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Do any of these bracket challenges take seeds into account for the scoring? I think it would be cool if you got more points for accurately picking a 14 over 3 upset than picking a 1 to beat a 16.

The alphabet thread.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 5, 2011 -> 09:04 AM) Finally got around to checking this out. Nice. Glad you enjoyed it. I'm not uptight, but it was refreshing to hear clean rap lyrics. The album was pretty clever lyrically too I thought.

Blondes.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Feb 20, 2011 -> 09:58 PM) I had my first Four Loko tonight. And second. And third. I've heard of these mystical beings for months while I was away on a Senate campaign but I never saw them. And they are glorious. That's doce lokos in one night. Very stout.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 02:47 AM) So I'm officially single. Long story short, girlfriend moved out to Seattle at the beginning of the semester, kind of soured on me throughout the semester (it was my fault...I was nodding off in class and not showing the work ethic I needed to), came to visit in December and said she wanted to be single for a while. Upon graduation, we talked some more and we were still fine...just seemed like we needed some space. She registered on okcupid.com (because she wanted to meet more people in the Seattle area...right, OK) and eventually met up with someone on there. About a week after that, she called me and basically professed how she did have an undying love for me and that she would have married me and had kids with me had I showed her a little more - which I have since changed quite a bit, as the real world has delivered me a swift kick in the groin thus far - and she obviously continued hanging out with this guy. Well hanging out turned into "seeing each other" and contact between us grew a little more infrequent, but there still seemed to be signs that she was still interested (a random "I love you," continuing with pet names...she even told me she called the other guy my name when they were kissing for the first time). Just got off the phone with her, and she said that they were together, and this comes just after we exchanged Christmas gifts, in which I got her a book (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People), a photo book of the Bismarck area (with fitting captions), and a very nice necklace. She actually said that they've been together for a little while now, so she got it while she was dating him. I've actually been expecting it for a while, but the waiting was by far the hardest part and there is actually some relief knowing that it's finally official. I'm obviously not over it yet, but I think that will happen in time and a lot of the healing took place when I found out. I do still want to be with her, and I still do actually want to move out to the Seattle area, hopefully to attend graduate school at U of Washington, but in the meantime, I have to start living life assuming it won't be with her. It sucks, but so does life. QUOTE (3E8 @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 07:59 PM) Close this chapter and open a new one, you will start feeling much better

About time we got a Floyd photo.

QUOTE (IChaseBlackWood @ Feb 23, 2011 -> 06:03 PM) can't wait to bake in the bright hot sunshine with a strawberry lemonade (awwwwesome at Camelback!!) and a hotdog with everything on it and maybe a beer or two ..wiping sweat from my brow, listening to the crowd and the pop of the bat cracking the ball ..I may have just had an orgasm ...just saying! No wonder I have never given a girl one of these. I have been going about it all wrong.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 23, 2011 -> 01:04 PM) Does Poo-Holes have a no trade clause? He had a limited NTC from 2007 to the end of last season, but after the conclusion of 2010 his 10-5 rights have kicked in. Full veto power.

Have you hip-hop listeners heard of Shad? His album Tsol would've been near the top of my Soxtalk music list had I heard it sooner. I like the mellow beats and heavy use of scratching.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 21, 2011 -> 06:51 PM) I haven't been sick to my stomach playing the Twins in a long time. I just expect them to lose (as does the team), and it just happens. Pretty much. In the past 10 seasons, we've had a winning record against the Twins...once (2005). We're 11-25 against them the past two seasons.

By both FanGraphs' and B-R's value systems, the '10 difference between Kotsay and Thome was over 4 wins.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 20, 2011 -> 06:08 PM) I can't tell if it's Daniel Tosh or Gavin Floyd in your avatar, but it did make me realize how much Gavin Floyd and Daniel Tosh look alike. Here's your answer. He always gives such an elegant interview.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 20, 2011 -> 11:59 PM) .758 was the average last year. I'm not so sure .728 was middle of the pack. Seven teams above us, six below, i.e. the middle.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 20, 2011 -> 07:50 PM) Well technically there is a pretty good chance of that happening again this year... I do think, however, there is a chance our 2011 opening day DH ends the season with at least one hit against a left-handed pitcher.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 20, 2011 -> 07:41 PM) The White Sox had the worst OPS and wOBA at the DH position last season, that is a weakness. No, we were in the middle of the pack DH-output wise. Only because Konerko, Quentin, and Manny got ABs there. Seattle had a .609 OPS from the DH spot, ouch.

QUOTE (Ranger @ Feb 20, 2011 -> 05:46 PM) The 2010 outcome really had very little to do with Kotsay. We chose Kotsay over Thome last season, even though Thome could've been had for the exact same salary. Thome's value last season was over 3 wins, and Kotsay's value was negative. To make things worse, those wins we missed out on went directly to our division rival, who beat us by 6 games in the standings. You can do the math on how many games would be made up in the standings by taking a 3+ win player from your opponent. Of course Thome's season would not have played out exactly the same way it did with the Twins had we stuck with him. But it's clear the decision to make Kotsay our DH was a big time negative impact overall in 2010, and affected the season's outcome more than just a "very little" bit.

Download tuxguitar software (it's free), then go to ultimate-guitar.com and get guitar pro/power tabs. It's an easy way to teach yourself to play your favorite songs.

Anyone else think Modern Family officially jumped the shark after that last episode? And I just got into Parks and Rec. I had been purposefully avoiding it in thinking it would just be more of The Office. It kind of is The Office, except all the characters have been stripped of their obnoxiousness and replaced with charm. Quickly I became fully caught up on the show because I enjoyed it so much.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Feb 16, 2011 -> 09:35 PM) Jays and Bautista near 5 year 65m extension, they postponed their arb hearing trying to finalize it per Heyman Confirmation the Jays think Bautista is as legit as I do. I wouldn't have gone five years though. But other than the hernia, he has been injury free. He will be worth that contract.

Good decision.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 04:14 PM) http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011_swimsuit/models/ For my money....this chick from the bachelor is hotter than any of the professional models. As someone who watches the Bachelor, I have to tell you that whoever shopped her photos should get editor of the year.

Make it stop.

If you did a shot for every Super Bowl commercial that had somebody getting hit by a projectile, you'd have a nice buzz going.

Old guys with one foot up on the counter blow drying their sack.