MattPie

Well , I go big, win, and apparently I didn't bet some week. Ah well.

Something about that play looks more like, "I can't believe I got a stick on that to direct it in" rather than "that's just the way I planned it". I hope I see more to change my mind.

I don't consider grunge a sub-genre, it's a derivative. Just like Classic Rock is a derivative of blues and (to lesser degree) jazz. Depending how you slice it, "Classic Rock" (Beatles-onward) is also a derivative of 50s Rock and Roll. If anything, Grunge owes more to punk than classic rock in my mind; they always seemed to have that "we're not terribly good musicians, but we have a voice" ethos that the punk movement used in spades. I'm not usually into slicing things up like this, though, I'm not sure what's gotten into me.

There's a question in there: if your values are peace, acceptance, and equality, do you have to accept those that would deny those things? By that logic, libertarians shouldn't argue against fascists as those fascists are simply exercising self-determination. This forum leans left, but it's not nearly as left as you make it out to be. Unless you're talking about the liberal open-mindedness people were talking about above, then this forum is almost always a model of civil discourse regardless of the poster's left or right leanings.

If you're going to go there, Classic Rock is jazz + blues + fuzz guitar.

The Women's Studies program has a very different curriculum than other schools.

My wife would sometimes sing, "I, am a cat, in a box. Meow, Meow Meow, Meow.. Meow, Meow Meow, Meow." when walking past the cats at home.

I like the idea of having TLAs for lines, although mixing up the order to make for pronounceable names is probably impenetrable for newcomers. Unless we're now listing lines as Center - RW - LW.

Do you have to calculate for the shadows the wire make?

I believe there's data that people who go to college average more liberal than those that don't. I thought your question was that journalists generally are college educated, that's what my (admittedly single point of) data was meant to convey. I think if you looked at the staff of mainstream outlets you'd find the vast majority of those staff are college educated. If nothing else, news outlets can demand college education as a job requirement as there's a surplus of candidates. This is something MrsPie and I discuss from time to time. In a lot of circumstances, people who do not go to college or other organizations after high school end up in a "hometown bubble". Other organizations include the military, something like Americorps, Peace Corps, a trade school or apprenticeship, etc. They're never forced to interact with anyone they didn't grow up with and likely share the same worldview. Surely there are plenty that do that on their own. I think in most cases, people that interact with diverse groups end up having more sympathy for them. Maybe that's my bias showing though.

This the first article on the NYT I clicked on: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/us/politics/trump-transition.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 Julie Hirschfield Davis, BA in Arts, Ethics, Politics, and Economics from Yale (1997).

I've been on a tear lately, probably because I'm shirking some real-life responsibility. PlusI figured out an easier way to use my local library via the Aldiko app on my phone to check out ebooks. Jack London: Call of the Wild, White Fang, The Sea Wolf. The first two are primarily from a dog's perspective about like in the very-North West. I don't think I needed to read both, but Wild is only like 100 pages (and I read it first of the two). They're quick reads and if you're interested in old-timey frontier life, a lot of fun. The Sea Wolf features human characters sailing on a sealing schooner in the early 1900s. It got better for me as the book went along, and while the philosophy is interesting, it's again a great window into a way of life that has somewhat passed into history. I will likely read more London. (note: these are all free books via feedbooks.com) David Lagercrantz: the fourth book of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy. It's a nice book, not as good as the Steig Larsson originals. It's pretty short and it never really seemed like the outcome was in doubt. The last scene is disappointing. I'll probably read the next one if it shows up at the library. Ernest Cline: Armada. I read another of his books some time ago, and if Cline prescribes to the "write what you know" school of novel writing, he's a video gamer in his early 20s. Both books feature a ton of video game references (even I notice them, and I haven't played much of anything in 10 years) and center around a teen-age gamer thrust into saving the world. Armada will remind you of The Last Starfighter in a lot of ways, although the book acknowledges that in the first couple chapters which somehow makes it legitimate. I enjoyed it, I'll probably keep an eye out for more books from Cline. Some guy: The Bourne Ascendancy? (Alchemy? Aviary?). I've never really read spy thrillers and nothing of Bourne, although I think I've seen a couple of the movies (Julia Styles, right?). It was the monthly serial read on the nook app this month, so I'm a sucker for the read a chapter or two a day format because it stops me from obsessing and reading for hours. The book was fine, much like watching an average spy movie on TV. I see the Bourne series is now being churned out yearly so this doesn't feel like anything other than "we need a Bourne story this year, get writing". I didn't dislike it, but I probably won't seek out more.

He rode a bike; conditioning assignment.

M-x wild-theory-mode Americans use time because we primary travel by mechanical conveyance, in which the time to travel a particular distance can vary greatly (It takes hours to drive 20 miles in Brooklyn, where my morning commute is 30 miles in 30 minutes). Cultures that walk or bike more worry about distance as it's a direct relationship to difficulty and your walking or bicycle pace won't vary a ton unless you're climbing mountains.

At SB1595. I think I have to bet this one. It has all the indicators of a trap game, Buffalo has to win a game here or there and against an unlikely opponent as the Blues is probably the time they'll win. Which is why I'm putting 4 on the Blues.

Flutie seemed to do OK with the Pats too, right? Or am I over-remembering it because of the Buffalo angle? I don't remember: were the Seahawks good before Marshawn?

The problem with ending the Iran deal is there are more players than just the US and Iran. The US can pull out, but other countries are lining up. i feel like it's better to be involved and have input rather than be blind and the net effect is IRan sells just as much, just not to the US and the US can't monitor.

First part: I don't know if you can combat racism with just words. Obama did pass the Shepard Byrd Hate Crimes Bill: https://www.justice.gov/usao/priority-areas/civil-rights/hate-crimes Second part: I don't know. All that says is that you're willing to turn a blind eye to evil if it doesn't involve you. I suppose we all do that on an unintentionally to some degree but it saddens me to think there are people that would look on as someone takes a beating without speaking out or trying to help.

I'll admit that I find it hard to fathom how anyone who looked at Trump's statements on race and said, "nah, that's ok." isn't a racist. I know that's not true, but it's like seeing someone from Buffalo saying, "nah, I don't think Marchand meant to high-stick someone and then take a dive. The Buffalo player deserved that penalty."

It's a shame TVR isn't Russian, otherwise we could call him the Russian Supercar.

[ First line: I nominate you for the annual Sabrespace Emmies, for the extremely realistic portrayal of a Trump Supporter. It's one thing to have a thought, it's another to have a buddy egg you on to convince you to do it. I know it's too much to ask for in politics, but I'd much rather see diversity in an administration's advisors. Get several sides to a story and choose, instead of getting one side and be convinced it's the only side.

Romney, surely? FBI: It's tough to tell, but in an election where (apparently) the Republicans drew in the same number of votes as usual, but Democrats were short something like 5 million from Obama's totals, I'd say it's likely a significant number of people lost their desire to vote for Clinton due to the FBI letter, even if it was cleared up a whole 2 days before the election. Even then, people who don't understand how email works were claiming that there's no way the FBI could have exonerated her that quickly. In any case, it matter naught for now unless someone (I don't know who would) starts an investigation of the FBI at the FBI.

Almost as if White Nationalism has been quiet for many years, but now they feel like the White House is a safe-space for them. For that matter, since the Election, you've been far more overt and vocal about your support for Trump. Do you think you're unique (dare I say a special snowflake)? It seems like the White Power folks are feeling the same; their worldview has been vindicated at the expense of diversity. (Am NOT tying you to them, I don't recall you saying anything White-power around here). How about hockey terms: if Gary Bettman stepped down today, would the dinosaurs that want to see 1-0 games, fights, cheap shots, and stars put in their place be encouraged more if Jim Lorentz or Mike Milbury took the helm?

I think safe spaces is a bit much for the pin, it's simply, "Don't blame me, I didn't vote for him." It's the physical manifestation of what anyone who traveled abroad during the Bush years said.

Nah, that's just Buffalo fashion. True Buffalo fashion is Talyor goes to, say, and Bengals and that starts a multi-year playoff run for them while leading the league in combined QB yards (or some other stat I just made up)..