Nitt Picks Isn't Laughing
by Adam Bittner on Dec 9, 2010 2:00 PM EST
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PrintWell it's day two of the Dave Wannstedt replacement search, and what was Tuesday's speculation about Tom Bradley's interest level in the job might be turning into some legitimate smoke, as Paul Zeise, Pitt beat writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
Tom Bradley - Defensive coordinator, Penn State - Don't laugh, I am told he'd be very interested in this job and frankly, Pitt could do a heckuva lot worse. I think that he'd be a fine coach, he'd recruit the area like crazy and his teams would be disciplined, would work hard. Of course, would Pitt hire a Penn State guy?
Of course, Bradley was passed on by Pitt athletic director in Steve Pederson in 1996 when Walt Harris was hired to replace Johnny Majors, but that was 14 years ago, an eternity in college athletics. We've exhausted the reasons why Bradley would be a good fit at Pitt here, so we won't get into that again, (although there's some good listening on this issue at Slow States).
Keep your eyes on the process, though. If Pitt expresses interest in Scrap, how he reacts to it could be very indicative of how he feels about his future at Penn State, even if nothing ends up coming of it. No reason to get paranoid, though. Penn State could survive a Bradley depature in the long term, though it'd be a very damaging loss for Paterno and his wish to return in 2011 in the short term.
Urban Retires
In case you didn't hear by now, Urban Meyer is retiring to spend more time with his family.
"I’ve not seen my two girls play high school sports. They’re both very talented Division I-A volleyball players, so I missed those four years. I missed two already with one away at college. I can’t get that time back."
I'm not going to lie, the moment that got me a little misty during Joe Paterno's 400th win ceremony was the part of the tribute video that showed Joe walking his kids to the bus stop and playing with them in his office. Joe has been a family man throughout his tenure at Penn State, right down to staying in Happy Valley rather than taking the New England Patriots job because Sue didn't want him to.
Considering Joe's comments the other day about his relationship with Urban Meyer, you've got to wonder if the old man gave him a nugget of family wisdom somewhere along the line.
Meyer will probably get some heat over the coming days, weeks and maybe even years to come for his decision to leave, and if he doesn't stick to what he said today by showing up somewhere else or even back at Florida six months from, he'll deserve it. But, if he really, truly means what he said, no one can fault him for leaving. He has nothing left to prove. He's a great college football coach. Time for him to move to another phase in his life.
Lee Praised
Former Penn State linebacker Sean Lee had a big game against Peyton Manning and the Colts the other day, and he's getting some love for it, even from his coach.
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God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
No one responded for the first 15 minutes this post was up.
I think he was asking you to help start the comments going.
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Judging by the "open thread"
last night. And the off topic ramblings we’ve had today, I’d venture to say it is doing well again.
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I woke up and thought "man...my topic was awesome"...then I realized it was way off track and nothing to do with my stoking the flames...you guys win...again
Hire Mike Pettine Jr!!!!!!!!
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Beware!
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I haven't read through it
and don’t know if I will.
by The JuggerNitt on Dec 9, 2010 4:02 PM EST up reply actions
It's likely only useful if you want to watch funny attorney commercials.
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
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They were funny.
Who comes up with those ideas and directs the commercials? Is it all the same ad agency?
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No idea.
I’d be shocked if a legit ad agency produced that sort of product.
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
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Speaking of...
I just saw an attorney ad with William Shatner.
AWESOME.
"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."
-J.V.Pa.
Ugh
At this point I would almost welcome a discussion about poor student section attendance.
by BSD on Dec 9, 2010 2:18 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
The students won't fill their seats at the bowl until halftime!
They’ll be too busy on the beach being drunk!
/GET OFF MY LAWN’D
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If nothing else
I just want to see LJ Sr. get promoted and see what he can do with the entire defense. Whether that means Bradley getting promoted, or leaving, either way I would be excited to see how the defense plays with LJ Sr. in charge.
McGloin Despite Them
Preaching the McGospel since Aug. 2nd, 2010
Pluses and minuses
My only issue with LJSR is it seems like his guys on the D-Line tend to get in trouble off the field more than any other unit. And the way his own son acts makes me question if he can command the discipline to be a coordinator or head coach.
by BSD on Dec 9, 2010 2:22 PM EST up reply actions
I've made that argument and been mocked for it.
LJ’s a great recruiter and talent developed, but the defensive line is overrepresented among our off-field incident reports. And I don’t know if anyone else has met his son, but he’s not a very pleasant person.
"I don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on the negative. I believe that having a good, peaceful mind is the basic premise for a good life."
I mocked the lousy father insinuation (although I don't think that was you)
Could it be that he’s more willing to take risks on kids that he thinks he can change/mold? Legit question.
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Nah, wasn't on this board. Just in real life.
I wouldn’t say anything if it was just his one son, but taken as a whole, it has me slightly concerned.
"I don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on the negative. I believe that having a good, peaceful mind is the basic premise for a good life."
Don’t forget his other son, Tony, got busted for DUI too.
by BSD on Dec 9, 2010 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
Did his daughters turn out well, though?
And did Tony have any problems other than a DUI? Not to minimize the issue, but that happens to tons of people.
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One DUI can happen to about anybody
Like Paige, not trying to dismiss it, it’s still a big deal. However, I can forgive somebody for one (depending on the level as well) way before I can somebody who has 8 or 10.
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One DUI isn’t the end of the world. In fact, I think our DUI laws are too strict in this country. I don’t condone drinking and driving, but I think it’s sad how the government tries to ruin your life by taking away your license making it hard to go to work and make a living just because you blew a 0.09 which is like two beers with dinner.
But we’re evaluating Tony’s decision in the context of Larry Johnson’s parenting ability. You would think a guy like LJSR of impecible morals who gets paid to motivate young men for a living would have taught his son(s) better than that.
by BSD on Dec 9, 2010 2:45 PM EST up reply actions
You can teach your kids the right thing to do until you're blue in the face
But they still have to make the decisions for themselves. No amount of good parenting can fully prevent stupid decisions on the kid’s part.
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You aren't a parent
Like said about, one DUI is a forgivable mistake, but LJ Jr. is a reflection of his parents, like it or not. Kids are their own people, but if they are complete screw-ups, somewhere the parents went wrong, no matter how hard they tried.
I'm not a parent
But if I decide to go out right now to drink and drive how does that reflect on what my parents taught me? One of the things that they impressed upon me was the fact that I have to make my own decisions in life and live with the results.
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it goes waaaay beyond what your parents tell you
foundational character is built before a kid is 8 yrs old. Most people just don’t get that.
Maaaaaan
so I have to give my parents credit if I’m awesome? Might as well become a screwup then
John has a long moustache
Sometimes I think people turn out awesome despite their parents
But I always blame the parents, at least in part, when they turn out NOT awesome.
funnier subject line
“still did…whoops”
by The JuggerNitt on Dec 9, 2010 5:32 PM EST up reply actions
He may have and they just didn't listen.
It’s really here nor there. He might not be able to keep the program on the same level as JoePa if he were to succeed but in all honesty, who can?
LJ could be an awful parent. I have no way to know. All I do know, is that my parents have tried to teach me many lessons, yet I still did what they told me not to because I had to find out for myself.
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My cousin is the leader of the praise and worship group at his church,
and he got a DUI. You could say that he had impeccable morals, but made a bad judgement. Plus, it’s not always fair to blame the parents. I am a successful, independent career woman and my older sister is a deadbeat mooch and we were raised the same way.
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Disagree
no two kids are ever “parented” exactly the same way…and if they are they probably shouldn’t be.
Well, my parents were certainly much stricter with me,
but I saw my sister’s mistakes and tried to avoid trouble anyway. I was also a more compliant child. But I don’t think my sister’s screwups are a result of my parents. I think she just wired differently.
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I was the first one
so I had all the parental screwups, but I was much more pleasant to deal with than my brother through most of my years.
Everything looks more important when written in gray italics.
I can't even get one of my dogs to behave
I don’t think I should even try with a kid
by The JuggerNitt on Dec 9, 2010 4:02 PM EST up reply actions
sometimes...
people just have rotten kids.
Opulence, I has it.
by Esteban d' Amur on Dec 9, 2010 4:31 PM EST up reply actions
What do you mean by level?
Are you talking a BAC of .10 vs .22
or
BAC of .15 that hit a curb vs .15 that killed a 5 year old kid?
Unfortunately, it doesn’t take very much to get to .08, a couple drinks at dinner will do it. That said, if a .08 BAC impairs your abilities when driving a 2,500-5,000 lbs vehicle at 25-50 mph, I can see why they set the mark where they did.
Yea, I meant level
As in the guy who had dinner with his family, drank two beers/wine, whatever and gets arrested for DUI at .085 vs the guy who went to the bar, got sloshed, and blew a .30.
Like I said, both are bad. Not condoning drunk driving, just different circumstances and all.
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That's why I loved PSU
So many bars within walking distance. If you drove you really deserved a DUI
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His daugther is very sweet as far as I have heard.
I have never spoken to her myself though.
I can’t say the same for Tony and LJ unfortunately.
Here's my outlook
I think he has a knack for connecting with kids with troubled pasts and he honestly believes he can help them improve themselves. I think he succeeds the vast majority of times too. For all the conduct issues we’ve seen, the vast majority were drinking, smoking, and fighting. Not things we should be accepting of, but nothing near what we’ve seen with Iowa, or MSU recently.
I think we have high standards, which is good, but I also think if you can take a kid and get them through our system mostly unschathed except for a fight, or a minor drug charge, he’s forever improved not only that kid’s life, but that kid’s entire family’s life.
I agree there’s a troubling pattern there, but I think it’s the result of a guy giving kids with troubled home-lives a chance, and I think that’s an honorable thing.
McGloin Despite Them
Preaching the McGospel since Aug. 2nd, 2010
Thank you for summing up how I feel
much better than I could. I may be way off base, I have no idea. That’s just how I’ve read the situation.
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And honestly...
I’d rather have our kids drinking and smoking weed, than knifing people and stealing laptops…
Obviously they’re still illegal… but they’re doing what most other college kids are doing on any given night. The only reason people care is because they’re on the football team.
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Except for Stabby
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by jman07 on Dec 9, 2010 2:51 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Oh how we love to poke fun at Stabby.
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by Paige2PSU on Dec 9, 2010 2:54 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
+1 for "poke fun"
"God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy"
by NJ lion on Dec 9, 2010 2:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
As far as charges go
his were a cut above the rest.
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by jman07 on Dec 9, 2010 2:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeesh
that is a serious mess. I dont even want to read the articles about that as it would probably be too terrible.
Everything looks more important when written in gray italics.
I hope that's the case, and I can understand that
however I still fall back on looking at his own son, and the kind of person he is.
That was me.
No hard feelings – we agreed to disagree.
"The defensive line is overrepresented among our off-field incident reports"
We were also led to believe that a lot of the off-field incident reports were due to the DA specifically paying more attention to the football team. What unit of the team is going to most obviously stand out as being a football player? (Hint: they’re very large, and muscular)
Not saying that is necessarily the case, and maybe the D-line actually had a higher percentage of jackasses, but I figured I’d also put it out there.
Of course, I could also see it just being the personality type of D-linemen in general (though the same would apply to linebackers as well, and they weren’t as “overrepresented”). They’re told to go out there and hit everything that moves practically on instinct. I could see it being hard to flip that switch on and off.
by The JuggerNitt on Dec 9, 2010 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
I don't believe that about the DA, necessarily.
I think the DA overcharged on the whole. But the police weren’t targetting football players, they were targetting dopey students. It worked. It’s not just football players getting arrested.
It may be their personality type, but I don’t know if I’d say that’s a good thing. You have to be able to control yourself.
"I don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on the negative. I believe that having a good, peaceful mind is the basic premise for a good life."
LJSR is recruiting
a lot of kids from lower income areas near DC who probably don’t have many positive male role models. It’s simple reality that many of these kids are stuck in a cycle of difficult upbringing, then they end up passing it on to the next generation. It’s a much different situation than for those who grow up in the suburbs or rural areas with a core family to guide them.
I’m not making excuses because what’s wrong is wrong. The key is addressing the problems. You can’t have zero tolerance, and you can’t have complete tolerance. I think what LJSR and PSU are doing is fine. They give kids a chance, even to make mistakes along the way, and if they go too far, they’re gone. Yeah, LJSR’s recruits probably do have a lower graduation rate. But most are higher risk players to begin with. If we recruit talent from low income, urban areas, that’s the reality we face.
As long as there are consequences and the goal is to develop players into productive adults, I’m OK with this. I don’t think we’re promoting a culture of zero accountability as can be the case at more prominent “football factories.”
Apparently not
The other night she told me she didn’t know what Tom Bradley looked like.
by BSD on Dec 9, 2010 2:30 PM EST up reply actions
Cold dinner for you big boy!
You can’t out wifey on the BSD like that.
by Frank O'Brien on Dec 9, 2010 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
So a beat writer name drops
and now it’s gospel that Bradley is leaving? Oye.
Dewey also won the election in 1948.
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by jman07 on Dec 9, 2010 2:22 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Lions247 says Bradley contacted Pitt. Could be bogus but that site has been very accurate with its reporting.
McGloin Despite Them
Preaching the McGospel since Aug. 2nd, 2010
Seems unlikely that Fitz is wrong.
His information has been very good.
If Bradley spoke with Pitt, I think that starts to give us some clues.
"I don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on the negative. I believe that having a good, peaceful mind is the basic premise for a good life."
His Twitter feed,
is way more credible than Paul Zeise speculation.
Let's bloom Florida's onions, if you catch my drift.
by Illegal Formation on Dec 9, 2010 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
Fair enough
Just if this speculation game starts up after everytime his name is dropped, it’s going to be a long offseason. Well, until Pitt hires somebody.
This is the last time I’m addressing this. If he goes, good for him. Hope he does well, he’s earned his shot. If he goes for a visit/interview like LJ did, then I’ll start paying attention. Right now, he has as good of a chance of being hired as Bill Cowher does.
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Have to rec the history analogy
I get the paper. I go to the bathroom. I take the paper in there and I scan it. I look at it. The first thing I do is look at who died. All right. Second thing I look at are headlines. Something that says, "Paterno is the Greatest," I read it. -JVP
by wek5000lion09 on Dec 9, 2010 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
Alright then
WHERE IS REPEAT WHERE IS THE NEXT HEAD COACH OF PITT FOOTBALL COMING FROM THE WORLD PENNLIVE WONDERS
Wisconsin, Big Ten Champions for the first time since 1999...
"What's your formula for the corner?" -Doctor Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Dec 9, 2010 5:58 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah ok Paul Zeisse
I’m told Paul Zeisse likes peanut butter and dogs. Does that make it true?
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
Wasn't Zeisse one of the guys claiming Pitt was a legit BCS title contender back in August?
I guess Wanny got canned for not meeting this guys expectations.
by Frank O'Brien on Dec 9, 2010 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
Yes...
People in Pittsburgh were talking about this team like it was going 11-1 or 12-0 with a straight face.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
That was the best part of talking with a Pitt fan.
@EpicTripod
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
Zeise is one of the BIGGEST....
…ummm…let me be family friendly here….JERKS in the Pgh media. Cook is an idiot and hates PSU and Joe, but I honestly think he’s a decent guy. Same for Smizik, Steigerwald, Musselman, etc. But Zeise is a nasty person. I can’t stand the sight of him.
That was just a weird post from that guy
Firings can be funny. Layoffs are not.
Examples: Charlie Weis, Wannstache, Wade Phillips, Brad Childress
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Because Paul Zeise told us not to.
Adam
Black Shoe Diaries, SB Nation Pittsburgh, Daily Collegian Sports, @fugimaster24
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
Defensive coordinator, Penn State – Don’t laugh, I am told by my invisible friend Brian that Bradley said he’d be very interested in this job and frankly, Pitt could do a heckuva lot worse. I think that he’d be a fine coach, he’d recruit the area like crazy and his teams would be disciplined, would work hard. Of course, would Pitt hire a Penn State guy?
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
Seriously, at least Jones always admits it was "unnamed sources" behind his articles.
Meanwhile, the ghost of Humphrey Bogart told Lou Holtz that people respect lisps.
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
I HAD MORE FUN IN THE MAKE-FUN-OF-PRYOR-THREAD
2010 PSU Football......YOU'RE ALL FIRED
@ArtieFufkin10
We can make this one
a make fun of Pryor thread.
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And I want someone to explain to me why I shouldn't laugh at Pitt for firing Walt Harris because his offense wasn't like the one the Steelers run only to fire Wannstedt for running their precious pro-style "attack"
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 2:39 PM EST up reply actions
"Attack" is right
The 3-0 Sun Bowl immediately comes to mind.
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Jesus, I remember seeing that game in the airport waiting to get on a plane to Cali for the RB
I walked into this airport restaurant and said, “Holy Shit” out loud when I suddenly noticed it was the third quarter. Then I asked the guy sitting at the bar what happened, and he just says neither of them can score. That game screamed “This is why the bowl system is broken”.
low scoring game is not necessarily a bad thing
so long as it is actually because of the defense being stout, and both teams not yielding field position.
Of course, when the game is low scoring because the offense couldn’t even break through a wet paper bag, that’s when the mockery can begin.
OSU would have dominated that game if they had even just one of their top 2 guys playing.
by The JuggerNitt on Dec 10, 2010 11:04 AM EST up reply actions
I watched about 8 minutes (real time)
of that game. It was SpartyNO kind of fail. Epic.
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Have you ever seen his research paper?
Pirates, Vikings, Hokies. I'm used to heartbreak. At least I have the Penguins....
"When I put on my uniform, I feel I am the proudest man on earth."
-The Great One
by blackjackfishtaco on Dec 9, 2010 4:56 PM EST up reply actions
Planes Trains and Plantains? Awesome.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 5:00 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
I’d forgotten all about this piece of awesomeness!
I am a Penn State Nittany Lion, and I played for the legendary Joe Paterno, and more importantly, I am a man because of it. - Lavar Arrington
I'm impressed...
he got 61%.
Opulence, I has it.
by Esteban d' Amur on Dec 9, 2010 5:56 PM EST up reply actions
I had a prof
That would give you partial credit if you could make him laugh.
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Sweet Moses, that’s it. I’m not sure if it was actually his, but whatever. I’m going to act like it.
Pirates, Vikings, Hokies. I'm used to heartbreak. At least I have the Penguins....
"When I put on my uniform, I feel I am the proudest man on earth."
-The Great One
by blackjackfishtaco on Dec 9, 2010 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
Johnnie Troutman is live tweeting
A guest lecture by porn star Katie Morgan… this is the most entertaining part of my day so far…
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What in the world is his major?
"I don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on the negative. I believe that having a good, peaceful mind is the basic premise for a good life."
I seriously CANNOT
believe that Women’s Studies would bring a FREAKING PORN STAR in to talk to a class.
Women’s Studies? This pisses me off.
I said that as a joke, as in studying women
I had no idea that it really was. Seems like the wrong message to be sending.
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if you look at the photo
it includes Women’s Studies as one of the host programs for her talk.
TOTALLY the antithesis of what Women’s Studies is generally all about. They are feminism to the core. And don’t try to tell me that porn stars are feminists.
They're the ultimate feminists,
smashing the double standard we have in this society about promiscuity to pieces!
No, seriously, think about it.
We see it as okay (hell, even as a point of pride) if men flaunt their sexual activity, but women can’t do the same? What better way to flaunt it and be proud of it than to do porn?
Listen
I’ve heard your argument a hundred times. It’s complete BS. You don’t want to hear what I have to say about porn, trust me.
But only because you said trust me...
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 3:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
A new divisive issue...hm, I like this new "social commentary" BSD.
Though I think I’ll stay out of this one.
@EpicTripod
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
Because you'd be embarrassed when Mike told his wife to stop ripping you to shreds?
Exactly why I’m not getting involved.
I fear her and Paige.
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
Can you rip someone to shreads on the internet?
I just think this isn’t the right venue, as I told Wifey and Shell in the other thread. I’ll gladly discuss, as will some of the other people here, the social issues of our day. Just not on BSD.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
"Can you rip to someone to shreds on the internet?"
Yes, without question.
I mean, seriously?
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
I delete your typo and sbusstite my own!
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
I mean, with your words, maybe.
See skins4ever. But I’m not going to go home crying because some internet people I have never met said some things about me.
@EpicTripod
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
"Maybe"?
There’s no maybe involved.
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
OK, you're right, Rambler.
YOU can definitely rip people apart. It makes you an internet tough guy. But again, that person isn’t losing any sleep over it. At the end of the day, this is just a stranger’s ICQ chatroom, with some exceptions where people actually know each other.
@EpicTripod
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
No, it doesn't make you an internet tough guy.
The two aren’t mutually exclusive or whatever.
I remember once when Fugi was looking silly in a thread and jtot just stepped in, reminded him of how reasonable he usually is, and said, “It’s just that you’re getting your ass kicked in this thread.”
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
And I bet fugi didn't lose any sleep that night.
I’m just saying, and agreeing with Wifey below, that these conversations are much better discussed over a beer as opposed to a Penn State blog.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
I get the sense we’re arguing about two different things here.
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by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
We usually are.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
Ok.
Better DJK theme song: This or something new I write?
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
I was thinking
CREAM by Wu Tang. But different strokes I guess.
Everything looks more important when written in gray italics.
Also
Fighting on the internet is like running in the special olympics. Even if you win, you’re still a retard.
2010 PSU Football: You do not and will not understand it
Wow.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
I could not disagree more with this statement and think it’s so far from the truth to render all intended humor unfunny. That is all.
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
It didn't offend *me* so don't worry yourself about that.
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
What are you talking about?
If somebody disagrees with me, I cry myself to sleep each night!!!
2010 PSU Football: You do not and will not understand it
These are the perfect conversations
for a boring night with a lot of booze.
Everything looks more important when written in gray italics.
Oh, you mean Saturdays.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
I never said anything about Sunday or Wednesday did I?
Everything looks more important when written in gray italics.
Yeah
unfortunately things like “jobs” and “responsibilities” and “societies moral expectations” and “personal hygiene” start to get in the way of all my fun.
Everything looks more important when written in gray italics.
I mean in person
Internet convos about sensitive topics arent usually as good. I find face to face better for these sorts of things. You just have to remember to keep your head sometimes.
Everything looks more important when written in gray italics.
I don't
See “shreds, ripping” above.
My convos are usually much more docile in nature.
Everything looks more important when written in gray italics.
Social issue:
Which lawyer is superior? Jim “The Texas Hammer” Adler or Lowell “The Hammer” Stanley?
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
Edgar "There's No Fee" Snyder
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
Me, The Keystone Krusher
Krussssssssssssssssssssssssssssher!
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
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No, no, no.
It’s Krrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrurrrrrurrrraaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrusher.
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
We're going to kick the The Hammer's ass.
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
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There should be a place for that
then again, I would basically have zero initiative to make friends in town…
John has a long moustache
The way I see it
Anything that I would want to disown my potential daughter over is not something that I think is a positive life choice.
2010 PSU Football: You do not and will not understand it
...said the guy who started a porn site debate the other day.
Adam
Black Shoe Diaries, SB Nation Pittsburgh, Daily Collegian Sports, @fugimaster24
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
Actually, Tailgate Shogun started it.
I just threw an innocent question out thereafter.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:56 PM EST up reply actions
Wasn't the innocent question...
what does the “j” stand for. Which wasn’t innocent at all.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
No, I just asked YP or YJ.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:57 PM EST up reply actions
So your question was actually worse?
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
Or better.
The thread was deteriorating quickly. I tried an aside (and I even specifically stated ‘dont say anything bad" and ’this is a family site’)
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:59 PM EST up reply actions
I asked what the J stood for
since I didn’t know. Now I know, but still can’t attest to the difference in quality of the 2 sites
by The JuggerNitt on Dec 9, 2010 5:35 PM EST up reply actions
Oh. I didn't even look at the photo.
Craziness.
Hahahahahaha..I’m sorry but the thought of a feminist porn star is about the funniest thing I’ve ever read. Talk about an oxy-moron.
Aside: My buddy and his fiance were talking over the weekend about their future house. He’s an Eagles fan, she’s a Pats fan. He makes the remark that he won’t allow Pats’ stuff in his mancave. She replies that, if he has a mancave, she should be allowed a womancave. His response? “You do have a womancave, it’s called the kitchen.” He doesn’t believe that, she just hates feminist jokes and couldn’t pass that one up.
2010 PSU Football: You do not and will not understand it
That's pretty hilarious
I probably would have made the same joke if I were in his shoes.
Everything looks more important when written in gray italics.
Uh
ok but that’s not the mancave. The mancave has a PSU blue felt solid oak (or cherry? or mahogany? I forget) pool table with a gorgeous PSU glass lamp hanging over it, a huge flat screen TV on the wall, a pub table and chairs, super cushy tv-watching chair, and Yuengling and other alcohol stuff hanging on the walls.
I’m not allowed to touch his mancave, as far as decorating, but occasionally he lets me watch TV in there.
I’ve always felt the proper mancave is a gun store.
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by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
That sounds glorious.
And now all I can think of is “i have many leather bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany…”
It's Chinese maple
The pool table. Not oak. Not cherry. Not regular Tennessee maple. We’re talking Chinese maple. That’s imported from China.
by BSD on Dec 9, 2010 4:13 PM EST up reply actions
Your Bud needs to be careful...comments like that may get him in the "Doghouse"!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyduncFpzl4
People will always forget what you do, and they will always forget what you say, but they will never, ever forget the way you make them feel.
He said he got multiple slaps across the arm
but he said the look on her face was well worth it haha
2010 PSU Football: You do not and will not understand it
probably what she's telling them
Too bad her contributions have exactly the opposite effect on not just her, but the entire gender
Picture fail.
Here’s the link: http://plixi.com/p/61938080
Looks like it’s being hosted by the Sociology dept, Women’s Studies dept and Liberal Arts dept.
Save BSD
I think if I were Trouty (assuming he took the pic)
I would have gotten there early for this lecture and sat down front! She might have asked for some audience participation (if you klnow what I mean?)
People will always forget what you do, and they will always forget what you say, but they will never, ever forget the way you make them feel.
At least she's dressed.
LOL @ the screen.
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
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Do a Google image search (or don't, actually, just trust me on this)
and that photo is the ONLY ONE I could find with her NOT engaged in some sort of act that could get you arrested in 43 countries and the state of Texas.
I was thinking Latino
but I bet anything other than Caucasian would get you in trouble.
2010 PSU Football: You do not and will not understand it
this is true
in part, except that Latino is almost the majority of the population here so it’s not quite the same. There actually aren’t a huge number of 100% Caucasian folks around me.
where were these classes when I was a student?
2010 PSU Football......YOU'RE ALL FIRED
@ArtieFufkin10
by Artiefufkin10 on Dec 9, 2010 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
If I would have known women's studies classes were so great
maybe I’d have taken a few for my GH requirements…
true
2010 PSU Football......YOU'RE ALL FIRED
@ArtieFufkin10
by Artiefufkin10 on Dec 9, 2010 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
You probably would have just had to sit through a lot of male bashing
in the general studies courses.
Save BSD
Some guys are into that.
Not me though.
Let's bloom Florida's onions, if you catch my drift.
by Illegal Formation on Dec 9, 2010 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
Noses Touch Tenderly As We Wait Together
or
Not that there’s anything wrong with that
I always forget
by The JuggerNitt on Dec 9, 2010 3:02 PM EST up reply actions
The latter
although it could be the former if somebody was so inclined.
also
Now That They Ate White Whale Tallow
Never Take Tomatoes Away When Wrangling Terriers
Ok. I’m done.
2010 PSU Football: You do not and will not understand it
that second one is a lesson often learned the hard way.
When will people learn to listen to their elders sage advice?
by The JuggerNitt on Dec 9, 2010 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
Hrm, you're probably right.
I think I made the GH requirement the 3 in the 3-6-9 rule. Philosophy of Technology… what a terrible class. Everything came back to cellphones and facebook. Everything.
Can we get a trascript of his tweets this afternoon?
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
I guess this is proof that PSU football players go to class.
Pirates, Vikings, Hokies. I'm used to heartbreak. At least I have the Penguins....
"When I put on my uniform, I feel I am the proudest man on earth."
-The Great One
by blackjackfishtaco on Dec 9, 2010 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
I'd be stunned if Bradley goes to Pitt...
Not because Bradley won’t leave, and not because Bradley wouldn’t go to Pitt.
But think about it. If your Pitt’s AD, you have about a 10% chance of surviving screwing up this coaching decision (ie, the next time the coach is on the hot-seat, he’s on it with him). That chance goes to zero if he replaces Wannsstedt with a Penn Stater.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
just thinking of Bradley in Pitt colors makes me sick
by FBuptheMiddle on Dec 9, 2010 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
I'm serious about this Ferentz thing.
If his salary wasn’t so high, Pitt would be probably be lining up their daughters for Ferentz’s sons to choose.
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
by ReadingRambler on Dec 9, 2010 3:25 PM EST up reply actions
i agree
the issue isn’t so much that they wouldn’t be a good fit, but rather that its like sleeping with the enemy. Its like Texas to the Big Ten: it makes sense on paper but not in the real world.
I wouldn't trust old rooster me neither.
They are showing an interview with Cam Newt on ESPN
right now on CFL. I think I want to puke. What a DB.
Cam spoke in the third person...Douchebag.
What say you, Paige? Are you a third person referrer supporter? Are you a communist?
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
Third Person?
That’s terrible. I’ll never forget when Freddie Mitchell thanked God for his hands. That man was awful.
2010 PSU Football: You do not and will not understand it
That was mostly in jest.
Cam went legit third person…TWICE.
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
George likes his chicken spicy.
Nothing wrong with that.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
Great
Now I want chicken.
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
The Rock seemed to do pretty well speaking in the 3rd person
2010 PSU Football: You do not and will not understand it
His cooking was delicious.
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
by Uhaul on Dec 9, 2010 3:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
What's the status of the JoePa presser?
Anyone seeing anything?
Let's bloom Florida's onions, if you catch my drift.
by Illegal Formation on Dec 9, 2010 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
Nope, it's supposed to be on now, and isn't.
But on Twitter they are posting photos of him giving the presser at the Outback bowl stadium
Cam Newton is the best QB
that money can buy.
Pete Bell from Western Univ. would agree.
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
Dyanmite reference!
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
I aim to please.
“There goes Happy, heading for the cash machine! Oh yeah, he’s gonna get himself another linebacker! That guy’s got the best players money can buy! THE BEST PLAYERS MONEY CAN BUY!”
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
"No it was a nuclear surfboard!"
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
I still can't believe Ricky Roe asked for a tractor.
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
"Neon, he's a good kid. He didn't want any of this."
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
"Can you imagine? Can you imagine what Neon would've done if we'd have tried to give him a Ferrari?"
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
"You guys ever play in front of 50 thousand?"
“Yea, pretty much every night. 60 or 70.”
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
"What, wasn't there some of the other kids, what'd we give 'em? What? Cars? Tractors? Gave a kid a TRACTOR? Another kid we gave a HOUSE. Didn't we give him a house?"
“You know, BAGS OF CASH, I don’t know what we gave these kids…You know, they asked for things, we gave it to ‘em. I mean, you guys asked me to win, and I gave that to you! Right? And the Alumni are all jerking off over this win, which is the only time the Alumni ever jerk off, right? It’s when we win. ‘Cause this ain’t about education! It ain’t much about winning, and it sure as hell ain’t much about basketball! It’s about MONEY!”
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
"AND GET TONY SOME GODAMN PROPHELACTICS!"
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
Tony was failing TV!
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
"How about a little one on one?"
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
Alright I need to do some last minute preparation for a presentation
I am sorry for bringing up the Katie Morgan thing… I didn’t think it’d devolve into what it did. I’ll keep my mouth shut in the future.
Save BSD
I can see that it is news-worthy for you guys
just ticks me off when the university does stupid stuff like that. But then, they did it all the time when I was there.
Isn't a guest lecture the professor's doing?
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
I think it was a "lecture series" speaker or something similar.
I doubt it was for one specific class.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
I think Ms. Morgan claims a 150 IQ.
Somehow, I question the veracity of that statement.
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
Unless she's doing what she loves
and by “doing” I mean “working in an occupation”. Just to clarify.
Everything looks more important when written in gray italics.
Would I lead you astray?
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
she actually comes across as pretty intelligent when she talks
so I wouldn’t be surprised. Just because she is in that given profession doesn’t mean she can’t do anything else of value.
by The JuggerNitt on Dec 9, 2010 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
Hitting your head on the headboard that often has to be detrimental.
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
I saw some documentary she did. She was discussing what makes up good porn dialogue.
Apparently, you’re just supposed to say what you’re doing at the time.
The more you know.
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
So she focuses more on the art?
perhaps she can give a quick soliloquy or aside during the performance?
Everything looks more important when written in gray italics.
Oh God!
Poor Yorick!
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
-Auburn-USC Sig Bet Debt Repaid
She's beautiful AND she can read?
/Jim Gaffigan’d
2010 PSU Football: You do not and will not understand it
Aside from the students here
How is that none of us have real work to do? LOL
This kind of thread to waste the day away is too fun.
To be honest, I'm counting down the minutes until they release us early for the company xmas party.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 3:56 PM EST up reply actions
D&B's!?!
Looks like I need a career change. Though Houston is the energy mecca of the US, so I think I could get in down there.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 3:58 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, yes it is
Which is WHY his freakin’ company could afford to do a BIG Christmas party, like for realz. They are rollin’ in the dough.
We are too, but D&B's is like an adult Chuck E. Cheese.
We get a snooty country club with mandatory suits and ties. Open bar, though. SHOTSHOTSHOTSHOTS!
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah I like D&B's
But an afternoon party with no spouses? I don’t even know if they had beer…I doubt it.
no, just two
he just never specified the volume
by The JuggerNitt on Dec 9, 2010 5:38 PM EST up reply actions
Oh dear Lord.
Last time the whole station got together someone brought out home-still moonshine and that’s one of the last things I recall clearly. Apparently the weather department had a little competition.
I don't know if there was a "winner"
Eventually we started talking about – you’ll never guess – the weather, and debate ensued.
It was actually pretty fun
And let me tell you, however that moonshine was made, it did not taste half bad. Went down smoother than any vodka I’ve ever tasted….
Was it in a mason jar or mouthwash bottle?
That affects the taste, acc to another post that got tangented.
"God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy"
You should have pressured them.
The French are known to surrender.
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I work for the government
I think that pretty much explains itself.
Everything looks more important when written in gray italics.
I feel like we should do a Govt. chest bump.
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We'd have to fill out the appropriate paperwork first
Everything looks more important when written in gray italics.
by skarocksoi on Dec 9, 2010 4:00 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Rec'd.
That was pure excellence.
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And then receive the appropriate training on proper chest bumping techniques
And then apply for the funding.
And then receive approval of said funding.
And I am not making any of this up.
Everything looks more important when written in gray italics.
Then you have to write a report about the said chest bumping activities.
To make sure that everyone knows the federal dollars were well spent.
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Hi, I'm here from the ALCU.
Please be advised that I have just filed a law suit concerning your lack of inclusion in said chest bump.
Either we all get bumps, or no one gets a bump.
And take down that manger!
This is not a lie.
When I worked for the PA state government, we have to fill out crock pot requests in triplicate, and they were only approved during the designated holiday season.
--
@scrappled
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by Run Up The Score on Dec 9, 2010 8:20 PM EST up reply actions
I'm actually home sick now.
Major sinus problems and coughing and they told me to GTFO of the office.
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I've had more sick days in the last two months than in the previous 3-4 years combined.
I’m sick of getting sick.
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I took 2 days when I found out I chipped a bone in my ankle
Still have around 900 hours sick leave saved.
Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.
Tom Clancy
I had about 47 days.
I’ve now taken 6 days since mid-October, so I’m down to about 41 days.
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Holy shit, you people and your real vacation time
I get 6 days a year, and they don’t carry over. Nor does my vacation time. 11 days a year for that.
I get 5 weeks vacation.
And that’s the max. No rollover either, nor will they “buy” them back. Also get 3 personal days and 6 holidays.
Gee five weeks...
how do you survive?
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
I get that too, in the first year.
And a huge salary increase after being bought out by one of the biggest companies in the world.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
oil and gas law is a grower here...
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
Hop aboard the gravy train, jesse.!
We’ll be hiring soon enough
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
Honestly, let me know.
I left my job to start my own thing, while it’s going okay, a steady paycheck would be nice.
Of course, I’m way past the point of no return on being anything but a divorce lawyer.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
Yea, once you're in something, its tough to get out
At least without taking a paycut. I fell into oil/gas law and now love it and don’t see myself ever leaving. But I’ll let you know if I hear anything.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
My guess is what you would call a paycut...
…I would call a dramtic increase in pay. Also, what I call a client, you would call a stark raving lunatic that should be committed to an insane asylum.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
Sometimes, yes.
For the most part, the people are fine. But you sure get the crazies.
Just last month we had a guy hand write (BY HAND!) a 19 page letter dissecting our lease and demanding new issues be addressed.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
Dude...
I got a call last night at 10:00 from a woman who was afraid she was being stalked. Honestly, what the hell do you want me to do, call the friggin’ cops.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
Junny...
There are several 3Ls at Pitt who are into oil/gas. sharp folks. if you guys do hire, may wanna look that way.
"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."
-J.V.Pa.
Ugh, that would entail dealing with the CSO
Which is the absolute pits. What a joke of an office (my apologies if any of you have ever worked with Pitt Law’s CSO)
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
if I ever get married and then divorced
I would want you to represent me for sure
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Well hurry and up and marry the wrong guy.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
with my track record
it is pretty much a guarantee that whoever I marry will be the wrong guy
I am not known for my excellent choices in boyfriends
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Ahh, my favorite kind of client...
The hopless romantic, poor decision maker.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
This fits me as well.
Attorneys should know better…but I sure don’t.
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Question;
What did Paige have to write if South Carolina won? Does she still have to write it when Auburn vacates the win?
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
Something similarly complimentary to him.
If Auburn ever has to vacate the win, I will write my homage to Uhaul.
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I'm not sure what Paige was going to write.
I penned this thing on the fly.
Haha, I hadn’t thought about what happens if Auburn vacates. I definitely want some love in that instance.
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I'll be sure engage you should I screw the pooch.
In return, I expect to be informed if anyone gets sexually harassed or discriminated against in the workplace.
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
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One need not be fired to be discriminated against
Generally, a charge must be filed w/in 180 days of the discriminatory act. However, if you live in a state that also has laws prohibiting such discrimination, the charge must be filed w/in 300 days. In a Harassment case, it must be filed w/in 180/300 days of the last instance of harassment.
Paige's sparking personality is intoxicating; her beauty breathtaking; her intellectual prowess incomprehensible to mortals. Her radiance...her luster...drive men mad. Her omnipotence dangerous, yet alluring. It is her power that ensures gravity remains constant; her genius that inspires. She is not only responsible for the Earth's rotation, but may cure what ails the heart with a glance. I am Paige's pool boy...a serf to her ladyship. I am at her beck and call. I bow to her. I am not worthy. War Eagle.
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eh..I'm screwed
I so wish I could have sued my former employer who sued me with that frivolous lawsuit TWO WEEKS before the birth of my first baby. Pain and suffering, that’s what that was. Emotional duress. Whatever. Completely ruined what should’ve been the best months of my life.
Not to mention costing me 300K in legal fees.
NO, I’m not bitter or anything.
I'm so sorry to hear that.
That really sucks. You should have sued them (in my non-lawyer opinion).
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I ran out of money before I could
Start-up company…needed to start actually doing business once we won that suit and put it behind us.
Junny...Range?
That’s who drilled on my in-laws. They are well on their way to becoming millionaires.
Competitior to Range. Actualy used to work for Range.
I’m going to guess your in-laws are in Wash or Greene Co?
And you must not have seen the 60 Minutes piece. They’re called “Shaleionaires.” Dumbest name ever.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
Wash.
I’m guessing, from things you’ve written, that you and I live pretty darn close to each other.
Can they drill to that layer under Marcellus (Utica is it?) from the sites they already drilled into Marcellus??
Oh yea.
Utica is the next big thing, but no one’s talking about it yet cause its too deep, for now.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks, but I'm thicker than the Marcellus layer.
So please bear with me….when you say “Oh yea” you mean you can drill into the layer below from he same site you already used to drill into Marcellus (even if you’re finished with that site for Marcellus)?
Thanks in advance. I tried looking it up on the internet before and couldn’t find anything.
The same site, I'm not sure, I'd have to see a lot of different things.
But it is certainly possible to get to the Utica even though you’ve drilled to Marcellus.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
your going to ruin PA's environment quickly
if you’re not careful.
The natty gas industry’s refusal to disclose the chemicals they put into the ground is immoral and should be illegal.
I wouldn't trust old rooster me neither.
Shite just got REAL, yo!
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eh, and arguably political
i know better
sorry
/cheap natural gas could kill my investments
I wouldn't trust old rooster me neither.
Down with all the Bigs!
Big Oil, Big Gas, Big Pharma, Big Insurance, Big Tobacco! Curse them all!
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You're life would be A LOT different without them.
Well, if you don’t smoke, maybe not Big Tobacco. But the rest…
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 5:29 PM EST up reply actions
I'm just being facetious.
I’m actually a child of Big Pharma. Those drugs paid for my education.
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I'm a child of big oil
so I hear ya. Ironic, in a way, that I’m an environmental engineer now. But I am still pro-big business.
You need to educate yourself.
And not listen to zealots. Almost every single thing they complain about is a lie.
I’ve seen this entire process first hand from start to finish and it’s fine. It’s not perfect…nothing is. All things have tradeoffs. But it’s the BEST thing to happen to this area since steel.
That’s all I’m gonna say on this. This is not the place to debate it.
i'm fully educated on the issue
and am considered an expert.
I’m not advocating against drilling for natural gas in PA, I’m advocating for disclosure that should have no impact on business operations. Explaining to the public what is going into their sources of drinking water shouldn’t be controversial.
the end for me.
I wouldn't trust old rooster me neither.
So we'll mark this as topic 3 of debates I'd like to have outside of BSD.
But suffice it to say, all of the chemicals used are known, and there is always reverse engineering if you’re THAT interested.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 5:28 PM EST up reply actions
We'll need multiple ones.
We’ve covered a lot in the past two days.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 5:44 PM EST up reply actions
A week long BSD Summit.
Those of us who have insane amounts of vacation time will donate to those who don’t so that everyone can attend. We’ll also apply for CEU credits for anyone who needs it so that it can be considered work related.
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TWSS?
Let's bloom Florida's onions, if you catch my drift.
by Illegal Formation on Dec 9, 2010 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
You must get so much TWSS in your line. Do you get sick of it?
Let's bloom Florida's onions, if you catch my drift.
by Illegal Formation on Dec 9, 2010 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
Never.
But TWSS isn’t really office appropriate, so you have to save them for the right people.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 5:03 PM EST up reply actions
Depends on the office. It’s tame by comparison where I work.
Let's bloom Florida's onions, if you catch my drift.
by Illegal Formation on Dec 9, 2010 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
60 Minutes...ha!
Haven’t watched that joke of a show in at least 20 years.
Me either
But I watched that segment online.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
I got nothing my first year.
One day off. But we were then a smaller and newer company yet to be bought out by our current company.
I get 22 days...
plus 5 sick. No rollover on the vaca time. Of course I’m paid well below market…
Opulence, I has it.
by Esteban d' Amur on Dec 9, 2010 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
That was just my accrued sick time. It rolls over from year to year.
I get 22 vacation days, 3 personal days, and 11 sick days a year. I think I have around 25 vacation days accrued.
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my sick...
roles into short term disability time. I don’t think I’ve taken a sick day in 8 years.
Opulence, I has it.
by Esteban d' Amur on Dec 9, 2010 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
Well, I like my job, co-workers, and company.
And my commute is easy…parking is free (and I get my pick as I get there around 5:20 AM). I work very little OT (exempt so it wouldn’t pay anyway) and am home by 3:20 every day. Our office building is new with nice amenities and there’s not a lot of pressure in my job. And there are a lot of babes there and I know most of them!
I’ve had bad jobs. I could do a lot worse.
me too, I have 5 weeks
but there is no time to take time off
then they yell at you for not using your time
then they tell you “it’s not a good idea to take 2 weeks in row”
lather, rinse, repeat
this year I will lose 11 days, no carry over, no “take it as pay”
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I can take mine any time.
In any block (even half days, in which I’m home by 10:45!) and with usually same day notice (not for full week off obviously).
I've just chalked today up as a full day lost.
Even though I did “work” half the day and attended some meetings, I wasn’t productive at all.
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Must be nice.
My company…a Fortune 500 company that I guarantee every single one of you has heard of and used in some way…does not have official sick days. Oh, you can report off sick and will still get paid, but there’s no official sick days.
Sorry, but the idea of accruing sick days is bull, I think. If I had a job with that policy I’d have an unreal amount of them. I’ve had perfect attendance 18 out of 22 years.
Two jobs ago...
We didn’t have sick days or personal days. The rule was “do your work”.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
"Vacation time? VACATION TIME?!?"
/Boiler Room’d
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
In the interest of full disclosure
They didn’t give two s%&ts where you were on what day, ever, so long as you had the answer when they came looking for it.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
That's my rule.
But then, I’m an owner. I work part-time. I take off when I want to take off. The end.
I still have 42 hours of use or lose annual I HAVE to use by Dec 31
I promised myself 5 yrs ago to never again be at work between Christmas and New Years. I was the only person there the day my boss had to assign someone to go to green belt training. I ended up going, biggest waste of my time EVER as a federal employee. I already work on more freakin projects and problems than I have time for and I was supposed to come up with someting to work on.
Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.
Tom Clancy
Our accrued sick days roll over into our retirement fund.
We can also donate them to someone who is really ill (like with cancer or something serious) and doesn’t have enough.
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My Mom's company does this, that is great
I suggested it to ours when a co-worker delivered her twins prematurely and didn’t have the time. There are many of us to don’t use all our time.
Crickets
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I had to take two weeks when I broke my leg
2010 PSU Football: You do not and will not understand it
In 22 years at my current job...
…I’ve taken 11.5 sick days.
HOWEVER…..my lung has spontaneously collapsed on 2 separate occasions. The first time I woke up with it and figured whatever that pain was would go away so I went to work. After about 3 hours I had to get out of there. Ended up in the hospital (with Tony Dorsett’s brother for a roommate) and missed 6 days total. Five years later it happened again (after I got home from work). This time I knew immediately what it was and went to the hospital. They performed laproscoptic surgery to staple it and I missed 3 days of work.
So other than 9 days (all in the hospital) for the collapsed lung twice, I’ve misse only 2.5 days in 22 years. It’s simple…I’ve been healthy and if I’m healthy enough I go to work. I don’t believe in mental days or that kind of crap. That’s what vacation and personal days are for. I’m paid to go to work so I go. It’s that simple.
If Scrap get's the job I'll wish him will.
But I don’t agree that
it’d be a very damaging loss for Paterno and his wish to return in 2011 in the short term.
Vanderlinden and LJSr will run the defense just fine thank you, unless one or both of them go. I still think Curley
needs to drag Al Golden back to Happy Valley right now, even more so if Scrap leaves. Give him the title of Assistant Head Coach and make it clear that this is his on the field job interview. But don’t screw around trying to pin down Paterno with a timeline or some ridiculous buy out like FSU did. We’re all adults here, if Golden wants the opportunity to be the next, long term HC at Penn State he doesn’t need to screw around with these kind of games.
That should be wish him well
As for the impact on PSU, I’m more concerned about the recruiting issue. Who do we have that can recruit against him in western PA?
by Frank O'Brien on Dec 9, 2010 4:13 PM EST up reply actions
It's a large IF....
But it would be really interesting to hear TB recruit against PSU. Joe’s Old? Joe doesn’t go to practice? Joe needs hearing aids? Greg Gattuso’s getting my old job? The girl friend from Boalsburg knows about the girl friend in Mt. Lebanon? Oh, btw, Joe’s getting old?
"The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God." The Government is like the Mob, you can check out, but never leave.
Nah, he just crushes a lot.
"I don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on the negative. I believe that having a good, peaceful mind is the basic premise for a good life."
Here's how I see it....
There is no way they told Tom Bradley that there is no way he get’s the big chair when the old man steps down. At worst what they told him was that there was going to be a national search, and you’ll certainly be a top candidate.
If that is sufficient to make him leave and go coach Pitt (or anybody else for that fact) so be it.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
If so.....
then why hasn’t he left yet.
"The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God." The Government is like the Mob, you can check out, but never leave.
Frankly, I don't think Tom Bradley is going anwhere.
But if he needs to be promised the job to get him to stay, well, I don’t think that’s a reasonable request. Ne’s good, maybe even great, but he’s not that great.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
I was just listening to Sportscenter
and Bradley didn’t get mentioned by Schad as one of the possibilities for the Pitt job.
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None of the guys on the Pitt station are talking about him either.
This is all Fugi smoke. He’s not nearly as dialed in since he moved to State College.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
Prisuta didn't mention him this morning
Did mention some others I hadn’t considered, but not Bradley.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
Smizak blogged the candidates right after the announcement
Listed Scrap and Golden at the top but qualified the PSU connection as a big negative.
by Frank O'Brien on Dec 9, 2010 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
He might be interested
but I just can’t see Pitt hiring Bradley after their darling Pitt guy didn’t work out for them. I also think the Wanny firing is a big mistake for Pitt. I think their admin must a very inflated idea of what Pitt is on the national scene.
Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.
Tom Clancy
by BMAN13 on Dec 9, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Their admin...the local populace...the local media.
All are delusional as to Pitt’s place in the college football world.
I honestly think Wanny was getting Pitt into a good position.
I think he was at the point where this year was a very bad year and Pitt would be a consistant (3 out of 5 yrs) challenger to the Big East title. I just don’t see Pitt hiring an immediate help or big name guy and that whoever takes it will have to start over again. It sure sounds like the players are not happy either.
Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.
Tom Clancy
I agree. Wanny...for all we and everyone it seems,
make fun of him was really not that bad of a coach and certainly an honorable guy….a good man to have influencing young men.
Pederson is the man behind this. That guy is an arrogant, full of himself SOB.
The guy on the radio had a good point.
It didn’t take Brian Kelly, Bobby Petrino or Rich Rodruigez seven years to win a Big East title. Additionally, Wannstedt didn’t walk into nothing, he took over a pretty decent team.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
I don't think Pitt was sitting very good when he took over.
they had no depth and he was changing the system.
Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.
Tom Clancy
They had just had the best season they'd had in 20 years.
It was his decision to change the system. And like I said, if Brian Kelly can dominate the league at Cincinnati in half the time that Wannstedt was at Pitt, it’s pretty clear he wasn’t getting the job done.
If Cincinnati can go 12-0 in the Big East, Pitt can go 12-0 in the Big East, and that really shouldn’t even be a discussion.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
Wannstedt was one of the worst NFL coaches ever
he was only a below-average college coach
maybe he’d be average at the high school level?
I wouldn't trust old rooster me neither.
Vandelinden?
It’s going to be hard for him to do that from Ball State.
Adam
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God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
Except no one but you really seems to consider him a real candidate for that job
Everything looks more important when written in gray italics.
Vandy could step in and replace Bradley
but the fact that Vandy is also interviewing coupled with Joe telling recruits he’s coaching 5-6 more seasons means things could get ugly. Losing both Bradley and Vandy would really be a disaster for Joe if he plans on continuing. If it gets to that point I think Spanier has to step in and make a decision sooner rather than later.
by Manxome-Lion on Dec 10, 2010 1:06 PM EST up reply actions
If Scrap would leave, how would that affect recruiting this year?
I’m sure in the long-term, his departure may hurt our efforts in Western PA, but how many of this year’s recruits were “his guys” and would possibly follow him to Pitt?
"Every time you go to that cook-off you get drunk as a poet on payday!"
I could be wrong, but I don't think any are western PA guys.
5/8 are out of state.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 4:54 PM EST up reply actions
It's typically considered very poor form
To try and take recruits from your former school with you on the way out the door. Bradley wouldn’t do that.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
Oh I know, and I never said he would
but a kid can decide that on his own without any nudging, depending on how close he was to the guy that recruited him.
"Every time you go to that cook-off you get drunk as a poet on payday!"
When I sat down and say 300+ comments
I verbalized “O s***” almost immediately. This wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, though.
Adam
Black Shoe Diaries, SB Nation Pittsburgh, Daily Collegian Sports, @fugimaster24
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Most of it is
Lawyer talk, bitching about no vacation time (well, some people’s perceived lack and others’ actual lack), and discussing feminism in the porn industry.
Junny and his porn...
Adam
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Marriage.
@EpicTripod
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 5:40 PM EST up reply actions
Unlikely.
But I know jesse. is a Pittsburgh guy, so as long as I get to him first, I’ll be ok.
@EpicTripod
SBN - Pittsburgh
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 5:44 PM EST up reply actions
Send me a dollar
And I’ll be there if you need me.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
Thinking about hitting up the new Stage AE in a couple weeks for the Clarks.
You’re a North Shore guy, right? I’ll slide it under your office door.
Retainer YO!
@EpicTripod
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 9, 2010 6:06 PM EST up reply actions
Yup...
Best thing about retaining me is conflicting out my Wife. She’s waaaaaaay meaner than me.
Don't get me started on the lunacy of hiring the guy whose team lost to 4-7 Pitt, at home, with arguably the best team in school history, to beat Ohio State. If Pryor goes anywhere but Michigan, the Rich Rodriguez era at Michigan could be turbulent to say the least. January 16, 2008.
It takes way too long to read 200+ comments when you have to go Christmas shopping in five minutes.
That is all.
"Welcome to the PSU Salvation Army. I've never been associated with a defense so nice about giving touchdowns away." - Coach Fry, modified
The potential endings:
1. Scrap called Pitt to say “no thanks”
2. Scrap called Pitt to say he’s interested, but only to drive up his worth in talks with PSU for this year/next.
3. Scrap takes the Pitt job, but in the biggest turn in the history of bad guys will quit the Pitt job five minutes before kickoff of their home opener, only to come back to PSU where Joe held his job open the whole time. Completely leaves the Pitt program in an even deeper state of disaster….all part of Joe’s final “F U” to our neighbors from the west.
“Oh my God…. they’re playing the PSU fight song as the Pitt team is running out of the tunnel.”
by Tailgate Shogun on Dec 9, 2010 10:27 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
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