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  1. GAME05
    http://images.yuku.com/image/jpeg/3b02526906715f4a4842a76e727cfd26d9b1440.jpg I'm already getting excited about a trip I'm taking up north about a year from now with my brother and a buddy. It will take us through Dawson City, Yukon Territories, Canada, and I'm strangely looking forward to becoming a member of the Sourtoe Cocktail Club. I'm anxious enough about the trip that I thought I'd share this story with you all about a peculiar tourist attraction there. (cleaned up code --1992)
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    yeah, normally i wouldn't mention the slight grammatical errors except that you're a Journalism major (but yeah, i know that's what copy editors are there for). i recently got out of that field, myself, and presuming you'll at least mention your blog to prospective employers, be sure to clean it up as best you can. same goes with writing style. layout was really easy to follow and i didn't get lost in a field of news tidbits, which i liked. what struck me right off is similar to what an above poster said, that it's basically a compilation of "this is what happened in Brewers news." there's a little bit of commentary, but not a whole lot, and it's that commentary that is going to get me to read the blog versus just heading to the Brewers' Web site and getting the news there.
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    i'm a big fan of wandering aimlessly, so i've always thought that would be a great hobby to start. what do you usually find? where do you typically search? i play casino poker as a second job/hobby and i do a lot of hiking, be it long-distance or day-hiking. i'm currently learning how to kayak and rock-climb. there's also a boxing gym nearby and i'd like to get into that, too.
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    i read somewhere that when a man is holding a baby his testosterone levels drop dramatically. maybe it's the same for baby animals, too. i'll get a little mushy at movies, including Field of Dreams, and often at mushy stories as long as they're not over the top and trying to force it out of you. i think i remember the Chicken Runs At Midnight story getting to me from when Council was with Arizona.
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    Wait a second....let me get this straight...you woke up with a mouse on your head!...and you were not phased!? You sir are a man. I would have screamed like a little school girl and probably required several months of therapy before I could ever re-establish any type of normal sleep pattern.i was wearing a winter hat and the mouse was just chewing off some of the fuzz to make its nest. when it happened i was 5.5 months into a 6-month-long hike and mice are everywhere in and around the shelters at night, so every thru-hiker gets pretty used to them. typically you're asleep when they're crawling on you. maybe if it happened in my house that'd be another story. now, when i woke up to a black bear at my tent, THAT'S when i freaked out. (i have a great way of dissuading anyone from ever hiking, don't I?http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif) got one that bugs me: When you're 99% sure who stole your laptop yet you don't have hard evidence to do anything about it.
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    I'm very seriously considering joining you.i'm living in North Carolina mostly for that reason. three months of constant 90+ temps can be rough (like being drenched in sweat on a 15-minute drive to work), but overall i sure like the warmth throughout the year.what doesn't bug me: playing tennis in February.
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    finding dead roaches in my new apartment. one night hiking i woke up twice to a mouse on my forehead and wasn't phased, but roaches i'm genuinely grossed out by. i wonder what power a renter has to force the landlord to call Orkin.
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    even if CC were on the Cubs i'd root for him to do well (but for the Cubs themselves to totally stink, of course). CC could have easily declined to pitch every three days knowing that he'd still get paid in the offseason, but he did it anyway because he's a class act and a winner. i don't like the idea of anyone happy that any player gets injured.
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    Quantum Leap is my new favourite old show. maybe it's a little ironic that i moved to North Carolina because i was getting a little tired of how long the winter lasts in Wisconsin, yet i still sweat like a pig in this heat and am still most comfortable when it gets "cold" here.
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    i definitely don't think cuss words are "just words." i'll use them sparingly, but i don't like that some people can't figure out there there's a context in which to use them. it's sad that baseball of all sports now has special sections of the park to bring your kids to for a better chance of not exposing them to cussing and drunk people.
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    I like that idea. I think our team would do well to shore up our rotation with a Class B starter and not be giving up the farm to try and get another Sabathia. I have a lot of faith that our offense can carry us to 90++ wins even without a superstar starting rotation.
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    i always get a little smile when i think of the Twins drafting Mauer instead of the obvious #1 Prior because of Prior's salary demands, and then it turns out Mauer was the right pick to make (not because of ability, obviously). to think of all the can't-miss #1 picks that have flamed out, i can't figure why any team would way overpay for a draft pick.
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    i agree with everyone else that two weeks is the right amount of time. it's always an odd feeling to be working there once you've quit, and you probably wouldn't want to stretch that feeling out any more than that, not to mention the other reasons that have been given. the only thing i would add that hasn't already been is to have your resignation letter with you when you walk in and quit. oftentimes you'll be asked to give one so that HR has something to file in your records. and quitting, then having to walk back in the office a half hour later with the letter is like having to quit all over again.
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    if i'm not mistaken, doesn't the Ice Age Trail have a terminus near Milwaukee? grab a tent and go!
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    really fun read. since Brooks was a back-end bullpen guy and pinch-hitter, i always figured there were always fans at whatever stadium who weren't aware of his unique skillset, so it was a kick to imagine their reactions when they'd see a bullpen guy come up to pinch hit or vice versa--and on top of that, do really well at it. Brooks strikes me as a guy who would make an awesome colour commentator--not just for his enthusiasm, but he would have a unique expertise on both hitters and pitchers.
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    definitely a blow just to hear the initial reports of it. if worse comes to worse, i don't really see Hall taking over, just because we've already told him he was a 3rd basemen, and we've moved him around so much that i think Melvin would want to finally stay true to that and let him stick to that position. although a Gamel/Hall platoon i could see so that Hall could play utility guy on his off days maybe, though i guess that'd be reducing him to Super Utility guy. is it just way too soon to be calling up Escobar?
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    Just finished my first year of grad school after a bunch of years working, so it's certainly been an interesting experience going back. --definitely get as much experience in your chosen field as you can beyond classes. For me, that was working at the student newspaper and being an active participant in the Humanities Club. I got my first couple jobs based on my writing and editing clips, not on any classroom work, and you'll also need to do something beyond the classroom to differentiate yourself from the other graduates for jobs. --There's no need to choose a major right away. I wasted a LOT of time and money thinking I was going to be an engineer and a teacher when i could have just been taking general ed stuff. --I'll probably get some disagreement on this, but pick a major that pays ok money. I just left a field of work I enjoyed in part because it doesn't pay enough. I discovered it was too idealistic to say "but if i enjoy the work, i won't care that it doesn't pay anything," because overall satisfaction is a combination of paycheck and job enjoyment. --Definitely take advantage of all the concerts, plays and lectures that are on campus, plus all the sports and activity clubs. They also make for a good alternative to getting wasted yet again. I've been doing all this as a grad (as an undergrad i chose 'wasted'), and I've been enjoying college life a lot more, plus meeting a lot of people this way.
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    i have a hard time thinking they'd bring up a superstar prospect just to have a better bat off the bench. and with Hall playing so well, i don't see the advantage of Gamel beyond a better DH during the interleague series. and is it really worth Super 2 status for a slightly better interleague lineup? really just don't see the advantage of switching out Hall ABs for Gamel ABs at this point (this presumes Gamel is given a major role in the lineup).
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    i like to sleep with the window open but there's a bus route right outside.
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    one thing i did most every day when i was unemployed and had a lot of free time is take a book to the park. just sit on the bench reading and watching people. you could look into community classes on the days you have off, like photography or stained glass. ok, so i just looked it up and the world's largest bobblehead is 11' tall and weighs 900 lbs. it's tough to beat a bobblehead of Chuck Woolery (no kidding), but i really think with all your extra time you can really beat that record. What'd be cool is you could make it of your favourite player/celebrity and once you break the record, you'd probably get to meet them. hmmm...I may have to start building my own Elisha Dushku bobblehead....
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    of course i'm rooting for him, but the only statistics that stick out from last year are some power numbers. maybe the added muscle really has made a difference or maybe he's the same player as last year who just happened to hit his second HR a little sooner than he normally would have.
  22. GAME05
    Quantum Leap reruns. great show.
  23. GAME05
    i'm echoing the previous posts, but definitely pursue the full-time job--that's your career you're talking about, and it definitely takes a priority over a summer job. and don't tell the Parks and Rec guy about your interview at all because you're just giving him a reason to let you go regardless (WI is an at-will state). It all really just means that you can't use your boss at P&R as a reference. if you get the finance job you want, then good for you and too bad for the other guy. he might be a nice guy, but that's just the way things go. loyalty to a job or to a boss is nice and all, but it definitely doesn't extend to sacrificing a better future for yourself.
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    as i read it, i'm thinking pick an episode of a TV show (or newspaper or whatever media) and decide whether or not it promotes civic culture (those four points). just that the specific thing you choose helps make people good citizens/good people or whether it's negative. that episode of the Office, for example, would be Michael's stereotypes of other cultures and ethnicities, whether the typical viewer thinks "I don't want to be like that" (think All In The Family) or because it's humourous, it might prompt other people to act that way, which obviously is a negative in our little melting pot. Then you've got the actions of authority figures to their subordinates, vice versa, and the general peer-to-peer behaviours in the office, whether that's all positive or not. I don't get the impression that the professor is asking whether the media relates to society, but more whether the particular media has a positive or negative influence on teaching people to be good citizens. A whole TV show might be a lot to break down and have a lot of subtulties, but something like a magazine cover or a billboard or a single TV commercial will be a lot more blatant in the message it's trying to give.
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    I got some trojan on my computer which changed my Facebook and Hotmail passwords, so now I can't get in them anymore. The "forgot your password?" function doesn't work because I've long since forgotten that info for Hotmail, and Facebook sends its reset information to my Hotmail. So now I've had to set up a duplicate Facebook account and everyone is confused by it, no doubt writing to my hotmail account to ask me what's going on.
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