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Thing

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Reminds me of this sculpture that I used to run by regularly before they moved it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awakening_(sculpture)

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Jan 3·edited Jan 3

Also the model name of a motor vehicle manufactured by Volkswagen in the 1970s, IIRC.

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The hand in the photo at top reminds me of Thing from The Addams Family.

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CAL

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Go Bears!!!

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COLLEGE SPORTS

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Go Bears!

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PRO SPORTS

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DBD AV CLUB

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Jan 3·edited Jan 3

Equalizer 3...Netflix.

So great to see Dakota and Denzel together again...there is a scene involving a hand that is a Keith Jackson moment - WHOA NELLY.

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OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY

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Was wondering people's thoughts on the impact of Trump being removed from a few states ballots via 14th amendment challenges?

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it is just for the Republican primary right? presumably he will still get enough delegates to win the nomination.

it would be MUCH BIGGER DEAL if left off the election ballot. but i guess that is down the road only if he gets nomination?

i cant imagine that would actually stand. the Trump nominated Supreme Court would surely come to his rescue.

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My understanding of the Colorado one is that the request was barred from primary, but the ruling seems like barred altogether.

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SUBSTITUTE TEACHER

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I worked as a substitute teacher in the distant past. In terms of the respect you are afforded it's a notch above being a wharf rat. Does have the advantage of no lesson planning or grading but the work day can be extremely boring (if you're lucky) or a portal into the worst of human behavior.

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My paternal grandmother was a credentialed teacher who subbed and also took home teaching assignments with BUSD into her late 70s. She was also a certified WSI, which was very unusual for a woman in her generation.

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"... it's a notch above being a wharf rat."

BINGO!

Subbed for three years. If I had not gone on to get a credential and a permanent assignment, I never would have continued.

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Since SGBear is off entertaining himself, I think we should tell the substitute that we're in the middle of watching a movie in class, the more inappropriate the better

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I hear "Human Centipede" is a great selection for Biology when a substitute is present.

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and here I was thinking about the film version of Midsummer Night's Dream where Judi Dench is topless, apparently not ambitious enough

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