TrueBlueGED
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I love that song. Between that and "The Garden," I think they've managed to encapsulate the reason for human existence.
We've talked to her ad infinitum about moving, finding new friends, ditching them ... she just can't do it on her own. And as an adult, we really can't do anything other than support her. Doesn't mean we have to like or agree with her choices, but we can be supportive of her. It just irks me cuz she was always so sweet and bright, happy ... now she's just this shell. You can literally see just how dead she is inside. It pains us to watch her go through this time and time again, but ultimately, it's her choice. We've offered to let her stay with us with the understanding that it's a place to crash rent-free, with no parties, no guests ... a bed, pillow, clean towels and rags, and unlimited food and use of laundry machines. She's never taken us up on it. Probably because of the "no parties" rule. Sorry, but I have two little girls who I'm not going to subject to that kind of lifestyle. Not with drugs, alcohol and what-not.
Grah. What can we do but keep on loving her and supporting her?
Having experienced a similar situation (not family, but close friend), that's about it. Just keep reminding her that there's people there for her, who love her and want her to live a long happy life, and so on. Not necessarily explicitly, of course...but invites to dinner, or a movie, or an event, just little things to make her feel wanted or try to rebuild some shred of self-esteem. There's no guarantees since it's ultimately on her to pick herself up and start making changes, but just keep being there and hopefully things work out.
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Haha yea, saw that a week or two ago. And yes, I watched it more times than I probably should have.
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My complaint: Tim Hortons! Their donuts and coffee sucks.
Blasphemy! :thumbdown:
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Just bought a copy of Colin Powells new book. Should be a good read.
That should be a great read. While I haven't read the book, I do find Powell to be one of the more interesting political figures in recent memory.
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I SAID I WAS SORRY!! WHY ARE YOU PERSECUTING ME !!!
Kidding aside... nothing ruins a restaurant experience more than customers who can't/won't keep their conversations confined to their own table.
Insert ethnically insensitive comment here
:P
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Totally agree with everything here, except the bolded. Where are you supposed to discuss politics if not in public? isn't that the whole point?
I get not being loud in a restaurant, but surely the volume and vulgarity are the problem, not that they were discussing politics.
If you heard what was being said you'd understand. They were extremists, and quite insulting/demeaning in what they were saying.
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People who have no sense of respect for the fact they're in a public place when at a restaurant. My mom just got back from vacation yesterday, so we went out to breakfast this morning. A couple of older guys were a few tables over discussing politics. Aside from the fact that's always a bad thing to discuss in public, the one was practically screaming about things, dropping F-bombs every other word, and slamming his fist down on the table. I eventually asked him to tone it down once I realized he wasn't going to stop, and he did quiet down then....but still, to me it was just a total lack of respect for others who were trying to peacefully enjoy their meal.
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One of my girlfriend's friends was drinking a Ukrainian beer called Obolon Bile the other day, so I picked up a bottle up from Beers of the World.
Let's talk about how bad this is. I'm having a hard time finishing it.
Well, it is called bile :blink:
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She now has a nice sparkly thing on her left hand. I knew last week's visit to the falls would be a good one.
Remember that statement 15 years from now :P
Seriously though, congrats!
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His forehand and backhand “@BillHoppeNHL: Brad Boyes believes 'both sides' contributed to low production with #Sabreshttp://tinyurl.com/6vfz7ju”
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Bottom line.......a guy is now making 25% the $$ the Sabres were paying him just 3 months ago.
That's like paying $200K for a house in February 2011....and selling it today for $50K.
The efficient move should have been to bury him in Rochester or buy him out. His massive dropoff either shows a deficciency in management....or a misuse by the coach.
When you use an example like this, and Pegula's money is no object, these are concrete examples of failure. You can't defend it.
Right, because his production wasn't already in steep decline when the Sabres traded for him. Wait, it was? Oh, well then...
Boyes stinks. His goal totals went from 43 in 07-08, to 33 in 08-09, to 14 in 09-10, to 17 in 10-11, and finally 8 last year.
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I get to see my brother for the first time in a year today. Then I'm heading up to the falls with the lady friend later in the day. I may have to post about that trip later tonight.
For your sake, I hope that that's not possible ;)
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I would love a league-wide NHL show in that slot, but I'll take this. And as others have said, I'd take just about anything over Cowherd. Good lord.
"LeBron USC SEC LeBron Jeter Yankees Brady SEC Tiger Brady SEC LeBron."
You forgot Kobe :P
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I will admit my curiosity has me hoping this works on my neck because maybe it will help my knee too.
It's very hard to be productive when the only thing I can do is lay on my back. :(
Vegas disagrees with you :w00t:
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just flinging some ######... Not intended to be a legitimate argument...
As for my real complaint of the day, lactic acid build up from not cooling down properly. Ouch.
Yea sorry, that wasn't entirely directed at you. I talk and deal with so many blind partisans (some of whom are actually informed, despite their bias....and others who just don't have a clue about how anything in government works) that the past few posts were just kind of a match that lit the fire in me ;) . I certainly don't know everything about everything politics-related, but I can spot a garbage argument, "finely-tuned" numbers, or partisan talking point instantly.
Oh, and the lactic acid thing is a very legitimate complain.
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Wow. Almost a quarter of what President Obama has done in three years!
:little ninja guy who I can never remember how to input/Grier in a mask:
;)
(/ducks for cover)
It's actually a little more than half of what Obama has spent. Obama's big proposals which cost money were healthcare and the stimulus...which totaled about $2.5 trillion over 10 years (this is using the revised, more expensive CBO estimate on healthcare...original estimate was $900 billion, new estimate is about $1.7 trillion). The wars combined have cost about $1.3 trillion. And that's without even taking into account Bush's other costly legislation. It's one thing to bitch about Obama's spending, it's completely another to say Bush was even slightly more fiscally responsible.
And yes, I'm aware there has been other spending such as the payroll tax cut, extension of the Bush tax cuts, and unemployment insurance extensions. However, if you think those proposals wouldn't have happened with any other president, you haven't followed American politics very long. Plus even if you added those in, the wars have still cost probably around 40-45% of Obama's additional spending, significantly more than a quarter.
New complaint: people who bitch with one-sided talking points and half-assed numbers when they don't actually know what they're talking about regarding how the budget and political process works.
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Injuries during recreational sports, particularly during the warm months when I want to be outside doing things. Last year I tore a quad, and just last night I sprained an ankle. Playing in a rec soccer league, I was going for a header and so was someone from the other team. Naturally we collided mid-air. It wasn't a super hard collision, but it was enough that when I came down it was full force on one of my legs...and my foot just happened to also land in a divet. So my ankle was turned with my full momentum hitting it. Saw stars, actually thought I broke my ankle and/or fibula at first. I didn't, but it's definitely sprained so now I'm looking at a several week recovery with no soccer, no running, no elliptical, no leg exercises, etc.
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Liberals and conservatives often times talk past one another. Most of it has to do with the fact that not only do they tend to have different values, but even if they have the same values, the way in which they define those values can be completely different. For example, even if both sides agree that equality is a desirable value, they may completely disagree on what equality is, let alone how to get there.
Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Makiing by Deborah Stone is a great exposition on the topic.
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Beautiful day today. Decided to give myself a day off (see: procrastinate putting together the syllabus for my class....which starts Monday). Got a chance to get a nice wash of my car and wax it. First time I've ever waxed my own car, and it turned out really well. Although doing it by hand did convince me that a buffer would absolutely be worth the investment. Regardless, car looks like it was just out of the dealer (....minus the several chips in the paint and chrome from rocks kicking up, including one on the roof...however in the hell that happens). Going to detail the interior Sunday, and the car will be set for awhile.
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Why do they have 3 hours to take it? Is there a written rule saying you have to be there at the start?
At least you speak English. The only reason I don't embrace UB is their use of grad assistants who have command of about 20% of the language and culture. I felt ripped off. There were some very good ones, but there is no excuse for some of the people they put out there. Parents paying their kids' way would crap a brick if they were in some of those classes
As a rule, students have 3 hours for final exams when they are centrally scheduled by the university during exam week. This can be bypassed by professors if they simply give their final on the last day of classes, but again, this was an optional final and really only existed for students who had bombed one of the others so they had a chance to raise their grade. There's technically no University rule saying students have to be there at the start, however, a lot of professors will only allow latecomers to the point where the first person finishes their exam, to prevent possible cheating. Plus this particular exam started at noon, so barring catastrophe (which would of course be accommodated with the requisite proof), there's really no excuse to walk in an hour and a half late.
As to the second point, if you think some of the grad assistants were bad, some of the professors were equally as terrible. But that's just the way it is for a lot of physical sciences and mathematics. So some of it really is supply and demand, but there's also a lot of politics behind it. Attracting quality graduate students is a very competitive enterprise, and one that's necessary to improve the school. If you don't offer funding to your better applicants, they're going to go elsewhere. A lot of these higher-quality graduate students happen to be international students. And having high quality graduate students who are research-oriented also helps attract higher quality faculty who produce prestigious research, which in turn attracts endowments. Student diversity and amount of international students may also serve to increase school prestige. So between supply and demand, and desire of the University to rise in certain rankings, you end up with a lot of international graduate students (particularly in the hard sciences).
But the biggest thing, above all else, is that UB is a research institution--faculty are hired and graduate students funded based on their potential for producing research. About 5% of getting tenure is based on teaching, the rest is all based on how much research faculty produce and get published. There are absolutely some faculty that take teaching very seriously (some even too seriously, from a self-interested perspective, since it really does nothing to further their own career), but a side effect of the system is that professors rely heavily on graduate assistants, who get no training at all as to how to become competent teachers. Faculty are hired and retained on the basis of research, graduate students are trained from day 1 to produce research, and everything else is secondary. One of my professors once told me "at a research institution such as UB, as long as you can stumble your way in front of a classroom and talk for a few minutes, that's all that matters". It's kind of ironic really. University rankings are based largely on the quality of faculty and how many degrees get awarded, and UB gets ranked quite well nationally (especially considering tuition costs), so a lot of students go expecting great professors and to have awesome classes. Unfortunately, the quality of the faculty is ranked on their research, not on their teaching.
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Stupid undergraduates. Giving an optional final today, and a student shows up about 90 minutes late (3 hours for the exam, so they showed up halfway through) and wants to take it. Professor asks why they are so late, "Oh I just decided to take it now." So I'm thinking to myself, yea okay, I'm sure this student was just sitting around and completely randomly decided to show up for the optional final. So the professor asks her point blank why she just decided to take it now, and if she talked to anybody who had finished it already....and she ADMITS to having talked to a friend who finished it. In other words, her friend told her it was easy and that made her want to take it. Are undergrads really this stupid? The professor wasn't going to let her take it anyway, but seriously, to not even attempt to have a good reason/excuse/lie about why you were an hour and a half late, and to admit talking to your friend about the exam's contents?
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I'm not saying anything haha
Things that are also awesome?
The $800 I have in my pocket from selling my motorcycle today ( :w00t: / :cry:)
Zweigle's Sausages :thumbsup:
Celebrate gay marriage. Celebrate $800 of sausages. Your girlfriend is going to be mighty disappointed when she learns the truth :P
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Can of worms = opened. Popcorn anyone? :angel:
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That should tell you something......and it ain't good.
I ask again..what in particular has Gillis done that he has earned a reputation that he's a great GM? And don't tell me "two consecutive presidents' trophies!!!!" because the entire core of those teams was in place before Gillis took over. What moves has he made that make him stand out? Looking at his moves hasn't impressed me a lot. Plus, hockeysfuture.com has the Canucks' collective prospects ranked 29th in the league. Isn't it possible that he simply went all-out this year at the deadline to make his team Cup-worthy, and failed? It certainly wouldn't be the first time in the history of sports that a GM was very short-sighted with particular moves.
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So I'm reading an article right now on how Microsoft fell behind in innovation, and one of the key things mentioned is the bell curve, and I immediately thought of this complaint! Here's an excerpt:
The rest of the article can be found here: http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2012/08/microsoft-lost-mojo-steve-ballmer