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  1. Cygnus

    The body is good business

    :wtf I just saw a Kinect commercial with a Gang of Four sample. This is the best thing since Carribean Cruise Line used Iggy Pop's Lust for Life. What are your most (and least) favorite choices for music in ads? inspired choices? total sell-outs? i5pleZFUa4M
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    Hopyard (San Ramon) Tuesday, 11/16, 7pm

    Tuesday is Brewery Night at the Hopyard. The featured brewery manana is Russian River (Pliny, Blind Pig, Damnation, Temptation, et. al.) Around 8:00 is a raffle (brewery-branded t-shirts and glasses). Special pricing on RR brews all night (buy the glass, get a buck off your following beers)...
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    Accounting position

    BOOKKEEPER, FULL CHARGE EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: * AA accounting degree AND 3 years (min.) accounting experience OR no (or other) degree AND 5 years (min.) accounting experience * In-depth knowledge of QuickBooks and Excel RESPONSIBILITIES: * Manage Trust Fund...
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    Sept 28th, 7pm, San Ramon meet at The Hop Yard

    This will mark the first appearance of Dust Bowl Brewing Company at Brewery Night Tuesdays. This is the brewery that makes Hops of Wrath IPA. Brewery Night Tuesday typically includes cut rate prices on beers from featured brewery, and a swag raffle around 8:30. There is indoor and outdoor...
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    A's vs. Rangers, tonight (9/24), 7:05pm

    I've been offerred four tix to tonight's game. Anyone interested in joining me? Seats are right behind home plate.
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    What to do in Paso Robles?

    I've got Monday afternoon to kill in Paso Robles, and I'm not a wine drinker.
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    the final Danville OFG/OFW summer KS party

    some of us started our day at the Blackhawk. Here's something coachbuilt in Europe on a Cadillac V-16 chassis (you'll have to pardon me if some of the details are a bit fuzzy).
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    Well, that thread certainly went south...

    it's a given on BARF that any thread, however well-intentioned, however innocuously-titled, will eventually turn into a cage full of poo-flinging monkeys. Which thread left you saying "how the hell did we get here from there?" Which thread showed the best 'initial promise' on page one, and...
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    SJ/Mines/Del Puerto 5/6/10

    Thursday's weather looks very inviting. Anyone want to join me for part of this loop?
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    4/18, 3pm, Ace Cafe: Argentine TT Send-off Party

    from urbanmotomag.com: "Urban Moto writers Wade Boyd and Alx Torres Mori are taking Subculture Racing to Argentina where Wade will compete in the Argentine TT on a 19.5 mile course that is sure to rival the Isle of Man." Come on out and wish them "Bon voyage", "¡Buen viaje!", "Buena suerte"...
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    Yes Virginia, there really is a Mines Road sweeper truck

    I thought it was just an urban legend, but I saw it today, between the county line and The Junction.
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    Office helper, Campbell

    e-mail your resume to Jeanne Jacobs, jeanne@lpib.com the following is my unapproved editorial/summary (please make no reference to it, or to BARF, when you contact Jeanne): they want someone young and hip who knows how to work all of the latest desktop publishing software, so that they can...
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    Clothing for sale

    check your closet. do you have enough t-shirts for the coming months? there's a new one available that all the cool kids are wearing. order now before it goes out of style!
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    Weds, Feb 10th, Mines/Del Puerto/San Antonio Valley

    Anybody up for a ride to the Junction? from any direction, route TBD. Post up if you have a preference. Weather is supposed to be good.
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    What car/bike do you want, even if you can't ride/drive it?

    splitting off from this thread, which detoured onto the Canepa collection: What piece of wheeled machinery (still extant in a collection somewhere) would you like to have in your garage? not for riding or driving (if it still runs, assume that you would not be its driver at historic/revival...
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    Howard Zinn, dead at 87

    I have no doubt his legacy will survive. :rip
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    Mexi-cycles

    spent a few days in Mexico recently, and found the bike culture very different there. pic #1: this Ninja was one of the few that I saw that looked American. pic #2: I never got used to seeing quads being driven in traffic. some had plates, some, like this one, did not. pic #3: and I thought...
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    Earthquake!

    a couple nice jolts here in Los Gatos
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    Made it through another year, somehow.

    And you've made it through a bunch of years, much to everyone's surprise. Looking back, which year of your life came the closest to killing you? Which year conspired against you in the most diabolical ways? Which year did you need the most luck, just to survive all the stupid shit you were doing?
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    World's best (riding) road?

    between the BARF EuroTour thread and this TG vid, I'm wondering exactly what roads add up to the best week of riding in the world. So here's this thread's proposition to you: Your job has decided to furlough you for a week at the end of January (i.e., you don't need to take your laptop or your...
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