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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Comic 754: Comic 754
But then a little voice in my head said "come on, this isn't good! you only like it because it references a thing you like, in this case self-reference!" And it's true. The comic proves to me, once again, why reference based "jokes" are so deceptive: people get amusement from recognizing the reference, and they confuse this amusement with actual humor, which it is not.
Then a much louder voice in my head said "TAUTOLOGY CLUB" which, as I realized, was at least a cleverer version of this. I disliked that comic because it was smug and annoying, but at least the loop-that-was-impossible-to-break-into was a little more complex and interesting (if inaccurate). He's done plenty of other self-reference comic and I have to say, reading through them, that this strikes me as the laziest. "THE PRE-REQ FOR CLASS X IS CLASS X, AND THE CLASS IS ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING. well, time to call it a day! my work here is done." That's all it is.
i can't believe i wrote this much about such a silly little comic. even by my standards, I mean.
Someone once accused me of having opinions that were only ever highly positive or highly negative, and challenged me to give an example of something I felt only lukewarm about. It was difficult, but the example I came up with was the comic Daisy Owl, which, while it started out strong, seems to have morphed recently into "jaded ironic characters act super-self-aware all the time." Charming art though. I only bring this up because recently it's been updating way the hell slower than it used to, like, once every few weeks, and I am wondering - what's up with that? I guess I am wondering, how is this medium-quality comic going to stay popular if its update schedule suddenly gets all out of whack?
92 comments:
- DefiantJune 17, 2010 at 9:13 PM
That's a good point. Most of the recent (read: suck) xkcd comics have been a lot about purely reference. People will get the reference and feel like it's funny or just feel good about the comic, because they got the reference.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 17, 2010 at 9:41 PM
LOL so hey you guys, did you know that physics students are pretty much the best kind of students ever, and people majoring in the liberal arts exist only to be their punching bags? Also did you know that professors of the hard sciences are much smarter than those of social sciences and will use this to take advantage of them and their students?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 17, 2010 at 10:15 PM
Why yes, yes I did.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 17, 2010 at 10:18 PM
I'm afraid I may have missed the joke with 755. You never know with xkcd if a particular comic is a reference or just nothing at all.ReplyDelete
755 is a joke about how people who aren't maths and science majors are stupid. Randy, like many math and science majors of his personality type, feels constantly threatened by liberal arts majors, who are usually much more interesting people and generally better liked by everyone except other science types. So he constantly postures and asserts his superiority over them.ReplyDelete
It's his standard reaction to things he doesn't understand--apparently "interdisciplinary studies" are among the things he does not understand.
- AnonymousJune 17, 2010 at 10:31 PM
>feels constantly threatened by liberal arts majors, who are usually much more interesting people and generally better liked by everyone except other science typesReplyDelete
That's true, but most of us manage to cope thanks to knowing that their degree is completely worthless. We don't need to try and make fun of them in a webcomic.
That's a good point. Most of the recent (read: suck) xkcd comics have been a lot about purely reference. People will get the reference and feel like it's funny or just feel good about the comic, because they got the reference.ReplyDelete
i think people underestimate how long this sort of thing has been going on. xkcd has been primarily about producing the shock of "oh my goodness, randall is a member of my ingroup and is interested in the geeky shit i'm interested in!" since at least the 300s or so.
anyway both liberal arts majors, who are usually much more interesting people and generally better liked by everyone except other science types and That's true, but most of us manage to cope thanks to knowing that their degree is completely worthless made me vomit blood
reading 755, first i was like "hnng?" and then i got to the caption and was like "mreh"
also i am a math and philosophy major so clearly i'm not a member of the target audience probably
Lol so basically studying physics is way better than pseudosciences like history and psychology amirite guys?ReplyDelete
xkcd has been primarily about producing the shock of "oh my goodness, randall is a member of my ingroup and is interested in the geeky shit i'm interested in!" since at least the 300s or so.ReplyDelete
Weird. That's exactly what has been bugging me in XKCD since it went bad, wrapped into one simple sentence. Beautiful!
Randall Munroe's comedy standup:ReplyDelete
My professors had an ongoing competition to get the weirdest thing taken seriously under "interdisciplinary program."
They came up with "physics students try to hit psychology students with pendulums!"
Audience as one: Get outta my head, Randy!
i know you can simplify any joke to unfunniness and carl's sometimes too hard on the basic ideas behind the comicsReplyDelete
but what is the joke here
"physics students (like me and you, reader!) are awesome"
"psychology students suck"
"also pendulums are sorta related to both"
disguised as a my-hobby type comic to make it seem more than what it is
alt text: "history students too"
- AnonymousJune 18, 2010 at 12:47 AM
755 feels like the premise for a really absurd scene. Randall, unfortunately, can't get his chosen medium to work for him.ReplyDelete
The joke is that their professors were weird, and pendulums + social experiments = physics and psychology meshing perfectly in Randall's head.
- AnonymousJune 18, 2010 at 1:44 AM
I suggest you show us that you can do better before criticizing others.ReplyDelete
Well, you're the one who asked, so I suggest you show us that you can make a better criticism blog before criticizing ours.ReplyDelete
Well, everyone has already noted that Randall is an asshole towards humanities students and doesn't really understand the concept of "interdisciplinary", so I'm just going to comment on the art. This is the first time that Randall has used atmospheric perspective (making distant objects fainter) and it's quite effective. In the past, we were left to wonder if small stick figures were children or just far away. Unfortunately, Randall made a mistake. Instead of using both his generic blonde and his generic brunette (or just a bunch of bald men) he used his brunette twice. So it looks like the brunette is watching her clone or her identical twin release the pendulum.ReplyDelete
Also: couldn't the pendulum be easily sidestepped? In fact, the pendulum seems like it would have a pretty limited range, so you wouldn't even have to run that far away from it. And when it ran out of momentum, the physics student would have to pick it up and carry it back to the top of the block, which would take forever. My point is, pendulums are not a very efficient way of trying to hit somebody and are therefore not threatening. But maybe the joke is that psychology students are dumb and are scared of the pendulum? I dont' know.
Physics students calculate the arc of a razor-edged pendulum, and are strapped underneath it by psychology majors. The goal is to get the pendulum as close as possible without being eviscerated. It's a class about studying how certain we are that we know what we think we know!
I just feel like 755 is a poorly thought out joke. It's like he just chose a few things to make fun of (liberal arts, interdisciplinary studies) and tried to work them in, but just ended up being a Family Guy-style reference joke.ReplyDelete
On another note (which I hope is acceptably relevant), I checked out the post on Tautology Club again, and in the comments section I couldn't help but feel like there was an animosity towards the high-school nerd. Now, I'm not saying it's unjustified or mean-spirited, I just would like to know if my assumption was unfounded or if there is another side I'm missing.
(Full disclosure: I am a 17-year old high school kid.)
There's an animosity towards high school nerds. Sorry! It's nothing personal. We've all been there--it's where the animosity comes from. (For the benefit of pedantic pricks, this post contains sweeping generalities. Also for their benefit, fuck you.)ReplyDelete
The thing is, well, you're 17. You're probably pretty intelligent, and at 17 you've started to realize that. You may be doing well in classes, and think that proves it. You may be doing poorly in classes and say it's because you're too smart for them. Maybe that's even true, on both counts! You're doing better than a respectable portion of your peers. Maybe you're even doing so effortlessly.
At 17, though, you still live in a pretty small world. You haven't been around long enough to figure out that just because you're smart doesn't mean you're right all the time, or even most the time, or even ever. Just because you're clever doesn't mean your ideas are good. You're only just taking your first steps on the path to knowing what you know.
Unfortunately, the first steps basically tend to be "I'm really smart and I can understand everything and I'm brilliant and I'm always right and I'm eloquent and my ideas are the best ideas ever and they're also incredibly novel!"
Like say, we were all there once. You could be charitable and say we're only antagonistic towards the high school nerd because the best way to disabuse someone of the notion that they are the smartest person ever is to subject them to endless intellectual abuse, but really it's probably more that, for all the empathy in the world, it's still really damn annoying.
(Some high school kids, in fairness, are actually really good about this. You, for instance, didn't get all defensive and say 'I'm a 17-year-old high school kid and I'm really brilliant and clever and you guys are just jerks who discriminate against people because of their age' or whatever. You asked questions! You demonstrated curiosity! Keep not sucking and you'll go far.)
- AnonymousJune 18, 2010 at 2:54 AM
So... Randall's animosity towards liberal arts students is not anything new. Its been there from the beginning. Hell, its even in the warning:ReplyDelete
Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).
My point is that it doesn't fall into the category of "reasons why XKCD has fallen off."
except those jokes were never funny.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the honest answer.
Yeah, I sometimes let my ego get the best of me but I usually keep it down. For the most part though, I continue to be fascinated by everything I see and absorb whatever I can so I can learn more about the world. I have known kids that think they know everything about everything and they just drive me insane with how arrogant they are. I do take pride in my own intelligence but I had a rough year with grades due to laziness (another thing that keeps me down-to-earth) so I'm hoping to improve my work ethic so i can go to college and make something of myself, maybe go for programming (I would like to develop games in the future).
Rob you fat wastrel I'm 17 :(ReplyDelete
Ann you will always be my favorite target for my ephebophilic tendenciesReplyDelete
Crap, I actually had to look that up...I like Urban Dictionary's definition the best:ReplyDelete
1. ephebophile-a pedophile with a thesaurus
Perhaps a better-worded definition than anywhere else.
anyway yeah. the most important thing to keep in mind is the following phrase:ReplyDelete
everyone is always wrong about everything.
add a "literally" before "everyone" and "everything" if you feel like it is not strong enough. it will get you far.
Q: Does Randall have any personal grudge against psychologists?ReplyDelete
A: Yes, since the first day in college, when he heard the word "Randall" and "Asperger" in the same sentence.
My old man got his degree in interdisciplinary studies. He's retiring this year after 35 years of teaching high school, mostly dramatic arts and film studies. He has literally molded the minds of thousands of young people, and I like to think his philosophy of education steered them away from most of the more negative tendencies of nerdiness.ReplyDelete
The point is, forget "goomhr." I am going to stab Randall in the eyes as soon as I make paper.
Rob you verbose faggot- now my head is subsumed by the paradox of that phrase.ReplyDelete
I shall be spending nights in twisted sweaty sheets, my mind filled with infinite loops of recursion, till in the nidst of a fever dream, my mind erupts into awareness and ass I can see, for miles,
Double Penetrated
Course CPSC Four Three TwoReplyDelete
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It has to be said, the real Edward Lear pulled that "for the last line, just say the first line again" shit like all the time.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 18, 2010 at 7:03 AM
the new comic is amazing, just saying... before yall say otherwiseReplyDelete
it's a good thing we base our opinions entirely on who states their opinion first, then!ReplyDelete
except you're already too late, we already hate the new one and you are dumb for liking it
So, my initial interpretation was that the interdisciplinary program was relevant to the physics students as a lesson about, ya know, I dunno, the gravity/inertia/etc/whatev of a pendulum, while the psych students were involved b/c of... um... some kind of study of... neurotic pendulum phobias? Hypnotism? But where/how do the history students fit in?ReplyDelete
And, I've said it before, but it bears repeating since this comic sorta touches on it: maybe if Randall had studied humanities/liberal arts his comic wouldn't be a festering pile of bad drawing, inept dialogue, and fucked the fuck up narrative/storytelling. But hey, he understands MATH, YA'LL!
- AnonymousJune 18, 2010 at 8:06 AM
Yeah...lets all go on a witch-hunt against everyone who likes math and science! Woohoo!ReplyDelete
Admittedly most of us have superiority complexes and think we are teh awesomzorzlinezz. I agree though...perhaps randall should put his (I am only saying this because he thinks it is) formidable intellect to better use, like...I dunno...doing stuff...or is he just such a failure that all he can do is wallow in self pity hoping he gets some sexytime for his nerd jokes, make everyone interested in sci/math a dimwitted loser of a jerkish idiot, and living off his damn scrawling that would be better is he ... I dunno, got education in art...
It's not that math/science people are boring because they are math/science people. It's because they have deranged superiority complexes.ReplyDelete
...well, that, and viewing the world through a math/science lens is incredibly boring. I don't know how you people cope.
@8.06: I suspect we're not suggesting that everyone who studies maths and science is dumb. You know, given that some of us, er, study maths and science. Er. Even computer science, sometimes.ReplyDelete
I think it's just that we prefer not to judge large groups of people based on kneejerk reactions. Except xkcd fans, who we can safely and logically judge as 'having bad senses of humour'.
damn straight. my judgment of math/science people is based on years of extensive research.ReplyDelete
Dare I say it... based on science?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 18, 2010 at 8:39 AM
Normally I agree with many or even all criticisms of specific XKCD strips expressed on this blog.ReplyDelete
But responding to "hard science r teh roxor, humanities r teh sux" (which appears to be the thrust of 755) with "no u" (which appears to be a consensus among comments here) frankly just makes you all sound whiny and butthurt.
Theres plenty to criticise about 755: the art is (as always) shit; the writing is (as usual) shit; there isnt really a joke; there isnt even a punchline; and basically, it just totally and utterly fucking sucks.
Therefore, there is no need to criticise it quite so strenuously for having a go at psychologists (many of whom probably deserve it anyway).
Declaration of interest: I am a misanthropologist.
- AnonymousJune 18, 2010 at 10:20 AM
Rob's a fagReplyDelete
These kinda comics would work a lot better if it was from a scientist's point of view. But when he keeps scripting it as "this is what really happens", it ends up like After Eden or Least I Could Do, where even if it's necessary for a proper joke joke, it still ends up looking incredibly smug.ReplyDelete
Either that, or just stop making so many of these one-sided comics.
Your "we shouldn't criticise the comic for apparent bias" post would probably have worked better if you didn't add "also, they deserved it" at the end.
I agree, it really is boring living a scientists life, compared to the lives of those less scientifically knowledgeable. Life's been so much more run-down since I figured out how fucking magnets work.
- ScottMcTonyJune 18, 2010 at 11:07 AM
There's miracles all around me!ReplyDelete
Rob2:12 hey I went through that around 14-15, with an extra superiority complex about morals to boot. Obviously this means I am more advanced even than the other intelligent 17 year olds and, wait shitfuck :(
@SirRuto: What the hell man stop having the exact same year I had and the exact same ambitions I have those are mine.
- AnonymousJune 18, 2010 at 11:34 AM
in comic 755 the standard brunette looks as if she's been copy/pasted from every single comic she's ever been in, only facing a different direction.ReplyDelete
for someone who mocks the liberal arts so much, randall sure could use even a drawing I class to make his comics y'know, interesting?
Also, the pendulum looks like a stick figure with a really long body and just a head, its about the same size. So the comic already has the history student from the alt text, just horribly mutilated
Wow, odd. I know I should have expected someone to have similar experiences on the Internet, but damn, that's creepy. Maybe you're a doppleganger and don't know it?
- AlsworthJune 18, 2010 at 1:14 PM
This comic reminded me of 747. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a direct stab at XKCD, but it becomes that much funnier in that context.ReplyDelete
- ScottMcTonyJune 18, 2010 at 1:44 PM
Get out of my head, SirRuto!ReplyDelete
(sorry for borrowing your identity, Scott, but I just couldn't resist)
- AnonymousJune 18, 2010 at 1:49 PM
The great thing about having taken psychology and counseling courses for two years (I switched into VC because I realized I'm too much of a sadistic douchebag to actually counsel anyone) is that I can talk certain kinds of people into declaring some horribly negative attribute as a founding part of their character without realizing the implications, and then watch them implode when they find out what it really means.ReplyDelete
Its like a beautiful semantics timebomb. Great fun when some neckbeard taking physics courses starts calling psychology "pseudoscience."
- AnonymousJune 18, 2010 at 1:53 PM
@Anon 1:49ReplyDelete
I hate people of color. Wait! I mean... oh, man. You're good.
- AnonymousJune 18, 2010 at 2:58 PM
"... advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors)."ReplyDelete
Has there ever actually been any advanced mathematics in xkcd? Maybe I'm forgetting things, but it seems like the only folks who would make that statement are the ones who think that calculus is the pinnacle of mathematics, so engineers who take 4 semesters of it are "advanced."
The rest of the math related content is random, usually-not-very-difficult factoids that Randall read about on wikipedia, or mathematical symbols with heart shapes substituted for numbers or variables.
755 sucks. He completely mislabeled the venn diagrams so now the field outside the circles is wha... Wait... No wait.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 18, 2010 at 3:26 PM
Anon above, I agree, the most 'advanced mathematics' I've seen in XKCD is the fourier transform.ReplyDelete
That's not exactly the bitch'es bib, if you know what I mean.
That being said, if XKCD replaced its current meagre maths/science content with "advanced" maths science content, I'm not sure if this would be an improvement. Suddenly, all the comics make less sense, but they'll still be a legion of faggots willing to GOOMH till their testicles explode.
Also- slightly related- the worst people for being elitist aren't the "science & math" people as a whole, but those who *think* they know more science and math than they do.
Basically, showoff hipster faggots for physics, (and there is a lot of them).
Of course, I always suspected that rob would not be a scientist, as the reality of being ably to quantify his voluminous, sweaty bulk would most likely have lead to him destroying the internet with the raw power of Shame
How come RanDULL talks about "science" so much, but the only biology references he makes are to cuttlefish and vaginas?ReplyDelete
choke on THAT XKCDickweeds!
- AnonymousJune 18, 2010 at 3:47 PM
Read half of the comments. Gonna read the rest later.ReplyDelete
So, about comic 755... it's dumb, as usual, but I don't see the animosity towards humanities people so strongly. Sure, the physics student is throwing a pendulum on the psychology student but... I think it's so outlandish it wouldn't matter much if that was a CS student, or an Engineering one. I don't that's the POINT of the joke. The point, obviously, is that someone is saying throwing ginat pendulums on people is "promising".
Which is a pretty bad joke.
Rob, on what you said about having 17 years old... I agree thoroughly, and in what you could call a "GOOMH Rob" moment(which I won't, that'd be idiotic), I just finished reading "The Catcher In The Rye", and one constant thought I had through the reading was "man, I think I'd love this book if I was 15 or so".
On unrelated news, I never had a desire this strong to punch a narrator in the face. Or any at all, this is actually the first time I ever felt like this.
Comin thro' the rye, poor body, Comin thro' the rye.
Mole out.
Now, I've not actually read "Catcher", but from what I've heard about it I don't think Holden is meant to be particularly sympathetic - just an accurate portrayal of a teenager.ReplyDelete
- Old Man SalingerJune 18, 2010 at 4:51 PM
Yeah. I barely remember the novel, but I seem to recall that he also has a cathartic moment towards the end where he pretty much realises that he's a twat.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 18, 2010 at 8:27 PM
It seems like you guys really like xkcd.ReplyDelete
I don't think I've ever seen people more passionate about the comic.
Keep on!
Hey, now someone agrees with me on wanting to go into the book and strangle that little shit.ReplyDelete
Also I was 17 and I never once understood why everyone said what a great piece of literature that book was, I almost felt like it was a shit stain on literature to be perfectly honest
XKCD fans are apparently so stupid they confuse any emotion for a positive one. I bet they do great in abusive relationships!ReplyDelete
- Sherlock HolmesJune 18, 2010 at 9:18 PM
A clever man with enough free time may be able to build a convincing argument that Xkcd actually supports abusive relationships.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 19, 2010 at 2:45 AM
Who gave you permission to speak, MegMAN?ReplyDelete
Spread your legs for a session of intense punishment cunnilingus
- AnonymousJune 19, 2010 at 4:56 AM
'But I say, overall, take it easy on Randall; he's had a hard time with psychologists since his first day in College, when he heard the words "Randall" and "Asperger" on the same sentence.'ReplyDelete
in the forum thread.
@Femalethoth: math and philosophy? Just think, you'll be way "purer" than any other scientific discipline, AND you'll be able to ask interesting questions sometimes!ReplyDelete
xkcd is painful. Who does Randy think he's writing for? He's trying to appeal to a hypothetical audience and that never works.ReplyDelete
Catcher in the Rye, now that's funny. People don't diss it unless it just didn't make you laugh.
Listen: I support much of what you're doing here. I do think that Randall gets off easy with his comic on occasion, and that it your criticism can be very helpful. Sometimes you fail to see that some of the comics are actually quite good, but for the most part you give good commentary.ReplyDelete
However, PLEASE SPELL CHECK YOUR STATEMENTS BEFORE YOU UPLOAD THEM! Taken straight from your post: "i can't believe i wrote this much about such a silly little comic. even by my standards, I mean." How on earth can you accuse somebody else of being lazy when you can't even bother to hold down the shift key on the letter "i" and at the beginning of your sentences? It really invalidates any statements of laziness on the author's part if you can't even do first grade grammar and spelling.
I suspect, given that the rest of the post has correct capitalisation and the incorrect capitalisation is confined to a small and consistent area, it was deliberate and for effect.ReplyDelete
But then, you knew that, you're just a twat.
- AnonymousJune 19, 2010 at 2:04 PM
(Suggested corrections denoted with an asterisk.)ReplyDelete
This is not a proper use of the colon.
"and that it your criticism can be very helpful"
*"and your criticism can be very helpful"
The phrase "that it" is extraneous and grammatically invalid.
Our planet is a proper noun.
"do first grade grammar and spelling."
*"spell or use first grade grammar properly"
One cannot do grammar and spelling.
Please see me after class, AJ.
oh man i love when people are all like 'you don't capitalize THEREFORE YOU ARE LAZY.' like, really? you really think that's why i never capitalize letters?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 19, 2010 at 5:09 PM
It is because you are a bad person with who views the English Language with contempt.ReplyDelete
God Damn does Catcher In The Rye suck. Salinger's writing was pretty clever (telling a story without actually telling it), but Holden Caufield was an annoying brat.ReplyDelete
^ double compliments for Salinger?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 19, 2010 at 7:02 PM
I love it when people don't capitalise and think they're busting out a meaningful aesthetic style rather than just fucking up their writing for no good reason. It's like a 17 year old thinking his poem about how he can't get a girlfriend is destined to be the next great masterwork of his language.ReplyDelete
Know what I love? Non-sequiturs about crappy 17-year old poetry.ReplyDelete
man what does this blog have against 17-year-olds :(ReplyDelete
and for your information "Why Doesn't Anyone Appreciate Me" is a million times better than anything you'll ever write in your stupid mainstream lifeReplyDelete
It's probably because 17 year olds suck.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 19, 2010 at 8:55 PM
I appreciate you Ann, I appreciate you.ReplyDelete
As a 17-year old, I appreciate this entire comment thread.:)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 19, 2010 at 9:28 PM
The nothing in my soulReplyDelete
Is the nothing of the whole,
And gloom engulfs the hole
Where I, condemned by all,
Lay 'til darkness falls.
When I'm gone they will regret,
And never will forget,
How they should have kissed me,
But too late! They'll only miss me.
- AnonymousJune 19, 2010 at 9:52 PM
Clearly Rob has no respect for our planet if he's unwilling to capitalise it.ReplyDelete
This is what we've become? Treating Earth like shit and NOT capitalising it?
For shame society, for shame.
"I love it when people don't capitalise and think they're busting out a meaningful aesthetic style rather than just fucking up their writing for no good reason."ReplyDelete
what the fuck is a "meaningful aesthetic style?" nobody is pretending it's "meaningful." what it does is provide a shift in tone, depending on context. it's not any more "meaningful" than using all caps.
in my case I do it for three reasons. first, I dislike capital letters. second, it makes it more casual, which helps take the edge off. third, it really pisses off idiot pedants. win-win in all cases! unless you're a pedant, I guess. then you lose.
- Nobody in particularJune 20, 2010 at 12:54 AM
Randall wrote a plea for help and dropped when he was too busy thinking about graphs. Then FOUND magazine found it. I can think of no better way to describe the man who could churn out the stuff three times a week.
- AnonymousJune 20, 2010 at 5:59 AM
ROB WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST CAPITAL LETTERS? PERSONALLY, I THINK THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE AESTETICALLY PLEASING THAN LOWERCASE LETTERS.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2010 at 6:01 AM
Rob, what do you have against the English laguage? Does it have anything to do with the fact that you're a dirty sp-illegal who's trying to mooch off this great country and destroy its heritage?ReplyDelete
mostly I just think they look stodgy in informal communications. since people around here always seem to assume I'm being super serious (because they are dumbasses I assume), it helps to adopt an aesthetic which is not so serious. it's also more effective in conveying subtleties such as irony and sarcasm, in my experience. case affects tone.ReplyDelete
also the english language killed my mother.
SUPER SRS ROBReplyDelete
(although frankly in his Blogger pic he looks like a Muppet)
The cookie monsterReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2010 at 9:35 AM
more like OscarReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2010 at 10:56 AM
Bert, Rob is BertReplyDelete
- AlsworthJune 20, 2010 at 12:45 PM
- AnonymousJune 20, 2010 at 4:02 PM
"Maybe I'm forgetting things, but it seems like the only folks who would make that statement are the ones who think that calculus is the pinnacle of mathematics, so engineers who take 4 semesters of it are 'advanced.'"ReplyDelete
lol I recently took calc, and tbh Randall's math isn't advanced at all...
(hah i just superiority complexed randall!)
Also: new initiative
GROOEH: Get Randall Out Of Everyone's Head
Obviously the ubiqitous GOOMHR is actually a plea for help, they no they are being slowly drained of life by the idiocy that is xkcd, WE MUST LIBERATE THEM!
- AnonymousJune 23, 2010 at 10:09 AM
My god, you guys have really missed the joke with this one. Some people seem to be trying to understand it at face value and thinking its a reference to self-reference, which it is, but not entirely. Its not even that badly hidden, but either you don't understand it (and so rip the comic anyway) or are too busy looking for ways to rip the comic that you miss it altogether. This is a JOKE about LIBRARY AND PACKAGE DEPENDENCIES and the problems you often encounter with PACKAGE MANAGEMENT. Get off your pessimistic sorry asses, on your 'NIX computers and laugh.ReplyDelete


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Loren and Kassie Zimmerman, Greensburg, announce the birth of a daughter, Jewels Autumn, at 7:39 a.m. March 25, 2013, at Pratt Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20 inches long.
Blaine, 7, Brielle, 5, and Jasney, 2, welcome their sister.
Grandparents are Sharon Koehn Sutton and Bill Sutton, Greensburg, and the late Melvin Koehn, and Brad and Marla Zimmerman, Mullinville.
Betty Clayton, Mullinville, is a great-grandmother.


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Quarantine: Stu and his pals go all out in an attempt to bring the circus to a sick child.
A Very Rainy Day: Competition is fierce when a local radio station offers a cash prize for the best essay on "How I Spent My Rainy Day."
Quiet Place: Stu reserves a fancy hotel room when he and June escape the clamor of the Erwin home for a quiet weekend.
Jackie Finds A Cause: The entire town is in an uproar when a beloved playground attendant is forced into retirement by the city council.


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Dodgers start Derek Lowe, RHP (4-5, 3.84) vs. Ted Lilly, LHP (4-2, 2.69).
Dodgers: 27-20 (1st place NL West, 1.0 GA, W2)
Cubs: 21-24 (2nd place NL Central, 6.0 GB, W1)
From Dodgers.com, the scouting report on the starters:
Dodgers: Lowe suffered through an unlucky three-run fifth inning against the Angels in his most recent start. All five hits that inning were ground balls, three not leaving the infield, but it was enough to beat him. He leads the league in complete games, but both were losses as his club scored one run total on his behalf. He struck out six without a walk.
Cubs: Lilly hung on long enough for the win in his last start against the White Sox. The lefty gave up three runs on six hits over seven innings while striking out six. Lilly leads the National League in strikeout/walk ratio, fanning 54 while walking just 10. His start was pushed back because the Cubs didn't want to have their three lefty starters going back to back to back.
- The series win over Milwaukee wasn't exactly dominating (one 3-2 victory, one 5-1 victory largely driven by a one-inning outburst), but we'll take it. So now we host the sub-.500 Cubbies, starting tonight with Lowe on the mound. Given Saturday we get the nationally televised game with Lurch on the mound, a win tonight from D-Lowe is the only way we will feel any shred of pride before America watches a whupping. Tonight is a critical game.
- The Cubs lead the all-time head-to-head series, 1,005-1,004. And when Dodger fans' memories of 1988 seem ancient (they are), just compare that with Cubs' fans memories of 1908. Mr. Kurtz! The horror, the horror!
- And tonight, SoSG will again be at the game, field level, third base side. You'll recognize us by the shirt we're wearing (trust us). Stop by and say hi!
UPDATE, 5.26p:
From Inside the Dodgers, the lineup:
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Pierre, CF
Nomar, 1B
Kent, 2B
Martin, C
Gonzo, LF
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Just because rabbits are little doesn't mean they don't need room to roam. A cage or a run for a six-pound rabbit should be at least 18 inches high, 24 inches wide, and 24 inches deep. Cages with wire flooring are hard on rabbits' feet, which do not have protective pads like those of dogs and cats. If you place your rabbit in a wire cage, be sure to layer the floor with cardboard or paper. Place a cardboard box in the cage so the bunny has a comfortable place to hide, and respect the animals' need for quiet time. (Rabbits usually sleep during the day and night, becoming playful at dawn and dusk.) Always house rabbits indoors and maintain comfortable room temperatures, as rabbits do not tolerate extreme temperatures.
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Rabbits can easily learn to use a litter box. Place a litter box in the cage to encourage this behavior. When creating a litter box or bedding, stay away from cedar or other wood shavings, which may cause liver damage or trigger allergic reactions in rabbits. Instead, stick with organic litters made of paper, oats, alfalfa, or citrus. Hay is another option for litter material, but it requires even more frequent changing because rabbits will nibble on it.
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If there were a food pyramid chart created for rabbits, timothy grass hay would form the entire base. Rabbits should have access to a constant supply of this hay, which aids their digestive systems and provides the necessary fiber to help prevent health problems such as hair balls, diarrhea, and obesity. Alfalfa hay, on the other hand, should be given to adult rabbits in limited quantities because it's too high in protein, calcium, and calories.
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In addition to hay, the basic diet of a mature rabbit should include leafy green vegetables such as parsley, dandelion greens, and carrot tops; one to two tablespoons per day of treats such as rolled oats, unsalted crackers, dry bread, or fruit; and a good pellet feed with 12 to 20 percent crude fiber and 14 to 17 percent crude protein (check the packaging). Begin feeding pellets at one-fourth cup per five pounds of body weight, divided into two meals per day, and then adjust the amount according to the rabbit's body condition. Avoid lettuce, tomatoes, cabbage, or table scraps, which can all cause bloat and diarrhea. Keep fresh water available, preferably in sipper bottles, which take up less space than water bowls and are less likely to spill. Watch new rabbits to make sure they know how to use the bottles, and clean bottles daily so the tubes don't get clogged.
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Chewing is part of a rabbit's natural behavior, but it doesn't have to be destructive. To keep rabbits active and amused, you may want to put untreated wood blocks or cardboard in their cage. Your best bet is paper-towel rolls, toilet-paper rolls, and other chewable cardboard materials that can be tossed in the trash once they've served their purpose. Avoid plastic toys and objects with sharp edges, loose parts, or soft rubber that rabbits could chew into pieces and swallow.
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Rabbits are fragile animals who should be handled carefully. Their bones are so delicate that the muscles in their powerful hind legs can easily overcome the strength of their skeletons. As a result, if not properly restrained, struggling rabbits can break their own spines. One way to take a rabbit out of a cage is to gently gather a handful of loose skin at the scruff of his neck, turn the animal's face away while pulling his body toward you, and immediately place your other hand underneath his rump to support his body weight. Another method is to slide one hand underneath the front of the rabbit and the other hand underneath his back side, lifting him carefully with both hands. Whichever method you use, make sure you never let his body hang free, never lift him by the stomach, and never pick him up by his ears. And remember that since rabbits groom each other around the eyes, ears, top of the nose, top of the head, and down the back, they'll think of you as a kindred spirit if you pat them there, too.
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There's a 'new kid' (oops, Resource) in town. Mocavo.com.
I had heard of this new company at RootsTech2012 in February, but hadn't thought about it too much. Another website to search on.
Then, I was sent an invitation to join, as being a member of the APG (Association of Professional Genealogist), so I joined and uploaded a small GEDCOM tree. It was my maternal Strode line and contained 40 names.
I opened my email this evening and saw that logo and this one, along with the text below:
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Richard Strode | Family Tree Profile Birth: May 5, 1777 Death: August 23, 1852
Richard Strode (1777 – 1852) – Find A Grave Memorial
… Richard Strode Birth: May 5, 1777 Chester County Pennsylvania, USA Death: Aug. 23, 1852 West Chester Chester County Pennsylvania, USA He was the son of Richard and Sarah Hickman Strode. He married Frances Osborn November 22 … Mary, Peter, and Marshall. Family links: Children: Sarah H. Strode Darlington (1811 – 1900) * Peter Strode (1816 – 1848) * Marshall Strode (1820 – 1880) * * Point here for explanation Burial: Birmingham-Lafayette Cemetery West Chester Chester
Richard Strode is my 3rd Great-Grandfather, but there was mention of my 4h Great-Grandfather.
Wow. Now I do use Find-A-Grave in my research, but hadn't looked at it for a while. So for the past 3 hours I have been updating my genealogy database management software with information as a result of this email.
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Bright room-Beautiful apartment
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- Washer/dryer
- Smoking allowed
- Lockable room
- Towels
- Balcony/terrace
Accommodation summary
Sleeps 2 person. Room is private/lockable
Apartment itself is on the quiet street and in the heart of historical neighbourhood of Galata on the European side of Istanbul.
Conveniently situated near the Metro and tram stations.
5 minutes walking distance from the most lively street of Istanbul, Istiklal Ave. wich is full of bars, restaurants, cafes, concert venues and arts galleries and shops.
10 minutes wlking distance down the hill is The Bosphorus, Galata bridge, Eminönü spice pazaar, Egyptian market. Also walking distance to the Old Town, Haghia Sophia, Topkapı Palace, Blue mosque etc.
Hot water 24/7
Wireless internet
bathroom/toilet is shared with another room.
A kitchen cabinet for making tea,coffee (not for cooking) on the terrace
The building has an open furnished terrace with the breathtaking view (NOT PRIVATE)
Please note that the room is on the third floor without an elevator.
House rulesFrom travelers we require 20 Euros of security deposit in case there is some damage to the place like lost keys, broken window etc. but the money is of course given back at the leaving if there are no such occurences.
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Reviews of this property
The apartment is very centrally located. The interior was zwegsmässig and well equipped. Unfortunately, not everything was perfect. The cleanliness of the apartment was very bad. The bathroom may have been cleaned for the last time months ago. The roof terrace is absolutely the best. It has a view of the most beautiful places in Istanbul. Conclusion:. Yeah! Apartment is cheap, but very dirty. There were cockroaches and that bothered us. For one or two days bearable, but I would no longer want to stay in this apartment. It was, in my opinion, is no legal angemelgete Guesthouse. No marked fire exits, fire extinguishers seen any. More of a black market business.
Die Wohnung ist sehr zentral gelegen. Das Interior war zwegsmässig und gut ausgestattet. Leider war nicht alles perfekt. Die Sauberkeit in der Wohnung war sehr schlecht. Das Bad wurde möglicherweise vor Monaten zum letztes Mal gereinigt. Die Dachterrase ist absolut das beste. Man hat ein Blick über die schönsten Plätze in Istanbul. Fazit.: Ja! Wohnung ist günstig , aber sehr schmutzig. Es gab Kakerlaken und das hat uns gestört. Für ein, zwei tagen gut erträglich, aber ich würde nicht länger in dieser Wohnung bleiben wollen. Es war meiner Meinung nach, auch keine gesetzlich angemelgete Guesthouse. Keine Notausgänge gekennzeichnet, keine Feuerlöscher gesehen. Eher eine Schwarzmarktgeschäft.
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The room could be very nice if there were a small shelf or some hook in the wall. From the hall go shower and toilet for a total of 4 double rooms from. The toilet smells strongly. The kitchenette is equipped with a kettle and there are 7-8 cup and 1 glass. A cup full of various cutlery, no tea towel. Once a week the garbage was disposed of. From the roof terrace there is a beautiful view over the city and the Bosphorus. The location of the apartment is 1st class. But to our right at the outset agreed departure time the landlord was not found. So we did not get back our € 20 deposit. Maybe us the money will still be paid? On our request email from home was quickly reacts with the appropriate commitment. Total: Too bad they could be so beautiful, the apartment / room!
Das Zimmer könnte sehr schön sein, wenn es eine kleine Ablagefläche gäbe oder einige Haken in der Wand. Vom Flur gehen Dusche und WC für insgesamt 4 DZ Zimmer ab. Das WC riecht streng. Die Küchennische ist mit einem Wasserkocher ausgestattet und es gibt 7-8 Becher und 1 Glas. Ein Becher voll verschiedener Bestecke, kein Küchenhandtuch. Einmal in der Woche wurde der Müll entsorgt. Von der Dachterrasse aus gibt es einen schönen Blick über Stadt und Bosporus. Die Lage der Wohnung ist 1. Klasse. Doch zu unserer gleich eingangs verabredeten Abreisezeit war die Vermieterin leider nicht auffindbar. So bekamen wir auch unsere 20 € Kaution nicht zurück. Vielleicht wird uns das Geld noch überwiesen? Auf unsere email Anfrage von zu Hause aus wurde schnell mit entsprechender Zusage reagiert. Insgesamt: Schade, sie könnte so schön sein, die Wohnung/das Zimmer!
great location in a perfect location, including a fantastic roof terrace. Our host was very friendly and hilfsbereit.Ich the apartment can only recommend. When we come to Istanbul again, we will definitely use the apartment again.
tolle Location in perfekter Lage inklusive fantastischer Dachterrasse. Unser Gastgeber war sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit.Ich kann die Wohnung nur empfehlen. Wenn wir noch mal nach Istanbul kommen werden wir die Wohnung definitiv wieder nehmen.
Hello Tamuna
Unfortunately, you were not in Istanbul but it worked My bathroom was clean and expedient The large terrace was super great and I spent a pleasant hour with marvelous views of the Galataturm.Es friend Was a Quiet cozy neighborhood and real Türkisch.Zum everything.
Hallo Tamuna
Du warst leider nicht in Istambul aber es hat alles geklappt Mein bad war sauber und Zweckmäßig Die grosse Terasse war super toll und ich verbrachte gemütliche stunden mit Wunderbaren Blick auf dem Galataturm.Es War ein Ruhiges gemütliches Quartier und echt Türkisch.Zum weiterempfehlen .
Nice style of the flat with the brickwalls, which is located in cosy and trendy Tünel quarter nearby Galata tower. We liked the quarter very much. When it is cold outside than be prepared, it is cold in the flat also, but at least hot shower is working ;-) I would recommend the flat to people who have no problems with smoking in it. Only to ask for a doublebed is not enough I experienced, I would recommend to ask for the real size. There is at least one bed with approximately 1,2m wideness which in my opinion is not sufficient for two persons and far away to be called and offered as doublebed. I tried hard it but sufferd with my 1,9m bodyheight three nights before we could change to another nicer room with a real doublebed. The by some people described scary stairway was no problem for us. But indeed, it´s not a villa style. The other visitors of the rooms in the flat were kindly and open minded people as we hoped to meet.
The appartemnet is well situated. Close to the old town.
The view from de terrace on the roof is top!
The rooms are minimal but ok. The only (little) table had only 3 legs instead of 4.
The kitchen was dirty and there were not enough plates and mugs for 6 persons.
The cookware was dirty, incomplete or broke.
The shower has good and enough hot water. Shower was not clean. The showerstand was broke.
Toilet oke but when we arrived there was a very smelly and dirty bucket with old dirty water in it.
The terrace makes the appartment worth to go back to this place.
The apartment would gain significantly through a few small repairs. A broken shower holder is as troublesome as a sink from which no water. So you have to brush your teeth every time in the shower. The promised towels there was not even. What a pity! Of course, the low price is a clear argument and the really sensational good location. 10 minute walk down to the Galata Bridge up or 5 minutes to Istiklal. The best for last: Tamuna is an incredibly kind person. She helped us carry the baggage and took care of us until we were back in the taxi. Everything was on time and uncomplicated. Considering the price, the apartment is for people who mainly need a place to sleep with no frills recommended.
Die Wohnung würde durch ein paar kleine Reparaturen deutlich gewinnen. Ein abgebrochener Brausenhalter ist ebenso lästig, wie ein Waschbecken, aus dem kein Wasser kommt. So muss man jedesmal unter der Dusche Zähne putzen. Die versprochenen Handtücher gab es auch nicht. Schade!
Natürlich ist der günstige Preis ein klares Argument und die wirklich sensationell gute Lage. 10 Minuten zu Fuß runter zur Galatabrücke oder 5 Minuten rauf zur Istiklal. Das beste zum Schluss: Tamuna ist eine unglaublich freundliche Person. Sie half uns beim Tragen des Gepäcks und kümmerte sich um uns, bis wir wieder im Taxi saßen. Alles lief pünktlich und unkompliziert.
In Anbetracht des Preises ist die Wohnung für Leute, die hauptsächlich eine Schlafgelegenheit ohne Schnickschnack brauchen, empfehlenswert.
top view. amazing building. very friendly hosts.
Because the rooms in this house were full Tamuna gave us a room in the opposite building. Advantage was the wonderful terrace with a fantastic view over the Bosporus. Our room had a nice view and the bed was good. For the rest we had the same experience as Eddy. A lot of small technical problems that could have been solved easily and rooms that could be cleaned better. It was disappointing that Tamuna did not react on our complaints.
Conclusion: very nice apartments, super location but it is disappointing that you have to accept the disadvantages of "authentic" rooms ….
Positiv aspects:
Very nice apartment with beautiful rustic renovation. Beds were good with clean linen. Terrace with a fantastic view. Very close to all important places.
Negativ aspects:
Furniture was in bad condition (broken doors of cupboard, the small table in the bigger bedroom had only three of four legs!). The rooms were not very clean (dust in and on furniture and very old/dirty rugs). The Kitchen is very small and was also dirty. Dirty shower and closet. Towel holder and toilet paper holder were damaged. The broken shower head sprayed water out of all possible holes and its bracket was also damaged.
One incident was very disturbing for us. That was when a renter of another apartment came at night and opened our apartment door with his keys and asked us if we have the keys to the roof terrace.
All-in-all it was a nice stay. But for this rental, in my opinion it should be possible to eliminate most of the defects.
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53.8: Percent drop in foreclosure filings from November 2012 compared to November 2011
8.8: Percent drop in foreclosure sales from November 2012 compared to November 2011
18.5: Percent drop in foreclosure filings for first 11 months of 2012 compared to 2011
26.3: Percent drop in foreclosure sales for first 11 months of 2012 compared to 2011
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With Boulder County leading the way, foreclosure filings dropped 36.8 percent in Colorado metro counties during November over the same month in 2011 -- and fell to the lowest level recorded in any month since the Colorado Division of Housing began keeping track of monthly numbers in 2007, according to a report released Wednesday.
According to the report, there were 1,450 foreclosure filings made in November 2012 compared to 2,296 in November 2011. Boulder County saw the biggest reduction of any of the counties measured, with a 53.8 percent drop, while Broomfield saw a 16.7 percent drop in filings.
"Declines in foreclosure filings have accelerated in recent months," said Ryan McMaken, an economist for the Colorado Division of Housing, in a statement. "There are still going to be some ups and downs, but declines in foreclosures this year have been larger than what we expected."
Boulder County Public Trustee Paul Weissman warned that comparing months from past years can lead to some deceiving numbers, but said it does show a general downward trend in foreclosures.
"That 50 percent number is a bit dramatic," he said. "Obviously we haven't cut foreclosures in half. But they are declining, and quite frankly that means a couple things are in play. More homeowners have taken advantage of the resources that are out there to save their homes... and the economy is doing better.
"We're not out of the woods yet, but folks are doing better than a year ago, and both of those things are in play."
Boulder also saw the largest drop in the amount of foreclosures filings for the first 11 months of the year compared to the same time period last year, with a 18.5 percent drop. Broomfield saw a 4 percent decrease during that same time period.
The report also showed foreclosure sales -- the total number of foreclosures that have been sold at the end of the foreclosure process -- were down 19.9 percent for Colorado's metro counties in the first 11 months of 2012 compared to the same time period in 2011. Boulder saw a 26.3 percent decrease while Broomfield saw an increase of 12 percent, one of only two counties to see a rise in foreclosures sales.
"We've been fortunate our foreclosure numbers have always been less than other big counties," Weissman said.
The report included 12 counties in Colorado, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Mesa, Pueblo and Weld. While Weissman said it is always hard to use these reports to see into the future, he thinks it is a promising sign.
"It's always hard to tell, but we sort of project out where we think we're going to be," he said. "It's really just a wild guess, but I think the downward trend will continue."
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A Greene County woman has been charged with lying to police that she was raped in late November.
Charges of making false reports to law enforcement were filed Jan. 3 at the office of District Judge Glenn Bates against Jamie Marie Gump, 29, of 136 Lahew Drive, Waynesburg.
Trooper Robert Cree said Gump called Greene County 911 at 6:05 p.m. Nov. 27, reporting she had been the victim of a rape.
She was transported to Southwest Regional Medical Center in Waynesburg, where Gump told Cree that a man pulled her into the back seat of his car and raped her at a location in Franklin Township.
Cree said he contacted Gump Dec. 2 at which time she agreed to go over her story.
The trooper said several inconsistencies were noted in her account and when confronted with them, Gump admitted she lied.
Cree said Gump told him she agreed to have sex for money with an unknown male, but when he refused to pay her, she called 911 and reported a rape.


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Sean KellyAlumni, Former Adjunct, Class of 1998
Sean Uberoi Kelly is a software architect at eTonal media in New York City, and a part-time Research Software Developer in the Social Computing Group at Microsoft Research (MSR), in Redmond, Washington, where he is currently the lead developer for Wallop, a social communications application for sharing personal media within social networks. He was previously a researcher and developer for MSR's Virtual Worlds Group, developing immersive content, user authoring tools, audio, and multi-user interfaces. He graduated from Princeton University in 1992 with a BA in English Literature and Visual Arts, afterwards working in architecture and design in New York City, and as a songwriter, guitarist, and producer for Atlantic Records in Los Angeles, where he specialized in production on emergent digital audio systems. In 1995, he attended the University of Vermont for Computer Science, before completing a Master of Professional Studies at ITP, NYU in 1998. Prior to MSR, he worked extensively in immersive and projected real-time virtual environments with Jaron Lanier, as a web-developer creating on-line university and educational community sites and user-generated knowledge databases, and in designing sensor-based interfaces to interactive displays. While at NYU, he co-founded eTonal Media, a multimedia music education web network and on-line retailer, with eTonal CEO Christopher Sung, and consulted to the Virtual Worlds Group at MSR. He relocated to Seattle and joined MSR full time in 1998. He was the Lead Developer for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's HutchWorld, a network community for Seattle-based post-operative transplant recipients and care-givers, and developed synchronized and persistent 3D animation systems across multiple desktops on the latest Virtual Worlds Platform source release. From 2000-2001, he was an adjunct professor at NYU/ITP, teaching a design and prototyping class with Lili Cheng entitled "The Multi-User Experience."


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VFW Baseball Results
SJ VFW 3, St. Clair 2
VFW Post 1914 beat visiting St. Clair 3-2 last Wednesday. It was a game the St. James team came close to giving away.
St. James got solo runs in the first, second and sixth to build a 3-0 lead. However, VFW almost gave the game away when St. Clair got two in the top of the seventh.
St. James scored in the first when Ryan Witcraft stole second and Branson Peterson singled him in.
VFW loaded the bases in the second, but picked up only one additional run when Ryan Witcraft drove a run in when he hit into a fielder's choice.
Meanwhile 1914 pitchers David Bradley and Tyler Witcraft combined to toss a one hitter. Bradley got the win going five innings while striking out five. Tyler Witcraft pitched the last two innings with a strong performance to get the save. He also struck out five and St. Clair batters were having a very hard time catching up with his fastball.
St. James picked up an insurance run in the sixth when Austin Heffele walked, advanced to second when Dylan Wolle singled and scored on a Tyler Witcraft single to left.
That 'insurance run' proved absolutely necessary to win the game. During the game Coach Steve Witcraft told me that the team wasn't hitting too well, but that the team defense was solid.
Of course that's when the defensive roof caved in as 1914 had three errors in the top of the seventh inning that gave St. Clair two unearned runs.
Pitcher Tyler Witcraft ended the threat by striking out a St. Clair batter for the last out with the tying run in scoring position at second base.
Ryan Witcraft had a hit, an RBI and scored a run in the win.
VFW beats Mapleton
Post 1914 hit the road Monday night and beat Mapleton in Minnesota Lake by a 4-2 score.
Dylan Wolle pitched the first five innings to get the win. Branson Petersen pitched the last two innings to earn the save.
Coach Witcraft said the team returned to playing good defense against Mapleton, "We played very well defensively with four or five great plays behind our pitchers."
Post 1914 also benefited from some clutch hitting. In the first inning with two out and runners on second and third and with two strikes against him, Josh Stordalen came up with a single to score both runners.
Mapleton tied it in the second. In the 4th we loaded the bases with no one out and scored two runs on two fielder's choices.
In the seventh St. James VFW turned a double play to hurt their chances at having a rally.
Offensively Tyler Witcraft and Josh Stordalen each had two hits. The team finished the regular season 6-6.
It's tournament time. The St. James VFW plays their first game on Friday at 10:00 am to start tournament play.


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I had a great time at the Tamalpa Headlands 50k last Saturday! It's tough to argue with an extremely aesthetic single loop course traveling through the most famous trails in the Marin Headlands and Mount Tamalpais region including Dipsea, Coastal, Matt Davis and Miwok. These trails are renowned for good reason – the coastal scenery is spectacular! Along with the beauty, the course also packs a punch with over 7,300 ft of elevation gain over seven separate hill climbs. After a couple year hiatus, this classic event is back and doing extremely well! Race directors Tim and Diana Fitzpatrick did a phenomenal job organizing this race and a huge thanks goes out to the multitude of volunteers that did a fantastic job at the aid stations, directing runners at key intersections, and at the finish area. I had solid performance finishing first overall in 3:53:03, 3.5 minutes shy of the one and only Dave Mackey's impressive course record. It was great to finally run this classic course and event!
The start at Santos Meadows, photo by Dwight Morejohn
The morning dawned cool and foggy which was nice for trail running and it stayed foggy the entire way except for a couple mile stretch from Cardiac Hill to the beginning of the descent of the Matt Davis trail into the forest towards Stinson Beach. I felt good for the first 8.5 miles to Rodeo Beach except for a wipe out on a slick bridge through lower Tennessee Valley. I acquired some sizable scrapes, but it was only a short diversion from the task at hand. I was running nicely through to the aid station at Hwy 1 (14.5 miles) – a good clip but yet still comfortable. I started to feel bit tired on the big climb up the Dipsea trail to Pantoll and lost a little focus here. I was reegenergized when I climbed above the marine layer to enjoy stupendous views over a sea of fog with the hills at Pt. Reyes and the Santa Cruz Mountains rising above the marine layer.
Passing through Tennessee Valley, photo by Dwight Morejohn
Above the Fog on the Matt Davis Trail with Sutro Tower (SF), photo by Dwight Morejohn
The descent of the technical Matt Davis trail was arduous and time consuming. There is so much abrupt shifting on this tricky descent and I was reluctant to run it too aggressively with another large climb up Steep Ravine remaining. When I made it down the Stinson Aid Station at the bottom of Matt Davis, I knew that Dave's course record would be safe on this day.
Famous Steep Ravine Ladder, photo by Leor Pantilat
The climb up the lower Dipsea and Steep Ravine was challenging, but the refreshing redwood forest and the ladder climb was a treat as usual. Finally topping out at Pantoll, I knew it was all donwhill to the finish and I opened up the stride on the descent down Coastal Trail. The final bit along the Heather cut-off was a bit cumbersome with its tight switchbacks, but I finished in good form. Gary Gellin finished in second and Sean Pont was third, closely followed by Brian Lucido in fourth. In the women's race, Suzanna Bon was first and Bree Lambert was second. It was great to hang out with friends after the race at Santos Meadows. Thanks again to the race directors and volunteers for a highly enjoyable day in Marin!


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Homeless Greyhound Parade & Fun Dog Show
Well, another successful Bank Holiday Dog Show! Although the sun decided not to join us, there were still plenty of keen dogs and cheering crowds. In one class we had over 20 dogs!
Special thanks go to the volunteers at WGW who brought the dogs down, as well as all the Bonnie Dogs volunteers who helped run the show. And a huge thank you to our Raffle Donors:
South West Trains for donating the family train ticket
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have acquired cornerback Darrelle Revis from the New York Jets.
The Buccaneers will send their first-round pick in Thursday's draft, the 13th overall selection, and their fourth-round pick in 2014 for Revis, who also agreed to a new contract. The fourth-round choice will become a third-round pick if Revis is on the Bucs' roster on the third day of the 2014 league year.
Revis is recovering from surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee, an injury he suffered in Week 3 last season against Miami. The Jets granted the Bucs permission to give Revis a physical on Sunday.
The Bucs and Revis then agreed to a six-year, $96 million contract, according to NFL.com. He will be introduced at a press conference on Monday at 12 p.m. ET.
There had been speculation since January, when John Idzik took over as Jets general manager for the fired Mike Tannenbaum, that Revis was on the trading block. Rumors of a deal to Tampa Bay had been brewing for weeks.
"It became quite evident, we had some discussions with his representation, and it became quite evident to us that there was a substantial difference between Darrelle's view of his value and ours," Idzik said Sunday during a conference call. "So we felt like there would have to be a significant change on either side in order to create a path toward reaching an agreeable deal for the long- term. So you had to really weigh that into the situation, too."
Revis could have become a free agent after the 2013 season and has had issues with Jets management in the past, leading to thoughts he would not re-sign with the club next offseason. He held out as a rookie after being selected in the first round of the 2007 draft and had a lengthy holdout in 2010 before signing a long-term contract.
Considered the top shutdown corner in the NFL, the 27-year-old Revis played just two games last year, missing one contest with a mild concussion before his season-ending injury. He had missed just three games in his first five seasons and has 19 career interceptions, three of which he has returned for touchdowns.
"I been sitting around for the last hour trying to figure out what to say to the Jet Nation & I came up with this," Revis posted on his Twitter account. "The six years I played for the New York Jets were unbelievable. I put my body on the line everyday & did everything could to help the team win.
"I experienced a lot & learned a lot. The memories I had in New York I will keep dearly to my heart. I want to thank all the jets fans for making me feel welcome."


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Yes, we do. In the Extended Chart Selection, section Special charts, you can find the "Lunar Phases Fertility Calendar".
Dr. Jonas, a Czech physician, spent many years developing this method. According to him, the days marked in red indicate fertility. When the red periods coincide with ovulation, the chances of falling pregnant are said to be highest. He also tried to predict whether the child would be male or female (see the small Mars or Venus symbol). If the Moon changes its sign during the marked day, the gender prediction is not possible and the Mars/Venus symbols are left out.
If your own cycle is out of phase with the Jonas cycle, you may have to wait quite a while until they match. Some people use the Jonas method for birth control - please note that Astrodienst cannot be held responsible for the consequences.
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does the Transit Rhythmogram tell me?
The Transit Rhythmogram indicates what is going on in terms of transits for a particular period. The transits of the outer planets are represented as curves (for Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) showing the intensity of the contacts. There is also a summary curve, showing the intensity of the combined curves.
This makes it easy to assess when there are periods of high cosmic activity. The actual quality of this time, how it really feels, cannot be read from the graph alone, unless you have some astrological background.
To read an interpretation you may want to order a report, such as Transits of the Year, Yearly Horoscope Analysis or AstroText Forecast.
Looking at the graph can tell you whether a certain period is astrologically busy and dynamic, or quiet. However, one should always remember that people react differently to different things. Some feel relaxed during 'quiet times', while others get depressed because nothing is moving. Some people feel stressed by a period of intense transits, while others love the challenge. We don't list the transits in terms of 'good' and 'bad' either, for similar reasons. A challenging period can sometimes be just what one needs to wake up to what life has to offer.
- Why
does the Transit Calendar with Progressions start two years
This is done by design. The Calendar gives a period of several years, and in order to make sense of the current progressions, we consider it necessary to see them in their chronological context and what lead up to them.


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Hey, jerk (brother-in-law)!!! Slap! Miss. Sad face.
Oh, well. Hehe. (I don't say "hehe" in real life.) (I lied. I really do.)
You look so pretty when you smile! The adore the attire. Red top and awesome pants! I want those pants!!ReplyDelete
Those pants are amazing! I love the bow. I would NEVER be able to pull something like that off, but you do it so effortlessly! Adorable. :)ReplyDelete
Those shoes are so cute. And you are totally rockin the Anthro pants. love it.
cool pants!
Have a blessed new year Elaine:)
Those pants are gorgeous!!! xReplyDelete
Amazing outfit! The pants are fantastic and look so good with the red shirt! It's my new favourite of your outfits!ReplyDelete
your whole outfit looks absolutely gorgeous, especially your pants!ReplyDelete
You look so amazing. I love the colour of the top. Really suits you!
And the style of the trousers is fantastic. This is definitely one of my fav outfits of yours.
Oh, this is my favorite outfit yet! Looks incredible!ReplyDelete
Love this outfit because I always get a little stuck on how to wear pants like this. Love how you styled them
L x
You are definately rocking those pants! They look awesome on you!ReplyDelete
Those pants...I die!! You look completely adorable. Mad job on the whole look..and I really like your shoes!ReplyDelete
I LOVE your new pants. Not everyone would be able to pull this look off as well as you, Elaine. Gorgeous.
A Slip Shop
There are not so many people who can pull off a paper bag waist with such panache. I love this outfit on you! Plus, the bow is great on the side. It errs on the side of cuteness (I know you hate that word; sorry!) to keep the outfit fun and fancy.
The first picture of you two is so cute and silly! I love your pants. =]ReplyDelete
Love the pants! xoReplyDelete
LOOOVE those pants!!! AHHHHH!!!! XD
I love the pictures too, haha...so funny :)
Those pants... gorgeous! You look so good. Omg. <3ReplyDelete
great pants! they look so fab on you!ReplyDelete
Those pants give me a warm fuzzie! Gorgeous!! I love reading your blog. "Hehe. (I don't say "hehe" in real life.) (I lied. I really do.)" You make me giggle almost every day.ReplyDelete
I have the lighter weight, summer-y version of those pants and I absolutely love them! They look great on you, especially with the red and the pearls. Adorable!
Ooh you're new pants in action! You wear them well :)ReplyDelete
Those pants look awesome on you! I think I'd be too afraid to wear them but you make me want to try!ReplyDelete
You always make me laugh, girl! I'm so loving those pants... the whole outfit is fabulous. :)
I love acting like a little kid even though we are (supposed) to be grown up! Love those Anthro pants...you look really cute!
those pants are genius!!! seriously you look AMAZING!!!!!!ReplyDelete
I just wondered how the whole hot thing, works with modest mormons. I am serious, not slamming. Is it ok to be hot and sexy if you don't wear low things? Are legs ok, but not boobs? I am not familiar with Mormons and come from a conservative background. I grew up with some of the same kinds of restrictions but we were not allowed to try to be sexy. It seems like Mormons are ok with sexy, not revealing. Am I right? You can respond privately, since my goal is not to be a hater or to rag on you.. Just an honest question, I promise. Thank youReplyDelete
You look really good in red! :)ReplyDelete
Adorable! You shouold smile more!
Dark Red is so your color!
A Modest Fashion Blog:
Love the new pants! Love the new pants! Love the new pants! (I typed that 3x because in my head it seemed to convey excitement... but on the screen it kind of seems creepy. Sorry about that.)
Hope you had a safe trip home.
Leaving the House in THIS?!?!
You look amazing and leggy in those pants. Great simple and super classic look.ReplyDelete
These pants are so sweet! You like awesome! Happy New Year Elaine!!!ReplyDelete
Red shirt=loooooovely
Saying "he he" in real life=hilarious
seriously elaine...only you could work these pants. they look AMAZING on you! such a good pick with your giftcards!!ReplyDelete
I love this outfit! Red looks so fabulous on you. :)
You've gotta love loopy dudes... ;)
You (and Chase) are so cute. I love your outfit and your smile, and those pants look great on you!ReplyDelete
I love those paper bag waist pants! Gorgeous. Safe travels home!ReplyDelete
You make those pants look amazing. Very chic outfit. Those pics with BIL in the background are hilarious.
I love your smile!
No way, you're 23?? I don't know why I thought you were older (but that doesn't mean you look old! haha!) That makes you a year older than me. I need to stop thinking that the entire blogging world is way older and more experienced than me. Because really, it's just not true. Great outfit!
Why do people have to steal my thoughts before I have them??? Rainy Days and Lattes said it perfectly, except I do not want your pants and you pretty much always look pretty--it's just nice to see you smiling! =)
Happy New Year--I hope you and Chase have an uneventful return trip.
Haha I liked your little whos that? Slap!
Lady, you look hot. Keep it up!ReplyDelete
ooh i love that outfit, those pants are awesome! i remember chase's family, his whole family is so beautiful, especially his sisters! i was always so jealous of them! have fun coming back to reality :)
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Omfg, those Anthropologie pants are amazing!ReplyDelete
oh I really adore your pants. :)ReplyDelete
aaah I love these pants! you look so cute.ReplyDelete
great shots! and i'm glad you bought the pants. they look great on you!ReplyDelete
Haha! Ya gotta love loopy guys. :)
I love this outfit. Red looks fabulous on you. :)
those pants are so fabulous. great pick elaine!!ReplyDelete
love this outfit.
Just Better Together is having a giveaway!
Love your smile as much as the outfit you are wearing. Keep smiling all through the New Year and for years to come...
Wanted to write something about the pants but enough said. you know they look fabulous on you...
Fun! I have some great leather harem pants similar to these that I got on Etsy. Should totally showcase them, now that I think about it...ReplyDelete
Love those anthro pants - great use of the gift card!
Happy New Year!
Chic on the Cheap
I love these pants and they look so great paired with your red top!ReplyDelete
WOW! This outfit seems to be the most different from what you've been wearing and the pants are definitely a statement piece! Happy New Year Elaine! =)ReplyDelete
The pantsssssssssssssssss
I love the pantsssssss!
I could not wear them, BUT YOU ELAINE totally
rock them!
Ahh, I got these clogs in the camel color for Christmas! Love them!!! Dang I didn't know they had them in black too.
Loving this entire look!
Happy New Year!
great pants! :)
i wander, i wonder
Are those pants still available online? There's no Anthro within 3 hours of me. :-(
What are they called, so I can do a little eBay searching? You look wonderful!!
I love them cuffed. I hope you have a great new year!
My Heart Blogged
umm, please STOP being so freaking cute! or just come over to my house and we'll play dress up. deal?ReplyDelete
I just found this outfit through Kendi's blog and I can totally see why she had to have those pants. They're beautiful!
I think I might make one of my New Year's resolutions to own more pants. I currently have none. Wait, do jeans count? Then I have 3.
I know.
Super Super cute outfit!ReplyDelete
wow! you are so creative! lovin the pants! =) ive never seen that style before!!ReplyDelete


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The annual event is back, helping local kids.
Helping raise money for the Sumner County Toy Run is the Sumner County Classic Car and Bike Show, taking place this weekend in Wellington.
The show will once again take place at Julie's Passtime Bar, 424 S. Washington on June 22.
Classic cars, hotrods, and motorcycles will line the streets from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.
The event is free for the public to attend, but anyone interested in showing off their ride can register a spot for a fee of $20. Registration beings at 9 a.m. sharp on June 22.
There will be People's Choice Awards given to the top 10 cars and bikes. Along with awards for Best Pain, and Best of Show for each category.
Event organizers encourage everyone to come out and vote for their favorite cars and bikes.
All proceeds raised during the event will go towards the Sumner County Toy Run later this year, which collects toys for children across the County.
The Sumner County Classic Car and Bike Show will feature live music, local vendors, and more.
For more information about the car and bike show, call 620-399-8618


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Red Sox - 001 320 110 - 8 10 0Three games of productive batting practice before we start a real series against the Yankees!
Blue Jays - 100 000 000 - 1 3 3
Lester (8-3-1-2-5, 105) allowed a single, double and walk to the first three Toronto hitters in the first inning. A GIDP scored a run, but Lester was on for the rest of his evening, allowing only one additional hit. Those first two Jays hitters were the only Jays to touch second base.
J.D. Drew was the hitting star for the Sox, going 4-for-4 with two home runs, three RBI and three runs scored. Victor Martinez hit a moon shot dong in the seventh.
The Jays also made some very stupid plays in the field. One of the their errors was by Cecil in the fourth inning. Jason Bay was on first. After ball 2 to David Ortiz, catcher Rod Barajas threw the ball back to Cecil. It glanced off his glove and rolled towards shortstop. Cecil went and got it, looked at it, and casually tossed it away. Time had not been called, however, so it was a two-base error (the ball went into the 3B dugout) and Bay jogged to third.
Terry Francona loves this part of the season, as long as his team is in contention:
[C]oming to the ballpark this time of year, being nervous, is an unbelievable feeling. When I was in Philadelphia, ... you get to September and ... we're out there trying to tell ourselves we're going to try to win today and be the spoiler. You know what? [Expletive] that. That's not that much fun.Boston is 1 GA of Texas in the Wild Card. ... (You didn't go jump off any tall buildings like the mediots told you to do on Sunday, did you?)
Twins/Rangers at 8. The Yankees are off.


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Luther advanced to the championship game of the Whitewater Regional defeating North Central (IL) 4-2. The Norse are now one win away from advancing to the eight-team NCAA III Championship finals for a fourth consecutive year. The victory gives Luther an overall record of 31-9.
The Norse scored four runs on five hits led by Kelsey Weindruch who tallied two RBI. Weindruch was credited with driving in the first run of the game on a 1-4-3 putout that scored Shari Huber from third. Weindruch lead-off the fifth with a solo shot to left field.
Miranda McCay and Kayla Hatting were also credited with an RBI in the fourth, the only inning either team scored multiple runs.
Becca Girvan improved to 21-5 going the distance in the circle. Girvan allowed one run on four hits, walked three and struckout two.
Tomorrow's championship game is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. What team Luther will play will be determined tomorrow.
Questions? Contact David Blanchard, post_to_results, 563-387-1586


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Patricia Anne Evans, 83, Laclede, died Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Boone Hospital Center, Columbia.
Patricia Anne Evans, 83, Laclede, died Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Boone Hospital Center, Columbia.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at Laclede United Methodist Church, Laclede, with Rev. Richard Casady officiating. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Wright-Baker-Hill Funeral Home, Brookfield, with the family receiving friends from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Park Lawn Cemetery, Brookfield.
Memorials to Laclede United Methodist Church may be left at or mailed to the funeral home at P.O. Box 496, Brookfield, Mo. 64628.
Patricia Anne was born February 2, 1930, in Des Moines, Iowa, daughter of Harry and Floy (French) Ryan. On February 15, 1952, she married Dwight Evans. He preceded her in death February 17, 2013.
Patricia had worked for the US Postal Service for 20 years and had served as Postmaster of the Laclede Post Office for seven years. She had been a member of Laclede United Methodist Church since 1941. She was also a member of the United Methodist Women, the League of Postmasters, the Bruner Club, and was Past Matron of the Order of Eastern Star of Laclede.
Survivors include her children, Dennis and wife, Bridget Evans, Laclede, Ed Evans, Milan and Suzanne and husband, Ryan Jacobs, and Amy and husband, Jeff Sayre, all of Brookfield; seven grandchildren, Stacie and husband, Matt, Carril, St. Louis, Jenny and husband, Pat Flynn, Denver, Colo., Dustin Evans, Milan, Hannah and husband, Ryan Pflugradt, Gower, Cara Evans and fiance, Ryan Gibson, Dearborn, Erin and husband, Luke Speichinger, Brookfield, and Dana and husband, Tyler Home, St. Joseph; five great-grandchildren, Ava and Evan Pflugradt, Hudson Homer, Hayden Flynn and Owen Carrill; one brother and sister-in-law, Marion and Mary Lou Ryan, Laclede; one brother-in-law, Junior Evans, Laclede; and several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
She was also preceded in death by her parents; and one son, Bernie Evans.


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Wendell Barnhouse is a nationally-known and respected columnist who has spent over 20 years covering collegiate athletics. He has reported from 25 Final Fours and more than three dozen bowl games and has written about the Big 12 and its schools since the conference's beginning. Barnhouse will be updating the Big 12 Insider on happenings and behind-the-scenes information about the conference.
During the month of February, Big 12 Conference women's teams will have "designated pink" games where they will wear special pink uniforms to promote breast cancer awareness. Here is the schedule for each team.
12 "Designated Pink" Games
Baylor: Feb. 16 vs. TCU
Iowa State: Feb. 17 vs. West Virginia
Kansas: Feb. 17 vs. Oklahoma
Kansas State: Feb. 23 vs. Iowa State
Oklahoma: Feb. 14 vs. Iowa State
Oklahoma State: Feb. 16 vs. Kansas State
TCU: Feb. 13 vs. Kansas
Texas: Feb. 9 vs. Baylor
Texas Tech: Feb. 6 vs. West Virginia
West Virginia: Feb. 3 vs. Oklahoma