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Thanks man! Same to you. /pushing past 40 and really lacking any desire to foster my own offspring

I'm probably the worst person to ask. The book is a narrative about market (in)efficiencies and how a small market team with a very limited budget was able to compete on an uneven playing field. Being a baseball fan and a market technician, this book was written for me. If you've ever read Lewis' other books (Liar's Poker, The New New Thing, The Blind Side, or The Big Short) and liked them, then I would encourage you to read it. Like "The Blind Side", I don't think you'd need to read the book to enjoy the movie.

When I heard Aaron Sorkin signed on to write the screenplay and they cast Jonah Hill as Paul DePodesta I thought, "Wow, Seth from 'Superbad' is going to be explaining Adjusted OPS+ to Donna Moss during an animated walk-and-talk." Sign me up! I guess the character that Hill plays is a composite since DePodesta wouldn't allow his name to be used due to his problems with the script. I think he just didn't want to be portrayed as chubby. Michael Lewis always said that he wrote Moneyball so that he could write a follow-up to it about how the experiment turned out. Finding value in the market was novel, but the value in OBP has been over-valued and everyone is scrambling to come up with the new-new thing [see what I did there Lewis fans?]: fielding. And since fielding stats don't account for which guy makes an error because he can actually get to the ball (looking at you Derek Jeter), that brings scouting back into play. How that evolves over the next 10 years will be interesting. Anyway, I'll probably go see this one in the theater.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... Beerball reads "People"?

And I meant to comment on Treme. I really like that show. The music is fantastic. It's totally different from anything else in that I'm not looking for an ultimate ending. I love watching the characters move throughout their lives from week to week; so inter-connected. Hidalgo only is there because Sonny challenged the Houston bouncer to make a meaningful move in his life. Each character is so flawed, and yet they keep on moving... well except for Creighton. But that gives rise to Toni's & Sofia's struggles. It's rich and textured. Good TV. "Sazerac? Who throws Sazerac?"

If I lived where it rained that much, I'd go on a killing spree. Seriously, it does not rain that much in Seattle! The episode where they spend the entire hour looking for Jack was such a ham-handed way to develop Linden and Holder that should have been ongoing for the previous 10 episodes. I actually liked this past episode. I guess Bennett Ahmed is still alive, otherwise Stan wouldn't have been given bail, right? I'll watch to the end. I'll probably even watch next season where it will be a new cast, set in Phoenix and everyone will mention "yeah, but it's a dry heat".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZVdR19E5mU&NR

William Somerset: Ernest Hemingway once wrote, "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

I did like it, but I couldn't help of think, "the documentary was better". I'm betting that "Confidence Game" will be better than "Too Big to Fail". Trivia: Joey Slotnick was in both "movies". Always good to see that guy get work. More Trivia: The guy that played Steve Ballmer is the voice of Bender on Futurama.

I just love this clip from "Triumph of the Nerds": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOgOP_aqqtg

Looks great dev! http://homesoftherich.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/92925_jeterhousejpg.jpg

From a book I have on interviewing from way back in the day: "Do you have any question?" A good question. Almost always, this is a sign that the interview is drawing to a close, and that you have one more chance to make an impression. Remember the adage: People respect what you inspect, not what you expect. Create questions from any of the following: Find out why this job is open, who had it last, and what happened to him or her. Did he or she get promoted or fired? How many people have held this position in the last couple of years? What happened to them subsequently? Why did the interviewer join the company? How long has he or she been there? What is it about the company that keeps him or her there? To whom would you report? Will you get the opportunity to meet that person? Where is the job located? What are the travel requirements, if any? What type of training is required, and how long is it? What type of training is available? What would your first assignment be? What are the realistic chances for growth in the job? Where are the opportunities for greatest growth within the company? What are the skills and attributes most needed to get ahead in the company? Who will be the company's major competitor over the next few years? How does the interviewer fell the company stacks up against them? What has been the growth pattern of the company over the last five years? Is it profitable? Is the company privately or publicly owned? If there's a written job description, may you see it? How regularly do performance evaluations occur? What model do they follow? Quite of bit of this info should have been covered during the interview, but there's some good stuff in there. I would suggest that you already know if the company is privately/publicly owned - jeeze that's a bad question. Good luck!

You went to Cornell? Which acappella group did you join, "Here Comes Treble", the "Harmoniacs", or the "Doh-Ray-Mee-gos"?

Somewhere Rev. Shaw Moore nods in approval.

Without a doubt. He was surly to sports reporters and they're the ones that frame the public perception. Steve Carlton simply didn't speak to reporters, so they left him off the All-Century Team.

Barry Bonds to pay for Stow kids' college

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When I first got here, I had to go to the DMV to get my NC license (had to take a "written" test on the rules of the road, too - Aced it!*). I showed up at the DMV before it opened and got in line with about 20 other people. There was a guy there reading to us from the Good Book for about 10 minutes. They opened up the door and he thanked up for listening, walked in and took a seat at his desk. Everyone took it in stride. *The lady who processed me, an attractive 40-something with a Jimmy Johnson race car on her desk next to a picture of her and her John Daly look-alike husband, touched me on the hand and said in a pure southern belle accent, "I knew you'd do well, sweetie." I felt like going out and getting a nice unsweetened iced tea to celebrate.

Danny Caffee's "And the hits just keep on comin'" is a line that works, too. I remember an interview with a Simpsons' writer who said that the best line he ever wrote was "And here come the pretzels!" (from [4F08] "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson") because he felt people could use that in everyday life. One of the guys on the trade desk would always say that when the servers would crash and the call queue would immediately go from 0 to 100.

Bryan Cranston talked about this episode on the Adam Carolla podcast. In the industry, it's called a "Bottle Episode". They try to shoot the entire episode on one set to save money. "Community" even referenced the term once this season. Sometimes the writers get painted into a corner, but Vince Gilligan says that's when they do their best work.

I live in the Ballantyne area of Charlotte. There's a Bills bar in Ft. Mill & at least 3 here in CLT. Welcome!

So.... does this put Michelle Beadle back on the market?

Hasn't been mentioned yet: "Goodfellas" Wow.

T is great. She was on the podcast, but she got a job doing AM talk radio with Peter Tilden (790). Alison is the new T. Adam has mentioned that this takes time and T struggled with improv it at first (Adam & Bald Bryan are always harping on "Yes and" & "Not only that but...". She'll be fine.

I found Adam via the BS Report back in '08. I remember thinking, "I could listen to these guys all day." At the end he plugged his radio show, so I Googled that and saw that you could listen to the show in 2 hours via pods (literally 12 pods per show). I became a loyal "listener" and loved Teresa & Bald Bryan. When the show was cancelled and he went to pods, I kept tuning in. When Bald Bryan was diagnosed with brain cancer, I followed Christie's blog "An Inconvenient Tumor". I even emailed the CEO of Aetna when she mentioned that Bryan's Avastan treatments might not be covered. I listened to almost every podcast on the ACE Broadcasting Network (RIP "Daves of Thunder" & "Spider and the Henchman"). Jeeze, even "The Parent Experiment" is ok. I like Larry Miller, but I can understand why others wouldn't. Saw "The Hammer". Read "In 50 Years, We'll All Be Chicks". Loved them both. I even sent in an entry to "The Tournament of Rosen". I guess you could say I'm a fan. Happy he decided to stick with the pod. I think he remembered listening to Jack Silver talk about the "Wing Bowl" and decided he wanted to limit his exposure to idiots. Today's rant about leaving LA was funny, but I don't think he'd be able to get very many notable guests living in Portland or Seattle. You're stuck in the land of the La Brea Tar Pits, Aceman!