Roundup: Fish Grabs Man’s Arm, Won’t Let Go, Mark Sanchez and the “Sunk-Cost Effect” & Why Radio Host Steve Czaban Gave Up Twitter
Katharine McPhee … “Blogs become potent source for film, TV” … 17 severed heads, but no foul play suspected? … CNet vs. CBS? … Vermont University has banned bottled water … “Rap deserves better” … he’s got some thoughts on Lena Dunham … your absurd teacher/student story of the day … so I guess more maps with gun owners are on the way, huh? … “Parents’ Financial Support May Not Help College Grades” … a Q&A with Alice Cooper, who likes golf … “Pubic lice almost wiped out thanks to the popularity of bikini waxing” … man found dead in his apartment; dog had been eating his body … teacher popped for DUI, offers officer oral …
Rotnei Clarke, Butler’s leading scorer has a sprained neck and won’t play this week, including against Gonzaga Saturday. [Star]
Former Nevada coach Chris Ault shares his thoughts on Colin Kaepernick’s sudden success in the NFL. [Mercury News]
A feeble attempt to defend Rick Barnes. [Basketball Prospectus]
Reminder: Heat vs. Lakers Thursday night. Clear the schedule! [Herald]
Kansas, basically, will never be bad, right? They might have an early exit in March here or there, but basically, they own the Big 12. Remind me of that next time I think about picking another team to win the conference. Jayhawks 61, Bears 44. [Star]
Everybody’s favorite radio guy, Steve Czaban, has given up twitter. Why? [DC Sports Bog]
The Sunk-Cost Effect as it pertains to Mark Sanchez and the Jets. [New Yorker]
Buzz Bissinger has some thoughts about the time he wrote a cover story on Lance Armstrong. The tease was strong, but I didn’t read it as I’m ignoring all things Lance Armstrong to the best of my abilities. [Daily Beast]
This large fish grabbed hold of the man’s arm and wouldn’t let go. Watch as they wrestle to the ground.
Here are some NFL fans fighting at a game … I’m not sure when it happened, though. Love the tough-guy posturing.
I’m probably the only one who laughed at this Artie Lange joke.
Here’s the new Tiger/Rory commercial. [via Kyle]
If this is real, it’s very, very awesome. I’m calling BS, though.
Somehow, I missed this Tommy Lee Jones Golden Globes moment. Hilarious. [via Hot Clicks]
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- Soccer Player Raul Meireles & Wife Ivone Viana Both Love Tiny Bathing Suits, Tattoos and Partially-Shaved Heads
- American League All-Star Starter: Scherzer, Darvish, Buchholz … Iwakuma?
- USA vs. Honduras: Win and Klinsmann, Fans, Can Enjoy Their Summers
- Danny Green’s 2013 NBA Finals 3-Point Shot Chart is Absolutely Absurd
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January 15th, 2013 at 8:55 AM
No shit. You take to take better care of something when you’re paying for it. Parents giving their kids a free education just makes it easier for the kids to not value it.
Than Chief Keef. Absolutely. There’s a lot of great hip-hop out there right now, though, that deserves recognition.
Detective JMac, The Animated Series?
January 15th, 2013 at 8:55 AM
Ugh. I thought rap music died in 1994.
January 15th, 2013 at 8:57 AM
Do away with athletic scholarships. That’ll make those so call student-athletes more respectful of their opportunities.
January 15th, 2013 at 8:58 AM
scroll down to the other links on the teacher student story and check out the story on the Idaho mom. pretty good work for a couple of 15 year olds
January 15th, 2013 at 8:58 AM
So much trash in that fight video. People wearing what looks like USC jerseys to a NFL game. Sloppy sideways punches. Dumb hick on low ground trying to charge uphill into crowd. 10 year old getting in at the end. Yup, I’ll continue to watch games at home.
January 15th, 2013 at 8:58 AM
Seems like a nice guy.
January 15th, 2013 at 8:59 AM
Also, fuck noodling.
January 15th, 2013 at 8:59 AM
Anyone get their kids the NRA app yet?
January 15th, 2013 at 8:59 AM
Vermont University has banned bottled water
the town of Concord, MA just did this. expect more of it. it’s a good idea that needs to spread. those bottles are a menace. a menace, I tell you!
January 15th, 2013 at 8:59 AM
been to his restaurant in Phoenix, Cooper’stown, there is a two foot hot dog on the menu called the “Big Unit”, in honor of Randy Johnson
January 15th, 2013 at 9:01 AM
I was the poorest kid out of all my friends at college. I had a budget and had to live by it. I sometimes hated my friends, but got the best grades.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:01 AM
Take a look at this lady. Ugh. Only in Florida.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:02 AM
your absurd teacher/student story of the day
Almost as absurd as the woman who is suing a school system for getting fired. They fired her b/c she has pedophobia – fear of kids. Sounds justified to me.
/low tolerance for stupidity
January 15th, 2013 at 9:03 AM
“Rap deserves better”
/drop mic
//walk off stage
Damn good piece.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:03 AM
Anyone get their kids the NRA app yet?
No. But they will today. Thanks.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:06 AM
Kansas, basically, will never be bad, right? They might have an early exit in March here or there, but basically, they own the Big 12. Remind me of that next time I think about picking another team to win the conference. Jayhawks 61, Bears 44.
You’ve done this five years in a row now. At least. Trust in Saint Self. He is the light.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:06 AM
it was also featured on Man vs. Food.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:07 AM
Parents giving their kids a free education just makes it easier for the kids to not value it.
No doubt.
My son wanted to go to an out of state college, no scholarship.
He earned the hope scholarship in GA.
I pulled out the spreadsheet showing how he could owe the equivalent of a nice car upon graduation vs the equivalent of a small condo. He chose wisely.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:08 AM
The first several pictures were iffy, but picture 9.. way to go boys!
January 15th, 2013 at 9:10 AM
Ok, who pricked?!?!?!? These kids were hi-fiving each other all school semester. Seems as though she wanted the attention
This CBS Crimesider has all all kinds of photos.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:11 AM
Great choice JMac. Very underrated, smoking hot.
/team brunette
//eats almonds
January 15th, 2013 at 9:13 AM
Was kinda half expecting to see a Hannibal Lecter mugshot in the linked article
/ I’ll eat your children with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:14 AM
that’s a nice way of saying it….
January 15th, 2013 at 9:15 AM
CursedCleveland will pop in shortly for the explanation I presume. and then go on and on telling everyone who will listen how Czaban is the best radio guy around.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:15 AM
Rap died officially last year when we lost MCA
/pours one out
January 15th, 2013 at 9:16 AM
The Buzz piece was pretty good. He self-evaluates a good bit and just slams Armstrong.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:16 AM
That looks like the place in the Keys where you can feed tarpon from the dock. Good lord that chick screaming was ridiculous. Its not like its going to kill him.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:16 AM
Awesome!
I love Alice. We share a birthday!
January 15th, 2013 at 9:17 AM
The number of out of state/private colleges that a kid should goto is such a small number. If they get accepted to one of the Ivys or Technical Institutions, then they might be better off in going there. Otherwise, they had best have one program that will benefit them in the long term.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:17 AM
Now ya tell me.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:17 AM
/looks at student debt
//weeps
January 15th, 2013 at 9:17 AM
This douche deserved it. Mess with the bull and you get the horns.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:18 AM
Probably because you were the hardest worker or the smartest (or both). Doubt it has tons to do with being poor.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:18 AM
Besides Immortal Technique rap is garbage. Two Chains has a lot to do with that. Drake is OK
January 15th, 2013 at 9:18 AM
People are still sharing their thoughts on Lena Dunham? Geez, her show is on its 2nd season already. We heard your opinion a year ago and probably didn’t even care back then. If you like the show, watch it. If you don’t, don’t. Right Stephen?
January 15th, 2013 at 9:20 AM
that’s why I got the fuck out of Wisconsin to come to Arkansas, AKA, the Harvard of the South.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:21 AM
the town of Concord, MA just did this. expect more of it. it’s a good idea that needs to spread. those bottles are a menace. a menace, I tell you!
the only reason why i buy bottled water is for spitters
January 15th, 2013 at 9:21 AM
People are still sharing their thoughts on Lena Dunham?
I’ve never seen her show, so I’m not qualified to talk about her/it. However, she has the laziest looking tattoo on her shoulder.
/most words I have written or read on this chick.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:21 AM
Ok, who actually thinks it’s a good idea to fight at games? Games in which you paid quite a bit of money, even for those crappy seats.
Now, who thinks it’s an even better idea to fight in an area where you could fall to your death? I think the general population would be better off if that actually happened here. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:22 AM
that rory/tiger nike golf commercial is pretty good
January 15th, 2013 at 9:22 AM
ahhh. missed that episode. I passed on the unit, had the Ryan Sandburger.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:23 AM
Badass.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:23 AM
Everything I’ve heard/read leads me to believe that I’d hate the show.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:23 AM
I’d never seen her before the Golden Globes, but found the tats trashy looking.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:24 AM
My wife’s uncle and aunt are very snobby when it comes to universities. One of their daughter’s was given a full ride to Alabama (they live in Ohio) and they turned their nose up at that and instead paid like $50,000 grand a year to go to Grinnell.
Ivy league (and the sister 6)
Stanford
MIT
Cal Tech
That’s about it as far as I’m concerned.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:24 AM
Agreed, but I’m biased and I hate seeing tats on women. A turn off for this guy.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:25 AM
Very trashy looking. That was the first time I had seen her as well.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:25 AM
I saw Tiny Furniture, the indie film Lena Dunham made a couple years ago. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
January 15th, 2013 at 9:25 AM
man found dead in his apartment; dog had been eating his body …
This happens quite a bit. My dad was a firefighter/paramedic so they’d roll up on lots of calls for people found dead. I had an antecdote in my dogcatcher story about a scene like this. Generally if there’s any remote suspicsion the animal ate the deceased person, SOP is to put it down.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:25 AM
I once attempted a Man v. Food challenge at “Jack and Grills”. It was fucking rigged (no hot sauce, not giving me water) all potatoes and rice. That is not a seven pound burrito. I puked all over thier bathroom and left without paying.
/
might have a warrant out
January 15th, 2013 at 9:27 AM
I’d add Cal-Berkely to the list. Just for hard sciences
January 15th, 2013 at 9:27 AM
i salute you
January 15th, 2013 at 9:27 AM
that’s why I got the fuck out of Wisconsin to come to Arkansas, AKA, the Harvard of the South.
excellent
January 15th, 2013 at 9:28 AM
I’d add Case Western Reserve and Carnegie Mellon. Two solid research institutions.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:28 AM
I always laugh when I see this. If it’s truly why they’re waiting, that’s a very nice gesture. I just never believe that’s why people wait.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:28 AM
I enjoyed most of what I saw in it when I watched it but I absolutely took a nap during it. Which qualifies it as a great success for me.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:28 AM
University of Chicago seems to be the forgotten super-elite university.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:29 AM
Lena Dunham was nice a dude. Right?
January 15th, 2013 at 9:29 AM
That was a good story about Czaban. I truly miss his national morning show.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:29 AM
Oh I’m sure there are plenty of research institutions that I don’t even know about (University of Chicago perhaps?) that should be on that list. If you’re going into a field that specific, the options are different I’m sure. I was more referring to someone going to school to major in finance or history or something that broad. Like my wife’s cousin who was an English lit major or some shit like that.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:29 AM
Looked at the pics. When I was 15, I woulda said yes.
But (since there’s always a “but”), if that was my mother, school would probably become a living hell. Can you imagine the heat you’d catch from your erstwhile friends?
January 15th, 2013 at 9:30 AM
Once not nice. GD iPad. Lena Dunham was once a dude. Right? There. FU iPad!
January 15th, 2013 at 9:30 AM
Great mind, HTown.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:30 AM
J-MAC – have you every solicited him for a media interview? Or one of the chat sessions?
January 15th, 2013 at 9:30 AM
My childhood best friend went to Carnegie Mellon. He works on wall street. But he had to play football for a team that only threw 3 passes a game.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:31 AM
University of Delaware.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:32 AM
Asain women galore
January 15th, 2013 at 9:32 AM
teacher popped for DUI, offers officer oral
Having just watched Super Troopers the whole way for the first time the other night, with the thoughts of that German lady in the Porsche in my memory, that picture was a quantum disappointment.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
When I first got to UT, the out of state tuition was actually lower than the in-state tuition at my piece of shit state university (RI). Times have sure changed since then.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
Sounds like my kind of school.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
yahoo sports radio
January 15th, 2013 at 9:34 AM
Asian women galore
Every research school in North America
January 15th, 2013 at 9:34 AM
Lena Dunham was nice a dude
word around hollywood is that she has one friendly penis.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:34 AM
Damn, why? The poor guy was hungry. Unless they think that getting the taste for human flesh will change him?
January 15th, 2013 at 9:35 AM
who wants a mustache ride?
January 15th, 2013 at 9:35 AM
I just looked up a picture of her, am I now to understand she isn’t a dike? because she looks pretty dikey.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:35 AM
The thought of paying for my child’s college freaks me out. I keep telling myself that the bubble has to burst soon, but that feels like wishful thinking more than anything else.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
Drake is far from OK, he’s horrible. There is good rap out there, just not on the radio.
Kendrick Lamar- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gThiEx7NZQ
Joey Bada$$- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUfcw5YBrSE
January 15th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
My son who turns 5 in March, is reading at about the 3rd grade level. He is not gifted but I’m becoming very worried about what happens when I send him to a normal kindergarten next fall.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
Tattooed girls are good for hook-ups but not for taking home and taking seriously. Lena Dunham is good for neither.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
January 15th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
Wofford? Some school like that in a dry town in Mass with tons of asians.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
Donald Glover.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
Ivy league (and the sister 6)
Stanford
MIT
Cal Tech
That’s about it as far as I’m concerned.
I’ll let Carnegie Mellon, Davidson and Washington University to shut it down, then. you’ve decided.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
I agree. There’s a bunch of reasons not to get married and I’m sure they’d find one even if gay marriage were legal.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
Georgetown and Southern Cal need to be on this list. USC especially if you’re going into film related work.
And personally speaking, there’s times I wish I didn’t go to where I went to school and went to Penn State instead. However, it would have been another four years of high school pretty much. I didn’t want that. I had to get away. So what if I’m dealing with the student bill now. It was worth it in my mind.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
You’re goddamn right it is! Great school, affordable (for in-staters) and even better party scene (used to be anyway).
January 15th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
/NDub’d
January 15th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
Wofford is in South Carolina.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
Its a stoner movie. If you watched it any other way thats on you.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
Nothing says “elite” like Joe Flacco’s alma mater.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:38 AM
I would think he would be the most popular guy in school because everyone wants to stick it to his mom. if you bully him, no way you are motor boating those titties.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:38 AM
that’s in south cackalacky
January 15th, 2013 at 9:38 AM
Kazzy Drake’s verse on ASOP Rocky goes hard in the paint.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liZm1im2erU
January 15th, 2013 at 9:38 AM
Im not a stoner but still love the movie
January 15th, 2013 at 9:39 AM
Tats are like the 11th most fucked up thing about her. She is one fugly creature.
That was very mean, but I don’t care. Lena Dunham is fugly.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:39 AM
I think it’s part “that’s the way they’ve always done it”, part unknown behavorial impact, and also some concern about pathology. My story involves a pair of world-class breeders that kick it. I’m really trying to put a bow on this one by 4/1.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:39 AM
Thanks for explaining it.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:39 AM
Can’t remember but its northern mass
January 15th, 2013 at 9:40 AM
Williams?
January 15th, 2013 at 9:40 AM
i’m still shocked – shocked! – that newspapers are violating the language in the 2nd amendment that provides complete and utter secrecy of who owns guns.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:41 AM
Sounds gifted to me. What other options are you considering?
January 15th, 2013 at 9:41 AM
Wesleyan
January 15th, 2013 at 9:41 AM
If you are mature enough as a high school senior to not be bothered by the implied homosexuality of attending an all-boys school in the middle of nowhere, Indiana; then Wabash University is another really good choice for a private school. Very active alumni association to find you jobs and you get the coolest diploma that any college gives out. Huge thing, hand-written in Latin by the same person for decades, and it is on an actual sheepskin.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:42 AM
Speaking of, has anyone heard from NDub? He hasn’t tweeted anything in a month and I haven’t seen him around here in a while. Wonder if he’s dead and his dog is eating him as we speak?
January 15th, 2013 at 9:42 AM
I see your Drake verse, and raise you an even better Joey Bada$$ song (dude is only 17!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc_jmPH7c6Q
January 15th, 2013 at 9:42 AM
University of Chicago seems to be the forgotten super-elite university.
They continue to rue the day they left the Big 10.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:42 AM
The former Wharton dean Harker is now the current dean at Delaware.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:43 AM
No they don’t. They don’t have to pay for sports and get access to the much more important CIC. I’m sure they are perfectly happy with that decision.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:43 AM
alma mater of the Hoodie
January 15th, 2013 at 9:44 AM
USC offered me a scholarship. I’m smart and all but nonetheless, that should take it off the elite list.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:44 AM
Last time something like this happened, Bsanders went to jail. Yeah, I”m gonna go with jail.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:44 AM
Speaking of, has anyone heard from NDub? He hasn’t tweeted anything in a month and I haven’t seen him around here in a while. Wonder if he’s dead and his dog is eating him as we speak?
Ndub has always been an inconsistent poster here. Can’t say about him and Twitter.
/Ndub is currently being eaten by his stable of pet hamsters.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:45 AM
Nicely done on the Roundup pic TBL.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:45 AM
No they don’t. They don’t have to pay for sports and get access to the much more important CIC. I’m sure they are perfectly happy with that decision.
It was a joke, Stigs.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:45 AM
No doubt that’s a great school, but that’s the kind of school that I would have a hard time paying for unless they specialize in something that my child excels in. If your son wanted to there and study journalism or whatever, I would think the payoff wouldn’t be worth it provided they were good students at State U.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:45 AM
He hasn’t tweeted in a while either. I think he’s gone in lockdown trying to get some personal projects off the ground. I am sure there are other people here who know him better though.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:45 AM
Wesleyan! That’s it! Smoked a ton of dope with some asians there. Dry county though, didnt know they existed
January 15th, 2013 at 9:45 AM
You mean when everything is given away for free, people become lazy and unmotivated?
/Election time flashback
January 15th, 2013 at 9:46 AM
Holy Shit my dad went to Wabash. Didnt know it was still coed
January 15th, 2013 at 9:47 AM
Scripty, are you on twitter?
January 15th, 2013 at 9:49 AM
You shut your whore mouth. I’ll over react to what I like.
They hand out money like it is going out of style. When my friends and I graduated from high school they were giving $5,000/year just for showing up. Think one friend ended up paying about $4K/year and the other $6K/year. Well worth it over going to Purdue instead and paying about the same.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:49 AM
Everyone at Wabash looks like Jim Neighbors.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:49 AM
Maybe add University of Chicago.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:50 AM
I doubt they ever go coed. If people had left them alone about it, they might have. At this point I think they stay all-male just to fuck with people.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Why hasn’t anyone mentioned Magic?
January 15th, 2013 at 9:51 AM
tell me about it, with one and other on the way all I can think about it I will have 2 kids in college at the same time and how much that will cost
January 15th, 2013 at 9:52 AM
It’s OK. My dad told me about parties they threw with Purdue. Its how he met my mom.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:52 AM
Really? Considering Purdue is an engineering/research university, I’m going to guess you’re completely wrong.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:53 AM
My parents didn’t save a dime for their kids’ education, kind of a dick move.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:53 AM
Joel, you’ve done some very nice work – you’re record is very mpressive, but it’s just not Princeton material, is it?
January 15th, 2013 at 9:54 AM
Agreed. You can do a lot worse than a Purdue engineering degree.
I feel like Northwestern deserves a mention in this conversation too.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:55 AM
The service academies, the GI Bill or the National Guard looking better for my kids each day.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:55 AM
Would you rather be taught by grad students or professors? A research university doesn’t generally mean shit for the undergrad. I went to Purdue and two of my best friends went to Wabash. They definitely got a higher quality education than I did. Granted, none of us were at school for engineering, but if you are from Indiana and want to go that route, Rose-Hulman is probably a better choice for undergrad than Purdue.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:55 AM
I too, through my tireless efforts as a humanitarian, will refuse to married until it is legal for gays in the following countries:
Uganda
Pakistan
Iran
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Oman
Mississippi
Sudan
Mali
Libya
Qatar
UAE
Syria
Lebanon
Vatican
Jamaica
Tanzania
Senegal
Mauritania
Guyana
Nigeria
Somaliland
Samoa
Tonga
/Totally good person’d
January 15th, 2013 at 9:55 AM
/erases joke about Purdue chicks
January 15th, 2013 at 9:55 AM
Mine didn’t either.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:56 AM
I didn’t want Delawareans to get too full of themselves.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:57 AM
My dad also used 9/11 as an excuse for not helping pay for college.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:58 AM
Mullett – munistadium
January 15th, 2013 at 9:58 AM
He just figure that you would end up as a suicide bomber so there wasn’t a need for an education?
January 15th, 2013 at 9:59 AM
The hell? The amount of opportunities available to you go up dramatically if you have a general degree from a top research university than the equivalent degree from Directional U. You couldn’t be more wrong.
January 15th, 2013 at 9:59 AM
My goal is to pay for my kids’ tuition and housing while they’re in college. That’s something that I really want to be able to do.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:00 AM
I’d like to hear that one. My dad’s gambling and alcoholism had nothing to do with it. He wanted us to be “independent”.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:01 AM
The quality of the undergrad education is more important to me when the “opportunities” are equivalent between the two institutions. Because of the way Wabash operates, that comes into play. So, in this case, if the student is not studying engineering, Wabash is the superior choice to Purdue.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:01 AM
I’m gonna make sure my sons don’t knock any skanks up. That shit’ll be costlier than college.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:01 AM
Mike McCoy accepts Chargers HC job.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:02 AM
It was a simple “I can’t be certain of my job stability given the terrorism” line. Bitch was a securities banker.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:03 AM
Everyone at Wabash looks like Jim Neighbors.
Well, Jim Neighbors is gay.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:03 AM
Rugged individualism, boot straps and the like.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:03 AM
Is your mother a trophy wife?
January 15th, 2013 at 10:04 AM
Neither did mine. I worked full time and got tuition reimbursement while living on my own. It took me longer but I am glad I did it. My dad had to pay his way also.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Can we get some male birth control already? Some kind of an injection or something? Get your 14 year old a decades worth in one shot for $399. Deal of the century.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:06 AM
The thought of paying for my child’s college freaks me out
me too. it shocks me how many people in dallas with kids refuse to move outside a little bubble knowing the cost of college and the private school tuition they are about to start paying.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:06 AM
I’ll help with loans a much as I can, and also with the housing, but they sure as shit better have a job while in school, even if it’s 15hrs or so during the week and/or weekend. I used to work 20-25 hrs while in school. Now, I skipped class sometimes to go to work and make money and thus had some crappy grades.
/needed money for beer
//skipped economics class
///missed the class on law of diminishing returns
January 15th, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Nah. He didn’t always do that, worked in insurance management for a long time.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:06 AM
It was a simple “I can’t be certain of my job stability given the terrorism” line. Bitch was a securities banker.
lolz… I did high risk collections 2000-2002. “9/11″ was the #1 reason for delinquency provided. Good times.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:07 AM
those years are wrong, but the 2-3 years after 9/11
January 15th, 2013 at 10:07 AM
If you had two prospective candidates with the exact same degree, one from Wabash and one from Purdue…who are going to call for an interview first?
I don’t disagree with that you might get a better education at Wabash. That’s not the perception though.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:08 AM
Wesleyan is in CT. If you’re thinking of a top flight school in northern Mass, you’re probably thinking of Amherst or Williams.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:09 AM
That maybe one of the smartest things ever hatched up here on the TBL boards.
/searches internet for such injection
January 15th, 2013 at 10:10 AM
Same here. I feel like if I can do that and keep them out of any major problems, then I’ve done my job as a dad. Of course there’s the psychological and social/emotional stuff, but that’s what the wife is for.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:10 AM
You call the kid from Wabash because your buddy down the hall went there and is in your ear to hire that kid. That is the ENTIRE point of going to that school. Imagine the elitism of east-coast money and influence with some midwestern charm. That is Wabash.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:11 AM
My parents paid for 4 years and told me they’d pay for 4 years only…with conditions. A 3.0 GPA. Had to live on campus for one year. Had to work or volunteer with Auburn somehow. I’ll extend the same to my kid. Problem will be my wife whose parents let her get away with whatever she wanted when it came to school.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:12 AM
Our mean plan card had a 15% discount. I befriended a cashier at the dining hall, she would take the cash from off campus students and swipe my card. Kept me in sambuca and malt liquor.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:12 AM
Question for the group:
My last day at work is supposed to be a week from Thursday. I gave my notice a week before Christmas to give my company — which has treated me well — a lot of time to develop a transition plan. However, my wife really wants to take a vacation next week before I begin my new job. We didn’t get a chance to go on a honeymoon after the wedding and we’re trying to have a kid, which sort of eliminates the whole “go to the resort, drink on the beach for a week” idea for 2013.
On a scale of 1-10, how unprofessional is to to ask my boss if I can be done on Friday? I feel like it’s a dick move on short notice, even though I’m pretty much done with all my assignments. My wife doesn’t seem to think its a problem since I gave a month’s notice, worked my ass off and have a good relationship with everyone on the exec team.
Thoughts?
January 15th, 2013 at 10:14 AM
Ha! Well said.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:14 AM
Divorce.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:15 AM
Thoughts?
Tell them your work is done and you need to have vacation sex to impregnate your wife.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:15 AM
Fair enough…to be honest the only thing close to “Wabash” I’ve ever heard of before this was Wabasha, MN. Never knew it was an elite school.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:16 AM
If you’re really not doing any work, I don’t see the harm in explaining the situation to him and asking.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:16 AM
That’s a great plan. I guess the conditions will be determined when they get to school, though. If your kid rocks a 4.0 throughout HS, surely a 3.0 is too low. Same goes for a kid with a 2.5 in HS and a 3.0 in college I suppose.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:16 AM
depends. how much office supplies have your re-allocated to your personal inventory already?
January 15th, 2013 at 10:16 AM
Funny.
You: Hey Boss, how’s the transition going? You guys ready for me to be done here or what?
Boss: It’s been a great run but yeah, we’re pretty sick of you around here.
You: Okay, how about I leave Friday?
Boss: Perfect.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:18 AM
who the hell gives a shit about GPA. Test scores.
/plans to enroll my kids in summer math camps
January 15th, 2013 at 10:19 AM
I was a 3.7 in HS or something like that. My parents knew I was going to screw around my freshman year so they set the bar pretty low. I think I got a 3.0 on the head my first semester. Had 8 am classes four days out of the week. After that I got my shit together and I think they knew I’d figure out how to work college.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:19 AM
If it were me I would go on the vacation. You completed all your assignments so what else is there to get done. I recently went from one job to another without really taking any time off in between and wish I had.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:20 AM
January 15th, 2013 at 10:20 AM
Staples aint got shit on me.
Email sent.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:20 AM
I don’t know that it is an elite school, but it has some perks. Just a really strange place. When my friends were there is was completely fine to get drunk as hell underage and wander around campus. The campus cops just made sure you didn’t get hurt and kept the town police off your ass because they had no jurisdiction on campus. Every Friday you could go to a kegger with faculty on campus. Only other place I’ve seen that is Harvard, but that was in a Ph.D. program.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:21 AM
My parents sure as shit did. I had to go to counseling when I was in grade school because I got an A- in a math class on a report card.
Funny, after worrying about it for 18 years or whatever it was, I’m now in a position where I hire people to work for me, and the ones that put their GPA on their resume are the ones that bother me the most.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:21 AM
Well than your fear of “knocked up skanks” is unfounded.
I will be decent enough to tell them “don’t tell anybody you’re going to math camp”
January 15th, 2013 at 10:23 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
January 15th, 2013 at 10:24 AM
I coasted thru HS and still took that same attitude into college, where it finally burned me around the 2nd year and finally burst into flames when I turned 21 at the end of my third year.
I remember my Dad called me and said he got my grades in the mail (sent to their house) and asked if I wanted him to open them. I said go ahead, and the he proceeded to tell me I got a cumlative GPA of 1.09. two F’s, one C and a C+. LOL
Met my wife at the beginning of the next semester and turned my shit around. Looking back now, I don’t know how the hell that happened.
As the old man would say, “rather be lucky than good”
January 15th, 2013 at 10:24 AM
The best part of getting a few years deep into the work force is never having to worry about GPAs of SATs again. In my field I have to take an editorial test, though. Just once I want an editor to have a sense of humor and put NAMBLA on the acronym section of the test and see people squirm.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:24 AM
The rest of the country just doesn’t understand that for the most part, and yes, I’m generalizing, the East Coast state schools are extended high schools.
The only possible exception I can think of off the top of my head is Penn State because they have a strong alumni base, but even with them, you need to do something exceptional in school to differentiate yourself.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:27 AM
Just remember this—his continuing education is up to you. Don’t lean on the schools to do it all. You are obviously engaged and supportive. Just keep it up. I was blessed to have parents that did that (my dad graduated HS at 14), and now my wife and I are doing it for my son. He’s 7, and is now taking some basic physics in his gifted school. The other 3 days a week, at normal school, he’s bored. Those days, it’s up to me to keep him engaged when he gets home. Whether it’s chess, math games, reading, or even just simply going to the YMCA and playing basketball/baseball/soccer/football for 2 hours. We have 2 nights a week where the TV doesn’t get turned on, and we play music while we do our nightly routine. Don’t let him get bored. It’s your #1 job as the parent of a gifted child. And yes, reading at third grade level pre K is gifted. Don’t let it be a curse. Embrace it. His options, right now, are limitless. The only thing that can slow him down is if he feels isolated and different from the other kids. Let him that not only is it OK to be smart, it’s cool.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:27 AM
Penn State actually isn’t a state school. It’s a land grant university outside of the state system, although it does receive some state money and kids get none of the state school tuition breaks. It’s complicated.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:28 AM
Upper Decker
January 15th, 2013 at 10:29 AM
I’d say a 7. You don’t want to burn any bridges, but whatev.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:32 AM
Thanks for that perspective golfercraig I am going to save that and mediatate on that. We are doing some of what you mentioned but there are some other things there we are not. TV is only for sick days and a little sports on the weekend. My wife being an educator helps. Did you do a test anywhere?
January 15th, 2013 at 10:32 AM
Scripty one of my daughters was way advanced heading into K. They recognized and adjusted to challenge her. Just wait until they do and if they don’t by november then speak up or else you come off as one of those tiger parents
January 15th, 2013 at 10:32 AM
Scripty one of my daughters was way advanced heading into K. They recognized and adjusted to challenge her. Just wait until they do and if they don’t by november then speak up or else you come off as one of those tiger parents
January 15th, 2013 at 10:33 AM
fucking acronyms. I would fail that test so hard.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:34 AM
Yeah, that’s about where I’d rank it. I’d have much less of an issue with this had she suggested the vacation idea before I submitted my resignation. This late in the game, though…
January 15th, 2013 at 10:34 AM
No better feeling than quitting a job drunkenly after writing a scathing resignation letter and then going on a bender.
/Seriously
//Team scorched earth bridges
January 15th, 2013 at 10:36 AM
Psychometrist.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:36 AM
my 1 year old talks to the ceiling fans.
you kid obviously got the giftedness from mom.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:39 AM
I did well, but there were some that I know I fucked up on. They hired me, so either I couldn’t have done that poorly or the company has low standards.
/could be both
January 15th, 2013 at 10:39 AM
that hurt miz.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:40 AM
How could is “end of watch”?
January 15th, 2013 at 10:42 AM
I laughed.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:43 AM
Another post on the Gretzsky (sp?) skank, huh? Does she really move the needle that much?
January 15th, 2013 at 10:43 AM
Much better than it should be.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:44 AM
ignore it Husker. We can’t be responsible for another Kardashian
January 15th, 2013 at 10:44 AM
When he entered K we told the teacher he was different, and to let his mind wander. About 2 weeks into school she called us in for a meeting and said she wanted him tested. There is a great gifted program here. Using a basic IQ test, they funnel kids into it, and once you’re in, you’re in. He tested at 162. We knew that already. We were blessed to have a teacher that saw it. His normal K is one of the best in the country anyway, and the gifted program is a model program for the country. Your wife being an educator helps. She recognizes it, and her voice will be heard by another educator. We didn’t tell the teacher he was bright, just different. It doesn’t take long for a competent teacher to see it. We are getting ready to go thru it again with our daughter. She’s just as bright, but has him as a teacher, too. They have EPIC chess battles. (He learned by watching me on the iPad. I never once had to tell him how the pieces moved.) It’s going to be a struggle. I know I was for my parents. And my sister (she didn’t play sports, so she skipped a couple grades like my dad) was worse. Just be engaged. Make sure that smart is cool. And judging from your posts all these years you already know this, but being “gifted” is horribly lonely. Don’t let it happen for him. If it wasn’t for sports, school would have been horrible. I didn’t have a gifted program, or anything close to it, available to me. It was my dad only. You spent years hoping for a bright child. Now you have one. Don’t screw it up.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:45 AM
now I feel bad. let’s put it this way…he got mom’s brains and dad’s brawn! better?
/no homo
January 15th, 2013 at 10:46 AM
I can’t speak for everyone, but mine is smaller than a needle. And yes, she moves it.
/JMac’d
January 15th, 2013 at 10:48 AM
I’m not clicking on that trash.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:49 AM
Just last night the local news was drooling over the Cardinals hiring Mike McCoy and bringing in Tim Tebow as the QB. I was laughing at this. Haven’t they suffered enough QB grief with the 4 they had last season.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:52 AM
And under very few circumstances should you allow your school to convince you “skip” a grade. I was very lucky that when my school was talking about it for me they were also doing it with my best friend. His mother is a teacher and told them that there was no way in hell that was happening. If your kid is so intelligent that being in that grade is detrimental, get them into a private school. Otherwise the negatives of skipping generally outweigh the positives.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:53 AM
Another post on the Gretzsky (sp?) skank, huh? Does she really move the needle that much? Husker
She in that Gangnam of the winter here.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:53 AM
Do you live in a big city, golfercraig, or suburbia/exurbia? It sounds like your kids have a great environment, but it also seems like it might be even better if they could go to the gifted school every day instead of just two days a week. Is that a choice made by you or is the gifted program just a part time thing?
January 15th, 2013 at 10:58 AM
We both scored 1580 on the SAT in 7th grade, and she got a perfect ACT as a HS freshman. I took calculus as a 6th grader, and won the school spelling bee in 3rd grade. Private school wasn’t going to help.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:01 AM
Extracurricular is crucial for growth and social life. Sports…clubs…volunteering…playdates. kids must be kids no matter how smart
IMO
January 15th, 2013 at 11:01 AM
My parents agreed to pay down my student loans as my graduation present. I’d lived with them during ALL 4 YEARS of college, had a job, got a couple grants and small scholarships, and didn’t do anything too stupid.
REALLY regret the whole “living at home” thing.
/should’ve gone to LSU
January 15th, 2013 at 11:06 AM
They matter for getting into grad school (a lot). After that, not so much.
Q: What do you call the person who finishes last in his class in medical school?
A: “Doctor”
January 15th, 2013 at 11:07 AM
Oh, and I unfortunately “coasted” through high school and college. I pulled down a 3.0 in high school and college, but rarely studied. If I could go back, I’d had recommended taking different electives to give myself a wider view of job possibilities down the road.
Drama/Comm major’d
January 15th, 2013 at 11:07 AM
But tell me this… can kick MY ass???
/maybe, I’ve got a bum shoulder
January 15th, 2013 at 11:07 AM
i resemble this remark.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:10 AM
Thanks guys there’s a lot of good info here. It’s hard because I don’t feel like discussing this with our peer group because you can come off like an asshole when their kids cant do their ABC’s. Nor do I want to do be this “oh my kid is sooooo gifted.” I want him to be socially adept but this is forcing me to take a more critical self-examination of how I’m doing with this. Things have really taken off lately since around Halloween he started reading and was doing some light division. It mushroomed and now I have to determine the best I can provide given our means.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:10 AM
This was me. I never lived up to my potential, never got challenged in high school, and took a hard major at a pretty good school. Still was pretty easy most of the time, but except for calc/physics classes you can coast through on logical reasoning and paying attention in class, I got hit hard by some of the ‘tough’ classes that require studying and effort.
I don’t care how smart or not you are… it’s just important to be challenged and develop work ethic as a kid. I just liked golf better than working hard.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:10 AM
So true. Otherwise you get a kid who grows up to be the Aurora shooter. Brilliant but socially fucked up.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:11 AM
Hasn’t stopped golfercraig.
/HE’S A GENIUS, I TELL YA’!
January 15th, 2013 at 11:11 AM
My mom worked really hard to get me advanced work when I was in grade school, to keep me challenged. It was tough to feel ‘normal’ but looking back, it was a really good thing. Find a way to keep your kid intellectually challenged…
January 15th, 2013 at 11:11 AM
2 days a week until 4th grade, then full time. After that, another culling to get in to the “elite” school. All funneling into an IB program that is absolutely astounding. If you don’t get into that, you stay in the “gifted” school. Ivy League grads galore. Of course, if he decides to be a plumber, I’m all for that, too. Either way, we all end up worm food. Life is short. Happiness matters. If you had told me that I’d be doing what I am I would have laughed like hell at you. However, I have a truly great life. Plenty of money, a great wife, funny kids, traveled the world, have a ton of friends. Wouldn’t trade it for anything. My best friend is a very important person. Do I envy him? Sometimes. But not often.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:13 AM
Dude, chill. Scripty had a question, I’m actually trying to do the right thing and give him a little insight. Be snarky all you want.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:13 AM
Ditto, I would have done a lot better in college had I not been stubborn and kept trying to take BIO courses I hated instead of following my interest in SOC. I think I got under a 3.0 and still got into some top flight grad schools because I did so well in my eventual major and GRE
January 15th, 2013 at 11:13 AM
/TODD CHARSKE
January 15th, 2013 at 11:14 AM
Have him read Sartre and Nietzsche and then call him a dumbass for not getting it.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:15 AM
This sounds like the end of a Cameron Crowe movie set the to a song by The Who.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:15 AM
Wwos i hammer the point with my kids whether in school or athletics. Weaker or dumber kids who never quit or work really hard can equal or better more talented/gifted people
World is full of unrealized genius
January 15th, 2013 at 11:16 AM
1580 on your SAT?
Couldn’t get that last 20 points or what?
January 15th, 2013 at 11:18 AM
My brother had a tough time, following my sister and me and lots of expectations. Always had the “smart but didn’t work hard/do well” label. At some point, what is the difference?
I’m pretty sure if I went back to classes I struggled with in grad school and told them my MCAT scores, they wouldn’t give me a better grade. I want my kid to be curious/risk-taker and work hard. I don’t care if he/she is a genius.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:18 AM
WWS, I’m still laughing.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:19 AM
Excellent point. One I wish I would have realized when I was a lazy bastard in college but made Bs. I wasn’t genius level smart like golfercraig’s 5-year-old, but I was smart enough to not do anything and get a degree. But I wish I had the work ethic of some of my friends, though. My laziness has carried over into the work force too often.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:19 AM
“Smile:Happiness :: ______ :Modesty” really fucked him up
January 15th, 2013 at 11:20 AM
Craig, you might be really intelligent, but you can be wrong. For gifted children of the level you describe yourself and your sister to have been; it is terribly important to get them into a private school. The public school system simply isn’t designed to meet their needs in the majority of locations. It is even more important in this day and age. As schools are forced to teach to the lowest ability levels, more and more gifted students are being neglected.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:20 AM
Here’s the thing about smaller liberal arts colleges – some are really, really good, but don’t rise to the elite level of the Ivy, MIT, etc. They are, howver, viewed very favorably within their state, so with Wabash, you’ll be viewed favorably in Indiana, and to a lesser extent, the Chicago area.
In Ohio, Case Western is a step above most small colleges because of the graduate side, but there are others, like Denison, Kenyon and Oberlin that are respected in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincy.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:21 AM
/nods sadly
//alt+tabs out of document to post another comment
January 15th, 2013 at 11:21 AM
So, we’re cousins?
January 15th, 2013 at 11:22 AM
My worst impression of any grad program was CWRU. They didn’t like me, either.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:22 AM
Husker that is something i have to watch as well. Maybe its part and parcel of the field we’re in
/reaches for whiskey in drawer
January 15th, 2013 at 11:22 AM
Same here. I think with a certain type of mind that it takes a lot to keep motivated, be it in school or professional life. Going back to school while working kind of reignited my passion for academics, although the job is still boring
January 15th, 2013 at 11:23 AM
if he decides to be a plumber
Consistently in the top 3 jobs of self-made millionaires
January 15th, 2013 at 11:24 AM
Just like with the school I first went to, GMI. No one really knows it outside the automotive world, but if you want really good automotive engineers, that is where you go to look for them.
So glad they changed their name and gave me an excuse to leave. Fucking hated that school.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:24 AM
yep…coasted thru school and had NO work ethic going into college.
once i got to north texas, i developed a work ethic pretty fucking quick when you realized you’re playing next to a bunch of musicians who can play circles around you if they coasted, yet they all practiced 6+ hours per day.
best lesson i was ever given right there. you can coast thru all the gen ed requirements, but there’s nowhere to hide when you gotta actually play.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:25 AM
I’m in a deadline-driven field, so unless I’m on deadline I get bored. However the rush of the deadline still excites me.
This could be the case. I’ve never been big on the old, “oh, you’re not on deadline? You should get started on that piece is that is due next month” way of doing things.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:25 AM
I sometimes wish I was an electrician/plumber (really like electricity, not as much plumbing), but only worked on a weekend/nights/holiday emergency basis… $100 an hour, work 20 hours a week, and play a shit ton of golf.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:26 AM
No doubt script. I tell the kids college is not the only way to succeed. So many examples to the contrary
January 15th, 2013 at 11:26 AM
So true. “Oh, your pipes needs fixing? Well how about I charge you $250 just to come out and take a look, and then another $1,000 to do the job. And before you say yes or no, understand that saying no means you can’t shower or take a shit. But take your time.”
January 15th, 2013 at 11:29 AM
Been lurking, waiting for the kids/education stuff to peter out. Fortunately I did not bet the under, as I’d have lost in a rout.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:29 AM
I had a leak in my basement last month. Plumber charged me $165/hour to fix it.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:31 AM
Learning the basics of electricity and NEC really saved me a ton of money. My wife has more plumbing experience than I have, but we’ve passed on most of that, because our house is so screwy. But I can’t imagine what we’d have spent just to install all the new lights/ceiling fans in our place, and a ground fault on the deck, etc.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:31 AM
Why do you think people would be that shallow and ridiculous?
Oh, yeah, nevermind. People are shallow and ridiculous.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:33 AM
They have you by the balls and they know it.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:33 AM
golfercraig’s kid thought they could have trimmed some characters out of Tinker Tailor Solider Spy.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:33 AM
Fuck you, Buzz. You’re like the BBWAA “whaddya mean when all the HR records dropped there was PED use… we are SHOCKED!”
January 15th, 2013 at 11:34 AM
Four NBA posts already today. I think I’ll hang back here with you guys.
A guy I go to church with and my kid goes to school with his kids is a plumber. Brand new truck every year. Awesome house. Trophy wife.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:34 AM
Now, that’s funny.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:34 AM
Got a local plumber who has been to our place twice and done minor things as well as showed me how to fix something myself. Total cost? 0
Good business. He was here a total of 20 minutes so not hurting himself but he definitely could have charged
January 15th, 2013 at 11:35 AM
/polishes monocle
//your turn peasant, what do you have?
January 15th, 2013 at 11:35 AM
Is golfercraig “cavolsmu” on twitter?
January 15th, 2013 at 11:35 AM
Guys, people’s kids are way off fucking limits.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:36 AM
bullshit.
/sandusky’d
January 15th, 2013 at 11:36 AM
Well, my 2nd kid who is yet to demonstrate the aptitude of my first son – he’s definitely going to plumbing school
January 15th, 2013 at 11:36 AM
Dude I’m just busting your balls. If you could go back and read what your wrote it was pretty damn funny. I’m sure you’re kid is awesome. Learn to take a joke.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:37 AM
Glad you took care of that, Spencer.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:37 AM
and look where you’ve landed: commenting on a blog with jackasses
January 15th, 2013 at 11:37 AM
Father of one of my childhood friends was an electrician. Same thing. Trophiness of the wife was debatable, house was massive. He had some employees, not sure how many though
January 15th, 2013 at 11:38 AM
Craig is an odd name for an Indian guy.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:38 AM
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!!
January 15th, 2013 at 11:40 AM
i’ll say this about craig’s son…he’s got a HELLUVA golf swing.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:41 AM
I’m too young for any of my friends to be important, but my personality would find that more nuisance than appealing. However, one of my friends is on the fast track to riches. I do fine, but do I envy him? Absolutely
January 15th, 2013 at 11:41 AM
Its pretty common though for folks to not want to act like their kid is gifted. Especially like scripty said when there are peers having trouble with basics. Its been strange with her younger twin brother and sister not being like her. The boy is a grade ahead reading but I’ve got him in wrestling too. I admit i kind of want a rockhead boy who loves sports and raw meat
January 15th, 2013 at 11:43 AM
I’m not besmirching the electrical trade but I cant imagine they bill anywhere near the plumbers.
Other guys I see that crush – the tree services. Oh, you need us to take down that mature tree that’s overhanging your kids bedroom. That’ll be three million dollars.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:44 AM
Vez – at this point, I’m just impressed with your parenting if you can call them each by the right name first time through.
/bet you can’t
//I can’t get the dogs’ names right even, a kid will slot right in to being called “Jackie” and “Ali” before I get to the name
January 15th, 2013 at 11:44 AM
Say what now?
January 15th, 2013 at 11:44 AM
Just saw a great tweet. “Don’t pronounce Les Miserables too well. People will think you’re an asshole.”
So true.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:44 AM
Son of an exec I know took a shitload of lessons as a kid, even had a green in his yard. Long story short, he went on to play at a small college and hate the game.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:45 AM
Worth every penny, we had to trim a tree a few years back, and the tree guy did a heck of a lot better than I would have, plus I probably would have gotten hit by a limb
January 15th, 2013 at 11:45 AM
my parents named all three of us with A names so there are times where they’ll call us the wrong name. If I ever have children, I will never submit them to that torture of having all the same first letter
January 15th, 2013 at 11:46 AM
Otis, not sure your son’s age, but did you push him to wrestle, or did he want to do it? My cousin was an avid wrestler in HS, and always seemed miserable during the season when he was trying to make weight each week. If I ever have a son, I don’t think I’d want him to wrestle.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:46 AM
kinda why im glad i discovered golf late…i hate playing music now because of music school. havent touched my guitar for more than a few quick hot licks for a few years now…all i can think of when i pick it up is asian music students trying to play jazz. fingernails on a chalkboard, i tell ya.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:47 AM
golden raisins – underrated snack food
January 15th, 2013 at 11:47 AM
They lack the deep connection to negro spiritual soul that you have.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:47 AM
Its pretty common though for folks to not want to act like their kid is gifted. Especially like scripty said when there are peers having trouble with basics. Its been strange with her younger twin brother and sister not being like her. The boy is a grade ahead reading but I’ve got him in wrestling too. I admit i kind of want a rockhead boy who loves sports and raw meat
My kid is in first grade and reads at some advanced level for third graders. On Saturday during his hoops game, he shot the ball from behind the basket and it hit the back of the backboard.
I’ve got a regular Norman Einstein on my hands.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:48 AM
well, i am half sicilian, so that makes me a quarter black, right?
January 15th, 2013 at 11:48 AM
Not sure where this came from, but I think if you talk about your kids you can expect some friendly ribbing from the commentariat. If you don’t want your children discussed, don’t bring them up. BUt I also think people should keep the jokes to the light hearted nature when regarding family.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:49 AM
Just the work ethic part.
What?
January 15th, 2013 at 11:49 AM
Goddamnit get out of the rain
January 15th, 2013 at 11:49 AM
Ribbed for Fetch’s pleasure.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:49 AM
Clay? Clayton? DIRT???!?!??
January 15th, 2013 at 11:50 AM
should i not have laughed at that?
January 15th, 2013 at 11:50 AM
STOP…too much to take right now.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:50 AM
/uh…NO HOMO
January 15th, 2013 at 11:51 AM
Wwos thats funny bc some times i go through all four kids’ names and the dogs before i get it right. I also call my daughter Darcy the dogs name trixie and vice versa
Im not old my life is fucking crazy
January 15th, 2013 at 11:51 AM
Underrated addiction candy – Lifesavers Wint’O'Green
/pines for a dip
//high-fives spencer and now AP
January 15th, 2013 at 11:51 AM
haha, had to repost this
January 15th, 2013 at 11:52 AM
Sponge – underrated 90′s band
January 15th, 2013 at 11:52 AM
I almost got held back in Kindergarten.
/kicks rock
January 15th, 2013 at 11:52 AM
yeah I felt some of those were mean spirited. maybe poke fun at the commenter not the kids is all I was saying.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:52 AM
Gotta be awkward for Lefty knowing his sister is hooking up with an internet dude. Ndub came over to watch the Florida-UGA game (I think it was that game) with my friends once and every called him Internet Nick the entire time. Now imagine if he was banging my sister? Weird.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:52 AM
Golden Earring – overrated 80′s snack food
January 15th, 2013 at 11:53 AM
chocolate almond – underrated ice cream
January 15th, 2013 at 11:53 AM
Well I don’t hate the commenter.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:54 AM
I was trying to get my dog to come sit next to me the other day and I called him McKinley twice. He looked at me like I was retarded while my wife had the same expression only with hysterical laughter added. I think having kids makes you dumb.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:54 AM
Grew up one of four. My mom just used to start at the top and go down in age order till she got the right name. I hoped I’d be better, but I still yell at the wrong dog, especially now that they’re almost the same size. I won’t stand a chance with kids.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:54 AM
Plowed
January 15th, 2013 at 11:55 AM
it’s only weird because it’s fetch. i mean, shit…college hockey? for real?
January 15th, 2013 at 11:55 AM
That wasn’t the intention. Just noting that golfercraig apparently has Doogie Howser for a son.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:55 AM
I’ve said for the past 3 years, having a child makes you 20% dumber.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:55 AM
Alright, I’m there.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:55 AM
/falls into 90s alternative wormhole on youtube
//there goes the day
January 15th, 2013 at 11:56 AM
according to Dennis Hopper in True Romance, yes.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:56 AM
He doesn’t have to relay it to the kids…
Though my wife is not a big fan of Vez since I told her what he thought of the rug we have in the living room.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:56 AM
sponge did that Ring of Fire cover, right, that’s excellent.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:56 AM
Sponge – underrated 90′s band
Nah. They were properly rated. Shitty.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:56 AM
Kazzy the boy just turned six…so its more about bashing around with other kids his age with some good coaching. Hard work and instruction and fun. Poor kid has an older brother who’s 12 and two sisters 6 and 7 so he needs some time with boys
January 15th, 2013 at 11:56 AM
But Dad, I’m Jesus Christ!
January 15th, 2013 at 11:57 AM
/pours one out for INCH
January 15th, 2013 at 11:57 AM
He seems to love that shit. Poor SportsBroad. Imagine her having to act like she gives a shit about that.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:58 AM
That was Social Distortion
Your face is shitty
January 15th, 2013 at 11:59 AM
I believe that was Social Distortion. An even worse band of musicians.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:59 AM
I’m with ya dude. I didn’t take it badly. Too many real dipshizzles here for me to get my hackles up at you. I know it read very douchey. Just not sure how else to put it.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:59 AM
College Hockey > NHL Hockey (non Stanley Cup Playoff bracket)
January 15th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
NHL still around?
January 15th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
BGSU just beat Michigan this week in college hockey.
/longest win streak of the season is now at TWO.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
Jebus. And still around. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRUIDOzFocw
The lead singer guy still has his Scott Weiland fetish going on.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
It was perfect the way you said it.
/EIC’d
January 15th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
that doesn’t bode well
January 15th, 2013 at 12:01 PM
Fuck wrestling. That sport is maniacal. Best sports for kids to play are hoops and soccer, all things considered IMO. Maybe football pending some definitive research
January 15th, 2013 at 12:01 PM
Len, now THAT was a 90s band.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:02 PM
Your face is shitty
Nuh, uh. Yours is.
Ring of Fire is a constant in Social D’s setlist. If one could stand to sit through a concert. Ness’ voice is beyond shot.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:02 PM
/bites tongue
January 15th, 2013 at 12:02 PM
I wouldn’t want my son playing football. Not saying I wouldn’t let him, but I’d have to sit down and think about it for sure. I can’t say the same about any other sport. Agree on soccer, by the way. It’s a great sport to play.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:02 PM
January 15th, 2013 at 12:04 PM
I promise I didn’t take it like that. Without snark what is the internet? BBBBOOOORRRRIIINNNNGGG.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:04 PM
I wrestled in high school and college. I’m fairly confident that I will never do another thing in my life that’s as hard as that was.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:04 PM
Are you a real person or is this just your internet persona?
January 15th, 2013 at 12:05 PM
Then I’m 80% dumber but hung like an amoeba
January 15th, 2013 at 12:05 PM
STP’s third album is underrated. Core has not aged well.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:06 PM
No soccer. Soccer is for kids who aren’t athletic, but you dump them on a field an no one can tell at age 8. It’s pretty easy to tell who can’t walk and chew gum on a basketball court. Soccer? Looks like an anthill got kicked over.
“RUN JESSE!! KICK IT JESSE! RUN!HUSTLE JESSE! KICK IT!!”
/every “soccer” parent
January 15th, 2013 at 12:07 PM
Kc res i still am working on that kansas article for you. Internet has been down
/sent from my enormous droid
January 15th, 2013 at 12:07 PM
Tiny Music, right?
January 15th, 2013 at 12:07 PM
Bot
January 15th, 2013 at 12:07 PM
Tiny music is underrated. I always thought Purple was one of their best.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:08 PM
Still, their stuff from early-mid ’90s is great, as is Cheating at Solitaire.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:08 PM
Amoeba’s one cell, so it’s all cock
January 15th, 2013 at 12:08 PM
/lights the DerKaiser beacon
January 15th, 2013 at 12:09 PM
You just stole my sunshine, you fucker.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:09 PM
//dumps whiskey on phone
January 15th, 2013 at 12:09 PM
True at such a young age. If they stick with it though, that and hoops are the best for fitness, short of something horrible like track or cross country.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:10 PM
Maybe I’ll get my kids in that “THERE IS NO FEAR IN THIS DOJO” type karate schools. But that’s open-ended. Like these maniac soccer leagues.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:10 PM
If you’re a quarter-black quarterback, does that make you a cornball brother?
January 15th, 2013 at 12:12 PM
Maybe if your kid isn’t good enough for a travel team, and has to play rec. The first time I ever left the country, was to play soccer in Scotland for 10 days with my team. Still one of the best experiences of my life. We got to play against a professional youth team (13-14 year olds). Some of these kids were already getting paid to play on that team!
January 15th, 2013 at 12:12 PM
I vehemently disagree.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:12 PM
Tiny Music, right?
Yeah. It seemed 2nd-rate at the time but I like it now. Purple is still their undisputed masterpiece.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:12 PM
are you rocking some sweet cauliflower ear?
January 15th, 2013 at 12:13 PM
Craig’s right about little kid soccer but it is good exercise. My last moshpit experience was STP in 02
January 15th, 2013 at 12:13 PM
like this?
January 15th, 2013 at 12:13 PM
This. Cutting weight + high schooll do not mix. Our coach was a maniac that wanted everyone wrestling down as far as they could. Going home from practice knowing all you could have was a nice glass of water was not fun.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:14 PM
Len, now THAT was a shitty 90s band
Best mocking of a 90′s song was in Hot Fuzz when they did the local theatre group did Romeo and Juliet and they busted out Lovefool to conclude.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:15 PM
Insane coaches is the reason I didn’t play football in high school. Hockey is the worst though, given the scarcity of rink time
January 15th, 2013 at 12:16 PM
Or remotely legal. I would have the AD and school board president on the phone faster than you could imagine.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:16 PM
Don’t take this the wrong way, but wrestlers are just…weird. Every single one that I’ve know is just off-kilter somehow.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:16 PM
I have one small spot on my right ear that you can’t see. I never wore headgear in practice either. My brother, however, first year wrestling, had to get his ear drained.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:17 PM
The wrestlers in my HS carried around spit cups before matches to make weight.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:18 PM
You’re the president of the PTA too, right?
January 15th, 2013 at 12:18 PM
Couldn’t agree more. I never really got along with most of my teammates. Probably why I was exceedingly mediocre.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:19 PM
Nope, but I coach at the high school level.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:21 PM
That movie gets better every time I see it. It may soon overtake Shaun of the Dead in my estimation.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:21 PM
Gotcha. Wrestling?
January 15th, 2013 at 12:21 PM
I remember guys making suits out of trash bags to sweat out weight.
I also watched a guy weigh, make weight, and then eat 5 banana’s to get some extra energy and projectile vomit upon completion. it was quite the mash-up.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:23 PM
Dexatrim came into my life then as well. Never knew it to do a damn thing. Was 4lbs overweight the morning of a match once. Coach was NOT happy. Spent the morning in a sauna wearing a plastic suit. We had to leave the sauna so then I was just rolled up in a wrestling mat in the plastic suit. Big fun. Needless to say, no energy, got pinned. Did i mention coach wasn’t happy?
January 15th, 2013 at 12:25 PM
12 years of covering preps for a daily and my three seasonal beats were fb then wrestling then baseball. Yes wrestling is the toughest and yes wrestlers can be strange…like X Games individualism
I loved the beat and the people in the sport appreciated the coverage because they were used to hoops being the main winter glamor sport for the media
January 15th, 2013 at 12:25 PM
Also, not sure if I have smelled a worse smell than the wrestling practice room at my HS.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:26 PM
Nice to see a roundup carry through the morning.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:27 PM
No, I coach tennis. But if I heard of a coach doing any of that stupid shit I would not be pleased. It makes the rest of us look bad.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:28 PM
Learned from one coach who was also a science teacher
The body can hold five pounds of feces
January 15th, 2013 at 12:32 PM
That’s nothin’
/John Wayne
January 15th, 2013 at 12:34 PM
How often did you weigh yourself before and after?
January 15th, 2013 at 12:36 PM
Eh, not really. I coach too, and it wouldn’t bother me from making me look bad point of view. Now if one of my players were a part of that coach’s team,or I noticed a kids health in question then I’d have problems.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:38 PM
Stigs i learned it from covering his team not as a wrestler of his
January 15th, 2013 at 12:40 PM
January 15th, 2013 at 12:40 PM
I wrestled my freshman year of high school. I weighed 95 pounds soaking wet and was maybe five feet tall. You had to be at least 100 pounds to make the JV team, so I was essentially competing as a non-factor in tournaments. Went 1-7. I wasn’t that good, but I was persistent. Coaches took a liking to me.
My dad and older brother (both went to my high school) both thought I was crazy for wrestling. I kinda did it just to shut them both up.
I kinda wish I’d stuck with it for at least another year.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:41 PM
Good quote.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:44 PM
I do this every now and then when I have an especially big growler building. One time I hit 2.5 pounds. That was a proud day.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:45 PM
That is an adult putting children at risk.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:46 PM
My last sentence covers that
January 15th, 2013 at 12:49 PM
And the situation being described is one that puts a child in danger. So….
January 15th, 2013 at 12:50 PM
Yes. Again, reread it. The only thing I wouldn’t care about is that coach making me look bad for his actions, since I would have had nothing to do with it
January 15th, 2013 at 12:54 PM
Oookay. We’re just looking at it different ways. As an educator when another employee of the school does something like that, the entire staff gets the blame. At least in my experience.
January 15th, 2013 at 12:57 PM
Oh for sure. I don’t worry myself with what parents may think directly of me because of another teachers actions. But it does suck, especially working at a school with a bad rep (scores/income/behavior etc) and how outside people view you individually because of that. I see your point
January 15th, 2013 at 1:01 PM
Yeah, I don’t want the parents of my players thinking I am doing something unsafe with their kids because some idiot wrestling coach thinks dropping weight in a dangerous manner is a great idea.