I have to make a dessert tonight for a vegan celiac who also doesn’t eat chocolate.
I’m thinking air might be a good pie filler!
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
yay for social progress, but oh lady, you do NOT want to go to argentina for work/economic reasons. i’m predicting argentina is the new cuba, at least till the presidenta’s dynasty wears off.
the EU is looking to put sanctions on the country because it expropriated YPF last week. YPF was the state-run oil E&P till the 90s, when it was privatized, and quickly sold to the highest bidders with a select few members of the governmental elite profiting greatly, with repsol, a spanish company, holding a majority of the stock. in the last few weeks, and yes, it happened that quickly, cristina decided on and pushed through gov a move to take 51% of the stock back, all of it from repsol, leaving them with 6%. the fallout is still to be determined and could involve european sanctions against argentina, but let me take a wild guess and say that, at home, a select few members of the governmental elite will profit greatly and the people will see nothing but propaganda.
meanwhile, when the select few who were allowed to buy dollars in argentina (ever since a law from last october forbade it for most) went to the exchange houses and were denied. seriously, you needed special permission form some gov’tal committee to buy US dollars and this week even that permission was restricted. because apparently there was an outflow of U$23 billion last year (really? well, it’s the official number… meaning that some official gave it to the press to put it in ink). so now, the only one who is buying dollars in argentina is… the argentine central bank! (official number again, U$5.7 billion so far this year.)
it’s matambre a la parrilla. (mata + hambre = kill + hunger), it’s a flank steak rolled up with stuff in it. usually made in the oven, and served sliced thin as a cold cut. this is the grilled version.
*i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
One can’t legislate what takes at least a generation and a half of social progress to achieve.
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
Although you were talking more about other things than the trans issue, of course. I should have read further first.
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
well, it all adds up. at the people level, wage earners rely on the family group to survive. the average single person wouldn’t be able to afford rent, so everybody lives in family. people don’t flee the parents at 18 like we do here. and even after marriage, it’s not unknown for the couple to move into one of the parents’ homes. but this is one of the joys of living there, the closeness. maybe that facilitates interpersonal understanding and leads to social progress?
*i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
yeah… it’s hard to explain. it’s part of the national psychology. they don’t want to leave. the feeling is, why would you?? …there’s no family out there!! while here it’s more like, go out and make it on your own! think about TV tropes and how people living with mom and dad are “losers.” and from the parents’ side, i can’t help but think of red from 70s show telling eric that on his 18th birthday he’s getting a one-way bus ticket and a kick in the ass, or somesuch.
my 20-yr-old cousin was here for three months just this winter and he would skype with his parents and sisters every. single. night. (okay, 5 out of 7 nights.) for hours. because he wanted to. to me, raised here, that was ridiculously strange, distasteful even, and at his age i didn’t even go home for xmas (home being 15 minutes down the freeway) because it meant not doing my own thing with the friends i made.
*i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
Their way kind of makes more sense. All living expenses and responsibilities are split over more people. Leaves everyone with more money and time on their hands. And if something bad happens, you’ve got people readily available to assist. And when you get old, you can actually retire while having ways of staying active and relevant.
It doesn’t sound all that different from many other places, though. Russia/FSU was certainly that way 20 years ago, and likely today, although most couples aspired to live at least a few blocks away from the parents. Without any data to back it up, the desire to make do for yourself away from your family seems an American concept, or at the very least a Western one. Or maybe it’s just in affluent countries where people have the means to do so, do so.
A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
Denver’s gonna have to beat the boys in yellow AND the boys in grey tomorrow if they want to advance.
I’ve watched one basketball game this season, and that was the Kings beating the Blazers earlier this year at Narco Arena.
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
Hey, I know there are no rules with this group of FKers, but what’s the protocall on blatant self promotion? How would people feel about me posting the link to the online auction to benefit Albany Preschool. I’ve put a fuckton of time into it, we have some great items, and I really need it to go well.
Here it is. Bid early and often. Although if you outbid me for the private Cessna tour, we will have words (I’m kidding, as I want all the items to go for crazy of money, but I also don’t have crazy money to spend and I would love to win the tour).
Good luck. Last weekend, we went to an auction for Spawn1’s kindergarten-to-be. The big item was a puppy that ended up going for $1100.
We ended up with a “ticket” for Spawn1 to attend an ice cream/pizza party with the school’s PE teacher (who is awesome!) and $50 in handyman’s services.
Mostly, we’re just happy to see that it’s a school that is very well-supported by former and current parents and it costs about half of what we’re paying now for pre-school.
A soliloquy of fresh-sounding ideas which would probably be disastrous.
OK, I’m the current high bidder on 3 items. Ooooh I hope I win! (Not for the airplane tour–you couldn’t pay me to go in a plane that tiny so more power to ya.)
The dog one of course, and also a few of the restaurant ones. I’ve got my eye on about 4 others, so when I get some more time this weekend Imma be upping my bidding! (I’ve since been out bid for one thing, but hope to prevail in the end.) I love silent auctions, though this is just the second time I’ve participated in a web one. Unfortunately I’m going to Xanadu the Musical in Walnut Creek on Sunday just as the auction closes, so you won’t have the benefit of the brain dead end-of-auction fever that typically overtakes me.
Next year get a Champ Bailey football in there and I will be all over that action!
Any joke I come up with here would merely be self-parody.
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
Right The FK On or Rock The FK Out (interchangeable)
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
Ack–where did the auction go!? Did I miss the ending? I went in this AM to organize my bids and the items seem to be gone. If things are still bid-able, can you post the link, etc. before about 10:30 AM today? I want to bid, but I have to leave the house for the rest of the day at around 11:00. Thanks!
Ack is right. Lets just say that I’m not pleased with ebay right now. One of their automated systems detected activity that resembled shill bidding, which it wasn’t, and removed all the items. I’ve spent a great deal of time on the phone with them to no avail. We are doing the auction in person. If you call me, or respond here with the items that you want and the amount you are willing to pay, I can place the bid for you. My number is 5ten three 9 three. 54ten.
Here is a list of all the items that were online:
170835337275 – PUGnacious Pet Provisions – $25 Gift Certificate
170835351637 – By Hand – $50 Gift Certificate
170835355699 – Little Star Pizza – $50 Gift Certificate
170835360271 – Rialto Cinemas – Four Tickets ($42 value)
170835360760 – Little Star Pizza – $50 Gift Certificate
170835364157 – Bay Area Discovery Museum – Admit 5 ($55 value)
170835364740 – Bay Area Discovery Museum – Admit 5 ($55 value)
170835366177 – Oakland Ice Center – Family Fun Pack ($34 value)
170835368893 – Berkeley Repertory Theatre – Two Tickets ($110 value)
170835371694 – Aquarium of the Bay – Two Tickets ($33.90 value)
170835374037 – Gilroy Gardens -One day admission for 2 ($60 value)
170835376731 – Kirkwood Mountain Resort – Two Adult Lift Ticktets ($158 value)
170835379704 – A night of childcare at Studio Grow ($30 value)
170835384161 – Design and Printing of 250 letterpress business cards ($650 value)
170835933751 – THE SMARTY PARTY BIRTHDAY BOX
170835938467 – ESL or Spanish Tutoring Improve Your Language Skills! ($100 value)
170837652501 – Private Plane Trip – 45 Minute Tour for Three ($250 value)
170837652619 – Private Plane Trip – 45 Minute Tour for Three ($250 value)
170837654206 – Handmade Three Strand Interwoven Necklace ($80 value)
170837657334 – Tiare Lei Gift Basket Bath Set from Terranova ($50 value)
170837659696 – 2 Hour Image Editing Seminar – Hone Your Skills! ($100 value)
170837661919 – Vegetable Garden Design- includes $25 at Berkeley Hort. ($200 value)
170837666540 – 1-on-1 Kettlebell Techniques Class – Get in Shape ($120 value)
170837668381 – Get in Shape with a Bodyweight Fitness Class for 6 – ($500 value)
170837675525 – Fix It Up – 8 hours of general carpentry work ($400 value)
170837677240 – Children’s Dance Class ($100 value)
170837683557 – Elevation 66 Brewpub – $50 Gift Certificate
170837686696 – T324 Managed Antivirus – One year subscription ($50 value)
170837952431 – Tay Tah Cafe – $40 Gift Certificate
170837956507 – Murrieta’s Well-Private Tasting for 8 ($160 value)
170837957624 – Tamas – Private Tasting for 8 ($160 value)
170839759699 – Safeway – $25 Gift Certificate
170839762175 – Bua Luang Thai Cuisine – $40 Gift Certificate
170839768103 – Transports – $25 Gift Certificate
170839770212 – La Farine – $25 Gift Certificate
170839771817 – Skates on the Bay – $30 Gift Certificate
170839773980 – Hannah’s Children’s Resale – $25 Gift Certificate
170839780118 – Fix It Up – 2 hours of general carpentry work ($100 value)
170839972152 – Frank Gore Autographed Wilson 49ers Football W/ COA
170840749180 – Oakland Zoo – Family Pass ($54 value)
170840753134 – Pier 39 Family Fun Pack (aquarium, cruise, carousel, & maze passes –
$206 value)
170840756084 – 24 Hour Fitness – 30 day Membership ($83 value)
170840757488 – Habitot Children’s Museum – Family Pass ($36 value)
170841965107 – Melissa & Doug- Wooden Doll High Chair ($70 Value)
170841987190 – Mix ‘n Max Whimsy Bug Rocker ($130 Value)
170841996791 – *DNA Earrings* ($20 Value)
170842000973 – *Ocean Diatom* ($17 Value)
170843322955 – Have Teacher Tara Bring Your Child to Fairyland (priceless)
170844447553 – Yerba Buena Center – Galleries Family Pass – ($28 value)
170844448629 – Yerba Buena Center – Galleries Family Pass – ($28 value)
170844449226 – Yerba Buena Center – Galleries Family Pass – ($28 value)
170844459389 – Mama’s Royal Cafe – Breakfast of Lunch for 2 ($25 value)
170844470239 – $1,000 Off Orthodontic Treatment from Aubrey Barrett Orthodontics
170844543454 – Golden Poppy Florist – $25 Gift Certificate
170844553008 – The Marsh Theater – 4 ticket vouchers ($100 value)
Two Night Stay at Owl Hill Cottage in Sebastopol (2br/2ba)
Oh my goodness–that is HORRIBLE!! You must be ready to spit nails. I’m going to email you my bids right now so that you’ll have my real name and contact info. Thanks for doing this! I hope it ends up going OK with the in person method.
Which is intentionally bread to look like someone smashed a large rat in the face with a frying pan? Coldplay or a Pug? Which was intentionally bread to have breathing problems and need tracheotomies? Chris Martin or your pug?
In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor
It doesn’t matter. What does matter is that I want one million dollars in fives taped to a specific phone booth near Dolores Park by 5pm or you’ll never see your son pug again!
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
Either we’re on two tracks here or you just don’t have enough kidnapping experience to be of any use to me as a henchman.
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
i’m voting for whatever kidnapping experience you ever had, you haven’t put it to use since the mid-90s… (phone booth? why don’t you go ahead and ask for the money in nonsequential, unmarked susan b anthonys while you’re at it?)
*i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
All I know about kidnapping I learned from bad 70’s American TV!
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
Exactly. The thing that pisses me off the most (and there are a lot of things) is that their policy on shill bidding prohibits anyone associated with the lister from bidding. It makes running a charity auction for a non-profit almost impossible.
and seriously, it’s about FKing time that the Blazers or the Nuggets change their colors to green purple and orange, and have their mascot be a giant walking bud.
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
so… am i the last to notice? i guess fitted caps are out and snapbacks are in with the kids. i kinda like it because at least they’re being worn straight, not with the brim over an ear. and it’s kinda throwback in its own way. or actually, now that i think about it, perfectly in time with the 20-year retro cycle.
*i’m* AV. alex vause. put this loon in psych before she hurts someone.
This is probably more about Reddick not being able to handle CF than it is about Taylor not hitting much. With Cespedes questionable and Coco out, Cowgill is a more useful player than Taylor.
Miller I guess I can understand, since he’s pitched 3.2 innings in two days and the A’s have 13 more games before the next off day, and since McCarthy’s about to break and they’ll need 8.2 IPs from the pen Saturday.
Sending Taylor down for Cowgill is madness.
"Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
I bet it was HH when DFA cross posted that financial analysis of the angels in 09 or 10. SOme people mocked him and he came up with that Joe biden like truism, but sounds funny out of context
A.J. Griffin called up to Sacramento.
44 K, 7 BB, 31 H in 43 innings at Midland, 2.49 ERA.
He last pitched Monday, so maybe some of you lucky FKers will get to see him tomorrow. Although that would also probably mean that Godfrey was getting called up to start for the A’s, which would not necessarily be good news.
I’m not sure how much weight to give that poll. As far as I can tell, it is a survey of “adults,” not “likely voters” or even “registered voters,” so I’m inclined to discount it heavily. Anyway, he had a compelling political justification in terms of motivating his base to campaign for and donate to him. It’s a risk, but a calculated one.
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
I did, because when I clicked to log in it took me to .net and when I tried to go back to the first page and just refresh it, it was on .com and kept telling me to log in. Something’s different.
I have a scar on my face from something stupid I did. It is what it is.
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
One performance tweak coming out of all of this: I’ve moved the unread comments backstop forward to 1/18/12. If you were saving some old unread comments from before then, you’ve lost ’em.
On the flip side, it took ~30k rows out of that DB, which should boost the speed a touch.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
First they came for the unemployed, but I didn’t care because I had a job.
Then they came for the political scientists, but I didn’t care because I did real science.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
And how about his examples of wasteful research topics?
Flake was quick to give examples of the “waste†that motivated his amendment. There was the “$700,000 to develop a new model for international climate change analysis†and the “$600,000 to try to figure out if policymakers actually do what citizens want them to do.â€
How the heck did I not know about this until I stopped in BevMo today?
Upon getting home and looking it up it appears to be classified as a “malt liquor”. Ewww. But, I did buy some, so I’ll try it, and if it’s undrinkable I’ll give the rest to the local bums or high school kids.
The update on this, for those who care: the baby isn’t actually due for another six weeks, so Mrs. Ax’s doc, who happened to be at the game, went to the hospital with her and was able to get the contractions to stop. Meanwhile, Axford:
Kind of like I put in my note, the luck just hasn’t been there the last two times. It seems like the baseball gods are upset that somehow I weaseled my way out of the one in St. Louis somehow, and now they’re making me pay for it.
3.14 Insert pie filler here, …
I have to make a dessert tonight for a vegan celiac who also doesn’t eat chocolate.
I’m thinking air might be a good pie filler!
yay for social progress, but oh lady, you do NOT want to go to argentina for work/economic reasons. i’m predicting argentina is the new cuba, at least till the presidenta’s dynasty wears off.
the EU is looking to put sanctions on the country because it expropriated YPF last week. YPF was the state-run oil E&P till the 90s, when it was privatized, and quickly sold to the highest bidders with a select few members of the governmental elite profiting greatly, with repsol, a spanish company, holding a majority of the stock. in the last few weeks, and yes, it happened that quickly, cristina decided on and pushed through gov a move to take 51% of the stock back, all of it from repsol, leaving them with 6%. the fallout is still to be determined and could involve european sanctions against argentina, but let me take a wild guess and say that, at home, a select few members of the governmental elite will profit greatly and the people will see nothing but propaganda.
meanwhile, when the select few who were allowed to buy dollars in argentina (ever since a law from last october forbade it for most) went to the exchange houses and were denied. seriously, you needed special permission form some gov’tal committee to buy US dollars and this week even that permission was restricted. because apparently there was an outflow of U$23 billion last year (really? well, it’s the official number… meaning that some official gave it to the press to put it in ink). so now, the only one who is buying dollars in argentina is… the argentine central bank! (official number again, U$5.7 billion so far this year.)
add to which, imports have been blocked. and are getting blocked-er.
so yeah, great place to be from and have your ID/papers done… as long as you don’t have to actually live there.
also… now i’m hungry for asado.
(i suggest the vegetarians don’t look at the following image.)
Oh my god. What is that thing in the upper right?
it’s matambre a la parrilla. (mata + hambre = kill + hunger), it’s a flank steak rolled up with stuff in it. usually made in the oven, and served sliced thin as a cold cut. this is the grilled version.
That’s about what I figured.
One can’t legislate what takes at least a generation and a half of social progress to achieve.
Although you were talking more about other things than the trans issue, of course. I should have read further first.
well, it all adds up. at the people level, wage earners rely on the family group to survive. the average single person wouldn’t be able to afford rent, so everybody lives in family. people don’t flee the parents at 18 like we do here. and even after marriage, it’s not unknown for the couple to move into one of the parents’ homes. but this is one of the joys of living there, the closeness. maybe that facilitates interpersonal understanding and leads to social progress?
Hell, even the flee thing is a more recent development here and very slightly trending back.
yeah… it’s hard to explain. it’s part of the national psychology. they don’t want to leave. the feeling is, why would you?? …there’s no family out there!! while here it’s more like, go out and make it on your own! think about TV tropes and how people living with mom and dad are “losers.” and from the parents’ side, i can’t help but think of red from 70s show telling eric that on his 18th birthday he’s getting a one-way bus ticket and a kick in the ass, or somesuch.
my 20-yr-old cousin was here for three months just this winter and he would skype with his parents and sisters every. single. night. (okay, 5 out of 7 nights.) for hours. because he wanted to. to me, raised here, that was ridiculously strange, distasteful even, and at his age i didn’t even go home for xmas (home being 15 minutes down the freeway) because it meant not doing my own thing with the friends i made.
Their way kind of makes more sense. All living expenses and responsibilities are split over more people. Leaves everyone with more money and time on their hands. And if something bad happens, you’ve got people readily available to assist. And when you get old, you can actually retire while having ways of staying active and relevant.
It doesn’t sound all that different from many other places, though. Russia/FSU was certainly that way 20 years ago, and likely today, although most couples aspired to live at least a few blocks away from the parents. Without any data to back it up, the desire to make do for yourself away from your family seems an American concept, or at the very least a Western one. Or maybe it’s just in affluent countries where people have the means to do so, do so.
true. i was speculating from my own limited bi- (not multi-) cultural experience.
I can’t wait to read SPWC’s reaction the the lakers magickally wining this game 7
Denver’s gonna have to beat the boys in yellow AND the boys in grey tomorrow if they want to advance.
I’ve watched one basketball game this season, and that was the Kings beating the Blazers earlier this year at Narco Arena.
One for the witch and other fans: How to make Game of Thrones cake pops.
Ahh… MEs!!!
whoa! i am so passing this on. thanks!!!
Hey, I know there are no rules with this group of FKers, but what’s the protocall on blatant self promotion? How would people feel about me posting the link to the online auction to benefit Albany Preschool. I’ve put a fuckton of time into it, we have some great items, and I really need it to go well.
Fking post it.
Thanks, and go As.
and this
Here it is. Bid early and often. Although if you outbid me for the private Cessna tour, we will have words (I’m kidding, as I want all the items to go for crazy of money, but I also don’t have crazy money to spend and I would love to win the tour).
Good luck. Last weekend, we went to an auction for Spawn1’s kindergarten-to-be. The big item was a puppy that ended up going for $1100.
We ended up with a “ticket” for Spawn1 to attend an ice cream/pizza party with the school’s PE teacher (who is awesome!) and $50 in handyman’s services.
Mostly, we’re just happy to see that it’s a school that is very well-supported by former and current parents and it costs about half of what we’re paying now for pre-school.
They auctioned a puppy? o.o
Yep. They made sure to parade him around to all of the classrooms in the week beforehand so that the kids would beg the parents to get him.
By all accounts and my own observations at the auction, he was pretty mellow for a puppy – a labradoodle, IIRC.
I hope he went to someone who actually wanted a puppy and not just a fun way to donate. D:
They seemed genuinely excited to get him – and from what I understand, the people who got him are good people.
OK, I’m the current high bidder on 3 items. Ooooh I hope I win! (Not for the airplane tour–you couldn’t pay me to go in a plane that tiny so more power to ya.)
I love you for bidding! What did you bid on, if you don’t mind me asking?
The dog one of course, and also a few of the restaurant ones. I’ve got my eye on about 4 others, so when I get some more time this weekend Imma be upping my bidding! (I’ve since been out bid for one thing, but hope to prevail in the end.) I love silent auctions, though this is just the second time I’ve participated in a web one. Unfortunately I’m going to Xanadu the Musical in Walnut Creek on Sunday just as the auction closes, so you won’t have the benefit of the brain dead end-of-auction fever that typically overtakes me.
Next year get a Champ Bailey football in there and I will be all over that action!
agreed
If TPTB don’t want fundraiser crap posted, I expect to have to email someone at some point in the next 5 years
When you’re here, you’re family.
Pass the breadsticks.
heh.
Sorry, fresh out.
They’re supposed to unlimited, goddammit.
I no type good.
Pass the bondage hoods.
Any joke I come up with here would merely be self-parody.
Can’t imagine why!
RTFO!
Right The FK On or Rock The FK Out (interchangeable)
Rich Trannies For Orgasms?
Hey, a new Super PAC!
Ack–where did the auction go!? Did I miss the ending? I went in this AM to organize my bids and the items seem to be gone. If things are still bid-able, can you post the link, etc. before about 10:30 AM today? I want to bid, but I have to leave the house for the rest of the day at around 11:00. Thanks!
Ack is right. Lets just say that I’m not pleased with ebay right now. One of their automated systems detected activity that resembled shill bidding, which it wasn’t, and removed all the items. I’ve spent a great deal of time on the phone with them to no avail. We are doing the auction in person. If you call me, or respond here with the items that you want and the amount you are willing to pay, I can place the bid for you. My number is 5ten three 9 three. 54ten.
Here is a list of all the items that were online:
170835337275 – PUGnacious Pet Provisions – $25 Gift Certificate
170835351637 – By Hand – $50 Gift Certificate
170835355699 – Little Star Pizza – $50 Gift Certificate
170835360271 – Rialto Cinemas – Four Tickets ($42 value)
170835360760 – Little Star Pizza – $50 Gift Certificate
170835364157 – Bay Area Discovery Museum – Admit 5 ($55 value)
170835364740 – Bay Area Discovery Museum – Admit 5 ($55 value)
170835366177 – Oakland Ice Center – Family Fun Pack ($34 value)
170835368893 – Berkeley Repertory Theatre – Two Tickets ($110 value)
170835371694 – Aquarium of the Bay – Two Tickets ($33.90 value)
170835374037 – Gilroy Gardens -One day admission for 2 ($60 value)
170835376731 – Kirkwood Mountain Resort – Two Adult Lift Ticktets ($158 value)
170835379704 – A night of childcare at Studio Grow ($30 value)
170835384161 – Design and Printing of 250 letterpress business cards ($650 value)
170835933751 – THE SMARTY PARTY BIRTHDAY BOX
170835938467 – ESL or Spanish Tutoring Improve Your Language Skills! ($100 value)
170837652501 – Private Plane Trip – 45 Minute Tour for Three ($250 value)
170837652619 – Private Plane Trip – 45 Minute Tour for Three ($250 value)
170837654206 – Handmade Three Strand Interwoven Necklace ($80 value)
170837657334 – Tiare Lei Gift Basket Bath Set from Terranova ($50 value)
170837659696 – 2 Hour Image Editing Seminar – Hone Your Skills! ($100 value)
170837661919 – Vegetable Garden Design- includes $25 at Berkeley Hort. ($200 value)
170837666540 – 1-on-1 Kettlebell Techniques Class – Get in Shape ($120 value)
170837668381 – Get in Shape with a Bodyweight Fitness Class for 6 – ($500 value)
170837675525 – Fix It Up – 8 hours of general carpentry work ($400 value)
170837677240 – Children’s Dance Class ($100 value)
170837683557 – Elevation 66 Brewpub – $50 Gift Certificate
170837686696 – T324 Managed Antivirus – One year subscription ($50 value)
170837952431 – Tay Tah Cafe – $40 Gift Certificate
170837956507 – Murrieta’s Well-Private Tasting for 8 ($160 value)
170837957624 – Tamas – Private Tasting for 8 ($160 value)
170839759699 – Safeway – $25 Gift Certificate
170839762175 – Bua Luang Thai Cuisine – $40 Gift Certificate
170839768103 – Transports – $25 Gift Certificate
170839770212 – La Farine – $25 Gift Certificate
170839771817 – Skates on the Bay – $30 Gift Certificate
170839773980 – Hannah’s Children’s Resale – $25 Gift Certificate
170839780118 – Fix It Up – 2 hours of general carpentry work ($100 value)
170839972152 – Frank Gore Autographed Wilson 49ers Football W/ COA
170840749180 – Oakland Zoo – Family Pass ($54 value)
170840753134 – Pier 39 Family Fun Pack (aquarium, cruise, carousel, & maze passes –
$206 value)
170840756084 – 24 Hour Fitness – 30 day Membership ($83 value)
170840757488 – Habitot Children’s Museum – Family Pass ($36 value)
170841965107 – Melissa & Doug- Wooden Doll High Chair ($70 Value)
170841987190 – Mix ‘n Max Whimsy Bug Rocker ($130 Value)
170841996791 – *DNA Earrings* ($20 Value)
170842000973 – *Ocean Diatom* ($17 Value)
170843322955 – Have Teacher Tara Bring Your Child to Fairyland (priceless)
170844447553 – Yerba Buena Center – Galleries Family Pass – ($28 value)
170844448629 – Yerba Buena Center – Galleries Family Pass – ($28 value)
170844449226 – Yerba Buena Center – Galleries Family Pass – ($28 value)
170844459389 – Mama’s Royal Cafe – Breakfast of Lunch for 2 ($25 value)
170844470239 – $1,000 Off Orthodontic Treatment from Aubrey Barrett Orthodontics
170844543454 – Golden Poppy Florist – $25 Gift Certificate
170844553008 – The Marsh Theater – 4 ticket vouchers ($100 value)
Two Night Stay at Owl Hill Cottage in Sebastopol (2br/2ba)
Oh my goodness–that is HORRIBLE!! You must be ready to spit nails. I’m going to email you my bids right now so that you’ll have my real name and contact info. Thanks for doing this! I hope it ends up going OK with the in person method.
OK–just emailed–if you can reply back to confirm that you got it that would be cool. :)
Got em. Thanks so much. And as for ebay…fuck em’ on a stick.
ok, so you ended up as the high bidder on the Pugnacious and By Hand gift certs. Shall I follow up by email?
Yay–that would be perfect! I can paypal you or hook up and give you a check–whatever works.
I don’t understand why people like
pugsColdplay. Makes no sense to me.Can someone with edit powers please cross out pugs and replace with Coldplay?
uh huh
woo hoo!
Which is intentionally bread to look like someone smashed a large rat in the face with a frying pan? Coldplay or a Pug? Which was intentionally bread to have breathing problems and need tracheotomies? Chris Martin or your pug?
Maybe both?
His comment reads like I should know the answer, but I’m with you.
this is because it should have been spelled bred huh?
Yes.
Well this has been another Fking moment of humor brought to you by the fact that I cant spell.
#UT-Austin
thats some multithread crossover you got going there nm
As someone who is married to an Oklahoman, opportunities to diss Texas cannot be ignored.
Soooo cute.
i was bread in old kentucky. but i’m only a crumb over here.
In general, expressing disparaging opinions about the appearance of people’s pets or children is a good way to get punched in the neck.
God I hope your children don’t look like pugs cuz then theyd be ugly! (that covers both right?)
Well played. Although Pugs are hideous and my children look nothing like one,
How did you get a picture of my son?
It doesn’t matter. What does matter is that I want one million dollars in fives taped to a specific phone booth near Dolores Park by 5pm or you’ll never see your
sonpug again!What are you talking about? He can see his
sonpug any time he wants to. See the picture above?Either we’re on two tracks here or you just don’t have enough kidnapping experience to be of any use to me as a henchman.
Choo Choo!!!
i’m voting for whatever kidnapping experience you ever had, you haven’t put it to use since the mid-90s… (phone booth? why don’t you go ahead and ask for the money in nonsequential, unmarked susan b anthonys while you’re at it?)
All I know about kidnapping I learned from bad 70’s American TV!
whatever you do, don’t make robotic replacements of the kidnapees!
I was hoping this would lead to a robot pug link, but alas.
AaYSR.
Fucking eBay.
Exactly. The thing that pisses me off the most (and there are a lot of things) is that their policy on shill bidding prohibits anyone associated with the lister from bidding. It makes running a charity auction for a non-profit almost impossible.
impossible? missionfish.com? biddingforgood.com?
almost impossible on ebay. Missionfish is through ebay. Also, as I remember, when I researched this, biddingforgood charges $600.
biddingforbood, gouginglikehell
biddingforgood, gouginglikehell
600 is rough.
what??? how frustrating!!!
and seriously, it’s about FKing time that the Blazers or the Nuggets change their colors to green purple and orange, and have their mascot be a giant walking bud.
perfect.
I might go see a game if this happened.
RIP Mr. Shelby
:(
That dude was basically responsible for me being a gearhead.
Thanks, and go As.
Another appreciation, including this nugget:
“Shelby has also had some stranger ventures…once having a brand of deodorant named after him, Carroll Shelby’s Pit-Stop.”
New hat on the way: http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12897189&cp=1452361.1452841.702927
And yes, I bought it because of the 25% off promo today.
1930s hat.
Flat brim.
wut.
Thanks, and go As.
It will be curved by the time I wear it.
But you’ll leave the stickers on, right?
Hell no!
so… am i the last to notice? i guess fitted caps are out and snapbacks are in with the kids. i kinda like it because at least they’re being worn straight, not with the brim over an ear. and it’s kinda throwback in its own way. or actually, now that i think about it, perfectly in time with the 20-year retro cycle.
I haven’t really paid attention to that to be honest. All I know is I think not curving the brim and leaving the stickers on is lame.
I poked around during the Boston series to see if those were available. Anachronistic design be damned, that’s a nice hat. Might get one myself.
i’ve been looking at these for years. still can’t make up my mind.
I own one of these, which is almost identical though not actually an A’s hat (shhh).
If you want it cheaper than usual, today’s the day to go for it unless you find a better than 25% discount some other time.
I bought one. Couldn’t resist the discount.
GOD DAMMIT
https://twitter.com/#!/Athletics/status/201068679180451841
Thanks, and go As.
This is probably more about Reddick not being able to handle CF than it is about Taylor not hitting much. With Cespedes questionable and Coco out, Cowgill is a more useful player than Taylor.
Miller I guess I can understand, since he’s pitched 3.2 innings in two days and the A’s have 13 more games before the next off day, and since McCarthy’s about to break and they’ll need 8.2 IPs from the pen Saturday.
Sending Taylor down for Cowgill is madness.
I’m sure Cowgill will get sent down after a couple 0-4s so long run, meh, nothing’s changed.
https://twitter.com/#!/jimcaple/status/200991246003617793
Hee hee!
Does this mean that pitcher wins are not an awesome stat?!?
I think it just means that Chris Davis is a super good pitcher!
And that Boston sucks.
I think it does
Epic.
Happy Friday evening everyone!
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Also: this is the way that the world ends/not with a band, but with a driving stupid
If it’s music night I think this one is topical.
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Your monkey fell asleep? Or did your phish?
DFA, looks like you still have a friend on SBN…
Did you know about this guy? That exchange had to have happened way long ago. Sounds like this tool knows how to hold a grudge.
wow, that pisses me off.
That poster is (surprise, surprise) an angels fan.
okay, that just makes too much sense. ;)
Yeah, “active on HH = super terrible” is a surprisingly accurate assumption to make about posters on SBN.
Gotta be our old friend PL78.
was this posted on AN or LL?
On Baseball Nation
It was actually from HH
the original. They were basically baggin on my payroll piece.
or i could read the thread.
[looks at taglines , oh, that’s what the dfa read the thread on means]
I bet it was HH when DFA cross posted that financial analysis of the angels in 09 or 10. SOme people mocked him and he came up with that Joe biden like truism, but sounds funny out of context
A.J. Griffin called up to Sacramento.
44 K, 7 BB, 31 H in 43 innings at Midland, 2.49 ERA.
He last pitched Monday, so maybe some of you lucky FKers will get to see him tomorrow. Although that would also probably mean that Godfrey was getting called up to start for the A’s, which would not necessarily be good news.
If McCarthy can’t start on Saturday, I’d rather see Griffin go straight to Oakland than Godfrey.
Yeah, I think I’ve seen enough Godfrey to tide me over for the next few lifetimes.
Polling says Obama maybe was being more brave than wily.
I’m in the “forget about politics for a second, let’s just appreciate that he did the right thing” camp.
So, getting back to politics, I guess that means “more likely”.
Definitely the right thing, and I hope it moves public opinion. I’m just saying he didn’t have a compelling political justification
I’m not sure how much weight to give that poll. As far as I can tell, it is a survey of “adults,” not “likely voters” or even “registered voters,” so I’m inclined to discount it heavily. Anyway, he had a compelling political justification in terms of motivating his base to campaign for and donate to him. It’s a risk, but a calculated one.
Yes, every word spoken in 2012 has a “compelling political justification”.
yup, the weighting of any polls is the biggest factor. I don’t don’t doubt the campaign people have positive internals about it.
It’s Gallup, so yeah, they’re appropriately weighted. Here’s the source info which tells quite a bit more.
Quick status update: I believe I have recovered all the lost posts and about 95% of the comments (which is all I’m going to be able to get).
About the only thing lost is the categories. I started to fill ’em in, but if any of you editors want to continue the categorization that’d be cool
Good job, Doc.
Quality work as always.
Huzzah!
thanks. I do appreciate all the work you put in here
“Freekraut.net”, huh? This should be interesting.
is that why I had to log in again?
Yes.
Nothing has changed.
email me
Sadly.
I’m totally in the dark but I was afraid I was going to hear that.
Yeah. I think later today is the right time.
I’m sensing something not exactly good going on.
You’re not the only one.
??
Something must have gone right over my head, because I don’t understand what you guys are talking about or why there is concern?
Did you think about registering in American Samoa to get freekraut.As?
Wasn’t an option with our host.
If you need any help let me know.
Thanks, and go As.
oh, i didn’t even notice.
I did, because when I clicked to log in it took me to .net and when I tried to go back to the first page and just refresh it, it was on .com and kept telling me to log in. Something’s different.
i noticed i had to log in again. but i don’t really look at the url on pages unless something is 404.
you are awesome, nm. thank you for all you do for us! ♥
thank you.
Yeah for restoration!
Since we can’t agree on doucheface as a Harper nickname, how about scarface?
Bryce Harper hits self in face with bat, needs 10 stitches.
How about dumbass?
How about passionate?
I have a scar on my face from something stupid I did. It is what it is.
Me too. I ran into a door. Well actually I missed the door and hit the door frame.
I’ve recounted mine a few times back at **.
I’ll get into it here another time, but not now.
I’ve done plenty of stupid things. I’d call myself a dumbass just the same.
I have a new favorite non-Athletic.
On Brewers letterhead and everything!
One performance tweak coming out of all of this: I’ve moved the unread comments backstop forward to 1/18/12. If you were saving some old unread comments from before then, you’ve lost ’em.
On the flip side, it took ~30k rows out of that DB, which should boost the speed a touch.
First they came for the unemployed, but I didn’t care because I had a job.
Then they came for the political scientists, but I didn’t care because I did real science.
And how about his examples of wasteful research topics?
knitted win.
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is nm going to say, “that’s what they do when they aren’t masturbating.” or something?
No. I respect the boredom of the long van ride. That said, what they chose to do with it challenges none of biases.
Heh. Nerds.
Those boys need to put on their seatbelts.
Thought you Niners fans would find this interesting. Alex Smith has been working with famed pitching coach Tom House this offseason.
How the heck did I not know about this until I stopped in BevMo today?
Upon getting home and looking it up it appears to be classified as a “malt liquor”. Ewww. But, I did buy some, so I’ll try it, and if it’s undrinkable I’ll give the rest to the local bums or high school kids.
The update on this, for those who care: the baby isn’t actually due for another six weeks, so Mrs. Ax’s doc, who happened to be at the game, went to the hospital with her and was able to get the contractions to stop. Meanwhile, Axford: