losers, Twist is out there for the little guy and wants to make their days interesting by shifting some of this refined banter to other posts. AMIRITE?
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no, the DBD in the end-all be-all of cal fandom, go to hell
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
Alex Morgan? WHERE?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
If you think about it, it’s amazing how perfect she looks, rather than, you know, sweaty and gross because she’s in the middle of playing a physically demanding sport.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
i think about it. all. the. time.
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
Google search: Alex Morgan Fanta
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Do you have a job lined up for me in case I get fired?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
RIGHT HURR
http://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/alex-morgan-twitter.jpg
(nsfw?)
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LOL U
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
Bucs SBN site not happy:
This is starting to get a little embarrassing. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been left at the altar for at least the third time in Bucs history – twice by Bill Parcells, and now once by Chip Kelly. The Oregon Registrar Guard was the first to report that Chip Kelly would stay at Oregon, and now multiple other outlets – including ESPN and Pewter Report.
This isn’t the first time the Bucs have failed to land their prospective head coach. The Glazers went hard after the man they wanted – and they came up short. Did Chip Kelly just use the talks as leverage to get a better contract at Oregon? Who knows, but apparently the Bucs’ job is not exactly an attractive one these days.
And that’s embarrassing. There are only 32 NFL teams in the universe. Being the head coach of an NFL team is a dream for most coaches – and it should be. But for Chip Kelly, Jeff Fisher and Wade Phillips, that dream doesn’t include the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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ugh. I hated that that whole Stella arc.
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, Warren Sapp, when they are winning.
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
George Takei Facebook Randomness
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george takei posting things on facebook is like him being a grandpa on facebook for everybody, i hope he starts personally emailing out chain letters full of american flag .gifs and hilarious pictures of animals.
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
Did you get the joke?
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yes, i remember it from when i went on the internet in 1995
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
lol
Nailed it!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
I find it highly doubtful you were on the internet when you were 6
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86, i was at least 8
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
You stllw erent around the internets
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i don’t think you’re the expert on tech here, i’m pretty sure for a while your phone was just a pez dispenser that you pretended to talk to people with
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
ps i was on the internetz
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
PS I have a 2nd generation iPhone now! I’ve made it to 2008!
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yay!
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
aw
Hope you feel better! Have some pho!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Sorry to hear that.
Feel better soon!
I keep frozen bags of pho broth, chicken soup broth, etc.
When it’s cold or someone’s sick, it’s fast & easy to boil up the pre-made broth, add veggies/rice, and gtg.
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When I cook, I keep a “bone bag” and “veggie bag” of scraps in the freezer.
When they get filled up, I’ll boil them on the stove or pressure cooker during the weekend. Easy to have simmering while watching sports, doing chores, etc.
Then, chill. Skim off excess fat, ladle into bags. If you want to get really fancy, you can pre-measure into 1/4C, 1/2C bowls, or freeze in ice-cube trays to use for other meals that need broth.
/cheap
//olds
///Asian!
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Go to Cleveland
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
Speaking of cheap old Asian (me)
This weekend, after I almost finished a rotisserie chicken (from Costco), I boiled the carcass (bones + some meat and skin) in water to use as a base for my rice porridge.
Gotta love the rice porridge on a cold day!
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah.
We were just thinking of making some. My grandmother always made the best jook. (rice porridge)
Our family always did this on Thanksgiving. Eat dinner, then chuck bones into crock pot. Stay up partying, then have hot jook before going home.
Mmmm…
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Do you eat dessert rice porridge? Like, eight treasures porridge?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Not usually.
My mother in law and I am the only ones who enjoy it. Everyone else sort of pushes their bowls towards us and rolls their eyes. So, it’s an eating out thing, and we don’t bother making it at home.
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Oh, gotcha. Yeah, an auntie made some for me :) Also, there’s something called Four Gods soup, but my parents’ families eat it differently (one side is sweet; the other side has it savory), so since they don’t agree, we don’t have it.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
I do this and keep the broth instead for other stuff.
I also keep the broth when I make stewed chicken for flautas/enchiladas.
Then I don’t have to buy premade chicken broth.
I’m also a cheap old Asian
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by HeyAlumniGo on Jan 23, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
That’s pretty smart and I’d do it if we had a bigger freezer. Pre-made stock is lousy.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Homemade. It takes a while.
THE BROTH
2 onions, halved
4" nub of ginger, halved lengthwise
5-6 lbs of good beef bones, preferably leg and knuckle
1 lb of beef meat – chuck, brisket, rump, cut into large slices [optional]
6 quarts of water
1 package of Pho Spices [1 cinnamon stick, 1 tbl coriander seeds, 1 tbl fennel seeds, 5 whole star anise, 1 cardamom pod, 6 whole cloves – in mesh bag]
1 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt (halve if using regular table salt)
1/4 cup fish sauce
1 inch chunk of yellow rock sugar (about 1 oz) – or 1oz of regular sugar
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Directions
Char: Turn your broiler on high and move rack to the highest spot. Place ginger and onions on baking sheet. Brush just a bit of cooking oil on the cut side of each. Broil on high until ginger and onions begin to char. Turn over and continue to char. This should take a total of 10-15 minutes.
Parboil the bones: Fill large pot (12-qt capacity) with cool water. Boil water, and then add the bones, keeping the heat on high. Boil vigorously for 10 minutes. Drain, rinse the bones and rinse out the pot. Refill pot with bones and 6 qts of cool water. Bring to boil over high heat and lower to simmer. Using a ladle or a fine mesh strainer, remove any scum that rises to the top.
Boil broth: Add ginger, onion, spice packet, beef, sugar, fish sauce, salt and simmer uncovered for 1 1/2 hours. Remove the beef meat and set aside (you’ll be eating this meat later in the bowls) Continue simmering for another 1 1/2 hours. Strain broth and return the broth to the pot. Taste broth and adjust seasoning – this is a crucial step. If the broth’s flavor doesn’t quite shine yet, add 2 teaspoons more of fish sauce, large pinch of salt and a small nugget of rock sugar (or 1 teaspoon of regular sugar). Keep doing this until the broth tastes perfect.
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The noodles
THE BOWLS
2 lbs rice noodles (dried or fresh)
cooked beef from the broth
1/2 lb flank, london broil, sirloin or eye of round, sliced as thin as possible.
big handful of each: mint, cilantro, basil
2 limes, cut into wedges
2-3 chili peppers, sliced
2 big handfuls of bean sprouts
Hoisin sauce
Sriracha hot sauce
Prepare noodles & meat: Slice your flank/london broil/sirloin as thin as possible – try freezing for 15 minutes prior to slicing to make it easier. Remember the cooked beef meat that was part of your broth? Cut or shred the meat and set aside. Arrange all other ingredients on a platter for the table. Your guests will “assemble” their own bowls. Follow the directions on your package of noodles – there are many different sizes and widths of rice noodles, so make sure you read the directions. For some fresh rice noodles, just a quick 5 second blanch in hot water is all that’s needed. The package that I purchased (above) – needed about 45 seconds in boiling water.
Ladling: Bring your broth back to a boil. Line up your soup bowls next to the stove. Fill each bowl with rice noodles, shredded cooked beef and raw meat slices. As soon as the broth comes back to a boil, ladle into each bowl. the hot broth will cook your raw beef slices. Serve immediately. Guests can garnish their own bowls as they wish.
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wowsers
The $6-$10 price point is looking like a good value
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
I saw this as “have some photo” and thought, gee atoms, you are a cock. lol
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
lol I’m not Rishi.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
Feel better!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
that looks so good
i literally just made instant soup to help with mine, thanks for making me feel bad again.
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I can’t view teh whole article. stupid paywall
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
pro tip
Search for the headline “Asian Souper Bowl” in Google News, you should be able to click through from there.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Followup: Caffe Sport in North Beach
on Saturday Night Was EXCELLENT. I recommend everyone go there immediately.
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This is a much better review than Twist’s “I hate Millennium. Their food tastes like food and it costs money”
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Hey, I reviewed something I know about above. I welcome your thoughts there. I bet you know something about it there, too.
And my review is valuable for non-foodies! There ar a lot of people who just dont care about food. Its utilitarian to them and they dont want to spend a lot of money on vegan food.
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See, I like it, but I’m actually interested to hear a non-vegetarian’s perspective on it. If I took a date there, would they enjoy it?
(trick question, why would I date a non-vegetarian?!)
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You are outside the CGB clothing store?!??!
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I have actually dated non-vegetarian girls
But I’m neurotic and insisted that they brush their teeth after eating meat if they were seeing me.
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I didn’t know Seinfeld was a documentary!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
who said anything about kissing?
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
[smh]
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Because it was worth it, amirite?
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
as far as caffe sport goes, I was surrounded by 3 vegetarians and they seemed to like it very much. As long as you like pasta. If you’re veggie and off carbs, go somewhere else.
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why would I date a non-vegetarian?!
To restore the balance of good and evil in the universe?
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
The restaurant isnt just vegetarian, I think its vegan, so even if you went you might be put off by things. I dont know.
I wish I could provide better info for you, Rishi. I can tell you that I spoke with 2 friends of mine yesterday about Millenium Cafe (one of which is Indian, Maharasthran) and they LOVE it. The Indian guy is veg and they told love the restuarant. So, thats a good review right there, right?
I cant do a proper review of the cafe, bc I lack the ability to provide insight. Im not trying to troll anybody. I just am not good at food!
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WHO’S BETTER AT ANYTHING THAN ME?
EVERYBODY!
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by TwistNHook on Jan 23, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
PS Rough day for the Harbaugh family yesterday
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frankly
“is it worth $50 per person” is a nice bright-line standard I’m interested in hearing about a restaurant. Cuz usually it ain’t.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
I agree, but he’s against the concept of paying that much at ANY RESTAURANT
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Fair point!
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But it’s not like he’s saying that it’s WRONG. He’s just saying that it’s not his thing!
"I'll die before I surrender, Tim."
People who spend more than $50 at restaurants should be rounded up in camps and exterminated for their views
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Or ground into nutritious powders and pastes!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
true
but in this case he went and saw the 1% dishes close up!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
I hope he took 50 pictures on his cell phone and uploaded them to yelp
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OMG NAPKIN RINGS NOT ROUND 1 STAR
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
The amount of terrible food photos bothers me.
I want photos of the place, so I know if it’s a fast food place or if it has nice ambiance, etc.
But 87% of the photos are just cell phone pictures
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Dude, if you want better than cell phone pics…you need to stop making fun of all the food bloggers who bring in their uber-Nikon-Canon-BFG cameras to take pictures of the parsley garnish and lemon wedges in their ice water.
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Also, ate them!
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What did you order?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
We did family style so let me try to remember.
House Salad – very good
Spinich ravioli – very good
crab ravioli – Excellent
pesto & penne – others really liked, but not my taste
steamed muscles – OMFG So Good
Shrimp Scampi & Linguini – OMFG So Good.
… Whatever the bread & sauce on the table, very good and very addictive.
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steamed muscles – OMFG So Good
Was there a sauna there or something? :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
GUYs I just thought of a great restaurant idea!
Mussels & Muscles, together at last.
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How about: Mussel Beach
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
okay, okay, I like it. Can we put a strip club next to it called “Steamed Muscles”?
Cal: Bears with Books.
Nono thats 2 blocks over
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
I do not object.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
There’s a long-neck clam joke in there somewhere, I just know it.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
That’s the VIP suite, you get the Long-Neck (for your) Clam special.
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by AndBears on Jan 23, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
WHOA
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
nah, a bit too subtle for the DBD
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
But I’m surfing the DBD
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PS What sport did yuo play at the Caffe?
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Calling Ohio Bear!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
WHAT cafe right behind you???
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
But it wasnt required, I thought
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fiatlux is a true here, he drinks even when not mandatory.
It makes it hard for him to read signs, tho.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
This just took a turn for the Ohio.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
I’d like to think those hats would be right at home in Ohio.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
WHOSE SAYING???
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
ARE SAYING!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
If it was he would have ®’s all over this beyotch
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
You get a gold ® for knowing there is a difference.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
Dream big, GoldBlooded
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
But if you hit the moon
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
“moon… si…”
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
Yes. More garlic.
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Marv Jones to Senior Bowl and stuff
MOBILE, Ala. – Former Cal football wide receiver Marvin Jones has accepted an invitation to play in the 2012 Senior Bowl. Jones will join Golden Bear teammate offensive lineman Mitchell Schwartz to become the 31st and 32nd Cal players to play in the event (see complete list below). Linebacker Mychal Kendricks had earlier accepted an invitation for this year’s contest but will not be participating.
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 10:51 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Best of luck to our seniors!
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
If I was a NFL GM, I would draft him in the later rounds. I think he’ll succeed at the next level.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Or backup punt returner.
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by HeyAlumniGo on Jan 23, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah I see him as a good possession receiver.
by puresilence on Jan 23, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
If I were a NFL GM, I would just quit right now, take the millions that I made and live off of that.
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…anymore?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Thats why they call it the No Fun League
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by TwistNHook on Jan 23, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Auto-tune the News is back!
now called Songify the News. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whFBCIzwxp8
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 11:07 AM PST reply actions
these are the minds behind “Bed Intruder Song.”
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
Australian Open
Federer vs. Del Potro tonight in the quarterfinals. it’s also Fed’s 1000th tour-level match. as a Fed fan, I’m scurred. del po’s been playing really wel
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 11:08 AM PST reply actions
This for sure. Looks like a tough matchup for Fed, but I think he can pull through with guile and experience.
I sure hope so! he’s do for a major win. 4 matches down, 3 to go… a tough road ahead. if he can get past delpo, it’s nadal in the SF and then djokovic in the final. go fed! win #17!
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
I’m surprised Tsonga went down to Nishikori in 5! biggest win in NIshikori’s career for sure. first-ever major QF.
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
I had thought the AO favorites were djok, nadal, fed, and tsonga. I don’t think Murray has the mettle to win a major, unfortunately.
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
It sure looks like it. I can’t see anyone beating him unfortunately. I’d love to see Fed win another though.
yeah, I doubt Ferrer or Nishikori will stop ND from reaching the final. we all know that ND’s totally in Nadal’s head now, but Fed can still pose problems for ND.
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
I have (but maybe it’s because I follow tennis pretty closely). he’s a good, promising young player with a good forehand.
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
speaking of which, that is an AWESOME game. fun, easy to pick up, all the big names. a Wii tennis game done right!
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
speaking of tennis
for those of you in the Bay Area, do you guys go watch the SAP Open in San Jose in February?
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
I just reread this sentence and saw that I used “do” instead of “due.” I CANNOT type correctly today.
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
DOOM
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 11:19 AM PST reply actions
sigh
furreals?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
I’m surprised you didn’t already tell folks that Shaq removed the #calgang from his twitter sig.
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last week reminded me that I was paying far too much attention to things outside of my control :)
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by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
MEOW!
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Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Hey guys, was kinda busy last week
Did I miss anything around here?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Your wife went to dinner without you.
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I was aware of that. I had leftover mac and cheese by myself on Saturday night…
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
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You don’t know that half of it!! I followed that up by doing dishes for an hour because I found ants in the kitchen. Livin’ large, baby!
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I like to think that while you were cleaning the kitchen, I was with a group of girls staring out our hotel window trying to get the couple in the apartment loft with the open windows to get busy.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Get busy cleaning dishes?
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why would you want to watch people clean their house? That sounds really boring
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
What if they were cleaning….NAKED!
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that still sounds boring and now that I think this scenario through, it’s got a high probability of being pretty disgusting. Seriously, you’re more likely to see a couple of pot bellied, 50ish middle aged types doing the cleaning and I have no desire to see what is sagging more, her boobs or his balls.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
where I come from, dem’s fightin’ words
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
“Is that a bulk purchasing order in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?”
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
You’re doing such a good job, please extend your payment terms to net 30…. oh god, to net 60… jesus, net 90?… oh gooooooooood net 120 you’re past due pay up pay up pay up!
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
this last one hits a little too close to home. Pay terms are the bane of my existence currently
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t even get paid, as it were, thanks to all these government budget shenanigans.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
seriously, you had to write that? Now I’m having visions of Andbear’s night out with the girls and the things that can’t be unseen…
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
In real life I dunno but my imagination is coming up with some seriously bad prose related to the subject.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
Nothing so formal as that. Still, I’m disturbed that I came up with this stuff in a couple of minutes.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
a truer statement has never been written on this board.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
It was fun!
boomtho and fed only showed up for a little bit, but Raptors, CalBangGreat, and I hung out for a while and had some fun convos
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by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe you are just short
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Its 2012. Try to be progressive, AndBears!
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I took a detour with reading WoT, but I now finished Book 3 and am in Book 4. Also I tried to play the WoT PC video game from 1999. I’m having trouble getting it to work.
"I'll die before I surrender, Tim."
oooo, you’re into the good stuff now.
Also, I’m not surprised you’re having trouble getting a 13-year-old game to work. I actually didn’t know they ever made one, though it doesn’t surprise me. I think that, if done well, it could turn into a really neat RPG.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
We got REALLY obsessed with Jumbacos
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FALSE
It’s actually a burger inside two tacos.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
I mean, haven't you heard the song?
First you take a Jumbo Jack and then you take two tacos…. What do you get? JUMBACO! JUMBACO! JUMBACO!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
If you arent trolling right now, I want you off the blog and I enver want to speak to you again and I revoke my standing offer to be the godfather for your child.
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I just googled “jumbaco”. There are no words…
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Jan 23, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
no need for words
just sweet, sweet dance moves
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
Seriously.
I can’t believe this turned into a meme.
Sorry. Forgot this is the DBD on CGB.
I can’t believe this didn’t turn into a meme sooner.
Old Toothwrangler
I still don’t quite understand the fascination with the commercial. But I’m glad you said it first.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
YOU’LL HAVE TO FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO BE THE GODFATHER FOR YOUR CHILD NOW!
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LIAR!
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The one that was a dancer on summer break was pretty attractive. She was an excellent sitter too.
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We need proof
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
What about her backs?
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http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2012/01/reality-check-jumbaco-from-jack-in-the-box.html
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SO FUCKING AWESOME
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by TwistNHook on Jan 23, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
that’s a lot better than i expected
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
how long ago were you pregnant? i’m pretty sure it still looks fucking amazing to you
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Its unny how diff that looks from the commercial
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just about
any of those fast food things with industrial cheese-related food imitation substance are going to look horrendous in real life.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
eye-opener on how to make a burger look beautiful
http://videosift.com/video/Food-Ad-Tricks-Making-A-Commercial-Burger?loadcomm=1
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
It looks like he’s giving a thin, smoke-shaped penis a blow job.
"I'll die before I surrender, Tim."
When I finally get one, I’m going to replace the buns with the tacos. It’s the only way to go.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 23, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
yeah i was thinking that. too much bread, who are we, AtQ? we don’t like bread THAT much
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 23, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
SLITHGLY?!?!
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7-11 nachos are slightly expensive?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Less expensive than Indian nachos, that’s for sure.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
Okay, so on Saturday night, after my birthday
I’m pretty sure I heard the word “Jumbaco” like twenty times at Cafe Mason! And none of those folks are CGBers!
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If you take off your recruiting cap and put on your DOOM goggles, this is what it says...
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Perroni must be a terrible writer
He’s only an “analyst”, while everyone else is an “Analyst”
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Feels bad that we went from pulling a Top-10 recruiting class to fighting tooth and nail to keep a 4-star legacy recruit (Bryce Treggs) from going to an in-state rival.
Shaq’s also sort of a legacy.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
That wasn’t what I meant, no.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Bryce Treggs
My bro @ItsShaqThompson don’t even reply to my texts anymore. Smh.
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 11:58 AM PST reply actions
laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Wait this is real? I assume all tweets posted here are fabricated!
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if you're going towards Telegraph Hill for a 5-martini lunch or something
careful of that one hill that falls down all the time, cause it’s falling again.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 12:05 PM PST reply actions
something named Will Brinson reports
that the Giants’ “let’s sign the pitchers and to hell with the offense” plan might not be working out so hot.
Yes, that’s right: Lincecum turned down $100 million. That sentence probably gives you some combination of the willies and anger shivers and/or whatever it is when you’re shocked, surprised a little miffed. After all, $20 million a year seems like a reasonable price to play baseball.
But Lincecum wants either a seven- or eight-year deal or a one- or two-year deal. (And can you really blame for not wanting to take a smaller number than the $126 million Barry Zito received in 2007?)
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 12:08 PM PST reply actions
Correct.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
So are we not going to fix the date in this DBD's title?
Or have I been asleep for a month?
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Does this mean LOI day was 3 weeks ago?
Who did we get?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLDDDDD
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
You have...good morning sunshine!
Here are some changes that occurred while you were sleeping.
1. US replaced food stamps with Jumbaco stamps
2. Cal signed a top-2 recruiting class after joining the SEC
3. McCain wins the GOP primary
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 23, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Washington State to legalize gay marriage:
OLYMPIA (AP) — Washington’s Legislature now has enough votes to legalize gay marriage.
Democratic Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen says she will support the measure, becoming the 25th vote needed to pass the bill out of the Senate. The House already has enough support, and Gov. Chris Gregoire has endorsed the plan.
Washington would become the seventh state to legalize same-sex marriages, following New York, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Washington state has had a domestic partnership law since 2007, and a “everything but marriage” law since 2009.
Haugen’s announcement came has hundreds of people filled the capitol to advocate for and against gay marriage. State senators began considering the bill during a morning committee hearing.
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Berkeley loses LBNL expansion to Richmond
Berkeley Lab chooses Richmond for 2nd campus
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has selected Richmond as the site for its second campus. The Lab annnounced the news this morning on its website, saying the University of California-owned Richmond Field Station site "presents the best opportunity to solve the Lab’s pressing space problems while allowing for long term growth and maintaining the 80-year tradition of close cooperation with the UC Berkeley Campus."
Three Berkeley-connected sites were on a shortlist of six for the campus. They were: Berkeley Aquatic Park West, located in West Berkeley; Emeryville/Berkeley, (which included properties currently occupied by the Lab in Emeryville and West Berkeley); and Golden Gate Fields, spanning the cities of Berkeley and Albany.
Loss of jobs for Berkeley, and a crummy deal for new employees unless they do some serious development at RFS.
not enough gunfire in Berkeley?
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
hey, Point Richmond is pretty cool…
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
I worked at the RFS for a year
and it makes a lot of sense. There’s lots of vacant UC-owned land, it’s centrally located, and there aren’t really any neighbors who might complain about it.
this assumes they cleaned up all the toxic soil.
where did you work out there?
#calgang take me away
At the NAS I suppose?
Such an awesome site but for transit.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Did Lee Evans catch a game-winning touchdown for the Ravens?
With less than 30 seconds to go in the AFC title game and the Baltimore Ravens down by three, quarterback Joe Flacco threw a back-shoulder pass to the right corner of the end zone. The pass was incomplete, knocked out of his receiver’s hands by a Patriots cornerback. In the blur of real-time action, CBS’ Jim Nantz shouted that "it was Sterling Moore who took it away from Torrey Smith." A moment later, Nantz corrected himself: The guy who lost the ball was Lee Evans.
On CBS’ replay, with the players’ movements slowed down to a comprehensible speed, the order of operations became clearer. In super slo-mo, you can see Evans cradle the ball, land on his right foot, and get the ball raked away as his left foot touches the ground. According to the NFL rule, "If a player controls the ball while in the end zone, both feet, or any part of his body other than his hands, must be completely on the ground before losing control, or the pass is incomplete." If you apply that definition, the replay revealed that Evans kind of caught the ball for maybe a touchdown … and maybe he kind of didn’t.
The NFL uses instant replay to clear up this sort of uncertainty—a play rendered indecipherable by the fog of athletes at top speed. Earlier in the fourth quarter, replay showed—eventually, after a search for a camera that managed to peer through a tangle of 300-pound bodies—that Tom Brady’s knee had come down inches short of the end zone on a quarterback sneak. The call on the field was overturned. Justice had been done. Two plays later, Brady leaped over the line to score a legitimate, non-overturnable touchdown. At least it was obvious that it was non-overturnable after they showed a bunch more replays, all of which showed Brady extend the ball across the goal line.
But in the case of the Evans catch/non-catch, the league’s replay apparatchiks chose not to initiate a review. I’d like to think that the guys upstairs decided not to buzz down because the slow-motion replays were so philosophically troubling. In real time, it looked like it wasn’t a touchdown. When you slowed it down to a speed that humans didn’t actually move, it looked like it could have been a catch. Do we get to a deeper truth by scrutinizing a play one frame at a time, or is it fairer to evaluate the action at full speed? What does it mean for one’s feet to "be completely on the ground"? And what is possession, anyway? Also, can we please rehash the metaphysics of that earlier Ravens touchdown, when Torrey Smith reached across a goal line that extends all the way around the world?
two things.
i think using “slow motion” on replays to determine a catch is flawed because everything looks like there could be movement, ie lack of possession. On issues of ball control I think you should always use regular speed.
on this:
Also, can we please rehash the metaphysics of that earlier Ravens touchdown, when Torrey Smith reached across a goal line that extends all the way around the world?
I could be wrong, but I am pretty sure they changed the rules of the a couple of years back where the ball has to cross the goal line inside the pylon.
Conspiracy theory
ESPN paid off the refs in both championship games to ensure a Boston/New York Super Bowl. Proof:
1. The non TD TD catch in the Baltimore game
2. The phantom fumble in the 49ers game
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 23, 2012 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
win
I can’t wait until they improve baseball too!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 9:25 PM PST up reply actions
NO
No, Evans didn’t.
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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Those are barely V necks
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Scientific trolling
Women found to report much more pain than men
A Stanford [sic] study sheds new light on the old cliche about women having a higher tolerance for pain than men – according to tens of thousands of electronic patient records, women tend to report much more severe pain than men, no matter the source of the pain.
The study being released today found that when asked to rate their pain on a scale of 0 to 10 – with 0 being no pain at all, and 10 being the worst pain imaginable – women on average scored their pain 20 percent more intense than men.
The results held up across a wide variety of diseases and injuries, including back and neck pain, digestive disorders, sinus infections, and even ankle strains and sprains. In almost every category researchers looked at, women reported more pain than men.
stanfurd scientists: women like to complain about stuff.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 23, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
Header
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It was the 1800s things were different then
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Sitting still for a photograph meant sitting still for like a minute or something.
"I'll die before I surrender, Tim."
Oh, I thought these were photos from mothers in Saudi Arabia.
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by Rishi on Jan 23, 2012 1:31 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
you were so close to having a good joke there...
Oh, I thought these were photos from last season of Dance Moms in Saudi Arabia.
I blame myself.
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Jorge + Wes Chandler etc. on later
Cal senior guard Jorge Gutierrez and new receivers coach Wes Chandler will be guests Monday night on the Cal Coaches Corner program on 910-AM. The show airs from 6 to 7 p.m.
Basketball coaches Mike Montgomery and Lindsay Gottlieb also will participate.
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 1:33 PM PST reply actions
not sure
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Please let it be broadcast from Arik Armstead’s house.
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Big Ben is leaning; Parliament wants to straighten things out
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/01/big-ben-leaning-parliament.html
REPORTING FROM LONDON — Time stands still for no one. In London, it doesn’t even stand straight.
Big Ben, perhaps the most iconic structure in all of Britain, is leaning, and the lawmakers who work in the shadow of the famous clock tower are trying to figure out what to do about it.
Members of Parliament gathered at the House of Commons on Monday to discuss a report containing some drastic solutions to deal with the problem, even though it will be thousands of years before Big Ben achieves the precarious slant of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Among the suggestions: temporarily relocating Parliament while costly repair work takes place on both the clock and the Palace of Westminster, where lawmakers meet; or selling off the entire complex to a rich foreign developer.
Neither option is likely to be accepted in the near future. Nor is Big Ben expected to imminently topple over into the river that flows at its feet.
“The House of Commons authorities would be surprised if the clock tower fell into the Thames any time soon,” Thomas Docherty, a Labor Party lawmaker, was quoted as saying. But “it may well be raised with the speaker [of the house] on Monday. Given that Big Ben is situated over the speaker’s apartments, he may have a view on it.”
A surveyor’s report last year revealed the top of the 314-foot-tall tower to be about 18 inches off the vertical. The tilt (0.26 degrees northwest, to be exact) lies at the tipping point, as it were, at which the lean becomes visible to the naked eye, an engineering expert told the BBC on Monday.
The cause remains unclear. Natural subsidence is one possibility, as the clay that lies deep beneath the clock slowly dries out. There has also been tunneling in the area in recent years to build a multilevel parking lot and to extend one of London’s Underground lines.
Definitely thought it said, “Big Ben is learning,” and I thought it had something to do with Rapeisberger…
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
Me toO!
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We’re so alike.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
I though it said he was learning to manage his own Jazzercise
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
I did this and then took it one step further
and mentally replaced the British Parliament with the George Clinton funk group.
(And now I’m going to go listen to Mothership Connection. Well, probably more like One Nation Under a Groove by Funkadelic but the point is George Clinton.)
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I remember a DBD in which someone was like "MORE PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC"
and I was like “more Parliament and/or Funkadelic” and he was like /mind blown. It was awesome.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
<3 that track.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Big Ben is the bell. The tower is St. Stephens tower. And if it’s leaning to the NW, it aint falling into the Thames. It would have to fall due east to do that.
Look at this love connection!
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2 new buildings at Cal show design challenge
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/23/MNMU1MRO0I.DTL
Literally and figuratively, UC Berkeley’s two most recent building projects couldn’t be farther apart.
Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences is a stout, 115-foot-tall cube near the northwest corner of campus, skinned in masonry and glass beneath a stainless steel crown that hides mechanical equipment. The addition to the School of Law on the southeast edge of campus is tucked underground, out of sight except for a small dining pavilion where the roof doubles as an artfully landscaped terrace.
Each project is successful on its own terms. Neither fits smoothly into the 180-acre central campus. What they show is that smooth fits may no longer be possible – and that the smart approach from here on is to preserve the best of what survives from early decades but otherwise set out to bring life and energy to the confused terrain that now exists.
The two projects lie outside the classical core revered by generations of graduates, where granite temples of learning line stately paths that frame views of the Golden Gate – “a flight of symbolic poetry” in the words of John Galen Howard, the supervising architect from 1901 to 1924.
Instead, the newcomers sit along the crowded edges developed in large part after 1950, as mundane modern boxes seemingly were crammed wherever they might fit.
I graduated about four years ago… and visited last year. A lot of modern looking buildings on the North side.
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Watercube?
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Grantland reported watches the NFC Championship
Writes a nice report on Candlestick and SF.
Still painful to read, though.
:(
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7493216/hua-hsu-giants-49ers-nfc-championship-game
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dude, everyone knows payment terms are for purchases not loans. Dumb intern
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
fine, i was trying to make it mehta. but i am working on a procurement project now, i do know what it means :)
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consultants. Bah!
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
trust me FS if you knew the kind of shenanigans they did here your head would spin. not as bad as ucb though.
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What about Upright Citizens Brigade now?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
please tell me you dont work for Deloitte
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
GoldmaNsachs Bank?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
Pshhh. Where’s my joke rating?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
Dude, rate the joke, not the joker!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
u seen house of trolls lies on showtime?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
I hear he was committed to Deloitte and then his hiring manager left for Accenture and told him not to go to Deloitte
#calgang take me away
They sure are.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 23, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
I still am one.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
Naw, no seminars today.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
wat u do for living? where u at in da venn
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I’m a student!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve been doing better about that!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
I have 5 nieces and nephews. That’s enough.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 23, 2012 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
I think it’s obvi who won this argument.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 23, 2012 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
so true
Most frustrating players in majors
http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/20109/most-frustrating-players-in-majors
James Loney, Dodgers: In 2007, Loney hit .331 with 15 home runs in 344 at-bats as a 23-year-old rookie. He looked like a future stud, a first baseman who would hit for a good average and 25 to 30 home runs per season. But he’s never matched the power potential, settling in with numbing consistency, hitting between 10 and 13 home runs each season. Since he’s not a .300 hitter nor does he draw many walks, Loney’s numbers remain subpar for a first baseman. The improvement just hasn’t happened, yet Dodgers management continues to stick with him. He’s now making $6.375 million; that’s a lot to pay for a first baseman who’s hit .281/.341/.411 over the past four seasons.
this is an interesting question… who would you say the most frustrating players in other sports? football? basketball?
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Barry Zito!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
whoo?!?
This is more speculation than rumor, but it’s worth passing along anyway given the subject matter.
Joel Sherman of the New York Post says a "surprising number" of team executives have told him that they think the Dodgers will "ulimtately be in play" for free agent first baseman Prince Fielder.
That might seem impossible given the Dodgers’ in-flux ownership situation, but keep in mind that they were able to sign outfielder Matt Kemp to a club-record eight-year, $160 million contract extension earlier this winter and that bids for the franchise are expected to surpass $1.5 billion once current owner Frank McCourt finally goes to market. Whoever ends up buying team will surely have deep pockets, and will likely be able to afford whatever Fielder and his agent Scott Boras end up commanding.
Heck, adding Fielder could even help McCourt’s bottom line if it improves the club’s perceived value.
Ugh, effing Scott Boras.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 23, 2012 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
Just
Give him a 25% share in the team!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 3:15 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
ummm.....
The roughly 5,600-unit chain’s Cantina Bell test menu was created by Miami chef Lorena Garcia, who appeared alongside Chipotle founder and co-Chief Executive Steve Ells on the reality television show “America’s Next Great Restaurant.”
It includes $5 tacos, burritos and bowls. Those items also are staples at Chipotle, where they cost around $8.
Other Cantina menu offerings will be familiar to Chipotle devotees: black beans, cilantro rice and grilled corn salsa.
Reuters tasted the food and found that the Cantina menu’s flavors don’t whack you over the head like Taco Bell’s usual bean, cheese and meat-loaded fare. Marinades, guacamole and salad dressings have herbal and citrus notes that let the underlying ingredients shine through without being bland.
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first off, i don't eat beef
and their food definitely isn’t authentic or healthy. but sometimes it’s a guilty pleasure food that happens to taste pretty good.
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Mexican pizza, crunchwrap supreme, grilled stuffed burrito, nacho cheese chalupa, and cheesy gordita crunch.
SO MANY TASTY THINGS
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And you can eat it because there is no meat?
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`They're awesome
I love them so much that I ’ve learned to make my own at home (that are far healthier)
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They are OK.
But the crunchwrap supreme is better
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Drool
I had a crunchwrap supreme yesterday. So good.
I haven't had Taco Bell in awhile
Coincidentally, I also haven’t been out with my binge-drinking friends in awhile…
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
as a new LA resident I’ve found Del Taco to be much more delish than Taco Bell… Mind you, this is based on my only two Del Taco trips.
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I always scoffed at my frat bros in SC when they’d want to drice to Salinas to get Del Taco. Now I understand the drive (as an aside most chains are banned from SC)
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When I lived in Moraga we’d coordinate trips to San Ramon for In-n-out. now that one is two blocks away in Venice, it seems so much less novel
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yeah…it’s kinda like korean bbq. my friends and i would drive down to sunnyvale for ayce bbq about once a month. but here in la, not driving that far if i don’t have to.
There is apparently a really good Korean BBQ like 2 min from my house on PCH, but I’ve yet to check it out
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Just stop before you really embarrass yourself.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 23, 2012 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
One near Mission and Jackson in Hayward.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
Woah there, Rishi. TMI
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
We’re talking about who can tolerate a spicy one, right? The metric is not “quantity consumed”…
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
We get the spiciest pani puri and then see who can consume the most. So it’s intensity times quantity.
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Hmm. I’m not a big eater. I’m sure I can hang with you on the spiciness front, but you may get me on quantity. We’ll see though :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
Loser has to write a DBD acknowledging their epic defeat.
If the old, non-Indian cripple prevails, you both need to write a DBD.
If the old, non-Indian cripple dies…um…tell Mrs. Kod I’m sorry.
Old Toothwrangler
I’m there.
Got the in-laws to babysit while Mrs. Kod is at her class.
As long as I bring home some pav bhaji and a samosa chat, we’re good.
Old Toothwrangler
Btw, is this IST, (show up 1 hour late), atoms-ST(don’t show), or GO BEARS ST. (show up on time and effing kick fuskie *ss)?
Old Toothwrangler
I’m sure she’d understand. Nobody would expect a Yugo to go 300,000 miles. You were bound to fall apart eventually :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
You’re probably right.
Which would make it all the more embarrassing to lose out on a fitness challenge to an OLDER and CRIPPLED Yugo.
Scoreboard, bizatch. :)
Old Toothwrangler
Haha fair enough. Though you weren’t crippled yet at the time!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
I
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 3:16 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Think
I hear feet tapping somewhere!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 3:18 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
at least it isn't
https://www.ricksantorum.com/cum/
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this confuses batman
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
lolwut
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 3:24 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Arik Armstead’s HV schedule Cal- Sunday ND- Wed UCLA/Wash- Thurs Ore/Ala pending gut feel here is Cal might be team to beat again
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
Why would we care if Southern California got a commit?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Was it robocop and unicorn package deal?
"Our sturdy golden troll"
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Sweeeet.
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 23, 2012 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
JHopkins247 Justin Hopkins
Livermore (Calif.) ATH Demariay Drew tells me he has committed to #Cal bit.ly/xCKBQR
#calgang take me away
Nothing’s ever easy for a Cal fan.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 23, 2012 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
Just wait until Cal opens New Memorial and only then realize they forgot to install bathrooms.
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 23, 2012 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks, fiatlux.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Have you re-proposed yet?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 6:27 PM PST up reply actions
She hasn’t decommitted yet! She’s like the Zach Kline of fiancees. :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 6:54 PM PST up reply actions
WIN!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 6:57 PM PST up reply actions
Well, we’ve been living together for a few years now, so I suppose you could say that :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
I guess the place could stand a little cleaning, but the arrangement is working out quite nicely.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 24, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
RGBearTerritory Ryan Gorcey
Damariay Drew has officially committed to #Cal … again. This time, it’ll stick. Story to come soon.
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Committed so hard
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
Demariay Drew according to the Twitters :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
under the radar kid out of livermore. rumored academic risk, shall see how that plays out.
#calgang take me away
wide receiver and safety just like KA
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 23, 2012 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
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zzz
Cool Golden Gate Bridge construction photos
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Possibly
There’s this one too
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 23, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, looks like the first one was edited for dramatic effect.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 23, 2012 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
rain is gone
looks like it’ll be pretty dry for the next 15 days or so. sigh
by the federer express on Jan 23, 2012 4:19 PM PST reply actions
So… while shopping for new snowboarding head gear… I noticed a brand I have never seen before.
Turtle Fur.
Thoughts, anyone?
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World's most dangerous job...
San Francisco Film Society Executive Director Bingham Ray died Monday at the age of 57 after suffering two strokes at the Sundance Film Festival.
…
Ray took the reins of the San Francisco International Film Festival on Nov. 7, replacing Graham Leggat, who had died in He succeeded Graham Leggat, who died in August after battling cancer.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
when an albatross strikes a plane...
A Japanese Coast Guard plane hit an albatross while flying over the South China Sea last week. The long-winged ocean bird smashed a fairly sizeable hole in the plane’s nosecone, but the plane managed to continue flying for another hour before safely landing.
Those things are f*ing huge.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 9:23 PM PST up reply actions
[obligatory TWSS]
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Moar Twitter Stalking
AzizShittu Aziz Shittu
S/O To The Main Dude in #Calgang and Who Kept The 12’ Class Together @Cali_Showtime4
That’s Aziz giving a shout out to Avery Sebastian. Good for him.
ps this is not meant to be an indication either way of Aziz’s commitment leanings.
This is awesome though.
BryceTreggs Bryce Treggs
Running routes with my bro @zachklineQB on saturday morning. #TheFuture
Look what I found!
IamArieRose Arie Rose
"@tharealucejuice: Jack in the Box just announced that Kyle Williams will be the new spokesperson for the JUMBACO"<<
For realsies?
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 23, 2012 6:35 PM PST up reply actions
Pitching duels...
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7480753/bill-james-100-best-pitchers-duels-2011
Kershaw v. Linsecum…always a good show.
GO MINOTAUR
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4 wins for Kershaw!!!!!
The amazing part was Lincecum’s era in those 4 games was 1.24 but Kershaw’s was 0.30!!
Kershaw FTW x 4.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
Yeah it was great that all his pitching duels with Lincecum resulted in a win.
I wish the Dodgers had kept Kuroda. Especially since Kuroda wanted to stay.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
and it’s weird, it’s going to the first time in almost 20 years that there isn’t going to be a foreign pitcher in the dodger rotation. it’s like, gone are the days of going from the domican to japan to korea to mexico to usa in the rotation. (it’s also an indictment on our international scouting and how far it has fallen.)
Coffee, Wine Or Beer? SoCal Starbucks Will Soon Offer Booze
http://laist.com/2012/01/23/socal_starbucks_will_soon_offer_booze.php
SoCal Starbucks fiends will soon be able to get a different kind of buzz from the coffee giant. While the company already offers beer and wine at some of its stores in the Pacific Northwest, Starbucks announced today that a handful of Southland locations will serve said alcoholic beverages by the end of 2012.
Exact locations have yet to be announced, but Starbucks has revealed that between four and six stores in both SoCal and Atlanta will start pouring booze this year, reports City News Service.
Anyone seen the NFL "Wind beneath my wings" commercial?
I’m a big fan. IMHO just another reason the NFL has stayed on top of pro sports marketing in the US
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Excellent career move #973
So, I have a bunch of wholesalers out in Florida this week at a tradeshow, and they are taking about 40 financial advisors out for dinner tonight, for which I made all the arrangements. About 5pm I started getting a bunch of emails with the subject line “bus” from my guys. As I opened them I was treated to an assortment of photos/videos of stripper poles and disco lights with which the bus taking them to dinner was equipped. Yay. Then I get a phone call from the MD — “Could you arrange for a different bus to pick us up from dinner? I would prefer not to have a stripper pole and disco lights if you can manage it.” FML I call the transportation company who tell me they can’t switch the bus out tonight, and that it’s not a stripper pole — “it’s a handle, for support while the bus is moving, you know, like a subway.” Uh huh. They did promise to turn the disco lights off on the way home, however.
I am never going to live this down.
by Scootie on Jan 23, 2012 6:25 PM PST reply actions 6 recs
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
On a serious note, I hope this is ok for your career.
But…really??? How did that happen? Silly Florida…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 6:30 PM PST up reply actions
If your contemporaries don’t appreciate the humor in this then you need to find a new line of work.
Now that I said that, I’m pretty sure if I put 40 engineers on a bus like that they’re collective mind would be blown.
There seem to be a lot of laughing geeks in the photos, so I think it will be fine in the end, but what part of “corporate dinner” did the bus company not understand??!?
It’s Florida, they probably didn’t understand any of it. Maybe someone explained that financial services were to do with money and they wanted to help your guys make it rain.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
It’s probably a Florida State satellite campus. Earn your certification in booby tassel twirling today!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 9:22 PM PST up reply actions
I know we all love Scootie
but this really should be green by now.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 23, 2012 9:21 PM PST up reply actions
In N Out Burger ad from 1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UUmpogN-RM&feature=related
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Wait a minute...
I just realized that some of you probably hadn’t heard the “that’s what a hamburger’s all about” jingle. Literally, is the single most identifiable thing about In N Out to me. My brain plays that song in my head every time I go into one.
Love this!
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He’s now a 10 I see…
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 23, 2012 8:47 PM PST up reply actions
For those of you going to the 'Furd game:
http://www.facebook.com/events/362665390425830/
*Insert something witty here*. Oh, and Stanfurd Sucks.
Where is the drink no matter what option?
Attractive, Intelligent, Smart A**
by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 24, 2012 7:14 AM PST reply actions
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