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[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
No. I'll walk.

I'd be an awesome barista.

Part of working in a law firm on *any* level is eating that shit sandwich every single damn day. We all have to do it and we all have financial obligations---what keeps us all sane is having a plan to figure out in the future what you want to do and where you want to be at and not let this J-O-B define who you are. And part of that is biting your tounge and kissing ass if necessary on occasion which sucks but it is what it is my fwend. We all have to cater to the partners and the client and stress and hype out. it is just the way it is but it is a means to an end. It puts food on the table and keeps you off the street. the only wayyy to look at it I've worked in law firms for 10 years. onlyyy way to look at it. hang in there budddy

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Actually, I think the Cat 1s are doping these days too. At least the good ones.

A few years back when I was in Mexico, I was in a store where you could buy EPO OTC, iykwim. If I had still been a Cat 1 at that point I can't say for certain whether or not a sale would have been made.

As it was I just bought a couple of dozen bottles of viagra. It was going to be a long weekend, npi [wink wink, nudge nudge]

[Fugee]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
how do you make a binding commitment? huge deposit?

I'm not sure because I naively made my college decision based on seeing its Christmas concert in 6th grade and deciding I wanted to sing in it when I went to college.

However, I would guess that for a process to be considered binding, either a bunch of money is involved or else the elite schools agree not to admit a student who made an early admission commitment to another school.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
No. I'll walk.

I'd be an awesome barista.

I ran into a friend of mine at a gallery opening a few nights ago. I hadn't seen him in awhile, not since the baby was born. He stays home all day with the kid and his wife works. The downside is that he can't get as much of his artwork done these days. Upside is the kid just got his first box of crayons, so maybe he'll get a collaborator!

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
A few years back when I was in Mexico, I was in a store where you could buy EPO OTC, iykwim. If I had still been a Cat 1 at that point I can't say for certain whether or not a sale would have been made.

As it was I just bought a couple of dozen bottles of viagra. It was going to be a long weekend, npi [wink wink, nudge nudge]

Even in the remote, lonely world of Minnesota road bike racing, there are certain teams with less-than-pure reputations. But as the Chequamegon approaches this weekend, I can proudly say that on race day, I will be high on life and America, and nothing more. Of course, I'm a Cat 6, but still...............

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I ran into a friend of mine at a gallery opening a few nights ago. I hadn't seen him in awhile, not since the baby was born. He stays home all day with the kid and his wife works. The downside is that he can't get as much of his artwork done these days. Upside is the kid just got his first box of crayons, so maybe he'll get a collaborator!

my husband stays home with the kids. apparantly it is quite the fun gig but lots of work.

[Paisley]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Stuff

Sorry.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
my husband stays home with the kids. apparantly it is quite the fun gig but lots of work.

when you write out shopping lists for him, does he sometimes misunderstand what you mean and buy the wrong thing?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
Part of working in a law firm on *any* level is eating that shit sandwich every single damn day. We all have to do it and we all have financial obligations---what keeps us all sane is having a plan to figure out in the future what you want to do and where you want to be at and not let this J-O-B define who you are. And part of that is biting your tounge and kissing ass if necessary on occasion which sucks but it is what it is my fwend. We all have to cater to the partners and the client and stress and hype out. it is just the way it is but it is a means to an end. It puts food on the table and keeps you off the street. the only wayyy to look at it I've worked in law firms for 10 years. onlyyy way to look at it. hang in there budddy

You're not going to like me at all.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
when you write out shopping lists for him, does he sometimes misunderstand what you mean and buy the wrong thing?

No, I don't write out lists for him. He buys things of his own accord, why?

[Fugee]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I was a disadvantage kid, I don't know your rich guy shit. Plus with my grades I sure as shit wasn't assuming anywhere would let me in.

I say to Harvard "You let me in I'll come there." then I apply to SE Idaho State, breaking my promise to Harvard to only apply to Harvard.

I get into Harvard, and commit. 6 months later SEIS offers me a full ride. I take it, tell Harvard sorry. what would prevent me from doing this?

the colleges talk? you mean Harvard would tell every other school that I'm committed so they shouldn't look at my application?

Again I don't know because my college decision was made on irrational considerations. But I suspect that the students who are doing the early admissions process are not deciding between Harvard and SE Idaho State. The better question would be if you made a binding commitment to Elite College A and wanted to shop around, would Elite Colleges B, C, D & E admit you.

If they really wanted to protect their early admission process (and the pool of good students who commit to go there regardless of financial aid), they would send each other their lists of early admission commitments.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You're not going to like me at all.

Why do you say that?

[dtb]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Naked Keller scenes were reason alone to watch Oz. But the really, really hung guy was the guy who played the warden's godson. Holy fucking shit.

ETA: Very, very NSFW link to a website dedicated to screencaps of the naked men of Oz. Click at your own risk as there are Schillenger, Hoyt, Poet and um, post-Beecher biting his dick off Robison* pics as well as Keller, Alvarez** and O'Riley pics. Adebesi may actually be more scary naked than clothed. The hung guy's character was named Clayton Hughes. And Supreme Allah definitely deserves another look. But definitely not at work. Oh, and Luke Perry. Who knew? Again, not anyone at work.

*This was a rather sick show, but I was pretty religious about watching the first four or so seasons.

**Alvarez looks too much like one of my cousins for me ever to feel ok about ogling him.

No nudie pictures are appearing for me on that site. Just WHAT does a gal need to do to have a look at a celebrity schlong on the internet?!?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Are guaranteed contracts required by the cba in MLB or the NBA? No. A lot of players--the younger ones--in MLB do not have contract guarantees any greater than those in the NFL--one year contracts.

This response is purposefully misleading. Technically you are right. In practice, the two sports are very different. In the NFL you can be cut at any point in the season. In baseball, players are guaranteed their salaries if they spend one day on the active roster (one day of major league service that season). "Otherwise, the player may be released prior to Opening Day. If released on or prior to March 15th, his team only owes him 30 days termination or about 1/6 of his salary. If released between the 15th and/or on a specified date near the very end of March, the team owes him only 45 days termination pay or about 1/4 of his salary. After that date in March, if the player is released, the team owes him his full salary." It is my understanding that an NFL team can release you midseason without paying you the rest of your contract.

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Long-term guranteed contracts don't show up until free-agency, or close to it.

Long-term guaranteed contracts don't show up in the NFL. Either you get a big, guranteed signing bonus or you don't. If I sign Eli to a 5 year deal at $10 mil per, and he sucks or gets injured after game 2, guess what? He's gone and I'm only out my signing bonus. While that tends to work out well for the superstars who sign huge guaranteed bonuses, it means most contracts aren't worth the paper they're printed on for other players.

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I agree that if contracts were guaranteed, some players' salaries would go up and others would go down. Of course that would happen. But the ones that would go down are the new players, and the ones that would go up are the aging veterans who would still be hanging on.

I disagree. I believe that because of the nature of the sport, younger players would benefit as well. The draft is far more important in the NFL than MLB. Fewer teams would invest in aging veterans when they can sign a younger (and most likely healthier) kid. Contracts might end up being shorter because of the risk, but competition between teams would most likely end up lengthening them to a certain extent in the long run anyway.

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
It benefits the insiders at the cost of the outsiders. Remember a few years ago when the salary cap came in, and all kinds of veterans were getting cut because they had high salaries? Exactly--you'd get a bunch of over the hill veterans on the payroll instead of exciting younger players.

Like I said, I don't think teams would be willing to sign aging veterans to long term deals because teams would prefer shorter contracts for younger players if they had to be guaranteed. The only vets who would get those types are contracts are the ones who have shown they are injury-free and have performed (the ones you're worrying about).

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
But to say that it benefits the "lion's share" of the plaintiffs is even more bullshit. It benefits the existing players at the expense of potential players.

I don't think so, unless you're suggesting that all existing contracts be turned into guaranteed contracts. Again, would you sign some veteran to a 5 year contract and take that risk, or would you give them a 2-3 yr contract and renegotiate when the time comes? Hell, that's essentially what they do now. Offer a huge contract that's loaded on the back end and then terminate it before the payments get big and renegotiate.

Anyway, my point is that I don't understand why NFL teams shouldn't have to live with the deals they bargain for. If Dallas signed Bledsoe* for 5 years at $15 million per, they should be just as stuck with that contract as TO should have been when he signed for less to play for Philly.

TM

*And let me just add that I didn't think anyone could look as bad as Bledsoe did on Sunday and yet, there was Brooks, stepping up to suck like a champ.**

**And by "champ," I mean gwnc.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall

*And let me just add that I didn't think anyone could look as bad as Bledsoe did on Sunday and yet, there was Brooks, stepping up to suck like a champ.**

**And by "champ," I mean gwnc.

It was a marvelous display of suckitude. On the other hand, that Rivers kid can throw--the strike he threw while Sapp was rushing upfield was a perfect perfect throw.