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rowech · 08-14-2013, 04:53 PM

The racial and gender stereotypes in back to school commercials is sickening.

Lathum · 08-14-2013, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by rowech

The racial and gender stereotypes in back to school commercials is sickening.

I think I know the exact commercial you are talking about.

Matthean · 08-14-2013, 09:22 PM

So actual elimination time in my nephew's baseball tourney at Cooperstown. Ranking is done by record and then runs given up. They got first overall out of 104 teams, and they were goofing off in their games by switching hitting, etc. after they got huge leads. If they win tonight they play at 9am tomorrow. Today's game is scheduled at 8:00pm. The game before them just got done at 10:10pm so at 10:20pm currently, they still haven't started.

Matthean · 08-14-2013, 09:56 PM

Up 6-0 after 1. My nephew hit a homer. Hopefully they can mercy rule and get some shut eye.

rowech · 08-14-2013, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

I think I know the exact commercial you are talking about.

There are a couple of them. Kmart and JCPenny have the two worst ones.

Matthean · 08-14-2013, 10:53 PM

15-2 mercy ruled. You could see they shut down in the 3rd. There's potential for 3 games tomorrow.

Matthean · 08-15-2013, 03:57 PM

Nephew pitched them to the championship game. I watched the scores of the other games so the last game should be rather good. Looks like the other team doesn't have as good of pitching, but they can hit the ball.

StLee · 08-15-2013, 05:36 PM

The That 70s Show actress recently shown with mugshot pictures died.

cuervo72 · 08-15-2013, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by StLee

The That 70s Show actress recently shown with mugshot pictures died.

cartman thread or it didn't happen.

Matthean · 08-15-2013, 09:58 PM

Cooperstown champs. 13-0 with a one hitter after 5. I think the only team they didn't mercy was in the semi-final. The announcers after the game said their starting pitcher was one of the most complete pitchers they had seen all season, and they are in week 11 of 13. It was the first Cooperstown title for the coach who has been coaching for awhile, and he made reference that one person can't joke about how he is the losingist coach in Cooperstown history anymore. It is awesome to just think of having that kind of an experience would be like for a kid.

INDalltheway · 08-15-2013, 10:06 PM

How old are they?

Matthean · 08-15-2013, 10:32 PM

He's 12. I'm not sure on the others. It is for 12 and under though.

Suicane75 · 08-16-2013, 02:23 AM

I'd like to open up a pet cemetery and name it Heaven To Pettsy.

Bad-example · 08-16-2013, 07:46 AM

Why is it my local hospital can save my life by installing a stent in under 2 hours, but after 7 days of effort I still can't get a refill of the pills they claimed I *must* take or I will die?

larrymcg421 · 08-17-2013, 04:10 PM

Patton Oswalt is trolling Twitter today and it's glorious. He's breaking up tweets in a way to make the second tweet appear offensive and idiots are totally getting outraged at the second tweets. Example:

Patton Oswalt ‏@pattonoswalt 1h These idiots who deny that clumsy change is real, and a pressing threat are no different from misogynists who claim that

Patton Oswalt ‏@pattonoswalt 1h Women enjoy rape. Grow the fuck up, all of you.

sterlingice · 08-17-2013, 04:46 PM

I still think Twitter is useless but this is quite funny:
"Our country's worth isn't in how many billionaires we produce or countries we conquer. History will judge use solely on how we tr"
"Eat the poor, disabled and hopeless. It's the only way we can insure our future."

EDIT: I read some more and most aren't very funny or clever, tho

SI

larrymcg421 · 08-17-2013, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

I still think Twitter is useless but this is quite funny:
"Our country's worth isn't in how many billionaires we produce or countries we conquer. History will judge use solely on how we tr"
"Eat the poor, disabled and hopeless. It's the only way we can insure our future."

EDIT: I read some more and most aren't very funny or clever, tho

SI

I think they're funny and clever insofar as they get stupid people worked up and outraged. Reading the replies is like reading literallyunbelievable.com

General Mike · 08-17-2013, 07:42 PM

WTF kind of uniforms are the Jaguars wearing?

CraigSca · 08-19-2013, 01:31 PM

I always thought the US was the fattest country. After reading an article on CNN about a teenage 1,345lb. man living in Saudi Arabia, I found the obesity percentages in Kuwait (42.8%) and Saudi Arabia (35.2%) interesting.

Draft Dodger · 08-19-2013, 04:05 PM

Australia has been creeping up as well, at least according to a headline I saw recently

DaddyTorgo · 08-19-2013, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CraigSca

I always thought the US was the fattest country. After reading an article on CNN about a teenage 1,345lb. man living in Saudi Arabia, I found the obesity percentages in Kuwait (42.8%) and Saudi Arabia (35.2%) interesting.

i saw the picture and the headline - that guy was a teenager???

FML

Lathum · 08-19-2013, 04:17 PM

The elevator back to the parking garage in a casino is one of the most depressing places on the planet.

cartman · 08-20-2013, 04:13 PM

Horribly addicting.

You Can't Do Simple Maths Under Pressure

sterlingice · 08-20-2013, 04:22 PM

Are there more than 10 levels?

SI

cartman · 08-20-2013, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Are there more than 10 levels?

SI

I don't know, I haven't gotten past Level 9 yet.

cartman · 08-20-2013, 05:01 PM

Looks like Level 10 is the end. Finally got questions on level 10 that weren't all time based.

TCY Junkie · 08-20-2013, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

Horribly addicting.

You Can't Do Simple Maths Under Pressure

Thanks that was fun for a minute or two. I messed up twice. One time I looked at the answer on the right and tried to figure out what x was in the equation, don't ask me why my brain did that but before I could stop it the time was running out. The other time, well I rushed myself. haha. This is right up my alley. I was bowling with a guy that was giving me lessons and I asked how many games and he said 2 or 3. And I thought 6 was a lot, I just find myself multiplying or adding things even when not called for. I don't even try, it just happens.

finketr · 08-20-2013, 05:28 PM

yawn. next.

TCY Junkie · 08-20-2013, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by finketr

yawn. next.

yeah, I wish they had like 95 levels of this.

Matthean · 08-21-2013, 09:14 PM

One story that is coming out from my nephew's team winning the Cooperstown title.

Las Vegas 12-year-old swats 11 homers in a row at Cooperstown tourney | Las Vegas Review-Journal

JonInMiddleGA · 08-26-2013, 08:14 AM

I stumbled across a video of last night's Miley Cyrus trainwreck.
Dear me.

That wasn't titillating, it was just scary. Looks, sounds and acts like a crack whore.

Ben E Lou · 08-26-2013, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I stumbled across a video of last night's Miley Cyrus trainwreck.
Dear me.

That wasn't titillating, it was just scary. Looks, sounds and acts like a crack whore.

Will Smith and family, allegedly during that performance:

gstelmack · 08-26-2013, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I stumbled across a video of last night's Miley Cyrus trainwreck.
Dear me.

That wasn't titillating, it was just scary. Looks, sounds and acts like a crack whore.

So, like the Super Bowl when MTV was still producing...

JonInMiddleGA · 08-26-2013, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

Will Smith and family, allegedly during that performance:

Yeah, I still haven't been convinced about the veracity of that pic. It's a good meme though

JonInMiddleGA · 08-26-2013, 10:29 AM

Crap, the headline doesn't show up. HuffPo has debunked the Smith family pic. That was actually taken during Gaga's performance (but it's more innocent than it appears)

Will Smith's Family Was Not Reacting To Miley Cyrus' Raunchy VMA Performance

Chief Rum · 08-26-2013, 10:39 AM

This isn't something I would have checked into myself, but I have a young roommate who seems to love this stuff, and he actually recorded the VMAs. So I got to watch Miley while doing a fantasy football draft.

I'll never get that wasted time back in my life. And I am convinced I drafted poorly during that performance as well.

Suicane75 · 08-26-2013, 11:28 AM

When I watch Miley and I get disturbed I try and think to when I was a kid and a teenager and wonder if that's how my parents perceived what I was watching or listening to. Then I compare the music, which may have been largely bad, but at least it was musicianship. This is just.......I don't get it.

It's getting to the point where I think her next video should just be her spread eagle, smothering apricot jam on her body while she yells at her father.

MacroGuru · 08-27-2013, 11:46 AM

For some reason I want to call someone a fuck stick today...I think I will walk around the office and find the right person for that title.

TCY Junkie · 08-27-2013, 02:58 PM

The first time I saw the selena gomez video come and get it, I instantly thought of Hell Atlantic

DaddyTorgo · 08-28-2013, 12:44 PM

Sometimes...

Client went to regulatory conference. Client came back convinced that we can't use the words "we believe we have a competitive advantage in XYZ" in response to a question asking "do you have a competitive advantage?" because the regulator is coming to come in, read all the questionnaires, and fine them for that.

Are you kidding me?

And that's just one example.

Matthean · 08-29-2013, 11:02 AM

Vince, Pt. II · 08-29-2013, 11:14 AM

Yesterday, I was sent to get a single meter read from a large (700+) apartment complex. All of the meters are in closets interspersed throughout the underground parking garage. I was given no direction as to which closet I was supposed to be going to. After 20+ minutes of wandering around checking closets, I finally came to the one I needed. I opened the door...

...to find a co-worker in there reading the meters already. Hooray efficiency.

Matthean · 08-31-2013, 02:11 PM

Twitter / MileyCyrus: "Mile, if twerkin woulda been ...

Sums up the Miley thing for me.

Suicane75 · 08-31-2013, 06:14 PM

Sticking your ass out and rubbing yourself off in public has been around forever, it's called porn.

JonInMiddleGA · 09-01-2013, 02:07 AM

Damn but Dio's Rainbow In The Dark is an awesome song.

gstelmack · 09-01-2013, 07:45 PM

My parents bought me a bag of Reese's Peanut Butter footballs to celebrate football season. Maybe I'm late to the party on this, but they seem to be shaped an awful lot like eggs. How cheap does Reese's have to be to pull off this marketing stunt, reusing their Easter production line for this?

Well, I hope that's what they're doing, and not repackaging the ones they didn't sell back at Easter...

PilotMan · 09-01-2013, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gstelmack

My parents bought me a bag of Reese's Peanut Butter footballs to celebrate football season. Maybe I'm late to the party on this, but they seem to be shaped an awful lot like eggs. How cheap does Reese's have to be to pull off this marketing stunt, reusing their Easter production line for this?

Well, I hope that's what they're doing, and not repackaging the ones they didn't sell back at Easter...

lol

Lathum · 09-02-2013, 04:25 PM

I think I have a foot fungus. My toenails are turning orange.

Easy Mac · 09-02-2013, 08:22 PM

I chased a bobcat cub this afternoon. It was hanging outside our vacation condo. I thought it was just an oversized cat but I ran after it to confirm. It ran away under another building. About 15 minutes later it was hanging out with its mom out back.

That could have ended poorly for me. I'm now terrified to walk the dog at night.

Bad-example · 09-02-2013, 08:46 PM

Wow, that's amazing!

Orange, you say?

08-14-2013, 09:22 PM	#11953
Matthean Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008	So actual elimination time in my nephew's baseball tourney at Cooperstown. Ranking is done by record and then runs given up. They got first overall out of 104 teams, and they were goofing off in their games by switching hitting, etc. after they got huge leads. If they win tonight they play at 9am tomorrow. Today's game is scheduled at 8:00pm. The game before them just got done at 10:10pm so at 10:20pm currently, they still haven't started. __________________ Board games: Bringing people back to the original social network, the table.

08-14-2013, 09:56 PM	#11954
Matthean Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008	Up 6-0 after 1. My nephew hit a homer. Hopefully they can mercy rule and get some shut eye. __________________ Board games: Bringing people back to the original social network, the table.

08-14-2013, 10:53 PM	#11956
Matthean Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008	15-2 mercy ruled. You could see they shut down in the 3rd. There's potential for 3 games tomorrow. __________________ Board games: Bringing people back to the original social network, the table.

08-15-2013, 03:57 PM	#11957
Matthean Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008	Nephew pitched them to the championship game. I watched the scores of the other games so the last game should be rather good. Looks like the other team doesn't have as good of pitching, but they can hit the ball. __________________ Board games: Bringing people back to the original social network, the table.

08-15-2013, 05:36 PM	#11958
StLee High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Daegu, Korea	The That 70s Show actress recently shown with mugshot pictures died. __________________ Lifelong fan of LSU sports and Saints football! ------------ Author of NCAA 128: Battle to ONE: http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...ad.php?t=85730 Softball in Korea 1 and 2: http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...softball+korea + http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...ad.php?t=83736

08-14-2013, 04:53 PM	#11951
rowech Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2006	The racial and gender stereotypes in back to school commercials is sickening.

08-15-2013, 09:58 PM	#11960
Matthean Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008	Cooperstown champs. 13-0 with a one hitter after 5. I think the only team they didn't mercy was in the semi-final. The announcers after the game said their starting pitcher was one of the most complete pitchers they had seen all season, and they are in week 11 of 13. It was the first Cooperstown title for the coach who has been coaching for awhile, and he made reference that one person can't joke about how he is the losingist coach in Cooperstown history anymore. It is awesome to just think of having that kind of an experience would be like for a kid. __________________ Board games: Bringing people back to the original social network, the table.

08-15-2013, 10:06 PM	#11961
INDalltheway College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Chicago	How old are they?

08-15-2013, 10:32 PM	#11962
Matthean Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008	He's 12. I'm not sure on the others. It is for 12 and under though. __________________ Board games: Bringing people back to the original social network, the table. Last edited by Matthean : 08-15-2013 at 10:33 PM.

08-16-2013, 02:23 AM	#11963
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	I'd like to open up a pet cemetery and name it Heaven To Pettsy.

08-16-2013, 07:46 AM	#11964
Bad-example College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: san jose CA	Why is it my local hospital can save my life by installing a stent in under 2 hours, but after 7 days of effort I still can't get a refill of the pills they claimed I must take or I will die?

08-17-2013, 04:10 PM	#11965
larrymcg421 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Georgia	Patton Oswalt is trolling Twitter today and it's glorious. He's breaking up tweets in a way to make the second tweet appear offensive and idiots are totally getting outraged at the second tweets. Example: Patton Oswalt ‏@pattonoswalt 1h These idiots who deny that clumsy change is real, and a pressing threat are no different from misogynists who claim that Patton Oswalt ‏@pattonoswalt 1h Women enjoy rape. Grow the fuck up, all of you. __________________ Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner

08-17-2013, 04:46 PM	#11966
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I still think Twitter is useless but this is quite funny: "Our country's worth isn't in how many billionaires we produce or countries we conquer. History will judge use solely on how we tr" "Eat the poor, disabled and hopeless. It's the only way we can insure our future." EDIT: I read some more and most aren't very funny or clever, tho SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 08-17-2013 at 04:51 PM.

08-17-2013, 07:42 PM	#11968
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	WTF kind of uniforms are the Jaguars wearing?

08-19-2013, 01:31 PM	#11969
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	I always thought the US was the fattest country. After reading an article on CNN about a teenage 1,345lb. man living in Saudi Arabia, I found the obesity percentages in Kuwait (42.8%) and Saudi Arabia (35.2%) interesting. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

08-19-2013, 04:05 PM	#11970
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	Australia has been creeping up as well, at least according to a headline I saw recently __________________ Mile High Hockey

08-19-2013, 04:17 PM	#11972
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	The elevator back to the parking garage in a casino is one of the most depressing places on the planet.

08-20-2013, 04:13 PM	#11973
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Horribly addicting. You Can't Do Simple Maths Under Pressure __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

08-20-2013, 04:22 PM	#11974
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Are there more than 10 levels? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

08-20-2013, 05:01 PM	#11976
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Looks like Level 10 is the end. Finally got questions on level 10 that weren't all time based. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

08-20-2013, 05:28 PM	#11978
finketr College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inland Empire, PRC	yawn. next.

08-21-2013, 09:14 PM	#11980
Matthean Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008	One story that is coming out from my nephew's team winning the Cooperstown title. Las Vegas 12-year-old swats 11 homers in a row at Cooperstown tourney \| Las Vegas Review-Journal __________________ Board games: Bringing people back to the original social network, the table.

08-26-2013, 08:14 AM	#11981
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	I stumbled across a video of last night's Miley Cyrus trainwreck. Dear me. That wasn't titillating, it was just scary. Looks, sounds and acts like a crack whore. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

08-26-2013, 10:29 AM	#11985
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Crap, the headline doesn't show up. HuffPo has debunked the Smith family pic. That was actually taken during Gaga's performance (but it's more innocent than it appears) Will Smith's Family Was Not Reacting To Miley Cyrus' Raunchy VMA Performance __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis Last edited by JonInMiddleGA : 08-26-2013 at 10:30 AM.

08-26-2013, 10:39 AM	#11986
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	This isn't something I would have checked into myself, but I have a young roommate who seems to love this stuff, and he actually recorded the VMAs. So I got to watch Miley while doing a fantasy football draft. I'll never get that wasted time back in my life. And I am convinced I drafted poorly during that performance as well. __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready. Last edited by Chief Rum : 08-26-2013 at 10:39 AM.

08-26-2013, 11:28 AM	#11987
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	When I watch Miley and I get disturbed I try and think to when I was a kid and a teenager and wonder if that's how my parents perceived what I was watching or listening to. Then I compare the music, which may have been largely bad, but at least it was musicianship. This is just.......I don't get it. It's getting to the point where I think her next video should just be her spread eagle, smothering apricot jam on her body while she yells at her father.

08-27-2013, 11:46 AM	#11988
MacroGuru Coordinator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah	For some reason I want to call someone a fuck stick today...I think I will walk around the office and find the right person for that title. __________________ "forgetting what is in the past, I strive for the future"

08-27-2013, 02:58 PM	#11989
TCY Junkie College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: TX	The first time I saw the selena gomez video come and get it, I instantly thought of Hell Atlantic __________________ I try to open things I probably have no chance of opening.

08-28-2013, 12:44 PM	#11990
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	Sometimes... Client went to regulatory conference. Client came back convinced that we can't use the words "we believe we have a competitive advantage in XYZ" in response to a question asking "do you have a competitive advantage?" because the regulator is coming to come in, read all the questionnaires, and fine them for that. Are you kidding me? And that's just one example.

08-29-2013, 11:02 AM	#11991
Matthean Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008	__________________ Board games: Bringing people back to the original social network, the table.

08-29-2013, 11:14 AM	#11992
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	Yesterday, I was sent to get a single meter read from a large (700+) apartment complex. All of the meters are in closets interspersed throughout the underground parking garage. I was given no direction as to which closet I was supposed to be going to. After 20+ minutes of wandering around checking closets, I finally came to the one I needed. I opened the door... ...to find a co-worker in there reading the meters already. Hooray efficiency.

08-31-2013, 02:11 PM	#11993
Matthean Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008	Twitter / MileyCyrus: "Mile, if twerkin woulda been ... Sums up the Miley thing for me. __________________ Board games: Bringing people back to the original social network, the table.

08-31-2013, 06:14 PM	#11994
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	Sticking your ass out and rubbing yourself off in public has been around forever, it's called porn.

09-01-2013, 02:07 AM	#11995
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Damn but Dio's Rainbow In The Dark is an awesome song. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

09-01-2013, 07:45 PM	#11996
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	My parents bought me a bag of Reese's Peanut Butter footballs to celebrate football season. Maybe I'm late to the party on this, but they seem to be shaped an awful lot like eggs. How cheap does Reese's have to be to pull off this marketing stunt, reusing their Easter production line for this? Well, I hope that's what they're doing, and not repackaging the ones they didn't sell back at Easter... __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities