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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:15:56 09/21/12 Fri happy iphone 5 day!!! http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17zpbhql79b1igif/original.gif |
| Subject: pictures | |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:13:23 09/21/12 Fri or it didn't happen. heaves, we demand proof. ps - enjoy the festivities. don't eat too many yards of sausage. |
| Subject: Rsady set... | |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:18:18 09/21/12 Fri Oktoberfest tomorrow!!! I wore my lederhosen at work today to kick things off. |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 09:48:54 09/21/12 Fri I am going to beat you this week. |
| Subject: Turdsday | |
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Author: Lukey [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:41:17 09/20/12 Thu From a fantasy perspective, I abhor these Thursday NFL games. Given injuries, it makes it more difficult to start an optimal lineup. Has anyone seen the reviews for the Judge Dredd movie? I was shocked to find that they are off the charts good. Heaves, there it is pretty common for players to leave the football team for personal reasons. It is just magnified now with our lack of players. It is absolutely ludicrous that teams will be able to recruit our current players after this season. They are not supposed to be in contact during the season. |
| Subject: iOS6 | |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:24:59 09/20/12 Thu For those who upgraded (JoeinCC?), what do you think about the new OS? How are the apple maps? I can't imagine them being as good, as accurate, as populated as google maps. I'm not sure if I want to give that up since it's even more so important over here to have the best navigation possible. Though I would like to get my hands on some of the other features, maps could be a dealbreaker. |
| Subject: PSU | |
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Author: Tony [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:58:47 09/20/12 Thu Apparently the announcer on Saturday mentioned the transfer thing during the game. Regarding the game: our lack of depth is going to kill us. The defense was gassed in the 3rd quarter during those long drives. Mr Robinson looks pretty good. Should be exciting watching what he does this year. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:23:42 09/19/12 Wed bok, we won't be able to make it to your party on friday. thanks for the invite though. children ruin everything. heaves, i heard the same thing. arob and amos are getting calls from all kinds of coaches. this is super gay. hopefully we win a few more games and the bleeding comes to an end. i've been in meetings all day. not fun. what is fun is picking open my shingles pustules. seriously, you all should run out, get sick and try it. |
| Subject: things | |
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Author: chin [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:29:37 09/19/12 Wed jono, congrats on the new job! it wont be long before youre charging a few hundred bucks to a client for setting your fantasy football lineups for the week. but joking aside, it sounds like a pretty sweet gig. im just getting over a nasty cold that had me bed ridden over the weekend. Seriously, my body is falling apart. I too blame the beer pong cups from fiji. Good work Joey G, Im liking the versatility of this saying. |
| Subject: psu stuff | |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 04:18:24 09/19/12 Wed My Dad told me the other day that part of the NCAA sanctions on PSU is that players will again have the opportunity to transfer next summer until classes start (like this past summer without restrictions). I get why that option was given to players this past summer, but why next off season? My Dad said he heard Robinson is still getting calls about transferring. Also, I've been meaning to ask, whats up with the 3 players that remain enrolled at PSU but left the team for "personal reasons"? Maybe this is typical and I never noticed until now. |
| Subject: Ooops | |
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Author: Jono [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:56:37 09/18/12 Tue As Tony pointed out to me via Gchat, this... "Long term, this may result in a move for our family b/c now we are in a location that is inconvenient for my work travel and for William & Lewis' daycare. However, if that happens it will be > 1 year from now." ...does NOT mean moving out of the KC area. What I meant is that where we currently live is not convenient any longer and that we would likely move across town/the city. My bad. Had I stayed in my current company, I would've been required to move to keep moving up. While that is not entirely a bad thing, it is something I did not want to do at the moment. |
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Author: Lukey [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:38:30 09/18/12 Tue Jono, congrats on the new job! The weather was perfect this past weekend. On Sunday, I went to the zoo and walked around the city. The highlight of the day was a mother gorilla puking right in front of us (it was green, if you were curious) and then bending over and eating it without using its hands. Also, I am >90% sure that we walked by a tennis court where one of Obama's daughters was practicing (at St. Alban's, next to the National Cathedral). |
| Subject: beer commercial | |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:28:33 09/18/12 Tue |
| Subject: shingles | |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:49:20 09/18/12 Tue quick update on my rash aids. i now have a new tiny patch on my chest but, otherwise, don't have any new outbreaks. the pills i'm taking (which are effin' huge) seem to be doing their job (they prevent further spread but don't touch the actual virus). also glad to report that the rashes aren't too itchy (i got poison ivy a lot as a kid so i developed the ability to ignore this type of thing). so far so good. jono, i'm just wearing an extra t-shirt when holding hanna. the doc said that would be more than enough to protect her from infection (+ the usual hand washing). we got the card. that's a good looking kid. |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:24:36 09/18/12 Tue I actually had shingles during Freshman year of college. I got it as a result of having Mono. I still blame the beer pongs cups from Fiji. |
| Subject: Shingles!! | |
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Author: Jono [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:42:08 09/18/12 Tue I've known like 4 people who have had shingles and they were all over 80. Insane! Serious question: how are you dealing w/ caring for Hanna? Are you just completely not touching her? Wearing gloves and/or a mask? |
| Subject: called it! | |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 06:36:26 09/18/12 Tue I'm very happy for you, Jono! Congrats! It sounds like it worked out perfectly. I'm also excited about some personal and meaningful mail. I'll keep an eye out. Definitely something in writing for your notice, like Hafer said. HR will want something from you for their file as far as date of notice given and date of departure. The letter will take care of that. I walked in to my manager's office, handed him a letter of resignation, and we discussed what was going on. He then forwarded the letter to HR and circulated it to the necessary peoples (the partners). Enjoy the last mindless, carefree 2.5 weeks! |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:17:40 09/17/12 Mon jono, congrats on the new gig. a simple letter (nothing more than a few sentences) to your manager is sufficient for 2 weeks notice. you can also ask to schedule a quick sit down with the dude and tell him to his/her face. my weekend was spent driving to bethany beach, de. the weather was very nice and we had a good time. my family used to go to bb all the time so it was kind of cool taking the spawn child to the place i grew up (over many summers). hanna was a big fan of the sand and loved the waves/water (she laughed quite a bit when we threw her in the water). in other news, i found out i have shingles!!! fun!!! this all started a few days ago when i started to develop these nice little clusters of red bumps on my chest, side, and back. i managed to sneak into my doc's office today where i was told the good news. hooray. fortunately for me, they aren't too itchy and should be gone in a week or so. the bigger concern is trying to make sure hanna doesn't get c-pox from me. that would be kind of lame. i'm not sure if i should work from home this week or not. i mean, technically, i'm contagious but the route of transmission for shingles is similar to the hiv (skin/skin contact isn't enough, you need to exchange juice). i guess that means no butt sex at work. darn. |
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Author: Jono [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:48:58 09/17/12 Mon I have a new job. I have not yet officially accepted and I have not yet told my current employer and I have not yet set a start date, but I have a new job. I am a work zombie at the moment. Officially, I will be starting as a Staff Electrical Engineer at Burns & McDonnell sometime in October. The goal is to get my PE and become what they call a Project Manager (which is what I interviewed for). I have been hired into the Electrical Transmission & Distribution group, which is the fastest growing, busiest division within the company. I will be making more money (w/ the potential to make LOTS more money due to their insane year-end bonus structure) and will actually be doing some real f'ing engineering which is very, very exciting to me. Being in the consulting world and dealing with billable hours is also something new for this dude. I am planning on October 5 being my last day at CTL, meaning that I give my two weeks notice this Friday. I have to do some research on this because I have no idea what this entails. A phone call? Something in writing? Whatever. I will then have the following week to be home for my sister's wedding and not worry about dumb strike duty in Iowa. Then I will have a week off (probably) and start Monday, 10/22 (probably). I couldn't care less about my current job at this point, but being a stand-up dude, I will keep working hard and properly handing off my stuff to the appropriate individuals. Long term, this may result in a move for our family b/c now we are in a location that is inconvenient for my work travel and for William & Lewis' daycare. However, if that happens it will be > 1 year from now. I am a happy dude. Unrelated: you all should be receiving some snail mail announcing the birth of Lewis (even you Heaves, all the way over there in Germany). So, look out for those. |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:28:26 09/17/12 Mon Did some golfing. Played some golf. Watched some football. Saturday was the Red Bull Flutag in the Delaware River. My friends (more acquaintances) wound up winning the things. They beat 30 or so other teams. We watched the live feed down at Morgan's Pier on Delaware Avenue. I was happy to see PSU win their first game in well over a decade. The weather here in PA has been nothing short of excellent. I am already looking forward to getting out of work and reading on the roofdeck or going for a run outside. |
| Subject: Pirates | |
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Author: Joo [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 21:35:33 09/14/12 Fri Jono, the last time the Pirates won a title Michael Keaton still had the role of Batman... |
| Subject: Back from PSU | |
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Author: Tony [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:11:42 09/14/12 Fri Was at the alma mater yesterday for their career fair. Had a meeting with the IST department this morning so I just got back. Notes: Good god I love college girls. Watching them running in their ridiculous spandex outfits has overflowed the spank bank. Lots of dudes rocking mustaches. There are no signs that there was ever a statue at the stadium. SportsCafe is now a Noodles and Company. Otto's is still an excellent restaurant. |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 18:33:00 09/13/12 Thu Even more likely, I hope that other job comes through. And quick! That way you can just bounce. |
| Subject: Theeeeeeeeeeee Yankees suck! | |
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Author: Jono [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 17:22:31 09/13/12 Thu This would be infinitely more funny if the Pirates weren't in an absolute free fall and in danger of not only missing the Wild Card, but finishing under .500 yet again. |
| Subject: Compensation | |
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Author: Jono [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:41:25 09/13/12 Thu In previous strikes (which were much, much smaller in scale), the employees assigned to strike duty were paid time-and-a-half for all hours worked > 40. At this point, there has been no mention of any OT pay which has a lot of people at odds of how to take that lack of news/updates/info. |
| Subject: whaaaa? | |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:10:15 09/13/12 Thu Whaaaaaaaa? Jono. A repair technician. In Iowa? How is this going to make anyone happy. You aren't going to be able to do the job making consumers unhappy. You will be hours away from your family making you unhappy. I hope this gets resolved too. If it does happen, 12 hour days, 6 days a week. Will you at least get paid OT? |
| Subject: Strike Duty | |
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Author: Jono [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:31:47 09/13/12 Thu when my company acquired Qwest Communications, it picked up a 13K-employee union consisting of a lot of the customer-facing job disciplines that you'd encounter with a telecom company (customer service reps, technicians who come to your house to install/fix service, etc.). Well, the union contract for those 13K employees is set to expire on 10/6/12. If they strike, which it is looking more and more like they will, other non-represented employees of the company are supposed to fill in for them so customers only see minimal impact. In other words, I have been assigned to strike duty. Should this union strike on 10/6/12, I am required to report to West Des Moines, IA and work 12-hour days for 6 days a week until the strike is resolved! I am unclear of what my job will be, but from what I can currently glean, I will be one of those technicians who goes to people's houses to fix/install things! I couldn't be less qualified! I knew this was a possibility (almost inevitable considering how huge this union is and how much help will be required to reduce the impact to customers) but now that it is becoming more of a reality, Amy & I could not be more pissed. I really, really hope they resolve this dispute and sign a fucking contract before 10/6. |
| Subject: iPhone 5 | |
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Author: Jono [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:46:34 09/13/12 Thu It is better (in literally every sense) than my current iPhone 4 model so I am all for it. There's really not much thinking on my part. I just know it is technologically better than my current phone, I skipped the iPhone 4S release, I am eligible for an upgrade and I am an Apple devotee so I am going to buy it. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 09:33:37 09/13/12 Thu so what do you guys think of the new iphone? i'm genuinely curious. |
| Subject: who wants to move to siberia??? | |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 09:47:13 09/12/12 Wed i'm booking the next flight http://www.nytimes.com/video/#100000001777605 |
| Subject: New Job | |
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Author: Joo [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 22:03:58 09/11/12 Tue Good for you, Jono; I hope it turns out well and you are in an environment where you are happier. I also plan on buying a TV soon. Tony's looked nice; we'll see what I want to spend after my bonus check comes in. |
| Subject: BoB to employ madden approach | |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:25:56 09/11/12 Tue Matt Maisel @Matt_Maisel - Interesting note from O'Brien: said once they get past the 50 they'll likely go for it every time unless it's 4th and forever. |
| Subject: New iPhone | |
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Author: Jono [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:01:35 09/11/12 Tue I will be purchasing it as soon as possible. I've had the old iPhone 4 (no "S") and cannot wait to upgrade. Obviously, the thickness and height of the new one are the MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES I am looking for so that is a relief. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:50:58 09/11/12 Tue vert, you are an old dude. i heard great things about the s3. if you have any questions, just talk to a 13 year old. even better, ask a teenage minnesota professional athlete (assuming there are any - i assume your best chance at this would be the twins?!?). heaves, that sounds pretty sweet. not only do you get to see new places but you get the house to yourself. that'd be flippin' sweet. |
| Subject: Kate | |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:41:29 09/11/12 Tue Kate was traveling with her boss and they visited their pilot sites for new software rolling out. Kate won't be able to/authorized to travel on her own until she gets more training (via webinars,etc.). Knowing the company, it will take them a month to get her where she needs to be. She expects to go on more frequent smaller trips (2-3 days out and then back), not like the 3 week montage she just had. We're not sure how frequent but her job description said up to 75% travel. I will eventually start meeting her at the more interesting places and parlay that into a long weekend. I have to use those 30 vacation days somehow! |
| Subject: phone nerds | |
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Author: vert [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:28:54 09/11/12 Tue I'm been toting around the galaxy s3 for a few weeks know. Not to sound old, but the phone is too much for me. I feel like Morty Seinfeld using the Wizard "tip calculator". |
| Subject: chris brown is awesome | |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:26:37 09/11/12 Tue http://goo.gl/jn0i4 |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:24:04 09/11/12 Tue lukey, take it out of the osu weekend. i'd also like to hear your take on the game (mostly about the actual experience, things we wouldn't get from watching the game on tv). wrt the 2ndary (i just realized i typed secondary that way... wow) the corners appear to be ok, it's the safeties that are trash. aa needs to make the switch so they can get mr. i have 5 last names off the field. i just have no idea who they'd put in the vacated corner spot. i guess the frosh who stepped in when morris faked his injury against ohio. speaking of which, i am THRILLED i lost in week 1 of the survival pick em. one less thing to track. heaves, that's great barbarian hustle. i had forgotten about your slingbox setup but glad to hear it's working well for you, even across the ocean. technology is the tits. so is kate done with her traveling or is this something that's going to reoccur moving forward? are you apple nerds geeked our for the new iphone? i hear it's taller and thinner with 4g. IT'S THE FUTURE!!! |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 08:18:29 09/11/12 Tue I didn't do a whole lot while Kate was gone. We watch most of our tv shows together, so I couldn't go forward on that (e.g., Friday Night Lights). I had downloaded some History Channel documentaries back in July since I love learning about history, wars, etc. I dove into the Rise and Fall of Rome since (1) I've always been interested in Roman and Greek history and (2) the Germans dominated the Romans and eventually led to their demise, along with the political corruption and over-extension of their empire. I have a bunch of WWI and WWII documentaries to watch too but figured I'd travel through time in chronological order. I went out a few times with some expats I met here. Got super drunk one night. Played some Batman. German is one tough language to learn. The grammar alone is on a whole other level than English. And the pronunciation is difficult too... a lot of hocking and Aaachting sounds. Vic would be a natural! It's just going slowly. I am starting to pick up things a little more quickly, but there's a long way to go. I will be proficient by the time you visit. The game is easy to watch. I have Tivo connected to my parents cable and my slingbox connected to my Tivo. I can watch TV by signing into my slingbox account on my computer. Then, I can either watch on my computer screen, or connect a DVI to VGA cable to my computer/tv to output the video to my TV. I can remotely control the Tivo through a GUI on my computer screen to change channels and navigate through all the usual Tivo menus, so I can either watch live tv or output a recorded show. At 6:00pm on a Saturday, I can start the PSU game. |
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Author: Lukey [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 19:40:45 09/10/12 Mon You forgot to mention that you lost in week 1 of the survivor league by taking Seattle. Speaking of which, you still owe me for your entry - do you want me to take it off OSU weekend like the college fantasy? The game on Saturday was one of, if not, the most ridiculous losses that I've ever seen in person. Our secondary is unspeakably bad. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:10:31 09/10/12 Mon how have things been going over there? what did you do to pass the time while kate was away (besides work)? are you learning barbarian speak? can you hold a conversation? how did you watch the game? |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:10:46 09/10/12 Mon Kate didn't get back from her 3 week trip until 3:30 on Saturday. So Friday night I decided to pick up where I left off in Batman Arkham City. I played until about 2am. I followed up with a 7 hour session Sunday that started in the morning and went until dinner time. Just before dinner I was fooling around with my stats and not paying much attention which ended in complete deletion of my progress. Ugh. Luckily I had finishe the main story and was just collection puzzles and finishing side missions. I will probably play on easy so I can get the game done quickly. Smack dab in the middle of Batman sessions, Kate got home, we went out for some Chinese, and rushed home for the 2nd half of the PSU game. I dont have to tell you how much I regret that decision. As bad as that game was, I felt like we were going to win... until the missed 20yd field goal and the block extra point. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 09:37:01 09/10/12 Mon what a shit weekend. hanna got a cold from day care so she was fussy all weekend. because she slobbers non-stop, i got her cold last night. eff me #1. ficken should die. eff me #2. fetushead can still play. eff me #3. i lost all 4 of my (nfl) ff games (although i dominated in college, the league i don't follow up on/monitor in any way, shape or form). eff me #4. we had to visit with caruso's frederick gma yesterday so we missed most of the nfl games. eff me #5. balls. in good news... psu sanctions may be reduced - http://forums.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=157&f=1395&t=9332782 this weekend we may make a random road trip to bethany beach, just to get away. we'll see. |
| Subject: Jono's TV | |
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Author: Tony [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:06:28 09/07/12 Fri That one looks pretty nice. It has some bells and whistles with it that are driving the price up a bit (social networking, wifi). Looking at the product sheet they call them "step up featuers". Make sure you will use them or they will be a waste. I was of the opinion that I could hook up a roku or apple tv at some point in the future. This is the equivalent to getting a car with built in gps. It costs more and gets out of date sooner. Also, the plasmas are generally a little cheaper than the LEDs. I just have eco-guilt about plasma TVs and steered away from them. |
| Subject: viera = the tits | |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:08:36 09/07/12 Fri panasonic took it over from pioneer and the latter was the clear leader in tvs, especially plasmas. |
| Subject: Job Stuff | |
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Author: Jono [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:02:55 09/07/12 Fri It's a long and boring story, so I'l give you the elevator version. I'm still on a pretty nice career track at my current employer, but there's been enough (crappy) changes over the past 2-3 years that it's not making me really excited to continue to build equity there. I could make decent amounts of money and be promoted more, and I'm on track to do that, but I really, really don't like what I'm doing (and what I would be doing going forward if I continue on this track). I really, really want to get into technical design engineering and work in that environment, and around here, Burns & Mac is the best place to do it. I applied for a few positions and then ended up calling me on something totally different. Had a phone interview a few weeks ago and then had the in-person yesterday. I assume they will call some references now. I will know more by the end of next week. Tony, I was all set to buy this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00752VKW8/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER (the 3D is not the selling point, it just seems to be attached to this particular TV, which has other features I like) but now I am reconsidering. I appreciate the extra research I will now have to do. |
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Author: Tony [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 07:39:44 09/07/12 Fri I did not come to the decision to go out and purchase the TV from a store hastily. I would have preferred to order online and at least save on tax. However the upcoming NFL season, mother-in-law who watches TV all day, and 2 year old who watches Caillou all day, prompted me to get a quick replacement. |
| Subject: New TV | |
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Author: Tony [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 07:36:54 09/07/12 Fri Got a call from Jen yesterday afternoon telling me that our main TV stopped working. This is an 8 year old 52" Toshiba DLP TV. At the time it was top of the line and cost over 3k. Looking back I can't believe I spent that much on a TV. I get home to investigate the issue, hoping that the bulb had blown. Check the bulb and it looks fine, but there is a bad noise coming out of the TV. After a little googling I determined that the color wheel failed. This thing spins at 9000 rpm. A replacement part looks like it will cost a couple hundred bucks, and involve a tricky replacement procedure. Plus I'm not guaranteed that is the problem. So I research TVs for an hour since I am not up to date on TV technology. Luckily all the big box stores are running Labor Day sales and have some decent deals. Long story short I ran over to Best Buy and picked up this bad boy http://www.bestbuy.com/site/LG+-+55%22+Class+-+LED+-+1080p+-+120Hz+-+3D+-+HDTV/4810943.p;jsessionid=087C73CEE973CD0DC7D383DD0AD9BC73.bbolsp-app02-13?id=1218532169275&skuId=4810943&st=lg%20class&cp=1&lp=2 Since I already had a big HD tv, not a huge difference from what I had. But I did try out the 3d since this comes with glasses (no batteries). It works better than I expected, but it's not life changing. Might look into renting a 3d movie or two some day. |
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Author: Lukey [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 06:21:50 09/07/12 Fri Jono, congrats on the dominating the interview. Butts and I, along with a couple others, are heading down to Charlottesville for the game this Saturday. There is a chance of rain and a chance that PSU gets raped ... at least I don't have any expectations. With Belton most likely out, I'm hoping Dukes get some carries instead of Day. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:56:18 09/06/12 Thu what happened to you being the next superstar at your company? i thought you were the next vp?!? would you stay in kc? for everyone except jono, this is the company since, i assume you'll have to look it up like i did - http://www.burnsmcd.com/ |
| Subject: Yo yo | |
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Author: Jono [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:52:11 09/06/12 Thu Banged out a lengthy interview today with Burns & McDonnell. I'm hoping it amount to a job offer. I should know more in the next week. Kept it quiet for fear of jinxing, but since it well really well, I have high hopes. I'm now taking the rest of today and tomorrow off to celebrate/relax/hang with Amy & Lewis. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:44:01 09/06/12 Thu i really like espn's new commercial w/ john clayton |
| Subject: in case you didn't already know about this | |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:13:19 09/06/12 Thu the real rob report by michael robinson is worth watching - http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/outside-game-seahawks-fullback-michael-robinson-isn-t-145921456--nfl.html |
| Subject: courtesy of last night's hard knocks | |
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Date Posted: 10:25:47 09/05/12 Wed gratuitous cheerleader butts - http://cdn.ksk.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/shakeshake.gif |
| Subject: Brilliant! | |
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Author: vert [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:47:59 09/04/12 Tue |
| Subject: observations from the game | |
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Date Posted: 10:04:00 09/04/12 Tue i agree with a lot of what lukey says. here are my thoughts: 1) belton needs to learn how to carry a football. his early fumble results from his awful form. i'd say he keeps 2 pts of contact on the ball 75% of the time and really loves running with his arm way out away from his body. he's a fumble machine in the making. they need to really push dukes and lynch to develop. no idea why dukes didn't see any touches (he was DESTROYING people on special teams). if they can't find a backup/complement to belton we're screwed. 2) mcgloin stinks. 3) the new offense is exciting to watch. from all i've read, they didn't show a lot on saturday, simply because they're still learning everything, which probably contributed to the crap showing after the half. because they weren't doing too much and/or stretching the field (see 1 & 2) the defense could adapt and crowd the line. 4) i'm really excited by our wrs and tes (late 4th qt drops aside). 5) our "strength" let us down on saturday. the dline/lbs stunk. our sack for the day occurred just behind the line. they did nothing all game. when we did send people they were easily picked up. roof needs to get shit figured out fast. 6) stephon morris totally faked his injury. way to get burned. 7) our returners need to learn how to take a knee. 8) our kicking game is awful. final impressions: i am excited to see how the offense develops over the season. i think, true to his word, bob adapted things to suit our players (pass heavy, some running thrown in to keep them honest). our wrs/tes are the strength of the team. i just hope we keep hackenburg since he seemingly knows how to run an offense. |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 04:58:44 09/04/12 Tue Yep, I'm all set here for the festivities. Lederhosen? Check! Dirndl for Kate? Check! Thirst for delicious beer? Triple check!...a check for the minimum number of masses I will be drinking in each sitting. The only detail to be worked out yet is which days I'll be going and if I'll be taking any time off from work to do so (probably yes). Joe - at this point, I'm assuming you decided to forgo this year and possibly join the fray that may come next year. Let me know if that is or is not the case. |
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Date Posted: 14:00:50 09/03/12 Mon Forgot to mention how badly that we missed him. With him, I think that we definitely would have attempted that longish field goal instead of going for it on 4th down. Also, our punting would have been much, much better. |
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Date Posted: 10:36:04 09/03/12 Mon I hope everyone has enjoyed their holiday weekend; I've done a whole bunch of nothing. First, I have been super impressed with how BOB has handed the shit storm in which he has found himself. That being said, some thoughts on the PSU game: - I think we would have won with a gameplan from the JoePa regime. - We have very little depth to begin with, but those injuries to Belton and Morris, for whom we essentially have no backups, were brutal. - Holy fuck, we have have a dearth of talent at the skill positions on offense. Belton played well, but he still plays more like a third down back rather than an every down back. We desperately need to recruit a top tier rb. - I thought BOB called too many passes, especially when we were ahead. We were having success running the ball and the pass blocking was a little suspect. - McGloin looks much more composed and doesn't scare me to death every time he is back to pass the ball (amazing what competent coaching can do); however, he is still a very limited qb. - Our dline and lbs did not dominate like I had hoped. We definitely do not have a dominant dlineman on this year's squad to disrupt the line of scrimmage. - The Ted Roof experience was, as predicted, an unmitigated disaster. If Tom Bradley had been our D Coordinator, we definitely would not have blown that 14-3 lead. I do not understand why we kept ineffectively blitzing, thus exposing the weakest unit on our team [the secondary], especially after losing Morris. It was sickening watching them go 93 yards in the 4th qtr. to go up 10 after we had them pinned on the 7. - Having our most important defensive player, a 237 pound linebacker nonetheless, was one of the dumbest coaching decisions that I have ever witnessed in all my years of watching football. In not shocking news, it was an epic failure. If he continues to return kicks, I will be leading the "Although we can't fire him because of his guaranteed 9 year contract, I hope BOB gets fed up and returns to the NFL bandwagon." That made me miss the days the not having anyone coach special teams. - I don't like the names on the jerseys and hope that it is just a 1 year thing. I am ok with it if the players really lobbied for their. If not, the decision to do so just really irritates me. - Get that (required) B1G logo off the field and our jerseys - we don't even put our own logo at midfield. Positives from Sat.: I got Weenie-Beenie before the game. -- Did anyone watch the Posnanski interview with Costas this past week? I thought Posnanski was fair to PSU and JoePa. I will definitely read the book at some point. Along with the lack of closets, another thing that I found to be weird in Europe was the lack of screens on windows. Heaves, are you getting ready for Oktoberfest? |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:07:48 09/01/12 Sat Special request: can more people get the Vonage app? Or whatsapp app? Put this number in your contacts and we'll sync up. 011 49 151 151 95273 |
| Subject: Hey, where'd that truck come from? | |
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Date Posted: 17:01:13 08/31/12 Fri I am going to play the hell out of some John Madden Football this weekend. I also don't plan on showering until Tuesday morning. Boom, he's on his back! |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:51:40 08/31/12 Fri Everyone has a fantastic and safe holiday weekend. Brother Pat is coming up from DC for the weekend festivities. We will be going out and about in the city this weekend. I hope to fit in some chip and putt too. I will attempt to check out the Welcome America concert on the parkway but will not attempt to get in. I also better do some fantasy football prep. I do not want to be drafting a team like Vert. Monday will be here way too fast. Enjoy the weekend while we have it in front of us. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:46:30 08/30/12 Thu new mars panorama - http://www.panoramas.dk/mars/curiosity-first-color-360.html |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:40:33 08/30/12 Thu i would suggest a google hangout just so i can stroke it to... i mean see everyone one. |
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Author: vert [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:23:18 08/30/12 Thu nope, not PPR. I have two drafts in my rear view now and looking forward to the Toosday PSU/Atown draft. Are we skyping? |
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Date Posted: 12:12:33 08/30/12 Thu Yo Vert, is that a PPR league? |
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Date Posted: 09:31:25 08/30/12 Thu You're so queer for Minnesota. |
| Subject: i love the replacement refs | |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 09:26:45 08/30/12 Thu http://goo.gl/ypWwe |
| Subject: Yo Vert | |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 22:23:01 08/29/12 Wed You got good value. |
| Subject: RBs | |
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Date Posted: 18:12:39 08/29/12 Wed This was an auction so people can just get nominated randomly. This was the order up to and including AP. Foster - $91 Rice - $100 Charles - $50 MJD - $47 McCoy - $90 AP - $54 |
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Date Posted: 16:07:45 08/29/12 Wed suck it espn - http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/contests/clc/2012/ |
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Date Posted: 15:32:22 08/29/12 Wed Which RBs went before purple Jesus? |
| Subject: a good read | |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:54:28 08/29/12 Wed on the faculty senate meeting yesterday at psu - http://lcbpsusenate.blogspot.com/2012/08/statement-of-senate-chair-made-at-aug.html |
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Date Posted: 12:15:30 08/29/12 Wed You beat me to the punch on the bomb thing. Sounds awesome. http://m.gizmodo.com/5938872/american-ww2-bomb-explodes-in-munich |
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Author: vert [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:11:40 08/29/12 Wed Last night I had my first fantasy draft of the year and as you'll see below, it was awful. It's a hybrid auction (1st 4 rounds) and snake (balance). QB - Stafford RB - AP RB - Gore WR/TE - Graham WR/TE - Aaron Hernandez WR/TE - Dez Bryant RB/WR/TE - Jordy Nelson DEF - NYG K - Alex Henery Bench - Rashad Jennings, Matt Schaub, Reggie Bush, Malcolm Floyd, Gates, Jaquizz Rodgers |
| Subject: Bombs over Munich (or Baghdad) | |
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Date Posted: 09:17:02 08/29/12 Wed http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/bomb-from-world-war-ii-detonated-in-munich-a-852669.html Ka-BOOM! Unfortunately, I had no idea this was going on at the time. |
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Date Posted: 13:20:51 08/28/12 Tue ...spot on |
| Subject: Not even one closet | |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:16:53 08/28/12 Tue The only alternative is buying huge pieces of furniture, akin to wardrobes I guess, that you use as a closet. We bought one for Kate at Ikea. We still need one for me an for coats. Huge waste of money and effort. Typically, apartments don't come with kitchens either (appliances, sinks, counter tops and cabinets). Tenants will buy them, install them and take them with the to the next place, or try to sell them to the next tenant or throw them away. Luckily, being in a new apartment the builder decided to include the kitchens, which is a growing trend. It all seems crazy to me and fairly ass-backwards. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:47:06 08/28/12 Tue i have full but you can probably live with partial. heaves, i see what you did there (referencing the #1 and #2 buttons). very clever. german closets - read this - http://goo.gl/zCEdQ |
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Author: Jono [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:56:59 08/28/12 Tue Whaaaaaaaa?! What is the general/normal alternative? |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:36:35 08/28/12 Tue The toilets have two flusher buttons above them -- quick flush and full (i.e., mega) flush. Or, as I like to refer to them, #1 and #2 for reasons that should be obvious. Now in my guest bathroom we have our water and electric gauges for reading out use above that toilet. I'm not sure if that's what you were referring to. But basically they do nothing of interest. We like our apartment. It's 107 sq meters (~1100 square ft), which is only 400 ft less than our used-to-be house in Arlington. We do miss having closets big time though. |
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Date Posted: 11:07:02 08/28/12 Tue Question, Do you guys have full or limited tort on your policies? I currently have full, but I can save $971 a year if I change it. Thoughts? |
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Date Posted: 11:05:43 08/28/12 Tue Your place looks nice. What are the controls above your pooper for? |
| Subject: Looong Weekend | |
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Author: Tony [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:04:20 08/28/12 Tue Well as some of you may know, Jen popped a baby out on Wednesday night. The birthing process went smoothly. About 3.5 hours in the delivery room. After that, I could not wait to get out of the hospital soon enough. We went home at lunch on Friday. Claire has been a champ so far. She is literally a shit show, which is only a good thing at this point in her life. Fast forward to today, which is apparently Tuesday. I have already lost track of days. Taking 12 straight days off from will do that to you. |
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Date Posted: 05:54:32 08/28/12 Tue I am really digging the Japandroids right now. They definitely have a 90s sound to them. "The House that Heaven Built" is probably my favorite song. |
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Date Posted: 01:07:12 08/28/12 Tue For the Phillies fans... So Jeff Kim's parents own a popular shoe store in downtown A-town. Earlier in the summer, Dom Brown stopped in one day and Jeff's dad recognized him. They struck up a conversation and Dom ended up coming back over the next few weeks when new Retro Jordans were released and gave Jeff's dad a signed ball for the store. He went on a rehab stint in Florida sometime in July I think and texted Jeff's dad to send him a few pairs. Well two weeks ago he call Jeff's dad again as says he wants the two latest releases and asks if he wants to drive to Philly to drop them off. So Sunday, Jeff, his dad and Jeff's little bro head down to Dom's place right near Sugarhouse and chat with him for a bit after dropping off the Jordans. He mentioned that Desean Jackson and McCoy also live there and Jefe said he spotted Jason Babin as they were leaving. He gave Jeff his number and told him to call him whenever he wants tickets. Oddly enough, he only wears a size 11. |
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Date Posted: 16:41:26 08/27/12 Mon you got the shite song, sweet caroline, banned from psu games!!! http://goo.gl/c12Xs |
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Date Posted: 12:59:29 08/27/12 Mon a bunch of 80s/90s wwf promo shots - http://goo.gl/6A6Ek |
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Date Posted: 10:56:49 08/27/12 Mon Yep! You can see it in one of the pictures. The one in which it's pouring. #39 |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:52:13 08/27/12 Mon i had no idea you looked out over a cemetery. SPOOKY! |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:31:10 08/27/12 Mon We are at Welfenstrasse 80 in Haidhausen. Since the building is new, street view will show you an empty lot where my building now stands. But the regular satellite view will show the building if you zoom in far enough (but not so far that you enter street view (duh)). When in the general vicinity, you can also enter in the coordinates 48.121991,11.592134 and a green arrow should point to the apartment. The windows do a pretty good job of blocking the sound (triple pane glass and whatnot). You can barely hear them when you are standing at the windows that face towards them, and can't hear them at all when you step away. Tv watching is difficult when a train is going past with the windows open. This past Friday I did a mini pub crawl in Haidhausen. I found my new favorite German beer, which is an IPA. It's called Crew Ale. http://www.crewale.de/shop We drank their stock dry. Then we left to go to an Irish pub to have a Guiness. I felt terrible on Saturday, but I got up to do some errands before coming back and taking a nap. Sunday was a waste because I had to clean and organize the apartment. |
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Date Posted: 09:14:05 08/27/12 Mon tebow still stinks - http://cjzero.com/gifs/TebowOverthrow.gif nice little weekend. saturday, we had some people over for a bbq/beer olympics. things went well and the spawn child behaved. caruso ruined the beer olympics by forcing me to talk to the husbands of some of her coworkers while the rest of the teams moved on to the 3rd event. total bs. yesterday, we picked up caruso's mom from the airport. she's in town for the week watching the baby while caruso goes back to work. next week, banana starts daycare. woo. heaves, the place looks nice. can you hear the train when the windows/doors are closed? what's the address? i want to look on gmaps. last night's college football draft was an exercise in futility. it wasn't bad enough that i have no idea who i drafted. throw on top that hanna timed her waking up to the 30 seconds preceding my picks. good times. |
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Date Posted: 03:43:05 08/27/12 Mon I had no idea that was even a real debate! |
| Subject: Menstruation | |
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Author: Lukey [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 19:41:03 08/26/12 Sun Alas, Anchorman may have gotten it wrong: http://news.yahoo.com/bears-not-attracted-menstruating-women-163754425.html |
| Subject: For Hafer, and everyone else | |
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Date Posted: 11:25:30 08/26/12 Sun Apartment: https://plus.google.com/photos/102181097865948929429/albums/5781001696839290961?authkey=CI_vn4iTw5iL4AE |
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Date Posted: 13:37:52 08/24/12 Fri Read it and all it did was piss me off. Man, he got screwed. |
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Date Posted: 15:19:49 08/22/12 Wed http://www.crossingbroad.com/2012/08/this-guy-says-he-was-offered-200-to-have-sex-with-jerry-sandusky-in-1979-and-1980.html |
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Date Posted: 14:15:07 08/22/12 Wed this isn't even that well written and it does a pretty solid job of refuting most of the freeh report. http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2012/08/22/Critique_of_the_Report.pdf |
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Date Posted: 11:21:49 08/22/12 Wed prince harry is the man. he needs to be king. that is all. |
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Date Posted: 11:35:53 08/21/12 Tue http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=157&f=1395&t=9247887 |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:33:10 08/21/12 Tue heard about it last night. could it be in response to spanier being charged? corbett? |
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Date Posted: 11:15:26 08/21/12 Tue Have not heard it but what could it even be about? This gave me a bone: |
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Date Posted: 06:16:19 08/21/12 Tue Has anyone else seen the Internet rumblings that there will be a major PSU press conference mid-week. I have yet to see any confirmation about what it concerns. |
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Date Posted: 23:19:11 08/20/12 Mon Posting on the IPhone sucks. Anyways - Heaves - I am glad you are adjusting to German life (at least I think you are. I plan to be in touch over email more often and apologize I haven't yet. Tony - I LOVE the FF series. FF13 for PS3 was very good. |
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Date Posted: 23:15:57 08/20/12 Mon Sorry forum absence from the board, but I can no longer access at work; which is super busy, so I barely have time during the work day and then I get lazy at night after the gym and excuses, excuses, excuses. Things are going well do far. Rena and I are planning on getting a place together in the next few months; I just need to do some work to my house before I put it up for rent again. The appliances have been replaced, but there is still work to do. Vic, I hope everything turns out well with you and work, and I hope Lulu stays OK. Jono, congrats again on numero Dos. Is it easier the second time around? |
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Date Posted: 15:35:31 08/20/12 Mon http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1212125-closed-map-experiment/ |
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Date Posted: 14:56:57 08/20/12 Mon I fired up a game briefly on NES, SNES, and GBA. I didn't see any issues. My googling suggested that N64 games may have issues but I didn't try them yet. I downloaded some torrent that had over 6000 video games on it so I'm good for now. Been mostly playing FF7. Only issue, which is minor for that game, is the lack of L2/R2 buttons. As far as gameplay goes, doesn't look any different than real PS1 |
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Date Posted: 14:22:02 08/20/12 Mon holy poop, that sounds amazing. i had no idea you could hack that device. i assume you downloaded the games? are there any playback issues? this may be something in need to do. |
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Date Posted: 11:15:19 08/20/12 Mon Watched Audrey most of the day on Saturday. Part of our day involved heading to GameStop to buy a PSP. It took all of 5 minutes to hack it and load emulators for N64, GBA, Genesis, NES, and SNES on it. It also plays PS1 games so I am currently playing through FF7 all over again. It is impressive how politically incorrect this game is. It mentions prostitution and uses "retarded" multiple times in ways you can't anymore. Sunday was spent doing a lot of nothing. The terrible twos are in full swing and we are pretty much confined to the house or playgrounds. 6 more days to the due date. I am 95% confident we are having a baby next week. |
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Date Posted: 10:42:39 08/20/12 Mon Yep, I was having too much fun on Saturday (swimming in the Isar river and BBQing) and Sunday (getting Kate to the airport and installing more lights) to conduct a photo shoot of my digs. It is on my short list of things to do this week, other than that pesky work thing. Sit tight! |
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Date Posted: 10:36:45 08/20/12 Mon Heathland Kings North Moorland Parkland Grande Dunes those are the courses we are playing. |
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Date Posted: 10:11:23 08/20/12 Mon (not the Master P version) Back to work. Sucky. |
| Subject: happy monday *punch to the face* | |
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Date Posted: 09:09:19 08/20/12 Mon a nice little start to the week for vic... Adam Schefter As @jwyattsports reported, Titans have selected Jake Locker as their starting QB. have fun with that. the rents came down on sunday and are playing babysitter to spawn until tomorrow night. why? because caruso, and all teachers across the state, are finally going back to work. about friggin time. this also means that hanna starts daycare next monday. weeeeee. can't wait for her to be sick constantly. should be awesome. heaves, no photo tour = sad panda. |
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Date Posted: 22:02:13 08/18/12 Sat Vic, where u playing? I've played 30-40 of the courses down there so if you're looking for suggestions, I can probably help. Today I played golf with a guy who works for me who was rumored to be very good at golf. Well, he's very good. The course we played at has very tough/fast greens. I kept pace with him on the front (37 vs. 41) but he crushed me on the back (37 vs. 45). I've been playing golf all summer but mostly with hackers. Playing with someone who's good motivated me and was exactly what I needed to get the confidence back up. |
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Date Posted: 21:21:24 08/18/12 Sat jono, try and get some rest there bud. although i guess newborn tired is the good tired, much like the i spent all night at the og tired. so, yesterday lulu had surgery to remove a fibroid from her uterus. I guess they are super common amongst females but hers was growing at an abnormally aggressive pace. Her obgyn wasnt recommending surgery but at the same time she wasnt really advising against it either. In the end she chose to have it removed because shes super cautious/paranoid about stuff like that. Plus due to how aggressively it was growing, there really is no way to determine if it is benign other than removing it. Her doctor said that after removal there is about a 50% chance that these things will start growing back so we got our fingers crossed. Other than that, not much going on except being super busy with work. A few of the upper echelon guys at our company have left lately so I am taking on additional work and responsibilities in the meantime to help fill the void. Obviously the hope is to put in the work now and get rewarded for it down the line. again, fingers crossed. Got a Myrtle beach trip coming up in the beginning of Sept that I am looking forward to. My golf game is really coming around so the timing is perfect. Definitely need improvements to my chipping and putting though. Especially my 4-9 foot putts. The last round I played, I made 1 out of 7 or 8 from that range and id say 2 or 3 of those misses were from 4 or 5 feet. It was pretty dreadful. Heaves, I doubt I can do oktoberfest due to a combination of all of the above. We are definitely going to be planning a visit though, but its likely going to be some point next year. If I do change my mind and do oktoberfest, I will prob be coming solo. Obviously if I go that route I will need to decide soon so I will let you know. |
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Date Posted: 08:01:21 08/18/12 Sat with anal tattoo girl - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/17/anal-tattoo-girl-interview-rosario_n_1797539.html#slide=1394246 |
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Date Posted: 10:28:47 08/17/12 Fri http://goo.gl/viX9N |
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Date Posted: 10:12:35 08/17/12 Fri http://goo.gl/QrHCP |
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Date Posted: 08:42:13 08/17/12 Fri called it! well done heaves/kate. you dominated the germans just like in ww2. |
| Subject: drunk biking is a no no, CONFIRMED | |
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Date Posted: 06:23:57 08/17/12 Fri Thanks for the jinx, guys!! So the Germans are quite strict on this and Kate and I both took breathalizers last night as a result of this. Luckily, we both dominated and our numbers were withing the legal limit (though we think Kate's was dangerously close to being over based on the look the officer gave her -- maybe borderline over!). The BAC limit is 0.05%, so even less than the US! We don't know our exact numbers but the result was them letting us go with a warning and they told us it's better after a few drinks to walk our bikes home. They were super nice about it, so in that regard we were lucky. They also could tell we were new to the system based on the date of my residence card. |
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Date Posted: 16:31:59 08/16/12 Thu Nothing is certain but Amy has agreed to have up to 3 children. That would be fine by me. |
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Date Posted: 15:42:04 08/16/12 Thu good question on driving your bike drunk because we actually saw this during our honeymoon and found out that you can certainly get arrested for doing so. i expect heaves/kate to confirm this tonight. |
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Date Posted: 14:45:48 08/16/12 Thu Heaves, can you get arrested for biking drunk? Cause you can in your Motherland. |
| Subject: money | |
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Date Posted: 13:28:22 08/16/12 Thu This is probably a long shot but has any one used www.currencyfair.com or know someone that has? In theory, it sounds pretty awesome for transferring monies overseas. Hafer, I will do the photo tour this weekend. The place is shaping up quite nicely. Kate and I are about to ride our bikes to the bier garten. Tchuss! |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:03:55 08/16/12 Thu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW5IdwltaAc&feature=player_embedded heaves, when do we get the photo tour of your new pad (complete with toilet shots pre/post poop)? jono, you're a mad man. you LOVE kids. another one right away?!? have you guys agreed on the # of little conways you plan on having? banana is feeling better and not throwing up/crying uncontrollably anymore. hooray. |
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Author: Jono [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:29:42 08/16/12 Thu Lewis news: he's doing very well and gaining the appropriate amount of weight. We get another check-up next Thursday and if all goes well, it's all good until his 2 month check-up. We've had 3 good nights and 2 bad nights but even the good nights provide a lot less sleep than normal. My parents were here and now Amy's mom is around so at least we can pawn him off if we get too exhausted. the hardest part was last weekend because William was here and thus, not at daycare. He just lays in bed for 12 hours recharging and comes tearing out at 7am ready to suck up as much as whatever energy you have left. He's the best, but that is proving to be the biggest challenge. With all of that being said, I'd get Amy knocked up again immediately (if we could and she'd let me) and have more and more kids. It's just the best. I am not ready to go back to work, which I do on Monday. I much prefer staying home. |
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Author: Lukey [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 00:42:00 08/16/12 Thu Did anyone watch the roast of Roseanne Barr? If so, is it worth checking out? I read out the Jeff Ross joke about Seth Green that was cut - it was pretty hilarious. |
| Subject: 3 minutes 30 seconds of awesomeness | |
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Author: vert [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 21:51:34 08/15/12 Wed |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 18:06:52 08/15/12 Wed She's working for Four Winds Interactive now (look it up). She will be the main (i.e., only) representative in Europe. I think her title is international program/project manager or something fancy like that. This Sunday she leaves me to do a European tour with her boss who will be flying over from Denver. They start in London, then to Paris, Brussels, Frankfort, Zurich, Munich, Linz, and Prague. Should take about 2 weeks and I'm jealous. Happy for her though. She can scout things out for our own travels. |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 17:36:57 08/15/12 Wed Today was a public holiday so I was off from work work, but not off from domestic work. Most of the afternoon was spent installing a ceiling fan and tinkering with my bike. The ceilings are concrete and I needed to use special anchors that could hold 35+ lbs. My assistant gave me her tool box with a variety of anchors, none of which were labeled (for concrete or weight). So after playing around for a bit, I finally was able to settle on ones that I hoped would not give way one night while we are sleeping. Fingers crossed! My bike tires rub up against my brake pads. I was able to adjust the front, but it looks like my back tires, or just the rims, are warped. I learned a new term today, my rim may be "out of true." Hopefully this is the case rather than a new tire needed. Exciting stuff, I'm sure. My boss is just started his vacation for the next 2 weeks, so I am on my own. Good stuff! One of the new Americans decided to pack his bags and go back to the States. He was an idiot. Totally unprepared for the cost of the move...made some bad decisions and he decided to go back to DC to a law firm to recoup his losses. Good news is that no one liked him so we are not too upset to see him go. They will start interviewing pretty soon to fill the opening if anyone is interested. BBQ was ok this past weekend. I expected more and I got less. But it was still good. Last Friday, Kate and I got hammered off of the free booze. We still spent 40 euro on cab fare but the booze obviously offset this expense. I don't recall what time we got back to the apartment, but we didn't wake up until 1 pm. Our day was essentially shot since a lot of stores close by 4 pm, or in some cases 2 pm, on Saturdays and motivation was zero. Vic, let me know if you are interested in Oktoberfest this year. |
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Author: Lukey [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:24:24 08/15/12 Wed I spent the last 5 days in Atown visiting my parents b/c my sister and bro-in-law were in town. Despite two golf rounds getting rained out, it was a nice visit. Thanks to a recommendation from the VertRamp, we did the Glen Onoko Falls hike at Lehigh Gorge outside of Jim Thorpe. It was a really cool hike. Post-Olympic thoughts: - Lochte, when interviewed, seems borderline retarded and comes across as a total douchebag. Definitely worse than Phelps on both accounts. - I would love to see Bolt do the long jump. Man, just from the Olympics, I am sick of all the political ads already. They are going to drive me crazy during football season. Has anyone seen Killer Joe? It's an NC-17 black comedy. It's gotten good reviews and I think the trailer is pretty good: |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:17:19 08/15/12 Wed yea, i did enjoy that as well. i just want to understand how a person comes to the conclusion or even begins thinking that they want to have their ass tattooed. i mean, is it the unavoidable outcome of human existence (kind of like a thousand monkeys at a thousand typewriters type of thing)??? the week has been going fine. work has been kicking my ass. i'm now the legal lead for flumist (our nasal flu vaccine) so the workload has shot up exponentially. throw on top the banana getting sick and crying pretty much non-stop and you get one tired me. i need the weekend. heaves, we're still waiting on a check in from europe. jono, how is spawn #2? ready to go back to work? |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:14:25 08/15/12 Wed I did not enjoy watching that 22 year old woman get interviewed as she was getting her asshole tattoo-ed. Also, it was terrifying to think that she got that back tattoo when she was 17 y/o with a friend posing as her parent. How's everyone's week going? |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 08:53:16 08/15/12 Wed http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/08/14/anal-anus-tattoos-next-big-thing-woman_n_1775413.html?icid=hp_search_art |
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Date Posted: 22:13:34 08/14/12 Tue |
| Subject: Breaking Bad | |
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Author: vert [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 22:01:45 08/14/12 Tue In anticipation of this week's ep, I watched episodes 2-4 that had been stocked away on my DVR for a rainy day (Sunday was a rainy day). Watching it in larger batches makes me love that show even more. I never have any idea what's going to happen next. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 20:43:40 08/14/12 Tue caruso and i both agree that we need to watch this show. we're just waiting for it to be released on amazon prime. it sounds epic. |
| Subject: mars lander | |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:13:54 08/14/12 Tue That was some wild shit. I stayed up late that night and watched streaming coverage of the landing from NASA TV. Is everyone keeping up with Breaking Bad? This past week's episode was one of the most haunting episodes that I have ever seen. Without the Olympics, I have no idea what to watch on TV. Shitty TV sucks. |
| Subject: Mars | |
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Author: Tony [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:39:47 08/14/12 Tue What if we really found life? How wild would that be? I finally watched the 7 minutes of terror video on youtube. I had no idea that the landing would be so wildly complex. That's why it's rocket science. |
| Subject: fever #1 | |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:15:08 08/14/12 Tue hanna had her first fever this morning so we got to drive into the dr's office bright and early. apparently she has an ear infection. she must have picked it up this weekend from her (dirty) cousin who apparently was getting over a (hiv) infection himself. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 09:56:08 08/14/12 Tue this is awesome - http://goo.gl/1U1CU |
| Subject: osu weekend | |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:43:41 08/13/12 Mon lukey and i secured a house on pugh street for osu weekend ($750 total, sleeps 4). so far there are 3 of us staying there (bok is in as well). if anyone else wants to join our big gay party let me know. should be rad. boobs. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:42:26 08/13/12 Mon last wednesday, we went up to the rents' place for a bit of a vacation. sniffy and chewie came down as well so there were babies all over the house. we didn't do much of anything other than hang out and relax. saturday we had a big party with family and family friends so we got to see everyone/have everyone see hanna. yesterday i mowed, stained patio furniture, and painted the kitchen. tonight i will do nothing... and love it. heaves, how is life in germany treating you? how is kate adapting? how many kilos of wieners have you consumed? |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 09:07:33 08/13/12 Mon It was a low key weekend for the Gushues. Friday night, we went out to Tired Hands for some post workweek beers. Then, we got Elevation Burger takeout. Both were very good. Ali and I both worked on Saturday. Then, on Saturday night, we made dinner and caught up on the DVR. Sunday, we went to Eamon's first birthday party, ran some errands, and just hung out. Back at it this week. |
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Author: Heaves [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:08:38 08/10/12 Fri What's everyone up to? Tonight Kate and I are getting together with a friend from her days of Spain. She spent a semester abroad in Alicante during college. She just found out a friend lives here in Munich and he invited us to a work function (free food and drink). It should be fun. Tomorrow, errands and setting up the apartment. Kate did just about everything she could do, but I have to set up all the electronics and go through my stuff that I haven't had the chance to do due to pesky things like work and work. Sunday, my assistant is having a Bavarian BBQ. Ribs and maybe ostrich burgers. She loves food so I am looking forward to the big spread. It goes from 12-11p and involves both lunch and dinner. And of course, she ordered in lots of beer! That's it in an Bavarian nutshell, folks! |
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Date Posted: 02:18:17 08/09/12 Thu In the next few weeks I'll be rolling my 401K into and IRA, mostly because it would be stupid not to in my situation. Also, IRA allow a lot more diversity in your portfolio than your employer probably allows so that's always nice too. Jono- do you manage your own IRA or do you have a financial services firm looking after it? Things are moving along here in Germany. We really dig our new apartment. Kate had been doing a good job setting things up while I'm at work and we hope to have a finished product by the end of the weekend. All Internet and phone options are up and running. Next up...Xbox! I have a sinus infection which has been sucking the energy out of me. I should be seeing my first German doctor next week. we are both going to try to buy a dirndl (for Kate) and lederhosen (for me) this week since we want to beat the price increase that comes closer to Oktfest. We started Friday Night Lights for our first series to tackle out of the many I downloaded in July. Love it! Who knew high school football teams in Texas were so good? Like all of them! I can't wait to find out which story arcs are dropped in season 2. Jono and Amy -- good luck today! |
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Author: Joo [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 23:13:07 08/08/12 Wed My plan is to get one in the next 6 months. All I have now is my 401k and shares of my company. |
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Date Posted: 13:00:25 08/08/12 Wed Both. One because it's all that my company offers in terms of matching (401k), the other because books tell me it is smart to do (IRA). |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:52:16 08/08/12 Wed Do you guys have IRAs? I have just been using my 401k all this time. Was wondering if you did this in addition to your 401k to save for retirement. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 04:06:14 08/08/12 Wed ocho/johnson thinks he's slick but you can tell it's all an act. i bet the only reason he wanted to sign with the dolphins was the chance to appear on another hard knocks. he gets off on seeing himself on tv. |
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Author: vert [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 23:25:00 08/07/12 Tue Anyone else watch it last night? Ocho tries to hard. |
| Subject: umm ow | |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:21:19 08/07/12 Tue http://goo.gl/6JS4y |
| Subject: Apple Hacking | |
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Author: Tony [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:38:38 08/07/12 Tue Anyone worried about hackers getting into your apple account and shutting down all your devices? |
| Subject: stuff | |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:09:51 08/07/12 Tue I was in Chicago on business last Thursday-Saturday. It is a pretty nice city (downtown at least). I tweeted about some of my interactions at the airport. I did not get in my bed until close to 3a on early Sunday morning. It was a miserable travel day. Back at work now, doing the usual stuff. I love my NL only fantasy team. They are pretty awesome. Also, I cannot wait for the NBA to start up again. An NBA fantasy league will be equally excellent. |
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Date Posted: 15:43:21 08/06/12 Mon some members of the BoT are appealing the ncaa sanctions and, assuming they're thrown out, filing suit in federal court... weeeeeee... http://goo.gl/o8G5H |
| Subject: Dumb | |
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Author: Jono [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:03:51 08/06/12 Mon This just pissed me off more. http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/8228641/inside-secret-negotiations-brought-penn-state-football-brink-extinction |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:05:31 08/06/12 Mon http://gizmodo.com/5932166/spectacular-image-of-mars-curiositys-descent-from-space |
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Date Posted: 09:06:48 08/06/12 Mon what a weekend. first, nasa put another rover on mars. hooray science. i think the coolest part about the entire thing is the delayed time scenario they dealt with http://goo.gl/BLIX3. lukey, i had no idea fat vic was a chick until i read her details. wow. i'll never look at vic the same way. weekend was spent up in the illadelph. visited with tony/jen and joo/jooesse saturday afternoon. after a few hours of who's in my mouth, we departed for our hotel in center city. we walked around with hanna for a while and finally crashed in the room around 8. i can see now why kids help dudes pick up chicks. everywhere we went random women (plus gay dudes... lots of gay dudes) came up to gawk at the spawn child. we all crashed by 10 and met up with ali the next morning for some greasy breakfast at a dinner around the corner. it was deeeeeelicious. the rest of the day was spent driving visiting caruso's gparents/family and driving home. wednesday, we head up to the rent's place to spend a few days doing nothing. should be a nice break. |
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Date Posted: 22:51:53 08/05/12 Sun Looks like fat Vic won the weightlifting gold http://www.nbcolympics.com/weightlifting/event/women-more-than-75kg/index.html |
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Author: Lukey [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 02:35:24 08/04/12 Sat Gervais episode is funny: http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/ |
| Subject: PSU Stuff | |
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Date Posted: 16:18:24 08/03/12 Fri My brother-in-law Paul turned me on to this. This lady, Barb Shelly, a PSU alum, wrote this article in the KC Star: http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/saint-joe-paterno-how-about-sinner-joe-paterno/ She then went on The King's Court, hosted by Kevin Slaten, out of St. Louis and got absolutely pwned. Go here (http://www.chirbit.com/kingscourt590) and search for Barb Shelly and listen for 16 minutes. |
| Subject: Fa Fa Friday | |
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Date Posted: 02:28:18 08/03/12 Fri Exciting times over in building 16 at Avalon this week. I heard some loud knocking Tuesday evening. A little while later (around 9:30), I left to run some errands. As I walk out of my apartment, there are about 15 cops waiting outside one my neighbor's place a couple doors down. They asked me if I knew him, which thankfully I did not. I came back and they were still hanging out. I never heard a commotion if he ever showed up. -- Fortt leaving PSU for Cal is perplexing to me. Redd leaving sucks considering our rb depth chart. Fera leaving could be brutal considering how piss poor our kicking game before he came back from suspension last year. |
| Subject: bye heaves | |
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Date Posted: 14:13:50 08/02/12 Thu have a safe trip across the pond. |
| Subject: i'm a free agent baby. bang bang | |
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Date Posted: 13:05:26 08/01/12 Wed yea, whatever. $ila$ can still die in a fire. quitter. |
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Date Posted: 11:57:14 08/01/12 Wed http://www.reddit.com/tb/xi4sm Man, now i need to listen to some Drake to get pumped up for an afternoon of work. The Summer Olympics are just awesome (we haven't even seen any track & field yet!). The Winter Games suck in comparison. In other work news, I met with our HR department yesterday because I was nominated as "high potential" for future growth within the company. The meeting was similar to a job interview and I spent 90 minutes ego stroking. The feedback I got was that I can still go places (ie Director Level), but I should consider getting my MBA (apparently knowing everything about Saved by the Bell doesn't translate into the business world) if I really want to go even further (Executive Level). Considering my company pays full tuition, I'm a moron for not having done it already. |
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Author: Joo [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:45:43 08/01/12 Wed Jono; I agree. BTW - I wish You and Amy a smooth birthing! Sounded weird? Yeah, I probably just did. |
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Author: Jono [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:38:53 08/01/12 Wed Regarding pretty much everything regarding the entire PSU mess, my motto has been: "Now she want a photo / You already know though / You only live once: that’s the motto nigga YOLO We bout it every day, every day, every day / Like we sittin’ on the bench, nigga we don’t really play / Every day, every day, fuck what anybody say / Can’t see 'em 'cause the money in the way / Real nigga what's up?" Oh wait, never mind. That's the lyrics to "The Motto" by Drake. Seriously, just move on. That's been my mindset on everything. Silas is gone? Oh well, and good luck. Who's next in line? That's about it. It's a bummer that he was considered a leader on the team and chose to abandon ship, but I can't blame the kid. Again, moving on to the next thing. |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:30:59 08/01/12 Wed Poor Silas. If I had one semester left at college (assuming he goes pro as soon as the season ends), I would want to go to a school (1) in Southern California, (2) where I did not have to attend class, (3) was playing for a national championship, and (4) got to bang as much Southern California ass as humanly possible. I just don't think the guy is as good as he was being made out to be. He went from being underrated to being overrated. From a message board re Silas: "Whats funny is since he became a free agent he’s suddenly become a lot better than he actually is. I mean I like the guy, nice player, but he’s no superstar. All his yards came against the dog shit teams on the schedule." |
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Author: chin [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:10:28 08/01/12 Wed joo probably sided with the italian cruise ship captain too. |
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Date Posted: 09:57:46 08/01/12 Wed i hope his plane crashes. what a quitter. |
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Date Posted: 09:43:41 08/01/12 Wed I am simply amazed why anyone would be angry or blame him for leaving. Seriously, where does HE get off trying to look out for himself? Sheesh... |
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Date Posted: 12:55:03 07/31/12 Tue Original: 8/15 New as a result of the appt. we just had: 8/9 Amy prediction: by the end of this weekend |
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Date Posted: 11:30:04 07/31/12 Tue take this for what it is, but redd just deleted his twat account (which apparently referenced psu). if he goes, i hope he blows out his acl. judas. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:13:45 07/31/12 Tue pictures from this morning's rise and rally event up at psu. i'm so fired up for this season i can't help it. http://forums.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=157&f=1395&t=9188867 who is in for osu weekend? i know lukey and probably bok. anyone else? we are looking to lock down a place asap. jono, when is the due date? also, i agree that BOB's dong must be GIGANTIC! |
| Subject: Beep Beep Boop Bop | |
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Date Posted: 09:54:04 07/31/12 Tue The Conways are just waiting around for the little man to make his arrival. Amy is pretty miserable and uncomfortable and then 105 degree heat forces us to stay indoors so not too much has been going on over here in Kansas. Will obviously keep you guys updated when the he gets here. Here's hoping it is sooner rather than later. On an unrelated note, the size of BOB's penis also made an appearance in my text messages to my brother-in-law Paul while we were discussing the current PSU situation this weekend. This pretty much confirms the rumor that it is giant. |
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Date Posted: 09:27:40 07/30/12 Mon nothing too exciting to report on my end. we had 2 babysitters this weekend so we got to see batman on saturday and have a day out on sunday. lukey, to your question, i loved batman (ditto caruso). i thought it was a great conclusion to the trilogy and like the possibility of joe being robin moving forward. out of the 3 movies, i think the second was the strongest (super gravel voice and all). saturday was huge for the football team. getting the 6 dudes to reconfirm their commitment was huge. ross douglas is a dbag for decommitting... then again, he's from ohio so what do you expect. now if only silas would balls up and announce he's sticking around. lukey, the hotel we stayed in last year on atherton has rooms available for osu weekend. $1099 for the weekend. the patio furniture was delivered this morning. i get to go home and stain it tonight. wee. how was the philly weekend? anything crazy go down? |
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Date Posted: 00:07:34 07/30/12 Mon Also, for those that have not responded, we currently have 8 commits for the College Football Fantasy league. I wanted to give you guys an opportunity to grab either of the last two potential slots. |
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Date Posted: 00:06:13 07/30/12 Mon I had a pretty low key weekend. Played some darts on Friday evening and had a personal best 11 run inning in darts baseball. I nerded up board game style Saturday evening. Otherwise, I've just been watching a ton of Olympics (more than I planned). Hafer, there are some rumblings that Redd may stay now, which would be spectacular. In getting all those recruits to reaffirm their commitments this weekend, I'm convinced that BOB has a 16 inch cock. Did anyone watch Erickson bumble his way through Face the Nation this morning? I thought Sara Ganim acquitted herself well on the panel. Bill Rhoden, on the other hand, is a sanctimonious bastard and made Buzz Bissinger seem reasonable. What are everyone's thoughts on the Dark Knight Rises? I thought it was a good, enjoyable movie but that I preferred the previous two Batman movies. I thought this most recent one had some cheesier lines/scenes that were absent in the previous movies. I also think it was a little heavy handed with social commentary. It doesn't help that I loathe Anne Hathaway. I also think that it ran a little long trying to tie all the movies together. After Mark mentioned that Bane's voice sounded like General Grievous, I also couldn't stop thinking about that for the rest of the movie. |
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Date Posted: 20:12:56 07/29/12 Sun No problem Joo, the more the merrier. I'll be down in Dahlgren all week, so not sure how much I'll be able to chime in. But whatever you guys decide will probably be cool. |
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Date Posted: 21:14:30 07/27/12 Fri Furman confirms that he's a goner |
| Subject: Bob gives me wood | |
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Date Posted: 19:48:39 07/27/12 Fri BOB has been stellar, couldn't agree more. I really think his nfl experience with smaller roster sizes and playing scrappy players will be invaluable moving forward. He also mentioned something about reduced sanctions with exceptional compliance. Hopefully that's true. |
| Subject: Mark Emmert has an extremely punchable face ... | |
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Date Posted: 18:38:10 07/27/12 Fri Sorry for the lack of posting ... without going into a 40 page rant, these NCAA sanctions have had me tilting this week. That being said, I am also extremely disappointed with Erickson, who I think is in way over his head, and the PSU administration. I am wondered about the legal advice they are receiving as well. Jono, I agree with you about BOB - I wasn't fully on board with his hiring, but I think that he has been tremendous this week. On the other hand, that Illinois is a scumbag. I wasn't originally planning on it, but I am now thinking of making a trip up for the Ohio game (1st game of the season). I had a PSU t-shirt on running errands on Monday and Tuesday and I only received nice/sympathetic comments from people - I was pleasantly surprised. |
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Date Posted: 11:12:35 07/27/12 Fri It's hard for me to love this guy anymore. He's coming off TREMENDOUSLY well in this whole ordeal. Good on him. |
| Subject: Lunch Sat | |
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Author: Joo [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 09:34:26 07/27/12 Fri I can definitely do lunch next Sat, and you will get to meet Rena. No issues, right Tony? |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 09:18:40 07/27/12 Fri http://victorybellrings.com/2012/07/27/penn-state-committed-recruits-to-meet-with-bill-obrien-saturday/ also, silas redd to visit usc this weekend. |
| Subject: Google Fiber | |
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Date Posted: 15:51:40 07/26/12 Thu Not available at my location. |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:21:26 07/26/12 Thu I get back into Philly around 10p on Saturday evening. I'd meet up for breakfast. Unfortunately, most places don't open until 11a. However, there is a Marathon Grill that serves breakfast at 16th and Sansom. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:06:04 07/26/12 Thu gents, what do you all want to do next weekend when caruso and i make our way to illy with the spawn child? i think the plan is to swing up to tony's pad for lunch on saturday and then head into the city after so we can check into the hotel/walk around the city. perhaps we could do some light boozing/dinner? i know joe is out of town until sunday so we were thinking of doing breakfast around 10 somewhere in the city. we have to go and visit with caruso's gparents in the early afternoon so we can't stick around too late. thoughts? |
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Author: Joo [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:53:21 07/26/12 Thu Given the circumstances, I wouldn't necessarily call this poaching? |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:26:49 07/26/12 Thu you signing up for this? http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3188607/google-fiber-registration-leak |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:23:14 07/26/12 Thu meeting with usc today. this coming after lane "scumbag" kiffin bitched about teams poaching his players during their sanction period. |
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Author: Joo [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 21:08:09 07/25/12 Wed No one would blame any Penn State players who wanted to bolt from the program after the NCAA gave them a get-out-of-jail-free card. But a large group of players pledged their loyalty to the Nittany Lions Wednesday in an impressive show of solidarity. More than two dozen players, led by senior running back Michael Zordich and senior linebacker Michael Mauti, gathered to give a statement about their commitment to the team this morning outside the Lasch building. You can watch the event here. “This program was not built by one man and this program is sure as hell not going to get torn down by one man,” Mauti said. "... No sanction, no politician can ever take away what we've got here. None of that is ever going to tear us apart. ... This is what Penn State's all about -- fighting though adversity. And we're going to show up every Saturday and we're going to raise hell." "This is the greatest opportunity a Penn Stater can ever be given," Zordich said. "We have an obligation to Penn State, and we have the ability to fight for not just a team, not just a program, but an entire university." The players did not take questions after the gathering. They also released the following statement as a group: "This team is sticking together. We aren't going anywhere. And we could not be more proud to be Penn Staters now. We look at this as a great opportunity to have the ability to bring back not only a team but an entire university. "This team has taken on more adversity than any team has faced in history which is a testament to our commitment to our team's character, our fans, and our university. One man didn't build this program and one man sure as hell cannot tear it down. This program was built on the backs of the thousands of great men who put on the Penn State uniform. Today it is no different. "No sanction or politician can tear this team apart. No one can take away what this university means to us. We will stick together and create our own legacy. Our loyalty lies only with our teammates, coaches, fans and families. No one else. "It's not going to be easy but we know that we have acquired the strength that we have overcome and we will embrace our anger and burn it as fuel this season. "We can't wait for September 1 and to be back in Beaver Stadium and playing for Penn State in front of the best fans in the nation. We ask everyone to come out, show the support, wear your colors proudly and show that adversity makes the Penn State nation tougher and stronger." Some of the other players present, according to reports, included quarterback Matt McGloin, offensive linemen John Urschel and Matt Stankiewitch and defensive backs Adrian Amos and Stephon Morris. Notable in his absence was star running back Silas Redd, who is reportedly being recruited by USC. Redd is still scheduled to appear at Big Ten media days in Chicago on Thursday. Penn State supporters had to love the loyalty and passion the players showed this morning. The team will need that kind of togetherness to overcome the many obstacles in its way. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 17:15:14 07/25/12 Wed From: PS4RSInfo Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 3:31 PM To: PS4RSInfo Subject: UREGENT: EMERGENCY BOARD MEETING TODAY We have just recently received a notification from one of our FaceBook members that the Board of Trustees has called for an emergency meeting today at 5:00 to hold a vote on the NCAA sanctions that were approved by Dr. Erickson. We believe this to be credible information and We are asking for all our members to send an email NOW to each board member urging them to vote NO. This may be our last chance to save our University. Rod Erickson rae@psu.edu Marianne Alexander marianne_alexander@yahoo.com Richard Allan rjallan@pa.gov Jim Broadhurst jimbroadhurst@eatnpark.com Al Clemens aclemens@theprovident.com Tom corbett tomcorbett@pa.gov Dan Cotner dcotner@cotnerfarms.com Mark Dambly mdambly@pennrose.com Stephanie Deviney sdeviney@foxrothschild.com Keith Eckels fredweckelsons@epix.net Ken Frazier ken_frazier@merck.com George Greig ggreig@pa.gov Sam Hayes samhayesjr@windstream.nt Ed Hintz edwardhintz@gmail.com Betsy Hube hhuber@zoominternet.net Ira Lubert ilubert@lubertadler.com Anthony Lubrano lubrano4psu@yahoo.com Keith Masser kmasser@masserspuds.com Ryan Mc Combie rjmccombie@gmail.com Joel Myers myersj@accuweather.com Karen Peetz karen.peetz@bnymellon.com Carl Schaffer ctschaffer@pfb.com Paul Silvis paul.silvis@restek.com Linda Strumpf strumpflinda@gmail.com Paul Suhey pys6565@gmail.com John Surma jipsurma@uss.com Adam Talieferro psufootball43@yahoo.com Ron Tomalis rtomalis@pa.gov Contact Information Penn Staters For Responsible Stewardship Visit our website at ps4rs.org Follow us on Twitter! @PS4RS or go to: http://twitter.com/PS4RS Join us on Facebook at WE intend to vote out the Penn State Board of Trustees. Visit our blog PS4EVER at http://ps4rs.wordpress.com/ Public Relations Coordinator Maribeth Roman Schmidt Email: mschmidt@ps4rs.org Phone: (215) 620-4210 |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:24:41 07/25/12 Wed Nothing new here but Devon Still just tweeted me this… Devon Still @Dev_Still71 Wat I jus saw Mauti and Z say on ESPN made me proud to be a Penn Stater...Penn State is a family that no one can breakup 11m Shannon Furman @FurmBiz @Dev_Still71 Now u guys all gotta get Silas to stay! 5m Devon Still @Dev_Still71 @FurmBiz I talked to him already he's not sure wat he's gonna do |
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Author: Joo [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:18:57 07/25/12 Wed I have received nothing but sympathy from my peers and colleagues. Personally, I am still my proud of my degree and the opportunities that I was able to capitalize on as a result of the institution. In my opinion, the events that have transpired, while devestating, have no impact on the value with which I place my degree, nor should it, in my opinion. It is still, academically speaking, a GOOD SCHOOL. With any hope, recruiters won't be as myopic as I fear most people are and will still continue to hire many students from there. God forbid, we place value on how the degree was obtained and the academic reputation of the degree-granting institution and not on a tragic incident that had nothing to do with the teachers. |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:35:27 07/24/12 Tue What exactly is going on this weekend? Is anything confirmed yet? Who is going to be around? |
| Subject: i'm on the other end of the spectrum | |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:27:19 07/24/12 Tue i think the biggest change for me is how much i completely loathe espn now. seriously, the network has gone from pretty much the greatest thing ever to complete dogshit. i'm going to try, as much as possible, to completely forego the station. also, my view of my degree and the university itself has not changed. it's my opinion that the acts of the few cannot and has not impacted the greater institution. yes, squawking heads and message board douches like to claim otherwise but, seriously, who cares what they say? most are out to prompt a reaction and/or generate page clicks/revnue. for the most part, they know very little, if anything. no one actually reports the news anymore, they speculate and sensationalize (my main reason for hating espn so much). whatever. |
| Subject: Nothing Left | |
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Author: Tony [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:06:08 07/24/12 Tue Luckily I still have the nappy-headed hoes and Eric LeGrande at Rutgers. Who am I kidding, that sucks. |
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Author: Donnie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:56:36 07/24/12 Tue Here, at the law firm, reaction has been supportive of me. Everyone here has at least someone in their family that went to PSU. So, everyone is just basically heartbroken over what happened. People have been very sympathetic (thankfully I work with educated/well read individuals). The NCAA was going to sanction PSU. The sanctions are terrible but, at least this way, PSU avoided the death sentence. The death sentence to the football team would have crippled the economy in Happy Valley and all business relying on PSU football. I do not understand the vacating of wins or the $60 million fine. There are talks that the lawsuits against the university could reach $100 million. That is $160 million that the university is going to pay out because of this sex abuse scandal. Because of this, I will not be donating any money to PSU until it is clear that this money will not be used to pay for these crimes. I am really embarrassed about my degree now. The name of the school is forever tainted. I have boxed up my PSU gear and will not be wearing it. I just don't want to get the dirty looks that would be coming along with that. I want the Paterno family to shut the fuck up. I am sick of them stating that we don't know all the facts, etc. Ok, fine. We do not have all the facts but the Paterno family has not provided any additional information that would show Paterno in a positive light. The family name, once something they could all be proud of and something that would open doors for them, is now disgraced and something that will be held against them. The motherfuckers in charge ruined the school. This is the third time that this has happened to me - Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, Villanova LSAT reporting scandal, and now PSU. I am really tired of this happening but there is nothing left that can be taken from me. |
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Author: hafer [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:08:52 07/24/12 Tue unlike you guys, i seemingly work in a bizzaro world where no one knows about or follows sports. therefore, i had no reaction to deal with from anyone. i heard, almost constantly, from my dad, brother, furman, and my buddy erik, but that's pretty much it. my response has been to up my support of the university. i sent a donation yesterday (complete with wordy slander of the ncaa in the memo line) and just bought some new season tickets for myself (although i will probably not use them this year). who knows if it will help in the long run, i just feel obligated to do something/anything to help out. in conclusion, the ncaa can eat my ass. |
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