Although I had no real allegiance to either team, I would have preferred to see a closer game. My shooting the first half was not good, but I haven't shot football in a year. I got a little better the second half. I enjoyed exploring a couple new areas of AT&T Park (more photos coming) and had an enjoyable time overall.
- Brian Johns
Public-private partnerships are the root of all evil.
- Tudor Bosman
I'm all about Oakland pride but I'm still mad at the financial commitment the city made to get the damn Raiders back. And the fuckers have started to talk about leaving again!
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
NPR (Planet Money?) had a story last night about the scope of Santa's organization. They interviewed some people from UPS and FedEx get some estimates of what it would take to pull off such a thing. They estimated that Santa's organization would have to have tens of millions of people to handle it all.
My great grandfather was a steel mill worker, Pittsburgh. He wore long johns in the summer, loved retirement in California.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
This is what makes a great cat bed! ;-)
- Amit Patel
I had heard at one time that early computer graphics pioneers had a high rate of brain cancer due the unshielded nature of early computer displays. I can't find any evidence online right now though. So, there's that.
- Joe Beda
My goal is to watch some mindless movies while I ride my bike trainer in the garage at some point. Not sure if I'll be able to catch up to you this year though.
- Brian Johns
Looks like the name Maria peaked in the 1960s, and was still fairly high in the early '00s, but it seems to have dropped precipitously to early 20th century levels in the last decade. But I wonder if these charts account for all the compound names with Mary or Maria as an element.
- Victor Ganata
Cancelled right after we started, due to reports of lightning in Morgan Hill. (I got 50 yards of swimming in) Not sure if lightning actually happened or not, but I'm happy to skip today. It wasn't pretty out there.
- Brian Johns
Of course, it looks fine out there now. :-(
- Brian Johns
The thing is, there were SO many analyses calling GRPN basically a ponzi scheme yet they still found investors.
- Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)
That's mostly why I love to hate them, as a publicly traded stock. I have no trouble with their business or their right to try to make a go of it. I was just flabbergasted that they were allowed to go public.
- Brian Johns
I may get tired of reading analyses of why the Romney campaign failed someday, but not today. Fascinating.
Cristo, I won't argue that the country isn't divided (it clearly is, in many complex ways, not a simple R/D). But I really don't know what a vote for Romney meant in this election (probably many different things). He never had solid positions, and it was never clear what he was saying: (1) to get the nomination; (2) to get the election; (3) to put down firm policy fundamentals that he would follow-through with once elected.
- Tinfoil 2.0
With all those weaknesses Romney got almost half the vote; what's going to happen if the Republicans put forward a stronger candidate?
- Amit Patel
I also think the election was Romney's to lose, and he really put on a clinic on how to blow it. I see divisions in the electorate but I don't think the close vote overall is a sign of that. I think the candidates naturally morph themselves over the course of the year into positions that will attract roughly half the vote.
- Brian Johns
Only half, Cristo? "Senator, you have the vote of every thinking person!" "That's not enough, madam, we need a majority!" - Adlai Stevenson
- Ryan Kaisoglus
What this whole election process showed me, is that even as bad as things were going in the economy, no "real candidate" wanted to take on Obama. Chris Christie and Jeb Bush probably would have made better candidates, however I don't know if they would have made it through the primaries, as the far right of the party is very strong now. Also, incumbents are always tough to unseat, that...
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- Dario Gomez
If you're legitimately stupid, an electoral body has a way of shutting that down.
While it has the way, it doesn't always have the will. Thank god it did this time.
- Spidra Webster
Is there somewhere I can get an overview of other states' statewide initiatives? Like OR, CO, and WA voting on recreational pot, AZ voting to secede, etc.?
also rats are very adaptable and did we mention swim like navy seals...
- WarLord
Somewhere I read that rats can remain underwater for more than 20 minutes... and live, that is. (If they died under there it wouldn't mean much, now WOULD IT! At least it wouldn't be worth talking about here, that's for damn sure.)
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Hello FriendFeeders! I'd like to share with you a project I'm working on: Ironman Lake Tahoe, 2013. Fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Training like a pro, and Fundraising like a boss. (as the kids say) There's way too much to tell you about in such a short space: http://brian-johns.com/2012...