So, I get an e-mail today, right?
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Topic: So, I get an e-mail today, right?
Posted By: agentwhale007
Subject: So, I get an e-mail today, right?
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 2:56am
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...From the New York Times.
To be specific, a political editor of the New York Times. Like, at the desk, working on the paper. She is in charge of a project. Apparently they want representatives from what they consider to be some of the top college newspapers in the country to take part in their project. Somehow...my name came up. They are going to have me, and whoever else they picked, watch the upcoming presidential debates and do a live blog on how I feel about it, which will scroll along with the live feed they will run. So yeah. I don't even know what to say right now... |
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Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 3:03am
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Do the D.A.N.C.E, You were such a P.Y.T Do the D.A.N.C.E, The way you move is a mystery, Do the D.A.N.C.E, ------------- 
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Posted By: TheDude
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 3:04am
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Thats crazy man, congratz!
------------- "According to Sue Johanson, theres nothing that can increase your manhood, trust me I've already looked into it for myself." -Zata <keep the sigs friendly, please> |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 3:19am
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Just dont screw up, cause this could be a career breaker. But no pressure or anything... |
Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 3:51am
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major congrats! ------------- 
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 7:37am
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You may chap me sometimes, but I would never deny that you're a talented writer after having read some of your stuff. If you're getting called up, you earned it. Congratulations, and make the best of it. This could open a few doors for you later on. ------------- ? |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 7:40am
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sporx wrote:Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 7:50am
Shoutout to Tippmann forum to negate shens. 
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 8:20am
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Gratz.
Too bad i'm gona call in a bomb thread under your name (...kidding to any feds reading this) ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 8:23am
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Wow, gg.
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 10:43am
------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 10:46am
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Posted By: Pariel
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 10:53am
| Awesome! Let us know how to see your blog. |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 10:57am
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Now THAT would be awesome. But mad congrats for sure. Well earned. Great opportunity. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 11:10am
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Go for it! You've earned it and it would be a great resume builder and contact making opportunity. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 11:17am
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Make one reference to a meme.
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Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 11:19am
| Congrats Whale. |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 11:20am
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I think he should work forum member names into his blog. Thinking about it, he COULD use things like "Mack" "High Voltage" and others with inconspicuous names. ------------- ? |
Posted By: Predatorr
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 11:24am
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Congrats, your articles have always been good reads. Good luck, hope this opens some doors. |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 11:25am
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"Wow - McCain run over that question like a Mack truck. That's some High Voltage energy right there. Now let's see if Obama can cdacda the jmac all the way to pariel." hmm... ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 12:03pm
See? It's easy if you try. ------------- ? |
Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 12:32pm
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 12:46pm
Bonus points if you can work "DeTrevni" in there. 
------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 12:58pm
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 1:02pm
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"Obama's popularity level IS OVER 9000!!1!"
------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 1:24pm
OVER 9000!?!!?!111!/?1 Rickroll, Shrimpmill, or shoop da whoop |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 1:32pm
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 2:30pm
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You are going to blog. About your feelings.
(link us when it goes up) |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 2:44pm
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"Obama has over 9000 supporters here at UCF." I win you fools. Least obvious meme ever. ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 2:50pm
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Right on, congrats!
Well deserved. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 3:01pm
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Coolio.
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Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 5:40pm
What exactly is a bomb thread?
Hysteria seems like it would be quite easy to work in. |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 19 September 2008 at 2:35am
| you better still come to milwaukee. |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 19 September 2008 at 3:11am
I found Obama's stance on the genocide in Darur striking Also, congrats whale, well earned ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 3:31am
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So McCain is trying to back out of the debate.
This is mildly frustrating. I need to call my contact at the Times tomorrow and see what is going on. By the way, getting to say I am calling my contact at the Times kinda makes me happy in the pants. |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 6:53am
| We have this tradition at my school for plays in theatre to slip in "penis" in every play, you should too. |
Posted By: Pariel
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 8:09am
Hahahaha, that is AWESOME. |
Posted By: gh0st
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 9:16am
| I'm pretty sure you can slip bland in there... |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 12:46pm
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Chances are you can't get Gatyr in there inconspicuously. :( Sounds like you are just going to have to ruin your career and spam "GATYR IS AWESOME OMG" non-stop to make me happy. Congratulations on this, though. Goodness gracious this must be exciting for you. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 1:04pm
Probably during a reference to McCain's normal speech delivery. -------------
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Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 1:13pm
| News of the day, the debate is on like donkey kong. |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 5:17pm
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Spot the Whale!
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/do-not-post-meet-the-panelists/#more-6387 - Link. |
Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 5:19pm
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Awesome. (that Gator is pretty hawt. you should drive down to visit) ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 5:23pm
I concur, but Gainesville is north of Orlando, up in the panhandle. I guess that does make it in the "South" though. Also something to note, I am the only non-current-Editor-In-Chief of that whole bunch. I also wrote the least for my little biography thing. |
Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 5:27pm
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It's all "down there" to me... :) ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 5:33pm
Haha, nice. On further inspection, the University of Richmond guy has the same job I do. Nice. |
Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 5:42pm
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Gainseville is where Less than Jake is from. ------------- 
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Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 9:05pm
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congrats!
think you could slip"benttwig" in there somewhere?  ------------- Sig is WAY too big. |
Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 9:10pm
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GAH!!!! ANSWER THE FREAKING QUESTION!!!!! ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 9:24pm
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But I am reminded, given the "wow -racists" thread earlier, just how historic this moment really is. At Ole Miss, no less. well done, USA. ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 9:29pm
------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 9:47pm
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Whale's first post:
Alternative energy is a double edged sword here at UCF, where the large majority of students do not live on campus. So many students are driving and taking busses to class. Money is spent nearly every day on some sort of fuel, but how is that comparative to the costs of switching over? Universities in the state of Florida are already suffering from crippling budget cuts and hiring freezes. How much can we really spend Spending freezes are not going to help us here. A hiring freeze was implemented here in at the University, and it has done nothing but worsen the situation. We are stuck with an awful student to teacher ratio and awful budget issues, and we cannot bring aboard people to help ourselves. ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 10:01pm
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Good lord. Now they are comparing bracelets. ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 10:12pm
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Whale should let Susan Blog this for him. Might lead him
to a paying gig at the NY Times. ------------- 
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Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 10:22pm
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WOOT! Brewers score!!! ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 10:30pm
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This is actually a pretty darn good debate. I am thoroughly enjoying this. Both guys are smart, articulate, and not excessively getting stuck in their talking points. Certainly WAY better than the 2000/2004 debates. Next Thursday should be a circus, though. ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 10:38pm
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WOOT!!!
Brewers score three more! 5-1 lead in the 7th! ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 10:40pm
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Another Whale post: At a place the size of UCF, a place with over 50,000 students, we learn to understand that there will be people out there who are going to be different than us, who will see the world in an opposite way. How do we learn about them? How do we find out how they tick? By talking to them. That is why ideas like talking to foreign leaders is a good thing, and is based off of simple human psychology. I cannot imagine going around my university and refusing ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 10:40pm
Pft....Cubs > Brewers -------------  |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 10:41pm
The NYT formatting did a number on that on. 
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Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 10:44pm
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Welcome back! That was an interesting approach. Hard to follow both the quasi-blogging and the debate at the same time, though.
------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 10:47pm
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Not today. And the Mets lost! Woohoo! ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 11:11pm
I just finished my final thoughts, they should be posted earlier. I am curious as to what you (my political knowledge sensai) have to say about what I had to say. Say what? I think originally they were supposed to use another system, but it broke, so they ended up just having us quick-submit stuff. They were turning around stuff super quick, and honestly they took about 1/8 of what I typed. Not that I am complaining. I am so happy I got this opportunity. |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 29 September 2008 at 11:50pm
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Got another e-mail today. The panel got invited back to do the same thing with the VP debate.
I think the big debate was pretty close, with some telling features. However, this VP debate is not going to be pretty at all. The racked up gaffes this week on Palin sure don't add up for a rockstar debate performance. |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 29 September 2008 at 11:51pm
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You need to have some snazzy soundbytes lined up for when she does something particularly goofy. There should be ample opportunity to whip out the funny. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 30 September 2008 at 12:00am
This whole "Can't name a SCOTUS case other than Roe v. Wade" thing is really quite telling. I mean, come on. Baker v. Exxon happened THIS YEAR. In YOUR STATE. |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 01 October 2008 at 12:28am
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Am I the only one that doesnt know what time this upcoming VP debate is supposed to air on Thursday? ------------- 
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 01 October 2008 at 12:34am
I heard a rumor that to make it fair they were going to combine the debate with a swimsuit competition. Hows that for a visual you didn't need? -------------
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Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 01 October 2008 at 3:18am
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Sorry about the late response, but congratulations on a huge opportunity.
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 01 October 2008 at 3:26am
Am I the only one that thinks Biden would be hot in a 2-piece? ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 01 October 2008 at 7:12am
Yeah, that got a rather significant 'facepalm' from me....A few well aimed shots from Biden might send her flaming into the drink. ------------- ? |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 01 October 2008 at 11:09am
Yes, yes you are. Oh, and by the way . . . ewwwwwww! Edit:Thanks a lot by the way, I was only considering the traditional Miss America-style one pieces when I posted that. Now I'll have an image of Biden in a thong bottom stuck in my mind the rest of the day. (runs off screaming and waving arms) AAAAAAAUUUUGGGGGGHHHHH! -------------
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 01 October 2008 at 3:42pm
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 01 October 2008 at 3:47pm
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Thanks! I saw a Tv ad for it last night after I posted the question. Looks like I will have to catch a re-broadcast. -------------
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 01 October 2008 at 4:07pm
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 01 October 2008 at 4:35pm
Since Bruce never quoted the line "OMG GATYR IS AWESOME," I am saddened. At least you have one more chance.
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 02 October 2008 at 12:55am
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |