Roundup: Man Needs 800 Stitches After Shark Attack, Philadelphia Fans Booed an Anti-Cancer Commercial, & The End of Ernie Johnson’s Season
Aly Michalka … scared bros at a haunted house … 50 dogs in Star Wars costumes … year old, but it’s a penguin train conductor … 10 year old saves mother from abusive boyfriend … Muhammad Ali bought a shitty house … radio station takes heat for ‘win a baby’ promotion … Heaven is a found beer truck … gotta wrap up, Ashton … poor dog is stuck between an owner and trainer that don’t want her … biggest Heist bust movie ever? … sex can erase your memory … gunman kills his wife and seven others during a rampage at a salon …
Ernie Johnson will be missing the remainder of the MLB postseason as he sits bedside in the hospital with his son Michael. [USA Today]
Brock Lesnar is open to one more match in the WWE. [ESPN]
This man needed over 800 stitches after a bull shark took a chunk out of his thigh. [WTSP]
Raiders fans gave their team a heck of a welcome home. [SF Chronicle]
A Steve Jobs movie? I hope Trent Reznor scores it. [MSNBC]
Philadelphia Flyer fans booed an anti-cancer ad because rival players were involved. [Puck Daddy]
After a down season, A-Rod is working on his swing this winter. His golf swing! Hi-yo! Oh, and he’s also working out with a blonde who was in a Brazil butt lift video. [NY Post]
Woman living on Scooby Doo Drive texted a sheriff to set up a drug deal. Nice. [HyperVocal]
A study that proves legalized marijuana decreases crime? District attorneys were fans. [LA Times]
E-Mails the Obama Campaign should have sent. [Funny or Die]
Woman can’t believe her husband sexually assaulted and kidnapped two women. Unrelated: At 18, he killed his 38-year-old girlfriend. Possibly Related: She’s got a memoir to sell. [Globe and Mail]
ESPN tries to justify their made up statistic after everyone pointed out the Tebow > Rodgers stats over the weekend. [Awful Announcing]
Young football player with a disease similar to autism gets to score a touchdown. Sportsmanship is still alive. [CBS Minnesota]
A kitten boxing a hair dryer. It’s going to be a good day.
Nobody ever said these Occupy Wall Street people were smart. Or had any idea what they are talking about. Take this idiot for example. I’d like my education to be paid for too, asshole.
Troy Polamalu pretended to be his wax statue.
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October 13th, 2011 at 8:12 AM
Aly Michalka was a total smoke show in Easy A.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:13 AM
So fucking overblown. Flyers fans are pro-cancer and anti-Santa Claus! Derp derp derp!
October 13th, 2011 at 8:15 AM
50 dogs in Star Wars costumes …
that’s basically porn for Steve Phillips.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:16 AM
Is it “It’s TIM TEBOW” repeated 1000 times?
October 13th, 2011 at 8:17 AM
Troy Polamalu seems like the coolest guy in the NFL.
/man crush
October 13th, 2011 at 8:17 AM
well played, sir.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:20 AM
Would love some feedback on this Blockbuster fantasy trade me and my buddy just agreed to:
Send Felix Jones, Dal RB
Send Darren Sproles, NO RB
Send DeSean Jackson, Phi WR
Send Jimmy Graham, NO TE
Receive LeSean McCoy, Phi RB
Receive Santonio Holmes, NYJ WR
Receive Owen Daniels, Hou TE
Receive Mark Ingram, NO RB
October 13th, 2011 at 8:21 AM
This reminds me of OWS.
/Entertainment 720′d
October 13th, 2011 at 8:22 AM
Leal, Kutcher and another young woman were completely nude and in a hot tub on the balcony.
what am i doing wrong?
October 13th, 2011 at 8:24 AM
some feedback on this Blockbuster fantasy trade
keeper league?
October 13th, 2011 at 8:24 AM
I really thought today would be the day I didn’t hear the vicks ad. once again I am mistaken.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:26 AM
Nah, just a standard scoring/Non PPR. I lost Jamal Charles early so I was dying for a #1 RB.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:32 AM
“pay my tuition, it’s what i want”
what a jackass
October 13th, 2011 at 8:32 AM
needs to mix in some jabs. leaving the body exposed. good form on the upper-cut though.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:34 AM
Man, if most of these Occupiers werent retards, they could have really made a point about a few things. Obviously tuition costs are effing ridiculous. But obviously that doesnt mean they should be free.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:34 AM
come Ali, you’re the greatest of all time, how did you not get a house inspection?
October 13th, 2011 at 8:37 AM
Marxists Occupying Midtown. “It’s what I want.”
How sad.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:38 AM
Great job by that kid who hit his mom’s abusive boyfriend with a shovel. It takes a lot of guts to stand up to shitheads like that.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:38 AM
The Wife ranted about this last night for a bit. Apparently she saw a “movement” online where people send in letters about how the “real” middle class is working two jobs if necessary and basically keeping its head down. Yes, it sucks, but they’re handling it. Essentially called the protesters out for looking to someone else to solve their problems.
/has read nothing about the protests
//couldn’t care less about them
October 13th, 2011 at 8:39 AM
That dumbass in the occupy video should have to pay my college debt.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:41 AM
Fact – in most of Europe college is free.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:41 AM
BWAHAHAHHA!!!!
it’s got peterman and puddy in it.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:41 AM
Philly fans were mostly boooing Crosby. Mostly.
In other Flyers news, Couturier looked great last night. Steal at 8th overall last summer.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:42 AM
Initial gut reaction – you got hosed.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:44 AM
how stupid is this? that’s like saying “hurr, chewin’ gum is a crime, but if we let people chew gum there’ll be less crime!”
October 13th, 2011 at 8:44 AM
and then two paragraphs later…
really? it sounds like there were signs, and that he told them to you on your first date.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:44 AM
Wings/Canucks tonight. Should be an exciting game. I’m hoping Bobby Lou plays but he got lit up last night so it may be Schneider.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:44 AM
Young football player with a disease similar to autism gets to score a touchdown. Sportsmanship is still alive.
so team retard gets – to score a touchdown
fat kid with asthma gets – shunned by cheerleaders, but a chance at inclusion in the band
young, normal kid on the actual team gets – broomstick up the ass, you know, as initiation
October 13th, 2011 at 8:45 AM
Judgement of the messenger can be made independent of the judgement of the message.
I assure you it is not “free”.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:46 AM
Why people think Roger Goodell is petty
Don’t wear a microphone for a game? get fined! Fuck you NFL for your stupidity
October 13th, 2011 at 8:46 AM
Damn that was great. Not a Stillers fan, but he’s one of the best in the NFL
October 13th, 2011 at 8:47 AM
Saw a preview for the new season of Spartacus coming up.
Need more Ilythia please.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:47 AM
That girl really knows how to tell a narrative.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:47 AM
She worked with troubled teens, its obvious this woman has a “I can change him, I can make him better!” complex
October 13th, 2011 at 8:47 AM
True. We met with the financial adviser the other day to start up the 529 (or whatever it is) for Bryce.
In 18 years, it probably will cost $65k to go to a school like Penn State. For one year.
Ivy league schools will probably be 85k-90k for one year.
So you’re looking at … yeah, do the math. 4 years. that’s just undergrad.
for one kid.
absurd.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:48 AM
Dude, it’s a rule. And Birk knew it was a rule. I don’t see the problem.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:49 AM
Nah, just a standard scoring/Non PPR. I lost Jamal Charles early so I was dying for a #1 RB.
pretty much a wash, IMO.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:49 AM
The better phrase would be “not worth it”.
This can’t go on forever.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:49 AM
Care to explain how?
My reasoning for the trade is that I think defenses will try to start neutralizing Sproles much more now that there is 5 weeks of tape on how the Saints use him. Djax pisses me off with his inconsistency, and Romo is my starting QB, so I did not enjoy having both him and Felix. Graham obviously shits all over Daniels, but McCoy is the #2 RB in fantasy. Right now I’m one of 5 teams at 2-3 in the league so hopefully this propels me to the playoffs.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:49 AM
I want my NBA
October 13th, 2011 at 8:49 AM
The PA529 plan we’re on recommended we save $400/month for 18 years (total = $86,400 plus all of the interest that accrues) to pay for my infant’s college at a state school such as PSU/Pitt in the year 2029.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:49 AM
I went to a private college. my first year’s cost in 2000-2001 was around 21,000. My brother goes to the same college and is now a junior. It’s now around 30,000 a year to go to school there. A crock of bullshit. Schools waste so much money on modern buildings, equipment, public relations, etc. and the students keep getting screwed. The quality of education is not improving with the increased costs.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:50 AM
The point is that the rule is stupid and inane
October 13th, 2011 at 8:50 AM
Fact – most of Europe sucks and I wouldn’t want to live there. However, I would be happy to chip in to send the protesting shitheads there immediately.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:51 AM
Pay my tuition. It’s what I want
Guy is an clearly an ass. Are we offended because we recognize that covering one’s tuition has significant value?
October 13th, 2011 at 8:53 AM
Didnt he say he took it off in the middle of the game because it was jabbing his neck? I mean, come on.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:53 AM
Couldn’t agree more.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:53 AM
and they’re poorer than we are.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:53 AM
If you can get in, Princeton will cover tuition depending on needs. I would imagine other Ivys are doing the same.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:54 AM
Typical of the talk-radio conservative type. Rather than acknowledge that something like subsidized higher education for worthy could be worthy, just dismiss all of Europe as “sucky” (probably without ever even visiting, let alone living).
October 13th, 2011 at 8:54 AM
Because their endowment is so high, I know Harvard has been covering tuition for students who show need for aid.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Fact – in most of Europe college is free.
and they’re poorer than we are.
Depends where in Europe you are talking about and in terms of other metrics, such as health care and the more nebulous “happiness” or general satisfaction, large sections of the continent do rank higher than the US.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:56 AM
Hmmm, try reading again sporto.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:56 AM
Pretty cut and dry. Should have got it adjusted, dude.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:57 AM
doesn’t the GI bill cover a lot of education costs for the military? that’s an option too.
but i have to agree with the overall sentiment that college is too expensive. it’s absurd that college costs are inflating over 6% per year.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:57 AM
“pay my tuition, it’s what i want”
JOIN THE NATIONAL GUARD
October 13th, 2011 at 8:58 AM
Ding ding ding. And true it is not free sd, since the education system is extremely segregated and predetermined.
Oh and if you ever get a chance to visit Princeton, it’s among the nicest campus’ in the country. It’s probably my favorite Ivy campus.
/might be biased since I live 10 minutes from the campus
October 13th, 2011 at 8:58 AM
oh, i was just being an asshole with the poorer comment.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:58 AM
is that including out of state tuition? what would it be to an in-state school?
Arkansas set up a scholarship lottery a couple years ago that gaurentee’s in-state high school grads a scholarship to any in-state university.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:58 AM
I think you got mildly ripped off in that trade, cant tell if TE is a required position. Jimmy Graham is a beast. Sproles (this season) is going to keep scoring IMO.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:58 AM
If there is one fair point these cretins are (unknowningly) highlighting, it’s the absurd cost of higher education. And yet they “occupy” Wall Street in protest of their school loan debt . . . because? Well, because they are being “exploited” by the “millionaires and billionaires” who don’t “pay their fair share.” Hmmm, I wonder where that poor kid got those talking points from.
It’s always “free” when someone else is paying.
October 13th, 2011 at 8:59 AM
Well, that provides a lot more backstory/understanding, but based on your initital post and a quick look at the players involved you, at besst, made an even swap of the NO backs (assuming you get credit for return yards with Sproles). Sproles has been 5pts/week better than Ingram so far. But, NO is going to be 3 headed in the backfield all year with Thomas/Sproles/Ingram.
Then, you downgraded fairly significantly at both TE (4 pts per week so far) and WR (5 pts per week) to pick up 7 points/week at RB (and Jones has already had his bye).
Total lost = 7-5-4-5 = -7 points per week.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:00 AM
doesn’t the GI bill cover a lot of education costs for the military? that’s an option too.
Yes, yes it does. ROTC as well.
That pussy can STFU.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:01 AM
I still have about 7 years of my $185 a month to go — I’m sure there are some people out there with more than that, it just sucks knowing that’s getting paid at the 15th every month.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:01 AM
“either you’re slingin’ crack rock or ya gotta wicked jump shot.”
these words still hold true.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Where you live phillymantis?
October 13th, 2011 at 9:03 AM
It’s technically West Windsor, but have a Princeton mailing address.
14 years of $220/month
October 13th, 2011 at 9:03 AM
I’d be happier too if it were socially acceptable to not brush my teeth anymore.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:04 AM
No matter how you think it should or could be paid for, we can all agree this bubble has to burst.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Depends where in Europe you are talking about and in terms of other metrics, such as health care and the more nebulous “happiness” or general satisfaction, large sections of the continent do rank higher than the US.
I’d be happier too if it were socially acceptable to not brush my teeth anymore.
Why stop there . . . give up showering and go straight continental.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:06 AM
@TBL,
Of course your financial advisor would want you to invest more with him than less.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:06 AM
What kind of loan consolidation rates do people get now on Federal loans? I consolidated mine in 2004 at 3.35%, so needless to say I’m never refinancing. But my wife has hers a littler over 6, I think.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:07 AM
would you like me to set up an amortization spreadsheet for you to show you how much faster you can pay that off and how much more you will save overall if you just dedicate a little more money every month to it? you’ll be astonished how much you’ll save even with just $25-50 extra a month.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:07 AM
It’s technically West Windsor, but have a Princeton mailing address
Lived in Princeton, Lawrenceville and Robbinsville. Are you behind Market Fair?
October 13th, 2011 at 9:07 AM
My federal loans are still deferred. I’m paying what I can on the private loans. I’ll keep deferring my federal loans until I get a steady job and cut down on some other debt. It is depressing
October 13th, 2011 at 9:08 AM
Perhaps he can’t afford to put any extra to it?
October 13th, 2011 at 9:08 AM
Fact – in most of Europe college is free.
And worthless. And we are watching college degrees become worthless before our eyes also. Fact – EVERYONE DOESN’T NEED TO BE COLLEGE EDUCATED. But somehow we as a country have come to believe this. As Ted Knight said in Caddyshack “The world needs ditch diggers too”.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:08 AM
I’m sure Ritty is shooting his guns widly in the air.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:08 AM
The hyper-entitled assclowns that are in this Occupy Wall Street bullshit are the result of an entire generation being given ribbons for participating and being told that they’re special, unique, and the world owes them everything. Mommy and Daddy paid for college (probably for a degree in anthropology, sanskrit, or something else worthwhile) and are now paying the rent while they go out and march. Fuck those dipshits.
Also, this.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:08 AM
meh…I do like a good shower occasionally.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:08 AM
Trust me, I pay off about an extra $20 a month as it is. However, $36k takes a long time esp. with other expenses included (rent, food, car). Hoping my bonus next year will help the cause.
Fairly close to there.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:09 AM
This is only true if they finish the year averaging the same they do in Week 5, which happens almost never. Thanks for making me really question my decision now though.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:09 AM
My wife’s best friend is Russian-American, born there and just got back from visiting family in Vladivostock and during dinner last night she said the words “you know, showering every day is pretty much something only Americans do”. I laughed.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:09 AM
there are literally thousands of different ways to alleviate the costs of getting a higher education. if you truly want to get one, expenses alone should not stand in your way. maybe it’s not the ideal route you envisioned to earning that higher education, but hey, that’s life. and college isn’t for everyone. there have been plenty people earn more than a comfortable living without a college degree – one of them just died.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:10 AM
it was an offer, not an indictment or judgment.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:11 AM
Education costs have to keep going up every year!
/Houses, circa 2007
October 13th, 2011 at 9:11 AM
THIS…well, not the smails part. the world needs data entrants too.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:11 AM
The American workforce has been told for years that you need a college degree to get ahead in life. It’s bullshit because many people like myself who have degrees can’t even get menial jobs no matter how much we tell the employer we want them because they have it in their mind that the applicant wants a high wage. No fuckface, we just want A DAMN WAGE.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:11 AM
185 a month? Jeepers dude. Hope you have a good interest rate. Mine’s over 5 so we’ve been paying $430 to mine for a while now, and I’ll be done by January. My husband’s only at 1% so we dont really care about how fast we pay that one.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:11 AM
awesome. you’ll save yourself a lot of money just with that extra $20 a month.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:11 AM
Perhaps he can’t afford to put any extra to it?
then the mizerle will set him up an entire budget. anything to get out of doing his actual job.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:12 AM
would you like me to set up an amortization spreadsheet for you to show you how much faster you can pay that off and how much more you will save overall if you just dedicate a little more money every month to it?
I would — 9 years at 273 per month.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:12 AM
This is true as well. Jobs that used to be bachelor degree only now require a masters or doctorate and 5-10 years of experience.
Also agree we need ditch diggers (I was one before I found a temp job and got hired full time in my current position). Not everyone can be a trader or a doctor.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:13 AM
After conducting more than 80 interviews, the NCAA has concluded its investigation into Auburn University. The NCAA enforcement staff is committed to a fair and thorough investigative process. As such, any allegations of major rules violations must meet a burden of proof, which is a higher standard than rampant public speculation online and in the media. The allegations must be based on credible and persuasive information and includes a good-faith belief that the Committee on Infractions could make a finding. As with any case, should the enforcement staff become aware of additional credible information, it will review the information to determine whether further investigation is warranted.
/SEC Charter
October 13th, 2011 at 9:13 AM
A friend of mine bought the Menendez condo behind Market Fair. There was a picture of the slain parents still on the wall when he moved in.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:13 AM
I wonder if the occupy protestors realize that the ipod/iphone in their dirty hands wouldn’t be possible without an IPO from big bad Wall Street.
Also, if they want to become a millionaire you gotta go out and earn it. You aren’t special. Louis CK’s rant about spoiled kids would fit well at this point.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Fact – EVERYONE DOESN’T NEED TO BE COLLEGE EDUCATED.
As someone who teaches at a university, this is absolutely true. So many kids there who simply shouldn’t be in the classroom.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Do you have a smart phone? I have nothing but disdain for people with expensive phone/tv/ other shit who think they can only ‘afford’ the minimum on their loans.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:14 AM
Sorry, you don’t have enough experience to do this office job. Well, how about you give me a chance, train me, and see how well I can pick up the routine.
Studying HR in college has made me hate recruiters.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:14 AM
there are literally thousands of different ways to alleviate the costs of getting a higher education.
very true. interestingly, working hard to get good grades and an academic scholarship(s) is often an overlooked strategy.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:14 AM
family friend, PurdueMatt.
Also, we know what we’re doing when it comes to investing. Wife passed her series 7, was briefly an Econ major in college. But thanks for your concern.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:15 AM
I know people on welfare with fancy phones. That upsets me.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:15 AM
ipods…the salve for the poor.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:15 AM
You want to know what would make me feel really special, like Jamie Dimon or something? If the company I ran made a policy out of terrible, incredibly risky and worthless to the real economy investments that made lots of people incredibly rich, but then reality hit and it destroyed the world economy, only I got to keep my job and there were no consequences and the federal government even gave my company billions of other peoples money for free. That would make me feel special.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:15 AM
You mean all of the data entrants that are now in India or China?
October 13th, 2011 at 9:16 AM
nah, I don’t do budgets, just amortizations of loans. I do avoid my real work at all costs though.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:16 AM
Loved the video Spence. Also, the cat boxing.
My husband makes four times as much as I do. I have a degree, he doesn’t.
I worked my way through school. On my two days off I took my classes, or at night. When I graduated I had no debt.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:16 AM
I feel like an asshole for emerging from college with no debt.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:16 AM
Education (and college degrees) remains the most direct link between a person and improved socioeconomic status. If some people want to rail on the (dis)value of all people getting a college degree – that’s fine – but it’s the onus of the individual to then accomplish something – not the degree.
There’s just lazy people out there. White collar, blue collar, etc. People just prefer to slack off in an office than in a factory or a field.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:17 AM
cj – I make good money, I rather just pay off some of my credit card debt from my wedding at 11-13% rather than my student loan at 3.35%. Also trying to pay off my car ($4500 left).
October 13th, 2011 at 9:17 AM
Good! all kidding aside, if I could go back 11 years and start college over, I would do everything differently.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Completely agree re: future performance. Somebody in that group could obviously get hurt too.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:18 AM
. Jobs that used to be bachelor degree only now require a masters or doctorate and 5-10 years of experience.
exactly why it’s not a bad idea to skip college, get an entry level job somewhere, and acquire experience while getting relevant education/training on the company’s tab.
you can have all the education you want, but a lot of high paying jobs 5+ years require experience.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Holy christ!
I feel like I want to go Suze Orman on your ass
October 13th, 2011 at 9:18 AM
What kind of loan consolidation rates do people get now on Federal loans? I consolidated mine in 2004 at 3.35%, so needless to say I’m never refinancing. But my wife has hers a littler over 6, I think.
4.25% I’m pretty pleased with that. After you do a consolidation, I don’t think you can refi them, so I’m stuck there.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:18 AM
i was made to understand that since i have an ipod that i should thank the executives that cut costs by outsourcing jobs to china and india for the IPO that would’ve been impossible to give to apple without being greedy in the process.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:19 AM
Even decent paying jobs in certain fields want 2-3 yeas experience to work behind a desk and answer phones..or you need to be a woman..
October 13th, 2011 at 9:19 AM
I feel like an asshole for emerging from college with no debt.
Not asshole. Awesome. I have told my boys for years, get a scholarship or you go to Community College for two years. Earn what you get! Too much of society wants a free ride. My first got a Golf scholarship. Second remains to be seen.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:19 AM
I have disdain for people who tell others what they should do with their money.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Loved the EJ read. SVP and Tony Reali were tweeting about it last night. EJ is just an all around good person. Feel bad for the family.
In brighter news, it’s a hockey Thursday! The Jets are in Chicago! I’ll be drinking at my desk today! YAY!
October 13th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Second remains to be seen.
I assume you’ve checked the runaway shelters, and circuses that have recently been through town?
October 13th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
How are the public colleges like in other states? In california there are the UCs and Calstates with the calstates being the cheaper but less prestigious schools. I’m still paying for my undergrad at UC Santa Barbara and I’m about to pay for grad school at Cal State Long Beach. I’m looking to apply for a doctoral program, was wondering about how colleges in other states are doing as far as scholarships.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:21 AM
Oh stop, never been late on a card, never overextend myself. Just the way of the world. Unfortunately, I get 15-18% of my take home once a year in February.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:21 AM
I just need to get a shitty job, save up some money, and get the fuck out of New York.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:21 AM
Can I ask why you took on debt for a wedding? I apologize if this sounds dick-ish, and I benefitted from a father-in-law who saved specificaly for his daughters’ weddings, but if we had to pay for a wedding, it would have been a courthouse job.
Honest curiosity as I know all bets are off when it comes to how people handle weddings.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:22 AM
was briefly an Econ major in college
i was briefly a religion major in college but that doesn’t make me a preacher.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:22 AM
i like your style.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:23 AM
I did too. Then I went to grad school. Now I’m $38k in debt and acquiring a degree I won’t use right away.
They do say that student loans are some of the only healthy debt you can take on at least. My employer is paying for the remainder of my school and then matching 33% of whatever loan payments I make back once my deferment is up. So it’s not all that bad.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Sounds great in theory, but it’s really hard to go back to school after being otu of it or juggle both.
I’m slogging through grad school part time after 5 years in the work force, and it’s slowing draining my will to live.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:23 AM
If I were going to move anywhere to send my kids to a public school, it would be either Cal, North Carolina or Virginia. Pennsylvania isn’t bad either with Penn St/Pitt being public univerities.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:23 AM
I assume you’ve checked the runaway shelters, and circuses that have recently been through town?
He’s still in the household and has some opportunities if he keeps working. On the other hand he could also definitely end up in the Circus. Or in a video saying he wants free college….
October 13th, 2011 at 9:24 AM
I want to scream from the rooftops. Having debt does not have to be the way of the world. Never been late on a payment does not neccessarily mean you are not living beyond your means. I dont mean to pick on you. But having fancy gadgets and smartphones and other incredibly high monthly payments on one hand, and having high interest debt on the other hand makes NO sense to me.
/rant over
October 13th, 2011 at 9:24 AM
That is awesome
October 13th, 2011 at 9:25 AM
That’s like saying Subway is healthy fast food. Still not that great for you.
/yesterday’d
October 13th, 2011 at 9:25 AM
So how does everyone feel about iCloud? I activated it however I’m not quite sure how I feel about the security and privacy protocols. Going to read the fine print in the terms and conditions on my lunch today. I want to know exactly what kind of information I’m sending to Apple.
It is nice to be able to sync my phone via wireless now though.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:25 AM
I guess to take this further … you’ve not been late on a payment, but the card has a large balance on it right? Isn’t that ruining the credit score?
October 13th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
DERP DERP DERP DERP
/Good on Wysh for “getting it”
October 13th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
Only had minimal help my family (her family couldn’t help at all), and the majority of the wedding was paid for from my bonus and our pay. I took on maybe $3k on debt to pay for the rest which is almost paid for.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
Everyone has debt. Some is better than others.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
I was surprised to see how many California state schools were highly ranked in the US News rankings. I knew about Berkeley and UCLA but didn’t know some of the other ones have moved up so high in the rankings.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
I want to frame this quote from ill.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
The grad school I want to do eventually will offer me no new job or income earning pursuits. I’ll be applying only to programs that are accompanied by a scholarship (usually in turn for teaching).
October 13th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
I’m slogging through grad school part time after 5 years in the work force, and it’s slowing draining my will to live.
at least you have the Red Sox… oh, wait.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
He looked pretty good.
Claude Giroux might win the scoring title this year.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:28 AM
No.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:28 AM
It’s not going well here. City colleges, Calstates and UCs have all increased tuition. Colleges are cutting non tenured professors and lecturers. They recently cut about 130 lecturers and profs at calstate longbeach while also increasing tuition by about 30% or so.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:29 AM
I wouldn’t say 1k on a 15k total line is running a high balance. Besides, the FICO score also looks at that, and calculated utilization rate. If you have a minimal (20%) utilization rate, that improves your FICO score dramatically.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
you’ve not been late on a payment, but the card has a large balance on it right? Isn’t that ruining the credit score?
No.
ruin is probably too strong a word, but it definitely lowers your credit score.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
I’ll be damned. Didn’t know that. I don’t want to get hit with the tremendous interest rate on my card, but I always assumed rolling the balance didn’t look good when people checked the ol’ credit report.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:31 AM
I wouldn’t say 1k on a 15k total line is running a high balance.
your wedding cost 1000 dollars, and you had to put it on your credit card?
October 13th, 2011 at 9:31 AM
/gets depressed over job talk
//sends in more applications and resumes
///gets no return calls from his calls
////drinks
October 13th, 2011 at 9:31 AM
I guess to take this further … you’ve not been late on a payment, but the card has a large balance on it right? Isn’t that ruining the credit score?
As somebody in the industry, total credit saturation is one aspect of your score (i.e how much of your available revolving credit you are using). Ability (income) and stability (length and job and length of home ownership) being important too. Ability, Stability and Willingness to Pay…. 60-day marks on your credit card are amazing brutal on your credit to a respectable lender. 30-day marks are nothing to be proud of either.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:32 AM
As my comments are revealing, I know nothing of FICO scores or utilization rates because I just pay off the balance every month. We use the CC for any and all purchases, however, and even to pay other bills where allowed.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Yeah…pretty much.
On the bright side, only a couple months until the snow falls!
October 13th, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Rolling a moderate balance is actually the best thing you can do for your credit. Like I said before, FICO rewards your for using and then paying off over 2-3 payments. It’s weird. But since utilization accounts for 30% of the FICO score, it is important.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
Can I ask why you took on debt for a wedding? I apologize if this sounds dick-ish, and I benefitted from a father-in-law who saved specificaly for his daughters’ weddings
Just found out that one of my Cousins got divorced after 1 year… they had been dating TEN YEARS before they got married, but the dumbass didn’t delete some emails on his Blackberry and she caught him cheating… anyways… I don’t know what an expensive wedding goes for these days… but I would double it… 50K, 100K? I don’t know, but her dad paid a shitload of money for a 1 year marriage.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
I feel like an asshole for emerging from college with no debt.
Yup, very lucky that both wifey and I had full ride scholarships. Thank my lucky stars every day.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
No, I had roughtly a 4k balance, it’s down to 1k now.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:34 AM
Thanks.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:35 AM
Some FICO info….LINK
I needed to understand what was actually in my credit score after my divorce. Credit score takes a shit load of things into account.
It really is “the permanent record” that our elementary school teachers warned us about.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:35 AM
My father-in-law told me that he could have bought a Mercedes with what he paid for our wedding. He partly brought it on himself (he insisted on Sat night, when I wanted Sunday), but it still sickened me a little.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:36 AM
The Wife says she would want to save for the wedding(s) of the child(ren) we aren’t having. I say no freaking way.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
Undergrad I was lucky enough to get a bunch of academic scholarships, and then my parents picked up the remainder at PSU. For grad school, since I was in engineering, there was plenty of grant money at the schools for research so I scored free tuition plus $20k a year to live on at Michigan.
Wife has a student loan, but it’s very minor. We pay $110/month for 10 years and it’s only at 1.3% or something ridiculously low. It’s not even worth paying off early.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
/nods knowingly
//thanks father-in-law again
October 13th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
SC and SG… the wedding I mentioned above had the reception at the University Club of Chicago… that place is pretty unbelievable..
October 13th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Like any other protest movement, Occupy Wall Street is going to attract jackasses who have no interest in the message. See: Tea Party.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
I don’t know what an expensive wedding goes for these days…
you mean like the royal wedding, or just like one where the bride is wearing a 5K dress, and it’s 200 a plate for dinner?
October 13th, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Our wedding was approximately 5K. We paid for it ourselves. I thought that was very reasonable.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:40 AM
Our wedding was approximately 5K. We paid for it ourselves. I thought that was very reasonable.
that’s dirt cheap.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
I screen potential employees credit scores before even offering them an interview. Your credit score is an indicator of how responsible you are.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Get married in the middle of winter (like JAN-MARCH). That will knock 30% of your cost down. Everybody needs a reason to get trashed after football season.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Awesome job. We came in just under 14K, including honeymoon. Got 10K from parents, 4K from savings.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Claude Giroux might win the scoring title this year.
I like him, but no.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:43 AM
I think I’ll stick to just attending weddings.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:44 AM
for those of you looking to save money on your wedding, i was briefly a religion major in college and will marry you for free.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Our wedding was approximately 5K. We paid for it ourselves. I thought that was very reasonable.
Nice. Ours was around $12K all in. We covered half.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:45 AM
I just got back from my honeymoon on Monday. Wedding was about 8k and the honeymoon was 3k. We paid for it all except the flowers and rehearsal dinner.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:45 AM
This!
October 13th, 2011 at 9:45 AM
I see the Columbus Blue Jackets finally got their first point in the standings after 4 games. My playoff prediction not looking so good early one.
Steve Mason sucks.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:46 AM
I actually didn’t want to spend the money and wanted to elope. It was my first and his second, but he said I would regret not having a wedding with my family and friends. It was a blast.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
The day before my wedding I showed up with a certified check to pay the balance to the hall where we had our reception (classic family-run Italian place). The owner says if I went and turned it into cash he’d knock a few hundred off. I couldnt do it. I had visions of showing up the next day with the hall closed and boarded up.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
LOL Mark Kotsay
October 13th, 2011 at 9:48 AM
This has been a very entertaining Roundup thread. I have nothing to add but I’ve enjoyed reading.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:49 AM
I have nothing to add
I never let that stop me
October 13th, 2011 at 9:49 AM
How much did most of you get in straight cash from gifts as a percentage of the total wedding cost?
October 13th, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Anyone have any luck downloading iOS5? I tried last night and it said it was going to take 8 hours, so I figured I’d just wait.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:50 AM
so you just want to benefit without contributing, go occupy wall street already!
October 13th, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Steve Mason sucks.
0.910 ESSV%, hovering well below league average from last year.
/their PK sucks also
October 13th, 2011 at 9:51 AM
I went to a wedding a few years ago at a Castle like golf course in Long Island. Groom rode in on a decorated elephant, and they had a $20,000 Louis Vuitton cake. Hey, I suppose when you got the money to spend….
October 13th, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Wedding was a blast. I’d still not do it if I had a choice. If only to save the in-laws heaps of money. This was NOT an option for the Wife. It’s probably part of the reason why I am immediately opposed to attending any weddings now, regardless of who it is.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Little to none. Nearly all gifts were from the registry.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Our wedding was approximately 5K. We paid for it ourselves. I thought that was very reasonable.
that’s dirt cheap.
Ya what a great price on a cult ceremony and legally punishing contract.
/shudders
//You go in debt to learn nothing and go further in debt to live with someone you are already living with.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:54 AM
I have a feeling Ray Emery is going to be lower than this tonight. Of course the first regular season game I’m going to and he’s likely to start because Crow is already hurt. They did call up Salak though so maybe he gets the call tonight.
Interested in seeing Buff’s reception tonight. He and Laddy’s first game back in the CHI since the trade. I will absolutely be giving Andrew Ladd a standing ovation. Buff gets a golf clap.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
I have a feeling Ray Emery is going to be lower than this tonight.
They’re playing the Jets…
October 13th, 2011 at 9:56 AM
I just got back from my honeymoon on Monday.
Congrats. Sadly we didnt go on a honeymoon (just stayed at nice hotel) and plan in a few years to go to Hawaii for our 10-year anniversary. My wife didn’t get much vacation at the time.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
How much did most of you get in straight cash from gifts as a percentage of the total wedding cost?
Somebody I didn’t know didn’t register. Best move ever. Just tell your moms a few gift ideas so the old people don’t freak out. Many people just prefer to give cash or gift cards. Win/Win.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Bad experience?
October 13th, 2011 at 9:58 AM
How much did most of you get in straight cash from gifts as a percentage of the total wedding cost?
an incredibly small amount, percentage wise, came in cash. And we lost $$ on everybody who gave cash, because the most cash anybody gives is a hundred bucks.
October 13th, 2011 at 9:58 AM
They played the Stars last Friday and that didn’t prevent them from losing their 5th straight opener.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Bad experience?
No but I assume it would be.
Roast Beef: Man you know my opinion on marriage is that it is a concept invented by friends who want free appetizers
October 13th, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Where were you that day when all the high rollers here said they give 200-300 cash at weddings? I was fighting a losing battle.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Where were you that day when all the high rollers here said they give 200-300 cash at weddings? I was fighting a losing battle.
I ended up only giving $50 at the wedding I went to. I figured I paid to fly halfway across the country, $50 was a reasonable gift. And I’m a cheap bastard.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Pay off my grad school debt. It’s what I want.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Where were you that day when all the high rollers here said they give 200-300 cash at weddings? I was fighting a losing battle.
that must have been during the span of days where I actually left my house. But that’ retarded. I probably opened 25 “cash” gifts (which included checks), and none of them were for more than $100.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:03 AM
I was there cj. I was one of those high rollers. I gave $125 at the last wedding I went to (work friend). For my best friends (and guys who were in my wedding party), they got $500 each. I’m a generous person however.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:04 AM
What’s your opinion on birthdays? People who just want free shit because they were able to survive another year?
October 13th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
an incredibly small amount, percentage wise, came in cash. And we lost $$ on everybody who gave cash, because the most cash anybody gives is a hundred bucks.
This was our experience too. Her parents did give us $500 which we blew in Costa Rica on the spa and the zip line.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
A generous person who is in debt.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
What’s your opinion on birthdays? People who just want free shit because they were able to survive another year?
You get drunk with friends and usually no one changes their names,legal status or invokes approval from Zeus.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Sounds about right to me.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:06 AM
If you are over the age of 21 no one gives a shit.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:06 AM
A generous person who is in debt.
No.. no… didn’t you hear? He makes a lot of money.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:08 AM
You going to fault me for making charitable donations despite being in debt, too? C’mon. Generosity is a good quality.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:09 AM
If I got $500 for a wedding present from anyone other than parents, I would immediately call them because I would assume it was a mistake.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:09 AM
i did because of the bar that let me drink free on my birthday…that was a fun 7-hour stay
October 13th, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Do you have credit card debt? Why? Do you have savings? I see nothing wrong with charitable donations, but your buddy getting married is not a needy cause.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:12 AM
So your problem is with the name changing and religion. Got it. Definitely a cult ceremony.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Yes and yes. I still donate $1.5K to charity every year though. $10 a paycheck to the hospital, $750 to Iowa football and then the rest is dispersed to whatever causes I see fit.
It’s charity but it’s not all virtue. There are tax related purposes of course.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:13 AM
I hope CJ doesn’t get saddlesore from being on her high horse the entire latter part of this thread.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:13 AM
So when I need to put new tires on my car next week, I guess I won’t be able to pay my rent according to cj since I’ll have to incur some debt. It is ok to have debt as long as you don’t abuse it.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:13 AM
And neither of those things need occur to be married.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Was this for you 22nd birthday? No? 21st? I stand by my argument.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:15 AM
I picture too many commenters being like the Occupiers or any of the other people of the younger generation who think they are owed anything, or think they can afford anything because they have a job. I get really worked up about this shit because I think I’m doing things right and yet I think it wont matter in the long run. Frustrating. My apologies.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Our wedding was non-religious. We had a notary public and some Shakespeare quotes. Ceremony was ten minutes tops then the booze started!
October 13th, 2011 at 10:16 AM
it bother you that this helps pay your terribly overpaid coach?
29th two weeks ago…i apologize for nothing
October 13th, 2011 at 10:16 AM
You seriously dont have enough in savings to pay for tires?!?!
/pants heavily
October 13th, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Frustrating. My apologies.
Nah… I’m the same way.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:18 AM
my opinion on marriage is that it is a concept invented by friends who want free appetizers
I love weddings. Open bar.
Except for Baptist weddings. No booze. Hate ‘em.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:18 AM
This wouldn’t come from savings for me. It’d go on the CC and then get paid off …
October 13th, 2011 at 10:19 AM
Like paid off right away for the points, or paid off slowly so you get to pay more for the tires than they were worth due to interest?
October 13th, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Well then I need the location of this drinking establishment. But you drinking for free on your birthday doesnt really make anyone care too much, except you.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Paid off immediately.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Our wedding was non-religious. We had a notary public and some Shakespeare quotes. Ceremony was ten minutes tops then the booze started!
That has warmed my Grinch-wedding-hating heart. Sounds awesome.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:22 AM
Exactly what I was going to do. Put on a card and get some cash back.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Let it roll and make it a point to tell CJ the “right” way sucks.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:24 AM
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this, its the exact same thing as paying with your savings.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:25 AM
It’s frustrating as a person who has worked hard to get where they are and still has somne debt. I was lucky enough to get a scholarship in undergrad but after graduating I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do and had to wander the earth for a few years before figuring it out. Do I wish I had not blown threw a good deal of my savings? Of course but life isn’t nicely mapped out for everyone. I went back to school on my own dime which I pay off every month, picked myself up by the bootstraps and got a job (in this economy!) but I had to slog through unpaid and little paid internships to get there. I had to spend months unemployed and get denied unemployment (no hand out for me!) until being forced to move back in with my parents and drive a car that was built in 1991 (still runs). SO when I did become gainfully employed I had my grad school debt and some credit card debt, not from living a lavish lifestyle, but actually living.
So no, I don’t have savings (aside from my 401k and IRA), and I have debt. If this makes you pant heavily then I apologize. I don’t think I am owed anything, I work for what I have.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:25 AM
You JUST SAID you’d have to incur some debt to pay for the tires. Paying the bill immediately is not incurring debt.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:26 AM
How much did most of you get in straight cash from gifts as a percentage of the total wedding cost?
Does the wedding reception Money Dance exist everywhere, or is it just in South Louisiana? Anyone who wants to dance with the bride pins cash to her veil, anywhere from $1 to $100.
All of my sisters raked in enough cash from the Money Dance alone to cover their honeymoons.
/ Let the Make It Rain jokes begin
October 13th, 2011 at 10:27 AM
/plays violing for cleet
//obviously my anger isnt for someone in your situation
October 13th, 2011 at 10:28 AM
I know, I just feel that painting with too braod a brush is not wise on this topic, but the Occupiers or the crowd on the otherside.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:29 AM
That has warmed my Grinch-wedding-hating heart. Sounds awesome.
I initially misread this as “Gingrich-wedding-hating heart” and was going to object, seeing how Gingrich has been through three of four weddings himself.
/ Presidential philanderer’d
October 13th, 2011 at 10:30 AM
’96 for me … hit 202k miles this week.
/oh, and props on working hard
October 13th, 2011 at 10:32 AM
I don’t think I am owed anything, I work for what I have.
Wages have not risen against inflation since that ’60s ostensibly this generation has to ‘rent their wage’ using debt and credit. It is not that you should have handouts but should have a more equitable pay rate. Even with a great job that you work hard at your upward economic mobility has never been lower.
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10#and-by-the-way-few-people-would-have-a-problem-with-inequality-if-the-american-dream-were-still-fully-intactif-it-
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10#after-adjusting-for-inflation-average-hourly-earnings-havent-increased-in-50-years-14
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10#ceo-pay-has-skyrocketed-300-since-1990-corporate-profits-have-doubled-average-production-worker-pay-
October 13th, 2011 at 10:33 AM
I demannd a spelllcheck. It’s what I wantt..
October 13th, 2011 at 10:33 AM
Nope. He’s worth it. I helped raise $17M of the $91M that paid for that stadium upgrade too.
Besides, those donations move me up the season ticket holders list that much faster.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:34 AM
Nice. My Odometer broke in 2007 at 192k so I don’t know the exact number but it has to be over 300k.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:35 AM
I am pretty sure I could find a way to make them regret that move on many fronts. was there any restrictions, like well drinks only?
October 13th, 2011 at 10:38 AM
The thing about college that sucks most is that you pick a major based on what you think you want to be doing in your future. But at 18-22 years old you have absolutely no idea what real life is like. I enjoyed my major but I’m not using it at all and wish I would have done something like environmental engineering. Or that I could have taken project management courses and been PMI certified after college. You take out all these loans for classes that interest you but then 10 years later when you’re paying them off you feel like you wasted all this money to get a degree that isn’t even helping you get a job.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:38 AM
I am pretty sure I could find a way to make them regret that move on many fronts.
drink their top shelf stuff for hours, then puke it up all over the place and walk out?
October 13th, 2011 at 10:39 AM
free tap beer i should have specified, half-price cocktails
October 13th, 2011 at 10:40 AM
20 minutes should be the maximum time for a wedding. me and my gf were both raised Catholic and if we ever decide to get married I think there’s going to be some disappointed relatives at the non-Catholic wedding. and no booze at a wedding means I am making a brief appearance.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
What SG said!
October 13th, 2011 at 10:44 AM
Are these things a protest can change? How ’bout working a couple of shitty jobs and doin the best you can?
/high horse’d
//didn’t read any of that
///has a job that pays the bills
October 13th, 2011 at 10:45 AM
25 mins for me and the wife and we did a mixed ceremony (Catholic & Jewish elements).
October 13th, 2011 at 10:47 AM
There’s some truth here. I had a nice creative writing major picked out and my mother’s immediate reaction was, “what else are you doing?”. I quickly added accounting and had a job before I graduated.
/not so humble brag?
October 13th, 2011 at 10:48 AM
yeah, but my minor in geography helps me in Jeopardy! so there’s that.
maybe, but if I puked up top shelf I would be more pissed at myself than anything.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:48 AM
at 18-22 years old you have absolutely no idea what real life is like.
I wouldn’t have been ready for university at 18. Took 5 years off after high school to ride the bus around Western Canada and started school at 21.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:48 AM
16 minutes. And we did 95% of pictures beforehand so we were at cocktail hour 30 minutes in.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:48 AM
The problem with the occupiers is that their message is muddled. I get it, they want the the super rich to contribute more, tightly regulate banks,etc. There’s anti-war protesters, people who want free healthcare, college, credit card debts wiped, open borders, no immigration control, and basically have a Marxist socialist government with redistribution of wealth (yeah I went there).
Want free healthcare and cheap drugs?
Who’s paying for the 10 years and a billion dollars for research, tests and studies that go into developing a drug? If it doesn’t work or cause a side effect, you’ll sue and call the drug companies profit mongering evil entities. Yet you’ll rail against the amount of money they make. Can’t have it both ways assholes.
Oil companies profits should be curbed, but they still use a shit ton of money for R&D.
Want free education? Sure, let’s cut back on research, development and contributions that colleges make towards the economy and help people actually get employment. Maybe sinking 30 grand a year into that art history major to become a barista at Starbucks and railing against capitalism wasn’t such a good idea now, was it? So put down your expensive macbook and get a pc ($1200 vs about $400), get off your ass and fucking stop acting like you’re owed something. The world needs ditch diggers too. Go become a part of a union and start slacking off, and bitching about management. At least you’ll get paid for for doing so.
/fuck off
//rant over
October 13th, 2011 at 10:50 AM
I quickly added accounting and had a job before I graduated.
Are you a CPA?
/did my internship with Ernst & Young
October 13th, 2011 at 10:50 AM
Are these things a protest can change?
It’s not something that will fix itself through self righteous apathy.
/although I doubt weed smoking, granola eating and not showering will help either.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Indeed. PwC for me for five years, though I never interned.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:52 AM
Moderation, but I’ll try it again:
The problem with the occupiers is that their message is muddled. I get it, they want the the super rich to contribute more, tightly regulate banks,etc. There’s anti-war protesters, people who want free healthcare, college, credit card debts wiped, open borders, no immigration control, and basically have a Marxist socialist government with redistribution of wealth (yeah I went there).
Want free healthcare and cheap drugs?
Who’s paying for the 10 years and a billion dollars for research, tests and studies that go into developing a drug? If it doesn’t work or cause a side effect, you’ll sue and call the drug companies profit mongering evil entities. Yet you’ll rail against the amount of money they make. Can’t have it both ways assholes.
Oil companies profits should be curbed, but they still use a shit ton of money for R&D.
Want free education? Sure, let’s cut back on research, development and contributions that colleges make towards the economy and help people actually get employment. Maybe sinking 30 grand a year into that art history major to become a barista at Starbucks and railing against capitalism wasn’t such a good idea now, was it? So put down your expensive macbook and get a pc ($1200 vs about $400), get off your ass and fucking stop acting like you’re owed something. The world needs ditch diggers too. Go become a part of a union and start slacking off, and bitching about management. At least you’ll get paid for for doing so.
/fuck off
//rant over
October 13th, 2011 at 10:53 AM
Indeed. PwC for me for five years, though I never interned.
I guess technically I didn’t either, hired out of university. Did a little over 3 years and went into industry.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:53 AM
If I had a Dolorean, my advice to myself would be to take the fun interesting subject, and make that your minor, and find something more realistic to major in.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:54 AM
Oh good, I’m in moderation now
October 13th, 2011 at 10:54 AM
I also fail to understand why information has never been more open and easier to access yet education has never been so expensive. It’s not like were furnishing, robing and buying beer for thousands of monks copying scribes all fucking day.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:54 AM
I guess if you’re feeling downtrodden and effed by the Man, this protest is for you. My reaction would not be to sit in on the protest but to figure out what I needed to do to help myself, even if it meant another job or taking on debt. I’ll admit that it’s easy to say this from a position where I have no debt that is killing me and a job that pays my bills. But when they’re done being mad, are they going to help themselves?
October 13th, 2011 at 10:57 AM
I needed a cultural change. I didn’t like how I always needed to be worried about my next promotion and how I looked for that. Can’t I just do my job and not worry about the job I’m not technically doing?
October 13th, 2011 at 10:58 AM
Education is so expensive, because people will pay for it. Part of that is due to the easy access of student loans, both government and private.
October 13th, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Hey, me too!
October 13th, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Wife and I didn’t go on a honeymoon. Why? Couldn’t afford it. We got married in a civil ceremony? Why? Didn’t want to spend money in a church or rent out a fancy hall. Our parents basically forced us to later have a “celebration brunch” months after the fact at a VFW Hall type place. And that STILL cost us $5k. Weddings and all that shit are fucking joke. And people kept giving us shit we didn’t need. “Oh, a cake holder?!? Why THANK YOU!!!!” /wanking
October 13th, 2011 at 11:03 AM
Be young and rebellious. Don’t listen to the man! BUT, you’re protest is stupid. HUH?
/one word: plastics
October 13th, 2011 at 11:09 AM
Meant another job or taking on debt
Particularly for the under those 30 employment opportunities are scare. The rate at which debt is accumulated is untenable, you cannot have a functioning consumer economy whereby all purchases go against debt. It was even mentioned earlier that cash wedding present would be put against debt. With less debt wedding cash would go to into consumer spending which would fuel production.
October 13th, 2011 at 11:14 AM
Ok, that makes sense to me. What’s causing this? I know that’s not an easy question.
October 13th, 2011 at 11:16 AM
Particularly for the under those 30 employment opportunities are scare. The rate at which debt is accumulated is untenable, you cannot have a functioning consumer economy whereby all purchases go against debt. It was even mentioned earlier that cash wedding present would be put against debt. With less debt wedding cash would go to into consumer spending which would fuel production.
I want you on my economic team.
October 13th, 2011 at 11:20 AM
economics tsar, czar, but not csar
October 13th, 2011 at 11:25 AM
My wife and I were 10 minutes total, it was ridiculous. To chime in on other thread questions… we spent way too much (including everything probably 15k) but had some help from parents and paid the rest in cash, so we didn’t have debt.
Since it was here though and everyone was from out of town, we certainly got nowhere near the cost back in gifts, but it didn’t matter. Now that we are buying a house and trying to fix some stuff on that, I asked my wife if she wishes we could go back and not spend all that, and she had no doubts. There is no price limit on having all your favorite people (every person we invited except cousins we expected to not come, came) in the world in the same place, all happy and drinking and celebrating.
October 13th, 2011 at 11:49 AM
Paying for health care is the number one reason for debt accumulation in America. Fear of losing health insurance with losing one’s job is one reason why wages can be kept so low. Tough to have the balls to demand a raise if it risk your families health coverage.
Student debt is a huge factor and prepares the young to rent their wage.
Debt has filled the void left by 50 years of wage stagnation. You will never have a comfortable living wage unless you go somehow pay 50 grand to university/college is a prevailing notion.
Stupidity is a huge factor, $51 billion dollars where charged on credit cards in the US in 2006 on fast food alone. Bailed out Wall Street Banks have over leveraged themselves 40 times over on investments they did not understand. The entire country operated on the principle that housing values never went down and borrowed against the bubble.
Tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy and ultra wealthy companies had no trickle down employment effect, they merely took the profits and continued to outsource while social structures went under funded.
/I have no idea how to fix all this