2012 Off topic thread(basketball,movies,etc whatever)

[Svino]

For some reason I thought he'd be something of a hero to you.

A lot of my friends like Woody Allen -- I know a lot of New York Jews. His style of neurotic humor just doesn't grab me, though.

[SPX]

I figured the intellectual, atheism-based sentiment would hook you.

[Mr. IWS]

Speaking of Japanese MMA, it's it just like 100% dead now? What happened there?

Japanese MMA is the equivilent of IWS.

Dead

[MMA_scientist]

A lot of my friends like Woody Allen -- I know a lot of New York Jews. His style of neurotic humor just doesn't grab me, though.

My family is actually a bunch of NY Jews... my mother was adopted, and we really didn't know we were "Jewish" until later in life. My mother reads all the Jewish news and is something of a neurotic, but I did not inherit that quality. So i just think his movies and the things that motivate his characters to be weird and not relateable-- and therefore not funny.

[MMA_scientist]

Anyone ever spent a significant amount of time in Charlotte, NC?

I have a job offer there. I am very seriously considering taking it.

Advise me. More money, but more responsibility and more time. Currently, I work for another attorney, get paid a pretty fair salary and also maintain my own practice part time. I pretty much make my own schedule, come and go as needed, and no one bothers me. I can work or not work, no one asks questions as long as the work gets done. I am completely autonomous. BUT, I have to keep my practice going to get what I consider an acceptable income. Also, it is a small office, I am going to be asked to buy the practice in a few years which could be good or bad. It is a pretty cushy set-up, but I am the bitch of another attorney. I used to have my own bitches, so it does sort of burn my ego a little.

The new job, I would be an executive, head of one of the practice areas of a larger firm. It is 25% more money and a better city. BUT, I am expected to account for my time- no more leaving at 3pm or slipping out for lunchtime BJJ 2x per week. The hours still aren't bad (only about 45) and the work really won't be that much more, it is just that it is more corporate, so they will probably get pissed if I just bail out at lunchtime all the time, like I do now.

So... should or should not? I am actually really torn here.

[poopoo333]

Do what's best for you..you don't want to relocate, get there, and be like "fuck, I want to go back". Is it a significant increase in salary?

[MMA_scientist]

It is about 25% increase, pretty significant. But I will lose my side income from my practice... so it only works out to a slight increase in pay, but I will only have to worry about one thing, which will be nice too.

[Mr. IWS]

Freedom on the job is worth money to Me (sounds like you too) That is a tough decision.

BTW, Im leaving work today early.

[MMA_scientist]

Freedom on the job is worth money to Me (sounds like you too) That is a tough decision.

BTW, Im leaving work today early.

yeah, it really is. I have always been pretty independent and I really don't like having someone watching/judging me. It is all relative though, it is not like anyone would be watching my work or how I run my department, it is more just that I would actually have to track my days off and when I leave early, I would have to note it and keep track- not that I couldn't do it. Still, I prefer the laid back dowhatiwannado approach of my current life.

[SPX]

Watching Bachelor Party right now. I'm not sure I knew Michael Dudikoff was in this shit. If I did, I forgot, so naturally I was like, holy shit that's Michael Dudikoff!

[Mr. IWS]

Good story on Shwartzenegger

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=8420216

[poopoo333]

I get what you guys saying with "freedom on the job". Obviously not the same circumstances as you guys, but at the little casino place I work at, I get to work alone and I fucking love it. Not having a co-worker is awesome.

[SPX]

Meg Ryan

Hot or Not?

[sbjj]

Meg Ryan

Hot or Not?

Not. Maybe cute in her prime at best.

[SPX]

She's cute, I think. Her face is actually a little oddly shaped and her tits are too small, but I think she's attractive.

Especially here: