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QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 08:14 AM) Loved the Chicago Theater. I saw two great Zappa shows there on his last tour, and Sat two seats away from Sting who was a special guest at the first show. Shortly thereafter, Sting penned "Don't Stand So Close to Me." And now you know the rest of the story. Good day.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 22, 2010 -> 07:28 PM) How rude. I've never heard that definition before. The one I meant isn't much better, but I hope you know it was meant as a joke either way. Enough of this nonsensical thread hi-jacking. Resume getting shredded.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 22, 2010 -> 07:16 PM) Didn't mean to come off that harsh, but the question has been asked and answered about 5 times in the last 5 pages. I felt like saying "Objection! Asked and answered." And by the way, don't bag on me for my first post in here, MB... You, sir, are a double bagger, no doubt.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 22, 2010 -> 12:15 PM) Come on, dude, read the thread. This question has been asked and answered about 15 times now. Oops. I've been in and out of this thread since the beginning, and I never saw it answered. I see it a few pages back though. By the way, your first post in this thread was also a question about equipment. Great minds....

What equipment is needed to do this program?

My son went/is going through the same thing. He was super hyperactive as a toddler. I work afternoons, so picking him up from pre-school and kindergarten was my job, and it was a job that I hated every time I went. I always braced myself for the bad daily report. This went on until 2nd grade, and then we took him to a center that diagnoses ADD/ADHD. They determined that my son had ADHD. My wife was ready to put him on meds, but I wasn't so sure. I wanted to try alternatives such as exercise and improved nutrition. I believe that nutrition is a major factor. In fact, the office we went to for the diagnosis had a questionaire that asked the same four questions 25 different ways. One theme that was constantly repeated was diet. We've been pretty bad about totally changing our son's diet, but we do try to make sure he's not just eating carbs. My son loves bread, pasta and sugar. And carb intake was one of the things that the questionaire repeatedly referred back to. I did some research (and I'd recommend that you do some - there's a ton of stuff out there), and it seemed to indicate that ADD/ADHD people tend to lack certain vitamins. I found this amino acid supplement (Neu Becalm'd) and had my son take it. http://www.lifehealthsolutions.com/calm/becalmd.html It wasn't a miracle drug, but he did seem to improve some. He really doesn't take it anymore, but I figured it was worth a try at the time. The doctor was less than enthusiastic that we opted for no meds, but recommended karate (for focus/discipline), improved diet (good liquid multi & fish oil), and patience. Patience is huge. My son is in 5th grade now (and hasn't taken karate - but does play soccer and basketball), and he's improved greatly, but is still incredibly frustrating. Sometimes I hate myself for getting angry with him over his inattentiveness. Thankfully, I've been nominated as one of the "Posters You Wished Posted More." That calms me.

McNulty on "The Wire" and Boner on "Growing Pains."

I missed the Bills-Oilers playoff game where Frank Reich rallied the Bills from a 32 point deficit to beat the Oilers. My brother was a newlywed, and his wife and he invited our family over to their apartment for dinner. I soon found out that his wife comes from a family that doesn't believe in watching tv when guests are over. So, I missed the greatest comeback in NFL history - a game that I surely would have watched. Now, the game was memorable, and it's a shame that I missed it. But it did provide the opportunity for me to see the look of disgust and bewilderment on my Dad's face when my brother was explaining why we wouldn't be watching an NFL playoff game. I still laugh about that with my other brother.

This will probably be the game of the spring. I was watching the Super Bowl where Janet Jackson's plastic parts were exposed. I was even sitting in front of the tv when it happened. One of my kids started a commotion behind me, and I momentarily turned my head to see what was going on, and I missed it. Immediately, my wife said, did you see that? She just showed her boob! Ever miss the thing that everyone was talking about for days/months/years?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 4, 2010 -> 08:59 PM) Nothing changed between last year and this year. last year +500 this year -900 wtf taxes Just send the IRS $1400, and we'll call it even.

I'll admit it. I looked. And I think Greg Oden's knee problems are a basketball related injury. However, the constant pounding from the side can't be good for him.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 01:48 PM) http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...mp;sportCat=nfl Steps to be a tortured fan: Please. We had tortures in '59, '83, '93, and '00 - along with collapsing in the 50s and 70s. The Cubs had about the same amount. Bill Simmons is a national writer with very little national perspective. I don't value his opinion of anything not related to Boston - and even that isn't great because he's not at all objective when it comes to the Boston sports scene. He's probably correct about Cubs fans being more tortured, but his reasons are faulty. Their failures are amplified because they are one of the handful of "national" sports teams. Everyone knows a Cubs fan, so their failures are part of everyone's life. The pool of Sox fans is limited. We may have failed as often, but it only affected us. When the Cubs were in the playoffs in '04, people at work just assumed that I was rooting for them because I'm from Chicago. They were shocked when I said that I not only wanted them to lose, but I wanted them to lose in "spectacular fashion." I feel somewhat responsible for the Bartman fiasco. I no longer root against the Cubs, but I really enjoy that they haven't won anything. I'd like the Sox to get at least one more World Series win before the Cubs win anything.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Jan 23, 2010 -> 07:38 AM) you evil bastard. When I was little my dad and I shoveled out a spot in front of our house. Then we ran to the store to get some more ice for the sidewalks. Trouble maker.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 06:34 PM) The street is in no way your property. Get over it and find a new spot. It's not yours in the first place. Reminds me a lot of someone being childish and saying ''seat save''. Sit somewhere else you god damn cry baby, it won't harm you any. I grew up far enough south in the city to have a garage and driveway, so this wasn't ever an issue to me until I got married and moved into an apartment and had street parking. I had a neighbor who always parked directly in front of his house, unless it snowed. Then he would park in a spot that someone else cleared. The spot in front of his house could be available if he shoveled it out, but he wouldn't do it. This is the type of guy who causes the fights and need for lawn chairs, etc. Not quite on topic, but I was wondering a few days ago how people pronounce "Chicago." I hear Chi-caah-go and Chi-caw-go from different people. I'm a Chi-cah-go guy, myself. Also not a fan of deep dish. I can eat it, but I never even tried it until I was 19 or so. I prefer 16in. That's what she said. And, I'm offended that anyone would care how I prepare my hotdog. Mom made it with ketchup. Good enough for me.

Just saw the MLB stuff on ESPN. At least he seemed sincere in his apology.

I won't forgive McGwire and the like for artificially erasing some of the most storied numbers and accomplishments in baseball. 61* and 755 would probably still be in place if not for steroids. However, I give McGwire credit for admitting that he took steroids. I would have preferred for him to step forward previous to him becoming STL batting coach, but it's better than Bonds has done, better than Clemens, better than Sosa. Sure, he probably just wants to get it out of the way so Spring Training isn't a circus. He might even think it will lead to a chance to be voted into the HOF. It shouldn't. Still, though, nobody has come forward and said they cheated because they were afraid for their careers, or they were making great money and didn't want to stop. In other words, nobody has been honest, yet.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 5, 2010 -> 05:57 PM) I suspect my high school art teacher was Faygo, but never knew for sure. If he only recognizes you from behind, he's a Faygo.

Two things stand out to me. One, it's so easy to get music today. When I was a freshman in college (1990), one of my friends used to call the local UofI Urbana oldies station and request "Brown Eyed Girl." Then he'd add, "I'm taping it, so please don't talk over the beginning music." I bet he recorded it ten times with the guy talking up the song right up to the first lyric. I guess that's a little better than me watching Friday Night Videos and taping songs by holding my little radio with the cassetted player up to the tv speakers. The other thing that really stands out is porn. It was unavailable to me as a kid. I bet kids today don't even glance at the bra and underwear ads, and I'm sure they wouldn't watch scrambled movies just hoping to catch a glimpse of some nudity. One time, a few of my friends and I were walking down the street (this is early 1980s), and we stumbled upon the Holy Grail of porn. I guess some guy had found God or something because he threw out a garbage can full of magazines. We grabbed a bunch, and then we headed over to the nearby public school to look at them. It was great, but then the problem became, what do we do with them now? We couldn't bring them home, so we had to stash them. We found a spot, but when we came back, they were gone. I imagine the scene of another group of tweens finding them, having the same reaction we did, and losing them in the same way we did being played over and over.

In 1991 when Robin Ventura hit a game winning grand slam off of Goose Gossage to beat Texas. It's the game that Frank Thomas picked Ventura up over his shoulders at home plate and the rest of the guys jumped in and pounded him on the back and helmet. It was real emotion - not the choreographed helmet throw/jump up and down together thing that every team does now. We had a cousin visiting from England, and I don't think he was overly impressed with the game or the crowd compared to the English soccer crowds he was used to seeing. We were sitting in right field, not far from where the ball landed, and the place exploaded when it landed. That one moment definitely changed his opinion of baseball. He didn't stop talking about it the rest of his visit.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 26, 2009 -> 08:05 AM) I am very jealous! I love the Neeley's! Is this Cam or Ed's cook book?

I know he had a bit of a down year, but I would give it to Tim Tebow. "In such a cynical, sarcastic society, oftentimes looking for the negative on anybody or anything, if you’re fortunate enough to spend five minutes or 20 minutes around Tim Tebow, your life is better for it." - Thom Brennaman. Who could argue with that?

QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 22, 2009 -> 09:34 AM) I am subtitling this thread music that Tex has never heard of, will never hear of, and probably would never "get" I do this with every music related thread. I don't know what station my alarm is set on, but I went through a several week period where Miley Cyrus' "Party in the USA" was my wake-up song. What a way to start the day.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Dec 22, 2009 -> 08:06 PM) I also do the money thing in my wallet. So when does something become normal and not an OCD. Maybe the crazy f***ers that keep their money all jumbled up are the ones with a disorder. DMD. Disorganized Money Disorder. Money put in sequential order in your wallet is the right thing to do. What do these DMD misfits do when paying for something?? Dump all their cash out, searching for bills and slowing down us productive members of society. They write checks.

I think I do all of the things listed. I finish my kids' puzzles after they've moved on, eat my food one item at a time, check my alarm several times before going to sleep - and then I can't figure out why it was turned off at some point during the night. I arrange bills in order in my wallet, put my shoes together by the front door when I take them off (my wife and kids leave their shoes throughout the house for me to trip over), check my pockets for wallet, keys, phone several times a day and always before I leave work for home. When I get home, these items are placed in a hat that I have on my kitchen counter. If I can't find them there later, someone has been in my stuff - though nobody ever admits to it. I've never weaved a basket, but I'm sure if I did, I wouldn't stop until the job was done. I may be nuts.

QUOTE (Sox1422 @ Dec 7, 2009 -> 11:44 AM) I thought the bike was cool, but I'm not a big fan of the scoreboard. I thought that was kind of lame. The wheels were sweet. Totally agree. They should have painted the final scorboard somewhere on the bike. To ride around with an LED diplaying "perfect" would be pretty lame. Hopefully it can be removed without doing much damage to the rest of the bike. It's similar to "Monster House" (or whatever that show Ty Pennington hosts is called). One of the people they're helping will mention that they like to sing, and then they'll design a bedroom with a stage and microphone, etc. Cool for a day, but who really wants a stage taking up 1/3 of their bedroom?