2/17/09: DLD, with wedgies!
by gigglingone on Feb 17, 2009 1:41 PM PST
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I saw this, and just had to post it.
Yvonne Morris, a technician at the Brickyard Animal Hospital, said she chased a man who broke into a co-worker's car, but he kept squirming away from her. Morris eventually grabbed the man's boxer shorts and pulled. Salt Lake City police said she then she put a headlock on the man until help could arrive.
Oh, and A-Rod says steroids =/= tic tacs.
"... We went outside team doctors, team doctors and team trainers...We probably didn't even take it right...
"All these years I never thought I did anything wrong."
So wait, you knowingly took something, but didn't tell team doctors and trainers, but still didn't think there was anything wrong?
I got no more links. I'm watching the rain falling again. Yay rain!!!
Here's a new DLD, don't squirm away!!
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Promise not to give me a wedgie!
"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson
by lynnzgal on Feb 17, 2009 1:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Feb 17, 2009 1:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lol!
Okay, Red leaders excepted.
"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson
by lynnzgal on Feb 17, 2009 1:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Feb 17, 2009 2:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 17, 2009 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Feb 17, 2009 2:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 17, 2009 2:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Feb 17, 2009 2:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Check out MB...
Well done, Monkey. Well done.
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 17, 2009 3:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Feb 17, 2009 1:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 17, 2009 2:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh youz guys!
"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson
by lynnzgal on Feb 17, 2009 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Get wedgy widit!
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Feb 17, 2009 2:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought the steroid Arod took was some sophisticated designer one. Are those available OTC wherever his cuz lives?
by Lovejoy on Feb 17, 2009 1:50 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Whoever wants some come get some!
Yvonne-
by Lovejoy on Feb 17, 2009 1:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I don't get it.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
by mikev on Feb 17, 2009 2:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure I want to.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 17, 2009 2:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Meh.
She’s kinda purty.
If she accepts me and my hot pants, what more can a feller hope fer?
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 17, 2009 2:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
(she better not fergit my smokes again, tho)
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 17, 2009 2:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, that’s the woman who works at the Brickyard animal hospital and used the wedgie and headlock.
by Lovejoy on Feb 17, 2009 2:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
DFA picked up by Padres
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Feb 17, 2009 1:59 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
From SuSlu
Things have been weird for Crosby.
"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson
by lynnzgal on Feb 17, 2009 2:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Well, it's been weird for us watching him play
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
by kaweahkaweah on Feb 17, 2009 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Man, you know things are bad
when Eric Chavez wouldn’t trade places with you. The very thought apparently made Chavvy’s head spin so much that he started channeling Mark McGwire:
“He’ll handle it well, but it’s a tough situation to be in,” Chavez said. “I don’t envy him being in that position at all. But it will be one of those great success stories if he comes back and has a great year, and everyone will forget about the past.”
"There is a sense of tragic destiny associated with people who have large noses." --Bucky Wunderlick
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 17, 2009 2:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He must not read AN on a regular basis.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 17, 2009 2:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, Chavy, that's so cute.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Feb 17, 2009 5:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
dude, the whole infield is recovering except for Bones
now that is really strange.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Feb 17, 2009 5:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Giambi = slacker
Among the players who checked in for the first time Tuesday were outfielder Rajai Davis, first-base prospect Chris Carter and non-roster infielder Tagg Bozied. The only projected regular not yet checked in is Jason Giambi.
by whiteshoes40 on Feb 17, 2009 2:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
On an unrelated topic, some ethical questions to ponder
Is it wrong for me to steal the Cheetos of a coworker/employee if he’s left them in the company fridge since Friday?
And what on God’s Green Earth would make a normal-seeming 23 year-old refrigerate Cheetos?
And since Cheetos obviously have very little to do with anything food-like, could they possibly make them so an inch of cheese detritus does not stick to your fingers?
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 17, 2009 3:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
refrigerating Cheetos deactivates the nanoRFIDs in the Cheeto detritus/dust
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
by monkeyball on Feb 17, 2009 3:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
what's a nanoRFID?
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 17, 2009 8:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Is that an anagram of Chris DiNorfna?
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
by JediLeroy on Feb 17, 2009 8:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good call,
but what would he have to do with refrigerating Cheetos?!
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 17, 2009 8:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cheetos and refrigerators are also Italian.
by oblique on Feb 17, 2009 11:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yesterday I ate some Cheeti
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
by JediLeroy on Feb 17, 2009 11:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Is that like an
abominable snowman, covered in Cheetos cheese?
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 18, 2009 8:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You have no idea how hard it is to get Cheeto powder out of fur
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
by JediLeroy on Feb 18, 2009 3:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You didn't know me in the 70s.
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 18, 2009 5:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
1. No
2. Nothing is ever as it seems. Even normalcy. Especially normalcy.
3. What? I love that part.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 17, 2009 3:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Eat the Cheetos
Leave the empty bag in the fridge with a note inside that says “AN told me to eat them”
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Feb 17, 2009 3:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No the note needs to say "Next time bring your own bag"
In search of a new signature. Say something funny and you may see your comment here!
by DMOAS on Feb 17, 2009 7:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
As a side note,
I mange-mange-ed those things like a big dog. It was glorious.
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 17, 2009 8:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hold on a minute...
Well, Braden has an 11-month-old Great Dane. And because Braden and his girlfriend share one bedroom of the pad in which Blevins also is bunking this spring, the massive beast named Diesel has taken to shacking up with Blevins in what must be quite a sight.
I thought Dale’s puppy was named Diesel. Is it really that common of a name?
…
Never mind. Urban answered my question on his blog:
As an A’s fan, would you rather hear about Joey Devine’s slider grip, or hear that he got married this offseason and honeymooned in Bora Bora?
Would you rather get an update on the health of Eric Chavez and Mark Ellis, or hear that both players’ wives are expecting babies?
Do you want to know what Daric Barton plans to do differently this season, or do you want to know that his American Bulldog puppy has the same name — Diesel — as Dallas Braden’s 11-month-old Great Dane and seems to think his diet should include Barton’s batting gloves.
Yay, another little Chavy and another little MaEl! Congrats to them!
by whiteshoes40 on Feb 17, 2009 4:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Uh-oh
Massachusetts may consider a mileage charge
A tentative plan to overhaul Massachusetts’ transportation system by using GPS chips to charge motorists a quarter-cent for every mile behind the wheel has angered some drivers.
…
In Oregon, the state paid volunteers who let the transportation department install GPS receivers in 300 vehicles. The device did not transmit a signal — which would allow real-time tracking of a driver’s movements — but instead passively received satellite pings telling the receiver where it was in terms of latitude and longitude coordinates.
The state used those coordinates to determine when the vehicle was driving both within Oregon and outside the state. And it measured the respective distances through a connection with the vehicle’s odometer.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 17, 2009 4:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
As if they're not paying enough to drive already
Registration fees, insurance, safety and emissions testing, gas (which already has $.42/gallon in taxes)—where will it end?
Time to throw some cars into the harbor.
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
by JediLeroy on Feb 17, 2009 4:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Uh-oh?
There might be better ways to deincentivize driving (like taxing the hell out of gasoline use, which is what every other developed-world country does) but the goal is basically a rational one… as far as I’m concerned, anything that has even an indirect effect of reducing driving is probably a good idea.
Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"
by PaulThomas on Feb 17, 2009 5:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My question is, why should they deincentivize driving in the first place?
I don’t think people should be punished for not using public transportation.
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by JediLeroy on Feb 17, 2009 5:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
See oh two.
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Feb 17, 2009 5:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I saw it, but it was bee ess.
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
by JediLeroy on Feb 17, 2009 5:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
To each is own
The end of the world is nigh brother, let’s hope for everyone’s sake that you’re right.
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Feb 17, 2009 8:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I can't not read your comment in Desmond from LOST's voice
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by JediLeroy on Feb 17, 2009 9:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's sorta what I was going for
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Feb 17, 2009 11:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I do
Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"
by PaulThomas on Feb 17, 2009 6:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There are absolutely no benefits to taking public transportation in Chicago
It’s actually more expensive, less safe, and it takes longer.
The problem isn’t too many people driving. The problem is that technology to use substances other than gasoline to power vehicles has been around and viable for at least a decade now and nobody is utilizing it.
by thejd44 on Feb 17, 2009 10:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, yeah
Modern American public transit is horrible. One would hope that the gas taxes would be turned around and used to create a system which is actually functional.
Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"
by PaulThomas on Feb 18, 2009 12:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My experience was significantly different
in Chicago. I saw little need for an automobile there.
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 18, 2009 8:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
still don't have a car
and I’ve been living in Chicago for over six years, in Hyde Park no less. Between the bus, el, and Metra, we do all right. My girlfriend even manages to work in the suburbs.
by colin on Feb 18, 2009 2:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The funny thing about it is,
Hyde Park’s one of the easier ones to own a car in. There are a lot of negatives about the ghetto, but traffic congestion’s not one of them!
I miss Hyde Park.
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 18, 2009 5:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
if I had a car,
it would definitely be easy to park it around here. Take that San Francisco!
by colin on Feb 18, 2009 8:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You could park and Hyde there!
Sorry, someone had to do it…
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Feb 19, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm glad it was you
I’ve actually doubled my pun total from last week.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 19, 2009 1:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
jinxed myself
in retaliation, Chicago decided that there should be heavy wet snow blowing in my face on the walk home
by colin on Feb 18, 2009 8:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Should've taken the bus from the Reynolds Center.
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 18, 2009 9:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
To recapture the economic externalities
The point of putting a cost on driving is not to punish it for moral or coercive reasons, it’s to try to rebalance the market incentives and thus enable more rational decision-making.
Driving is not naturally free. It is only possible because an entire system has been constructed to make it possible. A great deal of public resources are devoted to making driving possible — most obviously in construction and maintenance of the actual roads, but also procurement and use of public lands, maintenance of traffic-flow apparatus (signs, signals, etc), the legal system for licensing, enforcement, etc. There’s also plenty of indirect costs, like ecological degradation both on the ground and in the atmosphere, additional cost of a foreign policy based on maintaining free flow of oil, and now possibly a bailout of the domestic automobile industry.
A free-market economy relies on individual economic decisions bearing their own costs. Where an individual activity imposes costs borne by society at large, it creates a free-rider problem, where each individual has an incentive to make choices that would otherwise be economically irrational. The policy goal, then, should be to try to impose costs on driving which match the true external costs as closely as possible. Most people who have studied the problem agree that driving in America is grossly under-costed (which is to say, it is private transportation that we heavily subsidize, not public).
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Feb 18, 2009 8:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There's probably a better, less intrusive way to collect that data.
Like, say, transmit the odometer information from the required annual safety/emissions testing. (Okay — that may not work as well in Massachusetts where there is a lot of out-of-state driving.)
What’s that you say? The information was never supposed to be released? It was supposed to be deleted? Nobody was supposed to have access to it? The traffic engineer’s laptop was lost on the T?
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 17, 2009 5:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There are a variety of jurisdictional reasons why that won't work
Then again, I don’t really know how the jurisdictional problems with GPS receivers will work either. Do you just slap one on every car that enters the state? How?
Like I said, just tax the crap out of gasoline. Normally I’m categorically opposed to sales taxes, but I’ll make an exception for harmful products like gasoline and cigarettes. If you’re worried about the impact on the poor, change the rest of the tax structure to make up for it.
Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"
by PaulThomas on Feb 17, 2009 6:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I've never seen anything do more to change people's thoughts about their driving habits
than the $4.50/gallon gas prices of last summer. I’m entirely with PT on this one. I think it goes without saying that neither PT nor I will ever run for public office on our high gas tax platform.
by Soaker on Feb 17, 2009 6:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Your username might work against you in such a campaign
Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"
by PaulThomas on Feb 17, 2009 8:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think that studies show that gas taxes more or less get passed on to the consumer.
If the goal is to de-incentivice driving, it’ll probably do the trick. But unlike cigarettes, gasoline is not a harmful product. It underscores our transportation, allows people to be productive, and generally drives the basics of our economy.
I would be concerned about the effect on the poor – a gas tax is effectively a flat tax, of which the poor share a disproportionate burden – and have essentially zero faith in the government to effectively restructure our massively bloated and increasingly Byzantine set of tax laws.
(Unrelated — did you know that I get to deduct childcare expenses? Maybe it’s to help out dual career households. Still, it would be nice if the deduction covered more than 10 weeks of child care. Also, since both my wife and I are students, it’s great that we get to deduct a portion of our tuition. But the amount a couple can deduct is apparently the same that an individual can. So two married students get screwed there.)
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 17, 2009 6:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
+1 on all the gas tax stuff
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
by xbhaskarx on Feb 17, 2009 7:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks, but don't you care about my tax deduction gripes?
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 17, 2009 7:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Which deduction are you using?
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by JediLeroy on Feb 17, 2009 7:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Who the hell knows.
I’m just griping. My wife actually does the taxes, points out things that aren’t fair, and then fly into an indignant anti-government rage.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 17, 2009 8:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
EDIT: *I* fly into an indignant anti-government rage.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 17, 2009 8:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
She's perfectly calm about things.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 17, 2009 8:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And I've turned into cutthemullet
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 17, 2009 8:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
it's the way to be
"Sweeney's a white Andre Ethier."--a white, drunk Billy Beane
by Cutthemullet on Feb 18, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'll reply once to show it
"Sweeney's a white Andre Ethier."--a white, drunk Billy Beane
by Cutthemullet on Feb 18, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
nah, twice
alright, now we’re all set
"Sweeney's a white Andre Ethier."--a white, drunk Billy Beane
by Cutthemullet on Feb 18, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Whew, for a second there I thought she pointed our things that fly into an indignant anti-government rage
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by JediLeroy on Feb 17, 2009 8:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
EDIT: *out* things that fly into an indignant rage
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
by JediLeroy on Feb 17, 2009 8:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Without the EDITS, this conversation would be much funnier.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 17, 2009 8:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Such is life.
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 17, 2009 8:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
EDIT: Such = baseball
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 17, 2009 8:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Soon, my brother, soon...
(salivates a little)
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 18, 2009 8:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hermano!
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 18, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Who is this "Hermano" character?
He’s in the next room, asleep?!
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 18, 2009 1:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Um...
Not for the easily offended or religious
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 18, 2009 12:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm in the neither category
Though I have been accused of being religiously offended, and easy. But never at the same time.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 18, 2009 12:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Easily the most offensive thing I’ve said on AN
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 18, 2009 1:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And I thought my midget porn fetish was disturbing.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 18, 2009 1:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It is.
But it’s an affliction we share, hermano.
A sick, twisted affliction.
Midgets are hot. Especially in hot pants.
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 18, 2009 1:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It sounds like you're talking about the
tuition deduction (form 8917), but it’s not as simple as you’re saying. The deduction allowed is keyed off your AGI, and the AGI threshold is doubled if you’re married filing joint. If you’re at the bottom income level for the tuition deduction, then yes, you would get twice as much tuition deduction if you weren’t married … but if your joint AGI is below ~$65k you shouldn’t be taking the tuition deduction at all, because you’ll get more advantage out of the Lifetime Learning Credit (form 8863). I’m not saying it’s not possible, but it’s hard for me to imagine a scenario where you’re getting screwed on the deduction and you wouldn’t be better off with the credit. I can’t say for sure without seeing your return, but if what you say is true, I think your wife is doing it wrong.
That’s not to say there aren’t still marriage penalties in the tax code (rental losses is the one I see the most). That’s also not to say that the tuition deduction isn’t pretty screwy. Unlike most special deductions, it isn’t gradually phased out; it goes down in big jumps. So there are actually small windows of total income where your marginal rate is effectively more than 100%.
(In case you hadn’t guessed, I do this stuff for a living … which is why I’m still at work at 8:20 pm….)
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
by iglew on Feb 18, 2009 8:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hm, I need to look into that
seeing as how I earned about $20K in 8 months last year and then racked up a good $15K in expenses over the final 4…
It may not be worth it, anyway, but who knows.
As for gasoline, I don’t doubt it has beneficial effects (but so do cigarettes). Nonetheless, it’s abundantly clear to me that the negative externalities, when added to the cost, vastly outweigh the benefits received. We’ve burdened ourselves with an appalling millstone of environmental and resource-depletion issues which are going to have to be dealt with through harsh medicine.
Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"
by PaulThomas on Feb 17, 2009 8:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hmm, i had no idea the global economy ran on cigarettes...
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
by xbhaskarx on Feb 18, 2009 9:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well,
the global economy isn’t, but the prison economy is a different story.
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 18, 2009 9:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Coolness
Players can be injected with their own blood to recover more quickly from injuries.
The method centers on injecting portions of a patient’s own blood directly into the injured area, which catalyzes the body’s instincts to repair muscle, bone and other tissue. Most enticing, many doctors said, is that the technique appears to help regenerate ligament and tendon fibers, which could shorten rehabilitation time and possibly obviate surgery.
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by JediLeroy on Feb 17, 2009 5:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Careful!
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on Feb 17, 2009 5:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Is that a Super Mutant?
Where’s my combat shotgun? I need a stimpack…
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 17, 2009 8:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
that is The Lizard from the Spider Man comics
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Feb 18, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Old Oil Can wants to pitch again
For some reason the direct link to the story will not work. That happens a lot with Yahoo articles, weird. The story is under the sports tab of the main page.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Feb 17, 2009 5:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Here you go. Try the link button. Just click the little chain link image under the comment title bar, then paste the full address.
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by JediLeroy on Feb 17, 2009 5:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
good job, thanks
I tried that and the link would not work.
where do you put “here you go”, before or after you paste the address of the link?
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Feb 18, 2009 10:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
first
type “here you go”. then highlight it. then do the link button thingy, and you’re all set
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by travdog6 on Feb 18, 2009 10:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ooohhh
highlight it first, thanks for the tip. I knew I should have paid attention in that computer class.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
by micdog2001 on Feb 18, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
From The Drumbeat:
Ellis won’t play in the field until March 25. Of course, because I’ll be leaving Phoenix on the 24th. :(
And I’m missing Opening Night on April 10 for sure. :(
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Feb 17, 2009 5:54 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
:( grr.
this just COMPLETELY SCREWED with my Spring Training schedule. :( :( :( Now I"m going to go pester who I’m going with and see if we can reschedule… not likely. ELLIS WHY CAN’T YOU PLAY EARLIER?!?!?! {rant}
…
{end rant}
Well.. tickets aren’t bought yet, so maybe… oh well. you’re not alone, Poppy!
but at least you’re there till the 24th!! Why don’t you stay an extra day or two? I wish I could. Spring Training is so much more fun than the regular season!!!
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by #14fan on Feb 17, 2009 7:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I really shouldn't even go for the three days that I'm going... :\
So staying an extra two days is unpossible.
The “Ellis progress” notes have been supposing that he could DH earlier than 3/25, though.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Feb 17, 2009 8:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
not quite as fun as seeing his awesome defense... but better than nothing.
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
by #14fan on Feb 18, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Fail video that's a few weeks old,
but I just saw it now (while allegedly not procrastinating).
This makes me feel really, really good about my math skills.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Feb 17, 2009 8:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I can't imagine how frustrated I would be.
That’s definitely chair-through-wall stuff.
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by salb918 on Feb 17, 2009 9:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
To make the pain go away
just imagine you are the guy in the next cubicle, or the IT guy sent up to “fix” the guy next door’s comp (you know, the one that’s broken because it wont turn on because that big black cord isn’t plugged in… and the ‘Cup Holder’ is broken). And you wander in there, and make the guy and his supervisor look like idiots, explain the thing, and then tell them YOUR WELCOME and leave.
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by Zonis on Feb 17, 2009 9:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow. Wow wow wow.
That guy was remarkably calm. There’s just no way I could have maintained my composure there.
by thejd44 on Feb 17, 2009 10:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The fact that he's recording it shows that it was probably not the first call.
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by JediLeroy on Feb 17, 2009 10:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Because it's ALL about the Giants.
An article about Jared Lansford was behind this link on sfgate’s front page:
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Feb 17, 2009 9:53 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
You're still procrastinating
Good for you
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by DMOAS on Feb 17, 2009 9:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's not procrastinating
if I’ve abandoned every intention of getting something done.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
by Poppy on Feb 17, 2009 10:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yup. He's just a Giants coach.
Never heard of him before. What’s his name, Charles? Chance? Carnegie?
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by Leopold Bloom on Feb 18, 2009 8:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Reminds me of when my Giants fan friend saw my Lansford bobblehead
and was laughing that they’d misspelled “Langford.”
This was, of course, before he’d found fame and fortune as a Giants coach.
by oblique on Feb 18, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Of course.
(mumbles to self)
(damn giants…)
"Hot Goat Kraut Pants Day"--Monkeyball
by Leopold Bloom on Feb 18, 2009 12:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I miss Dassun Street
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by JediLeroy on Feb 17, 2009 11:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
:(
I"m having trouble believing he’s not on our team anymore… and he looks weird in a Rockies uniform. and that old spring training issue, with him on the front, is sitting on my desk and NOT helping.
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
by #14fan on Feb 18, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's a hug-kind-of-day, I see
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 18, 2009 2:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Meant that as a reply to the :( above me
But yeah.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 18, 2009 2:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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