Word: bummers
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...team captured first in its division with 15 points. The six-race division was not all fun and games, however, as the freshmen had to battle back from a second-to-last-place finish due to a flipped boat in the fourth race. “That was a bummer,” Himler said. “It was really cold, and I drank a lot of Charles River water.” Ultimately, the C-division team pulled through and ended the regatta in first. Junior skipper Roberta Steele and freshman crew Meghan Wareham also placed first...
...kind of a bummer,” Hatch said. “It was kind of weird, I was playing soccer. It was a legit game. I was playing pretty hard and then, it wasn’t a dirty play or anything, I just kind of went to score and someone just undercut me and I really just twisted my knee really hard as I fell...
...changed. The global nature of dating--the access to a limitless pool of mates just a click away--means that people feel they hardly need to overcome difficulties in relationships. If the whole getting-together thing proves too hard, they can just move on. Juliet's a Capulet? Bummer. Back to Facebook. Finding a soul mate is no longer a determined steeplechase over every obstacle. It's a numbers game--about as fraught with epic drama and desperation as recruiting a new middle manager for the nonperishables division. Perhaps it's not surprising that the romantic movie that most touched...
...example: AT&T's data network is slow (though it seems to be improving). It's a bummer that the camera doesn't shoot video. The glass touchscreen keyboard is kinda freaky (though if there was ever a moment for an ad campaign to license Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Put 'Em on the Glass," this is it). GPS would be nice. So would instant messaging. YouTube videos - in the little YouTube client Apple has ginned up - sound great but look lousy. And yeah, there's that content management quirk mentioned above...
...brain and pretend that you're working, solemnly patrolling the cultural ramparts, looking for miscreants, saboteurs and other freebooters. Wait long enough and the movies will provide what some people like to call "guilty pleasures," but which are, for the critic, entirely guilt-free. Yes, sometimes it's a bummer - an Irish romance (Once) which looks as if the cameraman and the sound guy were both DUI, or the entire Wilson family (Luke, Owen and Andrew) seeking and finding near-total witlessness in The Wendell Baker Story. But still, there's something to be said for the infinite variety...