DBD 6/1/12 You survived your first week back!
by Rishi on Jan 6, 2012 7:11 AM PST
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Congrats!
For those of you who had vacation or took days off, it's even harder. Leaving the laziness of the holiday season and immediately hitting the ground running because it's the New Year and everything needs to get done NOW!
But, that's okay, you can destress at the gym, right? Wait, no you can't, because all dumbbells are scattered around the gym, every cardio machine is taken as people stroll on treadmills while reading a magazine, and the squat rack has a line as people use them to do curls.
Plus, there's the slight post-holiday hangover. In quick succession, we had Diwali, Halloween,Thanksgiving, Christmas/Hanukkah/non-denominational holiday around Christmas, AND New Years! But what's there to look forward to now? If you're looking forward to red envlopes, you have Chinese New Years. But for the rest of us? Valentine's Day? Nah, that involves spending hella money if committed and indifference otherwise.
But don't despair, friends. We have the ultimate celebration of friendship and good living to look forward to. And the only proper way to celebrate is to drink excessively and be in ten places at once. Yes, friends, it's almost time for Rishi Day again!
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Unemployment Falls to 8.5% as U.S. Adds 200K Jobs
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U.S. employers added more workers to payrolls than forecast in December and the jobless rate declined to an almost three-year low, showing that the labor market gained momentum heading into 2012.
The 200,000 increase followed a revised 100,000 rise in November that was smaller than first estimated, Labor Department figures showed in Washington. The median projection in a Bloomberg News survey called for a December gain of 155,000. The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 8.5 percent, the lowest since February 2009, while hours worked and earnings climbed.
Sustained payroll gains are needed to chip away at joblessness and support household spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of the world’s largest economy. The labor market figures follow recent data showing increased manufacturing and a rebound in consumer sentiment that show the U.S. is weathering Europe’s debt crisis.
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by Rishi on Jan 6, 2012 7:13 AM PST reply actions 4 recs
I’m no big city economist, but this seems positive.
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Is that the line that says “2012 is an election year”?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 7:30 AM PST up reply actions
Is that the line that says “That Shit Cray!”?
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The second line is also important… that the reported jobs increase in December was actually about 30% less upon revision. This seems to be an ongoing practice with this admin which makes sense because people don’t pay as much attention to the revision as to the original number. It’s also important to note that while it’s good we’re adding jobs this is still far below the number of jobs we need to create to just sustain the growth in new employees entering the work force. It remains a troubling sign that a significant reason for the drop in the unemployment rate is because so many people continue to give up looking for jobs. So the unemployment rate is continuing to drop in large part because the denominator continues to shrink.
But still, more jobs is better than fewer jobs.
To be fair, I believed the October numbers were actually revised upwards, so it’s not as if they’re always revising downwards.
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And to be fair the change in total nonfarm payroll employment for October was revised up from +100,000 to +112,000 but…. the change for November was revised down from +120,000 only +100,000. So while in our current economic context these are good numbers, historically these would be considered anemic.
in general i agree except good news that is “inflated” can lead to justification of faulty economic policy. Sort of “see we told you this would work” when in fact something else may have worked much better.
something else may have worked much better.
Spending more money would have worked better, but no-one wants to do that.
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I know a lot of people to want to do that
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you know a lot of dirty socialists
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
I want us to spend more money in the short term and less in the long term.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
more good news
Unemployment went from 33% to 0% in my household in december
by bamboobanga on Jan 6, 2012 11:17 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Awesome!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Excellent news!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Hopefully my household can be an indicator of what is to come for others
by bamboobanga on Jan 6, 2012 11:29 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Ill make sure my red phone is plugged in
by bamboobanga on Jan 6, 2012 11:58 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
TAKE OFF THAT RED PHONE
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It was fantastic."
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but you’ll miss the call on account of the phone being off the hook!
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
Aw, congrats!
There is little in life more satisfying than that first paycheck after not getting one for a while.
It’s also a different world, and a different economy from 10, 20, 50 years ago…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
um yeah
More jobs is better than fewer jobs. Hard to understand how this could be controversial.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
to put it in your terms… let’s say you kept getting 10 new tenants every month, but you’re building / acquiring 20 new units every month that you need to fill in order to meet your financial goals. It’s sort of like that. So while it’s good you’re getting new tenants – and not losing tenants – you’re not getting enough. Notice I said it’s “sort of” like that, not “exactly” like that.
I understand economics fairly well, my comment was more that it’s disappointing that good economic news becomes a political football that reveals the bias of the person commenting. Good news = good news, not “disappointing” news.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I know you do. But leaving it at “more jobs better than fewer jobs” doesn’t quite tell the story, and isn’t quite the good news it appears to be hence the discussion. I think perspective is important.
Would you have preferred that the unemployment rate rise?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I don’t think the administration is willfully manipulating the numbers, but yeah, I think we need 125,000+ jobs/month just to keep up with population growth, so 200,000 isn’t really all that great. But It’s growth at least. It’d be nice if the public sector weren’t also continuing to hemorrhage jobs, which is undermining the economy. The private sector has been adding hundreds of thousands of jobs over the past several months, but the public sector keeps shedding jobs every month.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Major Rawls and Commissioner Burrell agree… the administration is not manipulating the numbers!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
Secretary of Labor Cedric Daniels was promised a new day, damnit.
"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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Clay Davis tells them,
SSHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTT
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
I thought number of jobs we need to sustain job growth was closer to 100K? Anyway, my interpretation of the number is that adding jobs is good, adding more jobs would be better. OFFICIAL ECONOMIST ADVICE@!!!!
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Were you holding on to your suspenders arrogantly while you said that?
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You’ve almost got it. That 100,000ish number is what we need to maintain where we are now… ie, approx that many new people are entering the work force every month. In order to get unemployment to go down (without just having people drop out of the work force) you need basically twice that much.
…which is 200,000, which is what we got. Now, a booming economy would be adding closer to 400,000 jobs/month, but you usually don’t go from a financial crisis and deep recession to a boom overnight.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
but of course it needs to be more than 1 month, and it would help if that month wasn’t driven by season hires. And I would say we are long past the “overnight” status of this recovery. But but but, I like how we’re trending v others.
I thought weve been picking up steam for a while now?
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Are we really “weathering” their “crisis?” It seems to me most things I’ve read point to the idea that most difficult decisions and cuts have yet to materialize…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
In other words, we’re “weathering” bad sentiment, but that’s about it.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
Well, the uncertainty and the looming hit to the banking sector is only exacerbating already tight credit conditions, I’d imagine.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
Is that it? The uncertainty?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
For now, I’d imagine that’s most of it. Most of the defaults haven’t actually occurred yet, right? I guess the Greeks have partially defaulted, but that’s also going to get worse before it gets better.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Not so much talking about defaults, more shrinking/stagnant economies all over the Eurozone as austerity packages are enacted…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, that’s already begun in Europe, and it’s putting a damper on growth. Our austerity measures don’t really hit until the end of this year I think, but in Europe it’s been going on for a while now. Though, I don’t know that many countries besides Germany have any room to spend right now.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
I see. So basically
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Outside of Finland, they’re not in the Eurozone though.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
But it’s the Eurozone troubles specifically which are dragging things down.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
I feel a nit picky semantics argument coming on so I’ll just say “got it” ;-) By the way, I hope your cold wasn’t an delayed result of having to drive at night in a jeep with the top removed.
Haha, I don’t know if it was that specifically, but I think the cumulative effect of all the running around and drinking and coldness on both my trips just weakened my system enough.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
She initially greeted them with some raised eyebrows but upon further consideration, it was neutral-to-positive. I’m still quite bullish.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I think she’s just naturally skeptical of my fashion choices, but I think I did well here. :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
I agree, it’s really not “weathering” unless it’s in all caps and blockquote.
EUROPEAN ECONOMY CONTINUES TO DRAG ON WALL STREET SENTIMENT BUT SO FAR US ECONOMY IS UPTICKING ALBEIT SLOWLY
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by sec119 on Jan 6, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
lulz
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
TOO LATE! I’M ALREADY TYPING IN ALL-CAPS!!!
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That S*** Cray!
Kanye West, Jay-Z Play Sweet 16 Party in Dubai for $6 Million
How much would you pay to ‘Watch the Throne’ at your birthday party? Hip-hop’s mega-duo Jay-Z and Kanye West flew to Dubai, United Arab Emirates right before Christmas to perform at a 16-year-old’s shin-ding. The price tag for the show? A cool $6 million between the two of them. Not bad for a little birthday bash, huh?
The pair dropped their collaborative hits for the entertainment of billionaire Manchester City Football Club owner Sheikh Mansour’s young niece and guests, then the pair broke out into a few solo staples. Just one question: How many times did they play ‘N——s in Paris?’
Speculation aside, that’s a mighty lucrative gig as far as gigs like that go. Earlier this year, Jennifer Lopez got paid $1 million to perform for an oligarch heir’s wedding in the Ukraine. In 2008, before Rihanna could ‘Run This Town’ with Jay and ‘Ye, she got paid $500,000 to perform a small New Year’s Eve party.
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what happened to this? hehe.
come on…you think a guy that thought he could get united fans to turn on sir alex was going to work out…?
Maybe this?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Part 1 in a 40-part series running through the end of Spring Training
Aubrey Huff is in the Best Shape of His Life
Huff said he moved his family from Florida to Arizona so he could train at Athletes Performance Institute “and push myself there.” More important, in Huff’s mind, he resumed the one activity he dropped after the World Series: Pilates, an aerobic stretching regimen designed to enhance flexibility and strengthen a person’s core while giving the heart a workout, too.
Huff said he was “mentally fried, and my body was tired as hell” after the extended 2010 season, so he dropped Pilates – a mistake, he now admits, because he believes it contributed to his physical well-being and success in 2010. He works out four days a week at the institute and does Pilates for an hour three days a week. His weight (225) has not changed, but he has redistributed it and said, “My body is ripped.”
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Pics or it didn’t happen.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 8:59 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve been doing pilates a bunch in the alst few months and although I dont think Im anywhere near as ripped as Aubrey Huff, I do think it can be incredibly helpful to athletic strength and mental relaxation.
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otoh, I think you ARE anywhere as ripped as Aubrey Huff. At least, I hope you and Aubrey Huff are similar in ripped-ness.
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I’m pretty sure Twist is Hufftacular in his rippage.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
lol, time for the annual spring training mad libs!
“[crappy hitter from lsat year] is really looking to rebound this year! He’s been working with [hitting coach, retired good hitter, etc] and has improved the timing in his swing.”
“[injury prone pitcher from last year] will have break out season! ‘My arm feels great, as great as it ever has.’ "
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And everyone is always in the best shape of their life. Thank you Aubrey Huff for starting it early.
They needed somebody for these stories since they got rid of Rowand. Next on the list should be Zito.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
MBB bitten by Beavers 92-85
Kodiak up late to tell the tale!
There’s something about Gill Coliseum that seems to induce a malaise on visiting Cal teams. In a surprising twist, the Beavers came out in their old trapping 1-3-1 zone after playing man for most of the season. The Bears countered with a zone of their own for the first time this year.
With a hot 5-0 start thanks to a Crabbe three-pointer and a Cobbs to Jorge layup, and it seemed like we might finally be bucking the trend of slow starts on the road.
But then a series of turnovers and defensive lapses allowed a furious 13-0 Beaver run. Without the benefit of video, we’ll just have to take it on faith that the Bears appeared flat and weren’t able to match the home team’s frenetic energy.
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Official story:
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Despite a season-high matching 26 points from senior G Jorge Gutierrez, California (12-4, 2-1 Pac-12) dropped its first conference game of the season, 92-85, to Oregon State (11-4, 1-2) on Thursday, Jan. 5, at Gill Coliseum.
Gutierrez became the 40th Golden Bear to break the 1,000-point plateau and now ranks 39th among all-time Cal players with 1,023 career points. He also grabbed two steals to move him into a 10th-place tie with Keith Smith (1987-90) on Cal’s all-time career steals ladder with 129.
Sophomore G Justin Cobbs added 18 points and team-high honors with five assists, but the Bears couldn’t overcome a Beaver team that shot 63.3 percent from the field.
Jared Cunningham and Ahmad Starks had 24 points apiece for Oregon State that held off a late Cal run, which had cut the Beaver lead to just four points at 77-73 with just over five minutes left in the game.
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Well, if you want to put all this front page content out you can’t expect me to ignore all of the stories equally.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 7:47 AM PST up reply actions
Thank you very much for posting the front page story. I appreciate it. We can have both the front page story AND the official story, so people get all sides of the game!!
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Valentine's day
that involves spending hella money if committed
Not in my house it doesn’t.
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good man
I’m glad you’ve embraced the philosophy that EVERY DAY is Valentine’s Day! Don’t forget to get Mrs. DCT a present on your way home from work today!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 7:38 AM PST up reply actions
DC Trojan in nothing more than a giant red diaper is not as much of a present as you might think
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I wouldn’t do that, I’m not a war criminal.
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Red diaper of shame!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 9:00 AM PST up reply actions
I actually really like it! I probably wouldn’t yell, “Take off that red diaper,” though. Sorry.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
:(
i thought that was the point of the red diaper and bow?
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jan 6, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
EVERY DAY is Valentine’s Day
I’ve tried telling the Mrs that every day with me is inherently like Valentine’s day, but she hurt herself laughing. And then cried for three days.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
been a long time but I think this calls for
sounds like Twist’s wedding night!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 7:48 AM PST up reply actions
Yes but its ridiculously expensive for something that isn’t “real”. I dunno, the concept of it has always pissed me off for some reason. I’ve always refused to participate.
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Oh, I agree
Especially the bs prix fixe menus that most restuarants insist on using.
I’ve gone out on a few Valentine’s Day dinner dates myself and pride myself on finding nice restaurant in nice locations that are still affordable and let you order off the menu.
Also, I usually end up making reservations around this time of the year for V-Day, then give those reservations to my friends who were too short-sighted to make reservations ahead of time.
Finally, since V-Day makes insecure single girls emotionally vulnerable, it’s a great day to pick up on chicks.
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since V-Day makes insecure single girls emotionally vulnerable, it’s a great day to pick up on chicks.
Goddammit, where was this sage advice when I was 21 and single?!?!?!
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You were in college! It should have been self-evident then.
There was one night a few years ago when Valentine’s Day fell on a Saturday night as part of a long weekend.
My buddy and I went to no fewer than ten bars and made sure to talk to girls at each bar.
I miss having single friends :(
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I had long term girlfriends almost my entire time at Texas. FAIL FAIL FAIL
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To me
this comment was more interesting:
Also, I usually end up making reservations around this time of the year for V-Day, then give those reservations to my friends who were too short-sighted to make reservations ahead of time.
Aspiring matchmaker?
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
prix fixe FTL
I think our last official “Valentine’s Day Romance Or Else” thing was at a French restaurant across the street from a gas station in SoMa. We had 5:30 reservations, and got to mill around with very, very unhappy looking and grumpy couples waiting for the place to open. Then everyone trooped inside and got their prix fixe meals and paid the bills and went home. Also, restaurant staff really like V-Day a lot so that adds to the experience.
If you can’t sell the “anniversary is our V-Day!” approach, go with the V-Day is February 15 or February 13 approach. Please.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 9:08 AM PST up reply actions
V-Day is February 15 or February 13 approach
I’m fine with that; offsetting holidays is more economical! Besides, who wants to have the obligitory ’we’re having sex tonight because that dinner was $85 and consisted of exactly 2 strawberries’ sex.
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Hate to break this to you
ummm, you’re married with a child. There is no more sex.
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…you may have pics of the BED and nothing else. (What can I say, Rags was a big proud).
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HAWT
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You should have asked for video
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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and then complained at the front desk until they gave you a refund
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unrelated garbage had apparently gathered under the bed. I assume some disney-style mice were having parties.
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pretty well hung for mice
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
unrelated to what?
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Is that a bottle of lube or Odwalla?
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Odwalla sure has expanded its flavors!
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this is just getting gross.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Why is that wrapper red and square in appearance?
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I like how you took pictures, like we’re going to file with our insurance. Which we’re not because A) Its not covered and B) our insurance agent is my uncle. (Shudder)
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Which one of us asked “Can you genuinely tell us about your sex life?”
Remember, people, stick to characters that bear (!) only a minimal relationship to real life and you’ll be good!
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by TwistNHook on Jan 6, 2012 3:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Well, this could all still be fictional. RIGHT?!!?!
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The Odwalla product placement leads me to believe, it’s part of some promotional plan.
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Those sneaky bastards! They’re getting around buying ads from SBN!
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Are you saying that AndBears and Rags are nothing but Odwalla sleeper agents?!
Everywhere I look, people are enjoying knives.
I bet they even hate the marching band!
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Cheez-it? Stop with the product placements~!!
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looking at that bed frame, doesn’t look like they’ve been doing any sleeping
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
recd so hard
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 4:45 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I have recd your reccing of me. I’m vain and self-absorbed like that.
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Oh that's easy. I'm way worse in real life.
"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
Were you jumping up and down on it again??? The bed is not a trampoline, young woman!
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GO TO YOUR ROOM!
No,wait, that’s not going to work. Hmmmmm, this is gonna be tough.
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FATTIE
It’s not a size; it’s a lifestyle!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
ummm, you’re married with a child. There is no more sex with your spouse.
you have two hands?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
…as opposed to combined internet shops? I guess maybe ebay would be something non-discrete.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
who wants to have the obligitory ’we’re having sex tonight because that dinner was $85 and consisted of exactly 2 strawberries’ sex.
I do, but not with you, since we’re both married and you don’t even know me. Anyway, I’m going to provide this obligatory sex standard to the missus and see how it goes.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
The proper move is, “Y’know…Forget dinner, I must have you now…”
And get In ’N Out (see what I did there) + champagne much later.
Old Toothwrangler
As much as I approve of the after-sex-burger (also, sex-puns), you could do this any day. Do it today!
Cal: Bears with Books.
Unfortunately all we have locally is Five Guys, which sets rather a different tone.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
damn it.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
Dumb luck.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Don’t you have White Castle in DC? Nothing says class like dinky burgers.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
“Well, Mrs. Kodiak, now that we’ve satisfied our heaving passions, let’s get some pocket-sized burgers.”
Cal: Bears with Books.
Three days before our wedding, Mrs. Kod and I fell off the diet wagon hard. In fact, we sort of set the wagon on fire and shoved it over a cliff.
We gave in to our burger craving around midnight, could not find anyplace open, so went to Safeway. We made our own burgers and fries, had champagne, and…
I leave the rest to your imagination.
Old Toothwrangler
such an imagination!
You dipped the fries in champagne? Kinky.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
you injured your hip flexor, a common tale.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
….9 months later, little K showed up?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
That’s not very sniper-ish at all!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
hope she doesn’t suggest she wants Five Guys instead.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
i’m aware. both in time and quality. sigh.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
OBLIGATORY FIVE GUYS JOKE, 1.5 HOURS AFTER EVERYONE ELSE HAS MADE SAME OBLIGATORY JOKE
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
SOMEWHAT WITTY REJOINDER RECYCLING ORIGINAL COMMENT BEFORE JOKE
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
hooray
one convert to the cause!
It’s not like Christmas or Thanksgiving where everyone has vacation days specific to the date or anything.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
Obligatory > nonexistent
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
No comment!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
I can, but I won’t.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
Mine
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I sleep in a race car!
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I always make sure it’s not some lame prix fixe when I go
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Chez Panisse is so mad at you right now!
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
And I’m mad at Chez Panisse!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Go eat a turnip and make up!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, not in my house either. Also hopefully I bought myself a bit of a pass this year after ponying up for a ring.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
:)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
sorry sir
it just means you’re setting the bar too high. It’s like junior high PE, if they’re grading you on improvement you don’t do as many pull-ups as you can in September. Start slow and leave plenty of upside.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
confession booth: I kind of like valentine’s day. It means I get to go out to a fancy meal, and I love going out to upscale restaurants…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
I’d agree with you except that most fancy restaurants do the prix fixe thing, but kudos to you if you enjoy it!
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
prix fixe can be pretty awesome non-VD. There are many places I go to where I love it mainly because it gets me to try things I wouldn’t otherwise try and if you’re a regular they’ll usually add in “surprise” courses too.
I prefer to be VD-free, in general.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
There are many places I go to where I love it mainly because it gets me to try things I wouldn’t otherwise try and if you’re a regular they’ll usually add in "surprise" courses too.
That really changes the context of his comment!
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pringles
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Being in the industry of food, we’re always being sent extra courses/ surprises by the chefs. The mrs finds it embarrassing but it’s part of the game; take care of your own.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
THIS ms would eat it!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Sure…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
That’s the joke.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
And that was my joke ;-)
My friend Marc, who you met at the Holiday Bowl, and I have this thing where we see how long we can go without recognizing sarcasm. I always win.
Suuuure you do.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Are you sure you meant "recognizing" sarcasm?
And that was my joke ;-)
My friend Marc, who you met at the Holiday Bowl, and I have this thing where we see how long we can go without recognizing sarcasm. I always win.
I’m having difficulty with the concept where two people have a contest to see which one is more dense.
How about “acknowledging” sarcasm?
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Now I’m confused.
Are you saying that recognize is the same as acknowledge? If so, I’ll disagree.
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So you’re saying that it is not possible to recognize sarcasm but not acknowledge sarcasm?
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No, I think you do know perfectly well what I’m asking here. Only you’re demonstrating how your game is played.
Got it. Thanks for the demonstration.
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no, honest, I really don’t quite what get you’re asking there. “It is not possible to recognize sarcasm but not acknowledge sarcasm?”
Recognition can be a strictly mental thing, but acknowledgment is public.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
Or outward, anyway.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
^^^This.
I look at the vocabulary of English as being highly nuanced. I recognize that two or more words may be seen as synonyms, but I also acknowledge that they have differences in meaning because they are different words.
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by FiatSlug on Jan 6, 2012 2:06 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
i do too. like impact and affect. I still, however, don’t understand your question. Did you add in an extra “not” there?
Let me restate the question
Is it possible to recognize sarcasm and not acknowledge it? Or is it impossible to do both?
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Yes, of course.
I can be as pedantic as the best of them (further / farther for instance), but I try not to “correct” people when they’re using a word in a perfectly acceptable manner just because I think they should use another word I think would be better.
Yesterday’s discussion about affect and impact is a perfect example.
Sorry, I wasn’t trying to correct you! Obviously lots of people use impact that way these days, and I don’t think it’s wrong. I just wanted to know if other people saw the difference the way I did.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
There are few good things about VD!!!!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
My friend David Binder claims to have made this up in the 6th grade.
(sung to the tune of the Beatles ‘Yesterday’)
Syphilis
It all started with a little kiss
Now it even hurts to take a piss
Oh how did I get syphilis?
Leprosy, pieces keep on falling off of me
I’m not half the man I used to be
Oh how did I get leprosy?
Actually...
It was John Valby AKA Dr. Dirty. Completely NSFW.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
Eh, I haven’t found it to be that much of a problem. Most of the ones that do this are like…primo top end. Or rather, I’ve never had a problem finding a non-prix fixe place….
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
We are expecting lots of hot wet action this Valentine’s Day in that it is the due date for our new baby.
WE ARE THE 0%
by zoonews on Jan 6, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Congratch.
…you should still get her some flowers!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Will the new one be called Petting Zoo?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Is the zoonews collective entirely male? Is there a female person that is also part of zoonews? Which zoonews is the father of the baby? Do you all take turns during the mating process or do you go through a mating ritual to establish dominance and mating rights?
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Query
Using Windows Movie Maker to rotate videos. Want to save. Will only let me save in the Windows Movie Maker format. Lame. How can I save in any other format? Thanks.
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Can you use something else to convert it back out of WMM format? Like you can do with LibreOffice documents to convert between MS Word formats.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 7:49 AM PST up reply actions
Potentially, but I don’t know which programs to use. Do you have a rec?
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Sorry, I don’t know squat about video editing. Maybe some kind of trial version of a program?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 7:58 AM PST up reply actions
Export.
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I see. Where is that functionality in the program? I didnt see it. Thanks.
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Is there a “Movie Tasks” menu on the left? If so, click “Finish Movie”. It should walk you through creating a movie file.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 6, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t have it on my computer here, I’ll email myself this conversation and then try it when I get home. Thanks!
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you publish the video from moviemaker
and it gives you choices of output format.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jan 6, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
I know SUPER (open-source software) lets you convert Flash files to .mp3, but not sure if it does video files. check it out, though.
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
n/m, it’s not open-source, but it’s free (and very powerful!)! http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, sir!
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WBB beats Ducks at Haas:
Three-point shooting from sophomore guards Lindsay Sherbert and Mikayla Lyles and three post players in double figures helped California Golden Bear head coach Lindsay Gottlieb notch the first Pac-12 conference victory of her career, a 73-56 win over the visiting Oregon State Beavers Thursday night at Haas Pavilion.
Sophomore forward Gennifer Brandon started the game on a personal 5-0 run. Brandon scored a layup on Cal’s first possession, getting fouled in the process and knocking down the ensuing free throw. She followed with a jumper from six feet out in Cal’s next possession to put the Bears up by five a little over a minute into the game.
Oregon State fought back, pulling within a point, 9-8. After both teams traded misses for two minutes, the Beavers took a 10-9 lead on a layup by their 6-7 post player, Thais Pinto, with 14:24 left in the first half. Brandon erased the Beavers’ lead thirty seconds later with a layup that put Cal back up, 11-10. The Bears would never again trail in the game.
Fueled by a pair of three-pointers from sophomore guard Lindsay Sherbert, Cal pushed the lead out to 19-12. The Beavers couldn’t put together any sort of run with Cal’s defense keeping Oregon State from making back-to-back baskets through the end of the half while on the offensive end, the Bears kept scoring.
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by TwistNHook on Jan 6, 2012 7:47 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Good news!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 9:01 AM PST up reply actions
they beat the BEAVERS, not the Ducks, dammit
no worries, come this weekend, you’ll beat us, too. Our ladies teams doesn’t play the defense very well
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I can see the future!
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I’m posting from the future! 10:55ish to be precise!
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I’m at 1:55. I win.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
Your comment says one thing, your timestamp says another. This is getting more and more suspicious … !
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A depressed one, at that.
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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Cal, the NFL Playoffs, and you:
BERKELEY – Eight former Cal football players are on active rosters for the NFL Playoffs that begin with the league’s Wild Card Weekend this Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 7-8.
Five of those eight – Brian De La Puente (New Orleans), Thomas DeCoud (Atlanta), Tony Gonzalez (Atlanta), Cameron Jordan (New Orleans) and Mike Mohamed (Denver) – are on teams that play on Wild Card Weekend.
Shane Vereen of AFC East champion New England, and Desmond Bishop and Aaron Rodgers of NFC North winner and defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay, begin their post-season action in the Divisional Playoffs the weekend of Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 14-15.
De La Puente and Jordan are on a New Orleans team that also won the regular-season NFC South title, while Mohamed is a member of AFC West champion Denver.
Three other former Cal players – Jahvid Best (Detroit), Andre Carter (New England) and Syd’Quan Thompson (Denver) – are on the injured reserve lists for playoff teams.
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I’m still wrapping my head around the idea that Detroit is a playoff team.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Well they wouldn’t have been if cutler wasn’t injured…
They’re going to be destroyed by Saints. I’d be scared to face them or the Giants right now (along with GB).
I’m not afraid
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Fun facts about Tony G
Did you know he has only missed two games in his career?
Did you know he has only lost two fumbles in his career?
Did you know that if you look up pimp in the dictionary…you’ll find a picture of Tony G?
6 1st round draft picks, 2 Super Bowl Champions and counting
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NinersNation talks playoff experience:
The 49ers head into the postseason with a few players having some playoff experience, but a lot of the roster being newbies to the NFL postseason. Guys like David Akers, Jonathan Goodwin, Justin Smith and Carlos Rogers have some experience in the postseason, but for the vast majority of the roster this is their first time in the NFL postseason. Many had a chance to play bowl games in college, but otherwise this is a first for them.
Alex Smith chatted with the media yesterday (transcript after the jump), and he discussed how he feels the team is sufficiently mature to handle what comes with playing in January. Former GM Charlie Casserly chatted with Taylor Price of 49ers.com and in discussing the same topic, he pointed out how the 1982 Washington Redskins (he was assistant GM) had minimal postseason experience as well and they rolled through a strike-shortened season and won the Super Bowl. Not exactly apples to apples, but it’s in the ballpark.
As the 49ers get ready for the postseason, one big bonus is that their head coach has a little bit of postseason experience to share. He was a part of a Bears playoff squads to the playoffs, but he is most well known for his leadership of a Cinderella Indianapolis Colts squad in 1995. He led the Colts to a 9-7 record and a wild card berth. They went on the road to beat the San Diego Chargers in the wild card round and then knocked off the number one-seeded Kansas City Chiefs in the division round. They came up just short against the Steelers in the AFC title game as a last second Hail Mary fell just short of completion. The wild 1995 season earned Harbaugh his Captain Comeback nickname.
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Raiders hire Reggie MacKenzie:
Adding validity to these reports, McKenzie confirmed it himself via a text message to ESPN’s Jason Wilde.
McKenzie has been in the Packers front office in some capacity since 1994. This job is a long time coming for McKenzie. He has been an integral part of one of the best front offices for almost two decades.
It remains to be seen in what ways, if any, McKenzie style will differ from the Packers. While in Green Bay, he served under GM’s Ron Wolf, Mike Sherman and Ted Thompson. Thompson, like McKenzie, learned the ropes from Wolf.
That philosophy is not much different than what Al Davis had been employing: build the team with explosive players through the draft. Now, obviously, the Packers don’t put as much emphasis on 40 times, but they have certainly drafter their share of great athletes over the years.
This certainly isn’t an ideal position for a new GM. He is going to be over the gap. Also, he is not going to have a first and second round draft pick this year, and will only have a third and fourth if the Raiders are awarded one via compensatory compensation.
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With Keith Smart now coaching at Kings, they beat Bucks:
The Keith Smart era got off to a good start Thursday as the Kings came back from a 21 point deficit to complete a great comeback against the Bucks despite the best efforts of Brandon Jennings (31 points, 7 assists, 5 steals) and Drew Gooden (18 points, 9 rebounds). Jennings hit some truly ridiculous shots all night, but luckily missed a three at the end that would have sent the game into overtime.
The Kings were led by their “Big 3” of Tyreke Evans (26 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists), Marcus Thornton (27 points) and DeMarcus Cousins (19 points, 15 rebounds). The Kings managed to win despite shooting only 40.7% to Milwaukee’s 51.3% thanks to a huge rebounding advantage (55-31) and going 25-30 from the free throw line.
Chuck Hayes left the game after playing only 9 minutes due to a separated shoulder. No official word has been released on the severity yet.
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Is he permanent or interim?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
GSoM talks about former Coach Keith Smart going to Kings:
Uh, discuss. Good for Keith Smart? Will he just be an “interim”?
SB Nation’s Sactown Royalty appears to have an answer for the time being:
It’s worth noting that the release doesn’t deem Smart the new interim head coach — it states that “Keith Smart will serve as head coach in tonight’s game versus the Milwaukee Bucks.” My money is on Smart becoming the interim head coach for the remainder of the season, but that could leave open the possibility of the team seeking to bring a new head coach in or allowing one of the other assistants the opportunity to take the job.
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Oh, I guess it’s not certain yet.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Lakers lose to Trail Blazers:
Remember Lamar Odom? Mobile, long-armed power forward? Sweats a lot? You know who I’m talking about. He’s off to a dreadful start in his new job as a Maverick. Really dreadful, if we’re being honest. That fact has mollified Laker fans, myself included, whose reactions to his preseason trade to Dallas blended confusion with outrage. It hasn’t felt like we’ve been missing Lamar, but tonight in Portland the Lakers needed him something fierce. His size and ranginess would’ve been an all-but-ideal defensive solution to the problems presented by Gerald Wallace, the Blazers’ spidery swingman. Too strong for Matt Barnes and too fast for Metta World Peace, Wallace gashed the Lakers for 31 points at the Rose Garden this evening en route to a 107 to 96 Blazer victory. The result dropped the Lake Show back down to 0.500 and confirmed their status, at least for the time being, as a second-tier Western Conference team.
Wallace was the sharp, poisonous tip of a Portland attack the Lake Show didn’t come close to stopping. The Blazers scored 1.19 points per possession, all night long exploiting the Lakers’ heavy feet and ugly transition defense. The purple and gold kept pace for a half behind hot shooting from Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum. In the third period, though, the Blazers erased a four-point deficit and began out-executing the Lakers in every imaginable way. After a slow start Jamal Crawford found his stroke and finished with 17 points. LaMarcus Aldridge, who scored 28, was a third offensive threat the Lakers didn’t know how to deal with. The points just came in steady, punishing waves until a few minutes remained in the fourth quarter. By then the Lakers’ third road loss in three tries was a done deal.
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by TwistNHook on Jan 6, 2012 7:52 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
BAY
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YOO
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by TwistNHook on Jan 6, 2012 8:18 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
BOO JOHN YOO
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
Lakers – shafted by the league. (feels strange to say that)
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Yup.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
no worries. we’re signing darron williams as a free agent next year…or something like that. i really can’t imagine they’ll go another year without getting another guard.
That would be all kinds of awesome. Is Dwight Howard still a possibility? Sorry I really don’t follow the NBA ins and outs all that closely.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
It’s a possibility, but I’m not sure. The Warriors have thrown themselves into the mix, and they have cap space to take Turkoglu’s contract.
if bynum keeps on playing the way he’s been playing without getting hurt, the lakers have the 2nd best overall,best offensive center in the league. if he manages that, then getting another guard becomes the greater want/need.
by j.lee on Jan 6, 2012 11:53 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
bynum keeps on playing the way he’s been playing without getting hurt
Is that likely?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Some of them are, especially if they are impact injuries. Some are chronic, though.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
They’re not affect injuries?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
groan
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Word snobs
What do you think about the use of the word “groan” in this post?
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i think he could have utilized a better word.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
Hans Moleman Presents: Man Getting Hit by Football.
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
but the ball! his groin! haha! it works on so many levels! roll it again.
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
Mrs. Atoms should dump him solely and specifically for its usage.
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I think the word usage is proper, but I could have put it in brackets to make it clear that it was an action.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I did groan.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
With Bynum, I don’t think it’s chronic, as much as with big heavy guys, they are often injured, oversized for what the human frame can take.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Who knows? The injuries he has had so far lean towards the freakish sort. He does need to remind himself to bend his knees and stay limber, though.
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
and not cheap-shot opposing players.
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
just queued up the cheap shot on Barea. disgusting.
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ClipsNation talks about changed Clippers atmosphere:
Things are very different in Clipperland these days.
On Tuesday the Clipper’s front office brought in a center, one Solomon Jones. A guy who’s been around a couple of years but I can’t actually recall ever having seen play. The Clipper brain trust, recognizing their need for a back up center apparently looked at a few big guys (some of whom we were more familiar with) and they chose one… Jones. He even made a brief appearance in gabage time of the Rockets game last night.
Now, some of us were hoping for a larger, flashier acquisition, perhaps the obviously reticent, reportedly retired, Joel Pryzbilla… and maybe that will still happen, but I’m happy they signed Solomon Jones. Maybe he’ll be okay. Maybe, with Reggie Evans joining the lineup (any minute now) we won’t have to suffer through too many more nights of the affable but inadequate Brian Cook pretending to be a center. Maybe it was a good move. I hope so.
But if that’s all we’re thinking we’re missing the really big news… the really really really BIG news….
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Sharks win:
San Jose would rebound from an early first period goal and control the majority of the game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, eventually prevailing 2-1 in front of a sellout crowd at HP Pavilion.
Joe Thornton and Ryane Clowe would score goals for the Sharks as Jason Demers potted assists on both goals. Curtis Sanford earned well deserved second star honors for his 37 save performance, with Thomas Greiss holding the fort in a frantic final two minutes to earn a win in his first start since December 3rd.
According to the wonderful @SharksStats, it was San Jose’s 700th win in franchise history.
The first ten minutes of the game were a wide open affair, with both teams coasting through the neutral zone unmolested. The Sharks were on their heels coming out of the gate as the Blue Jackets generated a handful of odd-man rushes up the ice that put pressure on Thomas Greiss. Greiss managed to hold the fort on these chances with a little help from Marc-Edouard Vlasic who is one of the best defenseman in the NHL at shutting down 2 on 1’s according to us. A source you can trust talking about a defenseman you can trust—Honest Abe Lincoln would be proud.
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by TwistNHook on Jan 6, 2012 7:53 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
One Ohio team I don’t root for. YAY SHARKIES!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 9:02 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
You continue to displease me.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 6, 2012 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
You’re a Blue Jackets fan?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
I think it is—luckily, they’re quite good at drinking.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Confirmed as to both.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 6, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
Interesting…
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Good point. Overruled.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 6, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
who doesn’t like the BJ’s?
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
He is
It’s embarrassing.
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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SHARKS WIN! SHARKS WIN!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
SHYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Anybody here ever played Telephone Pictionary? Fun stuff!
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Wow, you really don’t like me at all!
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Get a group of friend together. Sit in like a circle. Have slips of paper. Each person has to have the same number of slips.
Then, each person writes something down on the first slip. They then pass the entire set of slips to the person next to them. That person looks solely at the top slip, moves it to the bottom of the set and draws a picture of the word.
Then, everybody passes. Here is where it kicks in. The people receive at that point, the set with just the picture on the top. So, they have to then put that slip at the bottom of the set and write what they think the word is on the top slip.
The set is passed again and the process continues. Word-picture-word-picture with each individual person solely knowing what the immediately preceeding item is. So, things can rapidly fall apart. Esp. if you have really sucky artists!
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Having played it in the past, I can confirm it is more than just “potentially” fun
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Having stalked you previously, I can confirm that we don’t “potentially” have different definitions of fun
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AINT NO PARTY LIKE A CRICKET PARTY, BC A CRICKET PARTY NEVER STARTS!
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You just need a ton of scrap paper!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Depends on how many people and how many rounds, but generally yes
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Another fun game: Celebrities
Each person gets 4 or 5 slips of paper to write celebrities/historical figures/&c. The goal is to get your team to guess the name on the slip you pull.
Round 1: you can use words to describe the person (can’t say things like, “rhymes with molly farton”)
Round 2: put all the slips back in the bowl and draw again, but you can only use 3 words to describe the person
Round 3: put all the slips back in the bowl and draw again, but you can only use motions to describe the person
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 9:09 AM PST up reply actions
I knew a guy who claims that he invented the term “Breezy” to refer to attractive chicks.
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I once knew a man from Nantucket.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 6, 2012 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
I knew a guy...
who swears he invented a breezy salad bowl on the internet.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
We play this.....
….it’s AWESOME. But with kids you get ALOT of Taylor Swift. My brother always likes to throw in the NPR Africa reporter, Ophabia Quixarcton. Do THAT in charades…..
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
is THAT how you spell it? My well educated friends always were thrown by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Ahmadinejad’s not that hard. Break it down. Ahmad is a normal Islamic name. I bet di means from, and Nejad is probably a place.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
So, his name is similar to Joan of Arc? BTW, You seem like you’re in a good mood today, are you feeling better?
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A little better, yeah, thanks for asking. I spent most of yesterday drinking tea, taking vitamins, and napping in between bouts of sneezing and coughing. Today, I felt decent enough to go into work. Still not close to 100% though.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
Haha, no. That’d be a nicer commute for me though.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Nagheenanajar
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 6, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
not my finest moment.
also not my finest moment: you all told me this ‘salad bowl’ was actually called ‘toss the salad.’ so I then told co-workers I had a great weekend up at a cabin in the woods, where I played toss the salad with my college buds.
okay, ego boost after remembering those two embarrassing moments: got two job offers in one day. took the better one, which coincidentally boosts my chances of running into the artist formerly known as raptoropocalypso.
i heard about this. congrats!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
HAHAHAHA.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 6, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
:-) thanks. wish I’d remembered the CGB think tank yesterday, and asked advice about how to handle two simultaneous offers. I didn’t do it very well- basically did not negotiate, when I could have.
dude, don’t kick yourself for that. Two offers is a problem everyone should have!!! I like negotiating… I like the adrenaline rush out of it and I like being able to do it where everyone feels like they win. I’ve had one job in my life that I hated in and the foundation was set during the negotiation process where the guy who hired me had a “zero sum” mentality when it came to those things… I learned my lesson there.
Many congrats on the dual jobs, and don’t kick yourself for not negotiating. You got a great job! YAY!!
BUT — such a girl thing to do. We may need to schedule CGB GNO for coaching on such matters from the elder generation, strictly for taking it to The Man with future opportunities.
I want in! If I ever end up in the real world…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 7, 2012 8:03 AM PST up reply actions
oh HI, didn't see you there.
I was glowing about you to Raptoropocaplitical last night. Also, I love that story. Also, lets have lunch or something. Or get together to watch ragscub play in a park.
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Wait, who should tell the story? I need specific directions!
"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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HAHA awesome, and congrats
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
HAH! Also, great news!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Ofeibea Quist-Arcton
I love how she pronounces “Dakar”.
“Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, NPR News, Dah-KAHHHHR”
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
I like MY spelling (of HER name) better....
So I’m gonna take my marbles and go home….
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
Racy!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Related products (thanks Amazon)
Tasting Daddy: Her Big, Hard Stepfather (Taboo Pleasure Story)
Buy new: $0.99
195 Used & new from $0.99
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I wouldn’t want that at all in the first place, but I’d want a used one even less.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
i wonder how many watch lists you get placed on simply for purchasing that.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
Totally love this game…it’s one game that’s impossible for girls to destroy!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
What games are you playing where women are often destroying them?
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Ones where the objective is to WIN AND DID YOU JUST BUILD A SETTLEMENT WHERE I WANTED TO BUILD?!! I WILL EAT YOUR FACE YOU HUMAN TUBE WORM!!!!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Catan?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
And takes a long time! (I haven’t played RISK and stuff like that, though…)
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
I finally played this as well, three newbies and one guy who hadn’t played for ages. We would ask him a question, he would pause, and then say “Don’t worry about that, that isn’t important right now.”
A friend of a friend is behind handmade Catan boards. He decided to make a few boards, asked for $8K on Kickstarter, and got almost $45K. Now my friend quit his job to help with the business side of the board project.
Don’t worry about that, that isn’t important right now.
Useful tactic.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
These are actually pretty cool!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
You seem to have bad luck with women
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Today is the last day of the college football season!
Previewing the Kansas State vs Arkansas Cotton Bowl (should be a good match-up!)
The Verdict
Arkansas by 4.7.
Because their offense has a bit larger advantage over the opposing defense, and because their big-time return men (Johnson on kickoffs, Adams on punts) are healthy, the Hogs get the nod in this one. But using statistics, Kansas State should have gone about 7-5 or 8-4 this year. Instead, their 8-1 record in one-possession games got them into the Cotton Bowl and, with a win, will likely lead them to a Top 10 finish in the polls. If Arkansas gets hot (like Oklahoma did in Manhattan back in October), the score could get out of hand. But you could have said that about quite a few KSU games this year, and it rarely happened. An Arkansas blowout win is conceivable, but if the Wildcats can get off to the same type of fasts starts they’ve gotten for most of the season (their scoring margin is plus-61 in the first half, minus-one in the second), they will give themselves a very good chance.
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Dont we have 3 more bowls after today?
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Well, fine, there’s the BBVA Compass Bowl and the GoDaddy.com bowl this weekend, but there’s NFL playoff football and I doubt anyone will watch those games.
So this is the last bowl game worth watching.
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What about the MNC game?
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Its now a cricket game?
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Alabama vs LSU? I already watched that game and LSU won. Why would I watch it again? It wasn’t THAT good of a game.
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It wasn’t THAT good of a game.
It wasn’t a good game, period.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
I’m willing to cede some ground to people who love watching a defensive tackle wrap up a ball carrier for no gain
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I usually get them at either JCrew or the Gap. Sometimes Old Navy has some too. J. Crew usually has a good selection and a deal where you get 3 for $18 or something.
Rishi’s head just exploded reading your comment.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 6, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
z
Oh cool, I’ll keep my eyes open at those stores then. Lemme know if you come across that 3 for $18 deal at any point.
(I figured I’d try the whole complement your socks with your tie look and see what happens)
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That’s more of a match than a complement.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
I’d say it deserves a racis animated gif.
why can’t a brutha just wear a suit? why he gotta play basketball in it?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
I think you’ll be pleased with the results. You might also try the actual store of J.Crew as sometimes they have socks on crazy sale for like 5.99 or less (I used to work there).
Hmm, aite, I'll stop by and check it out. Thanks!
I made my first venture into non-invisible socks yesterday. Awaiting results.
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Those are pretty nice. Mrs. Unclesam got me these for my stocking. I usually avoid gimmicky/ logo’d socks but I really like these.
They are actually even a little more subtle than that in real life. My new fav pair of socks. Here’s the link.
I really hope this is the lowest-rated MNC game in history.
Market talks.
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YUP, same here.
I’m not looking forward to watching 14 hours of ESPN coverage on the two SEC schools either.
#ESPNslurpsSEC
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
So after the Cotton Bowl, I just don’t plan on following non-Cal college football for a while.
Which is fine, I’ll just follow NFL
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I’ll be watching. And probably wearing some kind of Crimson. Though I have resisted getting any Alabama stuff so far. Mrs. Unclesam does have Cal stuff though…
I have no ill-will towards the fans of either team at all. It’s the BCS that are complete turd buckets
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I’m pretty much mentally checked out of college football at this point. It’s stupid to have bowl season extend this long. I really don’t give a shit about the championship game. They really ought to wrap things up by like the 4th of January at the latest.
BTW why the fuck wasn’t the Rose Bowl on the 1st???
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
…why does that matter exactly? They had the parade on Sunday, right?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
NFL rules Sunday with an iron fist.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 6, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
The NYD bowls were postponed to January 2 before the NFL even existed, afaik.
Perspective!
"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 prefer to ignore the facts and blame the NFL.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I reject your reality and substitute my own!
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It was fantastic."
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Welcome to the internet!
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Welcome!
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does’t the NFL have some sort of antitrust thing in which they’re the only football games allowed on Sunday?
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
So lame all around, then. Stupid NFL.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
Stupid god.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 6, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Perspective. You lacks it.
"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 have a perspective, and I stated it. :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Oswiler reportedly to leave ASU for NFL:
The already daunting rebuilding process for new Arizona State head coach Todd Graham just became all the more difficult as DevilsDigest.com tweeted a report that starting quarterback Brock Osweiler will forgo his senior season and enter the NFL Draft.
This caps a period of speculation surrounding Osweiler’s future that began with Graham’s hiring and intensified when former offensive coordinator and Osweiler mentor Noel Mazzone left for UCLA. While there appeared to be some appeal to a reunion in Westwood, the complications with the transfer were immense, leaving a move to the NFL as the most enticing option.
Osweiler started 15 games in his Sun Devil career, his first coming during his freshman season at Oregon. He backed-up Steven Threet for most of 2010 before having a breakout game against UCLA in relief of the injured Threet. Osweiler accounted for five total touchdowns in the ASU win, and shook off a bad start the next week against Arizona to help lead the Devils to the thrilling win.
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But how tall is he?
I hear he’s tall, but I don’t know how tall.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
And really tall, apparently.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Penn State hires Pats assistant to be head coach:
In 1998, O’Brien was promoted to running backs coach and held that position until after the 2000 season when he was then promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under then head coach George O’Leary. O’Brien left Georgia Tech after the 2002 season when Chan Gailey took over as head coach, getting a position at Maryland as the running backs coach for the 2003-2004 seasons. O’Brien moved to be the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Duke, where he spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons. In that span while O’Brien was the offensive coordinator, Duke was in the midst of a 22-game losing streak. In those seasons, Duke averaged 16.1 and 14.9 points per game, respectively.
After O’Brien’s stint with Duke, he was hired as an offensive assistant with the New England Patriots, but did not hold a specific position. O’Brien was assigned to coach the wide receivers in 2008 and then the quarterbacks from 2009-2010. O’Brien was given play calling duties when Josh McDaniels left to coach the Denver Broncos after the 2008 season, but O’Brien was not officially promoted to offensive coordinator until the 2011 season. Under O’Brien as a play caller, the Patriots had one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL and also saw quarterback Tom Brady throw for over 5,000 yards on the season for the first time of his career.
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I think this is a reach – but on the other hand, who would want this job?
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Now? No one.
Not sure why they didn’t go after Tom Bradley, though. Did he not want the job?
(Which reminds me… why the hell does no one hire Bud Foster of VTech?)
This also means Greg Schiano is staying at Rutgers forever, right?
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I assume no-one hires Bud Foster because they’re terrified he would bring members of VA Tech’s offensive coaching staff with him.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
EDSBS nails the shit out of the situation
"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
Need an internet company
I’ve axed AT&T Uverse because they wouldn’t come to my house for 2 weeks to transfer my equipment.
Time Warner is evil and I hate them but will consider them if all else fails.
Any other suggestions? I’m looking at Direct TV for television and am open on phone (we use our main phone so little something like Vonage may make sense for us).
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No Verizon FIOS in Austin?
I don’t know if it’s dramatically “better” than others but I have had very little trouble with them.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I would switch to Verizon FIOS in an heartbeat if they offered it here. I’m guessing Comcast isn’t available?
Does Vonage have primary telephone service? I’d always thought they piggy back on your internet connection?
DirecTv: I’m loving my service, although it can get a bit pricey, it does have a TON of HD channels that other providers do not offer.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
I, too, would happily switch to Verizon FiOS if it were available, but sadly it is not for me either.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
I know nothing about it, but I’ve seen commercials for Hughes Net which seems like high speed via satellite if you got the DTV route. But other than that, you’re pretty well stuck I think.
satellite internet tends to be ridiculously slow, i.e. 1.5 Mbps DL MAX speeds… Which is like 1/2 of 3G speeds
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
and expensive I think
I think it needs a special dish and was like $100/month or something. Only the desperate get it and they charge accordingly, or did the only time I asked briefly.
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
Don’t they make you partner with Road Runner in LA? (Whose speeds are less than desirable?)
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
I think
DirecTV for TV service is great. They are pretty good about price increases too; we’ve had an old channel lineup for quite a while, and while they might raise rates a few dollars every few years they don’t force us to longer and more expensive channel lists.
I imagine this isn’t a big deal in TX, but of course the satellite signal is interrupted by heavy rain. So, for example, on the rainy side of Hawaii nighttime TV is kind of useless because it’s interrupted by rain showers all the time.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
When it rains in Texas, it can rain really, really hard. Often 1 inch per hour…
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indeed
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 6, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
Why we Troll
I thought about the DBD immediately
http://gizmodo.com/5873503/why-we-troll
Look, there are two basic types of trolls. One is the person who says or does something simply to get a rise out of people, or to fulfill some horrible void in his or her soul. The kind of shithead who harasses women with breast cancer.
But that kind of troll is thankfully pretty uncommon—like the comic book villain who actually wants to destroy Earth. More common is the guy who thinks he’s flying the flag for truth and justice, and, in the process, becomes a complete asshole. A misguided villain. Like Magneto.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
They left out the good natured troll. Like me!
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Thank goodness
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
Sui Genisis?
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More common is the guy who thinks he’s flying the flag for truth and justice, and, in the process, becomes a complete asshole
I don’t think I’m flying the flag for truth and justice! I am an asshole though.
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cgb hh a success!
thanks to all for coming out! ’twas fun.
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 9:21 AM PST reply actions
We did. It’s a cool old timey place. Reminded me of Disneyland, but the whiskey didn’t come out of the flask I snuck in.
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Yeah I liked it thought it took my pulling on like 6 “door handles” before I managed to find the actual door…
I felt very presidential.
Dick Cheney would’ve used a header.
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Dick Cheney would have shot you in the face.
by fiatlux on Jan 6, 2012 9:53 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
pqtm
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
haha
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
One of the most underappreciated achievements of the Bush administration was bringing back the power of the blue tie.
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He actualy wore a ton of Oxxford suits (made in America!)
His were probably in the $15K range, though you or I could buy one for $5K today from them (by appointment)
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Is that when you get the tie for free but have to pay $4.99 for the “windsor knot” expansion?
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i’m not sure we’re allowed to discuss the details / specifics of CGB HH conversations… I don’t want to get banned from future happenings.
Won’t share with the hoi polloi, huh?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
This is just another example of regional discrimination on the DBD.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
DID ANYBODY RING???
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At yesterday’s CGB Happy Hour, I learned that I can look right into turkey’s office across the street from my office’s kitchen.
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DBD 6/1/12
How is it Rishi can communicate from the future? Chinese scientists will be PISSED.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
Or…Chinese scientists were pissed?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
British spelling, British date customs!
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
You haven’t done that in the past/future, though.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
we are SO backwards here: only Belize and the US do MM/DD/YY (or YYYY). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
How did the hipster burn his mouth?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
He ate his pizza before it was cool :P
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
I didn’t take you for the tight-pants type.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
Woah, it’s June already? Who won the Super Bowl?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
Tebow.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
I tried. They said I have to bet on the whole team, not just Tebow. No deal.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Belated congrats, BTW. (Skimming through yesterday’s beast of a DBD)
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 6, 2012 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
Ah, thanks man :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
If anyone is going to be in NYC 1/17-2/4 and is a fan of broadway, there’s a 2-for-1 tickets deal at nycgo.
A story about The Trappist, one of my favorite Oakland spots
A specialty beer bar in Old Oakland, the Trappist was opened by Aaron Porter and Chuck Stilphen in 2007 and has been packing in crowds ever since. Modeled after pubs in Belgium, the bar, in an 1870s building, is long and narrow, with exposed brick walls, tin ceilings and beer signs and trays adorning the walls.
The bar became so popular that it took over the adjoining back bar space, once home to a speakeasy called 460’s that was closed and sealed up tight in 1931 after a reportedly “gruesome” discovery in the cellar.
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I went there a couple weeks ago for the first time. Its a cool place. Surprisingly we didnt get carded going in, especially since i was clean shaven. Saved the hassle of getting my id out of my wallet tho
by bamboobanga on Jan 6, 2012 11:27 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
U.S. Navy [destroyer USS Kidd] rescues Iranian sailors
(CNN) — U.S. sailors from a carrier strike group whose recent presence in the Persian Gulf drew the ire of Iranian military officials have rescued 13 of the Middle Eastern country’s sailors from a hijacked fishing boat, a military spokesman said Friday.
The destroyer USS Kidd came to the aid of the ship Thursday in the North Arabian sea, near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, according to the Navy.
The rescue prompted the captain of the freed ship to offer his “sincere gratitude,” according to Josh Schminky, a Navy Criminal Investigative Service agent aboard the Kidd.
“He was afraid that without our help, they could have been there for months,” said Schminky
The rescue Thursday came two days after Iran said the United States should not send any more warships into the Persian Gulf.
Go Bears! Even ships named after one of our alums* do good!
*I felt no need to verify if the ship is indeed named after Jason Kidd.
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
I’m waiting for a history lesson from CB81 because I’m too lazy to googles
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
USS Kidd (DDG-100) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the third Navy ship named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who was on board Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was the first American flag officer to die in World War II.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
EPIC IRONY, the USS Kidd was originally built for Iran then the US kept it after the Shah was told to GTFO.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Our recruiting person was walking around some kid wearing a black suit with a red shirt and black tie.
WTF is this? First and foremost, red is evil and stanfurd-esque. Second of all, solid red shirt with solid black tie is such an effing cliche and boring combination. It needs to stop. Seriously, every wedding I go to, half the guys are wearing this combo with a goatee/chinstrap. It looks douchey (and, no, wearing it with a black vest does not make it better)
But most importantly, look clean and professional for an interview! (or your first day of work. The first day of work is an interview for your next job). Don’t dress like you’re trying to go for a party.
College career services need to prepare students for how to dress and how to talk and stuff too.
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People dress like that to weddings? Weird.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
hey, did my cool suit get me that job?
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
You’re alive! I was worried you had gone into a whiskey-induced coma.
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yeah, busy morning. still that last jameson might not have been the best decision of the night.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
distribute it to girls at bars in preparation for your advances?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
Clothes to clean the air?
Their “Catalytic Clothing” venture makes use of existing self-cleaning technology found in paints and glass which employ photocatalysts to break down harmful airborne pollutants like nitrous oxide emitted by cars and factories.
Applying it to clothing is novel though, and potentially far more effective says Ryan, the pro-vice chancellor at the UK’s University of Sheffield.
Some rough calculations done while attending a “really boring meeting” at the UK’s Royal Society of Chemistry, revealed that his suit had a surface area of about 80-square meters.
This story really, really, reminded me of a classic Ealing comedy “The Man in the White Suit”, which is quite funny (if you like that sort of thing).
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I had a MOST excellent time!!! Yesterday was just one of those great days for me for the diversity of experience and stuff I did topped off by meeting all of you!
You’re welcome!
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Again, I’ve saved the day!
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MapQuest?
Wait, while I was suffering in Gill Coliseum y’all had a happy hour without me? That’s just to much to Bear.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
I am sorry about your evening. Only 5K people there too… that place used to be to packed and rockin’ all the time… though I guess it is still break.
At least.....
…..the people around me were nice. I took my daughter with me; I think people HAVE to be nice when you’ve got an 11-year old girl with you (easy….watch it now….).
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
So true. I remember a story about Bush the Elder throwing out the first pitch at some ball game and he made sure he had this little girl go out with him so people couldn’t boo.
Looks like you’ve got the sort of thinking that can make you president!
YOU CAN DO IT
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by Rishi on Jan 6, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
No more hope...
NO RAIN IN SIGHT WITH OUR DRY STREAK CONTINUING. IN
FACT…THE LATEST MEDIUM MODELS KEEP HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WEST.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
People in Columbus are excited that it’s 50 degrees here today.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
I thought we brought you a lot of joy!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Don't joke
Since when do I work?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
quit pretending you’re not an honorary citizen of Columbus
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 6, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah
We’ll even give you some tattoos…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
Even me?!?
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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of course, snow will greet me in MIchigan next weekend. sigh.
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
I AM EXCITE
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 6, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
I was taking my trash out today and realized that I was wearing a t-shirt, without really worrying about the weather.
/cool story
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--Thoroughbred
ESPECIALLY in Ohio :) But not in lab.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Because no one wants to see your legs, not even in California.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
Muahaha
I do tend to inflict myself on others.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
I didn’t leave my office building all day and didn’t check the weather. I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped outside after work.
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Great so far.
Really liking it.
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Those of you with significant others
Do you have a list of 5/free pass?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
In real life? No. Celebs? Yeah.
Hell, I’d do David Beckham…
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I’ve only ever seen these lists apply to celebs.
i’ve never seen “our next door neighbor” on anyone’s list before
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
[crumples up list]
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Not really. Since Mrs Turkish diplomat down the street went home, the only genuinely attractive neighbor is the French girl next door, and she’s 17 and has better taste than that ;)
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Yeah but you have horny, massively breasted, college age camp counselors crashing at your house 24/7 so I wouldn’t be complaining if I were you
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 6, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Wait, what?
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 6, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
DC runs a youth hostel in the summer and only hawt Scandinavians are allowed
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Pics please.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 6, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
So racis, I allow hot Euro girls of all nationalities, as long as they aren’t Gypsies.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
So I can, so I can…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Precautions are required.
It’s not as bad as when I go to collect the missus and our daughters from the camp in Vermont though – because that’s “counselors clean up the camp and drink beers” day, and a lot of them are wearing bikinis while this is going on. I don’t quite know where to look sometimes.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Sounds like you wouldn’t go wrong looking a lot of places.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
it’s obvious where to look, DC. It’s a matter of where you want to be caught looking…
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
That’s not completely accurate – they don’t all have big boobs.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Which part was confusing?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
mrs turkish threw me off :)
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
FWIW, we got a new set of Turkish diplomats to replace the old one, and the new Mrs Turkish Diplomat is a bit of all right as well.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
This just got metta like worldpeace!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 7, 2012 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
Sad
Because I have a list of five goofy coffee house guys and yesterday I just bumped you for that guy over there.
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Oh, you bumped him?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, but Jennifer Aniston ain’t walking through the door any time soon.
My wife has BSpringsteen on hers, and she just MIGHT get to meet him next tour through town…….Anyone know JAniston or have her # for me?
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
I know a couple of reasons why Rishi and others watched Friends...
by fiatlux on Jan 6, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Have you watched the video for “Wannabe?” I was reliving the Spice Girls era and noticed…a lot.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
I’m young and misguided. Same era as “One Headlight,” incidentally…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
HEY NOW. I LOVED THE WALLFLOWERS
AND SAVAGE GARDEN
and capslock, apparently
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
One of us! One of us!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
I’m now listening to Jewel.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
not so much whoo for jewel though.
by j.lee on Jan 6, 2012 12:16 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I wanna stand with you on a mountain!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
I just assume everyone who hasn’t met yet already loves me. (Cause I’m not so lovable once you know me.)
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
something something zyng zyng zynga.
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
CGB karaoke time!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
I will happily attend if someone else puts it together.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
I really really really want to zig-a-zig-aaaah!
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Zig-Zag-Zig Allah?
"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
Is this considered NSFW? If so, I will delete.
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WE ARE A DISTURBING SOCIETY!!!!
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More like: we are disturbing society.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Well, the nipples primarily. I don’t know, I try to err on the side of extreme caution with these thins. I try to get sensitive to every potential working situation.
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I thought that was the reason you posted it
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No, he was talking about her baby blue eyes.
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--Thoroughbred
There’s a header at least.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Doesn't bother me......
…..AND I’m at work….teleworking, but….. kidding.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
I do have a list of Five Guys that I can enter without any problem. But that’s kinda different, I think.
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THE TRAFFIC IN LA IS BAD
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Ha ha
Don’t have one myself. But it’s funny because just yesterday I overheard guys at the gym talking about this in the context of Katy Perry — how she’s now single and was on one guy’s “list.”
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Saw on Twitter
That Jordan Payton just committed to Cal…is this old news?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 6, 2012 10:44 AM PST reply actions
Shaq RT “talk to my moms”….is that a good RT or a bad RT?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 6, 2012 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
The son of Gary Payton and Michael Jordan? I don’t know
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Shaq with my boi Eric Berry
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 6, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Looks like Shaw committed to Cal!
According to Treggs:
“Cal Gang Over everything. Welcome @BeastThompson and @JordanPayton to the family!”
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 6, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Shaq....Stanfurd Shaw sucks!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 6, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
YAY
Shaq Thompson(Grant) @ItsShaqThompson
Talk to my moms… College I’m attending Cal Golden Bears…. GO BEARS @jordanpayton
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Does this mean Turkey will go to HH?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Clarify NOW please !!!
Shaq committed to Cal? Is that what Treggs is saying???
/makesmyday (even if just an unsubstantiated rumor….)
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
Yep Shaq tweeted he’s coming to Cal. Treggs tweeted welcome to the family.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 6, 2012 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Yet.....
….Shaq says he’ll still announce tomorrow…..but I’m a happy man.
That OSU game is SO yesterday to me now…..
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
yup
my stalker skills tells me Shaq to Cal confirmed—although he’s still announcing tomorrow (good pub for us!)
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
From Shaq Diesel
“I want to help turn this program (Cal) around and this class is going to do it,”
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 6, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
BRING HIM TWISTNHOOK!
"RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 6, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions 9 recs
I WANT THIS TO BE REAL.
SO BADLY.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Which part?
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The part that isn't actually real.
"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
Neither of those tweets exist now. One existed for a short period of time, though.
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boo to that!
"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
Crumpacker is reporting the tweet now too.
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OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IF TRUE
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Who run's the CGB Twitter?
Twist?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 6, 2012 11:22 AM PST reply actions
CGB Twitter is like zoonews
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
Why?
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Just curious…they did a good job with the basketball game last night. I was going to give props..unless it’s you…than I was going to talk trash
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 6, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Think that was probably Avinash.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
That was almost certainly Avinash.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Great work Avinish!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 6, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
I miss the Fake Harbaugh and Fake Neuheisel twitter accounts Twist used to run. Those amused me greatly
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Jan 6, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Spazzy helped with those a lot, too. And we sadly had to shut them down. :(
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Higher ups
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SBN?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Nanny state
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those were the days =(
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Lunch news
Apparently they’re opening an Ike’s Place in Oakland at Grand and Telegraph.
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Ike's is my favorite example
of how Yelp ruins great places in SF
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 6, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Yelpers gonna yelp
Review on Planet Hollywood Towers in Vegas (which btw I booked for Jan end)
I’m giving this place one star b/c i have to but it’s actually ZERO stars.
If the following qualities are what you are looking for in a hotel, then this hotel is perfect for you.
- no valet service Fri-Sun “Lot is FULL” all the time
- hotel guests have to self park Fri-Sun unless you are a Timeshare owner
- valet did not help us with our bags when we checked in
- missing hotel items: ice bucket, glasses, extra blankets in the closet
- we had a coffee maker but no coffee pot
- stayed on the 51 & 53rd floor but the ice vending machine is on the 50th floor. shakes head
- yellow ice came out of our fridge
- stains in fridge and dining chairs
- horrible plumbing!
- awful customer service
- inconsistent thermostat, varying room temps in bedroom and living space
- RUDE front desk, I called for an extra blanket but they said I reached my maximum and was not allowed another blanket. WTF? The guy who answered the phone (named Alex) hung up on me after I said I was cold. Who does that? I called the front desk again and wanted to file a complaint to the manager BUT of course they said the Manager Debbie was busy and that they would have her call me back. Of course I never got a call back or a voicemail.
This was the worst hotel experience in Vegas or any other hotel I’ve ever stayed at. I will never stay here or at Planet Hollywood Casino again. They said that the Westgate Towers just uses the PH name for marketing purposes, and that they’re not a part of the PH Casino but I don’t care. Westgate is giving them a bad name and for that I boycott this place. The only positive thing that came out of this trip was the bigger upgraded room from Adam. He was totally awesome and tried to make our stay better on the first day but it just went down hill from there. Our large room is not worth all the f’ed up shit we had to go through. And on top of all that BS, they tried to sell us timeshares! WTF? are you srs? How does a hotel expect to sell timeshares when they treat their guests like second class ppl???
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So my company has a strict no blogging policy. Good thing i just got my first smart phone so i can dbd ninja style
by bamboobanga on Jan 6, 2012 11:40 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Which phone? We have a iPhone app and an Android app. So, you can use both.
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I got a galaxy nexus. I downloaded the app, but i like using the browser, so i can see pictures :)
by bamboobanga on Jan 6, 2012 11:48 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Actually nvm the pics werent the problem. The links in the comments wouldnt work
by bamboobanga on Jan 6, 2012 11:56 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, that’s the app’s fault.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Downside of the browser is that i cant z through through thr comments :(
by bamboobanga on Jan 6, 2012 12:01 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
It was very frustraing
I want to see what shaq and jp are tweeting!
by bamboobanga on Jan 6, 2012 1:19 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
The tweets were taken down anyway.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
you guys totally need an iPad app so I can get my CGB on in the bathroom
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
But do you put ipad in a plastic zip lock bag first?
"RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 6, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
1%
nope, i have two iPads at home—one for my bedside and one smeared with fecal matter in the bathroom
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Just a thought, but I’m pretty sure you’re not supposed to wipe your ass with it.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
y no ssh tunnel?
"RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 6, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Oakland #5? Really?
Don’t get me wrong, I love Oakland, #5?
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
Hell yes. Didn’t you hear? We’re getting an Ike’s.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 6, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
Didn’t you get memo? We’re cool now, with a dash of edgy violence.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Kind of an upscale Baltimore?
"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
Everything I know about Baltimore I learned from The Wire and The Corner,
so no.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
The Wire had it down, also Homicide was good too. I find Baltimore somewhat depressing. Oakland has it’s issues to be sure, but it has a lot more going for it than Baltimore.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I just wanted to make a joke, and my reference point for violent cities is Baltimore!
"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
Second crazy-girl-in-my-lab story: she is convinced that Indianapolis is a really scary city.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Gary, Indiana is, but it ended up producing Freddie Gibbs so it's all good.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Not entirely sure what it says about me that when I was reading the first few grafs of the Panama bit
I thought to myself “oh great, another fucking bubble.”
"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
Actual journalistic shorthand, iirc!
"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
Yeah, I think grafs is a good abbreviation, because if you say graphs then people think you’re looking at well, graphs.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Oh you fancy now!
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 6, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
wHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
So this exists
An obvious clue could be strictly TABOO! To get your team to say MOSES would you say, PRINCE, EGYPT, PLAGUES, PHAROAH, or COMMANDMENT?
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Link?
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zzzz
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by Rishi on Jan 6, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
to alcohol!
the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems!
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
Totally applies to the crazy girl in my lab. Perfect timing!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
I'll play
"RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 6, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
friend —> good friend —> really good friend —> brown chicken brown cow
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
Sexy results?
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he said brown chicken brown cow!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
In some seriousness
Internet male syndrome aside, even the most socially competent end up in the friend zone because they don’t act or make a move…
Hell, I’ll let my friend, DT, explain it
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Basically, if she still tells her friends that you are her “coworker” or “classmate”, you’re good.
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
That’s not jumping from friend zone to relationship, though.
The point is how do you do it AFTER the fact…
And it’s entirely possible. I’ve seen people do it.
(I never have, but that’s because I’m the one who friend zones girls)
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Arik Armstead - Down to Cal and Oregon...????
Greg Biggins tweets: @brodie13pdx I do, I think it’s Cal and Oregon right now
http://twitter.com/GregBiggins
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
Armstead will be a D-lineman.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I think he plays both in HS, but wants to be a DL in college. I’m sure any school would be happy to have him play wherever he wants as long as he commits.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Stupid question
How do you steer a hot air balloon? Like how are you not completely beholden to wherever the wind takes you?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
beans, beans are good for your heart
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
well shoot…just saw the hot balloon crash news on cnn.
don’t I feel like a dick now
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Holy crap!
Not only did it plummet to the ground, it was on fire as it did so?
Witnesses told local media of seeing 32-foot (10-meter) high flames rising from the balloon’s basket before it plummeted to the ground.
Hot air ballooning has always been on my “do not do” list. This reaffirms it.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Solution: don't try to put out a fire with 90 proof.
"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
Dude, I love your random questions. No troll.
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hotairballooning.com sez
The short answer is that you don’t!
However, it isn’t as uncontrolled as that might seem.
The pilot gets full aviation weather reports various sources, which may include governmet or private services. Prior to flight the pilot releases small helium balloons to see the wind direction and speed. Often there are layers of wind that are going in different directions or moving at different speeds.
After anaylizing the weather reports and the actual conditions observed, the pilot will make a decision to fly or not, as well as selecting a launch site appropriate for that flight. since the balloon floats with the wind, the pliot knows which direction the balloon will travel so the launch site is selected which will allow the balloon to fly into an area with appropriate landing sites.
Once airborne, the pilot can move the balloon up and down to utilize the varying directions of wind to change course. Some days the change in direction is quite significant, while at other times there may be little or no change in direction at any altitude. All these factors are taken into account when the pilot determines if the flight will take place or not.
There are even days when there may not be enough wind movement above the earth to fly at all. If there is little or no wind, or if the wind direction is constantly changing, the pilot may decide it isn’t safe to fly. If the balloon just sits overhead with little movement, it may be very difficult for the pilot to find a suitable landing spot.
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
Why glassless?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Ohhhh glasses-less
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Well, this is just depressing
The Mediocre Quarterback and You
Before I started writing things on the Internet, I had a traditional office job. Every day, I would show up at work, pretend to do tasks that required gazing into the computer screen. Whenever there were important meetings, I would construct a conflict that I was trying to resolve. As long as I was willing to demonstrate that I had ‘shown progress’ and formulated a narrative that justified myself as a resource, I could brand myself as a valuable asset to the company.
I understood that what I was doing ultimately didn’t matter, had no reflection on ‘who I actually was as a person,’ but by making a quiet, eternal truce with professional mediocrity, I could live comfortably while my employer matched my contribution to my 401(k). Ultimately, not a bad deal, particularly in the context of the current recession, but it is interesting to think about how spending eight hours per day in an office environment can impact our social interpretation of sports.
It seems as if we evaluate athletes based on our only personal experience with high-stakes, life-or-death competition: our existences within the workplace.
As ‘great’ as we all might think we are, we probably have more in common with a mediocre NFL quarterback than with any other athlete. We usually watch them struggle and laugh, but the humor in watching a quarterback struggle seems like a dark, subconscious coping mechanism to process our own identity in the workplace. Most career paths don’t even provide a context to achieve ‘professional greatness.’ The obsessiveness by which we question the efforts and capabilities of mediocre quarterbacks often replaces the critical introspection that could actually improve our own lives.
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I can never see rishi’s images (well, it’s a good 60%, I’m guessing). stupid firewall.
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
That’s almost an Economist-level cover graphic.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
That would be because former Economist cover artist George Lois recently joined Time Magazine.
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zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
why is Lemonade Stand capitalized?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Why is?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
“Who is Spain?”
“Why is Hitler?”
“When is right?”
“Where was that stooped and mealy-colored old man I used to call Poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?”
“How was trump at Munich?”
“Ho-ho beriberi.”
and
“Balls!”
all rang out in rapid succession, and then there was Yossarian with the question that had no answer:
“Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?”
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
by AERose on Jan 6, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I’d rec this again, but I’m going to see if Major Major Major Major is in.
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
What is this?
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Catch 22, I suspect.
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AndBears is NEVER wrong
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Great first lines of novels:
“It was love at first sight.”
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
All of you re: CGB:
“It was love at first site”
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Atoms writing his first research paper:
“It was love at first cite.”
Everywhere I look, people are enjoying knives.
A story about wheat:
“It was love at first scythe.”
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
DC on his new toilet:
“It was love at first shite.”
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
Charlie Brown talking about the tree:
“It was love at first kite”
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Jim Harbaugh, evaluating football players:
“The end was very tight”
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by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
A story about CalBear81:
“It was love at first spite”
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
Kodiak, cooking a holiday meal:
“It was love at first bite.”
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
God creating the universe:
“It was love at first light.”
Everywhere I look, people are enjoying knives.
Kodiak, when he met his wife:
“It was love at first OH GOD MY LEG”
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 6, 2012 4:50 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
And atoms got sick after proposing
Let this be a lesson to all of you.
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navigator on a sailing ship
“It was love at first bight.”
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
the wizard of returns! oh wait, wut?
by the federer express on Jan 6, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
...
"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 DISAGREE!!!
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the freshmaker?
"RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 6, 2012 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
why doesn’t the mento fall in the 3rd to last panel?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Screw top is probably holding the thread in place.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
The Girl Scouts are ruining America! Thank god Fox News is there to uncover the truth behind this sinister organization.
• Did you know that, behind those free-enterprising, wholesome, green-clad young entrepreneurs is an organization that promotes Communism?
• Did you know that their "It’s Your Planet — Love It!" "journeys" are funded via the destruction of the Amazon rain forest?
• And did you know that, for too many of our hungry compatriots, their Thin Mints are nothing less than Disks of Death? ("Cookies or Killers?" asks one petition, titled "Stop the Girl Scout Cookie Lie.")
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I would think Fox News would be in favor of the destruction of the Amazon Rain Forest and fattening foods.
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
Well TOO BAD, because a lot of it is going to soy production.
Because God knows we all need more soy in our diets.
"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
Toosh
"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
What a load of bilge, especially about the promoting communism part… although I suppose anyone would look weak-kneed against the red menace by comparison to the Junior John Birch Society that is the Boy Scouts.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
man
you are a cranky dude. If you ever move back to CA we’ll have to get together and sit on a porch somewhere to tell people to get off our lawn(s).
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Jan 6, 2012 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
deal!
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
How do you feel about frilly toothpicks?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I'M FOR 'EM!
"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
Well then this club is formed.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
/spreads word on mayonnaise nationwide
"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
Welcome to the club!
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
and thus was born
the CGB Statler and Waldorf Society!
I guess we’re going to need more chairs on the porch, and I think Scootie’s classiness demands one of those nice high-back wicker chairs instead of the creaky rockers we have.
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Jan 7, 2012 8:19 AM PST up reply actions
?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t give out the cheat code! I had to find it myself.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
That’s a great song.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
i see my ceiling. now what?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 6, 2012 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
wtf
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Apparently god is really just a pair of pliers.
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Deus ex exercereus?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
(I don’t know but that seems kind of vaguely terrifying to me.)
"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
HEY GOD
I FOUND YOUR PLIERS.
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He’s made a habit of link dumping a bunch when he reddits. I try to avoid it during the day, the DBD is already enough of a distraction.
Sadly, I did
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ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
"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
Playoffs?
Thought: if Big Ben is still injured (is he?) like he was against the 49ers, the Steelers will get Tebow’d (that is Denver’s D will hold Pittsburgh down and their offense will score just enough to win).
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Steelers over Broncos
Bengals over Texans
Falcons over Giants
Saints over Lions
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Steelers over Broncos
Bengals over Texans
Giants over Falcons
Saints over Lions
Are my picks. I have a special place in my heart for the Giants for ruining Brady’s perfect season, so I can’t pick against them…
cool
Let’s just make this a CGB pool. For bragging rights.
One point per game picked correctly. Tiebreaker goes to the closest to the real score of the Super Bowl.
(The reason it’s not March Madness style with increasing per round is because we get a chance to pick each week)
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Who’s going to keep track?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Atoms
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Winner winners chicken dinners
Broncos
Texans
Giants
Saints
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
BRONCOS/JESUS DEFEAT HARD WORKING MEN
DIRTY BIRDS OVER LARGE BUFFOONS (VIA TRICKERY)
BIG HAT NO CATTLE OPPRESS THE DESIS, DESTROY AMERICA
WHO DAT SAY DEY GONNA BEAT DEM SAINTS? LIONS: LOL NO
WE ARE THE 0%
JESUS TRIUMPHS OVER RAPIST
MATTY ICE REFRESHES BETTER THAN DERPFACE
ROOKIER QB IS BETTER THAN ROOKIE QB
MARDI GRAS IS MORE FUN THAN AUTO BANKRUPTCY DAY
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Steelers
Texans
Falcons
Saints
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting. I’m starting to believe the Broncos can do it. The pliers favor Tebow!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Also
Was just rereading the Double Air E-Honk DBD from 2009 and discovered that turkey taught me how to use the Z key that day. How momentous. Thank you again, sir.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Winners!
Steelers
Texans
Falcons
Lions
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
Bill Simmons has a mailbag!!!!
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7432606/all-football-mailbag
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love it
After watching my Broncos somehow (painfully) back into the playoffs, I had a thought: What if teams could trade their playoff spot? Here’s how it would work: any team that makes it to the playoffs with a .500 record or worse would be eligible to trade their playoff spot to any team in their own conference in exchange for that team’s first round pick. The cost of the spot goes up by a set amount as the team that traded into the playoffs advances. Make it to the conference title game? That’s a first this year and a second rounder two years later. Make it to the Super Bowl? That’s 2 first round picks — one now, one two years from now. Take this year for instance: Wouldn’t the Broncos trade their spot in a heartbeat? Wouldn’t the peaking Chargers (who have a coach and GM on the hot seat) make that trade in half-a-heartbeat? Wouldn’t it make the playoffs better? Wouldn’t it cause 45 different ESPN talking heads to explode over the last week of the season? TELL ME THE DOWNSIDE!?
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
The downside
Fans would get really pissed off if their team owner gambled away a possible once-in-a-lifetime Super Bowl for a draft pick, especially if that pick turns out to be a bust?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
ehehehehe
Why don’t we have a Saturday morning cartoon in which Tebow and his sidekick Jimmer team up to constantly foil the sexcapades of Tiger Woods?
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CalBandGreat, bet on Tebow!
Q: I just had an epiphany while watching the clock tick closer to quitting time today at work. The easiest pick of the Round One weekend is the Denver Broncos. This whole thing is playing out just like any sports movie ever made. You’ve got a QB in Tim Tebow that overcame all kinds of obstacles to get the starting job on a crappy team. Then he leads them to unbelievable win after win. He has the team playing hard for him and everyone is starting to love him, even those in the media who were so against him. Then just when everything is going great things start to fall apart. Key players get injured, none of his tricks work anymore, and they go on a horrible losing streak. Now, just when there is no hope and everyone has counted them out the “Nobody Believes in Us” speech is delivered by Timmy Tebow. The team rallies behind him and they pull off a miracle comeback to beat the Steelers. I’m telling you … it’s the easiest pick of the weekend. If Disney’s already making the Tim Tebow movie there is no way the Broncos lose.
— Jason H, Dayton, OH
SG: Remember the 2008 playoffs, after Kurt Warner had told his kids he’d buy them a puppy if the Cardinals won the Super Bowl, then I had a Pakistani reader send me an e-mail urging me to bet on Warner’s team because “you never bet against God and puppies”? I kind of feel the same way about Jason’s Tebow/Disney e-mail. He’s right … this is a sports-movie script. And we all know how sports movies play out.
The best point of Jason’s e-mail: “Then just when everything is going great things start to fall apart. Key players get injured, none of his tricks work anymore, and they go on a horrible losing streak. Now, just when there is no hope and everyone has counted them out the ‘Nobody Believes in Us’ speech is delivered by Timmy Tebow.”
Seriously, how many times have we seen that sequence in a sports movie? Fifty? Seventy-five? One hundred? It always happens around the 1:15 mark of the movie; even better, you KNOW it’s coming and somehow still enjoy it. I don’t know whether the inevitable Tebow/Broncos sports movie would be called God’s Will, Faith Healer, Divine Intervention, And A Tebow Shall Lead Them, White Bronco, or my personal favorite, Fourth-and-God, but it’s definitely been a sports movie — you have a polarizing/mesmerizing lead character, the mandatory “this team’s coming together!” and “this team’s falling apart!” sequences, crazy amounts of media scrutiny, and the whole damned thing is just implausible enough that you find yourself saying, “I wish this movie was about 18 percent more realistic.” If you pick against Denver this weekend, you’re picking against every sports movie ever made, as well as the $86 million opening weekend Disney is about to have for Fourth-and-God in 15 months. As always, tread carefully.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
People still read Bill Simmons? Huh, I am out of touch with America.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
by sec119 on Jan 6, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Thank you, Internet!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
It's probably been said before but very much w/s the blonde.
"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
w/s?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Would smash, with smash being a euphemism for engaging in the coital act.
"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 love my job
One of the senior VPs is talking about having another in-office happy hour today. They usually start at 4:30.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
LOL, you’ll be able to. We often do them in the kitchen. I’ll wave.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Don’t tell me your not a little turned on right now.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
WHOSE NOT A LITTLE TURNED ON RIGHT NOW
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Damnit!! That’s like the 10th time I’ve done that this week.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Has he raped anyone?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
oops
SPOILER ALERT
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
It’s been soooo long. Watch it already!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
When does it start again?????
I need me some Mad Men…….oh,…..wait….not…..nevermind.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
Dude...
…it’s pretty damn awesome. I’m a big fan.
I bet your office is alot like theirs……. (not)
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
DRINK!!!
Since we were talking about Edleman last night, here is their London office… I would make sure to always meet them there since Thursday nights were Happy Hour in their in office bar… how frickin’ cool is that… can you say YEAH BABY!!! Of course it’s after 5… and a Friday so nobody will see this.
I saw it. I’d drink, but I’m still sick.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 6, 2012 5:13 PM PST up reply actions
That’s awesome. I always heard good things about that office when I worked for the company.
Apparently my new company has a bar inside the London office (with a bartender!) as well. Is that the norm for London offices?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I'm here....
…..but still at the office…..no drinky for me…..yet.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
Drink!
That’s a really cool office – not that I needed any further reminder of how feeble my current office is.
BRB, applying for jobs in the UK.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
How do you get that view of 30 St Mary Axe from Edelman’s office, which is right next to Westminster Cathedral? They’re about 4 miles apart!!!
DRINK!!!
that was right outside my hotel… the anDaz,which I don’t think was around when you were there… it was formerly the Great Eastern Hotel. It was SO muggy in London that day and by the time I got to Edelman I was sweating bullets…
Nice spiral staircase!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 7, 2012 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
Sorry to hear the Great Eastern is no longer the Great Eastern. It was kind of the beginning of the gentrification of Shoreditch. There are a lot of great bars in that area.
Today's Count: 1:38:40
Tuesday: 1h:55m
Wednesay: 1h:46m
Thursday (busy): 43m
Friday: 1:38:40
Cal: Bears with Books.
How do you keep track?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I think she uses the stopwatch on her phone, which she keeps next to her mouse.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 6, 2012 7:23 PM PST up reply actions
LOL at GOP racism
First Newt, now this:
Jon Huntsman is incensed that Ron Paul supporters here have posted an ad online that that uses footage of Huntsman speaking Chinese to his adopted Chinese daughter to question whether Huntsman, the former U.S. Ambassador to China, is committed to "American values" or whether he’s a "Manchurian candidate." It also features an image of Hunstman depicted as former Chinese leader Mao Zedong.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
It’s disgraceful that an American Ambassador to China would speak Chinese! An outrage! (But seriously, why is anybody bothering to spend time and money attacking Jon Huntsman?)
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What does it taste like what does it taste like?
Cal backup point guard Brandon Smith has a concussion, status uncertain for Sunday’s game at Oregon. Banged head on court at OSU.#calbb
"RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 6, 2012 4:45 PM PST reply actions
sorry dubs fans. but i had to chuckle at “starting at center…kwame brown.”
by j.lee on Jan 6, 2012 7:49 PM PST via Android app reply actions
or course, kwame gets blocked by the rim as he tried to dunk.
ugly ugly game.
by j.lee on Jan 6, 2012 7:50 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
weird seeing troy murphy playing for the lakers against the dubs. saw him play for the dubs at the arena a lot.
by j.lee on Jan 6, 2012 8:00 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Looks like I’m making a weekend out of it on the 27th & 28th.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
wtf does this mean
Park Ji Min(박지민) may only be 15years(13yrs in Western age) of age,
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
it means the gai jin are stupid fat oafs
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 7, 2012 12:30 AM PST up reply actions
the guy who posted it got the substraction wrong. folks in korea count the number of years you’ve lived in (essentially adding a year to age since most kids are born on the 1st of january.) she’s 15 going korean style, 14 by the way we’d count it.
tl;dr
Perfect for gymnastics
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 7, 2012 8:05 AM PST up reply actions
Most kids are born on the 1st of January?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 7, 2012 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
ah
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 7, 2012 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
In Asia, it takes much longer for the earth to spin across the sun
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this guy was pretty good too.
singing starts ’round 3min mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BewknNW2b8Y
Ahhhhhh the story is making me sad!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 7, 2012 8:11 AM PST up reply actions
and for our indians...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laEvmQAgE-I
she’s like half indian…singing on korean tv. name’s punita. been on tv every week in korea for the 3 months or so.
Thanks for posting!
I love Cleveland!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 7, 2012 8:07 AM PST up reply actions
The story of Britain's economy for the last 40 years
Come up with something that you think is pretty good, watch as an East Asian country comes up with a cheaper and almost identical alternative.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
She has a very mature voice for a 13 year old
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Also, shes taller than pretty much every North Korean these days
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Random video
It involves Cleveland, but also bears.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
Third graders in in Gwinnett County, Ga., were given math homework Wednesday that asked questions about slavery and beatings. . . . The question read, “Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?” Another math problem read, “If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?” Another question asked how many baskets of cotton Frederick filled.
“In this one, the teachers were trying to do a cross-curricular activity,” Gwinnett County school district spokeswoman Sloan Roach said. Roach said the teachers were attempting to incorporate social studies into math problems.
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I think this is a situation that calls for Rishi's dots
…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 7, 2012 8:48 PM PST up reply actions
Ruffled your feathers, did I?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 8, 2012 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
Looks like African-American History Month came early this year!
The above comment is not affiliated with the San Francisco Giants, is not based on a secret source of team information, and may contain personal opinion.
"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Jan 8, 2012 7:07 AM PST up reply actions
fa cup
man utd 3 man city 2.
but seriously…wtf. paul scholes out of retirement to play? utd that short of healthy bodies at the moment.
by j.lee on Jan 8, 2012 7:57 AM PST via Android app reply actions
oohh! united v liverpoo in the round of the fa cup.
by j.lee on Jan 8, 2012 1:05 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Valentine's Day ROI
For those of you looking for something to do with your sweethearts on Valentine’s Day that doesn’t involve Rishi’s greatest fear of a prix-fixe meal, I noticed that Lenny Kravitz is playing at the Fox Theatre and tickets went on sale today. In this girl’s opinion, that’s as close to a sure thing as God makes.
Money can be exchanged for goods and services, apparently :)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 6:55 AM PST up reply actions
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