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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?

It's unlikely that this is a USPS error. Someone in the military at the point of delivery messed up, methinks. Seems like the post office just returned the mail to the sender that was returned to the post office as undeliverable.

QUOTE (Cali @ Dec 1, 2009 -> 01:19 PM) Which 12? 1. Bright Eyes 2. Jimmy Eat World - I know they had a big hit a few years ago, but I don't recall the name of it. I know it when I hear it, though. 3. Alkaline Trio 4. The Killers - only recognize the name, don't know the music 5. Manchester Orchestra 6. Green Day 7. Death Cab for Cutie - recognize the name, don't know the music 8. Alice in Chains 9. Weezer 10. The Dillinger Escape Plan 11. Thrice 12. Dredg 13. Every Time I Die 14. Machine Head 15. Nirvana 16. Soundgarden 17. Thursday 18. Angels & Airwaves 19. Muse 20. The Gaslight Anthem Obviously, I'm not much into the modern music scene, so I'm not passing judgement. Music is not my passion. I do so love to prance about, though.

QUOTE (Cali @ Dec 1, 2009 -> 09:44 AM) Big shock, I was one of the four without the beatles on my list: 1. Bright Eyes 2. Jimmy Eat World 3. Alkaline Trio 4. The Killers 5. Manchester Orchestra 6. Green Day 7. Death Cab for Cutie 8. Alice in Chains 9. Weezer 10. The Dillinger Escape Plan 11. Thrice 12. Dredg 13. Every Time I Die 14. Machine Head 15. Nirvana 16. Soundgarden 17. Thursday 18. Angels & Airwaves 19. Muse 20. The Gaslight Anthem I've never heard of 12 of those bands.

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 28, 2009 -> 11:12 AM) Until a positive test shows up, like in Bonds' or Palmeiro's case, I see no direct reason to deny McGwire. McGwire was named in a FBI investigation as a user before the BALCO and Congress stuff. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports...bi_informa.html He wasn't pursued because the focus of the investigation was on the dealers, not users. Another interesting point in the investigation is that Reggie Jackson is good friends with the guy said to have supplied/injected McGwire several times. Who knows how far back steroid use in baseball really goes?

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 05:45 AM) Connect FZ with Journey. Frank Zappa listened to and didn't like Journey.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 30, 2009 -> 11:08 AM) Does Champ Bailey get away with pass intereference more than a Zackary Bowman because of who he is?? No Does Cliff Lee get a much bigger strike zone than Scott Eyre? No In MLB, Glavine and Maddux had a completely different strike zone than most other pitchers. The reason? Both guys could consistently pound the spot where the catcher placed his glove. If that was 6 inches off the plate, so be it. In the NFL, guys like Michael Irvin got away with pushing off a DB because they were known as "physical" receivers. Star treatment happens in all the sports. That said, the NBA sucks. I find it almost impossible to watch a regular season game anymore. I don't know why they don't call travelling when guys take three steps, or why point guards can carry the ball the way they do. I think it's part of the reason we have trouble in international play (in addition to the rest of the world improving). In international play, we don't get away with all the things NBA players take for granted.

Morganna, the Kissing Bandit. Those were some nice spectacles. And bouncy.

I taped the WS in '05, and I never watched it until recently. Actually, I'm in the process of watching Game 2, and the announcers are talking about Pettite and how his velocity has improved since the beginning of the season. They also talk about how his fitness improved after the Yankees picked up Clemens. Kind of funny to listen to now.