Really, there’s only one thing left to do…lounge about the whole damn thing.
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I am posting this lounge from an undisclosed location…I just saw the corpse of Dick Cheney in the other room…man he stinks.
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Even Death won’t touch that dude.
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I’m guessing those guys made the big money.
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Not as much as the Chinese, I’m sure.
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I think they were often paid in early deaths.
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I remember when one of them got docked a day’s pay for napping on the job.
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Poor guy was just jet lagged.
I’m pretty sure I joined AN right around four years ago…so much like President Obama I’m starting my 2nd term on a A’s related blog…he probably has the tougher job…probably.
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it did feel odd today. i don’t remember the W years as being contemporary, as if obama has been president forever.
Much the same way ater a couple years of W I didn’t recall a time when Clinton was president.
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I do mark time by who was president at the time…it’s a nice way to break up the years.
After thinking about it I’d like to once again ask the most important baseball related question I’ve ever asked these last four years…waffles or pancakes?
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waffles
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I’m waffles too…so that’s two for waffles. Okay pancake people you’re in the hole.
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doughnuts
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I prefer donuts…well, actually I prefer bagels…I don’t really care for doughnuts or donuts.
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You wouldn’t say that if you had eaten the pancakes I made this morning.
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WAFFLES!
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3-0 so far…will it hold or are the waffles the Atlanta Falcons of breakfast foods?
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Waffles, but slightly crunchy pancakes are close, just so damned rare.
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Pancakes and anyone that says otherwise is a fascist.
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Hmm…cool…I’ve been called a socialist before but now I’m a fascist…just need to cross communist off the list and I’ve hit the hat trick.
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#chasingObama
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Ha!…that’s funny.
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Waffles just go better with reading the WSJ and working to strengthen the military-industrial complex.
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Haliburton makes your waffle iron.
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And I use an Aunt Jemima/Exxon hybrid syrup on them.
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DFA presents a compelling arguement, and I really like pancakes. But mom used to make waffles and ham for dinner and it is a great memory. I guess you could say Im going back and forth on the issue..
My qeustion is do you all go syrup only, or are you sane and also use jelly at times?
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Syrup and butter only…I’m a Regular Joe American…none of this pinko jelly stuff for me.
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I’ve been known to put some jam on that shit, but only top quality jam. And the syrup better be maple or GTFO.
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Agreed on the syrup. That was actually my first thought on the Dennys question below. IHOP has that wierd ass blueberry syrup and the mere risk of that crap on my pancakes makes it a nogo.
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My mom’s partner use to make crumpets and ham for breakfast with jam and mustard. Those were the glory days of my life.
Here is the thing: Have you ever had waffles with fruit baked right in? No… so clearly pancakes is the winner.
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No, but I’ve had waffles with bacon baked right in.
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I do that with pancakes… this argument Lacks uniqueness
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I’m also on team pancakes. I just wanted to share my special experience.
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right, im just saying that it is not a reason to prefer waffles since you can do it to great success with pancakes as well
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Waffles have superior texture and go better with sausage.
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Texture wins for me.
Thing w/ pancakes is they are harder to get just right, first one almost always sucks.
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But waffles that start off crispy often end up soggy after a few minutes. Pancakes hold up better.
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this
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I’ve usually mowed through most of it by the time that happens!
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You eat too slow.
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Why would you want sausage with your breakfast when you could have bacon.
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Why do you think the 2 are mutually exclusive?
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because if you have sausage you have already made breakfast casserole
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I love bacon, but I love sausage too.
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right which is why it goes in breakfast casserole
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No, it can be eaten on it’s own as well.
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but its better in breakfast casserole
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A breakfast casserole can be good too. But I like some variety. There is no one best way to eat anything. When you see that, your enjoyment of food will increase immeasurably.
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seriously, now your telling me how to enjoy food? go fk yourself
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Seriously, you’re ALWAYS telling everyone else how to enjoy their food? Take your own advice.
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I don’t tell people that they don’t understand the concept of variety like the person im talking to is a moron that has never heard of it.
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No, you tell us that your way is the only correct way, as if we’re all morons. I’m done arguing with you. Your arrogance blinds you to your faults.
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Saying I like my way and I think its the best is different than saying hey idiot you don’t have the capacity to understand how to enjoy food.
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That’s not what you do. You quite freely insist that anyone who has the temerity to like something you don’t is wrong. You’re surprisingly intolerant.
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Wrong and not having the capacity to understand is completely different.
I think Keynesianism is right. I will say that people that think Hayek is right are wrong. Im not saying that those people are mentally incompetent of understanding the basics of economics.
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So where did I say that you don’t have the ability to know how to enjoy food? I’d love a link that quote, since I never either said or implied that.
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Do you know what “increase” means? It means “greater than the present value.” Which means that you certainly enjoy food now, but there is the possibility that you have not yet reached maximum enjoyment.
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Also, it’s “you’re,” not “your.” Learn it.
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Wait…what? But, you told me it was ur.
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My philosophy is: if it was good enough for ancient Sumeria, then it’s good enough for us.
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Well clearly I don’t need to instruct you on being a pedantic ass, since you’ve got that covered.
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If I need help on being a more general ass, I’ll let you know.
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I choose to interpret this entire exchange between dfa and ozz as a witty meta-joke about FK.
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This is how I’m going to read every argument that happens on here from now on.
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I certainly hope that’s what it was
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Waffles have too much waffle there. Pancakes are superior because they are less substantial.
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Depends on the waffle batter and how much or little air it retains during the cooking process.
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I make some waffles with yeast in the batter that are downright ethereal.
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Sounds amazing!
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They’re awesome, but you have to prepare the batter the night before in order for the yeast to do its thing. I usually don’t have the foresight to do that.
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When blueberries are in season, we make a blueberry sauce that we will use on either or french toast. Otherwise, syrup.
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I miss in season oregon berries. Especially Marion berries.
But sauce in my book doesn’t withstand comparison to baked in warm blueberry goodness of a pancake when you pop into a cooked berry
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I generally agree with you, but none of the other members of my household do. So I have the sauce.
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I am ok with moving in to reassert the correct ballance of power.
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OK, but you have to take middle of the night Spawn2 duty every third night.
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Your back yard is big enough for beer pong an hipsters right?
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As long as you don’t mind a huge birch tree in the middle of your ping pong table.
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I think an air hockey table would go better with that.
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Our air hockey table has a nice view of the birch tree – does that count?
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Not quite as good, but I’ll still give it a quality thumbs up.
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Pancakes with peanut butter and maple syrup are tough to beat, but I often get tired of pancakes about half way through while I never tire of eating a waffle (unless they’re made unreasonably thick and doughy). I’ll probably have to come down on the waffle side of things.
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Stop waffling and DECIDE!!!
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This debate is getting me all scrambled!
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Waffles are also smaller, so I don’t think it is fair to argue that you don’t get bored eatting less waffle than you would eat of pancake.
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Waffles are not physically smaller than pancakes (we’re not talking like Eggo here). But, in the sense that you usually get several pancakes vs. one waffle, you’re right. Perhaps not being the biggest breakfast eater plays into this decision.
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Per item, no. Most waffles I’ve seen are much bigger than pancakes.
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how many stacks of waffles do you get?
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You said nothing about how many you get. You were just referring to size.
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Waffles clearly have more surface area to taste with.
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blini.
I give President Obama’s inauguration speech an 8…it’s got a good beat and you can dance to it.
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i watched it, but don’t recall anything but the selma/stonewall/seneca thing, which was cool
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It was a fairly typical inauguration speech…lots of lift but not much meat.
Who is your favorite A’s player the last four years?
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if this is a serious question mccarthy is gonna walk away with it
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Hmm..well, he’s not in my top 50. I’ll go with Cespedes.
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Brandon McCarthy.
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Braden/ McCarthy win with wit, Coco for flair and hair, and Reddick for overall Peter Spider Pan-ness.
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You mean other than Boof Bonser?
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Rickey
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Josh Donaldson.
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Duh.
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Otherwise it would have had to been Coco which I thought was a dumb signing both times (because of the A’s place in the competitive cycle) or Ryan Sweeney before this year.
This year it would be Donaldson (undervalued underdog) or Cespedes because he can do such great things with a baseball and I have a soft spot for Cubans.
Honestly, the A’s have been a whole lot to hate as far as position players until this year.
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I like that you picked (or honorable mentioned, at least) Coco despite him proving you wrong.
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That answer is better than any of us think.
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Langerhans
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Daric Barton
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I had a feeling you and MO were the same person.
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You thought EVERYBODY was Miss Oakland.
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It makes sense, since I’m the only real person and everyone else is a figment of my imagination.
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And your mind was twisted enough to make me?
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and me?
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naw… your more run of the mill interesting weird. Im more sadistic. You are more interesting than I, I on the other hand annoy far more people.
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I think my mind is a glutton for punishment. After all, it also created the Yankees.
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GP
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I thought it was Ronaiah Tuiasosopo.
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nice
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BRANDON.
I was looking at someone’s FB page today, trying to find a link she had posted. It was one of those hold-your-nose type jobs, because I don’t like her. Anyway, I came across a nice little nugget of a post from Christmas day. It went something like, “It’s really selfish of all you people to talk about how you spent today delivering gifts for Toys For Tots or working at a homeless shelter. You make the rest of us feel bad for ‘just spending time with our families.’ If you were truly charitable, you wouldn’t brag about what you did.” What. The. Fuck.
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I get past this by never doing anything ever for anyone besides myself.
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You always struck me as the selfish type, what with the way you refused to take care of your dad after his surgery and never let your wife play the music she likes.
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Being an only child I’m all about me…bitches.
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What a horrible person.
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She really is, actually.
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nice.
I too looked at someone’s page that I don’t really like looking for something.
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For the record, I didn’t volunteer this year. But there’s nothing wrong with saying “Hey everyone, I did something today that made me feel good!”
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This. Mrs Aces mom has done tons of charity work over the years, and it has been pretty clear that one reasin she does it is to tell everyone how much more she dies than they do. I have said if thats what it takes I hope I become a shiw off so I can help out my community more too.
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I always have a hard time with people bragging about dying all the time.
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That’s why you hate cats!
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As much as I want to edit my fat-fingeredness, it now must be preserved for all time just so my MIL can be some sort of immortal.
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I don’t always talk about my volunteer work, but I worked at the food bank 2 days a week for almost a year. I’ve done Toys For Tots, and I’ve volunteered at a couple of different hospitals. I just enjoyed doing those things.
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There are only three reasons why people volunteer:
1 to get laid
2 to get a job
3 because they care
Those are ordered by likeliness and there is a huge gap between two and three
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My, we’re feeling quite cynical, aren’t we? Did you ever consider the possibility that we do it because we enjoy the work itself?
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not cynical, more realistic.
People are still doing a good thing so good for them.
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THIS.
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How many people who volunteer have you talked to? Because this is not my experience at all.
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You realize that my entire professional life is basically convincing people to volunteer right?
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No. But I know that I have spent a fair amount of time volunteering, and talking to other volunteers, and your comment is about as far from the truth as possible. Although I’m sure that everyone you speak to says, “Unless I get laid or get paid, I’m out.”
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I’ve experienced both, #1 is definitely real.
#2 is pretty big in the art community, known as intern(ment)ing, sometimes a prerequisite.
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Interning and volunteering are 2 very different things, though.
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no they are both the same thing doing shit without getting paid.
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But interning is expressly for the purpose of obtaining experience and contacts for your professional life. The fruits of your labor benefit a private enterprise. Volunteering benefits a NPO whose purpose is public good.
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So when I worked for free for the oregon legislature that didn’t serve a public good?
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Is the Oregon legislature a private enterprise? I guess that makes you the fascist, if it is.
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I really don’t understand this comment.
I interned for the Oregon Legislature. I still don’t see how that didn’t create a free public good.
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Ok, an internship with a government agency or NPO is different from an internship at a corporation or for an professional artist. However, an internship is still more of a “job,” and is entered into with the express desire for future employment opportunities, whereas volunteering for a NPO is entirely different animal. Sure, some people want the personal publicity (especially when it’s a group from a business), and others want to gain experience they can put into a resume. But there are far more people who do it because they like the work (like me) or want to do good than you’re allowing for here.
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Liking the work/community is number 1 getting laid/friends doing it because its a social activity.
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Well if its for your graduate degree or what-not, I would put that in a different category.
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I wouldn’t say that is true if you are getting your degree in something that is going to be used in a nonprofit.
my internship in high finance I would agree.
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Yes and no. if its not part of an educational program I think its legit volunteering.
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What people say is a terrible indicator of their motivations.
Most people want social recognition from their work (getting laid broadly) do it to gain skills and advance (getting a job) or very very rarely are altruistic/believe in the cause which usually ties into self image/importance.
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FWIW, I do a fair amount of #3 for a couple non-profits in the bay.
It’s pretty much the only way to see some of my friends who are workaholics.
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That explanation falls into category 1
friends/getting laid.
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Heh!
If you could only see some of these folks, ones 68 yrs old!
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Still not my experience at all. You can believe what you want, of course. But you’re dead wrong.
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Why do you volunteer then. I bet it falls into one of those three categories.
I didn’t come up with that. The guy that founded the Bus Federation did and across every one of a dozen nonprofits/political causes it has rung true.
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Did you not read what I wrote? I volunteered because I enjoyed the work.
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why did you like the work
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Because it was fun to do, it made me feel good, and I liked the company of the people I worked with. Why does anyone like any work they do?
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So really you did it for reason number 1 friends/getting laid.
Good to know.
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Oh, DFA. It’s amazing the things you’ll say when you don’t know what you’re talking about and have been proven wrong. And of course, you change your statements to suit your position. You started out with “get laid.” Now you add “friends.” Sure, I made some friends at the food bank. But I would’ve kept volunteering regardless. Silly me, though. I guess you know me better than I know me, right?
Now, let me play your game of “Let’s make statements so general that they’re never wrong!” Here I go. All humans fall into one of 2 categories: completely bald, or not completely bald. Look at me! I’m not wrong!
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First let me say this again. I didn’t come up with the categories. Jefferson Smith did. He does TED talks on volunteering.
With younger people it most often manifests as getting laid. With older folks its more, this is how i make friends.
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I call bullshit, DFA. Just another generalization that doesn’t mean shit.
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Yeah it totally isn’t though.
I recruit volunteers for a living and have 10 years experience doing it.
I know what Im talking about.
The guy that came up with the statement has run a nonprofit federation across 5 states, been elected to be a state Rep, made a runnoff for mayor in a major metropolitian city, and did a TED talk on engaging people and volunteerism.
and that is being put against? someone who doesn’t want to think of their volunteerism as motivated by their own needs?
I think Ill take the person who gets paid to recuit volunteers thanks.
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Actually, I’d submit that the very fact you’ve been paid to recruit volunteers (as have I) tends you towards the very cynical equation you claim your experience validates. It’s a kind of confirmation bias, not at all unlike “guys who actually played the game” believing their insight on baseball is the one correct view. You have a specific reason to believe volunteerism can be reduced to just three motivations; it makes your job easier, and more excusable if/when you fail.
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@FSU… this is an interesting postulation.
I would like someone to submit a fourth reason then.
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You do that. While the rest of us make our own decisions about what we want to support. And, trust me, they have nothing to do with anything you’re talking about.
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How about:
4) to meet people/make friends
5) you’re bored
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Ok lynn how bout you give one example of something you volunteer for that doesn’t have anything to do with building friendships/meeting other people, trying to get skills/a job, or because you care about a cause. I bet you cant.
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further, i have never met anyone who continues to volunteer somewhere over time where they don’t feel a social personal bond or the ability to gain skills and or get a job.
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It could also be an enjoyment of the activity..say you volunteer to be a little league ump or coach.
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@dmoas… thats reason number one getting laid specifically or broadly social recognition.
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@5Aces
That would also be number one building bonds with kids.
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Damn. If sex and money are the primary reasons for volunteering, DFA and his generation scare the crap out of me.
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@DFA it could be. And yeah, who the hell would umpire Iknow, but you could love the game and thats your way to be around it.
How bout if I join the community band because I love to play music-dont really want new friends and dont care if I get better. (full disclosure, I am considering just this at the moment)
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this has been true with every generation.
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I would say that would be for skills development or reason number 2 getting a job.
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East Oakland Boxing Club. They’re on my street in East Oakland. We contribute drawing pens and pencils, paper, and computer hardware.
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who is we.
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One thing I certainly wasn’t clear about as I re-read this thread is that my actual issue with DFA’s statement was this:
That’s utter bullshit, and I’m calling it as such. This is what I was driving at all along, I just did a really bad job of saying it.
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Probably not how the Ted talk went.
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I think a lot of this argument is just due to miscommunication between dfa and all others. From reading dfa’s comments, I think that his categories are *way* broader than what he conveyed from the initial statement. For example, reason 1 is “to get laid”, but it really means “any possible social motivation”. Likewise, if you said that you volunteered somewhere because you found the work interesting, he would probably put that in category 2 — “to get a job” — because that implies that there is some useful skill involved. Once you expand those two categories enormously and also put any hint of altruism into category 3, then that very well might encompass all possible motivations.
I’m going to blame this one on TED talks, which are pretty much designed to get a knowledgeable speaker to distort their subject in order to make it punchier/more profound.
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I agree with colin’s assessment and he beat me to it, which I blame on the fact that he lives in the wrong time zone.
As an example, I will be volunteering to plant trees this weekend. My motivations are:
1. Social, as I will be with other friends and members of my synagogue celebrating Tu B’Shevat, the holiday celebrating the “Birth of the Trees.”
2. Job-related, because the person coordinating the planting is someone I occasionally have to deal with for work and I’d like to meet her in person; and
3. Altruistic, because I care about the environment, water quality, salmon, etc.
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Woo hoo! Beating PDXAtheleticsfan to the punch on this comment totally makes up for the fact that it’s 12 degrees outside.
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Beating me is worth at least 20 degrees.
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I don’t equate getting laid or social recognition with the general act of meeting people. The two aren’t synonymous.
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@dmoas getting laid only happens if you meet people.
Getting laid, getting a job or because you care are the tag lines.
Jefferson explains the full meaning when you talk to him.
But again the real take away which I have always found to be true is that caring doesn’t matter very much in volunteering for a specific organization, it will get you in the door but not more.
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@pdx correct and the big take away is that as far as I can tell you don’t plant the trees on a regular basis without 1 and 2.
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Well sure, getting laid requires meeting people, but meeting people doesn’t require getting laid. That being said, I accept Colin’s assessment of your intended argument.
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@dfa. Agreed that I probably wouldn’t do it as a non-social activity, although I’ve occasionally thought that when I win the lottery or when Paul Allen dies and bequeaths his estate to me, I’ll take to roaming around the woods pulling English Ivy anywhere I see it.
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Right but I have nothing to do with my time because i am retired or independently wealth and want to feel valuable is reasons number 1
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If I’m not pulling ivy with anyone, nor do I (notwithstanding the discussion here) talk about what I’m doing with anyone, how is that reason number 1. I do it because ivy is a big problem around here that needs dealing with. I really don’t care who knows.
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If you are the ivy pulling monk of the Northwest, alone with your quest, I salute you.
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Sometimes we just want to give back, my friend. That is all.
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There are a million different causes that are worthy of attention, how do you decide?
Whomever gives you the most personal benefits, friends, getting laid, recognition, power, skills, and networking.
It doesn’t make what you are doing bad, or not valuable, but if you gave back into a black hole where there was nothing that made you feel good about doing it, I highly doubt you would do it again.
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True. You want to have the most impact where you can make that work. Your should start with your own community.
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which is reason number 1
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This is funny!
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I always appreciated the term Mack-tivist.
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I have always been outstanding at Flirtcrutment
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Most of my charity work involves the plight of the bald.
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The risk of sunburn is ever-present.
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Oh how the bald suffer.
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And the cost of sunblock can be oppressive.
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It’s true..that stuff is almost as expensive as genital warts medicine…uh, not that I’d know how much that stuff costs.
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No more bagpiping for you, sir.
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Toys For Tots? /PTSD
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Why?
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YOU should know.
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I should?
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Sigh.
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Have I forgotten something you’ve told me before?
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YOU told ME.
What was your favorite A’s moment the last four years?
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gm 4 walk off, did you see it?
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Yes, I watched all the playoff games…I really started watching all the games with about 10 or so to go in the regular season.
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so the A’s were 10-4 as far as you were concerned
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It was a hell of a year…the days of me watching more than 10-20 is over for me for awhile.
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Do you follow when you don’t watch, though?
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This. Or completing the sweep of the Yankees. Or clinching the division.
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Sweeping clinch? Sounds dangerous unless near a restroom.
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A clinching sweep is even worse.
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Gotta Wash now, s’cuse me.
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the yankees series was awesome
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I think that’s when I really started believing that they had a chance at doing something special. Still had my doubts until that last Texas series, though.
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It was super sweet but we did get a good chunk of their B squad IIRC.
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I don’t care. Swept those motherFKers.
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Split between Game 164, Game 4 ALDS.
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(162)
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Ooops, um yeah that one!
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I was in trial for that one. people kept texting me and my phone was buzz buzz buzzing.
At the break, the cop I was cross examining and I sat at the DA’s table watching Doolittle strike people out on my MLB gameday app
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What a great scene!
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Teamwork!
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Really tough to choose a #1 from those two. Game 162 maybe by a hair for me, maybe.
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maybe its because I didn’t experience it live, but 161 and 160 were better for me.
more tense exciting games.
162 was sloppy and awesome, but not the edge of my seat stuff that 160 and 161 were
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I would agree with this.
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1. Game 4
2. Hamilton
3. Perfect game
4. Donaldson’s homer against the M’s in game 158
5. That time when Gomes did that little flip over the Angels catcher to touch the plate.
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Whoa how did I forget about #5!
So fking awesome.
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September
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The Hamilton drop and the RAGE both from 162.
Hearing that Old Bob was gone my rank up there as well.
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Ooooooh…good call.
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The 10 minutes AFTER we lost game 5.
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Oooh, good one. I still get chills thinking of that.
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I will never forget it!
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For me it was when Hamilton dropped the ball. It was that moment when you just knew we had this thing.
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Yep.
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BEST moment I’ve ever experienced in the 32 years I’ve watched this team: When the whole crowd stood up and started chanting “Lets go oakland!” over and over after game 5 against the tigers last season. I got chills and and even teared up a bit. And the reaction of both teams after it started happening was pretty special too. That is the moment I will never forget and am SO glad I was able to be there. [shivers]
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I teared up just watching that on TV.
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I didn’t know it made it to tv. I’m glad
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Sorry, I mean in highlights and stuff.
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And as shown by the Dogfather just recently.
I didn’t watch it until then because I couldn’t be there, and that felt bad. Now I can handle it. It was glorious!
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I had to walk out. Felt too much like closure on a miracle season and not the beginning of something great.
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Is that your real reason?
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Actually, he had to get home and make room for his new 85 inch tv.
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It’s all about the 92 inch TV nowadays.
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I just can’t keep up. You know, being a city boy and all.
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There was a time in my life I would have walked out on that, as well. Not now, tho.
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Yes. I had been walking around and pacing for most of the game anyway, and OP and I ended up in the WSC with Townie and John Lund (and Stacy) for a little bit. Watching the innings creep by was a killer.
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ok, so somehow Gigs was logged on here last and I didn’t notice. That comment was from me, not her ;)
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{note to self: log out of computer programs before going to work…}
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muhahaha
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dude don’t hold out what kind of pr0nz was she lookin at
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We. We were looking at >:)
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High five!
I am at a friends apartment this evening…he’s in New York and I’m watching his two dogs for the night. His girlfriend is coming tomorrow so it’s a one night only gig…thankfully.
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Bet you’re missing the fam.
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Not really…they’ve basically been keeping me down from my goal of world domination via Friendster.
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Just like women and children, always bringing men down.
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Also very likely true.
CAN YOU DIG IT?
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Warriors…warriors…come out to plaaaaaay.
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It’s a great time out!
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Does anyone else ever wonder what Huey thought of that guy?
I know his brain was melted by then but I’m still curious.
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I cannot
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Very likely true.
Eating alone so I had a dinner of Doritos and an ice cream sandwich…back to oatmeal and healthy shit tomorrow.
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That’s pretty balanced. Corn chips, that’s a vegetable. Cheese is protein. Ice cream is dairy.
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My thoughts exactly…I’m Mr. Clean on the inside and out.
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Especially your bald head.
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you won’t have a health shit tomorrow, that is for sure
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Well, that’s something to look forward to.
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Yeah, and for the record hazelnut cauliflower soup is a very tasty and healthy form of Drain-o, whew that was a tough coupla days…
Okay, you haven’t eaten in three days…you come to a town that only has a Denny’s and an IHOP…which do you chose?
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ihop
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I haven’t been to either in at least 15 years. But I’ll say Denny’s. Unless they’re still racist.
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No food for 3 days, I’ll say Denny’s even with the racism. I’ll be wanting breakfast and lunch.
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I really can’t fathom going to either and not being able to smoke.
#beenthatlong
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IHOP. Denny’s is shit on toast.
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I hop.
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Do you?
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only on one foot.
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Can you pat your head and rub your stomach while hopping?
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I’ll go IHOP but I’m not happy about it….basically the last time I went to a Denny’s…(on purpose?) they had some bacon that was as thin as a heroin addict and a pale pink…it’s doubtful it was ever pig.
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Waffle House. Cigarettes, whores, grease, and coffee that will make a young girl grow testicles.
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I’ve spent some time at a Waffle House…the food isn’t bad and the hookers offer fair prices.
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The food is so greasy, even I get heartburn. And that’s saying a lot.
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I have a foursome that I play with and we hit the Waffle House before we go off…and yes, I’m talking about sex not golf.
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So many bad decisions in one fell swoop.
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Well, the foursome includes Natalie Portman, Christina Hendricks and Salma Hayek so it’s not all bad…the breakfast is usually awful though.
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Ok, I guess I could choke that down.
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twss
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I wish she would say that.
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The IHOP in SLT is still the peaked roof with the original layout, the waiting area in the foyer and the two aisles with vinyl seats. There are much better breakfast choices in town but for a 1960s throwback that place is fantastic.
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Isn’t there an original one in San Bruno still?
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Perkins.
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ihop. It was our go to place when we had munchies in college, which was most every night my senior year.
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we only had dennys in my college town.
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That’s too bad. We had to cross the border into Chicago for IHOP, about a 15-20 minute drive. There were no really good all night places in downtown Evanston proper beyond Burger King and one coffee shop, which I tired of after going there 1-2 nights a week during my sophomore year.
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I Hope One Pukes?
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I Harvest Opossum Penises?
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Imogen Heap On Prozac?
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Invisible Hazards Of P****?
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Immigrants’ Hope Overwhelmed by Pedophilia.
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she was good. she should record more
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the summer i spent at Northwestern I had a cerfew do to the program and being 16.
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Salem… its a shitty place.
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Willamette?
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yup
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That’s Mrs. PDX’s alma mater (class o’ 96).
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did you know that 64% of Willamette grads marry another willamette grad?
/ewvery brochure they ever give you
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So WU stands for wedding university?
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I didn’t want to marry anyone.
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:blinks:
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it was full of people that i hardly even wanted to make out with.
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My high school girlfriend, who I made out with enthusiastically, went to Willamette.
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What year? I might have made out with her.
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Class of ’02, probably before your time.
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bummer. It would have been hilarious if i had.
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My impression was that WU grads all just moved to Portland and had hipster babies with one another.
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there aren’t very many hipsters at willamette. they all go to reed
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Once Portland has ‘em in its clutches, though…
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portland is a great town… I would move back readily
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If my union ever has an opening…
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one good bar… thats all i ask for
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And I agree 10000% that Salem is a shitty place. I’m thankful that my agency isn’t headquartered there.
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There are worse places, but its one of the most sprawly oregon cities.
there is no down town worth noting and the food beyond adam’s rib isn’t very good at all.
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The Capitol Building is fugly, too.
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Sort of.
Whats really ugly is Salem city hall.
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That has to be the Food Court at some has-been mall.
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That looks like a skateboarder’s wet dream.
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Not unlike many buildings of its day, but apparently it’s ugly because they didn’t even have enough money to equip it, much less build something nice:
From here.
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I gave a presentation in one of the state offices yesterday. Every time I see that thing, it just makes me cringe. I realize that it was built on the cheap after the previous building was on fire, but it doesn’t make it any less ugly.
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They remodeled the inside so they got rid of the rust and putting green colored carpeting and actually put some decent furniture in there.
I worked in there three days a week and went to school across the street so I know the building well.
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As good a time as any to drop this in here, haha:
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Fucking Flickr links.
Here.
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Put a
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Ive definitely fallen through that fountain when it was iced over and I was playing on it.
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State Penn, huh?
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Yikes.
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I don’t mind it thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat much. But I wouldn’t build it looking like that
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I find it uglier and more uninviting than any other state capitol building I have ever seen and it’s not even close. It just simply lacks character.
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As much as I like art deco overall, you have a point.
Still, I’ll top that with these.
Hawaii:
New Mexico:
I did like Washington’s for a lot of its tradition in terms of capitol buildings. I’ll have to go take some pics at the one in Sacramento soon, and I’ll probably be seeing the one in Austin, TX in May.
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Alright, I’ll concede that those are bad. Hawaii’s looks very much like {insert name of theater}. New Mexico’s, while consistent with local architecture, looks like, well, a millionaire’s mansion in New Mexico.
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Then there’s Alaska’s. See that at the link below.
Ohio’s is pretty bland and Louisiana’s looks like a very similar building layout as Oregon’s except for a slightly more phallic tower.
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Yeah, Ohio just barely qualified as out of the Bottom 5.
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You can’t see it from the angle in that picture, but Hawaii’s capital is designed to look like a stylized volcano, with the the top part above the squared roofline curving inwards.
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Mmm, the aerial shot helps with that, yeah.
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And yes, I’ve looked at all of them here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_capitols_in_the_United_States
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West Virginia’s is kind of cool because it is so out of place. I took the train through Charleston once and the view was trees trees trees trees GIANTDOME trees trees trees trees
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Haha. Washington’s is kind of the same way from I-5. Just tons of trees then all of a sudden you can see the dome from a certain point.
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North Dakota and Alaska round out my list of Bottom 5. Louisiana is weird, although there is some efficiency in having some of the state offices housed in the same building.
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What’s your #1?
I might have to put New York in my top 5 based on photos I’ve seen.
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Of the ones I’ve seen in person, Indiana is pretty damn spectacular. Which is somewhat colored by the fact that I don’t expect such things out of Indiana. Same goes for Boise.
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Indiana’s would be nice to see.
I’ve seen Massachusetts’ but that was before I had any thoughts of taking photos of the buildings and interiors.
It’d be nice if you could actually see Nevada’s from the street except for that one head-on view of the dome and walkway toward it. So. Many. Trees.
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Since I live more or less down the street from the Nevada one, that building is still standing but only the governor is in there. It’s mostly there for historical purposes. The legislature and Supreme Court are in relatively new adjacent buildings that, while not as hideous as Oregon, are just sort of nondescript, having a lot of that utilitarian glass and concrete, 90 degree corners look.
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I don’t think it was open late at night, but for breakfast in Hyde Park, Original Pancake House (aka OHOP) was far superior to IHOP.
Since it’s been four years I’d like to say some nice things about Athletics Nation…
1. I met almost all of you there.
2. The game threads were often the things that kept me interested in the A’s when they stunk.
3. A lot of laughs, a few fights but mostly laughs.
4. I like the format of the site.
5. There was some good baseball stuff there.
It’s been a while since I’ve slept in an apartment…downstairs one too so hopefully the folks upstairs won’t get too frisky tonight.
Thanks for these question, Bed. Ive wanted to post some for awhile but couldnt get started.
So..who was your first favorite A’s player? I guess I would start with the standard Rickey. I knew I liked Campy and Capt. Sal, but the only reason I knew that was because mom and dad always talked about them when we talked baseball.
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Dwayne Murphy. Then a tie between Stew and Big Mac. Then Huddy. Then Chavvy. Then McCarthy. Now… I don’t know yet.
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Loved Murph as well. I remember thinking with them and Tony Armas we had the best OF in the game. How could we lose, right? Right???
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I became a fan after Armas was gone. :(
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Carney Lansford for me…
Others I really liked.
Dave Stewart, Dennis Eckersley, Rickey Henderson, Dave Henderson, Mark McGwire…(I know, I know)Terry Steinbach, Reggie Jackson, Tim Hudson, Jason Giambi…(I know, I know part 2)
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Rickey
Steinbach
Eck
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Reggie.
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Ray Burris
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I think we have had this conversation before, but in case Im mistaken…I love you.
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Joe Rudi was my undertalented overachiever. I emulated his extremely closed batting stance, as I thought it might obscure my “undertalented” aspect. But I never overachieved, or even achieved for that matter.
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John Jaha, Miguel Tejada, Huston Street, Travis Buck, McCarthy, Yo.
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Rickey. It was always Rickey.
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Rickey. Rickey. Rickey. Kingman. McGwire. Lansford. Hendu. Stewart. Eck.
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You forgot Rickey.
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Geronimo Berroa!
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Oh, and Matt Stairs.
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Phil Plantier!
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I have no memory of this person.
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He was only an A for 1 year. He had this crazy uppercut swing.
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I totally forgot he was on the A’s
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There are a lot of A’s I’ve forgotten about.
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That should be another list. Favorite completely forgettable A’s.
Stan Javier might be to rememberable.Jeff Tam might be too.
ditching them for less rememberable figures.
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Ryan Christenson
Steve Karsay
mike mcfarlane
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The hardest part is trying to remember them all. Mark Acres (did I get his name right?)
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Blake Stein
Jason Windsor
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Blake Stein’s at least memorable for being part of the Big Mac deal
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Craig Paquette
Brad Halsey (or would he be “A’s I wish I could forget but can’t”?)
Ernest Riles
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Paquette was with us for quite a while tho and was a starting player and wasn’t terrible. He replaced Brosious right?
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Probably. He played 3rd, and I remember Alderson or Beane saying that he had the most powerful bat in the organization behind McGwire.
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Ryan Langerhans
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The coveted home jersey.
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Fernando Arroyo, who pitched in 10 games for Billy Martin’s dreadful 1982 A’s, then disappeared into the minor leagues, to be called up to Oakland in August of 1986.
In a game against Seattle at the Coliseum, the score was 4-4 in the top of the 9th, 2 outs, 2 on for the Mariners. Inexplicably, Tony La Russa chose that moment to bring in Arroyo for his first major league appearance in 4 seasons.
First he walked Bob Kearney to load the bases. Next he walked Spike Owen to force in the go-ahead (and ultimately winning) run. Then he walked FKing Domingo Ramos to force in an insurance run. 3 batters, 3 walks, 2 runs (both charged to previous pitchers of course), and that was the final game of Arroyo’s major league career.
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Brad Rigby, Izzy Molina
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Danny Putnam, Shane Komine.
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Eric Fox
Bill Almon
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Wow, you really know how to pick the suckiest of suck.
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11 year old 5Aces took awhile to realize how awful Almon was.
Eric has a special place for me though. My family had season tix at Fresno State while he was here, and my mom opened his bank accounts when he came here. I got to throw out a first pitch out of that.
If he hadnt tore up his knees he would have been a much different player. Although then we may never had picked him up.
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Billy Almon was one of the stars of the Hawaii Islanders AAA team I rooted for.
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He was San Diego’s version of Bobby Crosby, but they didn’t have to suffer with him that long, because where it took a few years for the A’s to come up with Cliff Pennington to replace Crosby, the Padres found Ozzie Smith rather quickly after it was clear that Almon was a fizzle.
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And then they traded Ozzie for Garry Templeton.
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I remember him there as well. Maybe this is why I tolerated him on the A’s.
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Mickey Klutts. Perhaps the worst name ever for an infielder.
Jimmy Sexton.
Rob Picciolo. How the hell did this guy make ML rosters in nine different seasons.
Also, pretty much the entire 1979 roster expect for Rickey and Murph.
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Craig Paquette
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Ray Burris
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this. he was my favorite mid 90s player
Dear Seattle,
I hope the Kings win as many championships in Seattle as they won in Sacramento…or as many as the Seahawks and Mariners have won.
Enjoy the rain and the losing…
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FTM.
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The Kings are transitioning?
Hmm… I guess they are.
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Heh heh
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FK Turtle Man?
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FK the Maloofs, the favored chant of Kings fans these days.
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Oh. Thanks.
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Wouldn’t you get some sort of venereal disease if you did that?
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They’d better pay the City back, or send my wife after them. She can strangle the bastards with her dreadlocks!
Hmm…so, what do I do to mess with my friends apartment?
I want something evil but not get arrested evil.
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Crushed bag of chips in the bed?
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Hmm…sadly I ate all the chips.
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Flip the breaker on the bathroom(s). And the water heater. Steal every light bulb except the one over the stove.
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Program the remotes to only go to spanish channels?
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Yeah but he’s German so he already speaks Spanish.
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Build a huge fort with most of the furniture in the entire house, cover it with their entire wardrobe, and line the interior with all of their dishes, suspend all the knives and cutlery from the ‘ceiling’ with dental floss.
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This is creative…but also a lot of work…I guess I better get started.
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Leave as many porno mags as possible lying around for his gf to find.
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A quick question…do they even make those anymore?
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Yes. Look behind the counter at a gas station.
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A quick question…people still go inside at the gas station?
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Truckers.
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Hmm….mostly to use the head and pick up some speed I’d guess.
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And porn. Try to keep up.
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Sorry I was looking at some porn…what are we talking about again?
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The competitive disadvantage of the Chinese economy relative to that of India as beef prices rise.
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Ah, so the usual then.
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Where else can I get the 2 foot long pizza pocket that is to be cooked on microwave setting “6″ and a 64oz Horchata?
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64 oz Horchata!
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Every growing boy needs it once a week.
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TWSS
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I once told an ocd girl that I rearranged a bunch of her stuff even though i didn’t. She spent two hours trying to figure out what I had moved. It was way better of a prank than moving her stuff ever was.
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Well, this is a friend that I’ve been playing pranks on since the mid 1980′s…our war shall never end. I think I’m going to go for something simple this time and get him with something bigger down the line.
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Tell them that you laid the best boobie trap of your life… watch them try to find it.
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One of my favorites was I once took apart his motorcycle piece by piece and put all the pieces in his studio apartment, back in college…he got me back…the legal case that’s still pending doesn’t allow me to say what he did to me.
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Tell him you masturbated on a piece of his furniture, but don’t say which one. Whether or not you really do is up to you.
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Hmm…he lives alone so I’m guessing these have already been hit.
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When you have time you can wrap EVERYTHING in foil. Or fill a room with balloons and/or popcorn and cellophane the doorway so he can see it ready to burst.
My friends did this to my cubicle a few years ago not knowing I have a silly hatred/fear of balloons.
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ooo, get a cell phone from 7-11, leave it, and call it at all hours from different phones
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That’s messed up. Also funny.
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I had an ocd friend notice within 20 minutes one of his nat geo’s out of order.
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switch the H and C on on the faucets
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that wouldn’t phase me… left is always hot
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not if you switch the inlet hoses under the sink they’re not!
Who is your favorite composer?
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Pshaw. Kanye.
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Tchaikovsky. He’s also my favorite decomposer.
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Dvorak
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Erik Satie or Chopin.
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I’ll be boring and go with Beethoven…his music legitimately moves me.
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Stan Kenton. Danny Elfman.
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Philip Glass
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Before Mrs. PDX, Tchaikovski. Since, Debussy.
Do you have a hidden talent?
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Why do you think I wear pants?
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Heh
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I’m an excellent ice skater…I have no idea why as I grew up in Sacramento, I’m terrible on a skate board or even on roller skates but on ice…I’m pretty slick.
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St. Rose of Lima rink, baby!
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or Iceland, now 100% roof free!
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I can’t remember the names anymore it’s been so long but we went a lot…my mom really likes it. I just took to it right away…it’s too bad I never played hockey.
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Chickens do my bidding.
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Could you tell some to get in my belly!
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No, I mean at auctions. Chickens bid on my behalf. It’s really annoying, since I never buy anything at auctions.
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Hmm…so both a hidden and basically useless talent…I have plenty of these myself.
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Chicken does Gigs’ bidding.
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Ain’t that the truth!
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Happily and enthusiastically
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[Makes whip sound] Shit. I think I just hurt myself young Indiana Jones style.
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Haha too funny
But, she gives me as much as I do her. Thats why I’m marrying her! ;)
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:)
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:)
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I think you need a prenuptial cookie agreement. Not to be a downer, but what if she leaves you and makes unreasonable cookiemony demands?
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My modesty. I hid it all the time
I found my bridesmaid dress. Now I have to convince daddy to pay for it.
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It’s not being provided?
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Hahahaha. No. I said just wrap myself up in a sheet… but not in THAT way.
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At my wedding we paid for everything…the cost was getting to it in Hawaii but even on that we covered a lot of it…both sides of parents helped.
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how big was your wedding?
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Right around 120 people or so. It was in the summer so a lot of people made it a vacation.
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You paid for 120 plane tickets?
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Oh hell no…about half the crowd lived in Hawaii…I probably paid for about 10 tickets total.
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that is far more managable.
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(she is from Hawaii)
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Bridesmaids usually have to pay for their own gowns… I think.
I got to pick my own style, so that wasn’t bad.
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Yeah, I’ve only been a part of one wedding so I don’t know how it all works. Lisa picked all that stuff out so it was only fair that we paid for it.
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I can’t believe you’ve never been a bridesmaid, Bed.
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I have been in 2. one was an emergency substitute.
We also didn’t buy for the party people, we told them to wear what they wanted. 2 of the 4 people in my party wore thrift suits. And I wasn’t one of them
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I want pics of you in a dress. NOW!
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wait, what? I don’t think there are digital pics of that, and not at weddings. did I say that?
I mean if you say I did I did, you win all arguments in this thread
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oh, I get it, you asked bed about being a bridesmaid I I dodn’t read that or respond to it properly
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Go get in a dress, take some pics, and post them. NOW!
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Wait, you weren’t a bridesmaid?
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I’ve been a best man and I handed out the rings at my Mom’s marriage to my step-dad. The best man thing was fun and the wedding ended up lasting longer than the marriage so I might get the chance to fill that role again.
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Never been part of a wedding and at this point I think my only chance will be giving Lil Miss Aces away. Of course we are petty sure she will run to Reno with a gearhead at 17, so we shall see.
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Fingers crossed that it’ll happen one day.
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It’s amazing. Bachelorette parties are the best thing ever.
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My Bachelor party was very me…golf during the day, steaks at the club and we had a comic do his act…yes, I am a preppy.
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For mine, we raced go karts, took swings in a batting cage, went to a bowling and got drunk while never actually bowling, and then ended up at a titty bar when 2 female friends of mine crashed the party and insisted on taking me there.
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I’ve never been to one of those…I’m not against them it’s just never happened.
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It’s an interesting experience, and I do it again about once every 5 years or so. But I’m not the type that can go on a regular basis. Nor am I the type that can afford to go on a regular basis.
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I guess when I see a naked woman dancing around me I want to be able to do something more than slip a $20 bill in her G-String..this is the number one reason I got married…well, this and all that love stuff.
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I’ve gone to a couple of them — honestly, if you don’t treat it like OH HEY THESE ARE NAKED CHICKS WE’RE TOTALLY GONNA GET LAID BY THEM and more just another night out with the guys with some good looking ladies, it’s significantly more fun.
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Yeah, I imagine that would be how you’d have to look at it.
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This, exactly.
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Last night, I was trying to remember if I had one. I am pretty sure I didn’t. I think we all went to las vegas shortly before the weeding and I think my friends showed up.
but that may have been what we did for the bachelor party I planned.
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The whole ‘I will put you in something ugly and make you pay for it’ is one of the most evil parts of weddings.
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and funerals
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Yay!
What was the best movie you saw in 2012?
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The one I didn’t have to pay for.
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Those are the best kind.
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For the first time?
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Yes, best new movie that was released in 2012 that you saw.
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Ai Weiwei- Never Sorry, Cabin In The Woods, Looper, Jiro Dreams Of Sushi.
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I loved Cabin in the Woods.
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I’ve seen it 6-7 times already! ;P
I grew up on horror flicks.
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oh really?
If you haven’t seen Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Lesle Vernon yet, GO GET ON NETFLIX RIGHT THE FK NOW AND WATCH IT.
You’re welcome.
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Sweet, I’ll get on it.
Thx for the tip
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aw shitFK. It’s not instant streaming anymore.
Still worth watching, especially if you were into slasher films in the 80s of the Freddie Kreuger, Jason, Halloween, and Leatherface persuasions.
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this. it should have been like an hour longer though, it got too weird way too quick.
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Jiro Dreams of Sushi is fantastic.
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IKR, I’m glad its on netflix so I can tell everyone to watch it.
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Best not to watch on an empty stomach though. I wanted to crawl through the screen and start chowing down.
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I’ve heard of the last two…I plan to rent Looper soon. I saw so few movies this year that the only one that comes to mind is Skyfall for me. I really doubt it’ll end up being my favorite movie that was released in 2012 but it was a really good Bond flick.
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Skyfall was great, Javier Bardem needs to be in a few hundred more movies.
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He’s a great actor and Craig has become a great Bond.
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Loved Skyfall.
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Inception
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Have you seen Looper yet?
Similar feel, it also has
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not yet. on the list
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That film was awesome.
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post more, please. you’re missed.
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<3
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I love jgl
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BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRMMMMMMM.
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You’re welcome
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Well, now I’ll be busy for awhile.
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I’m so happy we are friends now!
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I think you mean “for now”.
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:-(
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I gotta keep you on your toes.
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tricksy hobbitses
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Probably The Avengers, but I think that and Batman were the only new movies I saw last year.
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I think “Prometheus” was the ONLY movie I saw in 2012.
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It was one of the few that I did see…I was disappointed by it.
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I didn’t leave the room when it was on. That’s saying a lot for me.
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Instead of thumbs up we have a not leaving the room while it’s on.
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Argo, Django Unchained, Wreck it Ralph, Les Miserables
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MAGIC MIKE. No question. <3
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Beasts of the Southern Wild was probably my favorite. Honorable mentions (i.e. other movies that I liked): Moonrise Kingdom, Inception, Dark Shadows, Lincoln, and Amour (but those last two I didn’t actually see until 2013).
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Moonrise Kingdom is amazing
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I keep forgetting about Moonrise Kingdom when thinking about 2012, and this makes me sad — that movie was fantastic.
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I read that as “Breast of the Southern Wild.”
Who is your least favorite member of the baseball media?
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all of them
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There are a lot of them that drive me nuts…most of them work for ESPN.
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I can count on two hands those who don’t and we lost one (KG to Houston)
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I think McCarver
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If I had to pick just one…I think Keith Law drives me the most nuts. I basically stopped listening to the Baseball Today podcast because of him.
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Me too! He is suuuuuuuuuuuuch a prick
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My main thing is he’s lazy. He says the same stuff over and over and he looks at a guy once and pretends he’s an expert…oh and his sense of humor is just not for me.
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Joe Buck.
Sometimes you ask a question about waffles and it goes in interesting directions.
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I was thinking about voting for French Toast, but after seeing the end of the cgain I might get exiled to **.
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Hmm..well, French Toast is pretty awesome…in fact it’s probably my favorite of the three.
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Good French toast is awfully hard to beat. I like to put a drop of vanilla extract, a drop of almond extract, and 2 drops of maple extract in the batter.
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My recipe is…eggs, whole milk, cinnamon, vanilla, and a little bit of sugar.
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Mine is “babe…can we go have French Toast? Youre the best…”
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I like yours better.
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French Toast wins by a FKING MILE.
They have a bourbon french toast at Aunt Marys, christ its a beautiful thing.
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There’s a place here that used to do challah french toast stuffed with white chocolate.
so im going to be at 9, because i feel im getting sick as a dog. and ive only made it this far so i could sleep through the night.
enjoy folks
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I hope you feel better, DFA.
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thanks, this shit has been going around. I got thai soup earlier, but my head feels no bueno.
However, getting my eardrum rebusted last year turned out to be great for fixing the previous pressure imbalance that existed from my dad busting it in the first place.
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yuppers. I am better now. just hope I didn’t do anything stupid at work in my fighting off a feverish state like declare ready for trial
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I got a nasty flu two years ago…I’d get sick less often if the students would just do their work from home.
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I sucked it up and got the flu shot last week, something I never do. Mostly because I’ll be on airplanes a fair amount in the next 6 weeks and don’t much care for the notion of spending days watching Dr. Phil in a crappy motel room.
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I’ve gotten them the last two years since that bad flu…so far so good.
I binge-watched the whole first season of “Girls” this weekend. I really like it. I feel like all of the people who hated on it either didn’t watch it or were jealous of Dunham.
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Like Mad Men and Breaking Bad I think that’s one of those shows that’s written about more than it’s actually seen. I haven’t seen it so I can’t say much about it.
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Girls is awesome. My first reaction after Ep 1 was “Oh my God who is this Lena Dunham person she’s a genius.”
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She reminds me of Poppy.
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Wow… thanks! :)
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You’re welcome. :)
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I’ve only seen a handful of episodes, but I have mixed feelings. On a negative note, I dislike all of the characters. On a positive note, the characters always seem to be screwing up, so I get some enjoyment via schadenfreude.
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The characters are mostly sort of reprehensible, but in believable, human ways. And the more you watch them the more you start to care about them, despite their obvious flaws. What makes it work is that Dunham is willing to make them look like the shallow, entitled people they are, but also make them look like young people trying to find their way. It’s like the anti-Sex in the City, which glorified the characters’ shallowness.
Okay a weird one…if you could live in one video game universe what would it be?
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bezerk
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Does Tron count? If not, Leisure Suit Larry.
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leisure suit larry
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GMTA
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Hyrule
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I’ll tell you where it wouldnt be…Paperboy.
I’d run over the cat and the kid with the remote control car everyday to shut them up.
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Mass Effect for me…I’m Commander Shepard and this is my favorite A’s related blog on the internet.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Carl Johnson drops acid and learns of mysterious magicks called “Cheat Codes”
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Wii Fit Plus. I’m hot for the female yoga/strength instructor.
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eh shes kinda bossy and doesn’t like modern art.
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Tapper.
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BARELY KNEW HER
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Yeah, but I’d totally tap that.
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Who wouldn’t?
I don’t want to get all political here but…red grapes are better than green ones.
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I think we can all agree on this.
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I quit. I don’t know who you people are
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Nevermind. Let’s have a flame war about this.
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you are so wrong. only reason to like grapes is to get laid
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Who has room in their fruit bowl for grapes?
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Grapes are for making wine.
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But black grapes are better than red.
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When it comes to grapes once you go black…
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Truth.
Okay, now for the real question….waffles or volunteer work?
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Rickey.
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I on;y eat waffles to get laid
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I think this is the winning post of the lounge.
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I love you Ed
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Bryce Harper and I volunteer making waffles in the suburbs.
Where is the one place you haven’t been that you most want to visit?
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Resort-ish: St. Maarten
Natural landscape: New Zealand
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bed’s room
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It’s a magical place.
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England for me…I’d love to go with Miss Hawaii and spend a summer there…might be awhile before we can pull that one off.
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Everywhere.
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Jennifer’s cleavage.
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Also a magical place.
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so i’ve been led to understand
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New Zealand. The whole fucking country.
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Turkey.
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agreed.
Cappadocchia, in particular.
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The Future.
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Been there. Done that. Came back to fanboy in real time.
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Where you’re going, you don’t need roads.
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Exactly!
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Beruit
Brazil
Morroco
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Morroco’s been on my list, too.
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Guatemala
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Barrow, AK
Okay…Steel Cage Piano Man Death Match…Two Men Enter One Man Leaves…Billy Joel vs Elton John…who ya got?
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while the other guys were playing with the football, Billy joel was home banging on the keys, so Billy Joel
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Hmm…I wonder what Elton was banging at the time?
I’d like to say that several of the posts tonight have made me laugh out loud…you folks are on tonight.
Drinking Coke through a Red Vine at 11:45 on a Monday night…living the high life, baby.
Trouble in paradise it would seem…Bridget the Midget just called. She’s told Alex Trebek that if he doesn’t grow the mustache back the wedding is off…she says the whiskers provide more friction when she’s ridding his face. We’ll see how it goes but my guess is she’ll likely kill him by the end of the week.
Hey did you folks know that the two head coaches in the Super Bowl this year are brothers?
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This has always been one of my favorites.
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I still laugh every time I see it.
Okay, my favorite people on AN/FK these last four years.
1. sirbed
2. the rest of you…well, except for Brian29…he was a prick.
The best advice I was ever given…keep your feet in the air and keep reaching for the ground…oh and always bring lube.
I’ll leave you with this…
Applying for affordable housing. I am actually under the income limit to qualify for it and there is a house for sale that also qualifies.
I find it ironical that in order to complete the application you have to register for a Home Buyer Education class that goes over “Budgeting, Borrowing, Buying, and Beyond” — not that you have to register for it, but it costs 50 bucks.
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Can you register it, but then back out and save the $50?
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No you have to give them the completion form \=
I was kinda hoping I could go in and be like “Isn’t paying 50 bucks to learn how to save money and budget not really financially savvy?” and get an auto-pass.
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I’m sure they will tell you that, over the long haul, learning to budget and save will be well worth the $50.
Of course they will never be able to answer why one must assume that just because you are at income x it means you dont know how to save or budget. Hell, they should probably have a scale that says if you make a certain amount and support of family of a certain size you dont have to take it because obviously you know how to stretch money.
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The people that i know who have low incomes are actually the best budgeters i know.
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yep. Saw a discussion recently about how much more expensive it is to be poor. That just adds to the need to know where every dollar is going and not wasting it on garbage.
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Not having to stretch my budget while making a decent living and being a shitty budgeter, I absolutely agree with this statement.
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Couldn’t agree more.
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What? I thought we were going to live together?
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Can he have $50?
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and a BJ
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Only if I get my own bathroom.
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Up for discussion.
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For a good BJ, I’m sure you wouldn’t mind using your neighbor’s bathroom. But request a test drive first.
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Even if I had to get up in the middle of the night to pee?
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That’s what windows are for.
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You have plants for that.
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no blow job is worth that.
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I don’t consider you to be an authority on BJs Mr. “I don’t care for BJs in general”.
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that is not my position. They are over rated, which doesn’t mean I don’t like them or that they are bad. The idea that you would even give up a bathroom for one blow job or sex in general is insane. Mike could go get a better deal on the open market
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Did you ever see me specify just ONE bj?
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Yeah, the “one BJ” was simply meant as a test drive for more BJs. (That and all the thing shouldn’t be taken seriously since it’s just a fun little joke/game.)
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The price was 50 buck and a bj.
I can go to a bar spend 20 bucks getting drunk and get a free one without the cost of bathroom most Thu Fri Sats
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That wasn’t the price for anything, I was just asking.
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this is regressive bargaining.
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Read more. That was the price for opening up discussion.
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whch is still regressive bargaining. Just ask the NLRB
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I don’t care.
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Where did $50 come into play?
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Oh. Nevermind. Mike was receiving the $50 though.
Things that are cool about all wheel drive subarus: Trips in the snow, dirt, mud, etc.
Things that fucking suck about all wheel drive subarus: When one tire blows out, you have to replace all 4 tires because it’s awd.
yay.
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How does that make sense?
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If you have appreciably different levels of wear on the tires it can cause the all wheel drive transmission to turn the wheels unevenly, potentially causing torque bind and screwing up your transmission.
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Well then… that fucking sucks.
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Indeed.
As nice as it is, this is prolly the last AWD car I’ll own until I’m independently wealthy.
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Tread depth has to be the same for the awd to function properly.
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On the plus side, gives you the chance to use the phrase “torque bind” in a non-sexual way, for a change.
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Rawr!
As I walked across our busy office this morning, I heard a coworker sing out, “Facials!” (I don’t know why.) And I thought of you guys.
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You work with Scott Hatteberg?
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Giving or receiving?
BoCro joins the BrewCrew. (SBN link)
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So the Brewers get the consolation prize of former A’s SS attempting a comeback.
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It’s an essentially no-risk, no-reward move.
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Tagline?
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Oh yeah.
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Agreed.
I laughed and I don’t feel bad about it.
I hate being sick.
Also in a fit of irony (how very hipster of me I know) I want to buy a TV/large computer monitor so I can easily stay on my bed and use my computer/watch illegal content/hulu. Thoughts on brands and LCD v LED. Size must be less than 85 inches because we all know I don’t have room in my shoe box.
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What’s your price range?
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High maintenance.
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Im trying to do less than or equal to 500 bucks.
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Do you care about quality? As in, are you willing to sacrifice quality either on the computer side or the TV?
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I care about quality of computer side.
I will probably never use it for a TV with the exception of a football game that I could also stream instead of it being a tv.
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And what sort of TV service are you using (or is it primarily TV via web)?
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I would stream everything notable from my computer.
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Then your best bet is to look at computer monitors. At your price range you’ll max out at only about 25 inches or so (possibly a hair more) but it’ll give you better overall computing visual quality. Especially if you’re prone to playing games on it. If you’re willing to sacrifice on quality a bit, you can probably get a quality HDTV in the 30s/low 40″ range. It’ll max out at whatever HD level you select (most PC monitors can do better than 1080) which isn’t bad, but depending on the quality of your video card (or age) you may run into some quality issues. As for LED/LCD, both have contrast/blacks issues and range of viewing angle difficulties so it’s best to test it out before you buy to find one that gives you a better sense of what you’re getting. My personal taste, I hate gloss coating. You might get better colors, but it reflects light like a mofo.
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I am not going to be playing games. I am running intel sandy bridge integrated graphics. I have a laptop with a broken lcd so i need somethign to turn it into a viable desktop. I am going to primarily to be using it to blog on here and read shit along with watching stuff I download. Glare and brightness are a real issues in my room because of the bay windows.
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Considered just picking up a Chromebook?
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Or Raspberry Pi. Only bummer there is that it doesn’t play nicely with Netflix, but it can do any number of cool things as a DiY project.
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I have the computer. I want this to be the computer monitor.
Netflix can suck my ballz they don’t make a native linux version and until they do I refuse to give them money.
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I’m always a bit sketchy about integrated graphics, but that’s just me. A TV would likely do it for you as will a basic PC monitor. Laptops (especially the level you’d need for what little you do) are cheap so replacing your current one as Mike suggested isn’t a bad way to go either.
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If I was going to go the laptop replacement route I would want to spend real coin and buy a yoga or some touch enabled win 8 ultra book so i could take advantage of unity’s touch interface.
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Buy a used video projector, you then can have movie nights ANYWHERE!
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Thoughts on how I should go about doing this?
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Craigslist is probably the first place, most will have a log of how many hours the bulb has on it, 750 hours is a good bet for lifetime.
Find something simple, Invision makes decent inexpensive plug and play units.
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My room gets pretty bright. That would cause problems no?
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Yes, you need a pretty ‘bright’ projector for daylight, 4,000+ lumens generally, which is high-mid to spendy range and the older ones would probably need a new bulb. Sometimes the bulb costs as much or more than the projector if you’re buying used.
Simple shades should help you/ be enough though unless you have gobs of windows or a skylight.
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I have bay windows which would be about five feet from where I would want to set it up.
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I usually watch stuff at night so its never an issue really.
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This would do fine for most.