DBD 1.9.12 Either you love it or hate it
We all have opinions. We all perceive things differently and that plays into our view of them.
There are some things that most people seem to love -- puppies, for example.
There are some things that most people seem to hate -- movies about a million Hitlers, for instance.
Most things inspire neutrality or a huge range of opinions across the board.
But then there are those... people, concepts, ideas, beliefs for which it appears everyone has an opinion on and it's either strongly in favour or strongly against.
A few things come to mind (oddly, mostly food). Peanut butter. Dark chocolate. Marmite (wtf is this anyway?). Outsourced. Investing in gold. Notch lapel tuxedo jackets. Alcoholic beverages named after obnoxious, but dashing Indian gentlemen.
For a little context, see the open thread from the weekend's NFL games here. Or turn on ESPN. Or load any sports messageboard. Or just go into a crowded sports bar and yell "TIM TEBOW?!
So, friends, what are those things that you encounter that everyone either seems to love or hate and nothing in between?
And what the hell is the word/term for this? (It's not lightning rod)
Happy posting!
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Fightin' Tebows win exciting Wild Card matchup over Steelers
But you already knew that, so here’s the next interesting twist in the story
The Denver Broncos can thank Josh McDaniels for supplying one of the most improbable playoff wins in team history.
In fact, they can extend their gratitude to their reviled former head coach in person on Saturday night.
In an AFC West season that refuses to stop twisting chaotically, we will be treated to an unexpected storyline when the amusingly perplexing Broncos continue their unlikely postseason journey at New England on Saturday in an 8 p.m. ET kickoff. On a day the top-seeded Patriots confirmed McDaniels has rejoined the team, the Broncos qualified to face them with a thrilling 29-23 overtime victory over the heavily favored Steelers on Sunday in the best of the four wild-card games.
McDaniels, who spent the 2011 season with Rams, will be an offensive assistant for the playoffs and is expected to be the offensive coordinator in New England next season. He was the Patriots’ offensive coordinator prior to being hired as the coach in Denver. He was fired after 28 games in Denver.
A week ago, it seemed far-fetched that the Broncos would beat the Steelers and McDaniels would be actually coaching in the playoffs.
But that’s the 2011 season for you.
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I’m a believer!
Also, Cal goddess Alex Morgan loves her some Tebow—true story.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Yeah. Nobody’s perfect.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
Evidently she’s not either, but she comes fairly close :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
Our Goddess loves all of Her creation, so of course She will love tebow.
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
by cldpc on Jan 9, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m not a believer. The Pats are going to dominate them.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
Its super easy at Mile High Report to find the moment the big OT play happened, bc its like 10 comments into their OT Thread:
WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO
TOUCHDOWNNNNNNNNNNNN
by 70fan70 on Jan 8, 2012 5:07 PM PST reply actions
FUCK YES GAME OVER
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by broncowrestler29 on Jan 8, 2012 5:07 PM PST reply actions
FUCK YES GAME OVER
Water covers 70% of the Earth, Champ Bailey covers the rest.
by broncowrestler29 on Jan 8, 2012 5:07 PM PST reply actions
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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by PortlandOrange on Jan 8, 2012 5:07 PM PST reply actions
DEMARYIUS THOMAS!~!!!!!!!!
Water covers 70% of the Earth, Champ Bailey covers the rest.
by broncowrestler29 on Jan 8, 2012 5:07 PM PST reply actions
HOLY SHIT
by K_dub on Jan 8, 2012 5:07 PM PST reply actions
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
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by PortlandOrange on Jan 8, 2012 5:07 PM PST reply actions
TD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by Disturbed70 on Jan 8, 2012 5:07 PM PST reply actions
holy freakin yes
Go Broncos!
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by Sean in Pa. on Jan 8, 2012 5:07 PM PST reply actions
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I’m watching Kyle Orton play quarterback, I can’t help but think I’m watching the league’s modern-day Steve DeBerg, who was once aptly described by his head coach, Bill Walsh, as "just good enough to get you beat.‘’ – Don Banks, SI
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by Zogernaut on Jan 8, 2012 5:07 PM PST reply actions
That was quick!
Respect is not given it is earned dog gonit…and they don’t respect us…nobody respects us… you know what you got to do in that situation? TAKE IT!!!!!
by Troy Hufford on Jan 8, 2012 5:07 PM PST reply actions
TEBOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
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by PortlandOrange on Jan 8, 2012 5:07 PM PST reply actions
How do we do it?
by oncobronco on Jan 8, 2012 5:07 PM PST reply actions
literally just died
by elliottw on Jan 8, 2012 5:07 PM PST reply actions
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honey badger would’ve made this collapsible—like the Steeler’s defense.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Whine whine whine
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WBB beats Ducks:
BERKELEY – The Golden Bears outgunned the Oregon Ducks, 90-67, in the Bears highest-scoring game of the year. Cal’s starting posts combined for 34 points and 32 rebounds while sophomore Mikayla Lyles’ hot outside shooting added to the Bears’ dominant performance.
Sophomore guard Lindsay Sherbert’s rainbow three 15 seconds into Saturday afternoon’ game started a 15-2 Cal run that set the tone for the rest of the contest.
The Ducks, coached by the legendary Paul Westhead, finally found their stroke in their “run-and-gun” offense with just under fourteen minutes remaining in the first half, pulling to within eight, 17-9. A pair of three-pointers by sophomore guard Mikayla Lyles pushed the Bears lead up to 16, 25-9, with just under 12 minutes left in the half.
The Bears took a 20-point lead, 34-13, with just over eight minutes remaining on a three-pointer at the top of the arc from junior guard Layshia Clarendon.
The Bears and Ducks traded baskets back and forth with Cal’s fifth three of the half, the second from Clarendon, reestablishing a twenty point lead, 43-23, with just under four minutes to play.
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by TwistNHook on Jan 9, 2012 8:04 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Womens Gymnastics wins first meet of the year against SacSt:
SACRAMENTO – The California women’s gymnastics team opened the 2012 season and the Danna Durante era with a victory over Sacramento State Friday night inside the Hornets Nest on the campus of Sacramento State. The Golden Bears edged the Hornets, 190.375-189.725 in the season-opening contest.
Junior Madisyn O’Brien captured the all-around with a score of 38.625, highlighted by a first-place score of 9.750 in the vault. She also tied for top honors with Sacramento State’s Nicole Meiller on the uneven bars with a score of 9.650, placed second on the balance beam with a mark of 9.650 and finished fourth in the floor exercise with a score of 9.575.
Fellow junior Mariesah Pierce also competed in the all-around for the Golden Bears with a score of 37.375 to place third behind second-place Kalliah McCartney of Sacramento State, who posted a 37.950.
Cal took three of the top four spots on the bars as O’Brien paced the way. Sophomore Dallas Crawford posted a score of 9.575 to take third place, while fellow sophomore Alicia Asturias was right behind with a score of 9.525 to finish fourth. The Bears recorded a team score of 47.175 in the event.
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by TwistNHook on Jan 9, 2012 8:05 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Remind me...
why I’m supposed to hate him again? I’m sure I missed something, but I don’t know why this dude is controversial. All he does is win games …
…except for when he loses them.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Except that...
everyone said that he sucked. He clearly does not suck.
Damn, you are going to fit in perfectly around here, Bears916!
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HE IS BORING AND THEREFORE SUCKS
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
…are you saying this based on one playoff game?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
I'm saying this based on his record.
Also, Denver could have lost 4 more games and still Tebow would not have lived up to the Tebow suck-hype.
His record is:
QB Rating of 72.9 (28th out of 34 qualifying NFL QBs)
Completion percentage: 46.5 (dead last in the NFL)
I’m sure he’s a good guy, he’s not been a good QB.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
define qb
because his running adds a whole different kind of threats defenses have to account for.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
okay
But take Cam Newton for example. Similar rushing stats to Tebow in terms of Y/G and Y/A, yet he threw for over 4000 yards and a 60% completion rate as well. Oh and he scored 14 rushing TDs.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
how is cam newton an example?
stats wise he’s one of the more exceptional qb’s in recent memory… pretty bad example :)
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I'd love to see Carolina as a contender
I’d be totes happy for Ron Rivera, who waited too long to get his shot as a HC.
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You’re talking about a QB who is more than just a passer. He is the most Tebow-like running QB in the league, according to the stats. Newton doesn’t seem to be a phenomenal passer or anything, but he is a good overall QB, and that running dimension gives him a real strength, in a way that fits your description. Tebow isn’t.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
Why should he get the credit for all those victories?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
Because he didn’t play very well for most of them? Because if you plugged in a league-average QB with the same Denver team, it would have won even more games than it did with Tebow?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
ASTQ, tell me, would you rather have Orton or Tebow on the Chiefs?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
By your metrics, Orton is a better QB tha nTebow. So shouldn’t they hav ewon more games with Oregon?!?!?!??!
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I don’t think raw W-L is a very meaningful metric. Orton only started 4 games, and the opponents were different, etc… Over the course of the season, Orton was a better passer than Tebow. I don’t think he was league-average either though. And so who knows, maybe Tebow’s running makes it pretty even between the two.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
Orton, easily
6 1st round draft picks, 2 Super Bowl Champions and counting
by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
There you go.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 6:18 PM PST up reply actions
Bear916, you are so good at this. You got atoms going and everything!
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this comment
is dripping with sarcasm. I get the feeling I’m pushing a button that has been worn to the nub.
it’s dripping a lot less than you might imagine
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
TWSS
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
Haha, no not really. Well it may be in general but not with me. I don’t follow the NFL very closely, and I haven’t really discussed Tebow very much with anyone before. I just don’t see how he can remotely be considered “good”.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
ALL HE DOES IS WIN GAMES
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
I can’t tell whether you genuinely believe Tebow is good or you are just trying to troll atoms.
If it’s the latter, YOU ARE A GOLDEN GOD!
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Look at this big subthread you are gonna create, Bears916. This is all high quality stuff!
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The greatest trick the Tebow ever pulled was convincing the world he wins games
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I feel like I ran Bears916 off. My self-loathing is stronger than ever
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You killed it. You killed the subthread with your love. You are like Lennie from Of Mice and Men.
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An Of Mice and Men comment? Must be a Cal blog. Let’s get some Flowers for Algernon up in this bitch.
An instructor and farmer for a Portland-based organization that creates classes and discussions on meat preparation, slaughtering and animal-rearing said 23 rabbits were stolen from him.
Levi Cole, an instructor and farmer for Portland Meat Collective, said the rabbits were stolen from a property he owns Saturday, the night before he instructed a class on the raising, slaughtering and food preparation of rabbits.
Cole said he believes it was a politically charged burglary, and whoever stole the rabbits left behind nine nursing baby rabbits. The nine babies died Sunday when Cole was unable to find anyone to foster them.
the most recent game aside, he’s been a terrible passer, though. that completion percentage, esp for somebody who throws as little as he does, stops the clock a lot without moving the ball.
the playoff game was filled with the talking heads being perpetually surprised when he’d complete a pass that would be considered pedestrian by any other QB.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
That rat bastard beat the Chiefs completing 2 passes!! He was like 2 for 14 and won!
/got our revenge though
6 1st round draft picks, 2 Super Bowl Champions and counting
by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
i’d say it’s about 70/30 on bad passes vs dropped passes, based on what i’ve seen
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
But ALL QBs could say that, I’ve seen the Niners wideouts & tightends drop quite a few.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Agree. But there’s a lot more passes to be accounted for in this fashion with Tebow compared to any other starter.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
what i’ve noticed, is that the OC’s know what types of balls tebow throws best, and basically either run the ball or run those deeper routes. very few intermediate routes, which is smart, given his limitations.
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actually, this. i give mad props to John Fox who reworked his entire offense to make this Tebow thing work.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
If he were simply a below average passer, that would be a huge step forward for him.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
Q: How does it feel to win on such a big stage after starting the season as a backup?
A: I’D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS POOR LITTLE GIRL WITH CANCER SOME MORE
The whole thing is silly.
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2012 NFL Playoffs: Time To Prove Nobody Has It Better Than Us
I know most of you are looking to head to bed at a reasonable hour tonight, but with the new game week more or less upon us, I thought I’d throw out some video to get your heart pumping a little bit.
Since the start of the season, the post-game locker room speech has wrapped up with “Who’s Got It Better Than Us? No-Body!” The folks at 49ers.com have posted video from some of the post-game locker room speeches and they have made for great entertainment all season long.
It’s interesting following the progression of the season and the context of each speech. In the opener against Seattle, the locker room is fairly subdued, although it does pick up when Coach Harbaugh gives a shout-out to the special teams. Following the win over the Bengals, Coach Harbaugh mentions how this might be a special team, although it was still pretty early. After the Eagles win, he makes one of his greatest comments. He spoke about how the 49ers are a good team, and the longer it takes for them to recognize that, all the better for them.
If you’re looking for some fun video before you end your night, check out these post-game speeches. Additionally, after the jump I posted Bailey’s Who’s Got It Better Than Us song (iTunes download) that works in the chant.
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Are Raiders fans really turning on Hue Jackson already?
Man oh man, Raider Nation, this was a very painful season. We lost Al Davis, and a game in week 17 to a hated Division rival to get bounced from the Playoffs. The ups and downs are literally unchartable and between you and I, I am ready to TURN the page.
It is no secret that I have Man-Love for Hue Jackson. From the first day that I met him he was cordial while also being direct. I really rooted for him this season and appreciated the reverence that he felt for Al Davis while carrying himself as a gentleman and a man’s man, “I’ll be drinking a few Irish Coffee’s”. Unfortunately for Hue, Mr. Davis passed away too soon to really groom him and he was a rookie coach floating in the breeze who was overwhelmed by the circumstance of having to be a rookie Head Coach, GM and personnel guy all at once because there was literally nobody in Alameda to handle any of those tasks. While it is an impossible position to be in, it is what was left after his mentor passed and unfortunately he failed the test.
Anyone with half a brain could see the extremely tough situation that he was left in and could make exceptions for the fact that he wore too many hats and dealt with a staggering number for injuries to key players while playing out the string with a puppet for a DC who was also missing his master.
What will be difficult for a new GM to overlook is that Hue has placed himself as the head of the organization and even thought he should be included in the search for a new GM. No new GM wants someone under them that they in ANY way perceive as being unloyal or who may have a few axes to grind.
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The ups and downs are literally unchartable
No, they actually are chartable.
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Who did and made you king of anything?!?!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
They aren’t even figuratively unchartable, are they.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
GSoM talks about Curry’s ankle injury:
Most of the folks I follow on Twitter are for “basketball reasons”, and most of those are so-called “statheads”. I follow Brian McCormick (@brianmccormick) because he has very interesting insights into player development and coaching, and judging by the fact that he has 2,245 followers as I’m writing this, many other people feel the same way. Brian runs a website called “Brian McCormick Basketball” (http://developyourbballiq.com) whose tag is “The Science Behind Basketball Coaching and Player Development”. Brian has published numerous basketball-related books and has had numerous assistant and head coaching stints at various levels of player development. You can check out his full basketball bio here: http://developyourbballiq.com/about/. Besides his expertise in on-court skills development, Brian also is a strength and conditioning expert. In fact, not only does he have a Masters degree in Sports Science, he is working on his PhD dissertation on the topic of agility and lateral movement in basketball. He even has a paper coming out in the Strength & Conditioning Journal on task complexity in strength training for injury prevention.
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Lakers beat Grizz:
Tonight, the Los Angeles Lakers turned the ball over 27 times. Four of the five starters had 4 or 5 turnovers a piece, and Steve Blake managed that many from the bench as well. The Lakers spotted their opponents, the Memphis Grizzlies, 18 extra possessions with which to attempt to win the game. They scored 12 points in the game’s final period. That type of ineptitude, that carelessness with the basketball is inexcusable and stupid and it will absolutely lose a team basketball games. But this game was not lost, and for that reason alone, I can’t actually be mad at the ridiculousness of tonight’s contest. I’m actually kind of impressed.
This might have been the closest blowout in the history of basketball. The Grizzlies were absolute terrible for much of the game, failing to get good shots, failing to make the good and bad shots they took, and looking generally unremarkable in just about every way. The game they played deserved a 20 to 30 point beat down, and the Lakers were primed to play the role of bully … for 3 out of every 4 possessions. On the fourth possession, the Lakers magically transformed from bully to philanthropist, with each Laker seemingly doing their best to give the ball back to their opponents in their own special way. Kobe Bryant, getting stripped as he takes on too many defenders; Derek Fisher, throwing insanely soft and poorly angled entry passes; Andrew Bynum, unable to get the ball away from a hard double team; Steve Blake, throwing lob passes to Troy freaking Murphy against an athletic team; Matt Barnes, being Matt Barnes. Everyone got in on the act, everyone brought their own special brand of suck to the table.
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Thanks for helping me pad my lead over CalBear81 in the rec challenge. The more links I put here, the more recs I get. If the Lakers win, lakers fans rec it. If they lose, haters rec it. For me, its win win!
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thanks atoms
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
thanks boomtho
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
Kings lose to Magic:
The Kings had a great chance at beating a very good Orlando Magic team tonight but had trouble executing down the stretch, and eventually fell as the veteran Magic were able to capitalize on the Kings mistakes and seal the victory. Tyreke Evans was a whirling dervish in the lane, scoring 28 points on just 16 shots, while adding 8 assists and 3 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins was aggressive early, scoring most of his 16 points in the 1st quarter. Foul trouble kept him limited for most of the game though and he only managed 22 minutes, but he still managed to get 10 rebounds as well as 3 blocks.
Orlando managed to win despite Dwight Howard being almost a non-factor due to foul trouble thanks to good performances by Jason Richardson (23 points, 5 assists) and Glen “Big Baby” Davis (20 points, 8 rebounds). Orlando shot a whopping 32 threes in the game, only making 10, but Sacramento just couldn’t hit any of their own, going 3-20 despite an otherwise good shooting performance (The Kings finished with a season high 52.1% FG%).
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Clips beat Bucks:
Big man rotation – Evans is clearly going to be a major improvement over Brian Cook and/Trey Thompkins as the first big off the bench. Over the long haul, coach Vinny Del Negro will want a fourth big in the mix, but in a tight game, he could get by with a three man rotation of Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan and Evans. It remains to be seen who among the other three bigs on the roster – Cook, Thompkins or new-comer Solomon Jones – can provide adequate spot minutes, but Cook has gotten the opportunities early in the season, and one can only hope someone else will get their shot. For now though, having Evans and pushing Cook a little further down the depth chart is going to be a major boost for the bench.
Free throw shooting – The Clippers were particularly bad at two things last season: committing turnovers and free throw shooting. In both disciplines they ranked 29th out of 30 NBA teams. The additions of Chris Paul and Chauncey Billups have allowed a complete reversal on the turnover problem, where the Clippers are now second (just behind Philadelphia) in turnovers per game. But free throw shooting is as bad as ever, with the team in dead last. Griffin was supposed to improve, but has actually regressed, shooting just over 61% over the first six games. Meanwhile, Jordan is as bad as ever, but the Clippers are now more dependent on him, while Evans doesn’t help things a bit with his 52% career average (and 1 for 6 debut). With either Evans or Jordan needed on the floor at the end of most games, it will be interesting to see if teams begin to intentionally foul the Clippers when trailing late. Scott Skiles appeared to try it once last night, fouling Jordan with over 6 minutes left. For whatever reason, he chose not to return to the strategy when Jordan made one of two, but it’s likely that the Clippers will see more intentional fouls as the season progresses.
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FearTheFin talks about game v. Washington:
Much like their last game against Columbus, the Sharks were outchanced in the first period tonight only to roar back and dominate the Capitals for much of the second and third, recording 16 scoring chances to Washington’s 10 over the final two frames of a contest that was played almost entirely at even strength. Click through for a full breakdown of the chance data, although since it feels weird (to me anyway) having such little text preceding the jump, here’s a look at the Sharks players who performed the best and worst based on their even strength scoring chance differentials in the game (idea stolen from Jackets Cannon).
Best EV Forward: Joe Pavelski (+7)
Worst EV Forward: Ryane Clowe (-3)
Best EV Defenseman: Marc-Edouard Vlasic (3), Dan Boyle (3), Douglas Murray (+3)
Worst EV Defenseman: Jason Demers (+0)
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Corporate Profit Growth at Two-Year Low as Europe Drags
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U.S. corporations ended 2011 with the slowest profit growth in two years as the mending economy that lifted Macy’s Inc. (M) was met by a European slump that vexed companies more tied to global sales, such as Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO)
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index companies may have earned $24.74 a share (SPX) in the fourth quarter, according to analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg as of Jan. 6. The projected 6 percent gain is the smallest against a year-earlier quarter (SPWPPRCT) since September 2009, just after the U.S. recovery began.
"Slowing global growth, some impairment of export activity to Europe and perhaps even the rise of the dollar collectively have begun to sort of work against the multinational story," said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Philadelphia- based Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, which manages $54 billion. While growth is still "subpar," he said he intends to invest more in the U.S. to avoid higher international risk.
The U.S. jobless rate fell in the final four months of 2011 and economic growth may rise to 2.1 percent in 2012, the average estimate of economists in a Bloomberg survey. The European Union may contract by 0.2 percent, its second slowdown in four years, and China’s 8.5 percent growth would be the lowest in 11 years.
"I’m growing more optimistic that the economic activity in the U.S. is firming to the point that it’s durable," he said.
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I prefer to stick with the bears

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That Jalen Rose doc was really good
He totally called out Duke for only recruiting “Uncce Tom” african americans….like Grant Hill. Poor choice of words…but pretty strong accusation.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 7:04 AM PST up reply actions
I feel like all perspective was lost in that clip. Jalen Rose seemed more about “that’s how i felt at the time” regarding the “Uncle Tom” thing. Which might be a reasonable thing to feel living poor in the inner city.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
I think Rose explained himself very well – I don’t think he was heard – all the Duke people heard was Uncle Tom and they got all upset. Rose was very clear that that was what he was thinking at the time as someone from the inner city – and that’s what all people from the hood thought.
He may have had a point in terms of Duke recruiting a certain type of black kid, but calling that type an “Uncle Tom” is loaded and offensive.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 7:02 PM PST up reply actions
But he was clear – that was HOW HE FELT as a kid from the ghetto. That’s what he thought as an 18 year old kid from inner city Detroit – it may be loaded and offensive, but that’s an accurate reflection of how he felt at the tim
Ahh. I think it’s okay if he was saying “That’s what I felt at the time”, if his perspective had grown beyond it or something.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 7:11 PM PST up reply actions
That was precisely what he indicated during the interview for that piece, but it was more or less ignored.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 10, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
Cal brings A game on the road, shows quacks in Oregon's team
It can be hard for Cal fans to be optimistic, and so when we’re presented with evidence that we’ve got a pretty good team, you sometimes find yourself looking for flaws. When Cal lost to Oregon St. I became concerned that Cal had one of two possible fatal flaws: 1) An inability to beat decent or better teams on the road and 2) a defense unable to deal with a certain level of athleticism and execution. I feared that these possible flaws would deny the Bears a shot at the conference championship
This, of course, was probably irrational, and certainly an over reaction – losing to elite teams like UNLV and Missouri away from home isn’t exactly a shock and it’s impossible to draw any conclusions from the Oregon St. game since only a few thousand people saw the game. Nevertheless, it was incredibly satisfying to watch Cal generally bottle up a team with solid athleticism and a number of productive, well rounded offensive players on the road.
True, Oregon doesn’t have a spectacular offense, but they are roughly as effective as other Pac-12 teams that Cal will need to beat – your Stanfords, your Colorados, your Arizonas. It would be one thing if Cal simply outscored Oregon, because that would portend poorly when they face teams with much stiffer defenses. But Cal controlled both ends, and held Oregon to .9 points/possession despite 13 second chance points.
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by Rishi on Jan 9, 2012 7:03 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
Crabbe was totally ridic from downtown.
We’re seriously going to miss Jorge’s energy next year. Cobbs is explosive running the point, and Crabbe is lights out shooting, but I haven’t seen anyone else with a similar passion for defense as Jorge. Here’s hoping someone is itching to step up, but until then, I’m going to enjoy the senior season of one of my favorite Golden Bears evar!
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I’m going to reply to my own comment because I’m my work VPN is experiencing some global outage.
Going to add that I DO like what I’m seeing from King Dick when he is in the game. He provides a decent blocking presence in the post—something we’ve missed since the Zhang. He needs to cut down on the stupid fouls and improve his post positioning, but the potential is there!
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Yup, the potential is very much there, but the stupid fouls, oh they are sooooo stupid. It’s got to give Monty fits, because Dick Solo acts like he’s a pissed off 10 year old if he misses out on a rebound, and then just mugs his opponent in frustration.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Dick Solo acts like he’s a pissed off 10 year old if he misses out on a rebound, and then just mugs his opponent in frustration.
Like last night…I had to laugh when he tried punching the ball out of the opponents possession like he was hitting a punching bag after a miss.
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MBB beats Ducks:
EUGENE, Ore. – California men’s basketball sopohomore G Allen Crabbe scored 23 second-half points on the way to a season-high 26 as the Golden Bears (13-4, 3-1 Pac-12) surged past Oregon (11-5, 2-2) to win, 77-60, on Sunday, Jan. 8, at Matthew Knight Arena.
Crabbe also grabbed a career-best 12 rebounds to notch his second double-double of the year; the third of his career. Cal went on a 13-0 run in the second half as Crabbe knocked down three of his six three-pointers, to pull away from the Ducks. It was the second time in his career that Crabbe had hit as many three-pointers, and the third time, this season, that he had at least five in one game.
Senior G Jorge Gutierrez scored 18 and sophomore G Justin Cobbs added 15 points for the Bears, who beat the Ducks for the eighth straight time to tie a series record. Cal also won eight straight games from 1919-37.
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Jorge was king last night
Offensively, he broke open the middle with those small slashes in the key. They had to suck to him which allowed other post players and then Crabbe’s BARA3E in the second half.
I’m going to miss him. Garret Sim, thanks for decommitting.
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How to Make Your 401(k) Plan Work Harder
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Chances are you have a 401(k) plan at work. And the chances are you’re not making nearly enough of it. A new year means a new leaf: This is as good a time as any to start turning that around.
If you’re letting your 401(k) languish, a report released over the holiday season shows that you’re not alone. According to the latest study by the Employee Benefits Research Institute, a think tank in Washington, most of us continue to neglect our 401(k) plan. The median account contains a balance of just $18,000, says EBRI.
Good luck with that.
Here’s a five-step plan to fix your 401(k).
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1 Take control.
2 Cut your costs.
3 Lighten up on U.S. stocks.
4 Look internationally.
5 Review your bond funds.
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You have to have a strategy?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 7:19 AM PST up reply actions
I miss my Ronco. And, I miss the tequila-fueled craps binge that won us the Ronco.
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by Kodiak on Jan 9, 2012 9:59 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Yeah, I liked it. I have a Cuisinart right now and it’s not as good.
We might have gotten lucky, though. Ours lasted for years before the motor gave out. I think my mom overloaded it. I’ve heard some folks haven’t been as fortunate with theirs.
If you can find one on sale, it’s a solid machine.
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I was considering one on sale right before Christmas for my folks but hesitated too long. Good to know for the future. Thanks!
Not the only time they hesitated too long, amirite?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
Interestingly enough, it’s not a terrible strategy. The key is to just keep contributing to it – max it out. Your 401K should not be where you do your high risk investing… it is, almost by definition, the slow but steady approach to wealth accumulation. So “setting it and forgetting” it really is one of the better strategies as it will keep you from reacting when you really shouldn’t.
I disagree with the “set and forget” unless you have someone watching over it, or at least check in 1x/year. I don’t think you should be constantly tweaking it, because amateur investors always do this poorly; however, if you don’t have someone watching over it, you’re most likely losing money. The info that suggested you set it a certain way changes, and if you’ve forgotten, bad things could happen. Also I tend to agree with fiat that even the poor “set and forget” is generally better than not doing anything at all.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
You inherently have someone watching over it. Your allocations are for segments or industries. Of course you should keep an eye on it, I was not literally suggesting to NEVER keep an eye on. It was to say don’t sweat the swings.
God watches over Tebow’s 401k
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by dballisloose on Jan 9, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
You inherently have someone watching over it. Your allocations are for segments or industries.
Not necessarily. My entire 401(k) is invested in a single security (not a fund). And my UK pension is doing something different, but similar. More and more companies have broader 401(k) programs that offer much more than a standard 20-30 mutual funds.
Note: not actual financial advice. Pretty stupid, in fact, but it’s worked for me.
Your 401K should not be where you do your high risk investing
I agree and disagree with this.
LT time horizon means you should be more willing to invest in securities that you believe are volatile, but will eventually go up (e.g. Emerging Markets)
NOT OFFICIAL INVESTMENT ADVICE
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also not official advice
And for those older than 45 or so, start considering the problem of getting the portfolio to come back from a big downturn if one happens between then and retirement.
Not disagreeing with you… just that dollar-cost averaging is a problem when the averaging period gets shortened a lot!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t think your 401K is the place to do this. 401K should be part of your portfolio… equities should be a part of your portfolio too if that is what you want to do (which I think people should depending on their comfort level).
I don’t think we disagree other than where to do this. I would keep my 401K as safe and risk-adverse as possible… and then I would separately invest in equities that have far greater upside but may be riskier. Just a matter of where the transactions are.
What I'm curious about is what ratio is a good ratio
I’ve been good at 401K savings and have $30K locked down.
I’m bad at normal savings and have like $10K in an ING Direct account (which I originally started for grad school, buying a home, wedding)
As a 25 year old, are these out of whack?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Those sound pretty good for a 25 yo, but then again I was living month to month until I was 28.
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To paraphrase the great Vin Scully
month to month
basically, aren’t we all.
by fiatlux on Jan 9, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
:)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
where does Bill King rank for you?
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Bill King was the best all around broadcaster ever. There was NO ONE better at basketball or football and while baseball may have been his third best sport, he was still way better than most.
what he said. I grew up listening to Bill King, loved the A’s broadcasts with him and Lon Simmons.
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Those were things of beauty. But (and I know everyone my age says this) you really had to hear him do Raiders, and especially Warriors games… the guy was just amazing. Plus he was such a renaissance man and would infuse his broadcasts with his experiences of the world… Funny what we remember but the first time I heard the word “prescient” it was during a Bill King broadcast of a Warrior game.
Oh yeah, I lived off of listening him do Warriors games, especially when all they had was Purvis Short (with the odd Larry Smith rebound tossed in).
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he's awesome
yes I used present tense. If anyone can find a link of the audio of the Warriors game where he challenges the crowd to a fight because some dude spilled a beer on him.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t forget that Vin used to do a bunch of sports. Football (according to his wiki, did the catch), golf, tennis (I know don’t have to say too much).
I agree Bill King was great at FB and basketball.
I just love Vin for baseball. When I was growing up in Moraga in the 70s and 80s, I could barely get a Las Vegas station that broadcast the Dodgers games and I could listen to him until I fell asleep.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
That makes me smile :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
you are doing awesome !!! You are WAY ahead of the game if you have both a 401K and a savings account. Hell you’re ahead of many of my friends who are 20 years older than you.
I did not take advantage of this nearly to the degree I should have, but I cannot emphasize enough how important saving early is… Again, another Warren Buffet thing is that compound interest is your best friend in the world.
Haha my 401K made 1% last year and my ING made like 0.8%.
But I guess my point is, should I be focusing more money towards more short-term goals? Or should I just give up on the idea of home ownership?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
You should not give up on the notion of home ownership if that is something you really want to do. But you should also not want a home because you think you are supposed to own one as part of your maturation through life.
That your 401K made 1% last year is good. There are plenty of places where you could have lost money.
I am not a big fan of savings accounts other than to just sock away some money for yourself. It would not be part of my “investment” strategy.
"sock it away for yourself"
I read a suggestion long ago that one should keep about 6 months worth of takehome salary in cash. The idea being that in case of accident or health problems or sudden downsizing, one can live hand-to-mouth without major life interruptions while trying to solve the problem, find work, etc.
Not that it should replace an investment plan at all, but it’s like a small universal insurance policy. An extra credit card in a drawer you use once a year to keep open is another part of that kind of plan too.
I personally find my attitude about my job and many things is much different when I have no savings at all and when I have a good-sized “rainy-day fund” to draw on if needed.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
I dunno, I think it depends on your circumstances. Right now interest rates are very low and housing prices are also low. If you think you’re going to be living in the same area for a while, then I think that changes things a little. Obviously you never know, but it seems unlikely that housing prices are going to continue to fall indefinitely. Builders haven’t been building new homes for several years now, and the rental market is fairly tight right now, so eventually population growth is going to create housing demand and prices will stabilize over the next few years.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
My understanding is that homes in the Bay Area aren’t good investments per se, what with opportunity cost of rent savings in comparison to mortgage payments plus ancillary housing fees detailed above by many others.
I think the only reason to buy a house in the Bay Area is if there is limited supply on the rental market of what you want, e.g., a 3-bedroom house in which you can raise ASTQ Jr. and ASTQ the 3rd.
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yeah most of my analysis has suggested this as well.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Ya many of us parent-ish types are struggling to get into the neighborhood from which we want to send our kids to school. And while finding a well-configured rental in ~ that neighborhood ~ is certainly plausible with time, it’s a bit ominous for us to potentially have to jump back into that process with little notice at any time over the next 18 years due to landlord issues. So we’re gonna buy and it’s mostly just so we can have complete control our kids destiny until they emancipate themselves from us which should be any day now STOP CONTROLLING ME DAD
WE ARE THE 0%
My lazy ass just stuck everything in one of the 2040 mutual funds that Fidelity developed. I think I made like 1% in 2011!
And I’m bitter than Fidelity won’t sit down face to face with anyone concerning 401K unless you have >$100K.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 7:38 AM PST up reply actions
You are, like, 1%!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 7:39 AM PST up reply actions
Also, not that this will make you feel better, but misery has company. I got shafted out of a 401K-type thing because my program’s admin/HR lied to all the students about what it was and told us all to opt out of it. This is the same woman who thinks that evolution doesn’t exist, diet Coke turns to alcohol in the brain, and that people are gay because we’re putting too many hormones in vegetables.
Bitter? I haz it.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 7:40 AM PST up reply actions
whut…not sure if this is furrealsreals. Sounds too ridiculous to be true.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
I wish it were fiction :(
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 7:50 AM PST up reply actions
I think most companies let you enroll in 401K whenever though…I know I’ve done it long after hire once.
Absolutely. I don’t understand the “opt-out” part.
I highly recommend, if possible, maximizing your employer’s matching for your 401(k)
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i think rishi’s point is “at least maximize the matching”
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Yes as to both, provided you can do this from a cash flow perspective. Gotta pay da bills and avoid 401K early withdrawal penalties
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
his point being, if you max out 401k contributions to the point that you have cash flow problems and can’t pay your bills..
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I know that was the point. I am saying live within your financial means. I am not positive but I believe you are only able to max out at 15% of your paycheck. That is what you should be saving in the first place so you should adjust your lifestyle to make sure you can do that.
yes
although there are catch-up rules in some cases, and some places have 457 plans that allow an ADDITIONAL 15% to get socked away.
Also, if under income limits everyone should start with the Roth.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
Wait, I have a 457 plan. What’s the special rule here?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
You can defer $15k per year to the 401 (or 403b) and $15k per year to the 457.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t have a 401 or 403b. I guess I should think about opening one?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
It’s either or… but yes. You might start with a 457 as the withdrawal rules are better IIRC.
Also, whatever you young guys do is going to be fantastically magnified… you’d be amazed (maybe you wouldn’t) how often we have dinner with friends 40+ and they start wondering about how they need to start saving for retirement…
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by natteringnabob on Jan 10, 2012 6:35 AM PST up reply actions
Like I said, I already have a 457 plan. I really don’t know the differences between all the plans. Should I open a 401 or 403b? Or should I open a Roth IRA? I probably should hire someone at some point to advise me, but it’d be nice to have a basic understanding of what the differences are.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 10, 2012 7:50 AM PST up reply actions
Well, I do want it to go up!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
If you contribute 15% to your 401(k) and don’t save anything outside of it, for all intents and purposes, you have no savings. You can only touch the 401(k) in your sixties, and if you want accrued funds for anything before that you need to have saved them outside of the program. Especially for people in the first ten years of their careers my strong (non-official) advice is not to max out your 401(k), but to ensure you save enough outside of a program that you can do things like pay six months of rent from savings or buy a new car if you need to.
We just disagree on this although I think your suggestions are solid. Within reason of course (like if you’re not making any money), I think right from the start you should be thinking about your retirement. I understand it’s hard to do – I didn’t do it. 401K contributions are pre-tax savings so it actually reduces your tax liability in the process. I think in concert with that, people should do what you suggest.
Again, I’m just opposite than you are on this, but I would suggest that if you are in the first ten years of your career you needn’t worry so much about the six month emergency fund thing (which isn’t to say if you can have it you shouldn’t) because you’re not living as expensively or as established.
Obviously this all depends on individual circumstances, but boy oh boy, I would really recommend young people take full advantage of the 401K thing.
and
we haven’t been beating this drum but: pay off credit card debt posthaste!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 10, 2012 6:36 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
K, so as a young person, I should go from debt-free to incurring massive credit card debt, THEN pay it off? got it!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 10, 2012 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
that’s not wss
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by dballisloose on Jan 9, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, it should. I didnt enroll in mine until after a year because I was young and stupid and thought “I don’t have to worry about retirement yet! I’m super youngs”
Of course, it did get molested by the market over the past 2-3 years but was mitigated a bit by diversification. I’m sure I can sit down and determine if the company’s match reduced the actual butthurt a bit.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
I’m employed by a public university, so it’s the public employee’s pension plan, and we can only opt-in or opt-out during our first 30 days on payroll. After that, we have to be off payroll for a year if we want to make a different decision. I’ve tried to file a complaint, but it hasn’t gone anywhere.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 8:18 AM PST up reply actions
Srsly.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 8:24 AM PST up reply actions
Does such a wonderful place truly exist???
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
yes
the local branch of your American Honky-Tonk Bar Association
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
I am embarrassed to have gotten that one immediately.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
No
Got a sporty little car.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 8:24 AM PST up reply actions
If you want any guidance, you can feel free to shoot me an e-mail.
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Do you know if I can still use my 401K money to buy my first home without getting taxed? I thought I heard Obamatron is trying to shut that down.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 8:19 AM PST up reply actions
Status may change.
I wouldn’t do that if I were you (NOT OFFICIAL INVESTMENT ADVICE)
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Well my only deal is it seems absolutely impossible to buy a home in CA…especially in the Bay Area. I have no idea how anyone under 30 does it. My friends in KS have crappy jobs and they already have huge houses with big yards.
I’m terrible at saving money in a typical savings account, but I’m pretty good at beefing up my 401K. And seems pretty shitty to save all these years with 2040 as my retirement goal, only to have a heart attack in 2039….
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 8:36 AM PST up reply actions
You really shouldn’t be looking to buy a house before thirty, in my opinion.
In my view, the reality is that everyone should not be aiming to be a homeowner and you should only head down that route when you’re ready, without having to. well, bet the house on it.
And in your dire scenario (ease off the ribs), your kids would benefit.
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How about a Roth IRA? You can take money out of that to buy a house, right?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 8:42 AM PST up reply actions
Yes. I still would remain wary of mortgaging my future on a house.
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At the peril of ruining lives, if someone with a pile in a 401k all in a money market sweep account or a crummy bond fund might come out ahead by borrowing that money and “paying themselves back” at whatever the plan’s loan rate is, no?
Assuming the pile is just going to make nothing but fees for the manager anyway, which I suppose is how the sweeps are these days.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, sweeps do nothing right now.
You could theoretically arbitrage that opportunity, especially with employee matching.
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I wonder what plan loan rates are like right now? I had a friend in a plan with a 10% rate, but I imagine those are lower now too.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
I could find out, but I don’t want to encourage reckless financial behaviour!
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BRB engaging in reckless financial behavior at Rishi’s encouragement!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
He’s been throwing around official investment advice all over this thread!
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
I have mostly been following your official chemistry advice, thoguh, tbh
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Thatd explain all my typos, right?
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Is that why the shed is nevar clean?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Why am I investing all my money with David Lee Roth again???
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Is my purchase tax-free?
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New plan
Buy a house in Columbus, rent to BuckeyeBears (me and Ohio Bear’s daughter when she grows up)
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
(me and Ohio Bear’s daughter when she grows up)
I must have missed something in past DBDs
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
His son is going to be a Buckeye, but his daughter is going to be a BuckeyeBear!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 9:08 AM PST up reply actions
I think he’s referring to your desire to live with Ohio Bear’s daughter, possibly romatically. But we’re all inclusive here at the DBD. I support your alternative lifestyle!
Cal: Bears with Books.
True, Ohio can never be a negative. Good call, golden oso.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 9:49 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Ohio goodness is represented by one of those imaginary numbers, right? Like i or e or soylent-gamma-warthog.
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by Kodiak on Jan 9, 2012 10:09 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
SOYLENT-GAMMA-WARTHOG IS MADE OF PEOPLE!!!!
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
I hope they’re both BuckeyeBears, but I’ll settle for one of them being so!
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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David Lee Roth, lights a menorah.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
It’s actually named after Joe Roth because it’s so awesome.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Since, I’ve moved to CA, I’ve averaged >$1000/month in rent (some years less in Berks, some more in Pac Heights). Over 7 years, that is over $80,000 in rent with nothing to show for it. You don’t think that’s a little nuts?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 8:43 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but what would have you paid if you bought? Probably a lot more, and then you may be stuck with a money losing if you have to move because of your job.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Or a bunch of deferred mainenance.
On the other hand, someone who made a smart purchase and didn’t assume a bunch of construction costs would come out ahead, especially since the government would have been making 30% or so of those payments over 7 years.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I’m not against home ownership, but I think people should buy only if it makes financial sense to do so, and it really doesn’t for a lot of people in the Bay Area, unless they want ungodly commutes, or live in a war zone.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
My in laws have had that problem, as the husband has alternated between jobs in SJ and Santa Rosa. Of course, they could have sold their house in SF and taken out $1M tax free and bought something for cash elsewhere, but nobody cares what I think :)
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
It’s almost like you have a way to make money from people who don’t own their homes… ;-)
I, by the way, agree with you. I tell everyone I can that one of the keys in life is to keep your overhead as low as you can.
Haha
But honestly, I’ve seen (and rented to) soooooo many refugees from being evicted/foreclosed on houses, where they spent 100K and have nothing to show for it except ruined credit.
It is sad.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Or I could rent it out to junior working idiots like me!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 8:52 AM PST up reply actions
Imagine also what you’d have lost in interest. Also, you could totally move to a cheaper place.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
and of course all the maintenance… and of course your property taxes… and of course your insurance….
The government should be paying 30% of the property tax though! And the maintenance expenses might be capitalized if they’re really “improvements”.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
atta boy
right after I’m done relying on Rishi’s investment advice I’ll be back to rely on your tax advice!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
My house insurance is cheaper than my car insurance, which I always find a bit odd.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Now you tell me!
Just as well, it’s getting much harder to find 1930s Fords for comedy collisions.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
since this is in the financial nebbish thread
One good way to spend way too much money: get a speeding ticket. Or even worse, multiple speeding tickets.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
that is a very bad way to spend too much money. Here is another very bad way… forget to show up for a traffic court appearance because it was something like 8 months after the citation and then be hit with $900 in penalties.
Handy calculator: Is It Better to Buy or Rent?
I’d guess also that your friends in middle America live in places where rent and mortgage payments aren’t that far apart. Here in the Bay Area, it’s a much different story, and there are potentially better uses of your money than putting it into real estate.
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Well I’ll be damned, if I stay at my spot for 6 years, renting is still better. I love the weird nomad lifestyle that living in the Bay Area encourages:
no car (rent a Zip car!)
no house (pay all your paycheck to rent a rundown Victorian!)
no furniture (just Craigslist each time you move!)
no wife (probably gay anyways)
no kids (focused on my job and see above under “no wife”)
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:04 AM PST up reply actions
And seems pretty shitty to save all these years with 2040 as my retirement goal, only to have a heart attack in 2039
We’d have these conversations in my family… my younger sibling would always be all “what’s the point of saving, what if I die before I plan to retire?” and my dad’s response was “well you’ll be dead. what if you’re not dead though?”
Moral of the story: Plan to live.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
I think I need some life style changes
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, my older brother was always “I won’t live to be 30!! Whoooo!!” and he greatly inspired me to study hard, save lots, get a good job and do well at it, and otherwise provide security for myself. He just turned 41, and he still has 0 savings (no college degree, DMV job with poor benefits), but one hell of a CD/DVD collection.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
Good on you. Too many people my age seem to believe that things will stay exactly as they are now… and that’s just not the truth.
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Yep. Most of my younger relatives (all early 30’s) seem to be living for today.
The sad thing is that we have plenty of examples of what happens long-term in with our older generation. My aunts & uncles who saved/owned are doing so much better than the ones who played around and rented their whole lives. In some cases, the savers are taking care of the goof-offs. Raw deal.
Old Toothwrangler
Having no safety net
Really helps motivate one to work harder and save more.
(By safety net, I mean others to fall back on. Parents to get money from, etc)
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So, was I wrong to purchase this safety net then?
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I have trouble with this. I know I should save more but my first financial education (from childhood) has pretty much given me a feast/famine approach; my spending is either totally ‘on’ or totally ‘off’. Luckily money is good now, but now is the time I should be saving for the rainy days, even ignoring for the opportunity costs of money. /twitter
Cal: Bears with Books.
Easy fixes to save money
1) Bring lunch from home.
2) Drink office coffee instead of Starbucks
3) Drink more water throughout the day
4) Before buying anything, ask yourself if you really need it (it’s taken me a while to learn this one)
5) Set up automatic transfers from your checking account to your savings account. Seeing a smaller balance on your checking account will automatically drive your brain into frugal mode.
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I do all this except : 2) I make my own coffee at home and 5) all my money is deposited directly into my savings, where I have to force myself to move money into checking, which I don’t do very often.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
4) Before buying anything, ask yourself if you really need it (it’s taken me a while to learn this one)
One of my friends was telling me his parents had a rule for him when he was a kid: write down what he wanted on a piece of paper, and if you still want it in 60 days, he could buy it.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
I hope that didn’t include things like “food” “liquid nourishment:”
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well, this was a rule for him when he was a kid. presumably this was for non-essentials.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
Are you saying I really don’t NEED NFL Sunday Ticket!?!?
Probably don’t NEED Cal season tix either….
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
But I want it NOW!!!!!
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
But I want it NOW!!!!!
Whoa.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
6) Don’t go out drinking at bars too often.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Yeah….., no. I love getting drunk in a public setting.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
Why haven’t you come to CGB HH? I love watching people get drunk in a public setting!
Cal: Bears with Books.
the best part was the server was hot before we even had any drinks.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
This advice doesn’t apply to chix, where going out to bars is a sound money saving strategy.
SO SEXIS
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve had drinks bought for me by gay guys in Castro. I find it flattering and never turn it down
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
They might be trying to get you to enter into an oral contract.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
[smh]
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Someone atoms this [smh] for me
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Shaking my head
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but what does [smh] mean?
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
say it out loud, it kind of sounds like
“Smawwwwwwwwww”
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 9, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
It means I am shaking my head at your comment. Usually in regret/dismay.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
smaawwwwwwwwwww
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 9, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
I very rarely let strangers buy me drinks. I almost let a guy buy me a drink on my birthday, but he kept insisting that I must be from somewhere in Asia, so I walked away.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
one of my favorite "wtf" random moments
we were at the graduate in berkeley… some hammered dude walks by, stares at our group for a good 30 seconds. then points at one girl in our group and very dramatically announces “Chinese”, then stumbled into the wall and walked away.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
“NO, where are you REALLY from?”
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
oh i hated that in the 80s.
q. where you from?
a. california.
q. no really? where.
a. serious.
q. like what are you?
a. american.
q. no really…
a. fine. korean.
q. is that in china?
a. no.
q. so japanese?
a. no. sigh
people were extremely disappointed to see I didn’t eat monkey brains during lunch.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
yeah but it’s for dinner! idiots.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
not monkey brains. that’s just inappropriate.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
I hate that in the 2010s.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Precisely. But, also, the Californians who don’t believe I’m from Ohio. (What? There are Asians in Ohio!?)
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
I spent an imaginary year at Tulane University in the mid 80s. When people found out I was from California it was like I was given a free pass on all cool points… Then they got to know me and the pass was revoked… but I can tell you back in the 80s, everyone thought if you were from California that meant you lived by the beach, had a split level house and had never seen snow….
well, I was stunned to discover that Texas wasn’t all desert and tumbleweeds so I guess it goes both ways
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ABILENE!
not one but 2 Christain metal radio stations!
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Creed?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
never thought of them as metal, just crappy rock. Then again, many could argue that 80’s hair rock isn’t metal either…
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It’s most definitely not, Iron Maiden =/= Van Halen, or Ratt, the Crue.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
their non-acoustic version of “My Own Prison” might suggest metal… but I was responding more to the “christian rock = trolls” comment
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
Cool beans, man. I live by the quarry. We should hang out by the quarry and throw things down there!
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
I spent an imaginary year at Tulane University in the mid 80s.
What does this mean?
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Cocaine is a helluva drug.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’ve gotten the “do you surf” question a lot.
Also, imaginary year?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Do people in NOLA see snow anyway?
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--Thoroughbred
I would venture to guess about 70% of the students at Tulane are from New York / New Jersey / CT / PA… then Florida… then a bunch of other places… and then a few are actually from New Orleans.
A couple of years ago they got about a quarter inch – I got panicked emails from all my colleagues down there as they left early to collect their children and batten down the hatches against the coming apocalypse. It was marginally more pathetic than DC.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
A couple of years ago they got about a quarter inch
sounds like twist’s wedding night?
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
wait so do you also hate st. patricks day like me when people claim to be irish and not american? one of my #1 gripes
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
I hate this in Taiwan as well.
q: where are you from?
a: i was born here.
q: no you weren’t.
Just because I’m taller than five feet… psh.
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
Dude, Taiwan is (allegedly) like living in a rap video. We should ALL move there
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I’m down.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Your life is a Will Smith video?
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
So a boring rapper?
"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
if I’m living in a rap video, I don’t need to speak Taiwanese. All I need to do is wave a champagne bottle around and scantily clad women with cartoonishly oversized breasts will do my bidding.
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That’s Taipei right there.
All I need to do is wave a champagne bottle around and scantily clad women with cartoonishly oversized breasts will do my bidding.
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
I don’t really know Taiwanese. I can understand it to a certain extent, but I can’t speak it at all.
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
I can!
Si se puede!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
Trollz gon’ troll.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
I always let strangers buy me drinks
As long as I see the drink get made in front of me, no qualms whatsoever!
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
you wake up ONE TIME in a gutter with your pants around your ankles and you get all suspicious about people buying you drinks.
(smh)
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 9, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
7) play free sports/games on the weekends (basketball in the park, tennis, disc golf, etc.) and avoid costly sports (golf, bowling, basketball in a gym, etc.)
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate living in CA where tennis is free..
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
And you can play outside pretty much all year around
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
Basketball in the gym is free… I hope you all have gym memberships.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Gym memberships aren’t free
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
especially in SF and usually are crazy crowded.
We did a league at UCSF and I believe it was like $800 for our team for one season.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
yup, that's about right
luckily my company pays for an adult league, unfortunately i can only make about 1/2 the games…
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
i mean, more than SF
my 24 hour membership is like $14/mo, if wanted a super-sport so i could ball it would be at least $70 a mo
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Supersport is $50/month. I know because that’s what I have. And it’s worth it.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
and yes, i definitely miss the super sport that i had access to in the summer :( :(
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
i almost go to the ones in sunnyvale, when i’m home. only gone a few times in sf, to the one on ocean, it’s aight. do you go after work?
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
when are you taking the gmat?
or did you already, and now it’s apps?
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Took GMATs in May. All essays now. Should all be submitted by next weekend.
Taking a breather for two weeks (bday and Vegas)
Then considering doing two round 3 apps in order to have legit backups schools.
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good rodgers!
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rodgers rodgers!
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--Thoroughbred
also, if anyone is in the market for a gym, the 2 year 24 hour fitness membership from costco is a great deal. i think it’s $320 for 2 years, for everything at “sport” level and below.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
switching... to a higher tier?
or switching gyms? it’s an all club pass
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
yeah be careful though if you’re counting on a secondary club. you choose one club as your “home” club… if you have a sport membership, and they decide to upgrade your home club into a super sport, then you can continue to go to that club, but no other super sports. if you have a sport and your 2ndary club is a sport they upgrade, well you’re SOL.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
I got this…but then moved into an apt that had it’s own gym unexpectedly.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
I have gym equipment at home, so I canceled my membership!
Also, btw, there was a story on KQED this morning about behavioral science and how changing habits is a better way of achieving larger goals.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
Or skip having a gym membership and motivate yourself to do simple bodyweight exercises and cardio!
(I mean elipticals and wait machines are great and everything but you could also just like, ride a bike and do pushups and stuff.)
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It was fantastic."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
i’m fine with paying $14 a month as a forcing function to get off my lazy ass and exercise.
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See, I could easily see myself completely ignoring those $14,
so it doesn’t even work as an incentive.
"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
Oh, you have a bench press and squat rack and rows of dumbbells at home?
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simple bodyweight exercises
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
chin ups
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
not advocating either way, but you could invest in a good one, and it would be a lot cheaper than a gym membership.
that being said, i’ve got my $100/year sport membership and am going to start using it again.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
24 Hour Marketing does not = Smart
I belonged to 24 Hour, I think it was Super Sport. Every once in a while it would be more convenient for me to use the Ultra Sport one in Irvine. But in order to do so they would charge you a day fee… which was the same day fee they would charge anyone who walked in off the street. This would drive me nuts (and I wouldn’t use the gym) because they would treat me, a loyal customers, the same as any non loyal customer… all they had to do was step their pricing… ie, if you want to use a gym above your membership you could pay a day pass rate of $5 for each level you were going up… everyone wins.
Yeah, they tried to charge me $15 for using a Super Sport (I am a Sport member).
But for the facilities I get at a Sport club, I can’t argue against the $9/mo it’s costing me.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
I totally get that if you want to use a facility above your membership level, they should charge you. But it should be reasonable and at the very least acknowledge your loyalty over someone who does not do business with them. It’s such an easy answer.
I could imagine a discount of some sort. I have no idea what racket they are running, so meh. All I knew is, $15 was not worth it for what pathetic workout I was going to accomplish.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
you guys are operating with the premise that 24 cares what you think about them, which in my experience is mostly false.
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by boomtho on Jan 9, 2012 3:26 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
i’m operating under the premise they want to maximize their profits and not walk money out the door.
and for many of their customers (mostly the 2y prepaid guys like me), they’ve already got my money for a while, so i think they give no fucks.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
man you’re really missing the point. They are absolutely walking potential money out the door if they don’t allow you to pay a reasonable fee to use a better gym.
Better to charge you a reasonable amount and actually get that money than not get it at all.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
dude, i actually agree with you. but i think their focus is on locking people into long term contracts, and that everything else kinda falls by the wayside.
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yeah somehow i think that would take some infrastructure and not having meatheads run the counter.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
TBF I walked into a super sport in Tustin two weeks ago all ready to work out not realizing it was a super sport, and they totally were like “hey this is a super sport, it’s usually $15 but you can use it this one time”
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not! I’m busy reveling in the fact that I spend $9 a month on a gym membership!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
in this case it just may not be a fit for what you wanted… but like i said… I think all they have to do is charge a day pass fee that is equal to $5 for each level above which your home gym is.
I agree with you. sadly, not all of the business world operates with logic.
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
what a long subthread about a gym’s opportunity cost!
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well it’s new
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
The profit margin on your five dollars, when it comes to running the gym, is probably pretty low. So they would only be doing it for good PR. Which apparently, 24 doesn’t care much about.
Wrong. Unless they are at or close to their usage saturation point, the profit margin on that $5 is probably in the 95% range. It has almost nothing to do with PR and everything to do with running a business optimally.
i'd agree with that
the incremental cost of serving a one-time customer is basically zero
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
exactly, because all of your fixed costs are already in place. the only part of this equation that then changes is your variable revenue.
Wait. Is this gym just a place with machines? Do they not clean anything, or allow you to take showers? Is there no repairman to fix broken equipment?
That would be part of what would take the profit margin down from 100% to 95%ish as discussed above.
how do you think the gym would change their operations as a result of selling an additional day pass?
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
You take an individual shower. You use an individual towel. You use a machine that wouldn’t have been used. Add it all up, and I’m sure its more than $0.25.
no pullupbar = use tree?
biceps = jugs of water?
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-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
books too (but not paperback cyoa books he used hardbound dictionaries etc.)
"We need more players who play the Game Of Trolls!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
Got that, I’m just saying they’re such different types of training that it’s silly to say there’s no need for a gym.
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the major component here is motivation tho. i think that’s the point.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
good. now hit the gym, you lazy bum!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
I do!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
Well, not really a squat rack I guess.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
Yes!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
wut u squat?
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-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
What weight? I’m not going to say. Ask me in 6 months maybe :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
Wut u squat in 6 months?
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-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
Since when is bowling expensive? (Monetarily speaking.) The only real expense is the risk of catching some incurable toe jam.
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by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
Note I said sports/games. I love all fat old man games and tend to focus my time at them: golf, tennis, bowling, disc golf, ping pong, slow pitch softball, etc.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
I really want to get a ping pong table sometime. Alas, Ms. Atoms has no interest in the game.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
that’s why you fold up one end and play against yourself!
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ignoring rishi’s insinuation, i used to do this. it doesn’t really help one’s game though. and a ping pong table is no fun unless you have at least 2 people who want to play often. otherwise, it becomes a garage storage space.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
CBG Ping Pong Hour?
Seriously, I love me some pong. I would bring my paddle to the RSF and try to play after playing bball. I would usually get worked by tiny asian kids
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
I’d be interested… been years since i’ve played though
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
I’m so down!! Just tell me when/where. Actually, I may have a where. There’s a ping pong academy over in Burlingame I think…
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
Really? Then we can do a Burlingame HH too! Free bourbon for all!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
Is there outdoor tables anywhere in SF?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
outdoor tables?!?! that would completely ruin the finish!
/table tennis snob
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
I played on concrete tables with metal nets in a park in Paris and I had a blast. Better bring your game though.
I know Finnegan’s Wake in Cole Valley has a pong table outside.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
Especially avoid golf, right turkey? :)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
BLASPHEMY
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
What? I figure if nobody else is clogging up the course, it makes things better for you, right? :)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Agree.
Or you could do what I do (which I’m sure invites criticism from some here):
Drink as much as you can beforehand (your own alcohol is cheap)
Bring a flask out with you.
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Clever.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
step 5 FTW!
10% off the top to yourself, assuming no credit card debt. 10% gross, if you can. 10% net, if not.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
A neat little way to save money during the year for something special
I have another little trick I have done for years… you know how at the end of the day some people put all their loose change in a big jar… I do that with dollar bills. Every day, I just put my loose dollar bills in a box… and by the end of the year I’ll usually have close to $1000 and you don’t even notice it. And then you can get yourself something really cool / splurge on something. Seriously, try this.
I do that sometimes and think to myself, “Look, another five minutes of b-school”
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hahaha
When you get there and have a lousy class you’ll be able to calculate how much you’re paying per minute!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
I hope you splurge by going to the local gentlemen’s establishment and make it rain.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
Sometimes I’ll just tax myself $20 per ATM withdrawal (I still use cash a fair bit) and stash the bill away somewhere. That pays for purchases that are above the “not worth worrying about” line ($100 chez nous) and major purchases… so, a new cell phone for example.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
All these mind games we play with ourselves…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
It’s really pretty irrational. I would be unlikely to spend too much on impulse, and when I look at the monthly outlay on things like cell phone service, cable / internet etc., I don’t know what I’m fussing about for once-every=two-years costs.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
4) Before buying anything, ask yourself if you really need it
When I was considering buying a 55" 3dTV, I asked myself this question and the answer was
“Self, YOU’RE GODDAMN FUCKING RIGHT YOU NEED THIS TV. STOP BEING A PUSSY AND BUY IT.”
So I did.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 9, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I’m struggling to come up with positives about Joe. That, plus all the house drama has me distracted.
Fear not, young boomtho, I have not forgotten. I want to make it quality…
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 9, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Yes and no. After I left my terse voice mail and an equally terse e-mail with the construction VP, all of a sudden the windows are being replaced and the foreman actually called me to tell me about the other stuff they’re going to fix.
Then this weekend, Mrs Fire Starkey found a bunch of wood trim that wasn’t installed properly and a cabinet that was installed showing a half inch gap between the crown molding and the cabinet itself. So the cabinet guys are supposed to come today and she’s laying in wait for them.
Finally (and this one was a self imposed duhhhh moment), I ordered Direct TV (for TV) and Time Warner (for internet and phone on Friday. The Direct TV guy somes Sunday morning to set us up and Mrs Fire Starkey notices a massive satellite dish in his truck. She turns to me and says “We can’t put that up, its against HOA rules.” I looked around outside and noticed that indeed, not a single person has a dish on their roof. So I cancelled and crawled back to Uverse who, magically, have an appointment available tomorrow and I reduced my payment a bit for the same package (plus an extra receiver). So it all ends well (crossed fingers) but what a pain in the ass.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 9, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
is LMFS doing ok?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
for the most part, she’s had some minor issues but seems to be getting along.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 9, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
sorry sir
Your house stuff sounds like typical new-house irritants.
On the satellite dish thing, check into FCC rulings. They trump CC&Rs but I don’t know about the details these days.
Also, I channeled you this morning because when we made some changes to our cellphone service this weekend the rep signed us up for U-Verse “upgrade”, with several dishonest and/or ignorant answers to my questions. I cancelled this morning… and spent an hour on hold because I was dumb enough to select the “cancellation” option when the robot asked what the call was about.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, I agree, it is new house irritants for the most part. I think the main thing we’ve been pissed off about is that for the money we paid, the lack of attention to detail on the finishes has been extremely dissapointing.
Dude, I feel for you about the Uverse phone system. I know that thing entirely too well at this point.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 9, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
if you are interested in the dish thing
here’s a link to get you started.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
I’m in the middle of U-Verse hell!
I signed up a month ago, have had intermittent service the whole time, 3 technicians coming to check the OUTSIDE line, they won’t send anyone to inspect the inside line or the box.
Customer service at U-Verse doesn’t seem to be able to help with anything. Nice enough, sounds like a Filipino call center (nothing against them but the don’t seem to get my angst).
I’m going on a week with no tv and i’m stealing wifi from a neighbor.
Jorge's casa no es su casa.
by dballisloose on Jan 9, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
That sounds about right. Once they get it sorted you’ll love it, but when it goes bad, it is horrible.
I’d switch back to Directv but they don’t offer internet in my apt biulding, and the normal AT&T internet was painfully slow. So I’m stuck with U-Verse. At least I can steal a neighbor’s internet while I’m out of commission.
Jorge's casa no es su casa.
by dballisloose on Jan 9, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve heard bad things about hughesnet and think it’s pretty expensive.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think I’d want to live in a place with HOA fees and rules.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
They’re a serious pain in the ass but you can’t live anywhere decent around here without being in one.
At least this is true in the newer parts of town (which is 75% of Austin)
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 9, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
If and when you consider it, be sure to read the HOA meeting minutes and organizational documents. They never want to give them to you when you are in escrow, and they often have verrrry interesting and/or horrifying information in them.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
I feel that way too, ask yourself “how many hours will I watch this?” “Can I share it with my family?” Yes and yes, done deal.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Indeed. One spends so many hours in front of the TV, ergo it should be a decent one. Also, you’re now more likely to avoid going to overpriced movies and instead use your home theater.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Going to movies is one of our family’s primary entertainment expense. All 4 of us love going to the theater, even if it means braving the idiots who talk during the film or bring babies into the theater, especially movies with lots of explosions.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 9, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I loves me some 3D IMAX that you just can’t get at home. But it makes it easier to miss a flick in the theater. “I’ll just watch that later with good wine!”
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
Junior loves that thing already. Since we still can’t get our cable set up yet, he’s been watching his movies with the 2D/3D conversion on. I periodically hear him cackling from the media room.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 9, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Fortunately he has Thunder and Lightning there to keep himself in line.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
I found it helpful to make early decisions that would later make me forget about things. For example, I max out my pre-tax and deferred tax savings each year, so I never even “get” that money. I also have my investment advisor take $x per month and invest it, so again I don’t have to think about it. Then it becomes a habit and before you know it you’re thinking “what am I gonna do with all this cash?” And sometimes the answer is “Buy an S5!”, which is fun and nice, but most of the time it is “let’s save it for longer”.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
That’s…smart? Did I get you confused with the other Wonder Twin again?
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by Kodiak on Jan 9, 2012 10:07 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Bitach I am totes smart, I went to CAL!
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
max out my pre-tax and deferred tax savings each year, so I never even "get" that money
I’m not 100% sure what you mean here. Are you talking about your employer benefits, or do you mean your tax withholding, or what?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
i think he’s talking about his 401k contribution? since you can set it to be deducted automatically from your paycheck, you don’t feel like you’re giving much up by investing it.
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Ah, yeah. So, maxing out tax deferred benefits/compensation.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
Mrs. Kod and I got around the feast or famine savings by setting up automatic monthly investments into mutual funds. We worked that into our budget as a living expense. After a few years, it helped us buy our current home.
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by Kodiak on Jan 9, 2012 10:06 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
also
for people with salary steps or increases, if you haven’t maxed out deferrals, consider putting the raise amount as an increased contribution. You won’t miss the money since you weren’t getting it anyway. My mom and dad did that for like 10 or 15 years; I don’t have things that well in hand but it’s a great strategy.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
i did that for a few years. worked out well. stopped doing that once i restarted school, and realization that maxing out 401k isn’t my desired medium term goal, so i forced myself to be more disciplined on the savings after i received a paycheck.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
I guess my one main “waste” of money is on meals out. Other than that I’m pretty freaking frugal.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
If you can afford it, ok to “splurge” on things that make you enjoy life. Just be reasonable about it.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve been hearing this more and more. I’m notoriously parsimonious, but I guess that’s a good problem to have..
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
I guess my biggest “waste” of money is that I’m just plain terrified of pulling the trigger on any amount of market investment. I just can’t seem to convince myself to risk it…
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Hire someone you trust. At least you’ll know you have a pro watching over it and doing better than the amateurs who make all the pros wealthy.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
But how on earth do you know who to trust? Or who’s good? My company has a financial adviser who has offered to do it but how do I know if he’s good?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
If you don’t have a personal friend, then go with a personal referral. Don’t go with someone who cold calls you. If you have older colleagues or mentors, ask them who they use and trust. Then go to those peeps and ask if they’re willing to grow with someone young who won’t be high maintenance. Expect to pay 1-1.5% of your portfolio value.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Use vanguard. Their costs are like 0.03% of your portfolio.
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--Thoroughbred
I’ll look them up…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Im with you on this one. Im leaning towards using them.
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See, I’m going to pull a Twist and basically say I have no idea what that means, or how I go about researching what it might mean. And what I find I run into is that most things I read about investing say “well you could do this and could do that” but I need to know what I should do given my age/demographic/income/situation etc…
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks, I might hit you up at some point.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
This was totally me early on. I learned, you only get that advice if you pay someone for it. Otherwise, it is just a bunch of folks saying “you could do this, depending on MANY factors”.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
/eye roll.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
by Cugel on Jan 9, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
/barrel roll
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by TwistNHook on Jan 9, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
/the tootsie roll
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
My fave
/lobster roll
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hell yes!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
I’ll blame lawyers, thank you very much!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
I’ll have to look it up but Warren Buffett says financial advisors are a complete waste of money. Here’s an article in Fortune:
Totes agreed, low fee passive management usually gets higher returns than 99% of actively managed / advised investments.
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--Thoroughbred
CALumbus Bear’s recommendations are spot-on here. Vanguard is a thrifty option if you pretty much know what you want to do, but if you basically have a small amount of money that you want to add to regularly and watch grow but have no idea the best way to do that, you need an independent fee-based advisor. They could be someone like Rishi’s colleagues, who work for a major 1% firm, or a small firm of two to five advisors.
I just promote stereotypes when it comes to spending money
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Maybe that explains why I’m not too good at saving. Subconsciously I know my parents will take me in before the let me live on the streets
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
This is why Im bad at saving, bc I assume all of you will put me as receiving 100% of all of your assets in your wills
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But only if we’re foolish enough to hire you as our estate planning attorney.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
Who else you gonna hire? OhioBear?
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Ohio FTW! Geez, I’d never thought I’d ever say those words.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
Indeed, quite redundant. You’re really on fire today, golden oso.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
My parents keep telling me “if we die, you have to take care of your ADULT, OLDER brother”. And part of me is like “why the eff should I take care of this idiot who refuses to take care of himself when I KNOW he has excellent genes and is, like, totally smart.” [I think to myself in the voice of a valley girl]
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
Ha! I already told my parents that I’m not taking care of my loser sister. They gave me some grief until I pointed out that my dad didn’t take in his own deadbeat brother.
My other little sis (the sort of smart one) is annoyed that now she’s the designated “sh!t hit the fan again” person.
Old Toothwrangler
by Kodiak on Jan 9, 2012 10:03 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
if she does the same, you think the “loser sister” will reform?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
Nah. She’s going to have to get evicted and live out of her car for a while before she gets a clue. Right now, she’s still doing the “everything is everyone else’s fault” deal.
Old Toothwrangler
Is this where I apologize?
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It sounds like she could benefit from therapy.
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--Thoroughbred
My folks tried to pay for that a while ago via Kaiser. She used the money to pay for other things, then complained that her health insurance was going to be canceled unless they came up with more $.
Old Toothwrangler
Crazy girl in my lab is like this.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Where is she on the Hot/Crazy scale?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Not so hot; so very crazy.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Sounds like she’s in the Shelly Galezby zone. Very dangerous.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
This
Her: yelling a lot
Me: I’m not going to buy into your drama
Her: I! AM NOT! DRAMATIC!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
Younger brother roll call?
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--Thoroughbred
I always thought the younger brother was supposed to be the eff-up.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
Some research has shown that familiar roles are less linked to birth order (older, younger) but more to specialities for attention. Such as, if one child gets an identity/attention for being studeous another child will take the opposite approach and be outgoing. It works similar to the elevator principle in that all children will position themselves in the family for the most benefit/attention/identity.
Cal: Bears with Books.
that sounds a great deal like MBA talk. children subconciously coming up with “positioning statements” to best capture the “parents attention” market?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
Well, my SWOT analysis as a 3 yo showed me that my best ROI was to focus more on my studies and less on making mud pies with my friend.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 9:55 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Business principles are life principles.
Habitually, if something got you what you wanted, you would do it more. And you can see how over time that would more create extreme actions.
Cal: Bears with Books.
Yeah I’m aware of this… more of a comment that I didn’t actually learn anything “new” per se in business school, but got fancy business terms to put to things I already knew.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
True Story, on the transbay bus today I saw an executive looking gentleman reading ‘Quatitative Statistics for Business’. He was reading the first page. I laughed at him.
Cal: Bears with Books.
I don’t think I’m very good at Quatitative reasoning.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
there’s a room on my floor called the “Agile Synergy Area”… it’s an emptyish room with folding tables and ethernet cables.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
the name of that room can’t be real..
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
i can’t post pics while at work, and i’ll totes forget by the time i get home. remind me at the next CGB HH
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Is it for developers?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
i have no idea what it’s for other than me walking by, giggling, and wishing there was an office “BS Bingo” going on.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Elevator principle?
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Huh, I’d tell you to google it but apparently that wasn’t as useful as I thought. Prepare to learn something that you can never unlearn.
I first learned about the elevator principle in linguistics, which basically says that if you have any number of vowels in a language, the sounds of the vowels will try to differentiate themselves as much as possible. If you have a few (say 3) then those 3 vowels will spread as far apart from each other as sounds can be (within the limits of the human vocal range). If you have many vowels then they too will try to spread out as much as possible without running into each other. You can imagine this like people standing in an elevator. If there are 3 people in the elevator then they will move to stand in a triangle to allow for as much room as the space allows. If there are 5 people, they will rearrange to give equal space between all people, still as much room per person as the space allows.
Although I first learned it in linguistics, it is pretty powerful concept and it comes up alot. Especially when riding in elevators.
Cal: Bears with Books.
We men are more familar with this as the urinal spacing theorem.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
oddly enough, relevant question
does it break man code if someone came up the urinal next to me (instead of the 1 urinal buffer, even though it was available) BUT there are dividers between the urinals?
my gut says yes but wondering
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
i’m willing to give a pass with dividers, but will never excuse violating the no talking policy.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
there were like 20 urinals, but i was closest to the door. also, i probably did look like more of a bitch.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Solution: always go to the furthest urinal. When someone walks in, wink at them. They will likely stay far away from you.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
*farthest
[inb4atoms]
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
dude should have taken the extra step towards the open space.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
penis height.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
as an indian
i guess i’ll show myself out of this conversation?
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
I absolutely hate urinals and public bathrooms in general. There are few things worse than being next to your boss in one… I know we have had this conversation before (I think 81 mentioned something about literally having to shoo away people who followed her into the bathroom). But for the life of me, I just don’t get why bathroom stalls aren’t all floor to ceiling.
I like the stadium style troughs. There’s always room for one more with the troughs!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
I can’t even fathom using these. I would die of my bladder bursting before I could use one of these.
How the hell did you ever survive Cal games or Niners games?
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I am probably the one person who loves the porta potties… privacy.
This also helps explain why I don’t drink beer pre-game ;-)
I used the porty pottie at the Raiders game (in Chiefs gear) and they almost tipped it over. Kept rocking it back and forth…I was terrified
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
28-0!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
Eww, port-o-potties are filthy and disgusting and I avoid using them unless absolutely necessary.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
there are devices so they can stand as well. i will not be searching the internet and posting such things here, though.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
i meant a personal device
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
and what you describe may as well be a tub.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
need to check if there’s people in it at the end of the day
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
I just don’t get why bathroom stalls aren’t all floor to ceiling.
One of the many bathroom ideas that Northern Europeans have executed better than Americans.
TMI! Not to be confused with TIMMY!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
3 boys in my fam
youngest and oldest are high achievers. Middle is a hippy teacher who went to UofO and works for Get Fried Rice food truck over the Summers
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
Which one are you?
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Youngest…from KC but all went Pac-10 (Zona, Oregon and Berks)
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
I take it you’re the youngest?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Dude who stacks shelves in the supermarket at night
That sounds… peaceful.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
They keep trying to promote him to being a checker during the day and he’s all, “NOOOOOOOO, DOOD.” He loves the solitude and independence of it. I love that he can tell me where anything is at Lunardi’s in the WC.
Dude, I need to meet your brother
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I did that for a year and a half. It wasn’t too bad. I played a lot of golf during the day However, I was never really awake.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, I’d love to see your non-mellow side.
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--Thoroughbred
kinky
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by atomsareenough on Jan 10, 2012 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
My brother and I are both responsible with our money.
His weakness is spending money on red wine. Mine is impulse buys for clothing.
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His weakness is spending money on red wine
That is not a weakness, that is a STRENGTH!!!1
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
Now you tell me!
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We’re playing to not die!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 9:32 AM PST up reply actions
also consider
where your health insurance will come from without a job if you think you will quit working before 65.
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.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
now it’s more like a second in college
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
I went to a private high school and our science teacher figured out how much each minute was each year with new tuition. If we talked in class and got things offtrack he’d tell us how much of our parents money we just wasted.
nice
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
S*** Asian girls like
Hello Kitty Restaurant Opens in Beijing
The post just has pictures of the food…and Asian girls.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
it's so pink!
There’s a Hello Kitty Cafe in Seoul near Hongdae. It’s the most pink building/cafe I’ve ever seen. It’s almost scary how pink it is.


Almost scary?
VERY scary. Ugh.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Why is there so much pink? :(
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Great place to pick up girls?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
J.J. Abrams Promises ‘Alcatraz’ Won’t Get ‘Lost’ in Plot Details
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As beloved as they were by many, shows like "Alias" and "Lost" still carry the taint of being impenetrable to viewers who hadn’t committed to their labyrinthine story lines from the very start. Now a creator of those series, J.J. Abrams, is making the case that a new show, "Alcatraz," will be accessible to all comers.
In the time-travel drama (premiereing Jan. 16 on Fox) inmates who vanished from the infamous island prison in 1963 reappear in the present day to commit crimes, which are investigated by a unit of special detectives, played by Sam Neill, Sarah Jones, and Jorge Garcia of "Lost" fame. "This show has a real opportunity to do both an episodic case of the week with obviously big questions looming," Abrams said Sunday, speaking to reporters at the winter press tour of the Television Critics Association in Pasadena, Calif.

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Speaking of love/hate – I can’t decide if this show will be good or terrible. Seems like no in-between.
He also took over the Dharma food drop warehouse.
"We need more players who play the Game Of Trolls!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
Fat guy on a little boat…..
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 8:15 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Fatties gonna fat?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
lol did he just cast that fat guy because he’s recognizable or is he actually a good actor
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
The Blitz!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Americans are eating out less: sign of troubled economy or smarter spending?
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$6.23: The average check per diner in food-service establishments in the U.S.
Americans spend less per visit to restaurants than most other major industrialized countries, according to data compiled by market research firm NPD Group.
The average check size at a food service establishment is just $6.23 per person in the U.S., according to NDP’s data. That’s less than Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Spain and the U.K. Of the countries tracked, France and Japan have the highest average check size — both over $9.
Looking at the disparity, it’s hard to ignore the correlation with obesity statistics. According to data compiled by the National Obesity Observatory, the U.S. obesity rate, at 33.8%, is the highest in the world, while Japan at 3.4% is the lowest and France at 11.2% is also relatively low.

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All of the above?
1. Peeps broke
2. Peeps realize they need to save some money for a rainy day
3. FAT
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Fast food might just be cheaper here. Unless they adjusted for that?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 7:51 AM PST up reply actions
No, Rishi’s calling you VAT.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 8:18 AM PST up reply actions
After having watched “Food, Inc.” last night, I gotta think it is the fast food that is sold cheaper than the cost required to make the food.
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by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
Not entirely. It is also about corn subsidies and making bad food (controlled by a food hegemony) cheaper than good food (which isn’t so controlled).
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Jan 9, 2012 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
My latest eat-at-home meal: plain quaker oats, dried crans, cinnamon. Like 30c/bowl.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Do you enjoy that? If so, good on you – relatively healthy and cheap.
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/hides last night’s Oliveto receipt
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
/hides last nights La Boulange receipt.
I bought a lot of chocolate fondants.
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Is it still as good as it was? I’ve heard that it’s slipped a bit in terms of food and service.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
Yes, it’s still very good. There may have been a dip in 2008 or 2009 or so, according to Michael Bauer, but he also says it’s back now. To put my money where my mouth is, I’ve been there 2-3 times in the last few months.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Enjoy, relative to eating nothing? Yes. Enjoy relative to a normal meal? No.
I gained 8 lbs from Tgiving – NYE. Trying to reverse that =/
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
chinese scientists have said that is impossible
so eat up!
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Are you having any trouble breathing? Any pains in your chest?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
I definitely gained a few pounds between my trip down to San Diego and my return from Seattle. I’m feeling motivated though.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
ATOMS ISN'T HAVING THE MOST TRADITIONAL INDIAN WEDDING?!?!
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
I don’t think there’s going to be very much traditional either way.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
I’d be more inclined to do the opposite.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:46 PM PST up reply actions
Hahah true, but we’re probably thinking 2013 at this point so I have time.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
Your character on DBDs should be saying “total win” buddy.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 5:32 PM PST up reply actions
Sounds more like the joke’s on Ms Atoms, if she thinks this was a meaningful engagement then.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Yeah, I’m not really paying much of a price, if the world is ending anyway :)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
Jeez
I see 2013 and think “that’s like three years from now” and then I realize that’s NEXT YEAR. Where has the time gone?!?!????
More importantly
Where has the rum gone?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 9:38 PM PST up reply actions
That statistic isn’t saying that we’re eating out less, it’s just saying we’re eating shittier food.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
The number of diners is the denominator, so how can you tell if fewer people are eating out from that stat?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
The number of diners is the denominator, so how can you tell if lesser people are eating out from that stat?
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Well, if they went to Oliveto, then they’re not lesser, amirite?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 7:12 PM PST up reply actions
Unemployment Scars Likely to Last for Years
[1]
e U.S. job market is showing signs of a sustained recovery. But the country’s prolonged struggle with unemployment will leave scars that are likely to remain for years, if not generations.
The latest labor-market snapshot, out Friday, gave cause for continued, if tepid, optimism. U.S. employers added 200,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 8.5%, its lowest level since early 2009.
But economists gathered here for the American Economic Association’s annual convention took a longer and generally dimmer view. Even if recent progress continues, the recession already has had a lasting effect on a generation …
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and I speculate few of these jobs are of the “good career type” that will help ’mericans LTD
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
S*** is getting serious in Tibet again
Tibet monk dies in China after self-immolating
A 40-year-old Tibetan monk has died after setting himself on fire early on Sunday in Qinghai province in north-west China, officials say.
Chinese state media said Nyage Sonamdrugyu was a Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader.
His body was returned to his relatives, media reports said.
Activists say at least 15 people have set themselves alight in the past year, demanding an end to tight Chinese controls in ethnically Tibetan areas.
Correspondents say that it is the first time that Qinghai – a Tibetan-inhabited province – has been hit by such a protest. Most self-immolations have taken place in the neighbouring province of Sichuan.
The Tibetan government-in-exile, based in India, said in a statement that the victim self-immolated to protest against a lack of religious freedom.
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It's getting sreious in Russia, too

Protests against the Kremlin against what has been deemed a fraudulent eleciton.
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That was such a poorly-written sentence; please accept my apologies.
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Stocks or Bonds? The Pros Say...
[Not Official Investment Advice]
With so much volatility in stocks, many investors have increasingly favored the relative security of bonds and bond mutual funds.
That may be a mistake.
Using history as their guide, and weighing current stock valuations and interest rates, various investment pros believe stocks have a much better chance than bonds to beat inflation in the long run.
That isn’t to say they are particularly bullish on stocks. It’s just that they are profoundly pessimistic when it comes to bonds. As a result, the consensus among the investment experts interviewed for this article is that U.S. stocks will outperform long-term U.S. government and corporate bonds over the next 20 to 30 years and resume their traditional role as the safer hedge against inflation.
“I certainly wouldn’t get out of the stock market,” says Jack Bogle, founder of Vanguard Group, which offers funds of many types of investments, including stocks and bonds. “The risks we face today are deeply serious,” he adds, “but the odds are that stocks will do better” than bonds.

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Since rates can’t go lower, that last sentence seems pretty obvious. Unless of course you’re buying those tasty 7% Italian bonds!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
portfolio theory….owning a broad basket of goods representing the “market” would include bonds and bond funds. and international stocks and bonds. throw a little marinara on the italian bonds for me please.
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by dballisloose on Jan 9, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
wow
I guess, but ick. Those with short pre-retirement horizons I guess?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
You have to understand that a lot of seemingly-rational people are still scared of investing in stocks.
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I do, and I’m kind of one of them or would be but for index ETFs.
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Doing Good to Do Well: Corporate Employees Help and Scope Out Opportunities in Developing Countries.
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Last fall, Laura Benetti spent four weeks in rural India, helping women examine stitchery and figure out prices for garments to be sold in local markets.
After working nine-hour days, she and nine colleagues would sleep in a lodge frequented by locals that had spotty access to hot water and electricity. Ms. Benetti, a 27-year-old customs and international trade coordinator for Dow Corning Corp., considered it a plum assignment.
Dow Corning is among a growing number of large corporations—including PepsiCo Inc., FedEx Corp., Intel Corp. and Pfizer Inc.—that are sending small teams of employees to developing countries such as India, Ghana, Brazil and Nigeria to provide free consulting services to nonprofits and other organizations. A major goal: to scope out business opportunities in hot emerging markets.
Despite the promise of long workdays in less-than-cushy surroundings, many employees consider the stints prize postings. There are usually many more applicants than spaces: Intel, for example, says about 5% of its applicants win spots in its Education Service Corps.
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mmmkay
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It does suggest the challenges of finding new markets though – I mean, how saturated does your “home” market or markets have to be for this kind of program to be worthwhile?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
That a company like Pepsi is really interested in doing free consulting services for non-profits and other orgs in countries like Ghana…
They’re just trying to find new markets to make or sell fried chicken
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Apparently, Justin Bieber got another Jesus tattoo
I wonder if the Beavs plans to get a Tebow tattoo as well.
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So, friends, what are those things that you encounter that everyone either seems to love or hate and nothing in between?
Kobe. Lebron. Rihanna’s We Found Love song.
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
I left my heart in San Francisco and am now looking for love in a hopeless place.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 8:19 AM PST up reply actions
TheBuckeyeBear was an unhygenic Ohian until she found Dove in a soapless place.
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by Rishi on Jan 9, 2012 8:20 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I don’t think Dove is strong enough to cut through the Ohio.
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should we soak her in the sink overnight before washing?
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And this is why Dove™ cries.
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by Kodiak on Jan 9, 2012 9:38 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I hate Rihanna so so much!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 8:20 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve pretty much written the Dodgers off completely till they at least get a new owner, at which point I will reassess. I mean, I hope they do well, but my expectations are low.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
I general don’t care for Rihanna, but the programming by Scottish DJ Calvin Harris totally makes the song.
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woooooo Scotland!
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by DC Trojan on Jan 9, 2012 9:26 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Calvin Harris = DJ Trocan? I like it.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
I think the song is fine, but it’s SOOO 12 years ago.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t say it was like, soooo 12 years ago.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
It was annoying at first, but after a month of listening to it (thanks gf), it is stuck in my head. So you can say it has grown on me.
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
Don’t let the pop music overlords win! This is their exact strategy!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
i agree with cldpc
but i guess they don’t really “win” because i’m not gonna buy anything..
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It’s a long-term indoctrination process. Now it’s just mindless Rihanna. In a few decades you’ll happily pony up the dough for your kid’s rabid interest in Bieber 3.0.
In a few decades
thank rodgers for including that qualifier. otherwise i would be worried.
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Boomtho is a brony???
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Small side note
I got some itunes gift cards for xmas and I have no idea what to do. I’m the type of person who NEVER pays for music (except concerts) and NEVER buys movies or tv shows (too easy to find for free). SO what do I do, buy an app when there are a bagillion free ones?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
That’s what my gf is doing with hers…it seems extremely cheap and lame to me
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
SEND HERS TO ME
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suggest some!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
$1000 itunes card would be a helluva gift!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
Well we got both…I use my iphone more tho
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
NBA Jam, Street Fighter 2, Madden, Mortal Kombat, Angry Birds, Cut The Rope, Plants vs Zombies, Full Fitness,
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Any useful non game ones? I’ve already got like a hundred games to waste my time on
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
GentleAlarm / whatever the highest rated alarm clock app is
Shazam or Soundhound
Camera+
Jamie’s 20 Minute Meals
Spotify premium
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Side note that will annoy Rishinator
I find it absurd that ESPN doesn’t have an app for fantasy basketball.
But thanks for the suggestions!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
don’t forget the ESPN CricInfo app! Probably the app that gets most use in my phone!
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
i am doomed. i am so lousy at the internet version. this ain’t gonna help.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
still figuring this out… so it’s just swipe either way?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
oh. hmmm. i really need to get the PS3 cricket game.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
I donwloaded hte official Cal app, but dont use it. I downloaded the SF JAZZ app, but dont use it.
I downloaded Around Me (which finds things around you!), but havent realy used it. I downloaded Facebook and used it a bit, but its slow as PHO. I downloaded Pandora, but havent used it. I downloaded SBNation a used it a bit.
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Google maps isnt an app, its a built in function (and I use it a LOT, so that is helpful).
Also, I dont trust yelp after their whole extortion debacle.
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Bla bla bla:
Last year, several lawsuits emerged that accused Yelp of extorting businesses to advertise in exchange for positive reviews. Yelp has just announced that a judge granted Yelp’s request to dismiss these suits.
For background, the lawsuits claimed that after declining a request to purchase advertising on Yelp, a number of positive reviews from businesses’ listings on the reviews site mysteriously disappeared, downgrading the company’s rating on the site.
In February of 2010, two law firms, Beck & Lee from Miami and The Weston Firm in San Diego, filed a class action lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court alleging unfair business practices by Yelp. And in 2009, the East Bay Express ran a story basically accusing Yelp of being in the ‘Business of Extortion 2.0′, which covered similar ground. Shortly after reporter Kathleen Richards published the article, Yelp vehemently denied everything and called her piece inaccurate. A number of similar copy cat suits also emerged.
As CEO and founder Jeremy Stoppelman writes "our automated system applies the same objective criteria to all reviews regardless of a business’s advertiser status. (Just check a Yelp advertiser’s business page — I bet they have a negative review or two; after all, you just can’t please everyone all the time.)
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I will use Yelp as a starting point, but people tend to bandwagon or dogpile, and then you just end up with the Iowa caucus. I tend to trust Chowhound for food stuff more.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
THANK YOU! This is a great ’nother look at my take on why I hate the caucuses from our DBD a few days ago.
I must have missed that one.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
What was I thinking?!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
i use yelp to find places, but usually will make judgments off the menus themselves. the restaurant filtering is just better than google maps.
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I also would like to use yelp photos to judge how the ambiance/decor of the place is
But 87% of the photos are close-ups of food.
And unless you’re a good photographer, photos of your food look awful
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And unless you’re a good photographer, photos of your food look awful
Agreed. And people taking pictures of food in a restaurant are generally not good photographers. Because, well, good photographers would generally not feel the need to take a snapshot of their food in a restaurant because they know that it would likely make the food look awful.
WE ARE THE 0%
I take pictures of my food to make myself happy later!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry, was just pet peeving. A similar one: humans, please stop recording concerts on your smart phones. It will look shitty, sound worse, and you are missing out on the concert!
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Haha no worries. No one is relying on me to be a food photographer.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
true story

Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
The Cal app is almost useless. I recall they didn’t list what time a football game started or what channel it would be shown on.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Actually, that is useless. I haven’t used it since.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
It might be that my new phone is like 3-4 years old and is so antiquated now that some of these apps dont even really work. Pandora wouldnt load!
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SEND THEM TO ME
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iTunes gift cards (or Amazon) are pretty much the only present I want these days.
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Besides an old Cal band hat and a framed photo of me on Sproul plaza holding upa sign about how much I love myself. Of course!!
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What do you do with itunes moola?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
Buy music. I just got a $50 for xmas. I bought hella music. Trombone Shorty. Don fucking Ellis (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Charles Mingus. Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Kirk Franklin. Tons of great stuff. I always have more music to buy.
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And you can’t find this stuff on Pandora or Youtube or Spotify?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
I have a Rhapsody subscription (thank you, Cal!) but still choose to buy music of bands I really like.
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
None of those are available on my iPod. I use them in some situations, but not while on the go, which is hwere I listen to most of my music.
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Also, I hav eno idea what Spotify is, Pandora limits control, and YouTube is also limiting.
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I have some sweet MC Hammer and Inner Circle tapes you can borrow for your walkman too
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
3g (which is like iPhone 2). I think its cool. I can keep up with emails better. I downloaded a bunch of apps, but barely use them. I dont really use a lot of the features that are available above and beyond my Pantech.
But the email thing is good. I dunno, I mean like what should I use my phone for?
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email is good, i read a lot of cnn/google news / espn on the go. listening to music. pandora. random youtube videos. i’m definitely not a power user though
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My phone isnt good enough to use pandora etc etc etc. It kinda stalls
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whoa, not even the 3GS? where did you buy the 3G? who even sells it anymore?
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Friends was updating to 4S, so I bought his for $30. Just swapped the sim over and Im good to go.
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I promote stereotypes!
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Twist likes to pretend he’s Gujarati.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
There are some websites that let you sell giftcards, but I don’t know which ones are legit.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
So you can exchange money…?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Never mind :P
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
way too generic-sounding. do not like.
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
Kardashians
Well, SOMEONE must love them if they’re still on TV…..
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
I'm in the middle on Tebow
At first I didn’t believe he could make it in the NFL, but then he kept on winning. I respect his ability to succeed in the face of so much negativity (and totes dig that commercial where he says, “they said I couldn’t make it in [insert playing level here]”). However, his preachiness really grates me. So, as long as I don’t listen to interviews with him I can tolerate.
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I’m just tired of trying to convince my inlaws (and Mrs. UncleSam) that he is a bad QB. He wins, he is a nice guy, but he is not a good QB. He played a good game last night, but still miss way too many open/easy throws that a pro QB should make.
Admittedly, that is a pass every high school quarterback is expected to make. The TD was a result of a great run by the WR.
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But for the issues surrounding his accuracy, I was amazed how on the money that pass was.
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Did you see the same ESPN analysis where a guy was arguing that, basically, Tebow’s crappiness at throwing the ball was bizarrely benefitting him, because opposing defenses don’t run the type of complex coverages that they would run against better, more complicated offenses?
I found that possibility fascinating, and if that’s all true, Denver’s opponents deserve to lose.
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My dislike stems from religion in sports. God has no use for sports; He’s too busy with a lot of more important things going on. So any athlete invoking God’s Grace in sports annoys me. So when someone like Tebow takes it to a whole new level, I take my annoyance to a whole new level.
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by cldpc on Jan 9, 2012 8:02 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
I hear this a lot
My take, as a religious man, is that thanking God is a way of being humble, of not bragging about your accomplishments. I think Tebow himself has clarified on this point, saying that he doesn’t think God is at all affecting the football game. He’s thanking God for his existence on earth and what he was born with.
I see very little wrong with that.
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I would agree with that. He (Tebow) and I are pretty close together religiously and I have no problem personally, but I will say all the people that think he’s the best thing ever are pretty freaking annoying. And if you hate on him or his religious beliefs, I have no problem with that at all. To each his own.
I will say all the people that think he’s the best thing ever are pretty freaking annoying
I agree, but I’ll make the exception for actual Broncos fans (I do know a few)
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True. I know a ton of them too. But my FB feed was all Tebow last night and it was a little much. He won a football game. Let it be what it is.
Well, good thing you’re not fb friends with me…
(Come on, it’s people commenting on an exciting football game. We comment on these things when something amazing, within the context of sports, happens)
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He can thank God on his own. He has gone beyond just thanking God. See his abortion ad during the Super Bowl, or his making sure cameras are around when he kneels.
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To be fair, I think they have a camera trained on him at all times. TEBOW-RATINGS!
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The ad never mentioned abortion once, btw, in spite of the hype.
And I don’t think he’s showboating. I honestly prefer a humble “thank you, God” celebration as opposed to what passes for TD celebrations these days.
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I prefer the showboats!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Father Goodell
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
That said, Stevie Johnson’s celebration against the Jets was hilarious
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Seriously. I liked that one. I loved TO’s Sharpie celebration. They were fun!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
Seriously. I don’t understand the thought process behind outlawing those type of celebrations as long as they don’t waste time unnecessarily or are racist/sexist etc… It’s like the NFL said to the players “no more fancy TD celebrations…it’s not like you’re performing for a captive audience of 50,000 screaming fans is it?”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
My favourite
Was Wes Welker’s “snow angel” celebration. He literally fell backwards into the end zone and made a snow angel during a blizzardy game. It was in the spirit of the season and nice.
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I disagree with you on the abortion ad. I think it was very well done and he is 100% within his right to do that. It’s a paid commercial. I consider myself an pro-choice anti-abortion person since I was adopted. I am glad my birth parents made that choice, though some of you may not be ;-)
I consider myself an pro-choice anti-abortion person
Can you expand on this a bit more? I THINK i understand and also agree with this, but I can never explain this to others.
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Perhaps he means that people should have the “choice” of having an abortion, but that he thinks people should look at all the available options first. A person who is adopted might have been at risk of being aborted and so it might hit close to home for him. Further, having seen the adoption process and life up close, he might beleive that there is minimal difference there and a biological child.
I think that that is a very reasonable position to take, if that is what he believes.
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Ok, then that’s exactly how I feel about it. I’m not going to be championing abortion.
I recently saw Freakonomics and they had an interesting vignette about the theory that there was a relationship between the Roe v. Wade decision and the drop in crime in 80s-90s. I’m not saying I completely believe that link, but it was interesting.
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it was a movie on Shotime—basically a collection of vignettes from some of the noteworthy chapters from the book
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basically this.
I also get very upset with some of the most strident anti-abortion people who have never adopted a child.
I am basically in your line, and wish with all my heart that anti-abortion and pro-choice activists spent more time trying to improve decision-making skills in folks prior to conception rather than raging about what to do the next morning.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
I HAVE EMPATHY AND THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND!!!!
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I believe abortion should be legal until the kid gets a job and moves out of the house.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
I know thats a reference from something, but not sure what.
Mr. Show had a REALLY good bit about really lte term abortion where the kid is like 4 yearold.
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It’s something I always say. That’s where it’s from.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
That’s MY bit!
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
AFter this abortion talk, I’m ready to talk about Maynard again. So what’s the rumor that he won’t play 4 games in 2012?
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by dballisloose on Jan 9, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Bah? Where did you read/hear that?
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
People have commenting about it on the front page a bit
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how do you comment on the front page?
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
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Unclear at this time.
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Over on another board, they commented that Shaq and some of the other recruits had read about it on CGB. Not gonna add fuel to the fire, because I support Maynard if the coaches feel he’s the man for the job. Hopefully there’s nothing to it.
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by dballisloose on Jan 9, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
it all started on scout!!
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therein lies the problem
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by dballisloose on Jan 9, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
We’re not going to report anything untl we have something official. We usually dont break news etc, bc we wait until there is solid confirmation. There have been a few readers commenting about it based off of links to other boards. We cant really control that.
Also, Shaq and other recruits read us?
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That’s the saddest commentary on the American education system ever written
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also, context:
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=166&f=1419&t=8542799
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Seriously this shit is worse than cricket.
"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
You can say this with confidence knowing that neither Rishi nor I want to talk about cricket right now.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
Sigh :/
Did you watch the video on espncricinfo where the Aussie crowd is making fun of India and Sachin?
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Just find some Aussie internet forums and post some Doesn’t Matter, We Won the World Cup pics :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
no…
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
details? or am i going to have to wait until i get home to watch the wretched thing?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/video_audio/548452.html
Why are India so bad?
The Chucks wonder whether India’s rise to World No. 1 was just a myth created by the BCCI, and Sachin Tendulkar gets some advice from the fans (08:05)
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wow this series is going extremely poorly for us
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
I get upset with anti-abortion people who are stridently anti-birth control. It’s one or the other, people!
nope, the only reasonable reason for having sex is with express intent to procreate, duh.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
/sheet with a hole cut in the middle
"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 about butt sex?
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except for Baptists?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
damn joke already made
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Perhaps he means sometimes he wants a turkey sandwich and sometimes he wants a pulled pork sandwich and sometimes an assortment of sandwiches is nice but goddamn it he doesn’t want a ham sandwich.
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dude mustard w tuna is GOOD
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
I am in agreement with Spazzy.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
i mean ppl eat spicy wasabi/soy sauce w tuna…this is just like more toned-down wasabi.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Trader Joe’s has wasabi mayonnaise, which makes works really well in tuna salad.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, it’s quite good.
Also, whoops: makes.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
Sounds good, but my mayo always goes bad. I don’t eat enough of it to even use up the smallest container.
I love the topics that come up on the DBDs.
Ice water: for it or against it?
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
You guys are fucking crazy! Ice in water is awesome.
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I’m drinking ice water at home right now.
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cue barrage of asian people afraid of food/benerage temperatures
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 9, 2012 1:01 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
You called it though!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
Its not a temperature thing to me, its a “too cheapto give up part of the glass for free water!”
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HERES WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER GET ICE WATER!
Bc then you drink all the water and you still have the ice. It LIMITS your water intake!!!!!!
STOP ORDERING ICE IN YOUR WATER AND BE SAMRT!!
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You can get a refill. I actually end up drinking more water if it’s cooler than if it’s room temp.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
But it can take a while for the server to come around
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Takes even longer!
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Generally against but will not refuse
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My friend who worked for years in the restaurant industry used to tell me the ice machine is the dirtiest thing in a restaurant and usually the cause of food poisoning.
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no
it’s actually the lemon or lime slices they put in there – the ice machine if used properly is generally sterile.
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correct
and no matter how many times I ask, they ALWAYS put one of those germlemons on my iced tea.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
This is not my rationale… but supposedly ice water makes your body burn fuel to keep your body warm…
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
woo, extra 5 calories of energy expended!!
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Makes room for an extra drop of scotch!
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by Kodiak on Jan 9, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
you’re using the ice water to wash down another double down?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
mustard/mayo/pickles/shitloads of coarse ground black pepper on mine.
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It was fantastic."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I just had a turkey sandwich. It tasted like scotch and golf.
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Turkey is our friend, not food! And Mrs. Turkey is hot. These are facts I’ve learned on the DBD.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Recd
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It’s partially his fault that the cameras are all around him because he’s worn his religiosity on his sleeve and made it such a big part of his public persona, but I wouldn’t go so far as to say he is “making sure the cameras are around”. They’re around because the media have made him and his kneeling into a big deal.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
You cannot deny the grassroots phenomenon of Tebowing!

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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
And what do you mean the media made it a big deal?

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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
you can;t say that without implying that god did a shittier job on the losing athletes. it might seem humble but the shit pouring out of their mouths is incredibly arrogant “i won the game but it was all because of god i am nothing he is everything”
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My issue is why only thank God when you have success? Why not thank god when you fail since that should make you stronger? And why do it in such a public manner? In that case he’s not “just” thanking god, he is evangelizing. And that’s what’s annoying (that’s a weird sentence with back-to-back contractions).
has he not thanked God after losses? (I haven’t seen his interviews.)
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou has shut the door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward ye openly.
Jesus of Nazareth, Sermon on the Mount, from The Gospel According to Matthew, Chapter 6, verses 5-6.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 9, 2012 5:47 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
do we really need the qualification “of nazareth”? is anyone gonna get him confused with jesus of akron? jesus of fremont?
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why did YOU of all people have to pop in just as i wrote that?!?!?
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I imagine we have a nicer, but similar relationship:
By the end of 2004, only two Jews were left in Afghanistan, Zablon Simintov and Isaac Levy (born ca. 1920). Levy relied on charity, while Simentov ran a store selling carpets and jewelry until 2001. They lived at separate ends of the dilapidated Kabul synagogue. Both claimed to be in charge of the synagogue, and the owner of its Torah, accusing the other of theft and imposture. They kept denouncing each other to the authorities, and both spent time in Taliban jails, and the Taliban also confiscated the Torah. Recently, one of Simentov’s acquaintances stated that if you had brought (him) a bottle of whiskey, he (Simentov) would be in “heaven.”2
The contentious relationship between Simentov and Levy was dramatized in a play inspired by news reports of the two that appeared in international news media following the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan overthrowing the Taliban regime. The play, entitled “The Last Two Jews of Kabul,” was written by playwright Josh Greenfeld and was staged in New York City in 2002.
In January 2005, Levy died of natural causes. Simentov is now the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan, and with a total Afghan population of 30 million, this amounts to a fraction of 33 ppb, the lowest worldwide. Simentov is trying to recover the confiscated Torah. Simentov, who does not speak Hebrew,2 claims that the man who stole his Torah is now in U.S. custody in Guantanamo Bay. Simentov has a wife and two daughters who live in Israel, and he said he was considering joining them. However, when asked during a recent interview whether he would go to Israel, Simentov retorted, “Go to Israel? What business do I have there? Why should I leave?”2
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by TwistNHook on Jan 9, 2012 7:55 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I am genuinely searching for how that is similar to us, at all!
ps I lied
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Both claimed to be in charge of the synagogue, and the owner of its Torah, accusing the other of theft and imposture. They kept denouncing each other to the authorities, and both spent time in Taliban jails, and the Taliban also confiscated the Torah
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still don’t follow!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
I always thought Twist was a bit of a Druish Princess
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:37 PM PST up reply actions
We’re like the only two left and even though we should be BFFs we always seem at odds with each other over rather inane things.
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We are? I didn’t know that.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 10, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
Well, I meant it kinda very specifically about that one interaction above where I ruined your joke. Now its kinda gotten a bit bigger
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It HAS?!?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 10, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Ya, bc people were asking all these questions and shit.
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Now its kinda gotten a bit bigger
TMI, man.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 10, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
Although I have read that many people believe that Jesus’ last name was “Christ.” As in, Jesus Christ, son of Joseph Christ and Mary Christ.
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Jesus H. Christ
Just like Twist’s full name, Twist N. Hook.
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It was Christstein in the old country
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by TwistNHook on Jan 9, 2012 10:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
4.3/10
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
Not in my faves, not bad, but not exceptional. I played an album recently, by Budgie; my son (playing starcraft or something) overheard it as well, quite good in a 70’s way, nothing wrong with it, and yet, nothing great.
Explains why I hadn’t listened to it in 20+ years.
There are really 100+ bands from the 70’s better than that.
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Nice!
They’re playing Coachella this year. I AM EXCITE!
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As heard in Ghost World.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:02 PM PST up reply actions
I’d be super-trolly awesome if an atheist made a big deal about it as a pro athlete.
“Hi everybody, before I begin this press conference I’d like to not that God for everything that happened today, because he doesn’t exist.”
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This needs to happen as often as possible. Grace at the extended family dinner table? “I would like to not thank God for this meal, because He doesn’t exist.”
Then why’d you capitalize “He”?
You’re a Tebow godshine pumper!!!!!!!1114312ewq
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I know someone who says, “Let’s say Grace now. Grace.”
Then he starts eating.
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"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
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lol I like this.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 7:02 PM PST up reply actions
CB81 has quoted the King James version. I appreciate her consistency!
The following is from the New International Version:
5 "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
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I prefer
“I feel like my stance and my desire has always been to follow a quote from St. Francis of Assisi, who said, ‘Preach the gospel at all times. If necessary, use words.’ So basically, I’m not an over-the-top, or an in-your-face kind of guy with my faith. I would rather people have questions about why I act the way I act, whether they view it as positive or not, and ask questions, and then given an opportunity at some point, then you can talk about your faith a little bit. I firmly believe, just personally, what works for me, and what I enjoy doing is letting my actions speak about the kind of character that I want to have, and following that quote from St. Francis.’”
—Aaron Rodgers
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Yeah me too.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
With all the necessary caveats about me not being a theologian or even a Christian and there being multiple interpretations of this stuff….
I think the idea is that a lot of the most sinful people are nonetheless some of the most outwardly pious, and this part of the scripture is saying that being a true follower of God is about the private relationship between the follower and the deity, and that God will see if you live a pious and virtuous lifestyle even if others don’t see it.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 9:51 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a quotation from the New Testament, which is the Christian part of the Bible, in which Jesus of Nazareth (aka Jesus Christ) is giving a sermon on a mountain (or, more probably a hill), that has come to be known as “the Sermon on the Mount.” In the course of this sermon, Jesus of Nazareth tells his followers many things. One of the things he tells them is that only hypocrites pray in public. And they do so because they want to people to see them praying and to think that they are great guys and gals. Jesus of Nazareth explains that their Father (i.e., God) does not listen to or reward the prayers of people who pray in public, because they have already gotten their reward in the admiration they get from other people who see them praying. Instead, Jesus of Nazareth tells his followers, they should pray privately and secretly, where no one can see them. Then God will regard their prayers as genuine and sincere, and not as hypocritical, and they will be rewarded by God.
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But who doesn’t enjoy praying by Twitter?
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I’ve never seen such a lawyerly explanation of the Bible.
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Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be born, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of you fingers. . . . Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering ye hindered.
Jesus of Nazareth, from The Gospel According to Luke, Chaper 11, verses 46 and 52.
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Fuck. I guess I should get a job stocking shelves at night
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I’ve been avoiding getting involved in this discussion, but I agree 1,000,000,000% with CalBear81. I’ve quoted this particular passage in the New Testament before on this site and elsewhere.
What Jesus is saying here in this key passage in the Sermon on the Mount is that people should not be public with their faith. It reflects their ego to do so. It is hypocritical, because it is about appearing humble, but not actually being humble.
That is my main problem with Tebow. His actions seems in direct contradiction to what Jesus said (or at least what the Bible claims Jesus said).
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Meanwhile he’s giving a FUCKING SERMON ON A MOUNT FOR CHRIST SAKE do as I say not as I do sheeple LULZ
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by zoonews on Jan 9, 2012 10:41 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Interesting.
Is that saying not to be public with faith or to not take public displays of faith as actual faith? Because they’re different.
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Gotcha.
Still doesn’t change my mind that I personally have no issues with non-obnoxious public displays of faith. But that’s just me.
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Rishi, feel free to have whatever opinion you want regarding Tebow. I can only tell you the basis for my views.
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I used to strongly dislike Tebow in college
Then I realised that was the media’s fault for overhyping him and not his own. He came off as humble in his interviews and I appreciated that.
I think he’s a good role model for kids who routinely emulate their favourite sports stars.
And he’s an entertaining football player to watch.
For these reasons, I am on the Tebow bandwagon.
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He seems like a perfectly nice guy to me. It’s the people who are using him for something more that really get to me. I also don’t like the public displays of religion ie Tebowing after successes but not after failures. It’s evangelical by nature and it just rubs me the wrong way.
It’s the people who are using him for something more that really get to me.
This x 100. I don’t agree with the kinds of positions that Tebow likely has about various social and political issues, but it’s a free country. And he doesn’t strike me as being a hypocrite about it. But if I were an NFL enthusiast I would be irritated that it’s become another area of life into which evangelical / non-evangelical conflict lines have been inserted.
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he kept on winning
No, HE didn’t keep on winning. His team was winning, mostly in spite of his poor play and because of the great play of its defense.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t hate Tebow, I just think he’s way overrated.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
Objective criticizers gonna criticize objectively!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
HUGE NEWS!!!!!
There’s a new Discount Double Check commercial starring Aaron Rodgers!
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 8:01 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
There is no here, there.
For a little context, see the open thread from the weekend’s NFL games here.
You forgot the link!
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Rishi, thanks for writing the DBD and putting in tons of links.
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a bit OLD, but WTH
Wilner on Cal football’s 2012 schedule:
* The second half of the schedule, beginning with Big Game, is tougher than the first half.
The gap between Stanford and Cal should be largely, perhaps even completely eliminated due to attrition at Stanford. But that doesn’t figure to be an easy game for the Bears, and the same goes for the subsequent roadtrip to SLC.
Washington should be solid, if not a top-25-caliber team. The Ducks will be loaded again, and it’s tough to imagine Oregon State struggling the way it did in 2011.
* Way-too-early bottom line:
Cal needs to be … and probably should be … 5-2 headed into Big Game in order to have the kind of season that will alleviate the pressure on Jeff Tedford.
That would give the Bears a fighting chance to win eight, maybe even nine.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I hate Tebow
He messed up my picks, I was cruising towards 4-0, ended up 3-1; shakes fist at the sky.
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CBG Playoff Picks (4-0)
Winner winners chicken dinners
Broncos
Texans
Giants
Saints
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Ouch
Picking against the Niners, my head says you’re right, but maybe candlestick still has some magic pixie dust from all the great games played there in the past to affect the outcome. I’d love to see A. Smith have a career day, that would feel sooooooo good.
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No no
Those his picks from Friday. I really don’t think he’s picking the Texans to defeat the Ravens.
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This.
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I refuse to pick against the Niners.
As of now, I’m picking:
Niners
Ravens
Pats
Packers
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I agree with this…I have a feeling that all games will be won by the home team.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
I’m nervous about the GB-NYG matchup.
1. NYG travels well.
2. Falcons wouldve wilted at Lambeau
3. Coughlin’s a decent coach
4. Eeyore Manning is good this year
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Those are my picks too.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not giving mine out until Friday. Stay tuned…
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
My picks are
Saints
Packers
Pats
Ravens
However, I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m dead wrong on the first 3….
The Ravens-Texans game is the only boring-sounding game out of all of those.
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I don’t think the Texans have a chance at all, barring some over-dependence on Flacco and Ray Rice doesn’t run enough.
Their d is better than we give them credit for, but it’s such a tboring matchup.
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Dude, I found the end of gentrification. Hayes Valley has a high end macaroon store! A high end macaroon store. Has there been one person who said “This macaroon is good, but I wish it was locally sourced, organic, and had bits of bacon in it!” Oy
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Not trollin, but...
Is it a macaroon store, or a macaron store?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 8:50 AM PST up reply actions
How is the cookie spelled?
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Depends on English or French spelling.
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Depends on the cookie!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
Macaroon was last years’ cupcake. It doesn’t deserves its own store.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
Are you guys talking about the french cookie or the coconut mound thing?
For the french cookie, the salted caramel ones at Citizen Cake are incredible.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
Didn’t it close down?
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
I think it just moved. Or the on Fillmore and Sacramento is still there.
Got my gf her bday cake from there…it was epic
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
OOB?
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For reals? But she was just one of two finalists on the Next Iron Chef.
What happened?
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I thought I saw this in the chron, too
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
The one next to the Symphony isnt there anymore. I know bc I attempted to go there just yesterday!
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Nothing, although I probably shouldnt have gone. Got halfprice tix on Goldstar. The first piece (Liszt’s Prometheus) was OK, the second piece (a violin concerto from some dude named Legeti was modern and weird, although I later found out he was in a Holocaust camp, so there is that) and the main piece, Tchaikovsky’s first symphony sounded like, well, a symphony to me.
I know thats super phoking reductive and its so inane for me to push aside the 1870s context in which it was written, but honestly it was like “heres the litling musical part, heres the thundering crescendo part bla bla bla.”
Im just happy the tix were half price. Ive had much better experiences at thes ymphony. Company was good, though.
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How did the fact that he was in a concentration camp affect your appreciation of the music?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Because I feel that art is an expression of the person. Before I knew that he was in the camp, I thought it was just a bunch of weird shit. But afterwards, I had astronger appreciation that somebody who was in such a camp (and whose dad and brother died (!) in the camp) is going to have something in them that is going to be (for lack ofa better term) off.
Thus, the weirdness of the music is a reflection of his experience.
Also, Ifelt like an asshole for insulting a survivor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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BTW I wasn’t challenging you; it was an honest question. Like how did his identity inform the experience of his music.
What if the music were written before his experiences?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
I initially read that as you challenging me, but then I reread it and I thought you were just being genuine.
He wrote it in the early 90s, so it wasnt written beforehand.
If it was written before his experiences at the death camp, then Id worry about his childhood.
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Nah, context can be important to fully understand art. I don’t know anything about this composer. It sounds pretty interesting though so maybe I’ll look it up when I get home.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
It wasn’t very good. Twist and I were very judge-y of the people who applauded more than the bare minimum.
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SO TRUE!
And some dude fell asleep like two seats to my right. He had the right idea.
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It was OK. I mostly wanted to go for some munchies after the concert. Oh well
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Mrs. Kod and I used to love to get chocolate macaroons as a treat while she was still living in Berkeley. This was…twelve years ago.
/olds
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by Kodiak on Jan 9, 2012 10:13 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
it’s hayes valley, what else did you expect?
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
When I lived iN SF, I thought Hayes Valley was gentrified. That was like 8 years ago. Now, its REALLY FUCKING gentrified. Jesus Christ!
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It’s beyond gentrified, it’s Noe Valley without the strollers.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
here were a decent chunk of kids in there
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Those were hipster pupae.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Moishe’s Pipic, my fav jewish deli, was still there!
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I still have never managed to get in there… weird hours (and not just for shabbat). I’m sure they’re better than East Coast West.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Its $$$$, but good
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I was down in the Marina for the week last week… I could not get over how much Chestnut has changed since I worked there for the Gap a couple of life times ago… Same reaction as you… When I worked there it was Yuppie Ground Zero, and now it is 10000X that.
srsly
yuppies can’t afford it!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Bronies are dudes who love My Little Pony:
SAGAL: And the bronie community reacted with righteous fury. So to help explain their point of view, we have invited on a former WAIT WAIT intern and self-professed bronie, Ted Anderson. Ted, great to talk to you again. How are you?
Mr. TED ANDERSON (Bronie): I’m good, hello.
SAGAL: Now Ted, you are a bronie?
Mr. ANDERSON: I am, I’m a bronie. I’ll admit it.
SAGAL: And people say that we mischaracterized bronies. Are you in fact unemployed and living in your mother’s basement?
Mr. ANDERSON: Yeah, but don’t blame that on the ponies.
SAGAL: Okay.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. ANDERSON: Let me just say I was an English major and I worked for you guys, so I kind of had the deck stacked against me anyway in the job market.
(Soundbite of laughter)
SAGAL: I see. What is the appeal of this show to grown men like yourself?
Mr. ANDERSON: You know, I was thinking about this. It’s authentic. It’s sincere. It is exactly what it appears to be.
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lulz
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 8:56 AM PST up reply actions
Happy BDay David Bowie:
David Bowie (play /ˈboʊ.i/ boh-ee;1 born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947)
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by TwistNHook on Jan 9, 2012 8:50 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
OH, GEORGIA
Norcross, Georgia Elementary School’s Racist Math Problems Rankle Parents
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, someone at Beaver Ridge Elementary School in Gwinnett County created the shocking worksheet, which was distributed to third-graders and included the following questions:
"Each tree had 56 oranges. If 8 slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?"
and…
"If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in 1 week?"
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Nobody likes Bens hat
Twitter reax:
@SeanCablinasian: Marvin Lewis just threw a challenge flag at Big Ben’s hat.
@SarahSpain: Apparently Big Ben’s got a 1920′s murder mystery dinner to attend after this presser.
@DeLaNate: Ben may have single handedly just killed the fedora fad. At least he did something right today.
@EddieMcClintock: Ben Roethlisberger; Big Man. Big head. Small hat.
@rumpfshaker: I think Roethlisberger lost because of that stupid hat. He looks like an extra in a cheesy 1920s gangster film.
@ChuckWade: Ben Roethlisberger’s hat in the postgame interviews was pretty bad. Elliot Ness called and wants it back.
@DankCurtis44: Ben Roethlisberger, James Bond called… he wants his suit and hat back.
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by TwistNHook on Jan 9, 2012 9:03 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
nice
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
That's totally me....Imy wife bought me one and I think I look like Ben
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by dballisloose on Jan 9, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
His head is too big for that style. He’d be better off with a classic wide-brim Fedora.
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Reminds me, I saw the Adjustment Bureau this weekend, and those dudes looked great in hats. I was also kind of proud of myself, in that I guessed it was based on a Philip K. Dick short story before the credits rolled.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Finally, more than 12 hours later, what did you think of the movie?
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I really enjoyed it. I thought it was pretty clever, and I liked Matt Damon and Emily Blunt together. Also, sharp dressed men in hats, what’s not to like?
For ASTQ:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs made Romeo Crennel the permanent head coach on Monday after he led the floundering team to a pair of wins late in the season.
Crennel had been the interim coach and the leading candidate to replace Todd Haley, who was fired last month. He was scheduled to be introduced at an afternoon news conference
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Crennel: “I have a deep appreciation for the vision that Clark Hunt has and his commitment to building a championship-caliber team,” Crennel said. “I believe in the types of players that we are trying to win with and the identity we are trying to create. It is a rare opportunity to be a part of an organization like the Kansas City Chiefs with its storied history and passionate fans and I am eager to get to work and bring this franchise and our fans the success they deserve.”
http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2012/1/9/2693836/chiefs-romeo-crennel-head-coach#comments
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
What are your thoughts, given the context of his head coaching stint in Cleveland?
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Cleveland is in Ohio.
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by ikoolykedat on Jan 9, 2012 9:16 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Steve Marshall coached for Cleveland from 07-08.
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
Cleveland is a tough place to win (so is KC). Bellicheck had a horrible record there and then went on to dominate. I’ve heard Romeo is not the greatest at evaluating offensive players, but hopefully Pioli and an OC will take care of that.
Which reminds me, we need an OC. I was hoping for McDaniels but looks like he’s going back to NE.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
Cleveland is a city.
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Cleveland is a land of Cleves.
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Historically
The land of Cleaves.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I think its a solid move.
Not as flashy as a Gruden or Cowher, but still positive in my eyes. He knows the system and the players seem to really love him. Our D moved from 31st to 15th in his first year and I believe down to 11th or 12th this year.
He also held everybody’s favorite, Timmy Tebow to 3 points at home in a game the Donkeys thought they had to win to secure a playoff spot. And oh yeah, he was the only one to shut down and beat Lord Aaron Rodgers this year (I WAS THERE!)
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:18 AM PST up reply actions
RAC

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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
I think most people don’t necessarily “hate” Tebow. I don’t, I think he’s an exceptional athlete, and a fairly typical, if not artificially PR-polished human being.
What I do hate is the press fellating him constantly with the same ridiculous narrative. It becomes tiresome. Therefore, I end up rooting “against” him not because I dislike him myself, but because I dislike the attention heaped upon him. If he sucks, then it goes away. I would think a lot of people share a similar sentiment.
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Pretty much nailed it. But then, I find myself rooting for him to counter my bias against him.
/confused
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by Kodiak on Jan 9, 2012 10:15 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I feel like he has enough people rooting for him for reasons I don’t identify with already, so I don’t feel the need to join that party. To each his own though.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, that’s about right.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
back from vegas :(
this might be a long week..
on the plus side, i have tix to gsw/miami, and they may even be courtside!
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HOW DID IT GO? How many late night panic calls from the GF? How many did you ignore for the other 8 girls who were next to you in their party skirts?
Cal: Bears with Books.
amazing time
love my friends, love vegas, don’t love losing money but hell, it’s expected i guess.
i think i also gained 10 pounds in 2 days, is it possible?
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1, at the aria
food was total meh but $6 for unlimited champagne for a good 4 hours
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i think i also gained 10 pounds in 2 days, is it possible?
wait until your first alcohol poop.
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i may or may not have a friend
that calls those beeriods
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At first I read that as “beeroids” (rhymes with steriods), and I wondered how it could possibly be thought of as a performance enhancer…. and then I realized the i and the o were the other way around.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
ms boomtho also says she wishes she came
to, and i quote, “see you act stupid and slutty”
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Young’n!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
ms. boomthos mom just asked her why we don’t get married in the next year though, and graciously offered to fly to india for wedding stuff.
/not sure if joking
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she wasn’t joking
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, this is doubtful.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
my mom offered to do that last time she went to India.
/not even dating someone right now
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
The ironic thing is that ms. boomtho’s mom isn’t even from India, she just wanted to fly there.
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I got married at 23, 1 week after graduating from the UT. Mrs FS was 20 at the time.
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
bully for you!
(but in all seriousness, this will not happen for at least 3 years. which is why i’m not even worried about it)
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if we somehow make it 3 years, we will have been dating for 6 years
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You’re just drawing a silly arbitrary line. What if one person graduates from college while the other is still enrolled? Does that count?
you guys are taking him way, way, way, way, way too seriously.
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Are you advocating dating high school girls? YOU PERV
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
one of my best friends in high school got married when he was 19 while in college and had children right away. His oldest daughter is now a Senior in college and I am feeling old just typing that.
She is an attractive young lady. I have known her since birth. “hot” does not enter into my thinking on her.
As per wikipedia:
The Westermarck effect, or reverse sexual imprinting, is a hypothetical psychological effect through which people who live in close domestic proximity during the first few years of their lives become desensitized to later sexual attraction.
“Close proximity?” Encyclopedia Britannica would never use that phrase!
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Fact
I hate when people use that phrase.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
How is that different from normal?
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you acted slutty? ….go on ….
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what happens in vegas
stays in vegas, especially when i black out…
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Please note, I’ll judge you
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actually, I was thinking of this
Which I would totally do if I had the legs for it. Damn you, marching band… (also, other reasons).

Also, feel free to remove if NSFW.
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Nice
You have good taste
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
I like the idea of women partying in their panties better than these skirts.
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it’s practically the same thing.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
From my perspective, the barriers to entry in this market are generally low in either case.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
The lady in that photo should definitely feel free to remove.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
also we saw this guy!!
FREE MONEY (he was totes wearing the suit too)

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He lives in the DC area and I see him from time to time. Always wearing the suit. Sometimes he’s with his wife and I can’t imagine how she puts up with that.
Because of all the free money?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
imagine how she puts up with that
—> Because of all the free money?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
Your point wasn’t lost on me
Jorge's casa no es su casa.
by dballisloose on Jan 9, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
tao and marquee
tao was $20 and we had girls’ open bar til 12, marquee was $25 and open bar til 11:30 (too bad we got there at 12…)
big groups at both, i think 20 at tao and 34ish at marquee
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Cool.
We ended up booking that two-bedroom suite at PH Towers. Kinda excited (comes with hot tubs, so we can act like we’re the Sitch)
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the rooms are SICK
we had a 1br but our buddies had a 2 br… rooms are incredible. flirt with the front desk girls like we did and they might upgrade you to a bigger room / higher floor (which we got).
only bad thing is lack of speakers for ipods… if you bring an aux cable you can hook up to the tv.
also spoiler alert but the window is actually a tv!! pretty sick.
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flirt with the front desk girls like we did and they might upgrade you to a bigger room / higher floor (which we got).
Sandwich trick, brah. I’m definitely doing it.
And thanks for the heads up. I’ll bring my iPod speaker.
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on second thought
we may have had an ipod alarm clock, but it def wasn’t loud enough. if anyone has an aux cable, i think running it through the tv would be the easiest way
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Cal grad and my old dorm buddy brings home $470K
Not as impressive as the >$1 million he got for winning it last year…but not too shabby of a weekend
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 9:25 AM PST reply actions
this dude's name is cooler than yours
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-bop-bop, 30, was expected to be charged on Monday with possession of marijuana and a knife, as well as a probation violation following the Wisconsin’s man’s arrest in a park near the state Capitol, police said.
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lulz

For reference:

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Why I probably won't go bungee jumping
Bungee jumper survives after cord snaps during descent
An Australian tourist survived after getting more thrills than she had bargained during a bungee jump in Zambia when the cord attached to her feet snapped, sending her plunging into fast flowing rapids below. Footage of the incident shows Erin Langworthy, 22, leaping from a bridge which crosses a gorge 111 metres above the Zambezi river at Victoria Falls, the world’s largest waterfall.
It shows the cord snapping as she reached the bottom of her descent, when she was still around 20 metres above the water, the Zambia Post reported. With her feet still tied, Langworthy plunged head first into the Zambezi before swimming to the side of the river.
I bungeed from that EXACT same place...
Glad I didn’t see that a few years ago or I would not have done this.
When i went bungeeing in new zealand, i had the option of getting dunked in the river below or not. It was freezing cold so i opted out. I ending up going waist deep into the water. Thank goodness it wasnt over land and they were asking me how close i wanted to get…
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Don’t they have like zero liability laws in New Zealand, which is why they have so many opportunities for bungee jumping and such?
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
At this particular place, if you pony up for the video they give you the second jump for free. Glad they do that because I am glad I got the video. The second jump was much more fun and I got down to the water, though I was worried about the crocodiles and being the living embodiment of a Gary Larson Far Side cartoon!
what happens if you leave a mcdonald's cheeseburger out for a year?
What does a fast food cheeseburger look like when it’s sat on the shelf for a whole year? Pretty much the same as it did on Day One. Melanie Hesketh, a California nutritionist, bought a McDonald’s cheeseburger a year ago as an experiment. And then she let it sit around for a whole year, unwrapped and unrefrigerated, just to see what would happen. And… nothing happened.
The bun got a little stale but otherwise it’s pretty much the same. No mold, no maggots, it even kind of smells the same. Melanie’s take on the experiment is, “Obviously it makes me wonder why we choose to eat food like this when even bacteria won’t eat it.” But what I’m wondering is, if even bacteria won’t eat it, does it even count as food?
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Didn’t someone already do this half a year ago or so?
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
I think it was either in the movie or in the special features of Super Size Me.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Stay Classy, Bozeman
Ex-Cal coach Todd Bozeman accused of punching his player
Christopher Johnson, a South Carolina State fan sitting near Morgan State’s bench, told the newspaper that he and others saw Bozeman punch Bastfield in the face.
“The fans all wen “Ohhhhhh’ when it happened … It was pretty dramatic,” Johnson said.
WE ARE THE 0%
Douche
Bozeman, who has taken Morgan State to the NCAA tournament twice in his six seasons with the Bears, was also charged in 2007 with assaulting a female worker at a restaurant in Longwood, Va. after a game. However, that charged was dropped after Bozeman apologized to the worker.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
For those seeking a refresher on that rather bizarre incident
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Jebus. How long until people stop referring to him as the “Former California Golden Bears Coach”?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
A man is sitting at a bar, drinking, and he says to no one in particular, “A man can spend his life building bridges. Do they call him John the Bridge Builder? No. A man can spend his life raising crops. Do they call him John the Farmer? No. But you fuck one goat . . .”
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
btw, if anyone is thinking of flying spirit airlines
don’t.
sadly a few of our friends flew, had terrible experiences. flight out was 1 hour late, they got charged a bunch of bs fees (e.g. even though my friend’s carry on fit inside the measuring thing AND she took pictures to prove it, they charged her $45 to check at the gate). flight back was canceled. also apparently they got yelled at by the flight attendants for standing and talking near the bathroom.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Ya, spirit is SUPER CHEAP airline. Always hear bad things.
In the Game of Trolls, you either troll or you die.
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um, yeah. they are the US version of Ryan Air.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
my virgin/united round trip was like $30 more but i didn’t have to deal with crazy people. so i guess i win.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
yeah, my friends said the same thing; they went to LV on Spirit and said they nickel-and-dime for everything. thanks for reaffirming that review.
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
"And all these passengers are generating spectacular financial results: profit margins in excess of 11 percent trample the puny or negative results posted by American, Delta, JetBlue, US Airways, United, and even Southwest. Spirit’s brand of unbundled service has obviously struck a chord with American consumers."
WE ARE THE 0%
sounds like
Allegiant, but slightly more competent.
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 9, 2012 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
oh ok
fucla shizz
UCLA coach Jim Mora held his first team meeting early Monday, and he told the Bruins he’d given three of their teammates the boot.
Two were kicked off the team for a violation of team rules — redshirt sophomore defensive end Wesley Flowers and freshman tight end Raymond Nelson — while a third, junior DB Randall Carroll, was dismissed for falling short of academic requirements.
"At UCLA, we have a high set of standards that we expect every student-athlete to adhere to. Unfortunately, these three gentlemen chose not to do so," Mora said in a statement.
Yes, it’s fair to say Mora is sending a message.
None of the three were starters or key contributors, though Carroll, a speedster, was once a touted recruit. He caught 21 passes in three seasons before moving to the secondary.
Nelson played in eight games but didn’t catch a pass. Flowers didn’t record a tackle this season.
"We need more players who play the Game Of Trolls!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 10:31 AM PST reply actions
Wow, can’t believe how badly Randall Carroll flamed out…he was supposed to be fucking FAST.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
I think he was marginalized and disaffected basically the moment he went to UCLA. I’d like to think things may have been a little different had he gone to Cal, but then again I think I remember reading he had moderate attitude problems…
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
It’s been so bad that some (not all) members of the SC community actually stopped mocking him for picking UCLA over SC because Westwood has been such a debacle for him.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
So more of a macaron than a macaroon then.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Hahahaha
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
freshman tight end Raymond Nelson
brother of Reeves Nelson, fyi
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
ATLANTA (AP) – With fast food companies scrambling to show parents that they can offer healthier food for kids, Chick-fil-A is about to take a swing.
The Atlanta-based chain plans to announce Monday that it is adding grilled chicken nuggets to its kids menu. Though many fast-food chains, including big names like Wendy’s and McDonald’s have added apple slices and milk to kids meals, they kept cheeseburgers and fried nuggets as the main course.
Links gonna link
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
Sounds better for you, but then what’s the point of going to chik fil a if you don’t get the fried chicken burger?
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
For the Jesus, I mean Tebow…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
The BCS is super relevant
600+ comments on this page so far and not a mention about the championship.
#OccupyBCS
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Les Miles trolling everyone
“I’d expect it to be big-boy football,” Miles said Sunday during his time on podium.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
I’m supposed to rooting for ’Bama (for my sister, she roots for Cal) but I want LSU to crush them.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I’m rooting for Bama because a 9-6 Bama win would throw the entire system into chaos.
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
we keep hoping for chaos, but true upheaval hasn't happened yet :(
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
if so, then yes, I also support this. also, 5-2 alabama in 6OT would be all the more hilarious
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
6-0 'Bama in 3 OT on a turnover return
would be hilarious enough.
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
2-0 3 OT unlikely safety?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
That would be unbelievably hilarious...
but it’s so unlikely as to be utterly absurd. I mean, scoring a safety when the offense starts out on their opponents’ 25 yard line? Sounds like you’re hoping for something like Roy Riegels’s 1929 Rose Bowl run.
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
trolling question
is this a good ratio of posts to page views for successful trolling?

"We need more players who play the Game Of Trolls!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 11:09 AM PST reply actions
I don’t understand.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
100 comment thread…. 11,000+ page views.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, got it. Just went over there. I forgot how ponderous that site is. It lacks the progamming elegance that is the DBD.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
Tebow's gonna make it rain... in church!
Tebow has an escalator of $250,000 in his contract for each playoff victory assuming he participated in at least 70 percent of Denver’s plays during the requisite season, according to an NFL source.
Being that he played 73 percent of Denver’s plays this season, Tebow cashed in on a quarter-million salary escalator for Sunday’s 29-23 overtime victory and could earn another $250,000 with another victory Saturday night at New England against the Patriots in a divisional-round game.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Can he make it rain in Northern California?
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by TwistNHook on Jan 9, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Circumcisions for everybody!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
At The Drive-In is coming back
¡ ATTENTION ! To whom it may concern: AT THE DRIVE-IN will be breaking their 11 year silence THIS STATION IS …NOW…OPERATIONAL
I saw them at the Great American Musical Hall two nights in a row back in the day. Great show.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Nice.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
I heard Refused is confirmed to play at Coachella. It’s like 1998 all over again.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
ATDI will be there

Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
we are in agreement there. i attract the schladies with my biting wit, suckers
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
seriously, though, what don’t you like about them? I like the garage-rock sound!
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
the music is very empty to me
if you can get what i’m saying. thin w/ only the drums and guitar, not much love for the vocalist and they did not put on a good show at outside lands
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
hmm, ok. what bands are you into?
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
PREPARE TO JUDGE
Styx, Beatles, Led Zepp, Muse, Hives, Refused, are on the most current playlists and Weird Al since I was a wee lad. I don’t try to do that whole I’m cool cause i listen to obscure bands bs ;)
Cugel
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
trying to listen to more Muse. currently listening to The National.
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
i lurve all muse albums, showbiz has a few misses, origin of symmetry is tough to beat and the other two are just hit machines. still unsure about my opinion of resistance.
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
The Exogensis symphony songs are the best thing Muse has done to date.
/mayormaynotbeaprogfanandlovethatkindofstuff
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
disagree, but if you’re a prog fan i can kind of understand why
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
I totally didn’t get why so many people were into The National (usually deep-voiced singers are not my thing), but then I saw them live and I totally got it.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
You might like the mid-to late 60’s Kinks, if you haven’t heard them.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I like the black keys all right, but I really really didn’t like the whole garage rock movement from several years ago.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
I love the whole idea of the 2 man band! The Black Keys, Local H, Juoifer, Black Cobra, The USA is a Monster…
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
How about Hella and Lightning Bolt?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
Do they really count if they don’t actually play any instruments?
/trollforlife
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I don’t know. Do YOU count if YOU don’t play any instruments?? I play the trombone, so I totally count.
I’m not a band, so why would I need to play an instrument?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
One, two, more.
In any case, I’m sorry to break this to you but neither of us really count, in the grand scheme of things.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
“It’s a blacksmith’s shop!”
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 10, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
DEATH FROM ABOVE
ALL OF THOSE BANDS ARE INFERIOR TO DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979
"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 think they’re good, very 60’s garage throwback, but good.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Yeah, the black keys are one of the few bands who did it well. All those other bands (seemingly all named The ____s) were all pretty much terrible though IMO.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
They’re from Ohio!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 9:00 PM PST up reply actions
You did if you plan to crash on my couch in September!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
Who said anything about the couch?
/ cue funky guitar
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
Because Flag Guy’s old roommate has dibs on the bathtub.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
Way to let him down easy.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I really liked The Shape of Punk To Come
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
Hell to the Yes. I saw them at the Bottom of the Hill believe it or not. That might be as cool as I’ve ever been.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
My friend used to write for music mags/sites, so I’ve been to a lot of cool shows in the late 90’s / early 00’s. Let me see:
Murder City Devils
Locust
Dillinger Escape Plan
Plysics
Dealership
Mates of State
At The Drive In
Refused
Get Up Kids
Reggie and the Full Effect
Death by Stereo
ummm, and some others….
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
lol, my cousin is really into reggie and the full effect. but i loff refused
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Wow, even today? I went through a phase of liking them and the Get Up Kids.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I was only somewhat into TGUK. I like The Anniversary a lot more.
Also, one of my favorite shows ever was Jets to Brazil with The Promise Ring (I’m a huge Jawbreaker/Jets to Brazil fan) way back in October 1998. The opener was a relatively obscure Christie Front Drive-influenced band from Phoenix called Jimmy Eat World.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:35 PM PST up reply actions
Whoops, that's the Polysics
The Japanese band that worships Devo…

Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
We saw many of the same shows.
I literally saw Mates of State 30 times over the years. Got to know them decently well. Nice couple. :)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:22 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, my same buddy got to interview them before a GAMH show once and had nothing but nice things to say. I must have 8 of their concert shirts. One of my all time fav shows.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I was probably at the front singing along at the top of my lungs.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
I saw The Faint at Bottom of the Hill right before they blew the fuck up, and I felt like a big hipster.
BTW, BoTH = my favorite venue ever.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
Another good band in that vein… Drive Like Jehu.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed. I’m starting to think I should go. My friend’s sister is friends with the guy who owns the venue and they go every year and always have an amazing time at VIP parties and such. Don’t know why I’ve never gone.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Why the fuck have you never gone. I mean, I’ve never gone either, but if I had a hookup like that… Damn.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
I’m probably more of a Friday or Saturday guy, but yeah. Not a bad lineup.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
Madness? They’re still around? Or is this a different one from “One step below”?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
One Step BEYOND!

Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
yeah that song came out shortly before i was born.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
It was so awesome. I think we’re about the same age, right? That was a great couple of summers of concerts… and I have to tell you, the best was Frankie Goes to Hollywood at the Kaiser Center / Oakland Auditorium. Just a great concert.
Tears for Fears – also there – was also great and I’m trying to think of who opened for them… they went on to be good themselves but the thing I most remember is their lead singer (of the opening band) sort of ran across the stage and fell FLAT ON HIS FACE… it was painful… I
I think we saw the Smiths at the Greek (did not enjoy, just not a Smiths fan)…. one of the last Days on the Green at the Oakland Coliseum had just about as mid 80s as you could get… Opening act was Katrina and the Waves, followed by the Pointer Sisters followed by Wham!
Where are my acid washed jeans!!!
I wish I was as young as you, dude. Also, the Smiths are one my faves of all time, so I’m not sure how much overlap is in our playlists.
Also, never owned any acid washed jeans, blue or black 501’s only.
One of my favorite shows from the mid 80’s was The Vandals and the Buzzcocks at the old I-Beam (plus so other band I don’t remember) Mosh pit = fun.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
You’re a man of means and style. You shouldn’t still be wearing Levi’s.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 9:09 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
I wear Levi’s because I am neither a man, nor do I have means or style. Also, I buy them from the children’s section because they’re cheaper.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 9:40 PM PST up reply actions
Usually :)
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 9:44 PM PST up reply actions
mom buys her jeans and athletic shoes from the kids’ section too. mainly ’cause regular jeans are way too big for her.
OMG
j.lee I AM YOUR MOTHER
(not really; I’m almost normal-sized now)
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 9:54 PM PST up reply actions
I dunno, I’m hardly a fashionista, but like, they’re SO plain and drab. They don’t fit all that well (in my experience). It seems like something you’d get if you don’t care about clothing or else can’t afford something better.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 9:54 PM PST up reply actions
once someone's past the dbag stage in life
plain and drab (read: clean) are why better.
or someone can spend 2bills on something like this:

It’s not an either/or binary proposition. I’ve gotten perfectly nice, well-fitting pairs of jeans for well under $100 from places like, say, Calvin Klein or Express.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
I stipulated that I am not fashionable!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
$20 or bust.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
or else can’t afford something better.
To what end? I mean, seeing as how jeans are for covering my unmentionables while I slouch around at the weekend and occasionally do some chores, I suspect that even buying Levi’s 550s is overdoing it.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Ah, I regularly wear them out on weekends and stuff. I suppose that’s the difference.
Also, I hated jeans and stopped wearing them essentially between elementary school and college, mostly because I had crummy, uncomfortable jeans and didn’t realize that good ones are actually pleasant to wear.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:27 PM PST up reply actions
OMG DJ TROCAN ON DAY 3!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
MIKE STOOPS!
Oklahoma: Mike Stoops will reportedly join the staff as co-defensive coordinator.

"We need more players who play the Game Of Trolls!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 11:56 AM PST reply actions
chicken-veggie pita and baked chips for lunch
6 grams of fat, not too bad
/food twitter
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
VERY RANDOM QUESTION - DOES ANYONE HAVE A CAL POWER POINT TEMPLATE THEY CAN SEND ME?
I have a presentation tomorrow and thought it would be cool to use that instead…
Identity.berkeley.edu/downloads
These are the real university logos, be nice to them. They will look all familiar and comforting to your audience.
Cal: Bears with Books.
I don’t mean to be an idiot, but i don’t see any power point presentation templates there?
I found one on line for UC in general which I may just use… I wish I was better at this stuff… this is why I really miss having a creative / design department at my disposal!
you’ll have to get the images and create your own template, lazybones
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Can’t you start with a normal template and then just paste in the image files for the logo at appropriate places?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
…what??
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
there’s so much more that goes into a template than logos!!
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Sure. I’m just saying that he can start with a template that has all the other stuff he’d need and add the Cal logo.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
but then you need to adjust graphics colors, etc to match!
<3 our graphics dept
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
so much this. I used to hate to go to these folks for help because there was usually some queuing process and of course i was always going last minute… but i finally figured out to actually, you know, include these experts in the process instead of trying to do this stuff myself. It was a thing of wonder to watch them whip a power point into shape.
argh, snow
Fortunately is doesn’t appear to be sticking.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
what is this “sn-ow” you speak of?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
A regional variant of “Stone” or “Flowers”?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Game of Thrones rec.
"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 really love these books. I’m gonna be pissed in about 3 days when I run out of books and have to wait 6-12 months for the next one.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 10, 2012 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, it's rough.
"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
Messi wins Ballon D’Or for 3rd time in a row
Already considered one of soccer’s greats at age 24, Lionel Messi was named FIFA’s player of the year on Monday, making him a three-time winner of the award.
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The only other three-time winners are Ronaldo (1996-97 and 2002) and Zinedine Zidane (1998, 2000 and 2003). The FIFA award was renamed last year, when it merged with France Football’s Golden Ball.
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Barry Larkin only one to make it into the MLB Hall of Fame today.
The Baseball Writers Association of America on Monday announced the vote totals for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and shortstop Barry Larkin was elected to Cooperstown in his third year on the ballot with 86.4% of the vote. There were three others to receive at least 50% of the vote (with 75% required for election): Jack Morris (66.7%), Jeff Bagwell (56.0%), and Lee Smith (50.6%).
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I agree with that. Is there really any hard evidence to support any steroid claim against him? (The only reason I can think that he’s not making it)
Caminiti was definitely a ’roider.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Bagwell is definitely a HoF caliber player. No question. I’m sure he’ll make it in eventually.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure I agree
Bagwell may not have used PEDs; he certainly denies any use of PEDs and his explanation may be plausible (see an interview with ESPN on the subject here).
What’s egregious to me is that he excuses PED use by Bonds and McGwire by saying that they were fun to watch. Bagwell is allowing that PED use is fine if it helps you feed your family or if it means that you can make baseball more entertaining.
Baseball is plenty entertaining without PED use by anyone. I certainly do not condone PED use for a number of reasons, chief among them the long-term health effects on users and the influence on younger players (read: high school age) to use PEDs.
Further, rampant PED use will undermine the sport’s long-term health. That’s reason enough to not allow anyone who used into the HoF. It’s also reason enough for anyone who condones use of PEDs no matter how tepid, as Bagwell did in the interview, to be denied entry into the HoF. It would have been better if Bagwell said nothing with regard to steroids. A best case scenario would have been if Bagwell had backed up the talk with regard to his personal situation regarding PED use by saying that Bonds and McGwire didn’t need to use PEDs.
But Bagwell not only declines to do so, he equivocates on others as users and their contributions to the game. In my view Bagwell doesn’t understand that MLB players hold a special position and that their words do matter. Ergo, he blew his chance at HoF enshrinement. He’s not worthy.
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I hadn’t heard that, but by that rationale, should we then try and weed out all the bigots and racists that are in there already. I’d say that’s more unworthy than condoning PED use. I honestly have no idea what they ought to do.
Yeah, seriously.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
How is it that bigots and racists undermine the game of baseball?
Here are two issues that undermine baseball: PEDs and gambling (I’m looking at you, Pete Rose).
PEDs are a threat to undermining the health of youth baseball players and the game itself in the name of attaining riches through outstanding performance. If people are dying (quite literally) for a chance to play Major League Baseball, that undermines the game. Why would a fan support a game in which players are literally risking early death in order to make an MLB roster?
Gambling is a different malignancy, but it’s a malignancy nonetheless. It threatens the credibility of the game if managers and players are gambling on the outcome of games or becoming involved in things like point shaving (NBA Referee Tim Donaghy).
Bigotry and racism don’t carry the same detriments to the game.
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Why would a fan support a game in which players are literally risking early death
nfl is the most popular sport, your argument is invalid.
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I think MMA is the fastest growing sport as well
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
Don't think so.
Just because fans have been inurred to concussions doesn’t mean that it will not become a hot button issue in this decade.
CTE will become an issue of huge proportions if it’s not dealt with. The problems with the cumulative effects of hits on the head are only now coming to the fore (in the last two years, really). It will get bigger and the problem will get worse for the NFL before it gets better.
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Will someone PLEASE think of the children!?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
Weren’t players taking amphetamines as far back as the 50s and 60s? How is that different?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
It just seems like we’re moving the goalposts here a bit.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
It's not different, really.
But so what? Does that mean we should substitute the standards of the 50s and 60s for our own? Should we refrain from critical examination of what’s happening in our own time?
I’m not interested in revising what happened in the long ago past. I am interested in saying that there are standards that professional athletes must uphold if they dream of entry into their sport’s Hall Of Fame.
Not undermining the sport is a one such standard.
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Well, it’s the same Hall of Fame that those old players inhabit that we would be electing the new players to. I’m saying we should hold everyone to the same standard. The Hall is about what the player accomplished on the field of play. So denying someone just for something they said or thought seems pretty ridiculous to me. I can see why a guy like McGwire or Bonds might be tainted, because the stuff they did actually affected their performance on the field of play (which is a shame for Bonds because I think he probably was a HoFer even if he hadn’t taken anything), but Bagwell? Just for having an opinion? Come on.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
What current standards? There are PLENTY of people (not me, but I’ve seen the opinion on many many baseball blogs, which I used to read quite avidly), who think we should just drop the charade and legalize steroids outright. There’s no current standard on people’s opinion. There’s no evidence that Bagwell used any PEDs himself. So what’s the issue?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
Legalizing PEDs?
Anyways, I think legalizing that is stupid since you basically have to add controls for a “PED budget” lest high-spending teams outspend other teams into oblivion in creating designer cocktails for their players.
At what level? Personal? Don’t really care so much, but for sports, it ruins parity (or whatever semblance of parity there is left).
parity is not supposed to exist in sports, that’s why good players win all the time
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As much as I loved watching Bonds, forcing players to choose between their careers and their long-term health is pretty effed up.
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I don’t like it because then there’s social pressure to do these drugs, which are harmful and have side effects and stuff. Imagine if you’re a pro athlete trying to compete for a roster spot on talent alone and the guy you’re competing with is roughly as talented as you but also uses? Wouldn’t you feel pressure to use? If you’re a star who is doing well without, but suddenly enters a slump at a crucial time or whatever? Wouldn’t your teammates hold it against you for not trying to do everything you can to win and get an edge? Legalizing these things would really change the culture in a bad way I think.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
…and I’m sure there’s already social pressure of this type anyway, but this makes it worse and makes it harder to be a conscientious non-doper, because the norm will change.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:54 PM PST up reply actions
I mean, Ted Williams was by all accounts a complete asshole, but he’s not in the Hall for his personality, he’s in there for being awesome at baseball.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
Seeing Nick’s post below, I may be mixing up the reputations of Cobb and Teddy Ballgame in my head a little. But the point stands!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:41 PM PST up reply actions
Barry Bonds by all accounts is a complete asshole. But that’s not what’s keeping him from being in the Hall of Fame.
who is the bigger asshole, kent, or bonds? barry was very friendly to me, an annoying white boy who asked for a picture while we were waiting in line at heathrow :)
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so, you have no opinion on kent? he was a dick! turned us down for autographs when he was at our neighbor’s house party! AND he’s a mormon, supposedly the nicest of people! kent #1 asshole of all time, go giants dodgers suck?
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Really, Kent is a Mormon? I didn’t know that. Not that it matters. He’s still an asshole. Probably also a HoFer though.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
hot chick unfair advantage FTW
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by natteringnabob on Jan 10, 2012 6:43 AM PST up reply actions
I’m not interested in revising what happened in the long ago past. I am interested in saying that there are standards that professional athletes must uphold if they dream of entry into their sport’s Hall Of Fame.
I believe the HOF should be an accurate representation of baseball, flaws and all. That means the HOF should induct Hank Aaron, but say that he took greenies (if he did). And induct Rose, while saying he’s a Bad Man for gambling. And mention that Ty Cobb was a virulent racist. And talk about PED use.
Pretending that these things didn’t happen isn’t any more of a solution than embracing them.
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They do say that Ty Cobb was a racist.
Adamantly disagree on Pete Rose. That is the very integrity of the game. One fans don’t believe in the integrity of the game you’ve become WWF.
Hell, if we need to wait for him to die so he isn’t honored, fine. I happen to think that a history of baseball is incomplete without the all time leader in hits.
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And put an asterisk next to Dock Ellis' no-no!
(I have no dog in this argument but this is basically the only entertaining baseball-related thing in existence.)
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Not a huge baseball fan
The only times I’ve ever been hooked was when SF won when I lived in the CIty, and when all those bashers were breaking records. I loved watching Sosa, McGuire and then Bonds smash the shit out of the ball. What do I care if they were ruining their own lives? Steroids makes baseball way more entertaining for the average fan IMO. You can tell me Ichiro is great, but I’m not going to pay money to watch him slap bunt a few singles to the opposite field. And besides, weren’t all this hitters hitting dingers against juiced up pitchers anyways?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jan 9, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
Further, rampant PED use will undermine the sport’s long-term health. That’s reason enough to not allow anyone who used into the HoF. It’s also reason enough for anyone who condones use of PEDs no matter how tepid, as Bagwell did in the interview, to be denied entry into the HoF.
I generally agree with you on many topics, FiatSlug, but I strongly disagree on this one. You’re going to keep a great player out of the Hall of Fame because he holds a different opinion than you on PEDs? What in any way does that have to do with what he did on the field?
I clearly have a very different opinion on what the Hall should be, but this seems like one of the weakest reasons to deny somebody entry I’ve ever seen.
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Haha we just pretty much said the same thing at the same time
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:11 PM PST up reply actions
I also generally agree you with, norcalnick, and I respect your opinion, but I think it’s fair to say that we disagree strongly on this.
Bagwell is in a position where he represents the game to fans and to kids playing the game, the future stars of the game. Bagwell is saying that it’s okay to take PEDs if you need it to get to the next level or if you need it to crank up your level of play when you get to the Majors.
That position encourages kids to take PEDs, to their own detriment, in order to pursue the goals of playing Major League Baseball. He’s telling kids, “Hey, I didn’t do PEDs, but if you think you have to do it to get to the Majors, that’s fine by me.”
In my mind, he’s done two things to negate all of his accomplishments on the field: (1) he says it’s worth risking all of the documented drawbacks of steroid use to move your way up the ladder to MLB and (2) the state of the game is absolutely secondary to the personal goals of the players.
Bagwell’s position is patently absurd. For a man to proclaim that he didn’t use PEDs and then equivocate on the possible use of PEDs by other players and thereby making it okay for future players to take the same path shows a total disregard for baseball.
I consider this to be tragic, because Bagwell has compiled a career that would otherwise be worthy of Hall of Fame entry, except for the demonstrable fact that he thinks individual players are above the game.
Baseball players don’t have a career except for the existence of the game. There is no reason to undermine that foundation. And if you do, then you have no reason to claim a spot in the Hall of Fame.
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I don't particularly care one way or another
but I think it’s spectacularly unfair and short-sighted to randomly determine some guys are “clean” in an era when they didn’t test for the junk in the first place. How do they know Barry Larkin didn’t use PEDs? Or anyone else in that era? They don’t, and there is no way to go back and unscramble the eggs.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 10, 2012 6:46 AM PST up reply actions
He’s another deserving candidate. Hopefully he’ll make it eventually. I think he was at 37.5%
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
hee hee
Mark McGwire: 2011: 19.8% of votes 2012: 19.5% %change: -0.3
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
My opinion on Tebow, in a nutshell:
http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/o8mo5/okay_i_think_that_settles_it_were_wrong_lets/c3f9ks9
Sorry starving african children.
God is busy helping americans win football games and country music awards.
And I hate the r/atheism subreddit.
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I hate that r/atheism is a default subreddit.
And I dono’t know how mayn times I’m going to repeat it, the purpose of thanking God after an accomplishment is not to pretend that God directly intervened to help you. It’s a way to remain humble before God.
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can you not see how it can be interpreted as the latter? like, really, can you not understand how different it can sound????
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Given how Tebow has clarified his comments, I don’t think it’s fair to ascribe that to him.
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if its about being humble, can’t they just thank the fucking o-line sometimes then????
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or thank god on your on time, not in front of the cameras?
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Let’s see, when he scores a TD, he kneels down to thank God, then celebrates with the rest of his teammates, o-linemen included…
I’m confused, what more do you want him to do, other than to give up God altogether?
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We want him to smoke weed, have sex, get crabs, pass out, wake up in Mexico with a kidney missing.
WE ARE THE 0%
I’m confused, what more do you want him to do, other than to give up God altogether?
You really think it’s that binary? Like you don’t think he could say a nice little prayer to himself instead of making a show of it?
And I still haven’t got an answer for why it only applies when something good happens? Why shouldn’t he be thanking Jesus when he screws up.
Why do you hate it? It seems like an active forum, so why wouldn’t it be a default subreddit? Do you have a problem with atheism?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
I have a problem with any militant belief sysem. And that includes the types of topics that rise to the top of r/atheism
Most topics:
“LOL A Christian said something dumb”
“Hey, wow, religion is s dumb, I’m glad I’m so smart”
“I was at work and someone said God Bless You when I sneezed. Here’s a ten panel rage comic about how I lectured him "
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how upsetting that people feel as strongly against religion as you feel for it? how do you react when people get angry over the fact that they heard a rumor that obama is taking “in god we trust” off of money?
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Oh, that’s right, I remember all those times I belittled people for not beliving in God and called them dumb and sinners.
Oh wait, no, that never happened because I’m not so close-minded.
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I don’t force my belief system on you (or maybe I do by saying silly expressions like “Oh my God” out loud). Nor do I belittle atheism.
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the fact that churces exist are belittlments to atheism!!! TEAR THEM ALL DOWN I SAY!
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 9, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
one does not contradict the other..
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
What does default subreddit mean? Rishi could just hate that that subreddit comes to the top when he goes to the site. I dont know
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Here's the list of links at the top of reddit
ALL-RANDOM | PICS-FUNNY-POLITICS-GAMING-ASKREDDIT-WORLDNEWS-VIDEOS-IAMA-TODAYILEARNED-WTF-AWW-ATHEISM-TECHNOLOGY-ADVICEANIMALS-SCIENCE-MUSIC-MOVIES-BESTOF-TREES-STARCRAFT-MYLITTLEPONY
Is this what we’re talking about?
Yeah, its posts show up on the front page by default. If I don’t log in, I get exposed to all of it.
I have no issue with atheism, but I do feel there is a lot of hatred in that subforum.
And I’m a man of love, not of hate. I don’t want to deal with hatred.
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love and morals are possible, and in fact wonderful, without the dogma of religion telling you how to do both.
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That has zero to do with what I said.
I do not feel atheism as a belief system breeds hatred.
I feel the community that posts in r/atheism is full of hatred.
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I kinda agree with this. I just get a really bad feeling in my stomach when I wade in there (and it’s not often)
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 5:46 PM PST up reply actions
any redditor/cgb community is full of angry nerds – that’s the internet
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I have a problem with any militant belief sysem.
Yet I’ve never seen you apply that to any religious belief system.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
...
I speak out against that all the time. Even within Hinduism.
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Your pro-BJP statements say otherwise!
BURN!
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Fair enough, then. You just ALWAYS seem to take the pro-[whatever religion] side of the debate here, no matter the beliefs/practices of the faith or adherents in question. But I’m sure there’s more to you than just what you say here.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
It’s like we’ve always said: “If somebody else’s belief system is facing detached scrutiny, Rishi’s the guy to obfuscate the issues!”
WE ARE THE 0%
i thought it was “an apple a day keeps the a-plusses coming bitch”
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We do say that a lot, don’t we.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
unpopular a sentiment it might be, but there is SOME defensible rationale behind it.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
Why is?
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Fuck that should say which. Twist brain hurt
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The original purpose of the caste system was not “this caste is above this other caste”… it was a recognition that people are gifted with different abilities, and that all these different “castes” are required for the functioning of society.
There are those who may contribute to society best by protecting the people (the warriors)… there are those who would contribute society by enhancing learning and scholarship (brahmins)… there are those who would serve best by commerce, and others by labor.
The perversion of the caste system was the suggestion that we are born into such a division, and that one is of greater importance to society than the other. It was along this line that the caste system eventually went down.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
were the untouchables part of the original purpose?
not trolling..honestly interested.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
offshoot of the labor caste, when people started to get snobbish about allowing “dirty” people into “clean” places. this is basically the point when elitism started to hurt the system.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Was the whole ‘you must marry within your caste’ concept around in the beginning? Or was that also a product of elitism that came later on?
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I believe it’s a case of elitism. Also, “reverse elitism”. (Rich people don’t want to mingle with the poor folk and “sully themselves”, poor people not wanting to mingle with the rich people lest others think they getting all “uppity”)…. but isn’t this the case in most societies? We just don’t give it formal titles.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Link:
The origins of the Jati caste system are lost in history and folklore. Many scholars believe that the modern Jatis represent ancient tribal and occupational affiliations that have evolved and specialised over time. A question had remained whether or not castes are genetically distinct, and whether genetic differences between groups might partly explain their origin.
A 1995 study by Joanna L. Mountain et al. of Stanford University concluded that there was “no clear separation into three genetically distinct groups along caste lines”, although “an inferred tree revealed some clustering according to caste affiliation”.1
A 2001 genetic study, led by Michael Bamshad of University of Utah, found that the genetic affinity of Indians to Europeans is proportionate to caste rank, the upper castes being most similar to Europeans, whereas lower castes are more like Asians. The researchers believe that the Indo-European speakers entered India from the Northwest, admixing with or displacing the proto-Dravidian speakers. Subsequently they may have established a caste system and placed themselves primarily in higher castes. The study concludes that the Indian castes “are most likely to be of proto-Asian origin with West Eurasian admixture resulting in rank-related and sex-specific differences in the genetic affinities of castes to Asians and Europeans.”.2 Because the Indian samples for this study were taken from a single geographical area, it remains to be investigated whether its findings can be safely generalized.3
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Im with those kids in the third paragraph there. I dont agree with what you are saying Raptor.
I think the caste system existed as a means by which the ruling classes subjugated the poor.
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I read all these comments as “white castle system” and had no idea what was happening. Going back to z.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 10, 2012 6:47 AM PST up reply actions
I’m basing a lot of my description of the caste system on classical Hindu text…. implementation may be different, and without knowledge/understanding of the study, different regions in India may be different. For example, South India also had the caste system and Hinduism, but a much more prevalent Dravidian population.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
From the same Wiki:
The most ancient scriptures—the Shruti texts, or Vedas, place very little importance on the caste system, mentioning caste only sparingly and descriptively (i.e., not prescriptive). Indeed, the only verse in the Rigveda which mentions all four varnas is 10.90, the Purushasūkta. A hymn from the Rig Veda seems to indicate that one’s caste is not necessarily determined by that of one’s family:
Rig Veda 9.112.3
—I am a bard, my father is a physician, my mother’s job is to grind the corn.
In the Vedic period, there also seems to have been no discrimination against the Shudras on the issue of hearing the sacred words of the Vedas and fully participating in all religious rituals, something which became progressively restricted in the later times.9
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Wikipedia authors might have a bias? Well, I, never!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
You responded before I had a chance to write my thoughts out. Please see below
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It appears to me that classical Hindu text doesn’t have a lot of information regarding the caste system.
The caste system probably pre-dates the texts you are using.
ALSO:
Hinduism isnt a thing. Its a mistake of history based on the ignorance of the Britism.
So, let’s just tak ea step back here. This system is political in nature. Later, religion was used to justify it.
The EXACT same thing happened in Christianity. A lot of the more restrictive statements regarding women in the Bible arent in the most ancient copies of the available texts of the Bible. So, it seems that they were added in later to control women.
Its not surprising to me.
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Another is the long list of “that’s not how they wrote it” coming up in religion.
It’s not about how they wrote it, the religion is about how it’s implemented.
That is true. I’m not defending the implementation… but really, the point being, there is some sense to a society where everybody has a differing role that should be respected, and maybe not everybody has to follow the same path.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
a largely agrarian society is served well with communism and socialism.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
…until it’s implemented and the assholes in charge take all the food for themselves. (See: Ukraine and India)
I don’t understand. To be against the caste system is to be against “maybe not everybody has to follow the same path.”
Within the caste system, everybody is on the same path. Brhamin are brahmin. Dalits are dalits.
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Try it with chickpeas and rice.
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I see how slapfights happen now. It is very difficult to get all of ones thoughts down here while taking on any sort of controversial stance without writing something stupid. I’m sticking with inanity going forward, and leading with stupid.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
seriously. this exhausted me.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
I hope someday to meet you and then give you a hug for this comment.
I hoenstly didn’t think it was a slapfight. I LOVED this conversation. I’d love to have it again. It invigorated me ina way few have. I get kinda bored with the same IN IN OUT SUCKS!! bla bla bla, so to discuss something cool for me is a lot of fun. Thanks!
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FUCK YOU IN N OUT IS THE BEST EXCEPT FOR THE BIBLE VERSES ON THE CUPS AND FRIES AND BURGER WRAPPERS
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Five Guys sucks: too much food and all fries are overrated, especially specialty fries at Five Guys OVERRATED
WE ARE THE 0%
i just found out they have vegetarian options ON the menu!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
ooh, a new twist on the in-n-out /five guys.
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Oscars > In-N-Out
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LOL. LOLOLOLOLOL OSCARS IS WORSE THAN SATURDAY LUNCH FOR BAND LOL
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Oh shit, now it’s on.
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oscars burgers tasted more like lighter fluid than when even the most overzealous trumpet dad was manning the BBQ
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I don’t know what htis is but I lol’d anyway
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cacapoopoopeepeeshire
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 10, 2012 12:17 AM PST up reply actions
I hoenstly didn’t think it was a slapfight.
irony!!!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Perhaps I got too heated. I’m sorry. I thought it was an intelligent discussion that stayed civil.
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SO DID I LIKE EVERY FUCKING TIME.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
You can always sic the Hit Squad on me!
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oh by no means did i mean to imply THIS was a slap fight… but man. I’m tired. I could have started slappin’ earlier.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
YOU CAN SLAP ME DOWN, BUT ILL ONLY BECOME STRONGER THAN EVER!
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So… you’re saying you also want full-length stall doors in public restrooms?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
As long as i’m not reincarnated as one of those stall doors in a later life.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
This isn’t in any way a slapfight though. I don’t think anyone is dissing you for taking a controversial stance, we just want to explore the topic a little more and get at your understanding. Nobody’s got a monopoly on the truth. We’re all expressing our own ideas and interpretations.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
read below my comment… summary: I could see how somebody could easily be tired of making a controversial argument and just start slappin’.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I can see that. You’re above that though!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
i am?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
Well, you are a Bruin, so maybe I’m giving you a bit too much credit :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
That 3rd paragraph jibes with my understanding as well.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
I’m under the strong impression that the caste system is built into Hinduism, as part of the reward/punishment system during reincarnation. That it’s not about a communist division of labor.
i never understood Hinduism that way.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
I never learned reincarnation as a reward/punishment, but more as a “respect everything around you, you could be that next” type of thing.
Hinduism is extremely diverse within itself, mind you.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
Because it isnt a monolithic thing. Its a blanket term used by the British to encompass all the religions they encountered when they go to the region of India.
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yeah, i agree with this.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
Hmmm
I know very little about formal Hindu theology, but I didn’t think it was random. I thought your next life has to do with the karma you accrue during your current incarnation.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
Wiki:
Theistic schools believe in cycles of creations where souls gravitate to specific bodies in accordance with karma, which as an unintelligent object depends on the will of God alone. For example, Kaushitaki Upanishad 1.2 asserts that birth in different forms of existence as a worm, insect, fish, bird, lion, boar, snake or a human, is determined by a person’s deeds and knowledge.73 Chandogya Upanishad 5.10.7 distinguishes between good birth such as birth in a spiritual family, i.e., (brahmin caste) or an evil birth, such as birth as a dog or hog.) Thus, the doctrine of karma comes to explain why different life forms manifest, into widely various levels of biological development such as characterization into different species from plants to various types of animals, and to even differences between members of the same species, such as humans.74
Thus, many, such as the Upanishadic readings suggest that birth in a particular caste is in accordance with karma, as those with good deeds are said to be born into a spiritual family, which is synonymous with the brahmana caste. Good deeds will lead one to be born into a spiritual family where his future destiny will be determined by his behaviour and deeds in the current life. In the Gita, Krishna said that characteristics of a brahmin are determined by behavior, not by birth. A verse from the Gita illustrates this point: “The duties of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas as also of Sudras, O scorcher of foes, are distributed according to the gunas (behavior) born of their own nature.” (Bhagavad Gita 18.41)75
Further elaborating on this view as recited in the Gita, Madhvacharya interprets the concept of Varna (Hinduism), a term designating the division of Hindu society into four social classes based on guna (attributes) and karma (activity) as not being defined by birth, but rather by the nature of a soul.76[unreliable source?] For example, a soul having the nature of a Brahmin could be born as a Sudra and vice versa.76[unreliable source?] The caste system decided by birth, according to him, is actually Jati, which is a term designating a particular community, and not Varna.76[unreliable source?] The varnas simply define the disposition of the soul; for example,a soul classified as Brahmin varna is disposed towards learning; a Kshatriya soul is disposed towards administration and a Sudra soul is disposed towards performing service.76[unreliable source?] Thus, he gave a new interpretation to the caste system as he believed that the caste was related to one’s nature than to his or her birth; birth, according to Madhva, was not determinative of varna; a spiritually enlightened chandala (outcaste) was better than an ignorant Brahmin.76[unreliable source?]
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So there is a school of thought that advocates that point of view!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:13 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I don’t see how that “original purpose” had a whole lot to do with the way it the system was enacted over several millennia. It was essentially a tool of subjugation and a way to keep the elite entrenched at the top.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
i suppose in this day and age that’s the correct thing to say.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
What?
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That the caste system is a horrible horrible thing and nothing can be gained from anything it stood for.
Everybody go get a 4-year degree now!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
What did it stand for, Raptor?
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that was my opening response to you!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
I thoguht you said that was what it started out as. Not what it stood for. But if thats what it stood for, then fair enough.
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I don’t think it’s an “in this day and age” kind of observation. You’re saying it wasn’t a de facto tool of oppression? Wouldn’t you say that whatever its merits may have been historically, it’s outdated, useless and counterproductive today?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
as something you are “born” into, it’s always been useless and counter productive.
as something as a “hey this society needs lots of things, you all don’t have to go to 4 year universities”, well, I think there is something that can be learned from this.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
Sure, but I don’t necessarily see what advantages a formal structure such as the caste system has over a normal, less defined class system, such as other societies evolved. Do we really need a rigid structure to ensure that there will be some merchants and some warriors and some artisans? Or won’t people naturally pursue those trades and professions anyway?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
how many kids would have been “ooh i wanna be a warrior”, end up a skinny 18 year old who has no real shot of being a pretty useless warrior and didn’t spend all that time learning a craft and be useful to society?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
How many kids do you know OUGHT to have gone to a trade school and actually went to a 4-year school?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
Only you, Raptor. Only you
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YOU DON’T KNOW ME
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
But genes are sometimes a crapshoot, right? Just because you’re born into the warrior class doesn’t mean you have the goods for it?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
yeah. and there’s deviation to the mean.
that being said, no child of mine is getting a D1 football scholarship. That just ain’t how the genes are gonna go.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
you’ve seen Jesus?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
Sure, but how many born kshatriyas were like that? The caste system certainly wasn’t a meritocracy.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
I get what you’re saying, but isn’t it based a fundamentally totally wrong concept? That people are genetically predispositioned to a particular occupation? The only one I could possibly understand is warrior; some groups of people simply are bigger and stronger. But everything else doesn’t make much sense. People aren’t born with pottery/trading/farming/laundry skills in their blood…
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
particular trades, no. i do subscribe that not everybody is born to be a Rhodes scholar though.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
Where did that last sentence come from? And hwo does it IN ANY WAY support the caste syste???
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Maybe, but pottery vs. laundry? Cmon now…
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
there are only 4 major categories. tradesman was one.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
Yikes
I really don’t want to wade into a discussion were I don’t know all the facts, but I can’t believe that statement for even a moment. Sounds way too close to what Southern supporters of slavery used to say.
Too many unicorns and rainbows.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
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hoo boy. i’m out.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
It’s 5PM and I still have work goddamnit. I need to hit the gym at some point in 2012.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t worry, you’ve got 11+ months left.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
I saw the moon rising over the East Bay Hills on my commute home. It was really cool.
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I saw the moon setting on my (7:30AM) commute to work. :(
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
The moon was lovely and bright this morning at 6:30AM
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 9:19 PM PST up reply actions
Lovely, yes. Welcome sight, no.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 9:41 PM PST up reply actions
INDIAN REQUEEEEEEEESSSSSSSTTTTTTTTT
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I am, and I am extremely skeptical of and curious about this argument.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
I am. But I don’t consider that the “ruling class” in the same fashion that I don’t consider educators and scholars the “rulers” of this country.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry if you’re regretting this topic right now, but I still feel like I should respond. I wonder if in making that analogy you’re understating the importance of Brahmins in early Indian society. Brahmins were more than just teachers and scholars. They essentially had a monopoly on all formal knowledge and history, plus they were the arbiters of religious practice, which is/was a huge part of daily life. They advised the kings. They extracted lots of resources just for being the priestly, educated class. I think you’re playing down their role, sharing the top of the pyramid with the kshatriyas
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, but for the most part (there are exceptions, I’m sure), they were expected to live an austere life.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
so what you’re saying is humans are greedy dicks that ruin everything and this is why we can’t have nice things.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
i don’t know if i was saying that, but yeah, pretty much.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
I love the phrase, “…and that’s why we can’t have nice things.” it works for so many things!
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
But that phrase is overused so much. Because of our overuse, we can’t have nice things.
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
Are you saying we can’t have “we can’t have nice things”?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
I do! Mmmmmmmmmm maybe I need another trip to my new favorite ramen place in the next week or so.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
Ramen Dojo. But shhh! It’s tiny and already super crowded all the time.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO c’mon man, be cool to your fellow cal/laker/dodger/packer fan.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
THERE IS NO MERCY IN THIS DOJO!!
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ok I’ll check it out :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
Where?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
be prepared to wait outside for a while if you go during peak hours
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yay Peninsula love! yeah, this place is always ridiculously crowded.
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
It has become a breeding ground for nothing but faked Facebook posts and rage comics that happen to be about religion.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
plus, does anyone here think tat redditors speak to other people IRL? royrules left us for them, for science’s sake.
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There’s a comic out there that exaggerates what happens when Redditors meet each other on the street, but the precipice isn’t too far off.
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Be advised: Really NSFW
http://nsfw-comix.com/nsfw345.htm
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
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I’ve never met a single redditor that actually believes that.
I feel it’s just a story made by 4chan to cover the fact that the memes they created got popular on Reddit then spread to mainstream from there.
Basically, they’re buttmad that their shit got popular elsewhere.
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omg the newest trend there shows the very sad existence of Redditors in general
The one with the friendzone Johnny
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Still drunk on the weekend's football recruiting developments......
I want more hair of the dog good news……
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
zm might be out 4 games next season.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
south bay corporate fat cats!
any suggestions for a 6-8 person team event, in/around san jose?
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Go Karts!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
boss won’t do it on account of one of his consultants fainting after a go karting event
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last time i went go karting i was in the middle of a 3 car “wreck” after being rear ended hard enough to end up with my kart half way on top of somebody elses and me halfway out of my own kart. i didn’t realize this was even possible.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
Can I get a GO KARTS on 3?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Go Pears!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Can I get it on a 17?
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Legal in another year!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
2
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3
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Go Bears!
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GO KARTS!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
went there quite often in high school. i even had a camping spot.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
but was so much fun. i think i’d rotate between camping and assaulting. LQ >>> Q-Zar
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agreed, q-zar sucks, plus it was in milpitas so that was double-suck
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RWC was the one I went to
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q-zar is dead. I remember the RWC and Cannery (SF) locations. both long-gone.
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
yes, that MV location is still there.
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
holla i just went there to troll hella 9-year-old skater punks
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did you camp and shoot all of them? or did said trolling happen outside the laser-tag arena?
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
Drive north a bit and TP the stanfurd campus.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 1:27 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
You work for a college student?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
interns. smh
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by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
rec'd
we always went for the Rodin sculptures.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
Attend a San Jose A’s game
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Et tu, Twist?
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Just a realist
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Don't give in...
to corporate fake fun. Go to a bar and get blitzed.
Joint DBDing?
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any suggestions for a 6-8 person team event in/around san jose?
Have the UCLA Bruins football team come and play San Jose State?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Fine.
If I have to partake in fake fun, then Bocce Ball is a pretty damn good choice. And they have a full bar and good food.
full bar is a definite plus, everyone will be drinking lots and cabbing home
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hint
bowl underhand only.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
Follow event up with....
….a trip to a comedy club.
Good comics are SO damn funny….(thus the “good” part….)
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
San Jose Giants game! Take advantage of living in the heart of Giants Country!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 9, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Much like Berkeley chicks become attractive after several beers, the same goes for hockey and being entertaining.
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Even for going #1? What’s the big deal?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
just pretend that you are on a ski lift, always works for me. makes ski lifts way more fun too. just pretend that you’re at a urinal.
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huh?
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
come at me bro, is your wife heavy w/ child? she should name him/her bob/bob calonico zoonews
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Ya we should really pick a name already but we’ve been busy picking out our 2011 Toyota Sienna SO MANY OUT THERE HOW TO DECIDE???
WE ARE THE 0%
name babby sienna, buy a 2013 ford bob calonico instead
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 9, 2012 3:45 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
Do multiplication tables in your head. The same part of the brain that inhibits peeing also does math.
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that explains many a 3rd grade day for me
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by GoldBlooded on Jan 9, 2012 3:41 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
pqtm
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
Random comment
From my friend who is an anti-social not-really-into-sports engineer (and who is also good friends with my lurker friend):
ugh, who thinks he’s a good quarterback? i know nothing about football and even i know he’s no good
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
lol public opinion. this is why evangelicals vote for people like rick perry.
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american-hating muslims don’t vote. if they did, they’d vote for bachmann.
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what u like bachmann? she would be a fantastic troll if she didn’t believe the things she said…
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had nothing to do with that… it’s just this is such a really poor effort from you… concept not particularly good and the execution was weak. From start to finish just a really disappointing effort.
FIFY
From my friend who is ananti-social not-really-into-sportsengineer
seemed like you had a lot of unnecessarily obvious qualifiers in there.
Sez you
I know plenty of engineers who follow sports avidly. And they aren’t anti-social people, either. In fact, many people wouldn’t know that they are engineers just based on appearance or behavior.
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So
Engineers are a polarizing topic?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
Is there a topic that isn't polarizing in the DBDs?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Well, we could debate the relative merits of the University of Southern California… I bet there will be broad consensus on that topic. :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 6:21 PM PST up reply actions
Doubtless, given that its general fabulosity is considerable.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Your general fatuousity is considerable.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 7:18 PM PST up reply actions
atoms, you’re so corpulent, that when you sit around the magnificently appointed tuscan villa, you really sit AROUND the magnificently appointed tuscan villa.
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Yo GoldBlooded, I heard you’re rotund, so I put a rotunder in your rotunda so you can rotund rotundly in your rotunda.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 7:22 PM PST up reply actions
yo atoms i hear you’re small so i put an electron microscope in your LHC so you can electron while you electron in your electrons
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Yo GoldBlooded I hear you’re a dork so I put some torque on your quark while you pork with a stork.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 7:29 PM PST up reply actions
Hey now, there are plenty of us engineers who follow and play sports.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
http://www.cracked.com/article_19670_the-5-most-annoying-things-about-sports-to-non-sports-fans.html
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haha
That was the dumbest part by far.
“Sports in a sports bar?!@”
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also the fact that they think fox is trying to market to non-sports fans with that silly robot. bullshit – there are millions of sports fans who already pay out the ass for football, like they need nerds watching the game! psh!
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Poor Martin. Gawd I feel for him.
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Starting to see a trend w your pasttime, IKLD
ikoolykedat = NSFW !!!
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
what?! the sheer awesomeness of Shaq made me spill my tea!
honest!
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Gotta say...
…he DID look ready to play at the college level already…..
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actual question
why all of a sudden are (supposedly) fiscal conservative politicians do a big pro-america business push? to stop people from buying chinese goods? is my assumption that capitalists generally favor low costs and wages by any means necessary wrong? aren’t they the reason we’re where we are in the first place? or is the whole chinese manufacturing mess bipartisan? does not the support of a free market mean that everyone should build everything in china and hey fuck this country shit is too pricey! what say you, DBD?
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american exceptionalism.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
exceptional fast food and exceptional dance moves
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
tangentially related
how can repub candidates blast romney for buying companies then firing people when that’s totes free market stuff
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Because they are running against him in a political campaign. Its pretty easy stuff.
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YOU ARE ASSUMPTION makes an ASS out of YOU and MPTION.
by paleodan on Jan 9, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
He’s going after this statement, I think:
Is my assumption that capitalists generally favor low costs and wages by any means necessary wrong?
And I think fiatlux is trying to talk about corporate good-actors. And while there are some of those, I think he’s giving them too much credit.
is not the end goal of capitalism to maximize profits and reduce costs?
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correct me if i am wrong about capitalism dude. this is everything i ever learned in econ with those AD/AS curves AT CAL for cryin’ out loud
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it would’ve helped if you’d gone to class instead of playing counterstrike!
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
You’re wrong completely, but I won’t tell you why.
But rest assured you are completely wrong.
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Tebownomics?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
I think the modern Republican party is not capitalist. It’s all about religion (pro-Christ, anti-Mohammed) and American exceptionalism.
Nah, it’s very capitalist, but that’s not all it is. Yes religion, American exceptionalism as well as certain values issues are part of the mix too, but capitalism is a cornerstone value.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I have to disagree. Being pro-corporate and supporting the extremely wealthy is not capitalist. The Republicans vote for way too many corporate subsidies to be capitalist. Part of the modern Republican party is also extremely isolationist, which goes against the idea of multinational corporations and import/export profits.
Some Republican voters want to build a wall (literally) around the US to keep out the Mexicans. Where’s the profit in that?! Of course Ron Paul says that the wall will be used to keep Americans in, when the revolution comes, so it’s not everybody.
plenty of profit if you’re in the wall building business… hell you can cheaply hire the mexicans to build it from the south side of the wall. #winning!
then you run into the classic age of empires problem. how to ensure that the builders are on the correct side of the wall once it’s finished?!?!?!
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Paleodan, I don’t think you’re being fair to Republicans, at least in terms of capitalism. Just because they want tax breaks for corporations doesn’t mean they are not pro-capitalist. Nobody is really a 19th Cent. capitalist anymore. And being against illegal immigrants (save American jobs) is not anti-capitalist either. Might not be 100% realistic, but it’s not against their core values either.
And I don’t think there is really very much support within the republican party for isolationists, there was many years ago (pre-WWII), but ever since the start of the Cold War, Republicans have been reflectively pro-intervention (unless Democrats are the ones doing it).
And don’t throw Ron Paul at me, I think 60-75% of his supporters are really independents, libertarians and other riff-raff.
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Nobody is really a 19th Cent. capitalist anymore.
Not sure what you mean by this.
And being against illegal immigrants (save American jobs) is not anti-capitalist either.
I think there’s some element of this that’s about “saving American jobs” or whatever, but in large part it’s xenophobia/racial and cultural antipathy masquerading as economic nationalism.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
19th Cent capitalist = pure capitalism, no government impact at all.
Well, maybe some of it’s motivated by racism (anti-immigrants), but my point is, it’s not anti capitalistic.
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I’m of the opinion that, if Obama is a “socialist,” Republicans need to get their act together and be capitalist. But all their corporate welfare, tax hikes, and isolationism is not making a very good case for them.
The isolationism wing of their party is arguably making more sense these days than the crazy bomb-everybody, war forever rhetoric that all the establishment types keep spewing.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
Only on balance.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
Not really though. Obama isn’t constantly talking about how we should bomb Iran, or how we need to re-invade Iraq (I shit you not, Rick Perry said this in a debate recently).
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
someone’s still fussy about kosovo! dems are the best warriors, booya!
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The Simpsons summed this up nicely last night.
“The Democrats are the only ones that act like republicans when they’re in office.”
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Fair enough. Though I think he’s taken the right tack with Iran, and he is winding down Iraq and Afghanistan, for better or worse.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
The guy on CNN whose name I can never pronounce had a sort of interesting take on Iran yesterday. One way of looking at it is how bad their currency has got. So even though there is all this bluster they’re actually getting weaker. Also, my experience is that the majority of the Iranian people are very “pro America.” My sampling could be biased of course since I have never been to Iran and those I have met have lived outside its borders (on four continents though).
I agree with Huntsman on Afghanistan. We should recognize what we’ve done and treat it as a counter insurgency issue, not a war.
Do you mean Fareed Zakaria?
I read his post on cnn.com.. Found it interesting. I also think this is probably the most rational thing I’ve heard about Iran in the last year.
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For what it’s worth, one of the guys on the North Korea tour was an American guy who has spent his last 10 years of vacations going to places with poor US relationships (Myanmar, Pakistan, Cuba, various African states, Iran, Syria, Iraq) and he said once you got into Iran, the population was highly educated, very good in English and fairly pro-American – if you watch the jason jones/Daily Show visits to Iran from two years ago, you’ll see the same thing
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"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 have to side with the others. Obama’s not been as anti-war as I would have liked. On the other hand, you’re right that he’s not a FUCKING DISASTER like every Republican candidate would be.
Isn’t pulling all combat troops out of Iraq worth something?
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1. He IN EVERY WAY said before his election that he was gonna do that Afgh thing. That was a surprise solely to those not paying attention.
2. He sent like 100 peeps to Central Africa, right?
3. If you wanna blast him go for the North Africa stuff.
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He IN EVERY WAY said before his election that he was gonna do that Afgh thing.
That was like my only reservation about voting for him (in the primary).
All I;m saying is tht people who criticize him for that frustrate me. Its like “HE DID EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO!!!!”
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And I’ll I’m saying is people who say it’s only the Republican who go out and bomb other countries frustrate me.
yeah, republicans usually fight inefficient and fatality-heavy ground wars. dems uses the high-tech planes and just blanket our enemies in fire
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Yeah, plus the Afghanistan thing was a temporary surge meant to facilitate a withdrawal schedule, which I think we’re moving towards. It’s not really a real, long-term escalation.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
I thought we were pretty friggin reluctant when it came to Libya…
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And Libya! (I’d glossed over that one…) I’m thinking of the troops Obama sent to the Congo. Maybe that’s the right call, but it’s definitely not anti-war.
Didn’t he send them to mitigate the situation with the LRA? (Lord’s Resistance Army)? I’m pretty sure preventing them from doing damage, which I’m confident is 1000x worse than any US soldier could manage, is a good thing. They’re the ones who basically go from village to village torturing men and raping women…
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War is just one of those things that can’t be taken lightly. So far, nothing has happened from our intervention, but shit’s fucked up, yo, and we can never know what will happen in the future.
Totally agree, but imo using the US army to defeat human feces like the LRA is more or less the idealized use of our military.
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I think he handled Libya pretty much as well as he could have.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
$896 million. No big deal. (I don’t know why I thought the UK had spent more. I guess they spent more per capita on the Libya war.)
And he got criticized by the Republicans for both not doing enough, and doing too much at the same time. Fiat will hate this (but I’m not trolling) but since 1990 or so, the republicans in the House have no shame in criticizing actions by Democratic administrations they would leap to defend if the same actions were done by Republican ones. This kind of hypocrisy really galls me.
OTOH, Democrats, when they are antiwar are sincere, even if you don’t agree with their positions.
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if you wouldn’t be so absolute in these things we could agree. so if you said “some” or even “many.”
the hypocrisy card is not limited to the GOP. Seems to me Democrats were very concerned about the environment and the Delta Smelt, until they needed to pass Obamacare…. then voila, release the hounds (metaphorically speaking, I actually mean the water).
Further, those bigoted Republicans are all against gay marriage, except of course that no one really (there is some lip service) talked about how the staunchest proponents of Proposition 8 in California weren’t Mormons, or Catholics or senior citizens. It was African Americans who – and I’m going out on a limb here – voted overwhelmingly for Obama.
Prop 8 support wasn’t about black or white, it was about whether or not someone went to church. Link to Chronicle.
african americans did not fund the campaign for prop 8, so your statement is subjective in it’s definition of “staunchest”
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Er. Yes you did. I give you evidence that African American people only supported Prop 8 6% more than the whole population. That’s not “staunch,” but you were trying to use it as an example of hypocrisy. Because black people voted for Obama!
Actually, your understanding of percentages is a little off (a common mistake). Their support was not “6%” more… it was 6 percentage points more. Their support was actually 10%+ more and what that analysis does not do is then remove the black vote out of the great equation to get a truer differential.
I’m using to show hypocrisy in that marriage equality is allegedly a Democratic value, yet unarguably the most loyally voting democrats voted against it.
That article is so ridiculous. Read this passage:
That support among blacks is still well above the 52 percent Prop. 8 received from all voters in the Nov. 4 election. Much of that can be attributed to the strong religious tradition in the black community, where 57 percent of African American voters attend church at least once a week, compared with 42 percent of Californians overall.
“The study debunks the myth that African Americans overwhelmingly and disproportionately supported Proposition 8,” Andrea Shorter, director of And Marriage for All, said in a statement. “But we clearly have work to do with, within and for African American communities, particularly the black church.”
Andrea Shorter is an idiot who is more interested in party dogma and political correctness than her own cause. 58% is in fact overwhelmingly and disproportionate to the population at large.
Yeah, I wrote it wrong. I meant +6% more. (58% vs 52%, but you’re right that 52% will be smaller when you take out the African American votes.)
But I really don’t see how that, even if I concede part of the point, shows a Democratic hypocrisy. “Some Democrats want marriage equality, others don’t” isn’t a stunning statement.
Is it because Obama is supposed to represent the platonic ideal of all African Americans? I don’t get it.
I don’t know why you keep bringing up Obama. As I wrote, equality is allegedly a Democratic value, yet unarguably the most loyally voting democrats voted against it.
I brought up Obama???!!!
weren’t Mormons, or Catholics or senior citizens. It was African Americans who – and I’m going out on a limb here – voted overwhelmingly for Obama.
Now I know how a guest on O’Reilly feels (without the TV makeup).
I should have said voted Democrat, which was the point I was trying to make. But, I do find the president’s devolving position on the matter interesting given that his parents wouldn’t have been allowed to marry in many states… That’s hypocrisy.
Yeah, but that’s just a cultural quirk of a segment within the party. It’s like all the corn farmers in Iowa (or corporate bigwigs, or whatever) who claim to hate big government and vote Republican but damned if they will have their subsidies cut. I don’t see how this has any relationship to what Cugel was talking about. He’s saying the same people are taking different positions depending on who the president is. Whereas anti-war Democrats are anti-war no matter who’s running the war.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
Really, because I have seen almost ZERO code pink or other demonstrations about what is going on in Afghanistan. I think there are way too many hypocrites and way too many people who lack nuance, which leads people being called hypocrites who aren’t.
Well, if you happen upon any of those people, I’m sure they won’t have many kind words for Obama on that score. Maybe they’re depressed because they hoped that Obama would be less militarily aggressive than he has been. Maybe they’re happy that we’re at least getting out of Iraq. I don’t know. I’m not a Code Pink person. Maybe they are quieter for whatever reasons, but they aren’t suddenly cheerleaders for the war because a Democrat is in office.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
Ummm.. I’m not comfortable saying people I don’t know are “hypocritical”; to me that’s wrong. Indeed as a party Democrats may not be consistent on this issue, but that doesn’t make the individuals hypocritical in any way. No one is required to embrace all the positions that the party may have.
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fiatlux
Just in this one thing – I’m not generalizing.
To be sure, Democrats can be hypocritical, but I haven’t seen this kind of hypocrisy from them in the years I’ve been following current events.
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fair enough. and trust me, I am NOT the standard bearer for the Republican Party as it is constituted today. My champions are Alan Simpson… who by the way was brilliant. Watch this if you have time. I wish the whole interview was online because it’s outstanding.
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So, can I vote Republican without changing my registration or will I have ot do that?
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I’ve never failed more in my life than right now
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Think of a politician as someone who needs to get votes to get elected. What would you do/say to get the maximum number of votes?
Now does it make sense?
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i would say “september 11th” one thousand times while philip glass played in the background and a projector screen showed money raining down from the heavens as the towers burn
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It didn’t work for Guiliani, not likely to work for either.
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Itd work for Goldblooded
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twist knows i could pull it off, but only if RB/zoonews did all of my media
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CONTROL THE MEDIA ->
CONTROL THE MESSAGE → CONTROL THE MIND → COMPLETE CONTROL
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
My campaign slogan would be “Vote For Me or I Will Send Eels to Devour Your Hands While You Sleep.”
Catchy huh?
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Add in a little something about dolphin rape caves to mix it up

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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
want to google but do not want to have “dolphin rape cave” in my search history
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Are you saying some sort of study in the name of science should take place to investigate these claims of dolphin rape caves?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
yeah but we are on client wireless and don’t know what kind of tracking they have. also, wouldn’t do it on my work computer anyway.
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nah i don’t think learning about dolphin rape is that compelling of a need to retain your services
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Unless you plan on traveling to any beaches this summer.
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
U use SSH tunnel with a seedbox before?
Like this: http://whatbox.ca/
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
They don’t mean it. They’re just engaging in populism because saying “BOOO CHINA SUCKS AND I’M GOING TO BE TOUGH WITH THEM” will get votes. Democrats do this too in their own way.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
SHITS GETTING REAL IN WALNUT CREEK:
Six people were arrested outside a Walnut Creek bar early Sunday in connection with a brawl that reportedly began over a stolen gold chain, police said.
Police on patrol spotted at least 15 people fighting at 1:10 a.m. outside Shiro Lounge, a bar and restaurant at 1523 Giammona Drive.
Officers allegedly saw one suspect, 27-year-old Richmond resident Davon Kelly, assaulting another person lying on the ground while others around them fought or watched the fight, police said.
When police tried to break up the fight, Kelly allegedly punched an officer in the face. Officers subdued Kelly with a Taser shock weapon and arrested him, police said.
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Let me get this right …..they arrested DAVON , DONTE , DAVONTE, DESIRAE & DEVON?
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I clicked on this link just to see if this was true. holy crap.
Davon, Donte, Davonte, Desirae and Devon were detained over a dispute over despoiled dubloons
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
WTF?!
Thierry Henry back in actionfor the Gunnersand scores vs. Leeds in the FA Cup? This after Paul Scholes reaapaears for Manchester United?
you forgot, putting on sunglasses
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
he’s scored 12 goals in 12 games against leeds, per espn.
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
How many of Snoop Dogg’s drug buses could a drug dog bust if a drug dog could bust drug buses?
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/09/showbiz/snoop-dogg-pot/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
Freaky
Son of Packers’ offensive coordinator missing
Authorities were searching for the 21-year-old son of Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin on Monday, a day after he was reported missing following a night out with friends.
Michael T. Philbin was last heard from around 2 a.m. Sunday. Oshkosh Police spokesman Joseph Nichols said one of Michael Philbin’s friends reported him missing at 8:15 p.m. Sunday.
Philbin had traveled from his home in Ripon to Oshkosh to meet friends, Nichols said. They went out together in the campus area Saturday evening but when the group decided to move on to another establishment Michael Philbin apparently chose to stay behind, he said.
Philbin made a cellphone call to one of his friends at 2 a.m. but didn’t say where he was, Nichols said. Philbin didn’t sound as if he was under duress or suffering from any medical issues and the call ended amicably, Nichols said.
But he never returned to get his car on Sunday and never tried to contact anyone, prompting the call to police, Nichols said.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
As per Jason Wilde from ESPN
I’m told the #Packers players have indeed been informed that the body of offensive coordinator Joe Philbin’s son, Michael, has been ID’ed.
uh oh italia
Long-term bond yields surge to 7.16%
The spread between Italy’s 10-year bond and the German benchmark closed at 531 basis points, delivering a yield of 7.16%.
Milan stocks slid 1.67% with the FTSE Mib index closing at 14,401 points.
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
If you bought $10,000 of Italian bonds, you’d receive $716 a year for ten years, before getting your original $10,000 back.
For comparison, if you did the same with US bonds, you’d get $201 a year.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
it means
they’re basically broke if they can’t get their long-term debt refinanced this year under 7%. And the IMF and EU combined don’t have enough money to cover them.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 10, 2012 6:55 AM PST up reply actions
WFH Update
The 2.5hr BCS Championship pregame show just started. I guess it’s an hour for each field goal to be scored.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 3:19 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
Chip Kelly is on the pregame show
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
It looks like Kline has already signed his letter of intent and will be enrolling early at Cal and should be available for Spring workouts and practice. I thought I read that he was graduating high school early and was going to be an early enrollee. Can anyone confirm?
Welcome to Cal Zach! Have a great first semester on campus!
It also looks like Christian Okafor is an early enrollee too.
Yeah, that was my understanding. Kline and Okafor are going to be spring enrollees.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
Early enrollees count toward 2011 I believe.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 6:18 PM PST up reply actions
In the Game of Trolls, you either troll or you die.
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relevant
Bears on the hunt!!! Cal finished as the #1 Total Defense in the Pac12 yet again. Back to Back years baby!! Lets Eat #calgang #Cal
from the twitter of the great tosh
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
= let’s go, apparently.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
If you have to explain it to me....
…..I’m clearly not hip enough to wear it.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
This one is pretty sweet

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-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 4:17 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
TROLL ON YOU BEARS
You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…
by cldpc on Jan 9, 2012 4:19 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I take full credit for this phrase :)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
good, good.
"We need more players who play the Game Of Trolls!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 5:11 PM PST up reply actions
I love love love it!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
Just made the templates lol

"We need more players who play the Game Of Trolls!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
kekeke
1000×1000 png on transparent background

"We need more players who play the Game Of Trolls!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 4:25 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
you are about to be official tshirt maker
twist help a brotha out and let us troll on you bears
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
twist get on this or i quit posting and no one wants that except medvjed
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
I dont think the official CGB site should have anything like this, even though I personally love it
In the Game of Trolls, you either troll or you die.
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i think u can just upload the graphic to spreadshirt, it’s the same process if you buy it at the cgb store except u don’t buy it from the cgb store
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-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
Twistnhook with his basement sweatshops and 10000% markups!
"We need more players who play the Game Of Trolls!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
I actually have it in my attic now
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by natteringnabob on Jan 10, 2012 6:56 AM PST up reply actions
f that i’m ordering 29 so i can wear it every day in february then do my wash on a lunar cycle
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Please keep your......
….lunar cycle details to yourself. TMI !!!
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
Too many good recruits?
Are we the target of a propaganda campaign?
California is far from home, yet is a solid option on the national scale. After losing to the Longhorns in the Holiday Bowl, the Golden Bears are still big-time threats in the Pac-12. Consistent coaching has been important to their success, however, and California’s defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast may be leaving.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Buhhhh Pendergast leaving? What?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
There’s absolutely nothing in that article to back up that statement.
Hatters gonna hat.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
And a new meme is born? (yes that is the writer)

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/35oeoc/
"We need more players who play the Game Of Trolls!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
LOL!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
LOL AGGY
Born in West Point, NY, I became part of a military family. My father has moved us all around from Kansas to Georgia and Japan to Texas. After retiring in San Antonio when I was six, I’ve grown up in the Lonestar State. I played high school football and basketball and was a starter on my district championship team my senior year. I now attend Texas A&M and study Civil Engineering. College Station is my home for now as I work my way through college. I appreciate all the readers and hope you guys enjoy the articles.
"We need more players who play the Game Of Trolls!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
Profile of the dude who wrote the article with an unsubstantiated claim that Pendergast might be leaving.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
He is aggy therefore:

"We need more players who play the Game Of Trolls!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
love it
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
lolololol
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
lol dey be drinkin bleach
"We need more players who play the Game Of Trolls!"
-TwistNHook
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 9, 2012 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
ah-ha, I was explaining this to my Michigan friend..
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
Tosh for DC? What do you say?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
On a similar note...
TwistNHook might be a porn star. I have nothing to back up this statement.
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
CaliforniaGoldenBlogs/Twitter/Facebook/Clothing Store
Twist’s Wedding Night
“Less action than Waiting for Godot!”
“Even the cheesy electronic keyboard music is sombulatory!”
In the case of Twist’s Wedding Night though, the cheesy electronic keyboard music is actually this
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 7:09 PM PST up reply actions
stay in san diego!
The Chargers will remain in San Diego for the 2012 season, but their fate beyond this year is still undetermined.
The Chargers and San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders issued a joint statement Monday announcing that the team would not trigger the early termination clause in their Qualcomm Stadium lease this year as it continues to work with Sanders to build a largely publicly financed stadium in downtown San Diego.
“The City of San Diego and the Chargers continue to work closely together to explore publicly acceptable ways to build a new Super Bowl-quality stadium on the bus maintenance yard site in the East Village of downtown San Diego,” the statement read. “Both the Mayor’s Office and the Chargers look forward to continuing their joint efforts to build a multi-use stadium that will benefit the entire region.”
The Chargers can announce their intention to leave San Diego between Feb. 1 and May 1 of each year through 2020 if they pay an early termination fee tied to the bonds used to expand Qualcomm in 1997. The bonds would have been worth about $24 million this year.
Move to San Jose?
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Can they play in the Staples Center with the Clippers and Lakers and Kings?
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by natteringnabob on Jan 10, 2012 6:57 AM PST up reply actions
BIG QUESTION STILL REMAINS WHEN RAIN WILL RETURN TO OUR AREA.
LATEST ECMWF/GEM SOLUTIONS BRING A LONGWAVE TROF INTO THE PACNW/BC
REGION MONDAY/TUESDAY. IN THESE SOLUTIONS A COLD FRONT WOULD MOVE
INTO OUR AREA TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY AND BRING RAINFALL. THE GFS KEEPS
THE RIDGE IN PLACE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND ANY RAIN
WELL OUT OF OUR AREA. CPC 6-10 AND 8-14 DAY OUTLOOKS FINALLY SHOW
NORMAL TO ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL WHICH WOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH
THE ECMWF/GEM IDEA. THIS PERIOD IS JUST OUTSIDE OF OUR MAIN
FORECAST HOWEVER IT WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
I wish angry weatherman would closely monitor me, if you know what I mean!
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wat about weather report?
i know zoonews/twist loves them some birdland amirite
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
at outside lands last year, people were recording with ipads. silly!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Insightful, stats based research from....
/notsarcasm
cliffs: “Controlled” experiment. Pac 12 refs called more penalties for more yards than any conference, by far during the regular season. Pac 12 refs called more penalties for more yards than any other conference’s refs, by far, against non Pac 12 teams in bowl games. Pac 12 teams incurred FEWER penalties for LESS yards when compared to their season average in bowl games, where refs were guaranteed to be from another conference….
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
I insult Cal and everyone affiliated with it at least 200 times per day because I love Cal so much.
/DO
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 4:51 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
This DBD is TL;DR
I am having a crazy workday today. I explained it to Rags as being at the intersection of ‘Clean and Close 2011’ and ‘Try new Initiatives for 2012!"While I am in no way complaining, I will however be at the bar Per Diem at 5:45 for the intersection of ‘Whiskey’ and ‘In my Belly’.
Join me if you’d like for a short drink before I trudge back to my desk in the ever-lasting glow of the fluorescent lights.
Cal: Bears with Books.
just looked that place up on yelp. only 10 reviews? is it new?
by the federer express on Jan 9, 2012 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
mmm whiskey instead of gym…. done.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Jan 9, 2012 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
please to report on whiskey at per diem
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Whiskey is okay, but service is still confused. I would try again there in about 4 months see if the servers stopped bumping into each other.
oh shit, they just turned off the lights. I guess its time to go home now. Just need to finish a couple more spreadsheets.
Cal: Bears with Books.
texas
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2012/01/texas-torrential-rains-drought-video.html
The Houston area not only had torrential rain, but some locations also had hail, funnel clouds and flash-flood warnings on Monday. The downpour stranded scores of southeast Texas drivers and left thousands without power, but it’s unlikely to ease the drought that has plagued Texas for more than a year.
There were up to 4 inches of rain Monday morning in the Houston area as a cold front moving in from the north met warm, moist Gulf air, said Don Oettinger, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Some locations got an inch and a half of hail, and several funnel clouds were reported. Severe thunderstorm, tornado and flash-flood warnings were in effect for some areas through Monday afternoon, Oettinger told The Times.
The rain will help farmers and ranchers in the short term, Oettinger said, but it will do little to diminish — much less halt — the punishing drought that’s taken a toll on crops, livestock and wildlife.
Blue Ivy? Sounds like a Ktown bar.
Beyonce has a baby girl! She and Jay-Z welcome Blue Ivy Carter
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2012/01/beyonce-baby-blue-ivy-carter-jay-z.html
Beyonce and Jay-Z welcomed their first baby Saturday night in New York City, giving their daughter the name Blue Ivy Carter.
New auntie Solange Knowles and famous friends Rihanna, Diddy, Russell Simmons and Gwyneth Paltrow were among those tweeting their best wishes, with Rihanna dubbing the little girl “princess Carter” and Paltrow writing, “Welcome to the world Blue! We love you already.”
There are some things that most people seem to hate — movies about a million Hitlers, for instance.
Such a lie, Rishi! The Boys from Brazil was nominated for three Oscars!
CGB: The Strangest Blog
Circumcision is also a polarizing topic.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 9:55 PM PST up reply actions
What's up with chain restaurants and racist reciepts?
Lady Chinky Eyes – sadly for fiatlux, the cashier was fired.
lulz
sadly for fiatlux
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 7:10 PM PST up reply actions
dude you’re so crazy. if you went to chick fil a with your awesome African proteges, and their receipts were labeled n****1 and n****2 i’m pretty sure you wouldn’t be calling for the employee to be fired, you’d be calling for him to be fired, then deep fat fried…
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Dude.
That’s out of line.
If you’re going to talk about deep fat frying, please specify lard or peanut oil. M’kay? Thanks.
Old Toothwrangler
Lard is apparently the hip new gourmet thing, according to NPR’s Planet Money.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 9:11 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but nothing exists to NPR until yuppies or hipsters like it.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Or this I guess.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
Lard was also an amazing band featuring Jello Biafra.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
nice
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
Of course it’s old. People have been cooking with pig fat since time immemorial. But it had fallen out of fashion in the 20th century with the publishing of The Jungle and the advent of Crisco. Now it’s becoming a fashionable thing to cook with again.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t tell if you’re serious. if you are, dude, how on earth is that out of line?! it’s an example of the exact same crap that would make people who care about those who were offended feel, but from a perspective FL might actually be able to understand since he invested so much in his Africans… I’m not trying to joke about it.
if you aren’t….corn oil.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
I dunno, can it? Can we find out? I’m soooo bored after watching that BCS game. I took a nap in the middle of it and missed nothing.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
You had it on? We just ate dinner and watched the end of USF / Australian National Team of St. Mary’s AND WE HATE HOOPS
WE ARE THE 0%
I was flipping back and forth between the BCS game and Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives when I passed out for like an hour.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
Can someone explain to me why a certain segment of the populace hates, and I mean HATES Guy Fieri?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
This.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
I love DDD!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
The Daily Douchebag Dump?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
diuuuu
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
Well then, we’ve finally found the boundaries of our friendship.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
how so?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
Keeping in mind that we’ve only seen a little of the show, we like the concept but the hair and the yelling (or whatever that voice schtick is) and he talks down to the audience and the hair and he sort of runs over the guests, well not exactly but that’s what it sort of feels like to us, that he doesn’t seem actually engaged in what he is doing and it all rings a little phony baloney to us like the hair.
WE ARE THE 0%
Frosted tips are a unique identifier here.
/no offense to any readers who have similar hair
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Pics or you’re Guy Fieri
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
yeah maybe…I mean he seems like typical giant personality (probably big ego) TV guy. I just don’t get the hate. Alls he does is go around being fat and going MEGA FLAVOR.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:26 PM PST up reply actions
Bourdain on Fieri (2008)
Acknowledging that Bourdain is an (entertaining) professional blowhard:
TVGuide.com: You’ve been at odds with the idea of the celebrity chef — lately Rachael Ray.
Bourdain: I’m exhausted by the certain knowledge that no matter what I do or say, she’s just going to get bigger and more popular and more influential. It’s railing against the tide — or the surf at this point! [Laughs] I can only hope that when she rules the world, she allows me to live.
TVGuide.com: And you’ve since made peace with Emeril?
Bourdain: Since the very beginning, Emeril’s had a sense of humor about me calling him names and poking fun at him. Unlike Rachael and unlike a lot of these guys, Emeril’s a professional who came up in the business the hard way. You don’t make it in the restaurant business to the degree he’s made it by having a thin skin. He’s been very gracious and funny to me since the beginning.
TVGuide.com: His Emeril Live was recently canceled….
Bourdain: I think he deserves a lot better. The last thing I guess you should expect from a television network is to be grateful. But it seems to me that if anyone has earned that, it’s him. I love Mario [Batali’s] shows on the Food Network, too, but he’s gone as well. I don’t know who’s left standing.
TVGuide.com: Guy Fieri maybe?
Bourdain: Guy Fieri… did you ever see the Simpsons episode where it’s decided that Itchy and Scratchy need a sidekick? So a committee gets together and they invent one called Poochie…. Guy Fieri kind of looks like he’s been designed by committee.
Then Bourdain’s tweets on the stolen Lambo:
• Hey, this Lamborghini I "borrowed" is a nice ride!
• But it smells like Ed Hardy in here.
• …and there are naked pictures of Howie Mandel in the glove. Ewww!
• A half eaten nori roll under the seat–and there’s bbq PORK inside! What kind of beast owned this thing!!!
• I probably shouldn’t have had that 5th drink. This is a lot of car…
• Gotta say–this thing handles well off the road!
That’s good stuff right there.
WE ARE THE 0%
HA, I watched some of his show for the first time recently and liked it (though it seems like all he does is go somewhere and eat and drink a lot), but this makes me like him a lot more. Even though I don’t mind Guy Fieri.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
Even though I don’t mind Guy Fieri.
I thought we were friends.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
I’m not pro-Fieri… just sort of Fieri-neutral.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:47 PM PST up reply actions
We think his show ponders just a bit too much but it is the best food/travel thing going ioo. Enjoyed the Maron podcast with him too, he was humble about his own skills, something that doesn’t come across right away reading or watching him: he acknowledged that he could never compete with Top Chef contestants, was a bad head chef, put a lot of people out of business back in the day, was a complete addict, etc.
WE ARE THE 0%
heh truth. I like Bourdain, I read two of his books. I still don’t get the hate, though. Almost everything I’ve read infers what he actually is like from his attitude/clothes/speech etc than what he actually may be like.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:33 PM PST up reply actions
I read Kitchen Confidential and his Les Halles cookbook (I literally read it cover to cover when I first got it).
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
You’d probably also like Soul of a Chef by Michael Ruhlman.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 10, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Oh noes! Something on TV isn’t real!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
Do you also like that show where they promise to show how Sugar Daddies are made but really it’s just a stupid infomercial for Sugar Daddies and you don’t really get to see much about how they are made?
WE ARE THE 0%
Sounds like gooooooood watching!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
I miss Good Eats.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
This. What ever happened to that show?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
It went the way of Fresh Prince on TBS!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
Yay! Friendsies again.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
The Taming of the Shew → 10 Stilettos I Hate about you
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
Damn you! Now I know the ending.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
How much sugar? How much heat?
sec119?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
What about the “How Stuff is Made” show or whatever? I thought that was kind of cool. They’d show you how airplane propellers are made, and it’s not much of an infomercial in that I don’t really base my travel on which company made the propellers or anything.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
I LOVE How It’s Made.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
That’s one of the shows that makes me miss cable. It’s so dry, yet so utterly captivating.
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--Thoroughbred
Whaaaa? This is the first I’ve heard of this.
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
see zoo’s comment
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
Frosted tips, asshole to people, annoying…
Also, I hear the people in Santa Rosa really don’t like him, instead of just TV don’t like him.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA I can’t hear you!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, he does seem like someone who would be embraced in LA :P
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
Midwest = natural blond
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
Pompous windbag who can’t cook.
Saw a recipe once where he directed you to use the “bean juice” as in the liquid from the can of beans as your magic ingredient.
Holy eff.
Old Toothwrangler
lol! bean juice.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
I am so mad I missed the I hate Guy Fiery hate thread!
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by natteringnabob on Jan 10, 2012 6:58 AM PST up reply actions
I dunno, he seems like an affable chap!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
good point, who cares, it’s just the food network.
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--Thoroughbred
In high school, I stopped watching normal-people-TV and only watched the Food Network, because other shows took too much of an emotional commitment. It’s not as good anymore, though. (I realize this is a very typical thing to say about the “good old days.”)
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
America’s Test Kitchen!!!!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:27 PM PST up reply actions
methinks you and I have differing definitions of douchebag.
although I think it’s hilar how he subtly and badly hits on the women chefs.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:35 PM PST up reply actions
Hmmm…I’ve never really noticed him hitting on the women chefs.
I guess I’ll have to start taping the show and paying more attention.
Old Toothwrangler
example:
“And this would make a great dish for when you invite friends over, or for you, Chris, by yourself!”
“How about I just invite you over eh??”
“…..”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 10, 2012 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
wow
me too. I don’t even lament the “good old days” of TV with 6 channels, I think it’s crappier in terms of volume now than it was 5 years ago. When AMC is running Everybody Loves Raymond reruns, the History channel is all current programming, Nick at Nite runs recent shows, and there are literally 50 shopping channels and many networks turn themselves over to infomercials… if it weren’t for MLBs stupid blackout rules I’d turn the dish off tomorrow.
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by natteringnabob on Jan 10, 2012 7:01 AM PST up reply actions
the "good old days" of TV with 6 channels
6 channels!?!?!?!? Profligacy!
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Indeed. We had three channels. Then we got a fourth channel. It was so exciting! Except it turned out to be the educational channel — the predecessor to PBS — no BBC stuff, just shows where people read children’s books aloud or gave instructions on how to paint with watercolors.
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butterfly in the skyyyyyyyyy……
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 10, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
How appropriate an observation for this post.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
GO GAELS!!!
MORAGA STYLE!
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by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
Whatever. Fire everyone!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll take you in September, but not on a Sunday, cause they’ll be closed.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
your and my brains appear to be similar.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
Let’s name the best dish at China Village in 3 … 2… 1 …
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--Thoroughbred
the spicy fish tofu one !!!!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:35 PM PST up reply actions
haha, very close to the spicy boiled fish.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
(guess where I had dinner last night)
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Arby’s?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 10, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Well slap some batter on me and deep fry me in crude!
…..please don’t do that.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
He didn’t say he liked firing people.
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by CalBear81 on Jan 9, 2012 10:10 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
lol rec’d
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
So, you do hate me!
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They posted the store phone number!
I’m going to call them every day with Moe’s Tavern crank calls.

Phone call for Al…Al Coholic…is there an Al Coholic here?
Oliver Clothesoff! Call for Oliver Clothesoff!
Uh, is I.P. Freely here? Hey, everybody, I.P. Freely!
Uh, Jacques Strap! Hey guys, I’m looking for a Jacques Strap!
Hey, is there a Butz here? Seymour Butz? Hey, everybody, I wanna Seymour Butz!
Uh, Homer Sexual? Aw, come on, come on, one of you guys has gotta be Homer Sexual!
Mike Rotch! Mike Rotch! Hey, has anybody seen Mike Rotch lately?
Uh, hey, everybody! I’m a stupid moron with an ugly face and big butt and my butt smells and I like to kiss my own butt
Uh, Hugh Jass? Oh, somebody check the men’s room for a Hugh Jass!
Bea O’Problem! Bea O’Problem! Come on, guys, do I have a Bea O’Problem here?
Uh, Amanda Huggenkiss? Hey, I’m looking for Amanda Huggenkiss! Ah, why can’t I find Amanda Huggenkiss?
Ivana Tinkle? Ivana Tinkle? All right, everybody, put down your glasses, Ivana Tinkle!
Telegram for Heywood U. Cuddleme! Heywood U. Cuddleme? Big guy in the back, Heywood U. Cuddleme?
Yuri Nater? Yuri Nater? Hey, my mouth is begging for a Yuri Nater!
Text message for I.M.A.Wiener. As you can all see, I.M.A. Wiener!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 7:18 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I love the Simpsons
this one is my favorite: “Uh, hey, everybody! I’m a stupid moron with an ugly face and big butt and my butt smells and I like to kiss my own butt”
by the federer express on Jan 10, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
Random legal research
I was searching through a crapload of cases today on LEXIS. In one of the cases, there was a controversy involving an expert witness named Jorge Gutierrez. It made me chuckle.
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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I had a meeting this summer in Southern Orange County and walked by this office...
talked about a double Cal whammy! and it also made me chuckle (and wondered just for a second)

for reals and I just took the afternoon off to get real work done and over 1k comments. impressed and annoyed
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
I was busy. Came back and said “holy sh” No way I’m getting through this one.
You win. You. All. Win.
Old Toothwrangler
I stopped watching the BCS game for this. Also because the SEC sucks.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 9:37 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t really even load the page anymore. thisll be my last post for thei nght.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
But wait, a glimmer over the horizon!
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Men smart! Woman is smarter!

Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
ZOMG! I just found this gif when I looked up that photo!

Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
LOVE
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It was watching that moment that hooked me on the Simpsons for life.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:47 PM PST up reply actions
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 9:23 PM PST up reply actions
I love Harry Belafonte. One of my roommate and I used to smoke weed and listen to his LPs all this time back in college.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Me too. I mean, I <3 Harry, not weed part :)
Harry was one of the first concerts I went to as a kid. His live double LP at Carnegie Hall was a staple of my childhood.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 9:31 PM PST up reply actions
That’s awesome. I would loved to see him live. More just for the hell of it.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Haha dude, you have to listen to the epic version of Matilda from that Carnegie Hall album I was talking about.
I believe this concert was the first time a black man had performed at Carnegie back in 1959.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 9:42 PM PST up reply actions
DUDE! My roommate had this album.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Darlin’ Cora is also one of my faves.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 9:55 PM PST up reply actions
OMG SO SEXIS
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by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 9:21 PM PST up reply actions
Breaking News
Raleigh’s, Cafe Intermezzo may re-open after Haste Street fire
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
That’s awesome news. However, I hold little hope that the city will be a help in this situation. They’ve always been a hindrance to the Telegraph businesses. If something is built there, it’ll be in spite of them.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
I just drove by that rubble yesterday, it’ll be a while before they re-open if at all.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Do they still have the corner closed and detour traffic up Dwight?
It’s like the city WANTS Telegraph Ave to fail so all the rat teens can take over.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
No, I drove down Haste past it.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Excellent. I’m heading down there for the next Bball game.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
FOOD TRUCK TO RESCUE
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
Slightly weird to see a Romney ad on the Daily Cal site.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
Let’s not say anything crazy now :)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
Is everyone sleeping now?
The picture from my Gmail account disappeared, even though it still appears in the settings. This is pretty frustrating, because it’s me with Jamal Boykin, and HIS HAND IS THE SIZE OF MY HEAD.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
Should be sleeping
Am not sleeping.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Same. And Africa is now talking to me. AGH.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
Can I buy some weed off you?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
If only that were the case. I’d probably make more money than being a grad student.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
I have no idea how to help your Gmail issue, but Boykin is one of my all time favorite Cal players. He was Jorge before Jorge was cool.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
Gmail and boys are both failing me right now. Displeased. Let’s talk about Jamal Boykin some more.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
At least you have freedom!
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
REVOLUTION!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t forget to bless the rains while you’re down there.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 9, 2012 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
Dear Ms. TheBuckeyeBear
From Mrs TwistNHook
Rep.of Benin
West Africa.
Dear friend ,
I am a widow to the late principal accountant of
Sierra Leon central bank who was assassinated due to political hostility
in my country. For the sake of our lives, we fled to the neighbouring
republic of Benin where we are seeking refuge until my son was
evacuated to Europe recently where he is also seeking asylum.
We decided to search for an external assistance because we are having
problems recovering a large deposit made by our late father overseas
since the company maintained that instructions left by our late husband
the original depositor states that the funds be “RELEASED TO MY FOREIGN
REPRESENTATIVE ONLY”, believing he would appoint someone by himself to
represent him for the claim but eventually he died earlier thereby
making it impossible for us to go any further regarding this claim.
Most importantly, your ability to put the said funds into circulation
wisely for our joint interest and relocating us is a major considerable
factor regarding our request as our knowledge on financial matters is
not enough to handle an amount of money above (us$10,000,000.00) ten
million alone.
On your personal advise,We are also considering the below options as areas
relative to our interest to put the said funds working.
1) hospitality industry
2) farming and acquisition of farmlands
In view of this, if you are touched to work with us in sincerity, by
standing as my late husband,s foreign representative to receive the said
deposit on our behalf, we shall embrace you as our new found
parent/family and will compensate you accordingly.
As you indicate interest, please be fast to contact my son Kodiak on
this email address (cgbkodiak@trollnhook.com) to enable him give you
further information relative to the presence/position of funds and the
steps we shall take to finalize on the project.
Do not hesitate to include your personal telephone/fax numbers as this
will facilitate communication between you and my son.
Thanking you in advance for your kind and urgent response, more so for
keeping our proposal to your self.
Sincerely
TwistNHook
by LeonPowe on Jan 10, 2012 12:09 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Yesyes. My bank account number is 1-800-GOBEARS
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 10, 2012 7:36 AM PST up reply actions
Wow, you are a pair of East Coast night owls. I am ready for bed, my dog is pre-warming the foot of it as we speak.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
I should be asleep…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
Can’t sleep before I travel.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
great, just great
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Come on people, only 345 comments to go to hit 3,000!
However, I’m running out of steam….
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
YOU CAN DO IT!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
My cat ate a lot more than usual tonight.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:12 PM PST up reply actions
Good, good.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
I believe in you CalBandGreat!
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
My cat’s breathe smells like cat food.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
Here's a topic: what sports do you consider obscure?
Are they obscure because you don’t know about them, or because MANY people don’t know about them?
We all know I don’t know anything, so this list is the the former, for me:
-curling
-hmmmm…this is tough. I need to know enough about it to know that it exists, but also not know anything about it…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
-hmmmm…this is tough. I need to know enough about it to know that it exists, but also not know anything about it…
Whoa.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:12 PM PST up reply actions
A ploy to up the comment count? Quotebox, and “whoa?” I can get onboard.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know what I don’t know enough about to comment on this, so my mind is blown. Also, I’m about to call it quits cuz I’ve been working (and commenting here) since 6:30 this morning.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:15 PM PST up reply actions
Sigh. Quitters aren’t going to win. I’m here until Africa gets resolved.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 11:17 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, good luck with that.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:19 PM PST up reply actions
And zen we fire ze missiles!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 11:20 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly
Blank slate. Only the strong survive. (Which means I will die a very quick, marshmallow death.)
I may not be making sense anymore, and Africa gave up talking to me, so I’m going to sleep. By the way, I’m not high on anything. “Africa” just refers to the Buckeye I scared off to Africa. And on that note, goodnight all! Good morning to those who are lucky enough to awaken to this!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 11:24 PM PST up reply actions
Are you Donald Rumsfeld?
(if only Rishi were here to defend him, then we’d get to 3K)
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
BOO!!! Be strong, TheBuckeyeBear! No more Africa!!!
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
This is my motto for 2012!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 10, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Cricket

The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
by norcalnick on Jan 9, 2012 11:24 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
This.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:24 PM PST up reply actions
don’t say badminton!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 9, 2012 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
damn it
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 10, 2012 7:59 AM PST up reply actions
sepak tekraw
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 10, 2012 7:59 AM PST up reply actions
props for mentioning kabbadi
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Jan 10, 2012 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
Dude I totally liked sepak tekraw before it was cool.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jan 10, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
well…i just discovered that hulu now streams korean shows now. it’ll be the death of my social life.
Oooh I should tell Mama BuckeyeBear about this. (Or, rather, tell Papa BuckeyeBear to show her how to find them.)
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 9, 2012 11:19 PM PST up reply actions
In attempted to find the troll image from Redonk, I searched for the word ‘Troll’ on this page. My browser found 344 references.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Prolly since Twist has the word in his signature.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:27 PM PST up reply actions
What do you think I thought when I saw this?

Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Jan 9, 2012 11:33 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Fuck Pepperidge Farm!
There I said it.
#timeforbed
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
no bueno.
Child sexual abuse cases in Hollywood attract attention
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-fi-ct-hollywood-molesters-20120109,0,5156738.story?page=1
In his private journal, Jason Michael Handy once described himself as a “pedophile, full blown.”
Handy snapped more than 1,000 photos of girls at the elementary school across the street from his house, using a camera with a telephoto lens, according to court documents. He volunteered at a Malibu church, where he worked with 6-year-olds. And his job as a production assistant at one of the nation’s most prominent producers of children’s television programs, Nickelodeon, gave him access to child actors on and off the set, and allowed him to exchange email addresses and phone numbers with them.
He used the hopes of at least two girls who dreamed of careers in TV to sexually exploit them.
Handy was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading no contest in 2004 to two felony counts, one of lewd acts on a child and one of distributing sexually explicit material by email, and to a misdemeanor charge related to child sexual exploitation. His arrest and prosecution received scant media attention at the time but are attracting renewed interest now, after the recent arrest of a talent manager on molestation charges and reports by The Times that a registered sex offender was working with children as a casting associate.
The Handy case, which in part prompted Nickelodeon to toughen its background checks for all employees, is among at least a dozen child molestation and child pornography prosecutions since 2000 involving actors, managers, production assistants and others in the industry, according to court documents and published accounts.
Advocates and professionals who work with victims of child sexual abuse say predators exploit the glittery lure of Hollywood to prey on aspiring actors or models. They assert that the problem is more widespread than the industry is willing to acknowledge and have called for tougher laws and better screening of those who represent or work with children.
This is terrible. What is also terrible is when I read him writing about being a “pedophile. full blown.” I immediately thought of Charlie Day on a date telling the woman he was a “full on rapist” when he was trying to say “philatrophist”
_
Charlie"I’m a full-on rapist, you know. Africans, dyslexics, children, that sort of thing."
Jackie: "I’m sorry, did you say you’re a full-on rapist?"
Charlie: "Did I say that? No no no no, I help people. You know what I mean? I’m a phila… phila… philan."
Jackie: "A philanthropist?"
Charlie: "Yeah that’s exactly what it is! It gets blocked up in my mouth, I don’t say it no good. So… I’m a janitor at a bar."
well, this dbd just had nearly 100 comments about Guy Fieri.
CGB just, JUMPED. THE. SHARK.
Also, lost all credibility.
Also, too. TOTALLY AWESOME.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
hurry up and get this stupid thing to 3000, i need to go to bed. i expect 3000 in the morn’
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Jan 10, 2012 12:54 AM PST up reply actions
Hey guys here are my thoughts on religion:
mdwm
"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
Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is great
If a sperm gets wasted, God gets quite irate.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Let the heathens spill theirs, all on the dusty ground
God will make them pay for each sperm that can’t be found
Great f’in movie
relevant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk
<3 the Galaxy Song.
"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 10, 2012 8:25 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
WOW!
You guys are interesting, but have waay too much time on your hands.
My dear friend, that is not a “but” statement. We’re interesting because we have too much time on our hands!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Jan 15, 2012 8:15 AM PST up reply actions

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