Roundup: Jennifer Lawrence Meets Jack Nicholson, Epic Airport Meltdown by Chinese Official & Iran Covers Up Michelle Obama with Photoshop
Heidi Klum … the Oscars TV audience for 2013 was up from 2012 … “Man was drunk, trying to sell marijuana to Applebee’s patrons” … why is Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer pushing this work-in-an-office change? … NBC prime time TV ratings are in the tank … diversity hirings still rare in sports … unsuccessful boxer wants to re-ignite career … Michigan State coalition: please don’t burn sofas … shocking newspaper apology … I like the ‘smack an asteroid‘ plan … 18 die in Egypt on hot air balloon ride … Iran aired the Oscars, but photoshopped more clothes onto Michelle Obama … “9-year-old rapper’s adult-themed videos prompt state probe” …
Iowa State blows five point lead in the final :44, loses in overtime to Kansas, 108-96. Much-maligned Elijah Johnson scored 39 points. [Des Moines Register]
A bit late, but this is the best 11-year-old basketball player in the country, probably. [Times]
Tom Brady is going to retire a New England Patriot, and he’s such a team player, he helped create cap room with his new deal. [Peter King]
The NCAA sucks, part XXVII. [Post]
No surprise, but Stephen Jackson of the Rams will test the free agent market. [Post-Dispatch]
NASCAR should thank Danica Patrick for big Daytona 500 TV ratings: Up 30 percent overnight. [AP]
Pitcher Phil Coke meets the guy behind the twitter feed, “Phil Coke’s Brain.” [M Live]
Stats show that NBA players under the age of 26 who return from an ACL injury actually shoot better. [WSJ]
Q&A with Brazil soccer star Neymar. [TIME]
Syracuse, 74-71 losers to Marquette, is now 2-3 since Jim Boehim’s outburst at Andy Katz. [JS Online]
When Cam Newton was only an honorable mention JUCO, what happened to the 1st and 2nd team QBs? [The Big Mac Blog]
New Orleans columnist says the Saints should draft the Honey Badger. [NOLA.com]
Vintage video of Bill Russell hurdling a defender while playing for the University of San Francisco. [via Red's Army]
Kid wins Jeopardy, flashes arms in “suck it” in honor of some wrestler. [via Traina]
Chinese official misses flight, has epic airport meltdown.
Love you, Jennifer Lawrence.
- Jake “The Snake” Roberts Sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at Turner Field [Video]
- Angels Fans Demonstrates Why You Shouldn’t Try to Catch a Baseball With a Full Beer – Beer Explosion!
- Bradley Beal Seems to Have Lost a Little Respect for Derrick Rose Because He Didn’t Try and Play
- Justin Verlander Not Sharp Again, But Detroit Fans Don’t Need to Panic
- A Russell Wilson Song Set to an Old Dolly Parton Hit? Yes, It’s “Russie” [Video]
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February 26th, 2013 at 8:12 AM
There are instances where it makes sense. The question addresses possible benefits of face-to-face collaboration.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:13 AM
Blackhawks on an historical run.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:14 AM
Don’t know if anyone saw the Daily Shows take on this and Russia’s new found love with dash cams. funny vid here.
TBL was on the dash cam sensation before anyone!
February 26th, 2013 at 8:17 AM
shocking newspaper apology
Why is that shocking?
February 26th, 2013 at 8:18 AM
Worldstar! No, wait…where’s security?
February 26th, 2013 at 8:18 AM
There was a whole heck of a lot of cleavage being shown off the other night. I’m certainly on board with the trend.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:18 AM
Because she’s doing it the Google way. Create every reason to NOT leave the Plex.
/buys more yahoo
February 26th, 2013 at 8:19 AM
I’ve yet to hit play because I am in love with The Jack’s facial expression
February 26th, 2013 at 8:19 AM
What is the strange creature that sits at home and records television shows with a video camera?
February 26th, 2013 at 8:20 AM
well, there’s one less yahoo! employee now
February 26th, 2013 at 8:21 AM
There are instances where it makes sense. The question addresses possible benefits of face-to-face collaboration.
Not only that – some of the folks I’ve dealt with hunker down in their little holes and never come out. I think there’s a point where productivity drops off b/c you’re a social idiot sitting behind a screen 15 hours a day.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:22 AM
I wouldn’t be shocked if Yahoo opened a Montessori school on campus. Bring the kids and the dog and never leave. More productivity.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:24 AM
Either that or he plays in the worst HS athletic conference in the country.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:26 AM
In 2009, Newton was named honorable mention to the National Junior College All American team while at Blinn College. First team was Randall Mackey out of East Mississippi CC. Second team was Tirrell Rennie out of Northern Iowa.
Rennie was never invited to the NFL combine; the day before his pro day at Northern Iowa he suffered a pulled hamstring, thus killing his shot to show off. He only scored a small look from the Miami Dolphins
Typical Dolphins, looking at 3rd rate talent. Fock, they prob thought they were gonna pick up the next Kurt Warner
February 26th, 2013 at 8:28 AM
What do you think bootleggers just go into the big stage all willy nilly without any kind of scrimmage?
February 26th, 2013 at 8:31 AM
That Russell video is tremendous. Wow.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:31 AM
A friend of mine in high school got suspended a few days for doing that to a teacher. She thought it was some kind of threat
February 26th, 2013 at 8:33 AM
It was a promise Mrs. Rodgers.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:34 AM
I saw this about a month ago, I thought TBL had posted it then? Anyways, his old mans the coach, so he’s been around bball since he prob could tag along. He’s got some skills, but I just don’t get all warm and fuzzy about this story when they’re playing some sorta pseudo Christian athletic division in Orlando.
The whole thing about the “they tie his jersey straps with plastic ties to keep them from slipping”. Buy him a smaller focking jersey for Pete’s sake! WTF?
Kid will be burned out by 16 and not knowing what to do with himself when he is no longer the Internet sensation.
/my .02
February 26th, 2013 at 8:35 AM
Hey, I went to a Montesorri school
February 26th, 2013 at 8:38 AM
Kid wins Jeopardy, flashes arms in “suck it” in honor of some wrestler.
you could hardly tell he even did anything.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:38 AM
And security/police just standing there like a bunch of pussies.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:39 AM
I agree Caribou. We’re a few years away from ESPN putting snapbacks on zygotes to indicate which school their parents chose for them.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:39 AM
why is Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer pushing this work-in-an-office change?
there are some stockholding groups that looks at corp sq ft space to employee ratio and use this metric as an example of corproate responsibility; they probably want to get that metric up as this is a rating that they’d use to assess her leadership; I know of a one fortune 500 company that’s examining this as well
February 26th, 2013 at 8:40 AM
Jack Nicholson is still the coolest cat in Hollywood and I’m sure if cameras were not rolling he would have hit in Jennifer Lawrence even more.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:40 AM
Horrific story about one of my sister’s best friends in HS that. People are fucked up.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:44 AM
anyone have their bandwidth throttled yet due to Six Strikes?
February 26th, 2013 at 8:44 AM
there are some stockholding groups that looks at corp sq ft space to employee ratio and use this metric as an example of corproate responsibility;
Interesting – thanks.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:45 AM
Sorry about that JaiLai hope you sister can cope.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:45 AM
“No politics, George? What about that doctor in jail?”
Love you, Jack Nicholson. I hope my pimp game is half that strong when I’m in my 70′s.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:45 AM
WTF JaiAlai, im sorry to here that, but that is some messed up shit
February 26th, 2013 at 8:46 AM
Horrific story
Thanks for ruining my day.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:48 AM
anyone have their bandwidth throttled yet due to Six Strikes?
Funny when Comcast was my provider, I received 2-3 emails several years ago from them regarding downloading copyright material.
My question – do those still count against me now that I have a different provider?
February 26th, 2013 at 8:49 AM
JaiAlai, my condolences to your sister, that is focked up. What the hell would possess an individual to dismember a person? I couldn’t myself past the act of trying to murder someone, unless in duress from an attack, let alone then take someone apart. Wow. People are scary and they’re lot more like this than you realize.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:49 AM
Yea, she used to be over at my parents house all the time a few years ago. Can’t believe that this kind of shit happens in real life..
February 26th, 2013 at 8:50 AM
Yep
February 26th, 2013 at 8:51 AM
Anyone catch The Following last night? Anyone else turn heel and kick the show through the Barbershop window Shawn Michaels style? Crap episode, crap writing.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:51 AM
Instead of pepper spray they need instant-acting sedative spray that girls can use on their bro boyfriends. Also, if you are a bro you should need to carry a special government ID and have a a midnight curfew. Nothing good happens when bros are out past then.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:51 AM
Nobody collects PR disasters like the NCAA. It’s like they’re HSBC and are just way too big and rich to give a fuck.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:52 AM
Now they do.
/Comcast’d
February 26th, 2013 at 8:52 AM
TBL did, and I’m guessing he loved it.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:52 AM
How the hell did you get caught in the first place?
February 26th, 2013 at 8:52 AM
Jack Nicholson also loves to golf, and owns one of the baddest ass pieces of land. IIRC He got a hilltop when the opened up the Hollywood Hills (technically, the got a 2nd tier piece and Brando got the top – when Brando died, he had it ruled that Jack got first chance to buy the property).
February 26th, 2013 at 8:54 AM
oh how i wish JPQ was still around here, he’d love this quote so much…
February 26th, 2013 at 8:55 AM
Too rich, maybe. But it’s basically just an office in Indianapolis with a few dozen employees. That would explain much of their antics, which are indicative of a raging Napoleon complex. The NCAA is pretty much the Wizard of Oz personified.
February 26th, 2013 at 8:56 AM
Tampa Bo beat me to the joke
February 26th, 2013 at 8:57 AM
I hope my pimp game
wait a minute. did i wake up at a katt williams special in 2001?
February 26th, 2013 at 8:59 AM
France attempted a more extreme version of this and it failed miserably. I picture that course you have to take voiced by Mr. Mackey:
Now watching that porn online is bad, m’kay. You know, how would like your crack fuelled sexpliots being watched without compensation, m’kay.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:00 AM
So did Sergey and Larry. Good company.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:01 AM
How the hell did you get caught in the first place?
Not sure. Torrents I assume. It was a long time ago.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:02 AM
I would venture a guess that any Chinese official is a VIP in the Communist party and unless his superiors gave the okay to detain him, the security people will do nothing lest they get sent to a small village in the corner of the country.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:03 AM
Its only torrent traffic right? Newsgroups guys. Ninan + Usenet set and forget.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:03 AM
this is a wonderful takedown of tim finchem’s pathetic showing regarding the PGA’s stance on anchoring.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:04 AM
What?!?!
/mrjerjrjer
What?!?!
/Tim Ryan
February 26th, 2013 at 9:06 AM
BWHAHAHAHA!!! while tim finchem was spending 10 minutes interrupting a golf broadcast to say NOTHING, NBC showed a graphic that illustrates the bigger problem golf faces.
fucking hysterical. tim finchem gets paid $7mm per year to hold a bag over his head and do absolutely nothing.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:07 AM
I am fortunate to live in an area where the only one of these companies that has a presence (Verizon) and it’s very small.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:07 AM
guess i was wrong, finchem wasn’t interrupting a broacast, but was on golf channel for a presser at the same time. my bad.
/like anyone gives a shit
February 26th, 2013 at 9:13 AM
Oldie but a goodie.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:14 AM
well he gets paid to basically keep the corp. sponsorhip money flowing in, he has no stake in the future of the game or rules. there’s plenty of blame to go around. usga, r&a, pga
February 26th, 2013 at 9:14 AM
Not only that – some of the folks I’ve dealt with hunker down in their little holes and never come out. I think there’s a point where productivity drops off b/c you’re a social idiot sitting behind a screen 15 hours a day.
You don’t have to be so passive aggressive. Just come out and call us out by name.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:14 AM
Not to mention the fact that it will function as a de facto layoff without having pay people severance.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:14 AM
Of all the charges they call in college basketball they let that last one in regulation slide, incredible…good on Fran Fraschilla for his mini-rant immediately after the play, seemed like the officials were so intent on not “deciding the game” that they decided the game
February 26th, 2013 at 9:17 AM
We all know Max Hall is the next Kurt Warner
/PK
February 26th, 2013 at 9:25 AM
Of all the charges they call in college basketball they let that last one in regulation slide, incredible…good on Fran Fraschilla for his mini-rant immediately after the play, seemed like the officials were so intent on not “deciding the game” that they decided the game
This. I was furious after the game, until I saw Coach Hoiberg’s oldest son crying in his mom’s lap, obviously feeling his dad’s pain. A bit of perspective.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:25 AM
As someone who’s done the same job from an office, and working from home, in my case, working from home was better for everyone. Because I didnt have to commute to and from work, all of a sudden the computer stayed open past 5,5:30 to 6:30, 7. That’s 5 hours a week, and because I wasn’t being sucked into timewasting conversations I definitely got more accomplished. IT was also easier to not take a sick day when I know my “commute” is 10 feet to my desk. I will say though, that I work in sales so I’m not part of a team, nor do I really collaborate a lot, so I can’t speak to that.
Also, going to the gym at 2 in the afternoon is AWESOME
February 26th, 2013 at 9:29 AM
This is a worse problem than the NCAA taking advantage of and profiting off of player likeness /ducks banhammer. But seriously. We all say we could do the job, but it is clear what a charge is and what is not. Positioning and feet stable. No call is botched more than charging/blocking.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:30 AM
I liked how the piece linked here didn’t touch on this, stands to reason that a company getting its ass beat in would try and learn from its competition
February 26th, 2013 at 9:30 AM
Just looked up the Nicholson and Brando estates, sweet spots on the Mulholland Drive. Somehow Madonna got her hands on the best piece of property on that strip, and loves it so much she lives in England.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:31 AM
I’ve done similar jobs in both situations, and I get waaaay more done at home. Like you said, gym at 1 pm, run errands in empty roads/stores, then I get good work done for a few hours after the kid goes to sleep.
But you have to be self motivated and able to clearly quantify your output.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:32 AM
Yahoo already dug it’s grave, no? If they could ever sniff Google it’d be afuckingmazing. Google got fingers into all the right pies. mmmm. pies.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:34 AM
Kid wins Jeopardy, flashes arms in “suck it” in honor of some wrestler.
I can’t stand watching this guy. He did some stupid motion the last time he won too… and those facial expressions? I’m guessing he average 2.5 beatings a week growing up.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:35 AM
I can work from home but you feel like an asshole telling your kids to get lost while daddy works. Fortunately I have a very short commute.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:39 AM
“Ohhhh you didn’t know?!!!!”
/Road Dogg
February 26th, 2013 at 9:39 AM
I can work from home but you feel like an asshole telling your kids to get lost while daddy works. Fortunately I have a very short commute.
That wasn’t a problem for our parents generation
February 26th, 2013 at 9:46 AM
I’d probably take 10,000 less in salary to be able to work from home and avoid the commute and all of the other shit that comes from working in an office
February 26th, 2013 at 9:50 AM
I worked from an office and from home. Too many distractions at home. I need an office to do work.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:52 AM
He still goes to daycare most days, he just spends much less time there, which is also an added bonus.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:55 AM
I’m fine with working from home every so often, but I wouldn’t want to do it every day.
My boss is not a fan of working from home, but it’s not like he’s some big face to face sort of manager. He’s two doors down from me and will still send emails and IMs to me as if he’s stapled to his chair. Some people will just never be able to wrap their heads around the notion that you can be just as productive at home as at the office with certain tasks.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:56 AM
I always think of Harry Chapin’s Cats In the Cradle song. My dad busy, and I knew it. My mom didn’t work and stayed home. Dad was a mechanic, work from 7-5 everyday, came home for an hour lunch, and then after dinner would go to another garage and work sometimes 2-3 more hours, boy, he busted his hump
But every summer, we went on a weeks vacation to Daytona beach and sometimes Disney World and then Another week spent in North Carolina at my g-parents house on the way back home. So we were gone 2 weeks.
Good times. My dad was the best and still is.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:57 AM
Who’s the more worthless figure head, Tim Finchum or Jack Tunney?
February 26th, 2013 at 9:58 AM
I wouldn’t mind working from home 2 days out of the week. But I don’t think I could be cooped up in my house week after week.
February 26th, 2013 at 9:59 AM
I’ve been home with a herniated disc the last 7 working days, and even thoug I’m eating sick days, I’m still answering emails and asking care of things via my iPad. What sucks is, I can’t count the work ive been doing on my iPad towards actual “work”. Just eying to keep up,so I don’t get bombarded when I get back to work.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:01 AM
1) Dude is like 35
2) He was just surprised he got the answer right, and disappointed he didn’t bet anything.
3) He didn’t win anything yet…2-day final is tonight
/unblock my work IP address, and get more great insight just like this
February 26th, 2013 at 10:03 AM
Finchem keeps the schedule crowded with events for which I am grateful. During the recession I dont think they lost 1 event which was impressive given the pullout of a lot of the financial institutions.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:05 AM
In college I did quiz bowl which was like Team Jeopardy. There were some really smart fuckers in there who would assassinate alot of these Jeopardy types.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:07 AM
This has a different meaning here
February 26th, 2013 at 10:07 AM
Hope that kid fockin chokes. Looks like an arrogant prick.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:11 AM
I did College Bowl also. I was mediocre. One of my teammates blew me out of the water. We tried out for Jeopardy together, and both passed the test. He never got called to go on the show. He tried out a couple of more times and passed but never got called. He was too much of a dork even for Jeopardy. It helps to be somewhat normal looking or telegenic.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:12 AM
Good times. My dad was the best and still is.
We’re living parallel lives. We used to do daytona/ormond as well. I don’t see my dad nearly enough. Cats in the cradle …
February 26th, 2013 at 10:12 AM
but you know what was a problem for our parents generation? Polio.
/not sure what the point of this exercise is
February 26th, 2013 at 10:13 AM
Good times. My dad was the best and still is.
Thanks for that Caribou. Reading that choked me up a bit here at work. Today would have been my Dad’s 65th birthday. Still can’t believe my golf buddy is gone.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:13 AM
Htown the 2 smartest people I’ve ever met were through that – oddly – they are both USPS mailmen today.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:17 AM
LOL, no shit? We mostly did Ormond, but I threw Daytona in there since its so recognizable and they’re side by side. You could drive on the beach at Ormond as well. We used to stay in a Days Inn efficiency that had beds and pull out coach for 6 people. Plus, it had a kitchen and dining area. Dad used to take 2 days to drive to FLA in a big ‘ol stationwagon with trailer.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:18 AM
Some of those people amazed me, too. There were a few legendary players in my region that could have demolished Jeopardy.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:22 AM
Now you’re making me choke up. Happy bday to your father, God rest his soul. As I get older, there are only a couple of things I long for in life, to be healthy as Me & my wife age, and to have my children respect me and remember the great times they had as kids, the same as I did.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:26 AM
I remember doing that drive on the beach down by Daytona. We had relatives in Flagler.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:26 AM
I telework 3 days a week and love it. My office underwent renovations a few years ago, and we had to telework for 3 months. I thought I would probably catch cabin fever and miss the societal aspect of going into the office…..Nope.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:27 AM
If he was torrenting, the ISP used deep packet searching when they noticed his upload stream was way above the norm. That’s why you use newsgroups. No uploading.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:30 AM
See, even people who think they know it get it wrong. Feet DO NOT HAVE TO STABLE. Has zero to do with it.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:32 AM
Ormond
The Jamaican Beach Motel – 8 of us in a couple of rooms. Crazy.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:35 AM
Dad used to take 2 days to drive to FLA in a big ‘ol stationwagon with trailer.
HA HA – yeah – first time we did the drive (from DC area) we stopped in Orangburg SC. I was in K or 1st grade maybe. Waking up at the but-crack of dawn with the roof fully loaded. Dark blue station wagon with no A/C. Brutal but funny all the same. Dad got a new one with A/C the next year.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:37 AM
I just came back into the office after one year of working remotely from my home office. Am a bit torn on them. I think I’m actually happier now that I’m back in the office, mainly because I like the feeling of being able to separate home from work. Too often I felt like I would get sucked into a wormhole at work, and it just made for the blurring of when the day started and ended.
Also, my gf would come home from work and want to just chill and hang out, and I wanted to GTFO so that definitely made it a different type of experience. Found that to be a difficult thing to juggle.
February 26th, 2013 at 10:43 AM
You’re right. Should have explained better. If you are setting yourself up for a guy driving in, yes, they have to be. If a guy lowers shoulder and plows into you while you have position and are still moving your feet, that is also a charge or should be. I’m more talking of the guys that slide under while clearly already setting up for a charge. The TN-aTm game had some of the worst of these. That’s what I had in mind when saying that
February 26th, 2013 at 11:00 AM
We drove from central PA, want to know our half way point? The Days Inn directly across from the South of the Border park. One the things I remember distinctly from my childhood was seeing all those billboards, letting me know how close I was to the South of the Border!
February 26th, 2013 at 11:04 AM
South of the Border
Classic advertising at its best. I think we read everyone of those out loud.
We stopped there one time for a bite to eat. I think my dad just finally folded to the pressure of Pedro and us kids. What a dump.
February 26th, 2013 at 11:21 AM
Fantastic.
February 26th, 2013 at 11:23 AM
I work from home and I agree this is the worst. I’m ready to roll and she’s whipped.
February 26th, 2013 at 11:26 AM
Yesterday would have been my Dad’s 78th bday. Died at 54. Can’t believe it’s been 24 years since I’ve seen him. Didn’t think much of him through my college years, but once I got married came to appreciate all he had done for us. Damn I miss him.
February 26th, 2013 at 11:32 AM
Yesterday would have been my Dad’s 78th bday. Died at 54.
Too young, man. I thought 63 was bad. I want to be the 70ish crappy golfer taking too long to putt and hitting on the cart girl.
February 26th, 2013 at 11:34 AM
Yea, way too young, And as I hit the big 5-0 this year it seems even more so.
February 26th, 2013 at 3:39 PM
Bill Russell: Full court in five dribbles.