Or maybe they should get sponsorship in kind rather than in cash.

Dear lord.

30 years ago, one or two would have been a lot. My graduating class of 250 or so back in 76', the number was, I'm embarrassed to say, ZERO.

Clearly we were just a bunch of slacking dweebs with low self-esteem.

Team names:
Timken Who's Your Daddys
Timken Lots o' Tots
Timken Tomcats

According to the news story linked from Drudge, the school officials are planning a "three-pronged" response.

The school officials also say they don't know what led to the problem.

The Timken Rabbits

Uncle Jefe, you're killin' me!

The Timkin "Workin' On The Night Moves"

The Timkin Abstinence Pledge

The Timkin No Sex Eds

The Timkin Backseats

The Timkin Oops It Broke

The Timkin I'll Pull Out I Promise

Yeah, uh, Ace, when your site is down why don't you go ahead and write up your posts anyway so you can drop them all in when it comes up. We shouldn't all have to suffer due to your poor choice in hosts. Thanks.

Ace,

Long time reader, first time commentor...

I have to disagree with Bob. I hope that you have taken advantage of the downtime and actually enjoyed some time away from the grind of maintaining my daily must-read. I must confess, I was coming down with the shakes this morning, but I was content with the idea that you finally got some well-deserved rest.

Nevertheless, its good to have you back.

Go to the Timken site from the Right Place page. Click on the Timken Community Forums link. Now look at the column on the left. Childish? Absolutely. Funny? Damn straight.

Bob
It's called an in-house vacation day. An excuse is there to slack and a man has to take it every once in awhile.

I think this school must be named after Timken, the big ball bearing company.

They also specialize in industrial lubricants and friction management solutions.

I wonder if their school sponsorship has something to do with these high success rates??

http://www.timken.com/industries/industrial/fms/

And now, a few words in favor of young sluts.

Welcome back, Ace! We missed you!

And thank you so very much for the link, good sir! I am truly humbled.

On the new school nickname front, might I suggest:

The Timken Sharpshooters?

Having checked this site multiple times a day for some time now (I don't remember exactly how long -- I think I started coming regularly during the heyday of the Kim Richards photos), I'd say that your choice in hosts seems pretty solid. One some-kind-of-bird-I-can't-remember doesn't make a spring, and one crash doesn't make a bad host.

You know, i like to think of myself as a liberal in the classical sense. What you Yanks would call a "libertarian". But i read shit like this and BAM. I make Pat Robertson look like a Kos kid. *sigh*

I have to disagree with Bob. I hope that you have taken advantage of the downtime and actually enjoyed some time away from the grind of maintaining my daily must-read.

I did. It's fun not to read news and always check the site meter all day.

My first reaction was, "Damn, stupid blog won't work."

My next reaction was: "Awesome."

My first reaction was, "Damn, stupid blog won't work."

My next reaction was: "Awesome."

So, what did you do? Visit an art gallery? Get laid? Read a book? Drink yourself into a coma? Take a really long nap?

Can you hear the jeers at upcoming sporting events from the opposing schools?

"Cream the Trojans! Cream the Trojans!"
Rinse and repeat.

Maybe we should turn Michael's Questions into a poll.

What did Ace do today?

A. Visited an art Gallery
B. Got laid
C. Read a book
D. Drank himself into a coma
E. Took a really long nap

I think we can rule out option B, Slublog. We're all familiar with Ace's intimate knowledge of Dungeons & Dragons.

Wait a minute. Where was bbeck yesterday?

C

Personally, I think it was A, in pursuit of B.

Rinse and repeat.

Macker, I haven't seen you here before, but please return.

I notice in the list of things that Ace could have done, it doesn't occur to you guys to do...I don't know... maybe...SOME CHORES!

But, if I was in NY with some free time. I would go eat some good Italian and window shop on Park Avenue.

I notice in the list of things that Ace could have done, it doesn't occur to you guys to do...I don't know... maybe...SOME CHORES!

RWS, he has people for that.

Crazy blog money comes in handy, you know.

In high school a scheduling snafu left me shy a health credit to graduate. I ended up taking the only health class left that semester, "Parenting and Child Development", also known as the "you screwed up and got pregnant class". Me, two other guys, and 12 pregnant or post-pregnant teenage chicks. The first thing I learned was pregnancy ages nubile teenage bodies about 40 years. I also learned these ladies knew less about their own bodies than they did a man's. Difficult, because the first question after the chart of male anatomy was presented was "um, why does his thingy have skin over the end, was he in an accident?"

But, if I was in NY with some free time. I would go eat some good Italian and window shop on Park Avenue.

Geeez, does EVERY woman in America know about these expensive stores on 5th avenue that I can't even pronounce correctly?

My oldest daughter insisted we go there. They have 5 foot wide display cases for $140 cotton t-shirts.

Talk about conspicuous consumption.

TB or not TB. Consumption be done about it?

I vote for read a book...

Here's a nice place ANRL

Have a safe sex class where the dumb bastards and ghetto breeder bitches are trained to roll giant condoms over their heads and leave them there.
Problem over.

Cedarford, if I haven't said so lately, I'll say it now. I love you.

From what I've been hearing out of Ohio residents on other blogs, this is less surprising than it first appears. The demographic of the school is reputedly that which you'd most stereotypically expect to generate such teen pregnancy numbers. Part of the ongoing legacy of the ill-conceived War on Poverty. The first time I heard that phrase as a child I wondered if this meant killing people for being poor. In a way it did but it was a slow lingering death.

I wouldn't be surprised if you couldn't turn up a school here in Los Angeles with a similar level of pregnant teens. Or in several other urban centers. Any place where there are enclaves of multigenerational failure.

Canton, Ohio is the Athens of the Midwest. I know this because I read it in The Snake Pit.

Frequently the "war on poverty" became a defacto "war on neighborhoods" leveling houses (on tax roles, with actual owners living in them) to throw up what became hi-rise ghettos. The neighborhoods may have been "run down", but they were still "neighborhoods" in a sense that hi-rise living can never be.

The bottom line is that people need some skin in the game before they'll give a damn about where they're living.

"we're from the government and we're here to help you" should be considered profanity.

They might need to use Big Spring, TX as an example - the Big Spring Steers.

Another post by Cedarford deleted.

Cedarford, next one and you're gone. If you want to traffic in racism, start your own fucking blog. I'm not going to sit here and patrol your comments for this shit, and I'm sure the hell not going to have your racism reflect badly on me.

Timpkin Trollops
Timpkin Take-It-Alls
Timpkin Tails-In-The-Air

Sounds like those kids need to look at my
Public Service Announcement.

Ok, that's it. It's time someone decided to speak up, and this seems as good a place as any. I am a female, and I graduated from Timken in 2005. I live in a one parent household, below poverty level, and in Downtown Canton in what would be considered the "projects." I graduated 5th in my class, with an ACT score of 29 and a gpa of 4.0. I am now an Honors student at Kent University. I am not pregnant, nor have I ever been pregnant. Yes, Timken is an inner city school. Contrary to popular belief, not all of us are uneducated sluts, and we don't appreciate it being implied that we are. Timken is a good school, and it is not the school which is to blame in this case. It is the parents and how they have raised their children. Several of our students have unstable and unsafe environments, and several live with friends or in group homes. Most of them are doing the best they can to keep a roof over their heads, not screwing around because they're rich, spoiled, and have nothing better to do. The jokes aren't funny, and neither are the cruelties. Remember that the actions of a few are not the actions of all, and there are always exceptions to the supposed rule. If you wish to discuss this issue with me, please feel free to contact me at silent_sway@yahoo. com.

Well, the jokes *are* funny. However, they are jokes and are not said, or meant to be taken, seriously.

Congratulations on your academic scholarship. I am happy for you that your hard work and perseverance has paid off. I have no doubt that some of that can be attributed to your background. Good luck in your future.