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Young Adult, hard movie to watch, definitely not a feel-good, pick-me-upper, but Charlize Theron can run circles around Cameron Diaz in the acting department and Jason Reitman's a very talented director. This is no JUNO or UP IN THE AIR, but it's worth checking out. Patton Oswalt ("BIG FAN") is what keeps this whole movie together somehow, great performance.

Well, Iowa certainly learned the lessons of going with the "hot" coaches in Steve Alford (coming off a Sweet 16 at SW Missouri State) and Todd Lickliter. Looks at all the names from the past, like Bruce Pearl, Tommy Amaker, Quin Snyder, Jeff Lebo, Stan Heath, Billy Gillespie, Matt Doherty, Mike Davis...all "coaches of the moment" at different points, but usually coming off strong NCAA appearances. The George Mason coach, for another example. The list goes on and on. For every Mark Few, Billy Donovan or Brad Stephens, there's 5 who flamed out completely.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-p...ui_crash_032612 Great but sad story about Bush, albeit VERY long, by Jeff Passan.

Not close to happening. Way overplayed by the media, who enjoy speculating on Chinese internal politics. It will be interesting to see what happens to the mayor of Guangzhong, though, who is closely aligned with Wen Jiabao...whether he gets his seat on the Standing Committee (the top 9 officials in the country). Some think there was a trade, Bo Xilai goes but your personal pick has to wait to go on the Standing Committee until some point in the indefinite future.

Just hire Steve Bardo...hey, if the White Sox can do it with Ventura, why not? Kenny Battle can be on the bench with him. Even though I am an Iowa alum, I enjoyed watching the energy that guy brought to the game.

It certainly wasn't the case with a certain Iowa State football coach who went on to take Auburn to the national championship level despite a horrendous Big 12 record.

It's not allowing the option to choose all 3, just one. In that case, it would have been the obvious move to pick Santiago, based solely on performance. I tend to think they'll go with the experience of Bruney and Stults, over Stewart and Jones. Then again, they've said a couple of times they wanted 2 guys who can go multiple innings, so that favors Axelrod/Stewart. However, Bruney and Stults over their careers have been either starters and/or able to go 2+. So in the end, Santiago (100%) and Bruney (75%) with the rest being a crapshoot. BTW, Deunte Heath already was sent down to the minors, along with Quintana.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 08:02 PM) And this was the most asinine comment in the thread, especially considering they're more inspired by Hitler and King Minos. Seriously, know what you're talking about before you're "sure" of something. Especially considering the book came out before Obama was elected, or else I'll go ahead and say 1984's villains are clearly based on Bush/Republicans. I'm pretty sure Marty34 doesn't like KW. "If we win, who would be in charge of the government?" Gale asks. "Everyone," Plutarch tells him. "We're going to form a republic where the people of each district and the Capitol can elect their own representatives to be their voice in a centralized government. Don't look so suspicious; its worked before." "In books," Haymitch mutters. "In history books," says Plutarch. "And if our ancestors could do it, then we can, too. Frankly, our ancestors don't seem much to brag about. I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars and the broken planet. Clearly,they didn't care about what would happen to the people who came after them. But this republic idea sounds like an improvement over our current government."

It must be about the Romney's, because they went to the movie. Therefore, guilty by association. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/...the-day-hungry/

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 02:16 PM) Yes. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-20/j...ama-donors.html The concept of the noble and just Obama presidency is nothing but a fairy tale perpetuated by a marketing campaign. Of course not. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46172017/ And how much have they already given to Romney? If you don't think Wall Street's on Romney's side in this election...well...they have no choice but to cover both bases, and since Mitt's been so inept, their has to be increasing worry that Obama might actually win despite the high unemployment numbers and unpopularity of the health care plan's mandates.

At least Viciedo didn't strike out this time. There's that.

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com...ll-for-taliban/ The representative in this case is a retiring Democrat...if you notice in the comments section, so many GOPers are going off how excoriated he would be had he been a Republican Knowing about the UNC/Duke rivalry, it's a BIT funny but definitely in bad taste. Someone even pointed out that THREE Duke graduates had died in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. I was surprised there was any at all. Obama might lose Illinois if he said that. Heck, there probably would be a Congressional investigation to delve once again into ties with the Indonesian "madrassa" private school and his Muslim name.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 02:06 PM) So what, I've said stuff like that before. Now if I could just get some bribe money from Goldman and the rest of the Wall Street bailout bunch like Obama did, I will be set. Do you really want to go there with Goldman? Did you forget TARP and everything that happened under former Chairman Hank Paulson? How he was allowed to crush Lehman Brothers but "rescue" his own? Go ahead, read this article and tell me how the GOP doesn't look even worse. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/...-sachs-20110511 Look at the contributions for this election cycle. Over 90% from Wall Street are going to Romney this time. Hmmmm...

Does this mean they can't play KWJR everyday? Darn!

That sounds like something Jonah Hill's character might say in 21 Jump Street to Ice Cube.

So it broke the 2nd Twilight's record of $142.8 million for a debut weekend. Impressive stuff.

LB? Has that nickname been approved by Joe Cool Man? At first, I was like LB...? Shouldn't it be BL? Then, it made sense, LilliBridge, but it took a second. Good thing he's not from Long Beach or he would be LB from LB.

The problem with that is the same problem you saw with Marte in 2004 and 2005. Marte was arguably just as devastating as a LH set-up guy from 2001-2003. The other concern is what effect will just one or two blown saves have on both Thornton's psyche and the entire team in April and May? Granted, there's no such thing as a guaranteed closer, and Reed's probably not 100% ready to be thrown to the wolves, but it would be a shame to see another season start off with the team looking for new ways to lose. Just don't know. Thornton looked like something was just physically not quite right with him last year. His velocity was definitely down a notch, and he needs those extra inches because he doesn't have nearly enough movement to blow away hitters when he gets behind in the count at 94-95 compared to 96 or 97.

QUOTE (Jake @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 08:42 AM) de Aza in CF makes perfect sense. He's good at it and has worked himself up to a status where we believe he may be a long-term CF. The dumb thing would have been to play him in a corner while the futureless Rios roams CF. But the problem, of course, is that we're stuck with that futureless Rios and almost $40 million on the books for two more years. As a corner OFer, he's even more worthless to another organization...if playing him in CF will convince another team to not force us to include his entire contract in subsidy, that could save us $10-15 million going forward. How confident are we that DeAza will still be the starting CF on Opening Day, 2013?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 09:45 AM) Westpheldt and Hamm aren't married, they are "life partners" Okay, it's all too confusing for me, with Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, Brangelina, common law marriages, etc. I guess, in the end, that's the point of the movie...that you don't have to be married to someone to have a great relationship, that throwing the label of marriage or conforming to societal expectations ruins the romantic part and just gives you responsibility and bills and arguments and too much of reality.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 09:03 AM) I got to see it for free a few weeks ago. Too talky, is a good label. I liked it until the end which felt like it totally sold out. Also would of liked to have seen more of Hamm and Wiig's characters. They were happy, then next thing we know, they had a kid and hated each other. There was no timeline as to why they grew apart. I was about at the 1:10/1:15 mark and it took a very dramatic turn into the serious with the ski lodge conversation. You're right, that relationship is just a bit superfluous and kind of thrown in there to add layering, but there wasn't enough time to show the nuances and changes in their relationship. They go from the hottest couple of the 3 to hating each other and the only thing we're left to put the pieces together with is the fact that having kids is difficult/trying on a marriage. Or that drinking a lot can cause marital problems and numerous tense moments? At least with the other main relationship in the movie, you see more of the ups and downs, highs and lows. I having a feeling what direction this one is heading in...hope I'm wrong.

Forgot how hot Megan Fox was until I started watching FRIENDS WITH KIDS. Very entertaining, if a bit "talky" movie. Interesting premise, two best friends decide to have a kid but not do it the traditional way, sharing custody. Great cast, Jennifer Westfeldt (Kissing Jessica Stein), her real-life husband Jon Hamm, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig and her b/f from Bridesmaids (the Irish dude), Edward Burns, Adam Scott (no, not the golfer, the actor). Really like this one, not quite sure how to describe it...it's a romantic comedy, but it tends to be a bit more serious and deep than most of those.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 03:10 AM) Emma Stone always looks really good. Cute, maybe. Really good? Hmmm...although I have to say after watching Easy A, I could never pick that Victoria's Secret model who was in Transformers 3 over her.

Ha ha, maybe you're right Quinarvy. And possibly we think it's our job as teachers to assume everything has a deeper meaning or connection, because if there's not one, why do they need our interpretations? Couldn't they just hire robots as teachers instead, if anything has a literal meaning and nothing is deeper or metaphorical?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 24, 2012 -> 12:28 PM) He was in that trade for Bailey earlier this year. Is he actually struggling to make the team? The BoSox seemed like they definitely could use him at least as a backup OF unless they signed someone else. He theoretically should be the LH share of a platoon in RF, unless one of them gets super-hot. Cody Ross will also get AB's, and then Ryan Kalish or Darnell McDonald will also have to play while Crawford's recovering.