August 28, 2013
— Maetenloch
The Most Important Life Lesson Older People Want Younger Ones to Know
Do not spend your life in a job you hate.
You know those nightmares where you are shouting a warning but no sound comes out? Well, that's the intensity with which the experts wanted to tell younger people that spending years in a job you dislike is a recipe for regret and a tragic mistake. There was no issue about which the experts were more adamant and forceful. Over and over they prefaced their comments with, "If there's one thing I want your readers to know it's . . ." From the vantage point of looking back over long experience, wasting around two thousand hours of irretrievable lifetime each year is pure idiocy.
Fringe Politics Isn't Really About Politics
Even if the people on the fringe obsess on politics and politicians.
Because their motives were basically psychological rather than political, the anti-Bush moonbats have kept up their radical craziness long after the original grievance has passed. The U.S. has pulled out of Iraq and is withdrawing from Afghanistan, but the radicals have not been placated by the policy changes they demanded, because policy changes are not really what radicals seek. Rather, the radical desires to destroy the society from which he is alienated.
...Why have fringe kooks like this - who raged against Bush when all the cool kids were doing it - not been placated by Obama's policies? For the same reason that Oswald, who embraced Marxism during the Eisenhower era, was not placated by John F. Kennedy's liberalism: It's not really about politics for these kooks.
It is wrong to dismiss these kooks as irrelevant to mainstream politics, because the mainstream influences the kooks even while the kooks influence the mainstream.
Unfortunately just because they're acting mostly out of their own internal psych issues rather than policy or ideology doesn't mean that they still don't have a powerful political influence. Like the strength of the retard the power of the kook shouldn't be underestimated.
Feminism's High Water Mark....Was a Lie?
On Thursday night, Sept. 20, 1973, 50 million Americans, fatigued by Vietnam and Watergate, tuned in to see whether a woman could defeat a man on a tennis court. Dubbed "The Battle of the Sexes," the match pitted Billie Jean King, the 29-year-old champion of that summer's Wimbledon and a crusader for the women's liberation movement, against Bobby Riggs, the 55-year-old gambler, hustler and long-ago tennis champ who had willingly become America's bespectacled caricature of male chauvinism.
... If she were to defeat Bobby Riggs, the triumph would be shared by every woman who knew she deserved equal pay, opportunities and respect. Equally sweet, King would cram shut the mouth of a male chauvinist clown who had chortled that a woman belonged in the bedroom and the kitchen but certainly not in the same arena competing against a man. For Riggs, the $100,000 winner-take-all match offered big money and a perfect launching pad to a late-in-life career playing exhibition matches against women.
King defeated Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 shocking many watchers. But was the match all just a Mob-created betting scam?
A Devastating Affirmative-Action Failure
This article has probably already appeared somewhere on the blog but if you haven't read it yet now would be a good time.
But the Times story conveys a subtler point as well: Racial preferences are not just ill advised, they are positively sadistic. Only the preening self-regard of University of California administrators and faculty is served by such an admissions travesty. Preference practitioners are willing to set their "beneficiaries" up to fail and to subject them to possible emotional distress, simply so that the preference dispensers can look out upon their "diverse" realm and know that they are morally superior to the rest of society.
Back in my teaching and tutoring days I met more than a few Kashawns (and their José counterparts). Not only was their time, money, and effort wasted at a university they weren't prepared for but afterwards they were left damaged by the completely unnecessary personal defeat of flunking out of college. Only the diversity bean counters came out ahead on the deal.
Will the Pottery Barn Rule Save Assad?
It can be simultaneously true that the narrowly defined mission in Libya succeeded and that what followed was disastrous. The reason it elicits comparisons to Iraq is because of Colin Powell's famous "Pottery Barn rule" regarding foreign intervention: "You break it, you own it."
...The Pottery Barn rule is why Iraq looms over the various humanitarian disasters created by the Arab Spring, tempting American intervention. And the "bad things that have happened since" Gaddafi's toppling are why Libya is being raised as a cautionary tale for intervention in Syria.
Bah - I've never bought into the Pottery Barn rule. The fact that we even have the term 'punitive raid' is evidence that you can break it and not pick up the pieces. The world is not a mall and there are a lot of places that need more breakin' and less ownin'.
And Everybody Was Crazy and Stupid Right Up Until Just A Few Years Ago
You know, we've all read history. Everybody, you know, world history, and weren't all past ages maaaad? There were slaves, there were kings-I don't think there's a single student who reads the history of England and doesn't say that that was crazy. You know "that's wonderful, you gotta know history, and be open to things and so on," but they're not open to those things because they know that that was crazy. I mean, the latest transformation of history is as a history of the enslavement of women, which means to say that is was all crazy-up till now.
And We Call This Thing a "Restaurant"
China is increasing its pressure on the Philippines to remove small detachments of sailors and marines stationed on nine islets and reefs in the Spratly Islands. In particular, the Chinese want the detachment stationed on a World War II era landing ship (the BRP Sierra Madre) removed. The Filipino navy deliberately grounded the LST on Second Thomas Reef in 1999, to provide a place for an observation team. Chinese patrol ships have recently come within nine kilometers of the LST, which China insists is there illegally. The Philippines warns China that it will resist any attempts to use force against the grounded ship. In response China is building more buildings (on stilts) on nearby Mischief Reef (which is only 126 kilometers from the Philippines' Palawan Island). Second Thomas Reef and nearby Reed Bank are 148 kilometers west of the Philippines (Palawan Island) and well within the Philippines's EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone). Although the EEZ is recognized by international law (and a treaty that China signed and uses to defend waters off its own coast) China says that does not apply here because all the islets in the South China Sea belong to China and there is no room for negotiation on that point.
How To Crack a Bike Lock in 30 Seconds
When Dinosaurs Attack...At The Office
Coming next: When dino-pranksters get shot.
These days, Leatherman is a synonym for any dozen-in-one dream tool you can fit in a pocket. The idea came to Tim Leatherman back in the 1970s, when the recent mechanical engineering grad and his wife Chau decided touring Europe in a questionable Fiat would be a good use of a year. Leatherman found himself regularly eyeballing the guts of the car, wishing for one tool he didn't have in his Swiss Army Knife: pliers.
...After partnering with a friend with a machine shop, he pitched the first Leatherman multi-tool to knife and tool companies to resounding disinterest... until Cabela's unexpectedly ordered 200 for their mail-order catalog. They featured it on their back cover and ordered 500 more before the first order was filled. With that, the Leatherman snowball was off and rolling.
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Its the Examiner so... but Assad and family has fled to Tehran.
http://www.examiner.com/article/assad-flees-to-iran?cid=db_articles
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2013 06:41 PM (NqxXc)
https://tinyurl.com/nk7okax
Posted by: Country Singer at August 28, 2013 06:43 PM (NLfPJ)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at August 28, 2013 06:44 PM (hO8IJ)
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That's crappy advice. The relevant question is how much does it pay? A good paycheck can make a lousy job tolerable, and perhaps even enjoyable.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 28, 2013 06:44 PM (a3/N/)
I am an "older people" and this is complete fuckin' horseshit. Job hate is the norm, and the more you make, the more you hate it. The only advice I ever give young people is, start saving now, just a little, just do it, you'll be very pleased when it starts looking like real money.
I want all young people to stay in their jobs because who the fuck else is gonna cover that social security bullshit that I need because I did not know about the whole "save a little money once in a while" thingy.
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 06:44 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 28, 2013 06:44 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 28, 2013 06:45 PM (GEICT)
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 28, 2013 06:45 PM (HVff2)
All the "spider" pet costumes I'm seeing online have 8 legs, for a total of 12 legs. O_O I think I have to make him a little vest with four legs.
The ER's not too far, I should be able to drive myself.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at August 28, 2013 06:47 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: JFK at August 28, 2013 06:47 PM (doBIb)
Oh, yeah, you're probably one of those guys who thinks they can buy me a 4 dollar beer and I will feel obliged to converse with them. And, naturally, I don't. Plus the serving wenches have strict orders that nobody buys me a beer without my prior consent, although the fuck up and forget all the time.
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 06:47 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: CarolT at August 28, 2013 06:47 PM (z4WKX)
People are different. That has not been my experience. Instead, I found myself spending the extra money on stuff I hoped would ease my annoyance, but which did not.
But if were giving advice to young people, after I had made sure they were not on my lawn, I would tell them "never leave a job until you have the next one secured."
Posted by: Splunge at August 28, 2013 06:48 PM (bKA83)
Oh my gosh, McDonald's is destroying people's kitchens, and they are the answer to "who pissed in your cornflakes?"
Posted by: no good deed at August 28, 2013 06:48 PM (WmLrU)
http://is.gd/lB0p1s
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 06:48 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 28, 2013 06:49 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: CarolT at August 28, 2013 06:49 PM (z4WKX)
I'm building a boat to take care of the problem in the PI but am having some difficulty manning her . Any takers? Those in possession of 4-pounders get first dibs.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 28, 2013 06:49 PM (DHQv9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 06:50 PM (qyfb5)
McDonalds melted my frypans down, and sold the iron for scrap.
Posted by: Splunge at August 28, 2013 06:50 PM (bKA83)
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Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 06:51 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Lady Billingsgate (of the North) at August 28, 2013 06:51 PM (VUUAW)
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (All my Hate cannot be found) at August 28, 2013 06:52 PM (ial2b)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2013 10:50 PM (vgd4f)
what, you're on some fuckin' vegan health kick? want a shot of tequila and a parlie just to round things out? xoxo
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 06:52 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 06:52 PM (qyfb5)
That's crappy advice. The relevant question is how much does it pay?
It's incomplete, at the least. Don't just fucking quit and go off to get your masters degree in Twerk Studies, figure out what you hate (duties? company? industry?) and change that--but don't leave the first job until you've lined up something that pays enough.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at August 28, 2013 06:52 PM (hO8IJ)
then, just hit it with some canned air and spritz it with some RemOil
I also sent the air filter to my MC thru a cycle in the dishwasher (again, top rack)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 06:53 PM (8sCoq)
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Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 06:54 PM (8sCoq)
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Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 06:55 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: eman at August 28, 2013 06:56 PM (AO9UG)
Yeah sounds like advice from aging Boomers who never got over the Follow Your Dream!1! Or someone who got successful writing books about how to be successful by writing books and shit.
Posted by: Lady Billingsgate (of the North) at August 28, 2013 06:56 PM (VUUAW)
Posted by: Jones in CO
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You aren't married, clearly.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 28, 2013 06:56 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 06:56 PM (8lmkt)
http://tinyurl.com/qhyjhk4
I didn't run that link thru ace's link so go thru that if you want one or 5.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 28, 2013 06:57 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 28, 2013 06:57 PM (HVff2)
Be smart and have a "lifeboat job" at the ready.
The lifeboat job pays the essential bills and keeps you going so you can find a new "real job".
Posted by: eman at August 28, 2013 10:56 PM (AO9UG)
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Hell, most jobs are lifeboat jobs nowadays by that definition.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 28, 2013 06:57 PM (a3/N/)
I've noticed this regime really likes to destroy usable automotive equipment.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at August 28, 2013 06:57 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 28, 2013 10:56 PM (aDwsi)
sadly, no
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 06:58 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 06:58 PM (qyfb5)
Smells like a union thing.
Posted by: Splunge at August 28, 2013 06:58 PM (bKA83)
A silver Sorento Hybrid doing 76mph on I-20.
And it had US Government tags.
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2013 06:59 PM (NqxXc)
http://is.gd/lB0p1s
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 10:48 PM (8sCoq)
So some scammer took a 2005 Defender, and tried to pass it off as a 1975
Defender in order to avoid the requirement for having air bags? Pardon me if I don't particularly give a shit. The rules for imports, however stupid they may be, are rules, and are well documented.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2013 06:59 PM (60Q+L)
Don't we all come to hate our jobs some? My job has lots of good stuff I like to do but "with great power comes great responsibility". Point being getting to a point where an employer pays you well comes with suck/responsibility. Many of these are govt paperwork and some idiot employees you now have responsibility for.
I'd hate production line work more but dam there are days I hate the job I have. Utopia aint a job that pays.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 28, 2013 06:59 PM (V6R8M)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 06:59 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 06:59 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 28, 2013 06:59 PM (XvHmy)
Posted by: Reader Chelsea J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at August 28, 2013 07:01 PM (v6hyJ)
It's about power. Which is why they back off when their guy is in power.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 28, 2013 07:01 PM (WoYoH)
Hated the job, hated my bosses hated my co-workers.
Fled in terror.
Posted by: Kreplach at August 28, 2013 07:01 PM (hmUex)
Posted by: mpfs at August 28, 2013 07:01 PM (yE+11)
Posted by: eman at August 28, 2013 07:02 PM (AO9UG)
2. Coming / Inevitable
3. From / Unaccountable
4. Take / Deem
5. Me / Nothing
6. Down / Recovery
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Posted by: The Political Hat at August 28, 2013 07:02 PM (XvHmy)
Typical for the English hating douches of this regime?
(though, Land Rover is Indian owned now)
Posted by: bust of Winston Churchill at August 28, 2013 07:02 PM (nRtss)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 28, 2013 07:02 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Another fapping moron at August 28, 2013 07:03 PM (EV3Uf)
That's why Nancy Pelosi championed Obamacare...because it was unfair that people be expected to work to provide for themselves when they'd rather be living their dreams instead.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at August 28, 2013 07:03 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: jdwill at August 28, 2013 07:03 PM (jgCWy)
I would agree if I thought the govt was all seeing. I Only know the risk I am willing to take and the govt should not be involved in me taking them or saving me from them.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 28, 2013 07:03 PM (V6R8M)
It's always something. Posted by: The Political Hat
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Somewhere, some surgeon is stropping his knife. Well..., hope for best.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 28, 2013 07:04 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 28, 2013 07:04 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 28, 2013 07:04 PM (XvHmy)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 28, 2013 07:05 PM (GEICT)
Let alone a fucking seatbelt...
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2013 11:04 PM (lt5gm)
HUSH
don't give the leviathan any ideas
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 07:05 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: General John Sedgwick at August 28, 2013 07:06 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Reader Chelsea J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at August 28, 2013 07:06 PM (v6hyJ)
Let alone a fucking seatbelt... Posted by: garrett
STFU..., please. They start talking about crap like that from time-to-time.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 28, 2013 07:06 PM (aDwsi)
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Posted by: Not The Onion at August 28, 2013 07:07 PM (zw+pb)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4k-DJtyI8w
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 28, 2013 07:08 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Reader Chelsea J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at August 28, 2013 07:08 PM (v6hyJ)
Not spending your life in a job you despise != quitting it tomorrow without anything else lined up.
Everyone understands this, right? or do I have to include diagrams and flowcharts.
Posted by: Mætenloch at August 28, 2013 07:08 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: EC at August 28, 2013 07:08 PM (doBIb)
It's always something.
Posted by: The Political Hat
Hat!!! That sucks and you just got on the patented peaches prayer list. All the best to you, buddy. {{{{{}}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 07:08 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 28, 2013 07:09 PM (HVff2)
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Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 28, 2013 07:10 PM (GEICT)
I was spending a day with an employee of mine once, and, in a friendly chatting way, he remarked, "You know, you're the second-biggest asshole I ever worked for." Bemused, I bit. "Who was the first?" "I was self-employed."
Posted by: comatus at August 28, 2013 07:10 PM (JNUY4)
Posted by: Reader Chelsea J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at August 28, 2013 07:10 PM (v6hyJ)
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Posted by: The Hickster at August 28, 2013 11:03 PM (V6R8M)
Oh, I agree. I am no fan of airbags, or the mentality that made them mandatory. But in the linked story, it was quite clear that the importer was trying to pull a fast one.
I have bought quite a few vehicles in the USA and imported them into Canada. I did my homework, and abided by the rules, and never had any serious hassle. Jerks like the guy in this story just screw up the system for the rest of us. Incidentally, Canada's Federal surplus agency has had quite a number of ex-military Land Rover Defenders up for sale recently. Starting bids around $2000. Diesel powered; some LHD, some RHD.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 28, 2013 07:13 PM (60Q+L)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 07:13 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: deadrody at August 28, 2013 07:14 PM (osIoP)
Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2013 07:14 PM (Dsds2)
And the many offspring of ISO 9001, Fuck I hate "Quality Dashboards"
Posted by: The Hickster at August 28, 2013 07:14 PM (V6R8M)
Posted by: comatus at August 28, 2013 11:10 PM (JNUY4)
roflmao!!
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 07:14 PM (8lmkt)
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Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at August 28, 2013 07:15 PM (hO8IJ)
All work is time out of your life, that you are trading for money, time that you will never get back.
It helps if you like it, but it is not necessary.
As long as you can be happy doing it, you are good to go.
And
At times I have taken jobs, assignments, consultation, etc. in which I may have almost immediately regretted it.
BUT
At that time I remind myself, I accepted this job, this gig, etc. I said yes.
No choice, got to fulfill.
Posted by: navybrat at August 28, 2013 07:15 PM (6AzaA)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 28, 2013 07:16 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: deadrody at August 28, 2013 11:14 PM (osIoP)
I can't wait until he gets it!
Posted by: mugiwara at August 28, 2013 07:16 PM (hpYnL)
Let alone a fucking seatbelt...
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2013 11:04 PM (lt5gm)
HUSH
don't give the leviathan any ideas
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 11:05 PM (8sCoq)
Yeah I'll second that one. The day harleys get seat belts and airbags I'll hang up my wrenches.
Posted by: Berserker at August 28, 2013 07:16 PM (FMbng)
http://www.hlj.com/product/BET10632/Fig
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2013 07:17 PM (NqxXc)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at August 28, 2013 07:17 PM (RZ8pf)
Guess who once got tasked with auditing our CEO's "Cost of Quality Takeouts" numbers fed to the analysts on every quarterly conference call.
Complete Fucking Bullshit, they were.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 07:17 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 07:18 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 28, 2013 07:18 PM (m0h0I)
Programming while jumping on a trampoline? Well, if it works for you...
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 28, 2013 07:18 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: EC at August 28, 2013 07:18 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: mugiwara at August 28, 2013 07:19 PM (hpYnL)
One of my first jobs was converting used Canadian cars (KPH) so they could be sold in the US. I'm pretty sure the speedometer/odometer swaps were sketchy.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 28, 2013 07:19 PM (V6R8M)
1) never 2) leaving 3) to 4) bequeath 5) us 6) up
????
Posted by: logprof, hoping to avoid the barrel tonight at August 28, 2013 07:19 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at August 28, 2013 07:19 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Ragamuffin at August 28, 2013 07:19 PM (fzFF6)
Posted by: rickl at August 28, 2013 07:19 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: EC at August 28, 2013 07:20 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2013 07:20 PM (NqxXc)
I had the Road King up to 100mph once, on a straight flat empty stretch of Utah highway- plenty fast enough for me
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 07:20 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 28, 2013 07:20 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 07:20 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: EC at August 28, 2013 07:21 PM (doBIb)
many MC wrecks are of the single vehicle variety- that is to say, the rider does something stupid and wipes out
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 07:22 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: EC at August 28, 2013 11:20 PM (doBIb)
--Yeah, I get it. I was deliberately using obtuse antonyms to dodge the lame shaggy dog joke.
Posted by: logprof, hoping to avoid the barrel tonight at August 28, 2013 07:22 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2013 07:22 PM (NqxXc)
Pish posh.
Posted by: Evel Knievel, A Fountain, and A Wall at August 28, 2013 07:23 PM (InBSv)
Posted by: Patrick at August 28, 2013 07:23 PM (b6koZ)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 07:23 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 07:24 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Patrick at August 28, 2013 11:23 PM (b6koZ)
--Uh, I think you need to inform us of which college this was, since she is obviously a rare bird.
Posted by: logprof, hoping to avoid the barrel tonight at August 28, 2013 07:24 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 28, 2013 07:25 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 11:22 PM (8sCoq)
I heard a very loud whirr as he went by, looked in my mirror to see sparks and his body a flyin. I think he probably tried to do a wheelie.
Posted by: mugiwara at August 28, 2013 07:25 PM (hpYnL)
Posted by: EC at August 28, 2013 07:25 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at August 28, 2013 07:25 PM (RZ8pf)
verdict?
The pizza was fine, but Tattaglia is a pimp.
Posted by: Don Vito at August 28, 2013 07:26 PM (InBSv)
Posted by: pizza ass at August 28, 2013 07:26 PM (GebGu)
I have a scheduled ISO internal audit meeting at 8:30 tomorrow morning that I am looking forward to. So goodnight all since me showing up sleepy and hungover is likely to bode poorly in their assessment of my department.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 28, 2013 07:26 PM (V6R8M)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 07:26 PM (qyfb5)
A couple of quarters in and the analysts start asking uncomfortable questions like, "so with the cumulative Cost of Quality Takeout at $XXX million, where are they? There doesn't seem to be $XXX million improvement in your bottom line."
An uncomfortable silence followed . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 07:27 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2013 07:27 PM (NqxXc)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2013 07:27 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2013 07:27 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: EC at August 28, 2013 07:27 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 28, 2013 07:27 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: pizza ass at August 28, 2013 07:27 PM (GebGu)
Posted by: mugiwara at August 28, 2013 11:25 PM (hpYnL)
my point
there's a lot a rider can do to stay safe- one thing is: keep both wheels on the ground.
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 07:28 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 07:28 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: pizza ass at August 28, 2013 07:28 PM (GebGu)
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Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 28, 2013 07:30 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 07:31 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 28, 2013 07:31 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 07:31 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at August 28, 2013 07:31 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Patrick at August 28, 2013 07:31 PM (b6koZ)
Posted by: RWC at August 28, 2013 07:32 PM (g6hnb)
Posted by: Barack the I at August 28, 2013 07:32 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2013 07:33 PM (NqxXc)
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Oh..., you said 'couch'. That's less disturbing.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 28, 2013 07:33 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: MTF at August 28, 2013 07:33 PM (bDUMn)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 07:34 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Patrick at August 28, 2013 11:31 PM (b6koZ)
--Sooooooo? What college?
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 07:34 PM (bufJH)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uhxq2Qh0aM
You have to wonder at the huge amount of work that has to go into these costumes.
Posted by: torquewrench at August 28, 2013 07:34 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: thunderb at August 28, 2013 07:34 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 07:35 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 28, 2013 07:35 PM (JMmQ9)
anyway, pixy nuked my ass but it's on drudge, teh vandenberg launch today, i'm all
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 07:35 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 28, 2013 07:35 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: rickl at August 28, 2013 07:36 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 07:36 PM (qyfb5)
yup
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 28, 2013 11:34 PM (djLPp)
oh, go fuck yaself, eh? after, what six, seven years, it gets old.
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 07:36 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Patrick at August 28, 2013 11:31 PM (b6koZ)
Eh, that's nothing.
I had a law school teacher who was convinced she was a Narrative Feminist because "stories matter" or some shit.
We had an actual narrative ethicist, an old school classic liberal feminist, and me the contrarian conservative all in that class (as well a post-modern Unitarian, but let's forget him for a second.)
We pointed out the obvious problems with a) what she was doing wasn't Feminism, b) it really wasn't narrative either, because the narratives were all tilted specifically to make a point (i.e. they were emotivististic abuse of narrative) and c) she didn't even properly understand the stories she thought she was using to teach (that is, she had them factually wrong, and even when she was right factually drew obviously wrong conclusions.)
Oh and for my part "you're stupid and don't even understand the laws and regulations you purport to teach."
Shockingly, we got A's and B's. But were glad to be done with that shit.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 28, 2013 07:36 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Reader Chelsea J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at August 28, 2013 07:37 PM (v6hyJ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 28, 2013 07:37 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2013 07:37 PM (NqxXc)
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 11:36 PM (8lmkt)
--Their flaming out (again) in the Super Bowl was less than two years ago, so that was not old. They have not won a Lombardi since their cheating was outed.
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 07:38 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: the jackwagon at August 28, 2013 07:38 PM (DWF95)
Posted by: Patrick at August 28, 2013 07:38 PM (b6koZ)
To call off the Syrian air strikes.
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 28, 2013 11:37 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 07:38 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2013 07:39 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 28, 2013 07:39 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: biancaneve at August 28, 2013 07:39 PM (6bYlh)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 07:39 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 07:40 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 07:40 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Patrick at August 28, 2013 11:38 PM (b6koZ)
--Yeah, guess I shoulda figured it was an obscure sectarian college.
Kudos to you for zooming in on a high babes:dudes ratio school. My class was keen on JMU and Mary Washington for the same reason.
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 07:40 PM (bufJH)
hey, what about cats and alcohol?
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 07:40 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: thunderb at August 28, 2013 07:41 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2013 07:41 PM (NqxXc)
Posted by: MTF at August 28, 2013 07:41 PM (bDUMn)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2013 07:41 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Reader Chelsea J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at August 28, 2013 07:42 PM (v6hyJ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 28, 2013 07:42 PM (GEICT)
Evening 'rons.
"Mucous on the couch"? saw them open for "Operation Rodeo Clown" back in the 80's, slept through much of the show.
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at August 28, 2013 07:42 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 28, 2013 11:39 PM (GEICT)
FFS.
And people said I was an ass in my Bioethics and the Law Class.
You don't want to know what kind of ass I'd have been if I heard that.
(Although having said that, our teacher referred to Norm Daniels* as a "famous bioethicist" as part of her "healthcare for all Justification" I retorted "yeah, he's really not all that famous in the field, Philosophy maybe, but most bioethicists really don't care and/or cite him.")
*Daniels was a protégé of John Rawls. 'Nuff Said.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 28, 2013 07:42 PM (GaqMa)
anywho, the venice museum is going to show 51 rare da vinci drawings
I need to figure out a way to get the cash to go
i'd sell my ass but those dimes don't add up that fast
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 28, 2013 07:42 PM (djLPp)
Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at August 28, 2013 07:43 PM (Td7pU)
Okay then, folks. With that, I'm off to bed!Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 28, 2013 07:43 PM (CA2NO)
The chicken crossed the road to show the possum it could be done.
Don't believe any other story.
Posted by: irongrampa at August 28, 2013 07:43 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 07:43 PM (qyfb5)
My Federal Income Taxation law prof was a former employee of the IRS. She referred to taxes as "sharing".
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 28, 2013 11:39 PM (GEICT)
Gatherers and Sharers, Gatherers and Sharers.
Posted by: Sharky at August 28, 2013 07:44 PM (GebGu)
yesh, thunderb, it was heartening to see that. and, iirc, the military doesn't fuck around on that like some places do (lookin' at you, california) he should be dispatched immediately.
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 07:44 PM (8lmkt)
On those top-speed runs all alone, the usual thing that goes wrong is an imbalance in the rolling frame. Those who study such things call it a "change of moment." I had a book bag bungied on the back, probably weighed 15 pounds. At 125 that little odd weight induced a lock-to-lock tank-slapper, from which I recovered and did not do that thing again the same way.
At high speed, you don't have to add power or twitch the forks to get wobbly. There is a lot of gyroscopic action in the wheels, but just changing the riding position a little can induce a vibration wave that brings the track of the two wheels out of square. The lighter and better-balanced the bike, the more likely this is to occur. When it does, it's like dealing with a blowout: you must immediately understand that it is going on, but must not do anything sudden. It's quite a skill to acquire, since practicing for it is dangerous. Many don't survive.
Posted by: comatus at August 28, 2013 07:44 PM (JNUY4)
What kind of mixed drinks are you making out there?
Posted by: Reader Chelsea J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at August 28, 2013 11:42 PM (v6hyJ)
--Sour Puss
http://www.thespir.it/sour-puss-drinks/
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 07:44 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2013 07:44 PM (NqxXc)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at August 28, 2013 07:44 PM (l3vZN)
oh peaches, you know I love you
now in a week the disgust and loathing I have for those packers fans
yeah
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 28, 2013 07:44 PM (djLPp)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 28, 2013 07:45 PM (ZPrif)
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Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea at August 28, 2013 11:43 PM (CA2NO)
I just mentioned on twitter. the notion of "assent" when "consent" is not an option was, in retrospect, the worst thing we ever arrived at.
I like it, I really do, it makes a base level of sense, but clearly we've expanded it far beyond anything it ever was meant for.
One of the lawyers can weigh in here, but this may have actually been the fault of my field.... oops.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 28, 2013 07:46 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: President John McCan at August 28, 2013 07:46 PM (bDUMn)
Posted by: Peaches
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My cat is a belligerent drunk. I have to hide the keys to the liquor cabinet.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 28, 2013 07:46 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 28, 2013 07:47 PM (MBqvE)
Posted by: Thrawn at August 28, 2013 07:47 PM (Dsds2)
Evening everyone!
Pants are off, cocktail is in hand (SYWM), and I'm ready kick back and relax.
Regarding work, unless there is something unethical or illegal going on, or you get a better offer, stick out a job for at least three years. It helps if you avoid any large amounts of debt or large expenses. Living in a smaller apartment and paying less rent means that you can save money for when necessary, and that you have to be less worried about finding a "lifeboat" job that pays well enough.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 28, 2013 07:47 PM (lr3d7)
Zimmermans wife has given an interview to ABC where she says he had "beaten down" her self esteem and that the prosecution was hard on their marriage.
And all they are focusing on is the word "beaten".
Posted by: thunderb at August 28, 2013 07:47 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Patrick at August 28, 2013 07:47 PM (b6koZ)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 28, 2013 11:45 PM (6oSko)
duh. also works on The Club, which is why they are useless except against the terminally stupid.
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 07:47 PM (8lmkt)
How to crack a bike lock in under ten seconds: spray lock with freon; hit lock with hammer.
Small Bottle Jacks work well, too.
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2013 07:48 PM (LH3Pn)
Posted by: the jackwagon at August 28, 2013 07:49 PM (DWF95)
Posted by: Anachronda at August 28, 2013 07:49 PM (U82Km)
245 my bro in law cracked a bottle of jw blue over the sentence
as per the ucmj he has an automatic appeal with the military court of appeals and then they can kill him
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 28, 2013 07:50 PM (djLPp)
Posted by: the jackwagon at August 28, 2013 07:50 PM (DWF95)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 07:52 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 28, 2013 07:52 PM (JMmQ9)
263 also works on The Club, which is why they are useless except against the terminally stupid.
easier way
hacksaw blade though the steering wheel
by law theyre not solid
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 28, 2013 07:52 PM (djLPp)
Huh. I refer to them as "stealing".
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 07:53 PM (8sCoq)
hmmmmm, I wonder how that will turn out?? they need to fry his ass. or shoot him. or hang him. whatever it is they do nowadays, they need to do it to this asshole. and then they need to address the disgusting denial of benefits to the victims and their loved ones. workplace violence, my skinny white ass . . .
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 07:53 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Obama strategists at August 28, 2013 07:53 PM (GebGu)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 28, 2013 07:54 PM (GEICT)
hacksaw blade though the steering wheel
by law theyre not solid Posted by: navycopjoe
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Or bolt cutters
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 28, 2013 07:54 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: CarolT at August 28, 2013 07:54 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Peaches
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There you go complaining about asslessness again....
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 28, 2013 07:55 PM (aDwsi)
I don't care... I just don't care. I hope TFG shoots a few missiles into Syria and it starts WWIII. I am so sick and tired of this stupid a-hole I hope it blows up in his face. And he finds himself hip deep in a global conflict with Putin and the Chi-coms. At some point this has to crash and smash into a billion little bits and for him to buried in it....
In classic LIB style, I say....
... Let. It. Burn....Brightly, so everyone can see.
OK, I'll shut up and go to bed now.
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at August 28, 2013 07:55 PM (n8LUb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 07:56 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 07:56 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 07:57 PM (8lmkt)
274 should be a simple review and i'm pretty sure they inject now
my bil says he still has nightmares from it
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 28, 2013 07:58 PM (djLPp)
Posted by: comatus at August 28, 2013 07:58 PM (JNUY4)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 28, 2013 07:59 PM (MBqvE)
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 07:59 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 08:00 PM (8sCoq)
279 There you go complaining about asslessness again....
some of us have to carry two wallets so our pants stay up
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 28, 2013 08:00 PM (djLPp)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 28, 2013 08:01 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Deety at August 28, 2013 08:02 PM (UaCt0)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 28, 2013 08:02 PM (MBqvE)
288 But it's also about riding according to your skill level, riding within the bike's performance envelope, and riding appropriately for the the road conditions (traction).
nah
I recommend getting a Yamaha R-1, hit the road ad try your hand at speed!!
wheelies are simple
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 28, 2013 08:03 PM (djLPp)
well, yeah, there's that, Deety.
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 08:04 PM (8lmkt)
There you go complaining about asslessness again....
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 28, 2013 11:55 PM (aDwsi)
And like its a BAD thing....
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 28, 2013 08:04 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Andy Whorewall at August 28, 2013 08:05 PM (HYFht)
Posted by: Deety at August 29, 2013 12:02 AM (UaCt0)
exactly. your car doesn't have to be impossible to steal- just harder to steal than the others around it
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 08:05 PM (8sCoq)
297 Why should the victor bear the costs of rebuilding the loser?
whatever happened to burn, pillage, and take their hot women?
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 28, 2013 08:06 PM (djLPp)
Posted by: comatus at August 28, 2013 08:06 PM (JNUY4)
Posted by: Boot Birnbaum at August 28, 2013 08:06 PM (vbrWO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 28, 2013 08:07 PM (GEICT)
I recommend getting a Yamaha R-1, hit the road ad try your hand at speed!!
wheelies are simple
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 29, 2013 12:03 AM (djLPp)
no thanks- I'm a Large-Framed American and my big bike suits me just fine-- don't wanna do wheelies, just wanna roll thru the picturesque Colorado countryside
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 08:07 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 29, 2013 12:05 AM (8sCoq)
Yup.... which is why any sticker about any Alarm system, or Blackjack.. is really a deterent...
If they think they have to search the care to disable the device? They will usually move on to an easier mark...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 28, 2013 08:08 PM (lZBBB)
What are you, the freaking fun police?
Posted by: Chelsea Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 28, 2013 08:08 PM (2BHYC)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 28, 2013 11:54 PM (GEICT)
Heh, my Phil Methods teacher called it "utilizing the coercive power of the government."
Which doesn't sound all that bad, except he had a very narrow definition of "coercive" that is "requiring the threat of violence."
So Taxation is violence
Stuff that in your bong and smoke it hippies!
Posted by: tsrblke at August 28, 2013 08:08 PM (GaqMa)
http://tinyurl.com/nrqsvna
but then again, a price drop on the Wii U but it doesn't take affect till September 20th is a bit of a head scratcher too (though the Zelda Wii U gamepad is pretty cool)
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 08:08 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 29, 2013 12:07 AM (8sCoq)
good grief, Jones, you just gave me a tingle. i didn't think that was possible.
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 08:09 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 08:10 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2013 12:08 AM (vJdyz)
Yeah I was wondering if you had seen that.
I'm not sure Nintendo understands that value of the clamshell either. This new thing is far less portable.
Funny thing, the wife and I just remembered we had a DS a few weeks ago. Haven't used it in over a year 
. (I played a few games.)
I can't complain we only spent $99 on it.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 28, 2013 08:11 PM (GaqMa)
http://editorial.autos.msn.com/25-most-stolen-newer-vehicles#1
Its quite surprising.
Posted by: Chelsea Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 28, 2013 08:11 PM (2BHYC)
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2013 12:09 AM (8lmkt)
it's what I do
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 08:11 PM (8sCoq)
Now that I've hit my mid-40's and trying to get something resembling a photography studio going, I'm not sure how much longer I can handle the weekend bar crowds. And, since we've brought in a younger, more attractive (i.e., female) bartender, it might be a good idea if I start preparing to move on. I'm starting to get a little cantankerous already, and my blood pressure isn't the best as it is.
It sucks getting old. It sucks even more getting old without a job that has decent benefits. So, I figure my choices are to keep tending bar and hope I die at work, start working for myself and hope it pans out, or join a trade union and have to do actual hard work outside in the elements until I gain enough seniority to sit in a truck and/or office trailer all day.
What a d-r-a-a-a-a-g it is getting o-o-o-o-o-o-l-d.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 28, 2013 08:11 PM (m0h0I)
A non-contemporaneous account (40 years after the alleged event, that's right 40)
Said non-contemporaneous account given by the assistant golf pro at a FL golf club
Assistant golf pro alleges that he saw:
A (relatively) famous mob lawyer - Frank Ragano - also Jimmy Hoffa's lawyer
Santo Trafficante Jr, the head of the Mob in Florida
Carlos Marcello, the head of the Mob in New Orleans
An unidentified man
And further that Ragano laid out a scheme in which Riggs would play two matches (both unscheduled at the time of the meeting, with no guarantees of participation by either Court or King), the first of which he would win, and the second of which he would throw.
All for forgiveness of an alleged mob debt of $100K.
First, this is hugely convoluted and not guaranteed. Riggs was 54 at the time, and though a great self-promoter, certainly couldn't guarantee to the mob that he would get Court and then King to play him.
Second, it involves two of the larger mob bosses in the country. The top guys need to hear about this?
You know where else you see Marcello and Trafficante mentioned in the same sentence ?
Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories.
This is just as credible.
Render unto me a break.
Posted by: Cowboy Wally at August 28, 2013 08:11 PM (VS4Ds)
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Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2013 08:13 PM (NqxXc)
Posted by: Chelsea Purp at August 29, 2013 12:11 AM (2BHYC)
It's not that surprising when you considered the cars are usually destined for a chop shop.
You want something that easy to steal, doesn't draw too much attention until you can chop it, and has a wide enough market to move parts.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 28, 2013 08:13 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 29, 2013 12:11 AM (8sCoq)
you are very, very good at it . . .
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 08:14 PM (8lmkt)
I'm not sure Nintendo understands that value of the clamshell either. This new thing is far less portable.
Funny thing, the wife and I just remembered we had a DS a few weeks ago. Haven't used it in over a year . (I played a few games.)
I can't complain we only spent $99 on it.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 29, 2013 12:11 AM (GaqMa)
DSi was a great handheld and the 3DS has been a great iteration of it. As for it not being a clamshell, it gets them around the problem they've been having with either the hinges snapping or the screen getting scratched.
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 08:15 PM (vJdyz)
It sucks getting old. It sucks even more getting old without a job that has decent benefits. So, I figure my choices are to keep tending bar and hope I die at work, start working for myself and hope it pans out, or join a trade union and have to do actual hard work outside in the elements until I gain enough seniority to sit in a truck and/or office trailer all day.
What a d-r-a-a-a-a-g it is getting o-o-o-o-o-o-l-d.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 29, 2013 12:11 AM (m0h0I)
Kind of a drag.
Posted by: The Montgomerys at August 28, 2013 08:15 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 08:17 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 28, 2013 08:18 PM (6oSko)
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2013 12:15 AM (vJdyz)
I'm not sure this solve screen scratching, it just moves the problem somewhere else (conveniently for them, a $12.99 accessory.)
I haven't checked the sales figures on the 3DS. The wife and I considered one at the time, but the 3D didn't sit well with me (i.e. I felt nauseous, which is not a normal problem for me.)
We opted for a classic DS (or whatever was out at the time) in part because I actually had some GBA games we thought we might use. (They're probably lost.)
Posted by: tsrblke at August 28, 2013 08:19 PM (GaqMa)
the way that the sack in this gif has physics is creepy
http://tinyurl.com/poxchga
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 08:19 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 28, 2013 08:21 PM (6oSko)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 28, 2013 08:23 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: tsrblke at August 28, 2013 08:24 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: tsrblke at August 29, 2013 12:19 AM (GaqMa)
only game I found that really benefited with the 3D was Kid Icarus Uprising which had it's own problem with the hand cramping control scheme
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 08:25 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 28, 2013 08:25 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2013 12:25 AM (vJdyz)
So, I'm not paying extra for a feature I don't use.
Nintendo tried to force upgrades by releasing games that only worked on the 3DS, why? Dunno.
I think it backfired, and this is an attempt at a compromise. I'm not sure it's going to work.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 28, 2013 08:26 PM (GaqMa)
Famitsu: The Wonderful 101: 6,663
Media Create: The Wonderful 101: 5,258
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 08:26 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 28, 2013 08:27 PM (6oSko)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 08:27 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: tsrblke at August 29, 2013 12:26 AM (GaqMa)
wouldn't call it a disappointment, it was never going to match/beat the DS (best selling videogame handheld in history) but even with the sales slowing up, it should still end up as the second best selling handheld which is quite good considering the influx of phones and tablets which the DS didn't really have to worry about
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 08:29 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Eton Cox at August 28, 2013 08:30 PM (QCc6B)
We are watching moments in history unlike what we have seen.
Sure, it's mostly horrifying, but worth living to see.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2013 12:27 AM (qyfb5)
dunno if seeing Nick Ramos' balls swaying after he chainsaws a zombie in two is worth living to see
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 08:31 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Arbalest at August 28, 2013 08:32 PM (FlRtG)
coulda gone to my grave having not seen that Miley Cyrus youtube
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 08:32 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Arbalest at August 29, 2013 12:32 AM (FlRtG)
statement presumes Congress has a detectable spine...
it remains to be seen whether Numbnuts goes thru with it-- the Brits are already walking themselves back from support for an air raid
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 08:34 PM (8sCoq)
That is crazy talk.
Posted by: David Axelrod at August 28, 2013 08:35 PM (yE6xT)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 08:35 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 08:36 PM (qyfb5)
We are watching moments in history unlike what we have seen.
Sure, it's mostly horrifying, but worth living to see.
Worth more to those who live through it and learn something from it.
Posted by: Methos at August 28, 2013 08:36 PM (hO9ad)
heh, I was just mulling over an appropriate response to that, but you said it all right there.
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2013 08:36 PM (8lmkt)
If it all ended tomorrow, I'd do what it takes to keep my son still living at home sheltered, clothed and fed, even if I loathed the job. When you're a parent, it's not about you anymore, anyway.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 28, 2013 08:37 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 11:22 PM (8sCoq)
Yeah have to agree with that. I get to see a lot of wrecked bikes. The latest was last week. Some dude had a full dresser with these retarded training wheel things. They have some spring system so they give but they are in contact with the ground. The dude "supposedly" came out of a turn and couldn't turn the wheel back, and he lost control. In reality those stupid fucking training wheels probably prevented him from leaning and he high sided it. Moral of the story, if you're a dumpy little shit and can't touch the ground, get a smaller fucking bike.
Posted by: Berserker at August 28, 2013 08:37 PM (FMbng)
Only if it leads to Very Bad Things. In which case promoting Biden is likely to be the least of our concerns.
Posted by: Methos at August 28, 2013 08:37 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 28, 2013 08:38 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 08:38 PM (qyfb5)
Daughter's order (1 of 2) of college textbooks arrived at de Monet manor today. The only wrinkle is she is 500 miles away at college (sophmore). And classes started this past Monday.
"But Dad! I'm sure I changed the address on my order to here from home."
"Yes, pumpkin - better check again."
So guess who gets to go to USPS or UPS tomorrow and arrange $hipment? And then do it again in a few days when 2 of 2 $hows up on the de Monet doorstep? What hair I have left is turning gray at an accelerating rate.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 08:38 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2013 12:38 AM (BAS5M)
For a 500 mile trip, media rate is pretty cheap and effective.
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2013 08:42 PM (LH3Pn)
"But Dad! I'm sure I changed the address on my order to here from home."
"Yes, pumpkin - better check again."
So guess who gets to go to USPS or UPS tomorrow and arrange $hipment? And then do it again in a few days when 2 of 2 $hows up on the de Monet doorstep? What hair I have left is turning gray at an accelerating rate.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2013 12:38 AM (BAS5M)
500 miles? Drive 'em over!
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 08:43 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2013 12:38 AM (BAS5M)
For a 500 mile trip, media rate is pretty cheap and effective.
Posted by: garrett at August 29, 2013 12:42 AM (LH3Pn)
Handy hint -- do not put the address on a label if you're shipping media rate. My shipment's label got detached, despite being taped-over with clear package tape, and my shipment is still missing.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 08:44 PM (T1005)
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2013 08:46 PM (LH3Pn)
Posted by: Arbalest at August 28, 2013 08:46 PM (FlRtG)
Dammit. Our ratings are depending on this senseless illegal imperial action.
Posted by: Al Jazeera America, advertising on all the channels you actually watch at August 28, 2013 08:46 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 08:47 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2013 12:38 AM (BAS5M)
should have just gone with an iPad and the books on file
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 08:48 PM (vJdyz)
Launch a nuke and detonate 50 miles above target country.
Posted by: future president plugs at August 28, 2013 08:48 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 28, 2013 08:49 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 29, 2013 12:44 AM (T1005)
Better yet, don't use USPS at all. If the label were to come off your package, what would be the most valuable information to have immediately? What time the package was found, what had come into the room immediately prior, and what items had gone out recently. What does the USPS do?
They ship your shit to the National Postal Recovery Center in Atlanta -- where they open it up and discard what they see little value in, wait for you to give them a packing slip so they can pull items, and auction the rest off in a year.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 08:49 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 08:51 PM (vJdyz)
I wasn't really ready for my first child, but my daughter, and later my son, have been both great sources of joy and frustration. I wouldn't change that part of my life for anyone. I don't judge, however, when others don't want children. It's not my business.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 28, 2013 08:53 PM (5J54Q)
Yeah, if just one person had opened their door, that guy would be very dead.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 28, 2013 08:55 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 28, 2013 08:56 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2013 08:57 PM (pdIM9)
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2013 08:59 PM (pdIM9)
I wasn't really ready for my first child, but my daughter, and later my son, have been both great sources of joy and frustration. I wouldn't change that part of my life for anyone. I don't judge, however, when others don't want children. It's not my business.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at August 29, 2013 12:53 AM (5J54Q)
I spent the bulk of my child-rearing years in dread that something like today would happen and engulf them. Now, I'm getting to an age where it would be nice to know that some hope, some life goes on while I sink into the tar pit.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 08:59 PM (T1005)
Posted by: garrett at August 29, 2013 12:57 AM (pdIM9)
at least they're not FedEX or DHL?
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 08:59 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Arbalest at August 28, 2013 09:00 PM (FlRtG)
I use DHL to ship to Asia. They are good over there.
I miss the days when you could ship via G.O.D. Always liked telling people not to worry, that it was in G.O.D.S. hands.
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2013 09:02 PM (pdIM9)
I get TONS of stuff via USPS and have only ever had a couple of problems. One of those was poor packaging.
Posted by: garrett at August 29, 2013 12:57 AM (pdIM9)
at least they're not FedEX or DHL?
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2013 12:59 AM (vJdyz)
Back in the day, we'd ship almost everything FedEx....'cause we got boxes that had been forked with a forklift, thrown out of/into trucks, or inexplicably delayed from UPS.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 09:03 PM (T1005)
Well it's only $11.30 for online USPS Priority Mail Medium Flat Rate Box, delivery by Saturday. I already have the box, just need the label.
She's renting the textbooks from Chegg. I guess I can save the original Chegg box for her here at the house. She can bring her books home on the Christmas - semester break and return them to Chegg from here.
Not a bad price considering the cost of gas.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 09:03 PM (BAS5M)
But, having watched the steady unraveling of our culture over the course of my life so far, I can't say I have many regrets about not bringing a new life into it. I just don't think I'd trust the world we live in with any child of mine.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 28, 2013 09:05 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: shredded chi at August 28, 2013 09:05 PM (UZeIu)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 09:06 PM (BAS5M)
what is this media rate?
Books, Music Media, and I think DVDs and VHS can be shipped at a discounted rate. It's pretty slow, cross country, but semi-local it's not too slow and it is cheap.
It's a leftover from the days of inter-library loans, I think.
Anyway, it's how you ship LPs and such.
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2013 09:10 PM (pdIM9)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2013 01:06 AM (BAS5M)
Media rate is for "bound printed matter" and is the last stuff moved in a post office. It does not apply to magazines or newspapers, despite those being labeled "media" in other contexts.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 09:10 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2013 01:06 AM (BAS5M)
with USPS, it used to be $4.05 for what ever you could cram into the box.
As for the actual shipping, it's about a week depending on distance
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 09:11 PM (vJdyz)
Oh, and fuck you Urb and Gaytor Nation.
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 09:11 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: shredded chi at August 28, 2013 09:12 PM (UZeIu)
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2013 09:12 PM (pdIM9)
Posted by: butthead at August 28, 2013 09:12 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 09:15 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 28, 2013 09:16 PM (BXLPR)
what is this media rate?
Books, Music Media, and I think DVDs and VHS can be shipped at a discounted rate. It's pretty slow, cross country, but semi-local it's not too slow and it is cheap.
It's a leftover from the days of inter-library loans, I think.
Anyway, it's how you ship LPs and such.
Posted by: garrett at August 29, 2013 01:10 AM (pdIM9)
And what garrett said. It's a leftover from the early days when you'd found a center of learning by establishing a Carnegie Library [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_library], or giving one's personal library to the government [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress].
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 09:17 PM (T1005)
Oh how the mighty have fallen...
Posted by: navybrat at August 29, 2013 01:11 AM (6AzaA)
I could always post moe anime girls showing their tits and being showered with jizz
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 09:17 PM (vJdyz)
So guess who gets to go to USPS or UPS tomorrow and arrange
$hipment? And then do it again in a few days when 2 of 2 $hows up on the
de Monet doorstep? What hair I have left is turning gray at an
accelerating rate.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2013 12:38 AM (BAS5M)
500 miles? Drive 'em over!
Posted by: cthulhu at August 29, 2013 12:43 AM (T1005)
Take the books up to her, but have some fun. Put on your most "dad" clothes (shorts, black socks, tennis shoes, Hawaiian shirt) and take them up. Take her and her dormmates out for lunch, and then just embarrass the shit out of her.
She will not ever forget to change the address ever again.
She might be pissed at you for the weekend, but in a few years she will smile when she thinks of it.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 29, 2013 01:16 AM (BXLPR)
That's very much what I was thinking of when I said, "Drive 'em".
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 09:19 PM (T1005)
The funny thing is I had to sit through several parent's sessions at her orientation weekend and be told, "Your children are adults now! They are going to be handling all their own business from here on out."
Much eyerolling and headshaking ensued in the audience.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 09:20 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: fluffy at August 28, 2013 09:20 PM (z9HTb)
vs. shipping rates.
Hmm. I'm thinking it over.
Posted by: navybrat at August 28, 2013 09:21 PM (6AzaA)
Posted by: Wayne Brady at August 28, 2013 09:21 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 28, 2013 09:23 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Arbalest at August 28, 2013 09:23 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 28, 2013 09:24 PM (lq3Ak)
Take the books up to her, but have some fun. Put on your most "dad" clothes (shorts, black socks, tennis shoes, Hawaiian shirt) and take them up. Take her and her dormmates out for lunch, and then just embarrass the shit out of her.
I do have a D. A. D. D. tshirt I could wear. Hmmm . . . her expression might be worth 18 hrs round trip and 55 gallons of gas.
Dads Against Daughters Dating
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 09:24 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: fluffy at August 28, 2013 09:26 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 28, 2013 09:30 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Bob Filner at August 28, 2013 09:30 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Hogarth de la Poubelle, Member, The League of Ugly Shirted Gentlemen at August 28, 2013 09:31 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 09:34 PM (BAS5M)
>>> just hit on one of her friends
You flirt ostentatiously with the waitress when you take your daughter and her friends out to dinner.
...of course, if you get a male waiter you can just embarrass all of them.
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2013 09:35 PM (pdIM9)
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 09:37 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2013 09:39 PM (pdIM9)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 09:39 PM (T1005)
With the widespread and overwhelming opposition to whacking Syria ...
... and the frequent dredging-up of previous comments about the requirement of Congressional Consultation and Approval ...
... could an attack on Syria be the the action that forces ... impeachment ... ?
Posted by: Arbalest at August 29, 2013 12:32 AM (FlRtG)
===
Sure, articles of impeachment will have to be initiated against the conservatives in the house & senate who failed to explain to Prez Obamussolini, the genius constitutional scholar what is actually written in the constitution.
Never again can we have the incredible dereliction of duty of failing to explain these hidden meanings in the obscure text shrouded by the Knight's Templar code to the professor!!! He was an underprivileged child!!!! The only reason they didn't tell him that he was supposed to read and understand the document that defines his job is because they are raaaaacisssstssss and they must be impeached, immediately!!!! HARRUMPH!!
Posted by: the next affirmative action hire at MSNBC at August 28, 2013 09:40 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: garrett at August 29, 2013 01:39 AM (pdIM9)
don't make fun of chest hair 
It's not my fault that I have 2" think wool coat on that covers everything but the backside
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 09:41 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 09:41 PM (BAS5M)
Look around her closet and see if you can find her diary.
Bring it with you and read selections during dinner with her new friends. Make sure you are standing while you read. Hell, pass it around and give everyone a chance to read some.
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2013 09:42 PM (pdIM9)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 29, 2013 01:39 AM (T1005)
earlier than that, think her eating a turd in the bathtub age photos
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 09:42 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 09:48 PM (T1005)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at August 28, 2013 09:49 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 09:49 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Hogarth de la Poubelle, Member, The League of Ugly Shirted Gentlemen at August 28, 2013 09:49 PM (FlRtG)
The 3DS isn't just a DS with a 3D screen. It's a substantially more powerful machine. Even ignoring the 3D aspect, you cannot make proper use of it with a game that has to scale down to DS.
I found it a pretty worthwhile upgrade. I do like the 3D but in general the difference in power really shows. It's like a GameCube over an N64 (if the N64 were not severely constrain by mask ROM storage), in that developers just have more to utilize.
Posted by: epobirs at August 28, 2013 09:51 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 09:52 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 09:53 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2013 01:49 AM (BAS5M)
--C'mon, do what I would do: I was fucking nerd in HS, the shit is second nature. I can talk obscure history, logistics, or classical music. As a bonus, my wife is a chessmistress. Lay it on thick.
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 09:53 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2013 01:49 AM (BAS5M)
DAMN!!! Oh, well -- ship it.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 09:53 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Hogarth de la Poubelle, Member, The League of Ugly Shirted Gentlemen at August 28, 2013 09:56 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Hogarth de la Poubelle, Member, The League of Ugly Shirted Gentlemen at August 28, 2013 09:59 PM (FlRtG)
Oh and while she and I were chatting earlier this evening about forwarding her books, I casually inquired if she had mailed Sept's rent to the landlord.
"No, Roomate#2 said it's not due until the 15th."
Now, having had gone over this with her from the lease, I know she knows better.
"Pumpkin, the rent is due on the first, which for September is Sunday. Monday is a holiday and there's no mail service that day. Rent received after the 1st is late and and rent received on or after the 15th gets hit with a late fee. Mail the rent tomorrow. Always be on time with the rent."
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 09:59 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2013 01:49 AM (BAS5M)
Nah.... the absolute BEST way to embarrass your kids??? Be way cooler than them...
Show up with a Hot Car.. shades... slacks, black shirt, solid black tie (al la Paige)... some classic blues blastin on the stereo...
Retro cool.... make your daughters friends think you are cool...
Bugs the shit out of em.... LOL
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 28, 2013 09:59 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2013 01:55 AM (vJdyz)
--Well now, I have yet to do a castling move on her.
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 10:02 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: T. at August 28, 2013 10:02 PM (X2Fzl)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 10:04 PM (qyfb5)
--Well now, I have yet to do a castling move on her.
Knight takes Queen! Bishop takes Queen! Pawns take Queen! Gangbang on the Queen! It's good to be King!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 10:06 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 10:07 PM (T1005)
Knight takes Queen! Bishop takes Queen! Pawns take Queen! Gangbang on the Queen! It's good to be King!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2013 02:06 AM (BAS5M)
--Oh, I have checkmated many times. ;-)
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 10:09 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: beavis at August 28, 2013 10:09 PM (9gNQd)
I'm sorry, but the brass are not to be trusted. Too many "political" generals.
Not to be trusted.
Posted by: T. at August 29, 2013 02:02 AM (X2Fzl)
And with the recent losses in operational ones, even worse than before.....but a guy can hope......
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 10:10 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 29, 2013 02:07 AM (T1005)
--Yup, it's a regular illustration when I lecture about international infrastructure.
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 10:10 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Hogarth de la Poubelle, Member, The League of Ugly Shirted Gentlemen at August 29, 2013 01:56 AM (FlRtG)
No fez, but I do have a monocle and long thin cigarette holder. lol
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 10:14 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 10:19 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Sir Mansfield at August 28, 2013 10:25 PM (amsaL)
Posted by: Taco Shack at August 28, 2013 10:41 PM (C+qQ0)
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 10:52 PM (bufJH)
The "Obstacle Trail" is our nickname for an otherwise unnamed alternative to the Petersen Trail that has many fallen trees to dodge over and under.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 10:55 PM (T1005)
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 02:52 AM (bufJH)
Well, there's the way I do it......totally avoid everything involving Facebook.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 10:56 PM (T1005)
http://tinyurl.com/qazu4rl
Cleverly done I must say. Stumped me too.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2013 02:56 AM (BAS5M)
--I think it's funnier on this site to link to this:
http://youtu.be/5B74WPxZGfw
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 11:00 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Barack Obama at August 28, 2013 11:01 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 03:00 AM (bufJH)
You, sir, are the lowest of the low. Well played!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 28, 2013 11:03 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Taco Shack at August 28, 2013 11:05 PM (C+qQ0)
Oddly enough, you can't find any of that today.
Of course, they didn't have an entire party of reality-denying autocratic assholes who made it a Federal requirement that such a stupid plan was mandatory, either....
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 11:16 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2013 03:18 AM (vJdyz)
--Posted for random reasons.
http://youtu.be/I2t_fVwEc5g
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 11:23 PM (bufJH)
http://youtu.be/FE2RL3fupms
Stick with it if you get through the first five or six minutes.
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 11:25 PM (bufJH)
Holy Sheet...
Report: Former girlfriend of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un executed by firing squad - @itvnews
Posted by: Meremortal at August 28, 2013 11:26 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: model_1066 at August 28, 2013 11:31 PM (QMWjL)
The poor thing. Having that for a boyfriend and then getting shot by multiple guns at once.
Rough country.
Posted by: Meremortal at August 28, 2013 11:35 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 11:51 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 28, 2013 11:55 PM (j/FJV)
well sir, the other officers prefer to ride the camel into town.
Posted by: the next affirmative action hire at MSNBC at August 29, 2013 12:11 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: jc at August 29, 2013 12:12 AM (PlzOe)
After about the 13 minute mark, my voice goes ...
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 03:55 AM (j/FJV)
I was thinking of a Sam Kinison "auugghh, aaugh, aauugghh" sort of thing.
Y'know, it's hard to feel how much upside he had, and now bupkis.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 29, 2013 12:13 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 12:16 AM (j/FJV)
Posted by: jc at August 29, 2013 12:21 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 12:23 AM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 12:26 AM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 12:28 AM (j/FJV)
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 12:31 AM (bufJH)
Among the works I was made to read but nevertheless loved in middle/high school (in addition to Lord of the Flies):
Rebecca
To Kill A Mockingbird
Animal Farm
The Mayor of Casterbridge
[countless plays of Shakespeare]
[more that escape me in the midst of a drunken haze]
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 01:07 AM (bufJH)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 01:13 AM (j/FJV)
Scarlet Witch's Letter ...
PETA and the Hound of Baskervilles ...
The Secret Sharer of your WiFi ...
all sorts of stuff!
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 05:13 AM (j/FJV)
--I did not mention Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter. No joke: I was reading that to keep up my junior HS year while a doctor was doing local surgery on my right big toe. It was that bad.
On the other hand, I *strongly* recommend to any Moron/ette Hardy's Mayor of Casterbridge. Agree or disagree with Hardy's fatalist philosophy of life, but he was an master storyteller; that was a (fairly brief) book that spellbound me at 17.
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 01:19 AM (bufJH)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 01:27 AM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 05:27 AM (j/FJV)
--It was mentioned here before. I am trying to find the cheapest version for Nook.
I'm overwhelmingly a fan of non-fiction over fiction, but I can cross the line for the best of the best.
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 01:29 AM (bufJH)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 01:30 AM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at August 29, 2013 01:30 AM (qyfb5)
Bonjour Triste (sp?), Ubu Roi ...
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 05:30 AM (j/FJV)
--Dead Souls is on my list. Brave New World I tackled thanks to books on tape.
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 01:31 AM (bufJH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at August 29, 2013 05:30 AM (qyfb5)
--Pick a Thomas Hardy or Nicholas Gogol book, any one, and you will not be disappointed. Trust us.
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 01:32 AM (bufJH)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 01:33 AM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 05:33 AM (j/FJV)
--I had never heard of it until it was brought up in a book thread here.
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 01:34 AM (bufJH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at August 29, 2013 01:35 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 01:35 AM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 01:37 AM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at August 29, 2013 01:37 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 01:38 AM (j/FJV)
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 05:32 AM (bufJH)
I have trust issues.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at August 29, 2013 05:35 AM (qyfb5)
--Holy crap, I can buy all of Hardy's major works for $3 for my e-reader. SALE!
Trust me or not, find a cheap/free version of one of his novels. They're not Dickensian long, and the story will suck you in. Guaranteed.
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 01:39 AM (bufJH)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 01:40 AM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at August 29, 2013 01:47 AM (qyfb5)
TABLE of CONTENTS
DESPERATE REMEDIES
UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE
A PAIR OF BLUE EYES
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
THE HAND OF ETHELBERTA
RETURN OF THE NATIVE
THE TRUMPET-MAJOR
TWO ON A TOWER
THE ROMANTIC ADVENTURES OF A MILKMAID
THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE
THE WOODLANDERS
TESS OF THE DÂ’URBERVILLES
JUDE THE OBSCURE
A LAODICEAN: A STORY OF TO-DAY
THE WELL-BELOVED
WESSEX TALES
A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES
A FEW CRUSTED CHARACTERS
THE FIDDLER OF THE REELS
LIFE'S LITTLE IRONIES
A CHANGED MAN
WESSEX POEMS AND OTHER VERSES
POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
THE DYNASTS
PART FIRST
TIME'S LAUGHINGSTOCKS AND OTHER VERSES
SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE WITH MISCELLANEOUS PIECES
MOMENTS OF VISION AND MISCELLANEOUS VERSES
LATE LYRICS AND EARLIER: WITH MANY OTHER VERSES
--Sorry for the ALL CAPS.
I'll dig in as soon as I finish the history of the British Empire I'm in now.
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 01:47 AM (bufJH)
Posted by: Al Caholic at August 29, 2013 01:48 AM (7JE2g)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 01:48 AM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 01:50 AM (j/FJV)
Adriane - hundreds. I mean, the catalog. If you're into that sort of thing.
For this year at least I have no desire to revisit that world.
I sold about I think 4-5000 books a while back. I had a library in my apartment.
Imma gonna sleep now, but I leave you with.. a thing:
http://youtu.be/VUjgR8jgVUQ
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at August 29, 2013 05:47 AM (qyfb5)
--So you're an expositionist?
And I must say, damn, it's refreshing to have someone with a more useless undergrad degree that I attained!
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 01:50 AM (bufJH)
Adriane - hundreds. I mean, the catalog. If you're into that sort of thing.
For this year at least I have no desire to revisit that world.
I sold about I think 4-5000 books a while back. I had a library in my apartment.
Imma gonna sleep now, but I leave you with.. a thing:
http://youtu.be/VUjgR8jgVUQ
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at August 29, 2013 05:47 AM (qyfb5)
--So you're an expositionist?
And I must say, damn, it's refreshing to have someone with a more useless undergrad degree than I attained!
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 01:50 AM (bufJH)
Posted by: otho at August 29, 2013 01:53 AM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 01:53 AM (j/FJV)
Can't be much more worthless than Medieval French Lit! What do I win?
Posted by: bill-o at August 29, 2013 01:53 AM (AWwDY)
Posted by: otho at August 29, 2013 05:53 AM (9gNQd)
Do you understand, Bud? The Abyss? The *Shit* Abyss?
Posted by: Jim Lahey at August 29, 2013 01:54 AM (bufJH)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 05:53 AM (j/FJV)
--Lord of the Flies, Gogol, and Hardy would be a good start.
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 01:55 AM (bufJH)
Posted by: randy at August 29, 2013 01:55 AM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 01:56 AM (j/FJV)
Can't be much more worthless than Medieval French Lit! What do I win?
Posted by: bill-o at August 29, 2013 05:53 AM (AWwDY)
--Damn, you're only the second person I've ever encountered with that degree!
Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 01:57 AM (bufJH)
Did you know that parts of the pine tree are edible
Posted by: Euell Gibbons at August 29, 2013 01:58 AM (AWwDY)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 01:58 AM (j/FJV)
Posted by: randy at August 29, 2013 05:55 AM (9gNQd)
Aw, fuck it!
http://youtu.be/CEZg7mXga0o
Posted by: Lahey at August 29, 2013 02:00 AM (bufJH)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 05:56 AM
heheheh eh heh... she said "nuts"... heheh eh heheh
Posted by: beavis at August 29, 2013 02:03 AM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 02:04 AM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 29, 2013 02:11 AM (j/FJV)
LMAO
Posted by: logprof, forever lost TPB fan at August 29, 2013 06:05 AM
hahaha... that's pretty greasy.
Posted by: otho at August 29, 2013 02:12 AM (9gNQd)
Posted by: logprof, forever lost TPB fan at August 29, 2013 06:05 AM
hahaha... that's pretty greasy.
Posted by: otho at August 29, 2013 06:12 AM (9gNQd)
Fuck off with your drunk ass
Posted by: Sarah at August 29, 2013 02:14 AM (bufJH)
Okay, stumbled on this on Youtube:LMAO
Posted by: logprof, forever lost TPB fan at August 29, 2013 06:05 AM
There's something fucky going on in that.
Posted by: bubbles at August 29, 2013 02:16 AM (9gNQd)
Posted by: logprof, forever lost TPB fan at August 29, 2013 06:05 AM
There's something fucky going on in that.
Posted by: bubbles at August 29, 2013 06:16 AM (9gNQd)
Crazy octo-eyed muthafuckas!
Posted by: Washington at August 29, 2013 02:19 AM (bufJH)
Posted by: otho at August 29, 2013 02:23 AM (9gNQd)
Posted by: otho at August 29, 2013 02:25 AM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Steve at August 29, 2013 02:34 AM (xZPp3)
1. Jobs you hate which pay no money (fast food, for example)
2. Jobs you hate which pay a lot of money (assembly line for the UAW, tax law)
3. Jobs you love which pay little money (most artists, teachers, working in an upscale boutique)
4. Jobs you love which pay a lot of money (rock musicians, movie stars, professional sports, some doctors, some inventors)
Most of us do not have the talent or skill to get jobs in category #4. Your job is to decide if you would rather be in categories 2 or 3, while avoiding category 1 at almost all costs.
And, may I say, it's no fair taking a job in category 3 and then bitching that you aren't paid like if you were in category 2.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 29, 2013 02:38 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Der Schpeeker at August 29, 2013 03:51 AM (VLifP)
Posted by: EROWMER at August 29, 2013 05:10 AM (OONaw)
Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at August 29, 2013 05:49 AM (klGLB)
"The Experts..." haven't we had enough from them? Global Warming... Afghanistan... Libya... Solar Energy... Green...
Enough from The Experts.
I'll go as far as saying "take the job that pays you the most, that you don't HATE." And the HATE has to be all-caps.
Because, yeah, those guys in the coal mines are there fulfilling their dreams.
The right message to kids is: GET THE SKILLS YOU NEED TO HAVE A CHOICE OF JOBS. That's what the experts should focus on. By the time you get to "a job that you hate," it's too fucking late. You get the job you get because it's the job you're qualified for.
Focus on qualifications. Take the hard math and science classes.
You'll find that money covers a lot of things. Showing up to a job that you don't love isn't so bad, if you're showing up in a car that you love, and planning a smoking vacation that you can afford.
Get skills. Skills get you money and flexibility. The whole "do what you love" line is generally bullshit.
Posted by: RobM1981 at August 29, 2013 06:55 AM (oeqMh)
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