I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but I think your point about "truly knowing someone" misses the nature of reality. Far too often, people we think we "know" do really terrible things. I don't think that knowing someone enables you to make a better value judgment about them than someone like Hardwick, who up to…

I didn't have a real dislike of Carroll until this preseason, where Carroll left the Seahawks starters in for the entire first half against the Chargers third-string defense. It was Pete Carroll mind games at its finest. No one else in the league played their starters that much in the preseason, and to pull that in…

Good spot. I guess it's never too hot for a little extra swag.

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Yeah, he went sleeveless yesterday, which I honestly can't remember him doing too often thus far in his career.

Because after getting to know someone on a personal level, one can always determine whether another is genuinely a good person? I'm sorry, but I think Ray Rice/Greg Hardy/Ray McDonald are clouding your judgment here. The amount of time that Hardwick devotes to the community, when coupled with the glowing assessment…

As a Charger fan, I can tell you that we're quite used to being on the shit end of horrendous officiating calls. That being said, this play/call is absolutely inexcusable. Not only was the ref in the perfect position make the call (yet fail horribly), but the replay system was intended to automatically review EVERY…

Hardwick is also just a flat-out good human being. He regularly works with many local charities here in San Diego, and gives great/friendly interviews with the local sports affiliates. Couldn't be happier that he landed with us here in San Diego.

"Nice formation."

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Yeah my belt is off already.

That's probably the most compelling rationale I've been provided with for joining. Let's see how CivPro treats me the next few weeks, then who knows, maybe Legal_RyanLeaf might make an appearance!

I didn't know he was embarking on the journey as well but that's great, he's a cool dude. I'm surprisingly not on Twitter (yet), although I've been putting a little more thought into it lately. Am I missing out?

That's awesome. We're in a week-long orientation (with lectures and short reading assignments) before the fun really starts on Monday. Glad to hear that there's another long-tenured Deadspinner in the game at the same time—I'm sure we'll have plenty to talk about this year. Best of luck!

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Ahh, right on. Are you at UChicago/did you start this week?

Delightful.

Have you picked up your CivPro book yet? I don't know how much time you plan on having for leisurely reading, but I'm not counting on much for this year (I'm over on the west coast, fwiw).

K

....Surprise!