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Ok, so I'll admit I'm addicted.....
For Fans Only.... Memorable Quotes!!!
(mostly stolen from pkmeko.com)
"I'll tell you what your problem is... You brought your queen out too fast. What do you think, she's one of these feminists looking to get out of the house? Nah, the queen is old-fashioned, likes to stay home, cook, take care of her man, make sure he feels good."
- George, playing chess, in "The Engagement"
"I'm much more comfortable criticizing people behind their backs."
- George, in "The Engagement"
"What is this? What are we doing? What in God's name are we doing?"
"Our lives! What kind of lives are these? We're like children. We're not men."
"No we're not. We're not men."
"We come up with all these stupid little reasons to break up with these women."
"I know, I know! That's what I do. That's what I do!"
"Are we going to be sitting here when we're sixty like two idiots?"
"We should be having dinner with our sons when we're sixty."
"We're pathetic, you know that?"
"Yeah, like I don't know that I'm pathetic."
"Why can't I be normal?"
"Yes! Me too! I want to be normal. Normal!"
"It would be nice to care about someone."
"Yes! Yes! Care!"
- Jerry and George, in "The Engagement"
"I had a very interesting lunch with George Costanza today."
"We were talking about our lives, and we both kind of realized we're kids. We're not men."
"So then you asked yourselves, 'Isn't there something more to life?'"
"Yes, we did."
"Yeah, well let me clue you in on something... There isn't."
"There isn't?"
"Absolutely not. I mean, what are you thinking about, Jerry, marriage? Family? They're prisons! Man-made prisons. You're doing time. You get up in the morning, she's there. You go to sleep at night, she's there. It's like you gotta ask permission to use the bathroom. 'Is it alright if I use the bathroom now?!' And you can forget about watching TV while you're eating."
"I can?"
"Oh yeah. You know why? Because it's dinnertime, and you know what you do at dinner?"
"You talk about your day. 'How was your day today? Did you have a good day today or a bad day today? Well, what kind of day was it? Well, I don't know, how about you, how was your day?'"
"It's sad, Jerry. It's a sad state of affairs."
"I'm glad we had this talk."
"Oh, you have no idea."
- Jerry and Kramer, in "The Engagement"
"What if there should be an unfortunate accident?"
"You're going to rub out the dog?!"
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Engagement"
"Frank, come here!"
"You come here."
"Georgie's getting married!"
"Georgie's getting married!!"
"Get the hell outta here. He's getting married?"
"To a woman?"
- Estelle and Frank Costanza, in "The Engagement"
"And she said yes?"
"Well, it took a couple hours of convincing, but I was persistent."
- Jerry and George, who asked Susan to marry him, in "The Engagement"
"Why can't there be some things just for me? Is that so selfish?"
"Actually, that's the definition of selfish."
- George and Jerry, in "The Secret Code"
"I am not giving my code to anyone, for any reason!"
"What if my life depended on it?"
"If you're in some situation where some fast cash will save your life, I'll give you the code."
- George and Jerry, in "The Secret Code"
"Now how am I gonna relax? I'm gonna have to be on all night. I don't like to be on, Jerry. I would much rather be off."
"Trust me, you're off."
- George and Jerry, in "The Secret Code"
"I'll tell the maitre'd it'll just be the three bulls."
- J. Peterman, in "The Secret Code"
"I really should be getting back to my fiance. We had this big fight yesterday and, well, she wants to know my secret code. I don't know, I can't tell her. The funny thing is, I would really love to tell someone because it's killing me. You want to know what it is? It's Bosco. You know, the chocolate syrup. I love that stuff. I pour it in milk. It's my favorite drink."
- George, talking to Peterman's unconscious mother, in "The Secret Code"
"I am not giving you my code."
"I'll bet I can guess it."
"Yeah, right."
"Ah, all right, yeah... Let's see... Well, we can throw out birthdays immediately. That's too obvious. And no numbers for you. You're a word man. Let's go deeper... What kind of man are you? Well, you're weak, spineless, a man of temptations. But what tempts you? You're a portly fellow. A bit long in the waistband. So what's your pleasure? Is it the salty snacks you crave? No no no no... Yours is a sweet tooth. Oh, you may stray, but you'll always return to your dark master... The cocoa bean! And only the purest syrup nectar can satisfy you. If you could, you'd guzzle it by the gallon... Ovaltine!? Hershey's!? Nestle's Quick!?"
- George and Kramer, in "The Secret Code"
"Hey Elaine, who do you think would win a fight between me and Gorgeous George here?"
"You mean a real fight fight?"
"Mano a baldo."
"George fights dirty."
- Jerry and Elaine, in "The Pool Guy"
"I don't have one female friend left."
"Of course you don't. You're a man's woman. You hate other women and they hate you."
- Elaine and Kramer, in "The Pool Guy"
"There's nothing more pathetic than a grown man who's afraid of a woman."
- Kramer, in "The Pool Guy"
"This world here, this is George's sanctuary. If Susan comes into contact with this world, his worlds collide!"
- Kramer, in "The Pool Guy"
"Anybody knows... You gotta keep your worlds apart!"
- George, in "The Pool Guy"
"I'm getting a new telephone number."
"How come?"
"Chicks, man. Too many chicks know my number."
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Pool Guy"
"What else did you two do?"
"Oh, you know, girly stuff."
"So, uh, flower shows, shopping for pretty bows, then back to her place, strip down to bra and panties for a tickle fight."
"That's really what you think girls do, isn't it?"
"Yes, I do."
- Jerry and Elaine, in "The Pool Guy"
"You have no idea of the magnitude of this thing. If she is allowed to infiltrate this world then George Costanza as you know him ceases to exist. You see, right now I have Relationship George. But there is also Independent George. That's the George you know, the George you grew up with... Movie George, Coffee Shop George, Liar George, Bawdy George."
"I love that George."
"Me too, and he's dying. If Relationship George walks through this door, he will kill Independent George. A George divided against itself cannot stand!"
- George and Jerry, in "The Pool Guy"
You think she's happy?"
"The cashier."
"Ruthie Cohen?"
"You know her name?"
"I don't think I've ever spoken to her."
"Maybe that's why she's happy."
- George and Jerry, in "The Gum"
"Why would I spend seven dollars to see a movie that I could watch at home?"
"Well, why go to a fine restaurant when you could just stick something in the microwave... Why go to the park and fly a kite when you could just pop a pill?"
- George and Kramer, in "The Gum"
"I think I finally figured out what the flavor is in this gum. It's a little lo-meiny."
- Jerry, in "The Gum"
"She was built in 1922 during the golden age of movie palaces. Minor restorations in 1941, 47, 52, 58, 63, and currently to our present period of time."
- Kramer, giving a tour of the theatre, in "The Gum"
"Now see, this is what the holidays are all about. Three buddies sitting around, chewing gum."
- Kramer, in "The Gum"
"That cashier is riding horses on my money."
"Well, here's what I propose. Go down to the stables, snoop around, see if any high-flying cashier's been throwing twenty-dollar bills around with big lips."
- George and Jerry, in "The Gum"
"Well, if it isn't Chesty Larue!"
- Jerry, to Elaine, in "The Gum"
"We've really gotta get that Elaine a boyfriend."
- Lloyd Braun, in "The Gum"
"I just came from the Price Club. I'm loaded up, baby!"
- Kramer, in "The Rye"
"I don't want John thinking that I'm hot and heavy if he's not hot and heavy. I'm trying to get a little squirrel to come over to me here. I don't want to make any big sudden movements. I'll frighten him away."
- Elaine, in "The Rye"
"How hard can it be to kill this thing?"
- Frank, about a Cornish game hen, in "The Rye"
"Let me understand. You've got the hen, the chicken and the rooster. The rooster goes with the chicken. So, who's having sex with the hen?"
- Frank, in "The Rye"
"You know, one of these days something terrible is gonna happen to you. It has to!"
- Elaine, to Jerry, in "The Rye"
"One never knows how the gastrointestinal workings of the equine are going to function."
- Kramer, in "The Rye"
"Oh great, it's the bra-less wonder. Who does she think she's kidding? Look at her. She's totally out of control."
- Elaine, in "The Caddy"
"It is all because of that car. See, Steinbrenner is like the first guy in at the crack of dawn. He sees my car, he figures I'm the first guy in. Then, the last person to leave is Wilhelm. He sees my car, he figures I'm burning the midnight oil. Between the two of them, they think I'm working an eighteen-hour day!"
"Locking your keys in your car is the best career move you ever made."
- George and Jerry, in "The Caddy"
"This woman has never, not once, ever, as long as I've known her, worn a bra."
"That's just shameless."
- Elaine and Jerry, in "The Caddy"
"Her birthday's coming up, see, so I decided to get her a little present."
"What are you going to get her?"
"A very traditional, a very supportive, brassiere."
"There's nothing subtle about that."
"No, no, she might just think it's a gift."
"Have I ever bought you a jockstrap as a gift?"
- Elaine, Jerry, and George, in "The Caddy"
"A woman just walking around in broad daylight with nothing but a bra on? She's a menace to society."
- Elaine, in "The Caddy"
"It's lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous!"
- Jackie Chiles, in "The Caddy"
"Jerry, it's Frank Costanza. Mr. Steinbrenner's here... George is dead... Call me back."
- Frank, in "The Caddy"
"Are you going to tell your parents you're still alive?"
"No. They could use the break."
- Jerry and George, in "The Caddy"
"I miss the days when they made toys that could kill a kid."
- Jerry, in "The Seven"
"The only way to really help her is to just let her be."
- Jerry, about Elaine, in "The Seven"
"Carrie, you and Susan are cousins... So, your baby daughter is gonna be Susan's second cousin, right? So what does that make me?"
"It doesn't make you anything."
"Well, so legally I could marry your daughter!"
- George and Carrie, in "The Seven"
"Are you unhappy with our arrangement?"
"What arrangement?"
"Well, I was under the impression that I could take anything I wanted from your fridge, and you could take whatever you want from mine."
"Yeah? Well, let me know when you get something in there and I will."
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Seven"
"I think I really sprained it."
"Ah, I doubt you sprained it. Maybe you pulled it."
"Did you twist it? You could've twisted it."
"I don't know."
"Did you wrench it? Did you jam it? Maybe you squeezed it, turned it..."
"You know what? Why don't you just shut the hell up."
- Elaine and Jerry, in "The Seven"
"A wise man once taught me the healing power of the body's natural pressure points. He sells t-shirts outside the World Trade Center."
- Kramer, in "The Seven"
"Seven Costanza... You're serious?"
"Yeah. It's a beautiful name for a boy or a girl. Especially a girl... Or a boy."
"I don't think so."
"What, you don't like the name?"
"It's not a name. It's a number."
"I know. It's Mickey Mantle's number. So not only is it an all-around beautiful name, it is also a living tribute."
- George and Susan, in "The Seven"
"Seven? Yeah, I guess I could see it. Seven. Seven periods of school, seven beatings a day. Roughly seven stitches a beating, and eventually seven years to life. Yeah, you're doing that child quite a service."
- Jerry, in "The Seven"
"I defy you to come up with a better name than Seven."
"Alright, let's see... How about Mug? Mug Costanza. That's original. Or Ketchup. Pretty name for a girl."
"Alright... You having a good time now?"
"I've got fifty right here in the cupboard... How about Bisquick? Pimento? Gherkin? Sauce? Maxwell House?"
"Alright already!!"
- George and Jerry, in "The Seven"
"Low flow? I don't like the sound of that."
- Kramer, in "The Shower Head"
"If I don't have a good shower, I am not myself. I feel weak and ineffectual. I'm not Kramer."
- Kramer, in "The Shower Head"
"If you could perhaps conduct the psychopath convention down the hall..."
- Jerry, to his parents and the Costanzas, in "The Shower Head"
"I just took a bath, Jerry. A bath!"
"No good?"
"It's disgusting. I'm sitting there in a tepid pool of my own filth. All kinds of microscopic parasites and organisms having sex all around me."
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Shower Head"
"Now here's the lowdown. Through a certain connection, I've been able to locate some black market shower heads. They're all made in the former Yugoslavia. And from what I hear, the Serbs are fanatic about their showers."
"Not from the footage I've seen."
- Newman and Jerry, in "The Shower Head"
"This is Frank Costanza. You think you can keep us out of Florida? We're moving in lock, stock and barrel. We're gonna be in the pool. We're gonna be in the clubhouse. We're gonna be all over that shuffleboard court. And I dare you to keep me out!"
- Frank Costanza, to Jerry's dad, in "The Shower Head"
"Look at you, you're disgusting. You're bald, you're paunchy. All kinds of sounds are emanating from your body twenty-four hours a day. If there's a woman that can take your presence for more than ten consecutive seconds, you should hang on to her like grim death... which is not far off by the way."
- Jerry, to Uncle Leo, in "The Shower Head"
"I am never putting on another piece of clothing unless it's straight out of the dryer."
- Kramer, in "The Calzone"
"I'm like a drug dealer. I got the guy hooked. I'm having lunch at his desk every day this week... just him and me. He doesn't make a move without me."
- George, about George Steinbrenner's love of the calzone, in "The Calzone"
"Beautiful women... Ya know, they get away with murder. You never see one of them lift anything over three pounds. They do whatever they want, whenever they want to, and nobody can stop them."
"She's like a beautiful Godzilla."
"And I'm thousands of fleeing Japanese!"
- George and Jerry, in "The Calzone"
"You've got your shirt in my oven?"
"Well, I didn't have enough quarters for the dryer, but this is better anyway. And it's more convenient."
"Oh, for both of us."
"Yeah, and I have a lot more control. I got a shirt going for ten minutes at 325."
"What's wrong with your oven?"
"I'm baking a pie."
- Jerry and Kramer, in "The Calzone"
"He fires people like it's a bodily function."
- George, about George Steinbrenner, in "The Calzone"
"Let me be perfectly blunt. I don't care for you, Costanza. You hang out on the west side of the building with Seinfeld all day laughing it up, wasting your lives."
- Newman, in "The Calzone"
"These are terrible."
"It's like trying to smoke a chicken bone."
- Elaine and Jerry, smoking bad Peruvian cigars, in "The Calzone"
"Karate. It's a lifetime pursuit of balance and harmony."
"But with punching and kicking."
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Foundation"
"You've never felt remorse."
"I know. I feel bad about that."
- Elaine and Jerry, in "The Foundation"
"My neck is one gargantuan monkey fist."
- Mr. Peterman, in "The Foundation"
"It's a terrible tragedy when parents outlive their children."
"Yes, I agree. I hope my parents go long before I do."
- Mr. Ross and George, in "The Foundation"
"I was free and clear. I was living the dream. I was stripped to the waist eating a block of cheese the size of a car battery."
"Before we go any further, I'd just like to point out how disturbing it is that you equate eating a block of cheese with some sort of bachelor paradise."
- George and Jerry, in "The Foundation"
"Between you and me, I always thought Kramer was a bit of a doofus. But, he believed in me. You did not. So, as I see it, he's not the doofus. You are the doofus."
- Elaine, to Jerry, in "The Foundation"
"Why would anybody want a friend?"
- Jerry, in "The Bizarro Jerry"
"Women like that are like members of a secret tribe living in a forbidden city. People like me have not been inside in thousands of years."
- George, about beautiful women, in "The Bizarro Jerry"
"You know what they say, 'You don't sell the steak, you sell the sizzle.'"
- Kramer, in "The Bizarro Jerry"
"She had man-hands!"
- Jerry, in "The Bizarro Jerry"
"Would you prefer it if she had no hands at all?"
"Would she have hooks?"
"Do hooks make it more attractive, Jerry?"
"Kinda cool looking."
- Elaine and Jerry, in "The Bizarro Jerry"
"I don't know if you've noticed, but lately I've been drifting aimlessly."
"Now that you mention it."
"But I've finally realized what's missing in my life... Structure!"
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Bizarro Jerry"
"She wants me to dress smart-casual. What is that?"
"I don't know, but you don't have it."
- George and Jerry, in "The Bizarro Jerry"
"He's reliable. He's considerate. He's like your exact opposite."
"So he's Bizarro Jerry."
"Bizarro Jerry?"
"Yeah, like Bizarro Superman, Superman's exact opposite, who lives in the backwards Bizarro world. Up is down, down is up, he says hello when he leaves, goodbye when he arrives."
"Shouldn't he say badbye? Isn't that the opposite of goodbye?"
"No, it's still goodbye."
"Does he live underwater?"
"Is he black?"
"Look, just forget the whole thing."
- Elaine and Jerry, in "The Bizarro Jerry"
"I can't spend the rest of my life coming into this stinking apartment every ten minutes to pore over the excruciating minutia of every single daily event."
- Elaine, in "The Bizarro Jerry"
"What did you want to see me about, Mr. Leland?"
"Kramer, I've been reviewing your work. Quite frankly, it stinks."
"Well, I've been having trouble at home and, uh, I'll work harder. Nights, weekends, whatever it takes."
"No, no, I don't think that's going to do it. These reports you handed in, it's almost as if you have no business training at all. I don't know what this is supposed to be."
"Well, I'm just trying to get ahead."
"I'm sorry, there's just no way that we can keep you on."
"I don't even really work here."
"That's what makes this so difficult."
- Kramer and Mr. Leland, in "The Bizarro Jerry"
"You know, revulsion has now become a valid form of attraction."
"Well, then you're driving me wild."
- Elaine and Jerry, in "The Little Kicks"
"It's more like a full-body dry heave set to music."
- George, on Elaine's dancing style, in "The Little Kicks"
"During that period when my folks were separated, he went a little crazy."
"Not a very long trip."
- George and Jerry, about George's dad, in "The Little Kicks"
"I'm the bad boy. I've never been the bad boy."
"You've been the bad employee, the bad son, the bad friend."
"Yes. Yes, yes."
"The bad fiancé, the bad dinner guest, the bad credit risk."
"Okay, the point is made."
"The bad date, the bad sport, the bad citizen. The bad tipper!"
- George and Jerry, in "The Little Kicks"
"You saying you want a piece of me?"
"I could drop you like a bag of dirt."
"You want a piece of me?! You got it!"
- Frank Costanza and Elaine, in "The Little Kicks"
"I was looking at my chart and it said that I was difficult. Why would they write that?"
"They've gotten to know you."
- Elaine and Jerry, in "The Package"
"Oh come on, I'm not difficult. I'm easy."
- Elaine, in "The Package"
"Who's going to bomb you? An airline? For all the stupid little peanut jokes?"
"Oh, I suppose you think you're bombable."
"There's a couple of people who wouldn't mind having me out of the way."
"There's more than a couple."
- George and Jerry, in "The Package"
"It's the timeless art of seduction."
- Kramer, in "The Package"
"Oh yeah, I like this idea."
- Jerry, to another of Kramer's schemes, in "The Package"
"It's a write-off for them."
"How is it a write-off?"
"They just write it off."
"Write it off what?"
"Jerry, all these big companies, they write off everything."
"You don't even know what a write-off is."
"Do you?"
"No, I don't."
"But they do. And they're the ones writing it off."
"I wish I had the last twenty seconds of my life back."
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Package"
"So you're angry that this bizarre carpet cabal made no attempt to abduct you?"
"They could've at least tried."
"You know, maybe they thought you look too smart to be brainwashed."
"Too dumb?"
- Jerry and George, in "The Checks"
"You have them sleeping in drawers?"
"Jerry, have you ever seen the business hotels in Tokyo? They sleep in tiny stacked cubicles all the time. They feel right at home."
"This has international incident written all over it."
- Jerry and Kramer, in "The Checks"
"That's a lovely little bureau and breakfast you're running."
- Jerry, to Kramer, in "The Checks"
"She's got a little Marisa Tomei thing going on."
"Ah. Too bad you've got a little George Costanza thing going on."
- George and Jerry, in "The Chicken Roaster"
"I'm like a commercial jingle. First it's a little irritating. Then you hear it a few times. You're humming it in the shower. By the third date, it's 'Buy Mennen!'"
- George, in "The Chicken Roaster"
"Why don't we just switch apartments?"
"Or I could sleep in the park."
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Chicken Roaster"
"Newman, you wouldn't eat broccoli if it was deep-fried in chocolate sauce."
- Jerry, in "The Chicken Roaster"
"The greasy doorknob, the constant licking of the fingers. He's hooked on this chicken, isn't he?"
- Jerry, about Kramer, in "The Chicken Roaster"
"Is someone there? Mr. Marbles?"
- Jerry, trying to sleep in Kramer's apartment, in "The Chicken Roaster"
"The jerk store called, they're running out of you!"
- George, in "The Comeback"
"I don't want to be a vegetable, Elaine. I just want out."
- Kramer, in "The Comeback"
"I'm going with jerk store. Jerk store is the line. Jerk store!"
- George, in "The Comeback"
"You're a calculating, cold-hearted business woman. And when there's dirty work to be done, you don't mind stomping on a few throats."
- Kramer, about Elaine, in "The Comeback"
"Yank it like you're starting a mower."
- Elaine, on turning off a life support system, in "The Comeback"
"We only wake you up for the important meetings."
- Yankee exec, to George, in "The Comeback"
"Jerk store would've smoked that guy!"
- George, in "The Comeback"
"I didn't know it was possible to come out of a coma."
"I didn't know it was possible to not know that."
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Comeback"
"You won't believe this, but as I'm leaving she calls me Susie."
"I don't see you as a Susie. Sharon, maybe."
"What am I, a bulimic, chain-smoking stenographer from Staten Island?"
- Elaine and Jerry, in "The Susie"
"Wait 'til you see the dress that she's got. It's backless. I'm finally going to make a great entrance."
"Backless? You gonna back her in?"
- George and Elaine, in "The Susie"
"She wants to talk?"
"She doesn't want to talk, she needs to talk."
"Nobody needs to talk."
"Who would want to?"
- Jerry and George, in "The Susie"
"My whole life I have never made a great entrance."
"You've made some fine exits."
- George and Jerry, in "The Susie"
"Between you, me, and the lamppost... and the desk, Peggy says this Suse isn't much of a worker."
"It's Susie."
"Nevertheless Elaine, the House of Peterman is in disorder."
- Peterman and Elaine, in "The Susie"
"I love a good nap. Sometimes it's the only thing getting me out of bed in the morning."
- George, in "The Nap"
"The walking date is a good date. You don't have to look right at the person."
"Hey, it's the next best thing to being alone."
- Jerry and Elaine, in "The Nap"
"Jerry, look at my eyes."
"Hmmm... they're a little less beady today."
"Because I'm refreshed! I finally found a way to sleep in my office. Under the desk! I lie on my back, I tuck in the chair. I'm invisible!"
"Sounds like a real cool fort."
- George and Jerry, in "The Nap"
"Well, my swimming pool problems are solved. I just found myself miles and miles of open lanes."
"What is that smell?"
"That's East River."
"You're swimming in the East River? The most heavily trafficked, overly contaminated waterway on the eastern seaboard?"
"Technically, Norfolk has more gross tonnage."
"How could you swim in that water?"
"I saw a couple other guys out there."
"Well... floating. They weren't moving much, but they were out there."
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Nap"
"Jerry! Jerry, I'm trapped under my desk. Steinbrenner's in the room. You gotta help me!"
"Who is this?"
- George and Jerry, in "The Nap"
"It'll be years before they find another place to hide more cheese on a pizza."
- Elaine, in "The Nap"
"I notice she's big on the phrase 'yada yada'."
"Is 'yada yada' bad?"
"No, yada yada's good. She's very succinct."
"She is succinct."
"It's like you're dating USA Today."
- Jerry and George, talking about Marcy, in "The Yada Yada"
"I gotta get on that Internet. I'm late on everything."
- Jerry, in "The Yada Yada"
"Are you close with your parents?"
"Well, they gave birth to me and... yada yada yada..."
"Yada what?"
"Yada... yada... yada..."
- Marcy and George, in "The Yada Yada"
"I gotta tell you, I am loving this yada yada thing. I can gloss over my whole life story."
- George, in "The Yada Yada"
"Don't you see what Whatley is after? Total joke-telling immunity! He's already got the big two religions covered. If he ever gets Polish citizenship, there'll be no stopping him."
- Jerry, in "The Yada Yada"
"Listen to this. Marcy comes over and she tells me that her ex-boyfriend was over late last night and 'yada yada yada I'm really tired today.' You don't think she'd yada yada sex?"
"I've yada yada'd sex."
"Yeah. I met this lawyer, we went out to dinner, I had the lobster bisque, we went back to my place, yada yada yada, I never heard from him again."
"But you yada yada'd over the best part."
"No, I mentioned the bisque."
- George, Elaine, and Jerry, in "The Yada Yada"
"I wanted to talk to you about Dr. Whatley. I have a suspicion that he's converted to Judaism purely for the jokes."
"And this offends you as a Jewish person?"
"No, it offends me as a comedian."
- Jerry and Father Curtis, in "The Yada Yada"
"You know the difference between a dentist and a sadist, don't you? Newer magazines."
- Jerry, in "The Yada Yada"
"You have no idea what my people have been through."
"The Jews?"
"No, the dentists. Did you know we have the highest suicide rate of any profession?"
"Is that why it's so hard to get an appointment?"
- Jerry and Tim Whatley, in "The Yada Yada"
"Kramer, he's just a dentist."
"Yeah, and you're an anti-dentite."
- Jerry and Kramer, in "The Yada Yada"
"Hi Mr. Abbott."
"That's Dr. Abbott, DDS. Tim Whatley was one of my students, and if this wasn't my son's wedding day I'd knock your teeth out, you anti-dentite bastard."
- Jerry and Dr. Abbott, in "The Yada Yada"
"Hey, what do you call a doctor who failed out of med school?"
"A dentist."
- Beth and Jerry, in "The Yada Yada"
"Kramer, these balloons aren't going to stay filled 'til New Year's."
"Those aren't for New Year's. Those are my everyday balloons."
- Jerry and Kramer, in "The Millennium"
"You are looking at the next director of Mets scouting. Only thing is I have to get fired from the Yankees first."
"You can do that."
"Of course, but I really want to leave my mark this time. You know, I want to walk away from the Yankees with people saying, 'Wow, now that guy got canned.'"
"So you want to go out in a final blaze of incompetence."
"Yeah, remember that summer at Dairy Queen where I cooled my feet in the soft syrup machine?"
- George and Jerry, in "The Millennium"
"You think people will still be using napkins in the year 2000? Or is this mouth vacuum thing for real?"
- Kramer, in "The Millennium"
"What is a barometer exactly?"
"It's pronounced 'thermometer'."
- George and Kramer, in "The Millennium"
"So Jerry, my millennium party is really coming together. Will people be able to breathe under water in the year 2000?"
"Some of us."
"I don't want to exclude anybody."
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Millennium"
"You can never have too much ice."
- Newman, in "The Millennium"
"For me, the next millennium must be Jerry-free."
- Newman, in "The Millennium"
"I never thought I'd fail at failing."
"Oh come on now."
"I can't do anything wrong."
"Nonsense. You do everything wrong."
"You really think so?"
"Absolutely! I have no confidence in you."
"Alright. I guess I just have to pick myself up, dust myself off, and throw myself right back down again."
"That's the spirit! You suck!"
- George and Jerry, in "The Millennium"
"I guess I can accept a little Jerry if it gets me a lot of Elaine."
- Newman, in "The Millennium"
"Wait. Those are the clothes from the bag!"
"The guy never came back."
"He asked you to watch them, not wear them."
"I'm still watching them."
- Jerry and George, in "The Muffin Tops"
"When do you start to worry about ear hair?"
"When you hear like a soft rustling."
- George and Jerry, in "The Muffin Tops"
"Why is it every half-wit and sitcom star has his own book out now?"
- Mr. Littman, in "The Muffin Tops"
"I did something stupid."
"What'd you do?"
"Well, I was shaving, and I noticed an assymmetry in my chest hair. And I was trying to even it out. And the next thing I know... Gone!"
- Jerry and Kramer, in "The Muffin Tops"
"So you're pretending to be a tourist?"
"It's beautiful. She makes all the plans. I'm not from around here, so it's okay if I'm stupid. And she knows I'm only in town visiting, so there's no messy breakups."
- Jerry and George, in "The Muffin Tops"
"The last thing this guy's qualified to give a tour of is reality."
- Jerry, about Kramer, in "The Muffin Tops"
"You know, if you take everything I've done in my entire life and condense it down into one day, it looks decent."
- George, in "The Muffin Tops"
"We have a bonus ultra-reality stop today. We're going to be hauling muffin stumps to the local repository."
"We're going to a garbage dump?"
"And we're off!"
"You know, I never thought he'd be able to recreate the experience of actually knowing him, but this is pretty close."
- Kramer, a Tourist, and Jerry, in "The Muffin Tops"
"Jerry, you got any Tums?"
"Stomach ache?"
"I drank too much water in the shower."
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Summer of George"
"So, has the summer of George begun? Or are you still decomposing?"
- Jerry and George, in "The Summer of George"
"Can you believe she expected me to squire her around town while the dude sits at home in swaddling clothes?"
"Do they make swaddling clothes for adults?"
"It's like she's split the job of boyfriend into two jobs. Except the dude's playing the showroom and I'm stuck doing food and beverage."
- Jerry and George, in "The Summer of George"
"Listen to me. We're always sitting here. I'm always helping you with your girl problems, you're always helping me with my girl problems. Where do we end up?"
"Exactly. Because neither one of us can handle a woman all by ourselves."
"I'm trying."
"I've tried. We don't have it. But maybe the two of us, working together, at full capacity, could do the job of one normal man."
"Then each of us would only have to be like a half-man. That sounds about right."
- George and Jerry, in "The Summer of George"
"What is so appealing to men about a catfight?"
"Because men think if women are grabbing and clawing at each other, there's a chance they might somehow kiss."
- Elaine and Jerry, in "The Summer of George"
"I feel like an out-of-work porn star."
- George, commenting on his mustache, in "The Butter Shave"
"Boy, a month in Europe with Elaine. That guy's coming home in a body bag."
- Kramer, in "The Butter Shave"
"Wait a minute. Do I have to ask?"
"Well, I ran out of butter, so I had to borrow yours. Anything else, Mr. Nosey?"
"Why are you buttering your face?"
"I'm shaving with it."
"Oh, Moses smell the roses!"
- Jerry and Kramer, in "The Butter Shave"
"You know how hard it's getting just to tell people I know you?"
- Jerry, to George, in "The Butter Shave"
"I love that bathroom. It's got that high-high toilet. I feel like a gargoyle perched on the ledge of a building."
- George, in "The Butter Shave"
"You know, old friend, sometimes I ponder this silly gulf between us, and I say 'why?'. Are we really so different..."
"I'm not the one doing the cooking, Newman."
"Damn you Seinfeld. You're a useless pustule."
- Newman and Jerry, in "The Butter Shave"
"Oh man, I think I cooked myself."
- Kramer, in "The Butter Shave"
"I'm fried."
"Technically, you're sauteed. So what are you doing for that?"
"I just gotta keep my skin moist so I don't dry out."
"Is that what the doctor said?"
"I read an article in Bon Apetit Magazine."
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Butter Shave"
"Breaking up is like knocking over a Coke machine. You can't do it in one push. You gotta rock it back and forth a few times, and then it goes over."
- Jerry, in "The Voice"
"I come up with these things, I know they're gold but nothing happens. You know why?"
"No resources, no skill, no talent, no ability, no brains, no..."
"No, no time! It's all these menial tasks. Laundry, grocery shopping, coming in here and talking to you. You have any idea how much time I waste in this apartment?"
"I could ballpark it."
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Voice"
"You remember my corporation, Kramerica Industries?"
"Well, apparently NYU is very enthusiastic about their students getting some real world corporate experience."
"But you only provide fantasy world corporate experience."
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Voice"
"I've been reviewing Darren's internship journal. Doing laundry, mending chicken wire, high tea with a Mr. Newman?"
"Well, it all sounds pretty glamourous, but it's business as usual at Kramerica."
"Far as I can tell, your entire enterprise is little more than a solitary man with a messy apartment which may or may not contain a chicken."
- Dean Jones and Kramer, in "The Voice"
"You know, Darren, if you had told me twenty-five years ago that some day I'd be standing here about to solve the world's energy problems, I would've said you were crazy. Now let's push this giant ball of oil out this window."
- Kramer, in "The Voice"
"Serenity now! Serenity now!"
"What is that?"
"The doctor gave me a relaxation cassette. When my blood pressure gets too high, the man on the tape tells me to say 'serenity now!'"
"Are you supposed to yell it?"
"The man on the tape wasn't specific."
- Frank and George, in "The Serenity Now"
"I've never seen you mad."
"I get peeved."
"I would like to see you get really mad."
- Patty and Jerry, in "The Serenity Now"
"You've heard me yell."
"Not really. Your voice kind of raises to this comedic pitch."
- Jerry and George, in "The Serenity Now"
"I'm open. There's just nothing in there."
- Jerry, in "The Serenity Now"
"Starting tonight we're having a little sales contest. The loser gets fired. The winner gets a Water Pik."
- Frank, in "The Serenity Now"
"What's the matter?"
"It's Patty."
"Jerry, you break up with a girl every week."
"What is this salty discharge?"
"Oh my God, you're crying."
"This is horrible. I care."
- Elaine and Jerry, in "The Serenity Now"
"I don't know what's happening to me."
"Simple. You let out one emotion, all the rest will come. It's like Endora's Box."
"That was the mother on Bewitched. You mean Pandora."
"Yeah, well, she had one too."
- Jerry and Kramer, in "The Serenity Now"
"Serenity now, insanity later."
- Lloyd Braun, in "The Serenity Now"
"George, letting my emotions out was the best thing I've ever done. Sure, I'm not funny anymore, but there's more to life than making shallow, fairly obvious observations."
- Jerry, in "The Serenity Now"
"This Kruger guy is clueless. I can't wait to work for him."
- George, in "The Slicer"
"I haven't had a decent sandwich in thirteen years."
- Kramer, in "The Slicer"
"Do you have any idea what it feels like to save someone's life?"
"Is it anything like hitting a homer in softball?"
- Dr. Sara and Jerry, in "The Slicer"
"How was the doctor date?"
"It died on the table."
- Elaine and Jerry, in "The Slicer"
"Saving lives? She's one step above working at the Clinique counter."
"Dermatologists. Skin doesn't need a doctor."
"Of course not. Wash it, dry it, move on."
- George and Jerry, in "The Slicer"
"You call yourself life saver, I call you Pimple-Popper, M.D."
- Jerry, to Dr. Sara, in "The Slicer"
"I've cut slices so thin, I couldn't even see them."
"How'd you know you cut it?"
"Well, I guess I just assumed."
- Kramer and Elaine, about his new meat slicer, in "The Slicer"
"Moles -- Freckle's ugly cousin."
- Kramer, in "The Slicer"
"So she coughed."
"Coughing? Naked? It's a turn-off, man."
"Everything goes with naked."
"When you cough there are thousands of unseen muscles that suddenly spring into action. It's like watching that fat guy catch a cannonball in his stomach in slow motion."
"You spoiled spoiled man. You know how much mental energy I expend just trying to picture women naked?"
"But the thing you don't realize is that there's good naked and bad naked. Naked hair brushing - good. Naked crouching - bad."
- George and Jerry, in "The Apology"
"You're probably wasting time working piece-meal, first cleaning one area and then another."
"Well, that's how cats do it."
"But when you have a faucet instead of a tongue, you want to use gravity."
- Jerry and Kramer, in "The Apology"
"Alright George, alright. I'm sorry. I'm very very sorry. I'm so sorry that I didn't want your rather bulbous head struggling to find its way through the normal size neckhole of my finely knit sweater."
- Henke, in "The Apology"
"Oh yeah yeah, I'm watching you too, but this guy's really showing me something."
- Kramer, observing men in a gym shower, in "The Apology"
"This is all in her mind, okay? She is insane. She thinks I made her sick because I coughed on her doorknob, rubbed her stapler in my armpit, and put her keyboard on my butt. Yeah... She's a whacko."
- Elaine, in "The Apology"
"Instead of an apology, he was be-boppin' and scattin' all over me."
- George, about Henke, in "The Apology"
"I am not here for rage. I'm here for revenge."
- George, at a Rage-aholics meeting, in "The Apology"
"He took you to Rage-aholics? Why?"
"Probably because this whole universe is against me!"
"I think you've got a little rage."
"I know. And now they want me to bottle it up. It makes me so mad!"
- Jerry and George, in "The Apology"
"What is wrong with my body?"
"Chicken wing shoulder blades."
- Jerry and Elaine, in "The Apology"
"The female body is a work of art. The male body is utilitarian. It's for gettin' around. It's like a Jeep."
- Elaine, in "The Apology"
"This food was in the shower with you?"
"Mmm hmm... I prepared it as I bathed."
- Elaine and Kramer, in "The Apology"
"You might not know it to look at me, but I can run really really fast."
- Jerry, in "The Strike"
"I got him Yankee tickets, he got me a piece of paper saying I've given your gift to someone else."
"To a children's charity."
"Don't you see how wrong that is? Where's your Christmas spirit!? An eye for an eye!"
- George and Jerry, in "The Strike"
"When George was growing up, his father hated all the commercial and religious aspects of Christmas, so he made up his own holiday."
"Oh... and another piece of the puzzle falls into place."
- Jerry and Elaine, in "The Strike"
"H&H wouldn't let us use their bathroom while we were picketing. It put a cramp in our solidarity."
- Kramer, in "The Strike"
"Why didn't you ever mention this?"
"Jerry, I didn't want you to know I was out of work. It's embarrassing."
- Jerry and Kramer, in "The Strike"
"So, attractive one day, not attractive the next."
"Have you come across this?"
"Yes, I am familiar with this syndrome. She's a two-face."
"Like the Batman villain?"
"If that helps you."
"So if I ask her out again, I don't know who's showing up -- the good, the bad, or the ugly."
- George and Jerry, in "The Strike"
"Happy Festivus, George!"
- Elaine, in "The Strike"
"Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way."
"What happened to the doll?"
"It was destroyed. But out of that a new holiday was born... A Festivus for the rest of us!"
- Frank Costanza and Kramer, in "The Strike"
"At the Festivus dinner, you gather your family around and tell them all the ways they have disappointed you over the past year."
"And is there a tree?"
"No. Instead, there's a pole. Requires no decoration. I find tinsel distracting."
"Frank, this new holiday of yours is scratching me right where I itch."
- Frank and Kramer, in "The Strike"
"Yamahama, it's fright night!"
- Kramer, seeing Jerry's date in a bad light, in "The Strike"
"So Puddy wears a man-fur?"
"He was struttin' around the coffee shop like Stein Erickson."
- Jerry and Elaine, in "The Reverse Peephole"
"I'll sniff out a deal. I have a sixth sense."
"Cheapness is not a sense."
- George and Jerry, in "The Reverse Peephole"
"Now I can peek in and see if anyone is waiting to jack me with a sock full of pennies."
- Kramer, in "The Reverse Peephole"
"Nobody carries wallets anymore. They went out with powdered wigs."
- Kramer, in "The Reverse Peephole"
"Why are we in Jerry's apartment?"
"Well, I like to think of this as my conference room. It has a more formal atmosphere, you know, with the shelves... and the furniture."
- Silvio and Kramer, in "The Reverse Peephole"
"So now Joe Mayo wants me to buy him a new coat."
"Because you threw it out."
"No, because I was in charge of the coats. It's insane!"
"But you did actually throw his coat out the window?"
"But he doesn't know that. As far as he knows someone stole it, and that's the person who should be held responsible."
"But that's you."
"So I guess I'll have to buy him a new coat, even though I don't think I should be held responsible, which I am anyway."
- Elaine and Jerry, in "The Reverse Peephole"
"My back is killing me."
"Of course, because of that wallet! You've got a filing cabinet under half of your ass."
"This is an organizer, a secretary, and a friend."
- George and Jerry, in "The Reverse Peephole"
"I can't believe we're going dancing."
"You don't go that often?"
"No, because it's so stupid."
- Jerry and Keri, in "The Reverse Peephole"
"You know, sometimes I get the feeling George isn't being completely honest with me."
- Jerry, in "The Reverse Peephole"
"This is very much as I imagined it to be. Aside from this rattan piece which seems oddly out of place."
- Newman, entering Elaine's apartment for the first time, in "The Reverse Peephole"
"Hey Silvio. Just out for a little stroll in my favorite fur coat."
"That is your coat?"
"It sure is."
"Kramer says you need it because you're an entertainer and you're desperate for attention."
"That's true."
- Jerry and Silvio, in "The Reverse Peephole"
"Hey Silvio, look at Jerry here, prancing around in his coat with his purse. Yup, he's a dandy. He's a real fancy boy!"
- Kramer, in "The Reverse Peephole"
"I had 'em Jerry. They loved me."
"And then?"
"I lost 'em. I can usually come up with one good comment during a meeting, but by the end it's buried under a pile of gaffes and bad puns."
"Showmanship, George. When you hit that high note, say goodnight and walk off."
- George and Jerry, in "The Burning"
"You prefer dumb and lazy to religious?"
"Dumb and lazy I understand."
- Jerry and Elaine, in "The Burning"
"Bacterial meningitis... Jackpot!"
"Gonorrhea? You wanna trade?"
"Sorry buddy, this is the Hamlet of diseases. Severe pain, nausea, delusions... It's got everything."
- Mickey and Kramer, in "The Burning"
"I'm against all 'It's me's'. It's so self-absorbed and egotistical, like those hip musicians with their complicated shoes."
- George, in "The Burning"
"Alright, that's it for me! Be good everybody!"
- George, going out on a high note, in "The Burning"
"I'm going to make people feel my gonnorhea."
- Kramer, in "The Burning"
"Pull the old switcheroo."
"I think that's 'What's good for the goose is good for the gander.'"
"What the hell is a gander anyway?"
"It's a goose that's had the old switcheroo pulled on her."
- George and Jerry, in "The Burning"
"Is it a problem that I'm not really religious?"
"Not for me."
"Why not?"
"I'm not the one going to hell."
- Elaine and Puddy, in "The Burning"
"My boyfriend said I got gonnorhea from riding the tractor in my bathing suit."
- Sophie, in "The Burning"
"Don't you even care? This is your company. It's your name on the outside of the building. Speaking of which, the R fell off and all it says now is K-UGER."
"K-UGER. That sounds like one of those old time car horns, huh? K-UGER! K-UGER!"
"You are too much, Mr. Kruger. Too much!"
"Thank you George, you've been great. That's it for me!"
"What? No, no, you're not going out on a high note with me, Mr. Kruger."
"It's K-UGER!"
- George and Mr. Kruger, in "The Burning"
"Boy, look at this. Hong Kong's outlawed the rickshaw. See, I always thought those would be perfect for New York."
"Yes, the city needs more slow-moving wicker vehicles."
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Bookstore"
"If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books."
- George, in "The Bookstore"
"We made out at the table like our plane was going down."
- Elaine, in "The Bookstore"
"To the idiot-mobile!"
- Jerry, to Kramer and Newman, in "The Bookstore"
"That book has been on a wild ride."
- Jerry, about the book George took into the bathroom, in "The Bookstore"
"We should've got some collateral from him. Like his bag of cans. Or his... other bag of cans."
- Kramer, after a homeless man stole his rickshaw, in "The Bookstore"
"I had to take a sick day, I'm so sick of these people."
- Elaine, on her co-workers, in "The Frogger"
"You sure have a lot of friends. How come I never see any of these people?"
"They want to know why they never see you."
- Jerry and Kramer, in "The Frogger"
"Oh, I was unstoppable! Perfect combination of Mountain Dew and mozzarella, with just the right amount of grease on the joystick."
- George, on his gaming skills, in "The Frogger"
"What is nice? Trying to fill the void in your life with flour and sugar and egg and vanilla? I mean, we are all unhappy. Do we have to be fat too?"
- Elaine, in "The Frogger"
"Well, I'm doing it Jerry. I'm buying that Frogger machine. Now the torch will burn forever!"
"Fabulous! See, now you're really doing something."
- George and Jerry, in "The Frogger"
"You know, the police, they found another victim of The Lopper in Riverside Park. I saw the photo... and it looked a lot like you."
"Oh come on, there's a lot of people walking around the city that look like me."
"Not as many as there used to be."
- Kramer and Jerry, in "The Frogger"
"Kramer, listen to me. I'm never going to have a child. If I lose this Frogger high score, that's it for me."
"Believe me, George, you can count on Slippery Pete."
- George and Kramer, in "The Frogger"
"She's a sentence finisher. It's like dating Mad Libs."
- Jerry, in "The Frogger"
"Guess what I ate!"
"An ostrich burger?"
"No, a $29,000 piece of cake. Peterman got it at the Duke and Duchess of Windsor auction. It's the most romantic thing I've ever eaten."
- Elaine and George, in "The Frogger"
"Why don't you put it in the car so I don't accidentally toss it in that dumpster."
- Jerry, receiving an ugly new hat, in "The Frogger"
"It's an Entenmann's."
"Do they have a castle at Windsor?"
"No, they have a display case at the end of the aisle."
- Lubeck, the cake appraiser, and Peterman, in "The Frogger"
"Elaine, I have a question for you. Is the item still with you?"
"Umm, as far as I know."
"Do you know what happens to a butter-based frosting after six decades in a poorly-ventilated English basement?
"Uhh, I guess I hadn't..."
"Well, I have a feeling what you are about to go through is punishment enough."
- Peterman and Elaine, after he discovers that she ate his antique cake, in "The Frogger"
"If you are thinking of instituting an open-door urination policy, let me disabuse you of that notion right now my friend."
"You're so uptight."
"Uptight. Let's all just have a big pee party. Hey everybody, grab a bucket, we're going up to Jerry's. It's a pee party!"
- Jerry and George, in "The Finale"
"If he says he doesn't want it to be a show about nothing, don't go nuts."
"It's fine. It doesn't have to be about nothing."
"He might not want nothing."
"Something, nothing, I could care less."
"He might want a show about anything and everything."
"Anything, everything, something, nothing. Who the hell cares? Put me down. I'm down!"
- Jerry and George, waiting to talk to NBC executives, in "The Finale"
"I don't need any ideas. It's a show about nothing."
"Nothing, please. I'll tell you the truth. The whole thing sounds pretty stupid to me."
- George and Estelle, in "The Finale"
"Why would we want to help somebody? That's what nuns and Red Cross workers are for."
- George, in "The Finale"
"Perhaps these hooligans would like to have a pee party right here in the courtroom!"
- The Prosecutor, in "The Finale"
"But they did not care. They're totally indifferent. All they do is mock me, just like they did the fat fellow. All the time, mocking, mocking, mocking, mocking, all the time. It is Babu's turn to mock."
- Babu, in "The Finale"
"I don't know how, or under what circumstances, the four of you found each other, but your callous indifference and utter disregard for everything that is good and decent has rocked the very foundation upon which our society is built."
- Judge Art Vandelay, in "The Finale"
"The second button is the key button. It literally makes or breaks the shirt. Look at it. It's too high. It's in no-man's land."
"Haven't we had this conversation before?"
"You think?"
"I think we have."
"Yeah, maybe we have."
- Jerry and George, in "The Finale"*
*See also: "Good News, Bad News"


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From Tokyo, my next destination was Okayama. Okayama Prefecture is rural for the most part especially when compared to Tokyo. More traditions are left untouched and you can also enjoy great views, lots of old architecture, and farm fields. Lots and lots of farms. Okayama is probably most well known for the Koraku-en park and as the origin of the Momotaro fable (Peach Boy). If you've been following Made with Japan, Okayama is also home and origin of Japanese denim. The industry here is the strongest it has ever been thanks to the efforts to preserve traditional high-quality denim making techniques by companies like Japan Blue Group, parent company of Momotaro Jeans. You can read our interview with Momotaro Jeans HERE.
Okayama is a very special place for me because my mom is from here, a small town in Okayama called Ushimado (literally translating into "cow window"). I used to come out here to visit my relatives and I have fond childhood memories helping my grandparents out in the fields (they were super farmers), playing with my cousins, outings to parks, the beach, fishing, sailing, and what not. In this episode, I will share pictures of my grandma's traditional Japanese house, where a good chunk of my memories in Okayama revolve around.
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Course Retake Policy
Students may retake a course once to improve a grade of CD or lower. Students may retake a course if the grade earned does not meet admission or progression requirements for a major. Both grades received in the course are entered on the transcript. The higher of the two grades will be used in calculating the grade point average. Credit will be given only once. If, after taking the course a second time, a student has not achieved the required grade, s/he should meet with his or her academic faculty advisor to discuss implications.
Courses transferred from accredited colleges or universities may also be used under the Course Retake Policy. For a course to be accepted, a grade of "C" or better must be attained. As is true for any course transferred into Keene State College, the grade is not entered on the transcript nor calculated as part of the grade point average. The original grade earned at Keene State College will no longer be factored into the grade point average, but it remains on the transcript.
Students taking advantage of the policy must register for the course, pay tuition, and complete a course retake form and, if necessary, a course substitution form.
Opportunities to use the Course Retake Policy end upon baccalaureate graduation. The Course Retake Policy does not apply to courses taken for graduate credit.
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Entertainment sites were among the top traffic getters, with Grab.com, an entertainment and gaming site offering a $1 billion jackpot, the top newcomer of the year with 13.5 million unique visitors in December 2000. Traffic to the site increased by 115.8% since its debut in March at 6.2 million unique visitors. Top advertiser Half.com was the top gainer among the top 25 newcomers according to post-debut traffic growth. With nearly 800 million online-ad impressions in 2000, traffic to the site grew 537.2% since it first appeared in March, increasing from 1.3 million to 8.2 million unique visitors in December 2000.
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There probably isn't a single person who can drive that doesn't enjoy getting a new car. There's the excitement of going out and looking at all the different models, getting to take them for test drives, taking in that new car smell, almost makes a person giddy until they take a look at the sticker price. Then you suddenly come down to earth. It's called sticker shock and there harsh reality that your personal finances simply couldn't survive that price. Well, try not to get too discouraged, it may take some time but if you consider following the steps below, you should be able to find the right new car for both you and your wallet.
You are going to first need to do some research from home by looking online at the different dealership sites. First pick what kinds of cars you are most interested in like a Chevy or Ford for example. They all have their own websites so you can go and check out their prices for their different makes they offer, find the trade in values and then locate a local dealership. You will simply need to type in your zip code and then the site will give you the name, the address, the web address and the phone number of the local dealer. It's really a good idea to check out the different prices on the local dealer website if they have one than from the manufacturer's website. You also may run into sales by the dealer when you are doing your research.
Next thing you should do is to call your car insurance company. Do this after you think you have found a couple of cars that you might like and then see what the insurance would be on those particular cars. This is a huge factor when you are considering buying yourself a new car. Then you will add the difference between what you are paying now and the new car and try and fit that into your budget.
Now you need to make sure that you make up a budget. You will of course need to write down all of your expenses and then subtract that total from what your bring home pay is. Just because the finance companies go by your gross pay this is not something you should do. Always base your budget on your net pay and not your gross pay. This will let you know if you have the extra money to be able to make a car payment.
If your budget indicates that you should be able to afford a car payment then you should go to the different dealers and talk to a salesperson at the different lots. Let them know exactly what payment range that you can deal with and make sure you are firm about this. You have all the information that you need when you get there, your budget, the trade in value of your present car and the price range you are looking for, so this should go smoothly.
Once you have given him all that information you can start looking around the car lot. Make sure that the salesperson only shows you cars that are going to fit into your payment range. They should tell you about any rebates or specials they have going on, if they don't make sure to ask them because a good rebate or special could make all the difference in the world on whether or not you'll be able to afford the car or not.
By knowing the kind of car you want, how much you can afford to pay for both the car payment and the insurance and already knowing the trade in value of your car is going to make it a lot easier for you to be able to find just the right car that you can afford to buy and it should make looking for a car and getting the transaction done a lot easier.
Note: If a salesperson at one lot isn't willing to listen to you or work with you then simple leave and move onto another dealership. Remember, you are the one in charge, not them. You know what you can afford so don't let them talk you into anything else just because they are trying to make more commission!


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Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Macaroni and Cheese
We made up some macaroni and cheese last Friday. We made up a lot because used we ended up using 2 packages of elbow noodles, 1 1/2 loafs of Velveeta Cheese, and 2 cups of cream.
So I will write the recipe for half of amount we used:
1 package of elbow noodles
3/4 loaf of Velveeta Cheese
1 cup cream
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cup bread crumbs
Cooked according of package directions, in the mean time,
Cup up Velveeta into small cubes.
Mix cream and cheese over low-medium heat until cheese is melted (maybe use a double boiler as I had cheese burnt on the bottom of the pan.)
Combine noodles and cheese and place in 9x13 pan, salt and pepper to taste, top with bread crumbs.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until bread crumbs are brown.
Posted by Julie Huston at 3:42 PM
Labels: cheese, macaroni and cheese, Velveeta
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I was just pregnant with Mori when I started to search for different baby carriers. Something that would give comfort not only to my baby but, also to me.
I didn't actually bother to look again for a carrier after giving birth but, come 4th month of Mori, I felt the need to search for the right one for me and my little one. When Mori turned 6 weeks old, her godmother gave her a baby carrier from Japan, and no doubt with the quality and comfy however, I can't use it to Mori just yet.
Finally, was able to be aware about baby wearing. At first, I hesitated, because for one, I don't know where can I find it as it is not available in the province and two, I don't know how to use it thus, safety and security of my baby is uncertain.
Then, I found SaYa baby carrier. I thoroughly searched first about how secure and safe it is for both of us, how to use it and where to find them. And, thanks to Indigobaby's instagram, they sell online and they offer not only the SaYa baby carrier but also some other carriers you might be comfy with depending on what works for you and your little one.
The SaYa baby carrier is made of clothe – 80% Nylon and 20% Spandex. I personally chose this kind of carrier because its handy, it goes to mom's fashion due to its color and more importantly, my little one will feel comfy and secured. The SaYa VTB is a little stretchable, enough stretch for my baby to adjust.
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Some helpful links to our favorite kitty (and dog!) spots!
Cat Care
Barnwater Cat Rescue is now offering luxury boarding!
Two bedrooms available, one whole room just for cats! Toys, canned food (both premium and grain free) and also a selection of dry food. Contact Kris Field, 303-759-2855.
Pet Adoption – Blog post
HomeoAnimal – The Ultimate Guide to Pet Adoption
Another good cat care site
Litter Box Issues
Planet Urine
Cat box and inappropriate urination help for cats and dogs
Ferals/Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR)
Feline Fix
Spay/neuter for community cats and some family cats
Northern Colorado Friends of Ferals
Helping feral cats in Larimer County and Northern Colorado
Alley Cat Allies
More about feral cats and how to help
Longmont Friends of Ferals
Spay/neuter of community cats in Longmont
Moving and Microchipping
How to find a Pet-Friendly Apartment
3 Tips for Finding Pet Friendly Apartment
Food and Supplies
Poudre Feed
Loveland and Fort Collins locations
Precious Cat has been very kind to Duncan's Place (Dr. Elsey's Brand products.) Also has advice on litter box issues.
Merrick Co. has donated thousands of pounds of food to Duncan's Place
Use code PBK12196180 for 10% off and donation to Duncan's Place!
Best Cat Food of 2018 – Reviews.com
Rescues (Please contact Cathy to have your rescue added!)
Black Dog Animal Rescue-Wyoming
Dogs and Cats
Colorado Animal Welfare League (CAWL)
Spay/neuter and adoptions in Colorado and the surrounding states of Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming, and New Mexico
Elder Pet Care
909 N. College Ave in Fort Collins. 970-493-2657. Low-cost/sliding scale fee for seniors and people who otherwise could not afford veterinary care for their pets.
State and National Financial Aid for Pets
Cat Care Society
Cat Clinic offers subsidized services (Lakewood)
Friends Rescue Animal Network (Statewide)
Harley's Hope Foundation (Statewide)
The Ladybug Fund (Statewide)
PetAid Colorado (Archuleta, Logan, and Morgan Counties) Care Grants. Applications must be submitted by a veterinary clinic
PetAid Colorado Animal Hospital (Denver) Discounted veterinary services for low-income residents
Ark Valley Humane Society (Chaffee County) PAL Program, Provides interest free loans for unexpected vet expenses or pet rental deposits
The Cartwright Foundation (Denver/Front Range Area) Ginger's Legacy, Owner is required to pay some costs upfront
For Pets' Sake Humane Society (Dolores and Montezuma Counties) Also offers assistance with spay/neuter and low-cost vaccinations
Thomas Veterinary Clinic (Fort Collins) Elder Pet Care Provides sliding scale discounts offered to clients age 55 and over
Denkai Animal Sanctuary (Greeley and surrounding area) Offers subsidized services by their veterinary clinic
S.N.I.P. Larimer County Humane Society, 970-226-3642. They will help with some cat and dog spay and neuters at the discretion of the Animal Control officer, call for details.
LAPS (League for Animals and People of Summit County-Blue River, Breckenridge, Dillon, Frisco, Heeney, Keystone, Montezuma, Silverthorne)
Businesses that Support Duncan's Place, Meow!
- 4th Street Chronicle
- Alley Cat Allies
- Butler Schein
- The Crunchy Grocer
- CSU Cat Care Conference
- Dogs, Baths, and Beyond
- Cosmic Dog
- Generations Wine and Martini Bar
- Great Harvest Bread Company
- Grimm Brothers
- Henry's Pub
- Heska
- Idexx
- Independence Gallery
- Loveland Aleworks
- Marcy Stonecipher Music
- Merrick Pet Foods
- Oskar Blues
- Petco and Petco Foundation
- Poudre Feed
- Pourhouse
- The Rialto Theater
- Studio Vino
- Wal-Mart
- Worthington Animal Hospital


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Digging and barking are typically outgrowths of boredom or fear.
- Creating good behaviors start with productive play, which allows dogs to expend excess energy.
- Every time you throw a KONG toy, the unpredictable bounce ensures no two games are ever the same, keeping the dog engaged and excited for more.
- A stuffed KONG is also helpful for a dog left outside to play. Directing their energy toward something positive, like working for the food inside the toy, diminishes bad behaviors.


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Transmission, Inheritance, Emulation 10
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Re: Transmission, Inheritance, Emulation 10
George S. Ledyard
As foreigners studying the art of Aikido, the cultural context of which you speak is necessarily what we choose to make it, since the art has no organic context of its own in our culture.
PAG. Yes, I agree. The cultural context is there, however, as a matter of fact: it can be studied and mastered by those who want to do. Those who do not will then need to solve the contradictions posed by the essentially Japanese nature of aikido. Judo has had this problem, also kendo and karate. I know from lengthy conversations with Doshu that the Aikikai do not want aikido to go in this direction, which they fear is likely if aikido is separated unduly from its Japanese cultural context.
However, in some respects Kisshomaru Ueshiba let the genie out of the bottle by deciding to propagate aikido at home and abroad as a 'popular' martial art. However, I think he believed that people would accept that it was a good, beneficial, part of Japanese culture, which counterbalanced the negative aspects experienced in the Pacific War. I think that Morihei Ueshiba gradually acquiesced in Kisshomaru's vision (really, he was not the type to stop it), but still saw himself as an avatar, fashioning ubuya on the Floating Bridge of Heaven, right till the end of his life.
Kisshomaru had a completely different cast of mind from his father's—and there is good and bad about this. His biography details Morihei's reaction when he broached the subject of an aikido demonstration, which was held in 1956. Since the English translation has not yet been published in the US, here is a lengthy quote:
"Up until this moment, demonstrations and lectures about aikido were given by O Sensei alone, and exclusively in the setting of existing dojos. The only exceptions were the official Budo enbu (public demonstrations of various arts) in which O Sensei had participated as a guest. He detested the idea of demonstrating for the general public. True budo involved struggle, and invoked the stakes of life and death, so he felt that its inner secrets should be transmitted only to sincere seekers. He believed that to show the secrets freely to outsiders would be immoral, a kind of devaluation or disrespect for the art.
"These feelings were perfectly understandable to us. Yet we also knew that, without greater openness, it would be difficult to propagate the art of aikido as we went forward. Shigeho Tokunaga and I worked very hard on crafting a proposal to O Sensei for a demonstration to the general public—although, to make matters worse, given the lack of appropriate venues, we had to propose that the demonstration take place on the roof of a department store. We expected to be met with thunderous yelling, but we had come to the conclusion that only such a demonstration would enable us to make a decisive leap forward, and expand the awareness and practice of aikido in a way suitable for the times. I made up my mind and went to propose this to O Sensei.
"As he listened, his face gradually turned red and his veins began to pop out with just the anger we had anticipated, and he pursed his lips in a frown. Once he had listened to what I had to say, he closed his eyes and meditated for some time. Then he slowly gave his answer. 'Very well. Perhaps it is necessary to reach out to all levels of society. If it helps to clear the muddy stream, this old man will do his best to demonstrate the essence of aikido. I have already put you in charge. As long as you follow the path of helping society and helping humanity, I have no objection to what you propose. Make use of this old man to help you reach your goals.'
"Sometimes I think back on this moment and I can see how difficult this decision must have been for O Sensei. It gives me greatest happiness that he chose as he did, and expressed his decision in that way. A person who heard this story said, 'Perhaps O Sensei accepted this idea because you were his son. After all, O Sensei is a parent and a parent's love is very great.'
"The five-day demonstration on the roof of the Takashimaya store was truly spectacular." (
A Life in Aikido
, pp.299-301.)
Kisshomaru does not explain to what extent weapons featured in the demonstration. However, O Sensei's main uke was Tamura Sensei and I will meet him next week and ask him. Earlier in his biography, Kisshomaru casually mentions that Shigeho Tokunaga, "helped me develop a new format for demonstrations." I wonder (I do not know) if this was when the dreaded tachi-dori / jo-dori / tanto-dori format received official baptism.
In this respect, I give a personal anecdote. After I came to Japan, I once gave a demonstration to mark an anniversary in a neighboring prefecture. The shihan had been a deshi of Aritoshi Murashige and was noted for his rough keiko. I think I was around 3rd dan and my demonstration consisted almost entirely of koshi-waza and ganseki-otoshi, in a style beloved of Hiroshi Isoyama. My uke was an agile and flexible university student and it would never have occurred to him to be anything less than cooperative in any waza. However, I heard later that the reaction from Doshu, who saw the demonstration was that I was doing ranbo aikido (乱暴 is violent, rude, wild). So when I gave a demonstration at the big jamboree held every year in May, at the Nippon Budokan, I was required by my Dojo-cho to show only smooth, flowing, basic waza, with big circles: the type of aikido favoured by Kisshomaru Doshu. Needless to say, that was my last demonstration at this event.
In the above quotation Kisshomaru describes an encounter with his father. I will discuss the relations between Kisshomaru Ueshiba and his father in a future column, but I think we need to make a major mental leap, in order to imagine life in the Ueshiba household—or the Takeda household, for that matter. It is hard to think of a contemporary parallel. The Sopranos? Hardly. Morihei was famous for his volcanic explosions; Kisshomaru came to be noted for his glacial stare and abrupt change of subject.
George S. Ledyard
I definitely do not see this as trying to duplicate some aspect of samurai culture or an attempt to be more Japanese than the Japanese. It's simply my own belief that weapons work will yield an understanding of various principles at work in our art better than other methods. I think these principles are universal rather than cultural; we can understand them as well as any Japanese person, even though we have a different cultural context.
PAG. Yes, I agree with you here, also, but I think we need to be what kind of weapons work is in question here. I ask because one of my Dutch students spent some time studying medieval European sword forms, of the type studied by Lichtenauer and collected in various technical manuals (the sword being the straight, double sided, tsurugi type). It had zero influence on his aikido. Sugano Sensei, however, became expert in European fencing before he had his leg amputated. Morihei Ueshiba appears to have trained with the spear, naginata, bo, jo, as well as the sword, but not with the kusarigama, for example.
In my opinion, there are several crucial ingredients to aikido training (in no particular order). Some are solo; some need to be done with a partner:
(1) Training similar to the kind of individual body training practiced in sumo;
(2) Training similar to the kind of grappling practiced in sumo, or ju/aiki-jutsu;
(3) Training with weapons.
Best wishes,
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The Financial Services Authority demanded more "openness" from Bob Diamond when it approved his appointment as chief executive of Barclays in September 2010.
Memos and correspondence published by the Treasury select committee on Wednesday in the wake of Diamond's resignation over the Libor scandal also reveal that the FSA was aware of an investigation into the rigging of the key interest rate when it authorised his promotion.
When the £290m fine for Libor-fixing was announced in June this year, Diamond was not found to be involved. But he left five days later, after Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King intervened to say that regulators had lost confidence in the Barclays boss.
One memo released on Wednesday shows that the then-head of the FSA, Hector Sants, told Marcus Agius, who will step down as Barclays chairman next month, that the regulator's attitude towards Diamond could harden once the Libor investigation was completed.
The memo was released after Sants wrote to the committee to take issue with Agius's assertion that the Libor affair had not been discussed at the time of Diamond's promotion. "I specifically made clear that we reserved the right to reassess [Diamond's] suitability in the light of the conclusions reached by this investigation and requested he made this clear to Mr Diamond," said Sants in a letter to the committee chairman, Andrew Tyrie.
"I made clear that our concerns about Barclays culture were not some generic observation but specific to Barclays and asked that these concerns be communicated by Mr Agius to Mr Diamond," Sants wrote.
The FSA's record of Sants's meeting with Agius in September 2010 reveals the Barclays chairman acknowledging that Diamond had lost out on the chief executive role six years earlier, when John Varley won the top job, and that Varley had agreed to be a mentor to his successor before quitting at the end of December 2010.
Identifying the executives involved by their initials, the FSA's record of the meeting says: "JV will … coach BD in his remaining six months. MA added that whilst BD is very competitive and lost out in the previous CEO selection to JV he suspects we will now see him mature and relaxed given he has now achieved his goal.
"HS explained that the relationship with BD had not reached the level of openness, transparency and willingness to air issues with the FSA [as] has been the case with John Varley. BD therefore needs further development in this area as he steps up to CEO. BD did not disagree with this point in the interview process and undertook to address," the memo said.
It also shows Sants told Agius of the FSA's concerns about succession planning in Barclays Capital, the investment banking business that Diamond was then running, following Diamond's promotion to the top job.
Sants also indicated the regulator was concerned that the division that had raised most alarm bells about risk at Barclays – the investment bank – was the one being run by Diamond at the time.
"HS explained the FSA's historical concerns regarding Barclays risk appetite and control framework. He acknowledged the progress made by JV and the work underway addressing the FSA concerns. However at the time of the FSA concerns BD was managing the area within the group where the concerns were foremost therefore it is important that in his new role as CEO he ensure the continued progress of initiatives the group has commenced," the memo said.
Agius told Sants that Diamond was "on board" and that it was the "collective judgement of the board that BD will rise to these challenges and succeed".
This article was written by Jill Treanor, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 19th September 2012 15.13 Europe/London
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Comment: They are not contrails.
April 1, 2011
Aircraft condensation trails criss-crossing the sky may be warming the planet on a normal day more than the carbon dioxide emitted by all planes since the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903, a study said on Tuesday.
It indicated that contrails — white lines of Vapor left by jet engines — also have big knock-on effects by adding to the formation of high-altitude, heat-trapping cirrus clouds as the lines break up.
The findings may help governments fix penalties on planes' greenhouse gas emissions in a U.N.-led assault on climate change. Or new engines might be designed to limit Vapor and instead spit out water drops or ice that fall from the sky.
"Aircraft condensation trails and the clouds that form from them may be causing more warming today than all the aircraft-emitted carbon dioxide (CO2) that has accumulated in the atmosphere since the start of aviation," the journal Nature Climate Change said in a statement of the findings.


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The Co-operative Group has overhauled its senior executive board only one week after the embattled company lost its chief executive officer Euan Sutherland.
The Co-op announced in a statement that is also delaying the publication of its annual results and report and accounts, previously due on 26 March, until 17 April, while it deals with Sutherland's departure.
"I am pleased to be announcing these changes to our management team, which mean we are better positioned to tackle the complex issues we face," said Richard Pennycook, Interim Group CEO.
"We are focused on the hard work needed to complete the development of our new strategy. This is the right team to deliver that strategy in the interests of all our stakeholders - customers, colleagues and members."
On 11 March, Sutherland resigned in a letter after deeming the bank "ungovernable".
Sutherland offered to leave, as the bank tries to overhaul its structure and strategy after near financial collapse and a sex and drugs scandal involving its former chairman Paul Flowers.
Sutherland is thought to be "demoralised and fed-up."
Trouble started in May 2013, after the Co-op Bank's head of banking Barry Tootell resigned after ratings agency Moody's suggested that the British government may have to bailout the lender.
Moody's slashed the bank's debt rating to "junk" status, due to concerns that the lender had a black hole in its balance sheet.
On 22 November, police arrested former chairman Paul Flowers, as part of an investigation into the supply of illegal drugs. He has since been bailed.
In January 2013, the Co-op unveiled the first set of details surrounding its benchmark internal review.
Co-op's Management Changes
Steve Murrells, CEO Retail:
Will maintain responsibility for Food, Pharmacy, Farms and E-Store but will also take responsibility for property and estates.
Martyn Hulme, Managing Director Co-operative Estates:
Will report to Murrells.
Rod Bulmer joins the Management Executive as CEO Consumer Services:
He was previously Deputy Chief Executive at The Co-op Bank. He joins the Group in June and will have responsibility for General Insurance, Funeralcare and Legal Services.
Alistair Asher retains his current role as General Counsel, along with his seat on the Bank Board and his Chairmanship of Co-operative Legal Services. Additionally, the Company Secretarial and Governance teams will report into Alistair.
Nick Folland, Chief External Affairs Officer:
He will be adding responsibility for all aspects of Membership and Social Goals to his existing responsibilities for internal and external communications.
Gill Barr, Marketing Director:
He will now report to Folland
Claire Davies has been appointed as Group Secretary:
She joins the business from Lloyds Banking Group. She will work closely with Alistair Asher and will report to Ursula Lidbetter, Group Chair, in the running of the Group Board and its Committees.
Sam Walker, previously HR Director Group Functions:
She has been appointed as Chief HR Officer and joins the Management Executive.
She succeeds Rebecca Skitt, who has left the business.
Paula Kerrigan joins the Management Executive as Chief Strategy Officer
She will continue to develop the Group's purpose and strategy.
A new Management Executive role of Chief Operating Officer will also be created, overseeing Finance/Procurement, IT, Risk and Transformation Delivery. Pennycook will assume this role once a permanent Group Chief Executive has been appointed.
Mark Craig, Director of Co-operative Relations, will be leaving the Group after more than 30 years.
Martyn Hulme, Gill Barr and Andy Haywood will give up their positions on the Management Executive, but will continue to oversee their respective functions.
Mark Summerfield has been appointed Managing Director of The Co-operative Banking Group. In that role he will run the General Insurance business as well as overseeing the ongoing work to separate the Group from The Co-operative Bank.


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Enough Americans to populate five El Salvadors remain below the poverty line in their own country. Whose responsibility is it to help those among these 25 million who have made every effort to lift themselves and still for various reasons fall below the line?
In less than two months a prime symbol of federal responsibility, the Community Services Administration, is scheduled to be dismantled. This diminishing of the federal antipoverty role is part of a trend that challenges states, localities, and individuals to renew their own responsibilities. The shift could give fresh practical meaning to the Old Testament recognition that sharing is not a zero-sum game: "He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack. . . ."
For the progress of each American is progress for all Americans. If President Reagan's overall economic program works as intended, the numbers in poverty should be reduced on the sound basis of more needed, productive, and remunerative employment. In the meantime, the effort to aid the poor has to make a virtue out of the changed circumstances.
It is the Community Services Administration that stepped in to help low-income families offset sudden rises in winter fuel bills, for example. It was the originator of the Head Start program, but it has been little known except to those receiving its benefits in local projects such as meals for the elderly, education for school dropouts, employment counseling, and home weatherization. It grew up after President Nixon moved to dismantle its predecessor antipoverty agency, the Office of Economic Opportunity.
Now the intention is to channel the agency's millions of dollars in antipoverty funds directly to the states for decisions on how to use them. The question is whether states will overcome the doubts of antipoverty workers about state sensitivity to antipoverty needs. A recent study by the National Urban League found that the poor are helped more by federal programs earmarking funds for specific purposes than by the general block grants favored by Mr. reagan, with allocation left up to the states. There is always a chance for slippage when the jurisdiction deciding on how to spend the money does not also have the responsibility for raising it.
But there is no reason that states cannot rise to the occasion and use their on-the-spot knowledge to do as well as or better than the federal government in matching antipoverty funds to antipoverty needs.Also, some of the local antipoverty people are seeing if private sources cannot be tapped to maintain useful programs.The record of volunteers is impressive, but more could join the ranks. The new spirit in the land could be proved to be one not of less care for the unfortunate but of more effective, more widespread caring for them.
The Urban League study showed that people are not doomed to remain in poverty.Of black Americans who had been poor at any time during the period of 1967-75, only a tenth were poor for the whole period. Those more than 25 million Americans identified as below the poverty line by the Census Bureau in 1979 are not the same millions as today.
Americans can get out of poverty -- and help others in turn. This has always been part of their story. It is up to them to begin a grand new chapter ins tead of closing the book.


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Obama calls rival 'Romney Hood' -- 'Robin Hood in reverse'
At a fundraiser in Connecticut, President Obama unveiled a new attack line on his opponent Mitt Romney's tax plans, calling him "Romney Hood," or "Robin Hood in reverse."
Obama often chides his rival's proposal as only helping the top and expecting everyone else to fend for themselves, but the president gave it a new twist Monday, harkening back to the legendary medieval English folk hero known for stealing from the rich and giving it the poor.
Obama cited a Tax Policy Center study, saying Romney would "effectively raise taxes on middle-class families with children by an average of $2,000 -- to pay for this tax cut. Not to reduce the deficit. ... He'd ask the middle class to pay more in taxes so that he could give another $250,000 tax cut to people making more than $3 million a year."
The audience booed, and then he delivered his new applause line: "It's like Robin Hood in reverse. It's Romney Hood."
The Romney camp fired back, saying Obama is the one in the race who will raise taxes.
"President Obama recently said the biggest regret of his first term was not telling better stories. He's trying to make up for it now, but his stories just aren't true. There's only one candidate in this race who's going to raise taxes on the American people – and that's Barack Obama," said Ryan Williams, a Romney campaign spokesman.
"While he's used taxpayer dollars to grow government and reward his donors, middle-class Americans have seen fewer jobs, lower incomes and less hope for the future. Mitt Romney has a plan for a stronger middle class – and, unlike President Obama, a record of accomplishment behind it," Williams added.
Obama was in Connecticut for a pair of fundraisers, the first at a hotel and the second at the home of Harvey Weinstein that also included Aaron Sorkin, Anne Hathaway, Anna Wintour and Jerry Springer.
Obama's being out-raised by Romney, who along with the RNC pulled in about $101 million compared to Obama's and the DNC's $75 million for the month of July.
At the fundraiser Monday, Obama noted he's expecting to be outspent. "Over the course of the next three months, the other side is going to spend more money than we have ever seen on ads that basically say the same thing you've been hearing for the past three months," the president said.


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As naturally flawed beings, it's generally accepted that occasionally we'll fail in spectacular fashion — whether it's in life, love, work, or just about any other facet of our existence. Sometimes those experiences begin as something wonderful, making the slow decline into failure all the more difficult to stomach and accept. This is a situation I found myself in recently. When after fighting my feelings for weeks, insisting that my love could conquer any obstacle, I came to terms with the fact that I was in an emotionally and physically abusive relationship with a pair of Chloé boots.
Let's backtrack a few weeks. I was casually perusing the racks of my favorite consignment store when suddenly, in what can only be described as a dreamlike sequence, a pair of leather thigh-high lace-up Chloé boots beckoned me over. "Please be my size, please be my size," I chanted. And as divine intervention would so have it, they were indeed my size. I threw my shoes off with the enthusiasm of a teenager about to get laid for the first time and carefully slid into the boots. As fellow shoppers cooed at the fabulousness of these shoes I knew they had to be mine. They were, in my completely deluded mind, an absolute steal at $275 (retail tag two grand!). I pranced out of the store feeling elated and giddy, another successful high-end snag.
I was beyond excited to wear them to dinner and bar hopping a few nights later, I was smiling ear to ear as I put my outfit together. And just as I emerged from my building, pep in my step, feeling like Rihanna, things got weird. The boots had already started falling below my thighs, awkwardly lingering and drooping around my knees. Uh Oh. Things only got worse as the night progressed. I found myself hunched over, pulling them up every ten minutes. My friend Nicole joked that I looked like I was about to pop a squat in the middle of the sidewalk (sexy, eh?). By the time I got home, the boots were scrunched up around my ankles and I was cursing the runway gods. My new favorite purchase had betrayed me.
Though upset, I was still committed to making these boots work. A few days later I tried again. Using tape usually reserved for keeping risqué tops in place, I lined the insides of the boots and firmly pressed them into my pants. I triumphantly walked into the office, boots still in place. Mutual love finally existed! That bond was short lived and by 1 p.m. the tape had completely disintegrated, creating a sticky gum-like mess I didn't even know how to clean up. I once again found myself with my boots around my ankles, growing even more frustrated. I went on to try all sorts of wacky tactics – safety pinning the boots to my jeans, using rubber bands to keep them up, tying them so tight they cut off my circulation, and even using metal rods to try to keep them in place. I once tied them so tightly around my legs that when I took them off a few hours later my legs were aggressively bruised at 4 inch intervals from my thighs to my ankles. These boots were kicking my ass.
At some point we've all experienced an epic retail fail like this. And if you've been fortunate enough to dodge this event, I promise it will happen eventually. It's heartbreaking to realize you've made a mistake that cost you money, time, and a good chunk of sanity. The good news? I've come up with a five-step process for evaluating your retail boo boo and acting on it:
1) Evaluate the situation: Have things really escalated to the point where nothing can be done to salvage this purchase? If at any point in time dealing with this item you found yourself a) borderline screaming b) softly sobbing or c) incapable of talking to friends about anything else – the answer is yes, yes they have.
2) Accept that you made an egregious mistake: Much like someone with an addiction of some sort, this is the point in time where you stop making excuses and embrace the error of your actions. You had a Tiger Woods moment. You were swayed by the prospect of something beautiful that you probably should have just left alone. And now you have to pay for it.
3) Prep for separation: Having accepted your mistake, this is the period where you start to gather yourself and think like a businesswoman (or businessman, don't pretend you're immune from bad purchases). If you've worn the item, make sure you spruce it up and make it look as pristine as possible. If you still have tags, receipts, authentication cards, dust bags, or anything else the item came with, those will all be immensely helpful in assuring potential buyers that what you have is legit. Do a little online research to find out if the item is still being sold in stores, determine how much it's selling for, and assess its popularity. Note: this is all assuming an item is non-returnable, obviously if you've never worn it just take it back.
4) Get rid of the item: Sure, you can let it sit around the house taunting you indefinitely with the prospect that maybe one day things will work out between the two of you. They won't. If it's a reasonably expensive item that someone else would want, try to sell it online yourself (most profitable outcome). Ebay is great, but finding sites that are more niche will yield a better financial outcome. Take high-quality photos in good light from a variety of angles and try to find a photo online of the item on a model. If that sounds like way too much effort, take your item to a consignment store, some will even give you cash upfront. You won't make back all your money, but at least some of the financial guilt will dissipate.
5) Understand that this will happen again: see paragraph #1.
I still haven't sold my boots, but I'm working on it! In the meantime, I'm just going to keep jamming out to this week's mix and assuring myself that I'll soon be rid of my most recent fashion mistake.


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Top 10 Reminders I'm back in Malaysia
Technorati tags: Humor, Top Ten, Malaysia, Reminders
Re-Post Note: Due to some glitch between Windows Live Writer and Blogger, this post got over-written by a latter post. What you're reading is a re-post. Thank goodness for backups...
Yes, sports fans, Walski's finally back home, after being away for 3 weeks in the UK. The journey back to KL (via Dubai) was mostly uneventful. Our flight out of London Heathrow was delayed about an hour due to a runway de-icing exercise (causing traffic backlog), but the flight itself was quite pleasant - 2 movies, half-an-hour's nap... one happy traveler.
A hazy Dubai skyline captured on the flight home
Okay, the luggage decided that it wanted an extra day in Dubai, but other than that, the trip home was pretty uneventful. Fortunately, it was a trip home, and being that we (the Mrs & Walski) made the conscious effort to not overpack, we still have most of our clothes at home.
And then, it came time to experience for ourselves that we were finally back in Malaysia...
(the Top Ten list, and more, in the full post)
Top 10 Reminders that Walski's back in Malaysia
10. Wet Public Toilets
One of the things that Walski will miss about the UK is the lack of trepidation whenever he walks into a public toilet.
9. People working behind counters hate their jobs (and show it)
Somehow, the term "customer service" is one that is generally absent from the vocabulary of folks working behind the counter. In some cases, "thank you", as well. Okay, it's improved over the years, to be fair, but still not a ubiquitously enjoyable experience.
8. Wet, and smelly, Public Toilets
Bad enough that they're wet, but somehow the smelly-ness is one key characteristic of Malaysian public toilets that somehow no disinfectant can overcome...
7. Lanes are a figment of the Malaysian driver's imagination
Driving in the UK was truly a pleasure - not even the motorway delays, queues, the M1 closure (more on that in a separate post), or the long distance traveled (over 1,600 km) took away the joy of driving. This is another area Malaysia and Malaysians can do with some improvement
6. Crappy radio, complete with totally annoying deejays
Somehow, and not being sexist here, all female Malaysian deejays have really whiny voices, and the male ones try too hard to sound cool (and fail miserably). Walski used to deejay on radio while in college, and he knows a lousy announcer when he hears one... most Malaysian deejays fit this bill, unfortunately. And the lack of good music just makes radio in Malaysia intolerable...
5. Waking up to 30 °C rain
Rain that you can go out and frolic in... without getting pneumonia... Joy!
4. Wet, and smelly Public Toilets with no tissue, toilet paper or soap
Is further elaboration really necessary?
3. Manageable hair
For some strange reason, the humidity helps the hair stay manageable. Every day in the UK was literally a bad hair day for Walski.
2. Crappy TV (Astro really leaves a lot to be desired)
One of the nicest things in the UK was the TV. Not just the Sky cable service, but even the free terrestrial TV... and when they say adult-oriented entertainment after 8pm, they really mean adult-oriented. Not the G-disguised-in-R-rating like in Malaysia
... and the Number 1 reminder that Walski's finally back in Malaysia:
Democracy and Due Process are still two concepts totally absent from the Malaysian vocabulary.
Yes, Walski's talking about Perak... and you'll definitely be hearing lots more thoughts from him on this one...
Yes, folks... it appears that Walski's finally home.