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Alternate name: Leaf-stem Tickseed
Family: Asteraceae, Aster view all from this family
Description Native annual herb.
Habit: low mount of very fine, gray-green foliage; with one or more stout, erect stems.
Height: 4-20 in (10-50 cm).
Leaf: fine, slightly fleshy; what appear to be leaves on the lower stem are actually lobes; each leaf or lobe to 1.25 in (30 mm) long and 1/8 in (3 mm) wide.
Flower: daisy-like, terminal, to 3 in (75 mm) wide; with usually 8 large, upcurved, overlapping rays, yellow to golden, triangular to oblong, with a satin sheen; around a yellow to orange central disk.
Fruit: dry seed, oval, 1/4 in (6 mm) long.
Flower February to June.
Flower March - May.
Habitat Dry, open gravelly sites; alkaline playas, flood plains, deep sands; also cultivated as an ornamental.
Range California: inner Coast Ranges from Alameda to Santa Barbara County, California, east to w. Mojave Desert; 300-3200 ft (100-1000 m).
Discussion Also known as: leafstem tickseed. Leafy-stem Coreopsis is a member of the aster family (family Asteraceae). In this large, worldwide family there are about 920 genera and 19,000 species. Cosmos, Sunflower, Zinnia, Dahlia, and many others are grown as ornamentals; while Lettuce, Sunflowers, and Artichokes provide food.
Comments Does not always persist in the garden.
Exposure Preference Sun.
Native Distribution Inner Coast Ranges from Alameda to Santa Barbara County, California, e. to w. Mojave Desert.
Site Preference Dry, open gravelly sites from 500-3200 ft.
Soil Preference Gravelly or sandy loams.

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I posted this in another thread that disappeared.
Any way, I got a couple pm's on this so I thought I would throw it out again.
"Your RTF/POTUS account is much like a bank account.
Positive posts equal depositis.
Negative posts equal withdrawels.
Some posters are seriously overdrawn."
Your thoughts?
Good analogy?


text: While the McDonough Target and WM were picked clean of any good figure selections,the Clayton County Media Play had a bunch of SW stuff out for their going out of business sale. GG Han was only $21 dollars,and of course they had the usual selection of books and a few random SW pieces. Books-A-Million in McDonough has Star Wars bobbleheads for $4 as well.


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Maria Sharapova Likes To Play With BallsWednesday, June 16th, 2010
Cameltoe alert! Yep, this is a real picture of Maria Sharapova when her skirt lifted up while pounding on those balls on the tennis lawn. Maxim magazine ranked her as the hottest athlete in the world for four consecutive years. Maria has also been one of the female athletes featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
This stunning beauty hails form Nyagan, up in Siberian Russia. Maria Sharapova is best known for her powerful groundstokes and, of couse, her good looks. I bet she can give a mean handjob especially with those amazing wrist action on the tennis court.
If you want to see more sexy pictures of Maria Sharapova, just click on this link: mariasharapovanaked.org. Now this is one girl who knows how to play with balls!


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Well, we all now know that Ephant Mon won the Fan's Choice #3 poll and that means we can expect a second wave of Deluxe figures in our future. What three characters do you think need the Deluxe treatment to join Ephant Mon in the second wave (assuming Hasbro repeats a four figure cycyle)?
Here are my picks for those characters that would best complement Ephant Mon and give us some much needed figures and accessories:
Death Star Gunner - I'm not the first to suggest as much, but if the new Princess Leia shows us anything, it is that a carded figure with a huge gun is a possibility. Naturally this new incarnation would feature articulated knees to sit at the controls of his gun. I think a vital further adaptation would be articulated elbows and biceps like the new Imperial Officer. This would give a greater range of poseability at the controls.
Queen Amidala (Theed Throne) - I've offered this one up before, but I suggest that the approach taken should be the same as that with the Emperor in the Cinema Scene pack, permanantly seated. If you just have to have Queen Amidala watching pensively at the window as Battle Droids and tanks fill the public avenue, I suggest you get out and buy one of the readily available Theed Throne Room Amidalas that presently litter the store pegs. The throne for this figure would feature a slide-back panel to reveal a compartment containing a pair of stubby pistols for Amidala and Panaka to foil Nute Gunray's nefarious plans. The set would be rounded out with the large, circular view screen featuring the Trade Federation Viceroy's image on one side and the mysterious swirl pattern on the other (so you don't always have to look at Gunray's ugly mug).
Torryn Farr - She's the communications officer of the Hoth Rebel base and in need of a figure. Her accessories would include a removeable headset which is tethered to a command console (preferably with string for greater flexability) which is complete with at least one chair. Ms. Farr's legs would of course be jointed at the knee for sitting. And the translucent blue command screen would finish out the set, complete with a tethered pointer so Torrynn or K-3PO could monitor potential activity in the system.
Well, there you have it, my wish list for wave three. Remember, Ephant Mon counts as the fourth figure in the wave because we know he is coming. And no, I did not forget Hermie Odle, I just felt he is an obvious choice for the Deluxe line. I wanted to look at other types of characters who's accessories do as much to define their presence in this line as Ephant Mon's ponderous bulk. Do you agree with these choices? Do you have any of your own? Come on, help me let Hasbro know what we want with our Ephant Mon!


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I've been keeping up with the show, but not enjoying it much. Rory and Amy making a decision to have a normal life and get away from the Doctor only to change their minds at the last moment is whatever, but then a single episode later to have them trapped forever locked away from the Doctor was awful manipulation.
The Christmas special was entertaining on a simple TV level I guess, but I found it quite shallow and cheap so it left a bitter taste after watching. Not a single character actually did anything for any reason based on who they were, everybody was a shell of an idea. The Doctor just sits around on a cloud and glumly walks around Victorian England, why? That's a thing you maybe do for a short bit on a whim, not a way a person lives. Clara is a barmaid and a governess, why? What drove her to that? What drives her to chase the Doctor from the first? Who knows, she's a plot device rather than a character, she acts and reacts based not on a personality but on scripted actions. Vastra and Jenny are interracial lesbians who are also the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes and Watson, yet how? What do we see that actually makes them in any way believable as this, and why are they here, why are they doing this? Who knows. And Doctor Simeon is just a lonely child that makes outerspace snow into a mad villain with no real actions and no real purpose, aside from being a bummed out kid, what is driving him? Nothing, just another hollow character in a hollow episode. But at least he's defeated THROUGH A FAMILY'S TEARS... WTF?!? And then there's the ending that sets the Doctor off looking for this character throughout time, but I can at least chalk that up to the stated weirdness.
The TARDIS' new interior look felt small, cramped, unattractive and cheap with the upper portion rendered apparently in CGI. Lots of railings to keep people from going anywhere but the tiny middle, why? I liked the worn look of the exterior though, even if it did change considerably from first scene to second (that might have been a conscious choice but a statement as such would have been nice). And the look of the evil snowmen was laughably cheap. Plus, Moffat needs to stop trying to be so damned cute cramming the phrase "doctor who?" in now, it's lame and diminishes the show every time, like a wink to the audience. Don't turn this into the '80s Doctor.
The new theme was ok in that it contained a lot of pieces from past themes. The visuals that went with it were cheeseball, the face of The Doctor was a cute nod to the old school titles with just some Doctor's face the whole time, but most everything else looked like an expensively-rendered cheap expression of "scifi!", and it ending on the TARDIS doors opening was the worst of it.
So all in all, this felt like a frustratingly shallow Christmas special, packed a lot of quirky characters into one place and didn't really give them much of a personality or a thing to do, like a child's toys being smashed together in a fight. More Moffat Doctor Who that's all flash and no substance.


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help those learning to beachstart. For advance windsurfers the footstraps can be set in the advance positions, and the board fitted with the supplied racing fin to deliver some serious performance."
Available with a Tushingham Express rig package, which is said to combine superb low-end power with balanced handling to bring larger boards up onto the plane with ease. It's a five-batten monofilm design that's perfect for progression, the mast is a high quality 45% carbon Freewave, and boom is an Aeron Rookie.
This is the most stable of all of the early intermediate boards, and could therefore be untilised earlier on if the sailor is happy making ground upwind without a daggerboard. In every level of sailor, so that when you're ready you'll rapidly gain confidence and plane with the version, which is perfect for those learning new techniques. The GO also come supplied with two higher performance on which is there when you're ready for it. The Tushingham Express rig package is simple to put together, the bloom and mast are of a good standard, and the sail is nice and forgiving on water.
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There seems to always be a new surprise as we find out what's in this law. Is it really manadatory?The Michael Cannon quote referred to above:Can you opt out of Obamacare? Two weeks ago, I pointed out Section 1555, one of the major chinks in PPACA's armor according to an attorney at the Goldwater Institute. Section 1555 is in the law under "Subtitle G - Miscellaneous Provisions." Since bringing this up, I've heard from some who believe that this section is limited solely to those who sell ("issue") health insurance.
Here again is Section 1555: "No individual, company, business, nonprofit entity, or health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall be required to participate in any Federal health insurance program created under this Act (or any amendments made by this Act), or in any Federal health insurance program expanded by this Act (or any such amendment), and there shall be no penalty or fine imposed upon any such issuer for choosing not to participate in such programs."
I've contacted Goldwater Institute's attorney, Nick Dranius, and other attorneys for more information and opinions. I've also transcribed Mr. Dranius's webinar comments so you can read them for yourself. See "News to Know" below.
Here is a summary of what I've heard so far:
1) Because of the rush to passage, no Congressional history exists that would describe the meaning or explain the purpose of this section, thus no one is sure why it's in the law, who put it there, or what it means.
2) The language is ambiguous. There are two possible interpretations of the language:
Interpretation #1: The placement of the comma before the word "or" means that the words preceding it ("individual, company, business, nonprofit entity") are not modified by the words,"issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage."
Interpretation #2: If you disregard the placement of the comma, or otherwise disagree with the above interpretation, the entire opt-out section applies only to entities "offering group or individual health insurance coverage" -- including individuals, companies, etc.
3) Final interpretation may be left to judges if Section 1555 is used in a legal challenge.
4) Given all the mandates in the rest of the law (the totality of the law), some judges may dismiss this section, but others may not.
5) For states with health care freedom acts that challenge Obamacare in court, Section 1555's ambiguity may have to be considered and a legal interpretation made.
But regardless of the interpretation of this section, the fact remains that states, employers and individuals can opt-out of compliance -- and in some cases may even be able to avoid the penalties for doing so (read Michael Cannon in Quotes below).
Individuals and employers still have power. As Justice Roberts ruled, no one can be forced to buy insurance. Likewise, no one has to sell insurance and no one is required to provide insurance. There are penalties for refusing to buy or provide insurance, but they are significantly less than the cost of buying or providing insurance. As the price of insurance skyrockets under Obamacare, expect more and more individuals and businesses to choose penalties rather than insurance.
States can refuse in two ways. States can refuse to expand Medicaid, as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. And states can refuse to establish the federally-controlled state-based exchanges. The law doesn't require it.
Refusing to cooperate -- which starves Obamacare of the dollars, machinery, and manpower needed for implementation -- may be our best protection until the law is repealed."[D]efaulting to a federal exchange exempts a state's employers from the employer mandate - a tax of $2,000 per worker per year (the tax applies to companies with more than 50 employees, but for such companies that tax applies after the 30th employee, not the 50th). If all states did so, that would also exempt 18 million Americans from the individual mandate's tax of $2,085 per family of four. Avoiding those taxes improves a state's prospects for job creation, and protects the conscience rights of employers and individuals ... -- Michael Cannon (Cato Institute),Just in case anyone debates that rationing will be part of the result of this law. They always knew it would be:Nick Dranius, a constitutional attorney at the Goldwater Institute said the following during a webinar: "The bottom line is this. The federal health care law is very poorly drafted. Surprise. Surprise. And one of the things that remains a mysterious inkblot into which you can read anything you want is this curious provision that says, 'No individual, company, business, nonprofit entity, or health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall be required to participate in any Federal health insurance program created under this Act.' It goes on to repeatedly emphasize essentially that nothing is mandatory in Obamacare, depending on how you understand what is meant by the term 'federal health insurance program.'
"And the reason why this is important is it's an obvious ambiguity. It, in one sense clearly cuts against most of the mandates that are in Obamacare, and it can be leveraged under current case law to vindicate state sovereignty under Health Care Freedom Acts such as Tennessee's and the 14 other states that have versions either at the constitutional or statute level....
"This provision, because it is so ambiguous, undercuts any claim that the -- a federally established exchange would preempt [Tennessee's] health care freedom act. Because this language clearly says that no one's required to participate in any federal health insurance program and as [Cato Institute's] Michael Cannon pointed out, a key aspect of any exchange is to do just that, to facilitate and effectuate various mandates to ensure that everybody's participating in a federal health insurance program, namely PPACA's.
...So do not lose faith just yet in the various challenges to PPACA...""We need death panels. Well, maybe not death panels, exactly, but unless we start allocating health care resources more prudently - rationing, by its proper name - the exploding cost of Medicare will swamp the federal budget. ...Many countries whose health care systems are regularly extolled - including Canada, Australia and New Zealand - have systems for rationing care...At the least, the Independent Payment Advisory Board should be allowed to offer changes in services and costs. We may shrink from such stomach-wrenching choices, but they are inescapable." - Steven Rattner (Obama's "Car Czar"), The New York Times, September 16, 2012.


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The fact of the matter is, every state listed above all went for Obama in 2008. No state that was carried by John McCain is thought to be at risk for the Republicans. So the battleground will be in these seven states.
Third parties. As is usually the case, the candidates representing minor parties are not expected to get any significant vote. The Libertarian Party, for example, is usually on the ballot in more states than any other third party. But the most votes a Libertarian presidential candidate ever received was the 921,299 (1.1 percent) won by Ed Clark in 1980. Gary Johnson, the former Republican governor of New Mexico, is this year's Libertarian Party candidate. He's on the ballot in 48 states. He is followed by Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, on the ballot in 38 states. Virgil Goode Jr., the former Democratic-turned-Independent-turned-Republican congressman from Virginia, is on 25 state ballots as the Constitution Party candidate. Of course, the one state to watch for any meaningful Goode vote is his home state of Virginia, where Obama and Romney are basically tied. He doesn't have to get much of a vote to make a difference. Remember 2000? Green Party nominee Ralph Nader only received 1.7 percent of the vote in Florida, one of his weakest showings of any state he appeared on the ballot that year. But that 1.7 percent translated into some 97,000 votes, which many Democrats insist cost Al Gore the state — and the presidency.
Among the other third party candidates this year include the actress Roseanne Barr, in five states as the Peace & Freedom Party nominee, and the Socialist Workers Party's James Harris, in six states.
Senate. Democrats, including two independents who vote with them, have a 53-47 majority. Of the 33 seats up for grabs tomorrow, 23 are held by the Democrats. Republicans need to have a net pickup of three seats, if Romney is elected, to win a Senate majority, four if Obama wins. The GOP is hoping to make gains in states being vacated by retiring Democrats, such as Wisconsin (where Herb Kohl is leaving), North Dakota (Kent Conrad), Nebraska (Ben Nelson) and Virginia (Jim Webb). But they are also hurt by Olympia Snowe's retirement in Maine and Dick Lugar's primary defeat in Indiana. Other Republican-held seats to watch are in Massachusetts, Arizona and Nevada. Democrats are worried about Sen. Jon Tester in Montana.


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By NEMS Daily Journal
The Mississippi House and Senate both have crafted bills that would provide a long-overdue state-funded start for pre-kindergarten schooling. It's done through an innovative approach anchored in the resources of public schools and the state Board of Education, but also involving collaborations and partnerships with non-public day care centers.
Both chambers also call for phasing in the initial funding. Mississippi is the only state in the South without state-funded pre-K, which means opportunity is lost for many children to experience the kind of mind growth and social development provided by effective programs for 4-year-olds.
The bills so far are not identical, and of the two, the Senate bill offers a more substantial and realistic funding foundation. However, the House version could change because it has not been voted by the full chamber, and that deadline is Thursday.
The Senate version provides for three phases with enough money to expect progress:
• The Senate's first phase would be $8 million to serve approximately 3,500 children, to be implemented with the 2013-2014 school year.
• The second phase would be $16 million and serve approximately 7,000 children through 10 to 15 early learning collaboratives and pre-kindergarten providers;
• The third phase would be $33.950 million and serve approximately 15,000 children.
• The House's pre-K committee substitute so far is $2 million, with future phases not specified beyond "based on interest."
The House could substitute the Senate's version when it votes by the end of business on Thursday, and that would send the legislation to Gov. Phil Bryant. That is not certain.
A separate bill would require grade level reading proficiency by the end of the third grade, a mandate that needs a provision for trained, qualified reading instructors to augment teachers' efforts.
Positive education efforts also have led to passage in the Senate of an appointed superintendent system statewide, with a phase-in by 2016. In the House, a vote of 111-4 approved HB 890, Gov. Bryant's bill to establish a reading initiative, raise admission standards for teacher education, and implement a pilot program for performance-based compensation, plus a successful amendment Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, to increase teachers' salaries by $5,000.
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working from my phone so if this doesn't work someone smarter than me fix it. This is carter Harrison Mhoon. His moms protein levels in her urine were pretty severe so the doctor decided at 34 weeks he'd baked in the oven enough. C section today at 1:30 went well and the baby will be kept in n-icu for monitoring for a few weeks. He is 4lbs and 10 oz and 18" long. Mother is doing good and recovering well. Moose my 10.5 month old CLM will be jealous but I'm sure he will be this guys guardian angel.
Being my first child needless to say a new and exciting chapter has begun


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Chapter 12: Natural Resources
What is the source of most energy?
Almost all energy on Earth comes from the Sun. Plants make food energy from sunlight. Fossil fuels are made of the remains of plants that stored the Sun's energy millions of years ago. The Sun heats some areas more than others. This causes wind. The Sun's energy also drives the water cycle. In the water cycle, water moves over the Earth's surface. Both wind power and water power can be used. Earth's internal heat does not depend on the Sun for energy. This heat comes from remnant heat when the planet formed. It also comes from the decay of radioactive elements. Radioactivity is an important source of energy. Energy is just one category of natural resources. Materials, like metals and rock, are also natural resources. Plate tectonic processes are powered by Earth's internal heat. These processes help to create some resources. Weathering processes are driven by solar power. These processes help to create other resources.
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Introduction to Energy Resources
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Energy Conservation
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Renewable vs Non-Renewable Energy Resources
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Fossil Fuel Formation
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Coal Power
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Petroleum Power
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I have written before about the habit I have for being on time. I hate being late. When I'm covering a football game, on time doesn't mean at the kickoff, it means an hour and a half or two hours before.
Well, by my definition I was very late at Legion Field in 1990 for Southern Miss-Alabama.
That was a game that is remembered as one of the highlights of Brett Favre's college career. He was only six weeks removed from a near-fatal car wreck in which doctors removed 30 inches of his small intestine. He had missed the season opener against Delta State but came back to lead a 27-24 comeback win over Gene Stallings and No. 13 Alabama.
Favre would lead Southern Miss to a win at Auburn later that year. The Golden Eagles finished 8-3 in the regular season and lost to North Carolina State in the All-American Bowl in Birmingham when another Favre-led comeback fell short. That season included an 18-17 loss at Georgia the week after Alabama, and the four losses were by a total of 12 points.
Back to the Alabama game.
I was working in Meridian and had been in Gulfport the night before covering Meridian High. At the time my wife was on the path to becoming my fiancee. Not sure if she realized it then or if she realized it more than I did. Anyway, the Meridian High graduate and I got back from Gulfport in the wee hours of the morning.
I was wired with that adrenaline you get from being up late and knowing you have a big day the next day. After a little sleep, I was ready to go. But Laurie convinced me that we needed to leave as late as possible, not because of my lack of sleep but because she would take her grandmother to another part of Birmingham – a nicer part – to meet her Aunt for grandmother to continue on to a visit in the Atlanta area.
I felt like I was in no position to refuse, especially when the ladies don't usually understand or agree with my timeline on game day.
So for this late morning kick, we were heading east on I-20/59 much later than I would prefer. Ultimately we reached the exit where traffic was backed up to the interstate.
I was unhappy with this development, and I was told later – not with warm and comforting vibes – that Laurie and grandmother could feel the tension in the car rising.
Anyway, I inched off the interstate and along the neighborhood road to Legion Field. Soon I made the announcement that when I could see the stadium I would get out of the car and walk, jog actually. I don't think this helped the tension.
I half walked half jogged several blocks, made it to will call and finally up to the press box where I had to run off someone from my seat, a hanger-oner who was excited by his good fortune to find the front row seat of some guy who had ordered a pass and didn't show up.
When all was said and done I was a little winded, and kickoff was nine minutes away, long enough for me to catch my breath.
I watched Favre's performance, and Laurie, with grandmother on her way to Atlanta by then, drove right up to the stadium and picked me up a few hours later.
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What I really want is just an easy way to do various real-time plots and status indicators on my Windows PC screen to show data coming in on the serial port, and some control buttons to send commands back on the serial port
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Lowell C. Goette, age 88, passed away after a short illness on Sunday, November 25, 2012 at Maplewood of Sauk Prairie. He was born in Merrimac Township on June 3, 1924, the son of the late Oscar and Hilda (Yarkie) Goette. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Decker on December 14, 1946. Lowell lived and farmed his entire life in Merrimac Township. He loved farming, rides in the country, and watching the badgers and packers. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Merrimac.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy; a son, Ron (Sue) Goette; a sister, Muriel Halweg; three grandchildren, Lisa (Thane) Newman, Lori Acker and Kevin Goette, eight great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; nieces, nephews and other relatives. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Louis and brother-in-law, Donald Halweg.
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Now I realize this is my fight and that I have the power to act no matter the circumstances. I am happy to have a career opportunity that makes it easier but I know that won't always be the case.
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Quit bitchin...bitch!ReplyDelete
Um, maybe its because you're a negative prick? Get over it. Smile. Study for your license. GO TO FUCKING SCHOOL! By school I mean college. Your local college. Get financial aid if you have to. Then maybe you'll be happy.ReplyDelete
bahahaha this is great.
hey, 4th commenter. ITS ABOUT SPONGEBOB. chill out man.
Funny as hell. 4th poster needs to get a clue.ReplyDelete
4th made me laugh more than the post.ReplyDelete
lolz @4 and postReplyDelete
i vote for the fourth post.ReplyDelete
U.S. Army hires High School Graduates, and you'll get out and get paid good too. Seriously, try it out dude.ReplyDelete
This is hilarious, anyone who can't tell that this is a spoof on spongebob, wow, maybe they should go back to school? LOL.I love this.ReplyDelete
This is so funny. I lost I admit it, but OP has my vote for "The Worlds Best" unintentional troll.ReplyDelete
Before calling #4 dumb, remember that it's the rest of you admitting to getting the reference to a little kid's TV show. Just sayin'ReplyDelete
A little kid's TV show? Oh no, Spongebob is much more than that, trust me ;)ReplyDelete
Im pretty sure anyone who isnt a social reject would understand the sponge bob refrence.. I dont watch the show myself and I got it... hell, my 55 year old dad even got it ...
Even if you didn't get it right away... were you not concerned by the fact that this guy says he lives in a pineapple? That should have flicked a switch...
Funny stuff. I've seen so many episodes of that show. He seems so naive about it though. You know the only people that are bitching didn't read the entire blog before opening their fat impatient mouth.ReplyDelete
you dont have it anywhere as bad as me and im 16 dudeReplyDelete
people are so dumb its spongebob if u dont get that dont postReplyDelete
jesus christ!
fuck man, i'm 23 and live with my parents... ill take a pineapple under the sea any day. consider yourself lucky.ReplyDelete
READ THE ENTIRE FUCKING STORY FIRST DUMBASSES.ReplyDelete
It's amazing how many people don't actually read the whole post.ReplyDelete
I was completely on the hook, but went back and finished reading...quality. Especially for those who never got off the hook...ReplyDelete
One thing, make sure you read the whole article before you decide to dish out your own judgment, it's about sponge bob. Well done, very funny.ReplyDelete
Spongebob Squarepants is more than a kid's show. It goes right over the head of most people though.ReplyDelete
This was done before but about Scooby Doo. This is a direct rip-off of that. Taken right off stumbleupon. Fail.ReplyDelete
fourth poster wins the internet. and thirteen should just quit the internet.ReplyDelete
dude, you got me, I quit reading literally one sentence from the end....I guarantee thats where all the haters stopped too...at first I was all....but then I lol'd...read the comments folks, it'll save your internetsReplyDelete
One episode shows Spongebob's license. He's actually like 24. Lol which makes it worse for him.ReplyDelete
ummm...spongbob has a long and distinguished record of academic achievement at Mrs.Puff's Driving School...the U.S. Army may very well be a viable choice for him after all,Im sure they could use a few good sponges...ReplyDelete
I love how even after everyone keeps saying it's about Spongebob, new commenters still can't take the hint.
Okay, not that that's settled...
Lol, yeah I thought it was real till the last sentence, sorta gives it away!!ReplyDelete
fuckin great!
this is a step by step guide for you mistakes that took this seriously...
1. Punch yourself in the face
2. Check for breathing
3. If still breathing, repeat step #1
LOL@ all the people who didn't get it. lollllllllReplyDelete
Are you guys for real? Comeon you didn't get"he live in a pineapple under the sea" Where do you live under a F#$*en rock?ReplyDelete
A little kids show? It's been around for about ten yeas now, no shame in being under 30.ReplyDelete
wow some of you guys are retarded...i mean fourth comentator didnt know but there was no refrence to spongebob earlier than his comment...the rest of the comentators who still think its an actual story need to at least read the fucking comments before you post some thing...dumb assesReplyDelete
Get over yourself dude! I was depressed when I was your age too and I had great prospects. Find something you like doing and do it. Chances are you'll be good at it too. The rest will follow.ReplyDelete
How old is Spongbob anyway? I totally thought he was in his 30sReplyDelete
At least your pet snail loves you. :)ReplyDelete
I thought it was hilarious, and I didn't get the Spongebob reference because I don't know anything about Spongebob. But everybody knows you're not going to get girls if you live in a pineapple.ReplyDelete
4th poster: gold star for idiocy.ReplyDelete
Use a rope. Leaves less of a mess for the rest of the family to clean up. :)ReplyDelete
Sorry to hear that my friend, however you can't see it now but things will turn around for you.
Hang in there!
4th commenter made this post worth itReplyDelete
hahahaha!!! all the people who don't get the joke are, just like a license agreement for software everyone skips the paragraph and reads the last sentence and clicks I AGREE!!!ReplyDelete
ps. #4 is patrick
OMG THIS POST CHANGED MY FUCKING LIFE. ps. 4 is patrickReplyDelete
I don't know which is funnier: the story, or the comments from people who don't know you're talking about fucking SPONGE BOB!!! I love this. Thanks for the post.
You've been had losers!!!!
hahaha fourth comment, fuckin dumbassReplyDelete
Al Gore is gonna kill sponge Bob's habitat all gone with global warming.ReplyDelete
"Um, maybe its because you're a negative prick? Get over it. Smile. Study for your license. GO TO FUCKING SCHOOL! By school I mean college. Your local college. Get financial aid if you have to. Then maybe you'll be happy. "
You my friend... Are a fucking retard.
everyone who laughed at the spongebob reference, GJ. Everyone else, STFU before you read the whole post. Maybe it will save you from being an idiot. Maybe.ReplyDelete
I love how you can tell who didn't read the entire thing.ReplyDelete
fucking awesome.
to all the morons who thought this was real, thanks for the laughs.
and excuse us for understanding the reference to a kids show that we all used to watch when we were kids.
wow trolled by 4th post.ReplyDelete
awesome even better is the trolling from post 4ReplyDelete
who died in an oil spill because of bp? spongebob square pants!ReplyDelete
Can't really blame a bunch of people for not getting a reference to a popular kids cartoon, especially if they don't have kids nor associate with anyone with younger children.
Damn funny though, I had a good laugh at the end (and subsequently sang "sponge bob square pants")
Don't talk shit about Patrick...Patrick is the fucking star.ReplyDelete
lol ur life suxReplyDelete
Haha, lol @ all the idiots who dont realize that the people "taking it seriously" are trolling them.ReplyDelete
People are still commenting without getting it!!! I'm laughing my ass off.ReplyDelete
At first i was like D: but then i was like xDDDReplyDelete
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I can't believe everyone on here really flipped their shit about post four. Seriously guys, about twenty people decided to make a comment just to call out the same dumbass/troll over and over. Christ.
By the way, even though I have seen the scooby doo one, this is far superior. Just sayin'
Hahahahahaa. I totally didn't see that one coming until the end. :)ReplyDelete
LOL I'ma give spunge bob som advice yo.ReplyDelete
What's better than the people that don't get it was Sponge Bob is the people that don't get that most of the people that don't get it are actually trolling.ReplyDelete
Its Sponge bob , you idiotsReplyDelete
#13, Spongebob has been on for 10+ years now. It's no longer a kid's show, it's a cross-generational point of reference for anyone under 25.ReplyDelete
glad that I read the entire thing so I wouldn't look like an idiot like the rest of the people who thought he was serious and were giving advice...ReplyDelete
FRICKIN TROLLED!!! LOL AND 100 INTERNETS TO 4TH ANONReplyDelete
FRICKIN TROLLED! ALL OF YOU! PROPS TO 4TH ANON AND 100 INTERNETS TO YOU GOOD SIRReplyDelete
All a bunch of idiots for responding past the first few. Fricken idiots need to grow up.ReplyDelete
then whyd you laugh annoyingly all day, ha?ReplyDelete
I think #4 is a double troll.. Probs OP repostin.ReplyDelete
actually made me "lol."
lolz achieved
and lolz@4
aahaa very nice. all of you who thought this was real are idiots.ReplyDelete
Take out the pineapple reference ....
Perhaps SBSP is speaking for all the whiny people out there.....
or the 10000 that post the same comment over and over....its sponge bob......
My best friend is twitter, my life is so sad I have to update status on facebook every 15 minutes so the world (which doesn't care) knows what I am doing....
4th reply earned himself a all expenses paid ride on the fail train.... and pineapples aren't that bad... if preceded by the word express.
Oh and the advice dog says get drunk and find a gun... to the 4th replier.
this is the funniest thing i have ever read. the whole time i was reading i was like wow that sucks this guy should just join the military and then he said "i live in a pineapple under the sea" lmaoReplyDelete
And yet ANOTHER Liberal is born. Sounds EXACTLY like a Liberal. There's hope though.ReplyDelete
I very Inter-Adult incredibly funny comment about a Nonsensical fiction character.
PS To pretend your better by using cyber bullying process conments over the internet means your a loser no goodnik by heart Go read a book or better yet go outside. Better yourself with FACE TO FACE life!
The only thing that makes this more funny, is the people that take it serious!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
wow, ok 4 below me, he is talking about SPONGE BOB you dumb ass.ReplyDelete
i saw it comingReplyDelete
I doubt it! Your grammar and spelling give it up! No one seems to notice though.
Please suck/fuck it up a little better.
LOL, I got trolled.ReplyDelete
trolls trollin trollsReplyDelete
He is actually like 43 or something. (in the movie he got like 200something employee of the months.)ReplyDelete
like mindless lab rats some dick off is controlling this entire post... just like it always will be . Oblivion will blind us and the chem. trails will poison us but we follow our past heading towards no future . all while we comment on a blog that's speaking subliminally to someone indirectly using the cartoon to test the inside joke at ones offense. well 2shay.. and its nice to be important more important to be nice . ya y a well practice what you preach xoxofreak05536ReplyDelete
Sponge Bob is GayReplyDelete
you can't be so negative. so what if squidward hates you? he's an asshole, so it doesn't matter if he likes you or not.ReplyDelete
Sounds like you've been watching too much spongebob and you need to sit the crack pipe down.ReplyDelete
That's what Sponge Bob is about?ReplyDelete
I think that this is a bigger issue than just making fun of someone because their life isn't going so well. I have a bigger problem with making fun of your friend because he may be mentally challenged. Maybe you should look in a mirror before you go and insult someone on the internet without any recourse to yourself. As for your female friend, I don't blame her for not wanting to date someone like you. You have a lot of issues that need addressing, the least being your relationship with this "Southern Belle".ReplyDelete
I didn't realize it was about spongebob until the last line.ReplyDelete
My daughter and I watched pretty much most of Spongebob Squarepants..It was the number 1 show for people over 30 for a few years in a row.and top 10 for kids 10+years.A positive goofy,silly,very clever cartoon,always positive.Have you guys listened to yourselves on posting.why all the venom,name calling,bitching?Theres enough real problems out there,jump on something that means something.And make it better.Squidword rules..ReplyDelete
i am LOVING reading all these comments.. EVERYONE that commented is pathetic.. myself included since i actually had the time to read it all.. i can't believe how many of these comments are identical to countless othersReplyDelete
all the people who are commenting like this is some real thing are most likely over 25 with no kids or young family ha. but the comments made this even funnierReplyDelete
quit being a pussy and join the marinesReplyDelete
Get your head out of your anal cavity, quit feeling sorry for yourself, look around and GET AN EDUCATION. At least you'll be a higher qualified unemployed person!ReplyDelete
hahahahhahaha the best part about this post is in fact the comments. thanks for lauggs guysReplyDelete
LOL! I'm in college and I still love Spongebob. =9. And #4, wadda idiot.ReplyDelete
ok, I believe quite a few people got legitimately trolled hereReplyDelete
i'am disappointed Bob...i thought we are friends...
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"I live in a fucking PINEAPPLE UNDER the SEA!!!" jesus christ even it wasnt about spongebob who the fuck would it be??ReplyDelete
Seriously?? The reason you haven't been able to score a job better than your trailer trash parents is because of your lack ambition. And living in a small town is no excuse for not landing the right "opportunity" outside of flipping burgers at a Mcdonalds for someone like you, you lazy piece of trash.... What the fuck did you expect, a scholarship to a some sort of Divison-I school?? Not to mention, if you can't pass a driving test, just do all of us a favor and take your razor blade and slit your wrist...the long way. It's too bad that you're a bit socially awkward. Have you ever thought that might be a strong hint why your "southern bell"/retarded friend doesn't even like you. Bottom line: you're a waste of space and leech on society. Do us all a favor and take your dumb, uneducated self out of this society.... Or at lease exhile yourself to China or MexicoReplyDelete
Yeah the 4th commenter is lost which makes the actual post even funnier..ReplyDelete
fuck my life guy giving bj on the right! shit fuck tunaReplyDelete
"#13, Spongebob has been on for 10+ years now. It's no longer a kid's show, it's a cross-generational point of reference for anyone under 25."
Lmfao@ serious paragraph near the bottom. That...is...amazing.ReplyDelete
Who the fuck is Spongebob's true love?ReplyDelete
A. Sandy is Spongebob's true love. B. Fucking hilarious. C. Post number four, I love you.ReplyDelete
hahah sum ppl r so dumb fml :)
tbh sponge bob is legend my 6 yr old boy loves it.
the ppl who made the script for ideas for the show where on all kinds of drugs while they got there ideas not that i agree with drug abuse but thats where they got there scripts enjoy the trippy show
To all those haters out there. Spongebob is an American TV Show. There are hundreds of countries that have nothing to do with America and her shows. To all the fellas who think the No.4th poster is an idiot, well guess what, y'all are the big dumbos for thinking there is only 1 country in this world. Joke's on you loosers.. later..ReplyDelete
I thought that was serious till i read the comments :L ;) lol and i watch sponge bob too XD (i have a little brother its okay :D )ReplyDelete
o.m.g. the US isn't the only country?ReplyDelete
the guy who wrote the 4th comment drank to much effin haterade... And he probably sucks at life, molested my by his creepy uncle bill when he was 9, thus making him angry at the world.....ReplyDelete
Oh balls...sucks to be sponge bob huh?ReplyDelete
ahahahahhah this is amazing, only thing is spongebob is gay- patrick is supposed to be his boyfriend, i saw it on "The Making Of"- its supposed to have a gay subtext to make kids more tolerant. They created it with that basis but networks wouldnt run it so they had to make it a lot less obvious. I swear- google it.ReplyDelete
I like the people who don't read the whole thing lolReplyDelete
So ahh I'm drunk and dee railed I'm pretty sure that if you want to prefect you life that the Marine Corps has a few good things thats right up your alley call right now 1-800-Marines and experience the best of life with a taste of bullshit and be proud and happy you joined today..... No kidding Marines are the best at enjoying the little time off they get and right now three drunk Marines are doing that right now in a barracks in Okinawa Japan thinking that you NEED TO JOIN THE MARINE CORPS AND GET YOUR LIFE ON THE RIGHT P A T H ....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
4th comment made me lol. I like how you spit that into rhyme, that was dopeReplyDelete
im so upset with this life i hatteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ow i wouldnt like to be born it sucksReplyDelete
Classic -Thanks for the laughs!!!ReplyDelete
Navy anyone?ReplyDelete
Dont Listin to the fukin haters on here lifes a bitch nd no1 gets a say in wut happensReplyDelete


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which will you get more reward from, HT ribbons, or you sons and dogs relationship with each other?
which will you get more reward from, HT ribbons, or you sons and dogs relationship with each other?
I would get more reward if my sons relationship with the dog got THEM HT ribbons! But you are exactly right, Thanks!
Every child needs a puppy and every puppy needs a child. Let them have at it and you will probably wind up with the best socialized dog you could ever hope for. I have never seen where playing with a child has impacted training in the least. Best of luck!
Since mine was 7 weeks old I've sat him in front of his food and then released him to eat. As he eats I've always let the kids pet him. It's the only time he won't try to mouth and slobber on them and they love it. It also gets rid of that stigma of a dog being a meany around his food. He simply doesn't care and just wants to eat as fast he can.
I've let my kids do pretty much whatever they want to with him. The baby pulls his tail, the other his ears and the oldest plays tug of war. The only stipulation was when giving pup commands.
They are only allowed to tell pup 'No' when he jumps are knocks one of them down.
I have an old Football that I keep inflated that pup LOVES! This is the ONLY toy that I've ever participated in PLAY with. I kick it around and he goes after it. Having it inflated really helped him learn to carry big things with his mouth too.
None of this has had an adverse affect on his training. At any point in time during his free time with the kids if I give a command, Game Over. His ears pin up and he obeys. If I pull out a dummy the kids get mad b/c he no longer pays attention to them.
They're smart dogs, if you keep Training and Play distinct, they will KNOW the difference between the two. Also maintain OB During Play. Don't overdo it give him so Free Command Free Time, but it doesn't hurt to lay the law down every so often during play time just to reassure him that OB is to be adhered to no matter what's going on.
I've enjoyed watching my pup with the kids. Just a year ago he was so tiny and they just drug him everywhere, now 12 months and 75 lbs later they RUN!! Lol
Plus it's great for burning pups/kids energy to let them run around after each other lol
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i'm a fan of an anthropomorphic RPG known as Ironclaw, and have often wondered how well it'd work savaged. Much like savage worlds it uses die types for attributes and skills, only instead of a flat bonus after d12 it gives you a d4. I Figure this'd be the easiest to convert from. Gonna try seeing what i can come up with for a little game that's been trying to escape.
Been dying to let loose Dragon's fang, chimera's claw and mutagenesis.
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never said i was gonna convert mechanics, lol. All i'm gonna try and convert are the races anyhow. feel and all that i want to be different than ironclaw. and yes superc0ntra, that'd be the mechanical gist of it.
basically all i'll be converting is a selection of races for use with my own, distinct projects. but so far that's a little tricky. i'll get it though.
basically all i'll be converting is a selection of races for use with my own, distinct projects. but so far that's a little tricky. i'll get it though.
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Snake Storm wrote:i'm a fan of an anthropomorphic RPG known as Ironclaw, and have often wondered how well it'd work savaged.
The important thing is to know where you're coming from. What is your primary goal?
1) Have you been previously running an Ironclaw campaign, and you want to "convert" the campaign over to Savage Worlds (with existing, experienced PCs), and continue in the new system?
2) Do you like the Ironclaw setting, but perhaps you just prefer the Savage Worlds rules?
3) Or, is it just that you like the idea of playing anthropomorphic animals, but aren't particularly obliged to the Ironclaw setting per se?
My introduction to Savage Worlds was around the time when I was running a brief Ironclaw campaign (3 specific mini-adventures spanning 6 sessions, in a "high seas" setting with all the PCs traveling on a Bisclavret privateer ship off the coast of Akoma, en route to take a Priest of S'allumer to Keshret, so that he could then journey on to Calabria).
The Ironclaw system wasn't really equipped to handle ship-to-ship battles, so I managed a home-brewed system that used Pirates of the Spanish Main ships, and adapted some of the mechanics ("masts," etc.) with Ironclaw skill rolls. It made for fast-paced ship battles, if a bit abstract, but allowed us to get on to the fancy swashbuckling and the plot, which was the whole point.
Unfortunately, while the Ironclaw system does have some very interesting mechanics (some of which share much in common with Deadlands Classic), my players were tiring of some of its clunkier aspects. Plus, we had a bit of group turnover, and some of the newer players weren't quite as dedicated to the idea of playing "animal people." They were still fond of the "high seas" aspect, though, and around that time, "Pirates of the Spanish Main RPG" was new on the shelves - so I picked up a copy.
I proposed that after our campaign, we start a new one in Pirates of the Spanish Main RPG. The trouble was, while the players weren't necessarily fond of the setting or the rules, they were fond of their CHARACTERS, and the reparte they had established. We ended up doing a convoluted turn: I hand-waved an encounter in which the players encountered the Hangman's Joke, and that when the PCs "defeated" it and tethered their ship alongside to try to loot their new prize ... the next fog bank they passed into caused them to be taken along with the Hangman's Joke into another world entirely - into the world of Pirates of the Spanish Main!
I "converted" their characters by arbitrarily figuring out how many sessions we'd been playing, and how much experience they would have earned if we had been playing for the same amount of time in Pirates of the Spanish Main RPG. I then "built" their Savage Worlds characters (with some player consultation on the tougher points), making custom racial packages to handle their unique animal characteristics (claws as natural weapons, night vision, etc.).
I also introduced the conceit that, upon being in the Pirates universe, they would be subject to a sort of "veil" effect: To inhabitants of this (human-inhabited) world, they would appear as humans. Only under the light of the full moon would their true forms be obvious. (I borrowed a bit from a certain pirate-themed movie there!)
The transition wasn't *completely* smooth, and it was pretty weird, but the players had fun (including those more inclined to play humans than fuzzy animal-people), and that's the important part.
All things considered, I'm not sure I'd really want to try converting all the Ironclaw races. Sometimes in campaigns, I'll create a custom racial package, to fit the inclinations of a particular player (in fantasy or sci-fi campaigns): the Slipstream "alien generator" is great for this. (If only I'd had it when we were playing Pirates!)
My personal preference is to only generate as many "races" as are needed for the plot, and to facilitate (as much as is reasonable) my players' character concepts.
If you have a fantasy world of elves and dwarves and humans, and one guy in your group insists on being a "cat-man," no problem: it's not hard to give him the basic trappings that make him distinctive, without breaking play balance or the plot. If, however, you have an entire world filled with fuzzy animal people - and every single Earth mammal species imaginable (except humans) is represented as a separate race ... eh, it's not very SPECIAL being a talking animal anymore.
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i see what you mean. I bought ironclaw and jadeclaw but had no real interest in playing them as is. My idea of fantasy involves monsters and that's just not their style.
i don't really have any long term goals around these projects, nor do i play with anyone but my nephews. But after nine years my homebrew fantasy world is getting on my nerves and i just need a change of pace.
i don't really have any long term goals around these projects, nor do i play with anyone but my nephews. But after nine years my homebrew fantasy world is getting on my nerves and i just need a change of pace.
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