The Roundup: Trojans Pound Bears, Another American Pie Movie & Stephen Garcia’s Legacy at South Carolina
Margot Robbie from Pan-Am … Conan O’Brien kicked this man in the nads … this father-son mugshot combo is must-see … what the hell is wrong with people … I’m not sure about Johnny Depp as the Lone Ranger … fascinating story of Steve Jobs quietly moving to Memphis in 2009 to get a liver transplant … if you pet a police narotics dog, make sure you don’t have buds on you … Vanderbilt set a record for flu vaccinations … Playboy goes 20 questions with Rashida Jones … the 32 wittiest comebacks of all-time … creepy dude talks about hacking into Scarlett Johansson’s email … here comes another American Pie movie …
USC 30, Cal 9. Could Jeff Tedford be in some trouble? They’re 3-3 and winless in the Pac-10, plus, they still have to visit Tempe and Palo Alto. [LA Times]
What is Denard Robinson’s day like? [WSJ]
John Madden talks about former Raiders owner Al Davis. [NYT]
Stephen Garcia’s legacy at South Carolina: “He will be remembered as the quarterback who keyed a professor’s car, who was charged with underage drinking, who got caught with women in his hotel room the night before the Chick-fil-A Bowl and who disrupted an SEC-mandated leadership event with alcohol on his breath.” [The State]
Seton Hall’s soccer goalie is 23 and just returned from a 12-month stint in Afghanistan. [Star Ledger]
If you’re into wagering – in Vegas or recreationally – here’s a good list of people to follow on twitter. [Beyond the Bets]
“San Francisco Restaurants Want To Make 25% Standard Tip Rate.” [CBS]
Luke Winn thinks these are the 16 best shooters in college basketball. [SI]
Santonio Holmes speaks the truth about the Jets’ offensive line woes. [Post]
“It is bad enough when the attacks come from fan sites, that murky gray area of our new world where people perform as journalists but are paid by teams or universities. Then the reporter who broke the news has an agenda or is a hater.” [Dana O'Neil at Penn State]
Maurice Clarett jumped out of a window robbing a house in 8th grade and was arrested. Why was he robbing the house? To impress neighborhood toughs. [Grantland]
Jared Crick, Nebraska’s star defensive tackle, is out for the season with a pectoral injury. I wonder if it’ll impact his NFL draft stock. [World-Herald]
“A football coach who was disciplined over his team’s recent bench-clearing brawl resigned last week after a photo of him wearing thong underwear surfaced on Twitter.” [USA Today Sports]
Kobe Bryant talks about Kwame Brown. Would love to hear Kobe and Jordan talk Kwame. [WP]
Five games in and we’re already saying Andy Dalton over Carson Palmer was the right move? Come on … [Enquirer]
Remember these girls from last week singing Super Bass? They went on the Ellen show and got to meet Nicki Minaj.
Watch this plane crash during an air show in China. Fortunately, the pilot ejects himself in time.
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October 14th, 2011 at 8:17 AM
Fringe 1st-rounder now.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:17 AM
you shouldn’t, since he’s not the Lone Ranger.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:19 AM
My first world record!
/flexes
//winces because shoulder still hurts
October 14th, 2011 at 8:20 AM
Carson didn’t want to play there. so, yeah, it was.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:24 AM
Yeah that’s just ridiculous. I already tip 18-20%, but 25%? You have to pretty much give me a handy to get that.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:25 AM
So he didn’t buy the liver? Man… if you can’t believe what you hear on the internet, what can you believe?
October 14th, 2011 at 8:26 AM
Go State.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:26 AM
As far as I know the options were “Traded Palmer” or “Retired Palmer”, not “Plays for us Palmer”, right?
October 14th, 2011 at 8:27 AM
pegging discussions > tipping discussions > bbq discussions
/Sportsgal
October 14th, 2011 at 8:27 AM
Ditto
October 14th, 2011 at 8:27 AM
Wittiest comebacks are a nice way to kick-off Friday.
Um, 25% standard tip rate? Wow. Tips are earned, not just assumed. I start at 20% and work my way down from there, usually only if something goes horribly wrong.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:29 AM
Agree with all of this. I start at 18 usually, move up or down depending upon the service. Chain restaurants are almost always 15%.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:30 AM
Jets should see if they can get Brandon Lloyd. Then maybe call about Ben Tate to see if he’s available now that Foster is healthy.
Whatever they do, they should not improve the QB. That position is rock steady.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:33 AM
I would feel rather good about crossing out their 25% tip line item on the check and replacing it with something else. Can’t really eff a waiter/waitress though because they depend on tips.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:33 AM
what he said.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:34 AM
Good article about Robinson too… it’d suck to be at a small football program with the facilities and staff to treat injuries like that. It’s gotta be nice having the US/laser/ice bath therapies for 5 hours a day.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:35 AM
what does Denver want in return?
Lloyd is a weird dude who pissed off everyone in Washington and was considered a bum until a fluke year in 2010 thanks to McDaniels & Orton.
seems like a diva. i’ll give you a 6th rounder, but that’s it.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:35 AM
Sorry I’ve been meaning to email this in for the roundup - Steve Jobs drove around with no license plate.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:36 AM
Am I the only one who’s never gotten a flu shot? I’m a pretty healthy person though.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:36 AM
i didn’t get this as a normal student.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:37 AM
It’s basically Winston Churchill’s Greatest Hits (as expected)
October 14th, 2011 at 8:38 AM
never got one.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:39 AM
Jesus dont need to stinking licence plate
October 14th, 2011 at 8:39 AM
no
October 14th, 2011 at 8:39 AM
/joins this group
//hasn’t been sick since college
October 14th, 2011 at 8:40 AM
I was really disappointed that “the jerk store called…they’re out of you” was not on that list.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:41 AM
Well I had sex with your wife!
October 14th, 2011 at 8:43 AM
Got an H1N1 shot couple years back, only because my kid was less than a year old.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:43 AM
Well I had sex with your wife!
the joke’s on you, because she’s fat and ugly
/witticism
October 14th, 2011 at 8:43 AM
Once you have kids, you’ll want to. It’s no fun with them getting you sick or vice versa. My wife is on /team no flu shot, but I’m required to.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:46 AM
Go Blue!
October 14th, 2011 at 8:46 AM
Makes sense with they’re developing immune systems and what not. There are no kids in my future, however.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:46 AM
/needs more Carlton Dotson
October 14th, 2011 at 8:46 AM
Once you have kids, you’ll want to
mr C hates children, so he may never get sick. Unless he goes to a 1 year old’s birthday party, and catches something before he leaves in outrage over the 1 year old getting a cake for himself, and Mr and Mrs C having to share cake with everyone.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:47 AM
*their
Shit.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:47 AM
I went to Mexico when the H1N1 outbreak was in full swing and didn’t get a flu shot! I’m a fucking bad ass.
/or just too lazy to get one
October 14th, 2011 at 8:48 AM
I get a kick out of the “my body has no need for your silly flu shots” mentality. People, more immunity is better.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:48 AM
/nods
October 14th, 2011 at 8:49 AM
that’s not my mentality. i just don’t get it.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:49 AM
Tim Tebow made you commit that typo. Thou shall not worship false idols.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:51 AM
I get a kick out of the “my body has no need for your silly flu shots” mentality.
my favorite is the one where people who have a cold say they have the flu, while they’re at work, a long, long way from a toilet and a bed.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:52 AM
i just don’t get it.
my wife brings one here and gives it to me, otherwise I wouldn’t get it either.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:52 AM
No flu shot for me. Don’t get sick, only hungover.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:53 AM
I’m never buying NyQui; again.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:54 AM
NyQuil
October 14th, 2011 at 8:54 AM
overpriced alcohol.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Who the fuck said this?
Ive never had the flu, why do I need more immunity?
October 14th, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Once you have kids, you’ll want to
Never got one. I take Joe Bees and havent been sick in the 2.5 years I’ve taken them. I have 2 kids under 3 years old in daycare too. Eat right, sleep a bit, wash your hands, its not too hard. Somehow generations of people survived without flu shots. I’ll take my chances. When I’m old and feeble I’ll reconsider.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:55 AM
So this computer (at work) never plays autoplay ads, so it wasn’t until yesterday when I was home sick (herniated disk acting up) that I was on the site on my home computer that I experienced autoplay ads (while trying to watch a show online). Not cool.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:56 AM
that human planet series is grown man shit.
/repeated from last night
October 14th, 2011 at 8:56 AM
can we get a shot for the stomach bug? i can deal with the flu, but I hate that shit.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:57 AM
This. Also you dont need to take vitamins if you’re eating the right foods.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:57 AM
/waits till the first time CJ’s kid gets her sick
October 14th, 2011 at 8:58 AM
October 14th, 2011 at 8:58 AM
i think i have a cold or the flu right now.
son had it, and he’s teething so he’s always got his fingers in his mouth, slobbering on them. he loves to shove them in dad’s mouth (fun!) and my guess is that’s how I got it. plus the weather’s dreary. longggggg Friday awaits
October 14th, 2011 at 8:58 AM
I dont have a kid, numbskull!
Obviously I know things change then.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:58 AM
Maybe there’s some misunderstanding about how the immune system works, but not ever having had the flu is probably the best reason to get a flu shot. Lots of strains of influenza, though.
October 14th, 2011 at 8:59 AM
/pukes
// i think my biological clock stopped ticking
October 14th, 2011 at 8:59 AM
Thus Tressel’s recruitment began. A true Buckeye…
October 14th, 2011 at 9:00 AM
There are two types of flu in my book – the kind that makes you feel like you have a cold on steroids, and the stomach flu. If you can give me a shot that will mean I’ll never get the stomach flu then sign me up.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Except for the ones who didn’t
October 14th, 2011 at 9:01 AM
TBL – get used to it. your immune system is going to be stressed for the next 10 years.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:01 AM
I usually avoided it (mostly because HawkEye + Needles = bad), but I did get the flu mist this year. That made life easier
October 14th, 2011 at 9:01 AM
The thing about the stomach ‘flu’ is, its not a flu, and I dont think its even a virus, so there cant be any shot for that
October 14th, 2011 at 9:01 AM
That’s a fine mentality. When you’re young you’re more likely to just miss a few days of work than die, obviously.
I’d still rather not get taken out of commission for a few days.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:02 AM
I would like to go 20 questions with her, and every question would be asking if I could make sweet sweet love to her.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Seriously? I didn’t know that…
October 14th, 2011 at 9:03 AM
I’m not following
October 14th, 2011 at 9:03 AM
There are two types of flu. The flu that makes you feel sick and yucky and hangovers. Both if called the ‘flu’ will get you out of work.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:03 AM
Stomach flu is mostly from 1) not washing hands or 2) improperly prepared/handled food. Proper hygeine is a pretty good shot for that.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:04 AM
Ive never had the flu, why do I need more immunity?
The Native Americans were thinking this when Columbus landed.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Somehow generations of people survived without flu shots.
Except for the ones who didn’t
a lot of people died, but no generation was lost.
the flu is just another one of the earth’s ways of weeding out the weak.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:05 AM
I think he means that your body does not house the antibodies to repel the flu currently and a flue shot would in theory do that.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:06 AM
I’m not sure about Johnny Depp as the Lone Ranger
Nobody reads the links. Not even the guy posting them.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:06 AM
Survivorship bias, ftw!!!
October 14th, 2011 at 9:06 AM
1) Get sick
2) Develop antibodies against sickness
3) Clear sickness
4) Now have adaptive immunity to fight new sickness
5) ….
6) Profit
If you are never sick, you don’t have antibodies to fight off new infections
October 14th, 2011 at 9:06 AM
that’s an interesting take. I think a lot of the blame should fall on Spurrier. it’s obvious that Garcia has a substance abuse problem, yet no one seemed to want to address it. Spurrier kept giving him chances and keeping him on the team until another option came along at QB. once that option showed that it was going to work, poof, Garcia is gone. Spurrier didn’t handle this situation very well IMO.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:06 AM
viral gatroenteritis isn’t viral?
October 14th, 2011 at 9:07 AM
What if it does? I must have come in contact with the flu at some point in my life, right? Cant be possible that I’ve simply dodged the germs floating in the air from everyone else with the flu?
October 14th, 2011 at 9:07 AM
TBL take some vitamins, it’s kind of your only defense against your little one.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:08 AM
As someone pointed out earlier, there are hundreds of influenza virus strains in existance and only a few of these strains have vaccines. You can still get the flu even with a flu shot. I’ll take that $25 and spend it on a couple of cute tops at Target.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:08 AM
Or I am Unbreakable.
/puts on slicker
/runs outside to fight crime
/slips, fall in pool, dies
October 14th, 2011 at 9:09 AM
Hey I agree with you, I’m just pointing out what he was saying because you said you didn’t follow. I never get a flue shot. COuple years ago I got a strain and it put me down a few days. I also rarely take medicine when I feel bad because I think letting my body get over naturally is better. Not to say I never get sick, but I rarely get so sick I have to miss work or be laid up in bed.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:09 AM
Flu shots are obviously just the mass delivery mechanism for a government mind control serum, you silly lemmings.
/adjusts tin foil hat
October 14th, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Zinc and chicken soup. I believe vitamin c helps prevent colds, but actually doesn’t fight it once the infection is there.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Emergen-C is awesome stuff.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:10 AM
can the “home” button be added back to the top of the page?
October 14th, 2011 at 9:11 AM
Why do you keep spelling it “flue”
October 14th, 2011 at 9:11 AM
Your innate immune system can clear viruses also, without making an antibody response. I’d have to check this, but I think you need to get ‘sick’ in order to make a really strong immune response, because you need the viral levels to be higher. (If you get a shot, you have high ‘viral’ levels). I’m very far removed from immunology though, so take that with a grain of salt.
Got it the beginning of the year. The most miserable I’ve ever been in my entire life. Pretty sure our friends kid got my wife sick, and then 24 hours later I was in the fetal position on the floor for an entire night begging for it to stop.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:12 AM
You saying T-Rex was weak?
October 14th, 2011 at 9:13 AM
/taps mic
Is this thing on?
October 14th, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Zinc
ding ding ding. best shit on the market for prevention and fighting any common illness.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:13 AM
SC, congrats on your mancrush actually earning the ~$45K the Hawks paid him yesterday.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:14 AM
it spreads quick. my son had it, and within a day both my wife and I had it. we were all miserable. then my wife had a baby the next day.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:14 AM
Look who is back…
October 14th, 2011 at 9:14 AM
This. I think I’ve called in sick to work about 4 times in the last 10 years and 3 of those days were in the same week.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:16 AM
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/flushot.htm
You can still get it, but the most common types are in the shot (I think about 80% of flu is covered most years). Also… there is some cross-immunity, so if you get immunity to one kind, and still get the flu, you should clear it quicker.
Don’t interpret this as me pushing the flu vaccine though, because I probably wouldn’t bother if it wasn’t free or required.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:16 AM
You saying T-Rex was weak?
earth didn’t approve of their disproportionately small arms.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:16 AM
You saying T-Rex was weak?
earth didn’t approve of their disproportionately small arms.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:17 AM
Oh so you two are the assholes that come into work with a hacking cough and runny nose and spread your germs around so everyone else in the office gets sick.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:17 AM
/waves
//wasn’t incarcerated like Sanders
///just really busy at work
Kids are fucking petry dishes. Those little shits pick up everything.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:17 AM
So you’re saying the earth didn’t approve of it’s disproportionally small arms?
October 14th, 2011 at 9:18 AM
this comment belongs on a bodybuilder blog
October 14th, 2011 at 9:18 AM
so does this
October 14th, 2011 at 9:18 AM
I thought my colds were the flu until I got the stomach flu. Good God man that sucked.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:19 AM
/taps mic
Is this thing on?
Welcome back.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:19 AM
Pretty sure our friends kid got my wife sick, and then 24 hours later I was in the fetal position on the floor for an entire night begging for it to stop.
you guys are focusing too much on the negatives of the flu and not considering the benefits… not only do you shed a few lbs, but you also get one hell of an ab workout from puking 24 hours straight.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:19 AM
I know the feeling, my quarterly busy season starts on Monday and lasts until mid-November. Ugh.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:19 AM
My B. So why isnt there a vaccine for this?
October 14th, 2011 at 9:19 AM
It’s stupid, but the first time I saw this t-shirt I giggled like an idiot.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:19 AM
Can’t help if your immune system sucks and whatever can’t slip by mine compromises it.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
I just skimmed that Clarett article. I was fortunate enough to see him 7-8 times his senior season at Warren Harding (team included soph Mario Manningham and Prescott Burgess). He was transcendant, equal to NFL RB Robert Smith who I got to see in high school earlier. Saw him for 300 yards in a state playoff game against #1 team in state – and that was just in the first half.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Just got done with mine! I like closing the books rather than auditing those books.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Ha.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:21 AM
I don’t get seperate sick days from vacation days, I get 10 days off a year. I better be on my death bed before I am calling in sick. I’m not using a vacation day to sit on my ass and feel like shit, I’ll come to work and feel like shit. I don’t think I’ve ever taken a day off when I was sick.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:21 AM
Well….I’m not saying that’s never happened. I like to save my personal days for weekend golf trips and random days in the summer. If I can function, I’m coming to work.
/sips TheraFlu
October 14th, 2011 at 9:22 AM
Because I’m a moron who keeps hitting my keyboard wrong. Happy now?
/waves at jck, welcome back
October 14th, 2011 at 9:22 AM
Thats awful. I get 15 vacation days, 4 personal days, 10 sick days. I take full advantage of a sniffle.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:23 AM
4-1!
/high fives jb49ers
October 14th, 2011 at 9:23 AM
It’s stupid, but the first time I saw this t-shirt I giggled like an idiot.
i need that in a wife beater.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:23 AM
I LOL’d.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:24 AM
if you are outside a lot, you are less likely to be sick.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:24 AM
-1 spirit award for perfect attendance
October 14th, 2011 at 9:24 AM
Jesus. Way to go, CJ. Count me in for the all personal days lumped together. Fuck, until we got purchased about 2 months ago, our company didn’t offer ANYTHING for the first year. Fuck that.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:24 AM
Well said. This kid needed a good bit of help from day one, but it seemed that either no one thought to do that or they just assumed he’d get better on his own. I find it rather odd (and maybe it is purely coincidental) that a couple of days after Shaw looks brilliant at QB Garcia fails a test and is gone.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:25 AM
For some, there is (rotavirus). For the rest, wash hands, lysol counters, etc.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/faq.htm
October 14th, 2011 at 9:25 AM
More likely to die though.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
The one downfall is that I dont get to carry anything over to next year, its wiped clean if I dont use it.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
Well, he didn’t buy it exactly, but he did use his wealth to put him in the best position to receive a new liver. I’m not saying I blame him, its just that most people don’t have the financial ability to move to a part of the country where the waiting list isn’t quite as long.
That being said, my daughter received a liver transplant the same year as Jobs and if his moving to the midwest had moved her down the list and delayed her transplant, I might hold it against him. That didn’t happen, though, my daughter was #1 on the list almost as soon as she was put on it.
Also, I was opposed to the flu shot until my daughter got her transplant. Now I have to get one since her immune system is compromised and she shouldn’t be exposed to anything.
/two for one comment special
October 14th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
So you’re saying the earth didn’t approve of it’s disproportionally small arms?
“Bobby you are 17, it’s time to throw childish things aside” and I said “OK Pop”, but he didn’t really say that he said that “Stop being a f–king dinosaur and get a job”.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
Does it pay out at the end of the year if you don’t use it?
October 14th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Marian Hossa, Patrick Kane and… Dan Carcillo? Who woulda thunk it? Not me. But it works! What a shop wrecking line that was*.
SG- I think Riley is the only kid I have and will ever like. She’s adorable. She was all hopped up on Starburst and Lemonheads at the game last night. Pretty sure I made her the next biggest Marian Hossa fan. BTW, what’s the dad’s name? I always forget and was too embarrassed to ask last night. Skate Guy wasn’t there so it was a highly enjoyable game.
*- against the Jets
October 14th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
The folly of corporate America. Let’s not give sick days so people will instead come to work and puke in between meetings. I’ve never understood this. Are they so afraid that people might take 4 days a year off when they’re not sick? Isn’t that worth it compared to having people coming in hacking shit up all day?
October 14th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
there is my daily reminder of how bad I want a new job.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:28 AM
Nope, use it or lose it
/feels a tickle in my throat
//goes home
October 14th, 2011 at 9:28 AM
Whoever this Margot girl is, I’m going to have to Google image more of her when I get to the office. She’s new.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:29 AM
And that’s why you use ever last hour of it.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:29 AM
+1 nutsack on your drum set
October 14th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Dan Carcillo
Give it a couple weeks.
I watched the second/third periods and he was out of position in the D zone a fair amount.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Taking time off for sick or personal days just takes money out of my pocket.
/ billable hours
October 14th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
20 personal/vacation days, unlimited sick days. Only 8 holidays a year though (no Columbus/Veterans Day off)
October 14th, 2011 at 9:31 AM
They really should just combine all the days and call it 29 personal days. Lets take me lying about being sick off the table boss man.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:31 AM
If I show up to work sick, I can get fired. Illinois state health laws are quite strict about hospital employees. I never got a flu shot til I worked here. They usually stick me with a needle once a month here. We get vaciinations all the time for whatever the current bug is. I haven’t been sick since last summer.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:31 AM
That’s one good thing at my job, my vacation and sick time keeps accumulating, not wipted clean after a year. I also get paid for all my vacation time when I leave, so I am pretty conservative with it.
Only problem is the vacation time accumulates rather slowly, which blows balls.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:31 AM
I just double-checked, and apparently I get 4 weeks of sick time, a week of dependant care time (any family, I’m told), and three weeks of vacation.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:32 AM
my company is run so terribly it’s almost comical. like this week for example our server went down. keep in mind we have no IT dept. or IT guy. it’s now friday and we still have no server. but by God don’t go over on those vacation days or they are coming off of next year.
/typed from work computer
October 14th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
I might as well light the Mike NYC batlight with my next statement, but we really need to have European style shit load of vacation time here. No wonder why the US has higher rates of mental illness.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
The article says he moved there because it’s the best transplant team. I don’t know the details of the waiting list, but since it’s all matched etc, I don’t think it would have affected the list as much as people say.
/could be wrong
//probably is wrong
October 14th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
Unlimited!?!? Nice.
Gotta be a banker to get the low rent holidays off.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
those comebacks were great.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
28 days of “PTO”, paid time off. That can be used for illness or vacation. That isn’t normal. I negotiated that number when I got my new gig a couple of years ago.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:34 AM
“San Francisco Restaurants Want To Make 25% Standard Tip Rate.”
Go jump over the fucking Golden Gate Bridge
October 14th, 2011 at 9:34 AM
I will settle for the 4 day work week.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:34 AM
Wasn’t France working 35 hours a week or some shit until recently?
October 14th, 2011 at 9:35 AM
The folly of corporate America. Let’s not give sick days so people will instead come to work and puke in between meetings. Are they so afraid that people might take 4 days a year off when they’re not sick? Isn’t that worth it compared to having people coming in hacking shit up all day?
I’ve done workfoce management for a major american business. His case seems a little different than “corporate America.” If anything, you’d shudder to see how people abuse FMLA in this nation. There are lots of valid FMLA uses, but there is a lot to this story. Just because this person gets a pathetic amount of time away is a poor excuse for your blanket statement. A common corporate structure might be an 80-hour sick pool with 16-24 hours of personal time that can come out of that pool.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:35 AM
6 weeks is probably too much, but 4 wouldn’t end our country. I always laugh when Euro’s call American’s lazy. I then explain to them how little vacation so many of us get and they usually leave with their jaw on the floor. My first job out of college had no vacation days other than 5 holiday’s until you worked 1 year and a day. Fucking absurd.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:36 AM
Husker, obviously not every big company in America has the same philosophy when it comes to this stuff. More and more are coming around, really.
Focusing on a big, Rochester based company, Wegmans is a supermarket chain that long has been on the Forbes Top 5 “Best Companies in America to Work For” list. Even if it’s not still true, I think at one point FT employees got 1 or 2 “pet days” a year.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:36 AM
/nods
Plus, you could structure it within your office to where some times you get Friday off, and some times Monday, leaving your office properly staffed and giving you a 4 day weekend on a somewhat consistent basis.
/steps away from podium
//returns to seat
October 14th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
Was too drunk to notice by then. All hopped up on Kool-Aid.
After 3 games, Patrick Kane is the best center on the Blackhawks. If at the beginning of the year it would have been explained as, “we just want to get Kane on the same line as Jesus, er, Marian,” I don’t think the uproar would have been as pronounced. Those two together are just miraculous. That one timer goal last night was sicktastic. It’s the one at 16:50 of the first period if you want to see the video.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
my patented move is to call out sick, then go to happy hour with coworkers the next day.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
just because we’re “at work” doesn’t mean we’re not lazy.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Yeah, Sarkosy had to battle the unions hard to repeal that. I know that its “$ociali$m” but government mandated personal days off does help a lot for health reasons (see lower rates of heart disease, mental illness, etc.). A healthy workforce is usually more productive than a stressed out workforce.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
I’ve managed to get to a 4×9 and half-day Friday schedule. Unfortunately the woman who works with me is changing jobs and that could go away. Leaving at 11:30 on Fridays is the tits.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
all my sick days coincidentally occur when it’s 80 and sunny.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
I watched a 60 Minutes episode years ago about a company in NC (I think it was Sun systems of something like that) where it seemed as though every fucking working was the happiest person in the world. The benefits/childcare stuff they had was amazing.
/have no clue if they’re even in business anymore
//I want to work there if only for the on-site childcare
October 14th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
I would have no problem working 10 hour work days either.
/already does that
/have not worked under 50 hours in two years(thankfully)
October 14th, 2011 at 9:39 AM
And that’s a big part of the problem. You get a bunch of deadbeats who abuse the system and fuck the rest of us. My wife used to work with this asshat that had some bogus ass medical condition and stayed home at least 3-4 days a month out of the 20 and change you are supposed to work.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:40 AM
Go jump over the fucking Golden Gate Bridge
it’s more of a skip or prance, i believe.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:40 AM
Agree, but when you’ve not had a vacation in a few years (or however long it’s been) you are worn out at work. Will there be lazy people even with 4+ weeks of vacation? Of course, but a rested and healthier workforce has to be more productive, right?
October 14th, 2011 at 9:40 AM
Summer hours. Ask your boss if you can do those. That’s what we did.
I get 36 vacation days a year. However, they are used for sick days, actual paid holidays (so one Christmas I lose one) and whatever vacation time I want to take. They also roll over into the next year. However I can only have 240 hours of PTO in my bank at a time. Once it hits that number, I have to use days off before I can accrue any more.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:40 AM
I get 22 vacation/holidays a year. Sick time is accrued since the day I started 13 years ago. I’d have to check, but I bet I have about six months of sick time going for me. I’m not opposing to using sick time when I feel like shit. I have buddies that drag their sick puking and pissing out of their ass asses to work. Fuck that.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Daycare costs….woof.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
I will settle for the 4 day work week.
For those of us who can, working from home 1-2 days a week is not a bad idea. I actually get more work done as I’m not annoyed by sitting in an hour and a half of traffic and then deal with dipshit people.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
It’s the one at 16:50 of the first period if you want to see the video.
Saw the highlights this morning, great pass.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Greg. Was only Riley there? or were Casey and Bryce there too?
October 14th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
I feel bad for you Spencer. That’d be a bummer to always be sick on a day that would be great for golfing.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
all my sick days coincidentally occur when it’s 80 and sunny.
dude, i can’t even find someone who wants to play tomorrow morning for free. i need new friends.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
my patented move is to call out sick, then go to happy hour with coworkers the next day.
Once back when me and the wife were both wroking at Wal-Mart we pulled into the parking lot, walked into the garden center told the cashier “If anybody asks you didn’t see us”, got back in the car and left.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Why are some of my text messages on my iPhone in green and others are in blue?
October 14th, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Thinking about this for 5 seconds got me to remembering the Oklahoma City bombing. Stupid brain.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:44 AM
I had a job like that once. those half days on friday are awesome.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:44 AM
I called out sick yesterday… hit the ball awaesome, and then missed a bunch of short putts on greens that had been somewhat recently aerated. I think I missed three GIRs on the front nine, had two sand saves and STILL shot 4 over.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:44 AM
I saw that the article said that, but he admitted that he moved there because of the waiting list. It is a great hospital in Memphis, but not significantly better than some they have in California. But the waiting list is something like three times as long in California than it is in the midwest.
The waiting lists are done by region because the organ has to be able to be transferred fairly quickly to wherever it is needed. My daughter’s, for example, came from Denver to Kansas City for her surgery. I can’t remember the geographic boundaries, but she wouldn’t have been able to get a liver from Florida, for example, even if it was a perfect match and she was #1 on a nationwide list. It would just take too long to get here.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Blue means you’re iMessaging. It is sent over 3G or WiFi. You can only send those to other iPhone people as long as they’ve updated to the new iOS.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:45 AM
did anyone catch Asham make quick work of Jay Beagle last night? Ouch…
October 14th, 2011 at 9:45 AM
tell me this is sarcastic.
fuck that noise, id be on that shit.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Riley, Bryce and Greg. Jurko sold 2/3 of his tickets to a set of 4 guys that I sat by a lot last year. They’re good people. One of them is a bookie actually. He was hoping for an empty netter last night to cover the 1.5 puck line.
Earning that salary! His one timer to start the 2nd was nice too. Great feed from Leddy off the point. I have my concerns with Ray Emery but I realize that he’s the backup for a reason. Crawford needs to be healthy this year for sure.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Forgot to mention I get all federal holidays off. That’s pretty cool.
/eagerly anticipates Veteran’s Day
October 14th, 2011 at 9:46 AM
iMessage
October 14th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Why are some of my text messages on my iPhone in green and others are in blue?
see: manual, owners.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Pretty sweet deal there KC.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:48 AM
4-1!
/high fives jb49ers
/Watches highlights of the Tampa Bay game on iphone
//Prays for our o-line because Suh is a monster.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:48 AM
My holidays are the same as when the NYSE is closed.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:48 AM
blue messages are sent via wifi… green ones via the cell network. i think.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:48 AM
you’re missing the point…there are a lot of my coworkers who do almost nothing all day. hell, i did nothing all day when id comment on here almost nonstop during work hours, so i was one of em. sure, i was in the office 8 hours a day, but was i really working? fuck no.
the fuck do people need a vacation from that for?
the past year, however? yea…im in total agreement that i need a vacation. this year has kicked my ass raw, but i love it.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:49 AM
I only have a 35 hour work week to do the “high stress” of my job.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:49 AM
I found Bill Frist’s memoir pretty interesting…
I also really enjoyed this book by Thomas Starzl, a surgeon in Pittsburgh who guest lectured a class of mine, and was responsible for much of the early research on liver transplants and anti-rejection meds.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:49 AM
did anyone catch Asham make quick work of Jay Beagle last night? Ouch…
Both willing combatants, sometimes things like that happen. Didn’t really like Asham’s antics after, but you get caught up in the moment.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:51 AM
No shit. Having 2 in daycare next year is going to be something.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:51 AM
I don’t know the details of the waiting list
I think a medical board selects the recipients based on how likely they are to survive, how badly they need it, etc. etc…. it’s all done without knowing the patients identity.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Yes, yes you do.
AND DIRTY!!
/nods at SC
October 14th, 2011 at 9:52 AM
eagerly anticipates Veteran’s Day
/High Five!
//Veteran’s Day is on a Friday this year!
October 14th, 2011 at 9:52 AM
There’s no video up on HockeyFights yet. Just a screencap of Beagle getting popped. It says he also got a roughing penalty so looks like he antagonized Asham into whooping his ass.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Yikes. It’s almost worth it for one of you not to work than pay for the costs of daycare.
/assuming a lot with that statement
//but still
October 14th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Ah ha. thanks
October 14th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
I’m being attacked by NyQuill and the Marines…
October 14th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
There’s no video up on HockeyFights yet.
Check Bruce Arthur’s timeline from last night.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Awesome, I’m going to check that out.
There is actually a formula that has been put together that takes into account a patient’s age, certain test results and a whole host of other factors. The number that is spit out is then compared to other potential recipients in the region. My daughter’s number was the highest her doctors had ever seen.
/sorry to get all personal this morning
//the two year anniversary was last week
October 14th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
It says he also got a roughing penalty so looks like he antagonized Asham into whooping his ass.
the roughing penalty came from before the fight on Letang. Asham came over right after the whistle and Beagle accepted, threw two quick punches before eating Asham’s fist twice, crashing to the ice and spitting teeth out.
i didn’t notice Asham’s antics. the announcers said he was applauding Beagle getting up. was that not the case?
October 14th, 2011 at 9:59 AM
I saw in Lozo’s timeline that Marty Brodeur got hurt. Did you see any of that, Geez? Need to know for fantasy related purposes. Last I saw it was his blocker arm.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:59 AM
Didn’t see the fight or the antics, but I like Asham. Tough dude with a bit more talent than you might think (in the right role). If he did something stupid after the fight, it would be out of character. He’s a pretty honest player.
October 14th, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Oh, it was most definitely taunting.
October 14th, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Geez? Need to know for fantasy related purposes. Last I saw it was his blocker arm.
Same arm as last year, let after the first period. Guessing they’ll say it’s day-to-day, but that cost him a good chunk of the season last year.
/pours one out for Hemsky
October 14th, 2011 at 10:04 AM
How does Lloyd Bentsen vs. Dan Quayle in the 1988 vice presidential debate not make that list of wittiest comebacks?
October 14th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
If you have an iPhone, download the box.net application and register to get 50GB of free space instead of the 5 GB from iCloud.
/no I’m not trolling
October 14th, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Looks like Jimmy Howard has come to play this year. Shitty 1st for the Wings. 2nd and 3rd were much better. Kicked there ass!
/Kesler DNP
//Win means nothing
October 14th, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Wow, here’s the Asham/Beagle fight.
If I were Jay Beagle, I’d get some advice on how to drop the gloves or pick a different dance partner. Yikes. Asham dropped him with two of the hardest punches you’ll ever see.
And yeah, that thing Asham did afterwards was out of character for him. He did applaud when Beagle got up and seemed to gather himself a bit in the box, but that little thing he did after the fight is not even close to the worse thing I’ve seen a player do after a fight. Still, it was out of character for Asham.
October 14th, 2011 at 10:08 AM
You’re right. Wife makes pretty good money though, even at less than full time. She her ass is going back to work.
October 14th, 2011 at 10:08 AM
/Kesler DNP
//Canucks playing back end of back-to-back
October 14th, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Still, it was out of character for Asham.
He owned it after the game and apologized. Guessing he gets a $2,500 fine and teams get a memo today.
October 14th, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Jay Beagle needs to pick his spots better. Asham is not a heavyweight, but he’ll throw with anyone, and when he throws, they are all bombs.
October 14th, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Holy shit Beagle’s mouth is fucked. He can take solace in the fact his team won at least. I see the league’s greatest active goal scorer got his first tally on a tip in. Wideman’s OT goal was nice too.
October 14th, 2011 at 10:17 AM
I’m probably a bit jaded due to my in-laws, but I think it’s worth it for one parent to work even if the money is just for daycare. I think it’s good for both spouses to get out of the house rather than have one stay at home parent.
October 14th, 2011 at 10:19 AM
Jay Beagle needs to pick his spots better. Asham is not a heavyweight, but he’ll throw with anyone, and when he throws, they are all bombs.
my thoughts as well. at least hold on for dear life if you make that move instead of jumping in head first. i’d be surprised if Beagle has any of this front teeth this morning.
October 14th, 2011 at 10:31 AM
If you are never sick, you don’t have antibodies to fight off new infections
Bourbon cures everything, including the hangovers that it causes from the night before.
October 14th, 2011 at 11:37 AM
Annabelle Wallis > Margot Robbie from the Pan Am flight crew but it’s open to discussion.