Search results

  1. vaara

    Will Palin run for President?

    OK, since some of those Palin posts got eated, here's another thread for you Palin-lovers to discuss why the rest of us are full of shit. :p
  2. vaara

    Men are 7x more likely to leave a spouse who has cancer

    :wow http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/men-more-likely-to-leave-spouse-with-cancer/?hp Damn. :thumbdown
  3. vaara

    When are you moving out of California?

    With all the talk on here about how California is hell on earth, I thought it would be interesting to see when exactly people are planning to leave the state. (This has absolutely nothing to do with my desire to buy real estate within the next 3-5 years. Honest. :angel)
  4. vaara

    Pat Boone calls for "massive voter gas"

    :confused :wtf :rofl http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=114547 Preceded, no doubt, by the world's largest-ever bean supper.
  5. vaara

    Bay Bridge cable snaps

    Holy crap. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/27/BAO81ABJTF.DTL&tsp=1 Upper deck, near the new S curve. :facepalm Hit 3 cars. The BB is sure to be FUBAR for a few days at least.
  6. vaara

    Schwarzenegger vetoes AB1176

    ... which would have addressed some financing issues with the Port of San Francisco. But that's not the newsworthy part -- it's how he did it. :rofl
  7. vaara

    Feds recommend halting medical marijuana prosecutions

    'Bout damn time. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125595221988793895.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories Still a long way from full nationwide legalization, but I suppose half a toke is better than none.
  8. vaara

    Obama abolishes U.S., overthrown in coup

    ... in Bizarro Tin-Foil Hat World. You "teabaggers" may want to grab some lotion and Kleenex before watching this: http://www.usofearth.com/2011-obamas-coup-fails.php Funny future news is funny: http://www.usofearth.com/prefectSHistory.php :rofl
  9. vaara

    L.A. study seeks cause of increase in motorcycle deaths

    Discuss. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/10/the-first-us-motorcycle-crash-causation-study-in-30-years-begins.html Nothing we haven't already hashed over here ad nauseam, and the sample size of 300 is ludicrously low, but it'll still be interesting to see what they find. Oh, and the...
  10. vaara

    I had a "MacGyver" moment

    Was on a group ride yesterday on Highway 155 in Kern County. My SO and I caught up to another small group of friends... despite being on super-duper sportbikes, they were going fairly slowly (60mph or so) and slowing down more and more. Finally the lead rider -- on a brand-new 1098 no less --...
  11. vaara

    Q for credit gurus (re: DirecTV & d-bag ex-roommate)

    OK, here's the dealio. Last September, I moved in with (someone I thought was) a friend who lives in a shared condo in Hayward. One day our Comcast died, and my roommate -- who "owned" the Comcast account -- was so irate that he decided to ditch Comcast & sign up for alternate cable and...
  12. vaara

    Have you ever worked in the moto industry?

    Check all that apply. :) (and by "work" I mean "remunerated labor," i.e. not just doing fun stuff for free.)
  13. vaara

    Columnist advocates military coup against Obama

    :wtf http://www.newsmax.com/john_perry/obama_military_coup/2009/09/29/266012.html Curiouser and curiouser...
  14. vaara

    The "No Emoticons Allowed" Thread

    OK, so I thought it would be mildly interesting to see if we as a group are actually capable of communicating without using smiley faces or other emoticons. I suspect not. So let's see how long until someone uses a smiley. (Emoticons in pre-existing sig lines don't count.) I predict FAIL within...
  15. vaara

    "Playboy" makes men ghey

    who knew?? http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/09/coburn-aide-if-boys-knew-porn-will-turn-them-gay-they-wont-want-playboy.php :wtf
  16. vaara

    Darwin film "too controversial" for U.S.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6173399/Charles-Darwin-film-too-controversial-for-religious-America.html Guess we'll have to wait for the DVD.
  17. vaara

    SF to shut down eastbound Market St. at 6th

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/09/MNNI19KOK8.DTL This madness starts on 9/29 and is supposed to last for 6 weeks. Which means that those of us who rely on SOMA surface streets to get around are truly fucked. :mad Guess it's all part of the Mayor's plan to hide all of...
  18. vaara

    World War II began 70 years ago today

    ... when Germany invaded Poland. Does your family have WWII stories? My grandfathers both served, but unfortunately I don't know very much about their service. I do know that my paternal grandfather, who was not a U.S. citizen yet, gained his citizenship by serving in the South Pacific. :flag...
  19. vaara

    Bizarre, disturbing homicide trends in SF and Oaklamd

    In SF, the murder rate is way down from last year. http://www.sfgate.com/maps/sfhomicides/ Last year there were 99 homicides in SF; as of August 5 of this year, there have been "only" 30. And a grand total of zero in the Mission District, which in 2008 was plagued by a series of gang-related...
  20. vaara

    How many books do you own?

    Overheard something on the radio about how kids these days don't read anymore, and that's the cause of all of our social problems, idiocracy, decline & fall of Western civilization, :getoffmylawn, :geezer :depends etc. So, what about you? How many books do you currently own? Me, I used to have...
Top