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My favorite: "October 4-- I've been trying to tell out-of-towners that Guillen has been a terrific manager." Mariotti = douchebag

The worst part of a Chicago snowstorm isn't the shoveling or travel times, it's moving your living room down to the street so some a##hole doesn't take your parking space.

QUOTE(JimH @ Dec 9, 2005 -> 09:38 AM) Who fits the bill for 4th OF? Rather than use a 4th OF, I think they should play Harris at short/center. You can play the 2b and SS deeper and basically eliminate bloop hits.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Dec 9, 2005 -> 09:36 AM) They waited this long to do it.. Kind of like hitting your dog a week after he pees on the the carpet. The NFL should rub Kreutz' nose in Miller's pee.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 11:29 AM) By the way, what do you call a dog with wings? Linder?

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 07:28 AM) and how many of you, at one time or another, have sang the stupid lyricss listed?? :rolly GUILTY!! I'm guilty of really liking that Barenaked Ladies song you posted.

"There are some words that do not belong in a rock song." In "Jesse's Girl," by Rick Springfield, the word "moot" is used. "I wanna tell her that I love her, but the point is probably moot." I think that is one of the all-time odd word choices in a song. Great song, though, I'm not ashamed to say. I also wish I had Jesse's Girl.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Dec 6, 2005 -> 08:42 AM) Who is they? Grammar police.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Dec 6, 2005 -> 09:02 AM) The chip is usually implanted by the breader/pet store/adoption agency (humane society...) before you even get the pet. I know the humane societies around here all have it done before you get the pet. A lot of breeders are even requiring it because they want their animals to end up in good homes and not lost somewhere. Therefore you don't have to take the pet to the vet at all to have it done. It is already done for you in a lot of cases. It is becoming more and more common. In a few suburbs if your pet is lost and the animal control department finds it they will have a chip implanted as well. I don't know if you guys think this is some big procedure or something, but it is basically just a shot. It is not some surgical procedure. It is the size of a piece of uncooked rice. It is a permanent radio-frequency identification chip implanted under the dog's skin and read by a chip scanner or wand. Implantation is done with an injector that places the chip under the loose skin over the dog's shoulder. It is also not expensive, usually only 50-60 dollars. About the same or a little more than the cost of yearly shot visits, at least for me anyway. Steff, you can't make it out of a non-chewable substance for the ankle/leg brace? I find that hard to believe. I am sure it can be done. If not then put something on it that makes it unappealing for the animal to chew it. Bitter Apple has worked great for my dog, but I know other dogs will still chew it. There is a way to keep them from chewing it is my point and not unrealistic at all. I would never buy a collar with an implant because all of my pets have been able to lose their collar at one point or another. I want a break away collar for the reasons I stated earlier. I don't want them getting themselves hung on a tree or a fence or anything of that nature. I don't think a collar is worthwhile at all for a tracking device. Put bitter apple on your dog and it's me who'll be chewing on his ankle. Yum yum.

QUOTE(JimH @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 10:56 AM) Speaking of DJ, I hope the people in charge tell him to KEEP the "uh oh" call. It was so dorky off the get-go and then it became kind of like a cult classic. It seemed like he dropped it though. Son of Svengoolie is a "cult classic." Never compare DJ to Sven. Berwyn!

I saw a lady standing in the middle of a semi-busy street (two lanes each direction) holding a German Shepherd by its collar. On the sidewalk was a girl who looked to be 4 or 5 years old. After I drove past, the woman released the dog with, I'm guessing, the intention that it go to the kid on the sidewalk. The dog, of course, gets to the first lane and freezes. Now, I'm looking at this in my rearview mirror thinking something bad is going to happen. I can just picture the girl stepping off the curb to retrieve the dog and getting hit by a car (there was one coming). Instead, the lady moves toward the dog and it comes back to her in the middle of the street. How dumb is this lady? Couldn't she have just walked the dog over to the girl?

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Dec 2, 2005 -> 11:10 AM) Both the Red Sox, and DM should look at Konerkos actions and compare it to theirs. Look in the mirror and wonder what kind of a person are they. Totally agree.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 08:05 PM) ...about The Mientekiwicz last-out ball and the issue of salary cap/relocation/retraction. I understand the significance of the last ball/curse being broken, etc. tied to this ball, but I don't really understand why someone would want to see it. It looks like every other ball that was used in the WS. It isn't mystical. What do you do, make a pilgrimage to see it, look at it for 10 seconds, and say "Wow!"? Then what?

I'm still trying to figure out how a guy who is basically a walking muscle plans to lose 40 lbs. Is he planning on dropping muscle? How?

QUOTE(Steff @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 08:40 PM) As I said above.. those were my exact thoughts as it all went down. I was thinking it before you said it.

I'm pretty sure that woman won't be too receptive to any parenting tips you might give her. More than likely you'd just make her angrier and she'd treat the kid worse when she gets home. Unless it gets physical, stay away. Pretty sad. Say a prayer for the girl - and her mom.

I don't know if I'm picking up some pesticide taste or something, but for some reason lettuce makes me gag now. I usually buy the pre-packaged type. It never had this effect in the past. In fact, for some time my wife and I used to make it and eat it all the time. Can't figure out what happened. It's not like I got tired of eating it, it just makes me ill now. I can't eat most seafood. The smell turns me off. Pakistani food (sight, smell, and taste) should not be eaten by anyone. I used to work at a hotel owned by Pakistanians, and they had banquets and served that stuff. Vile.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 09:21 AM) That should only last through the first trimester... All three times my wife was pregnant, it was me who felt sick. Not throwing up, but I would get these flashes of nausea (probably fear) when I smelled certain things. Thank God we're through (I think). I still like practicing, though. Not getting any better unfortunately. Congrats, CC.

The administration is just trying to keep the kids from sneaking in and out of class unseen. I can't say that I blame them.

Something I don't understand about contracts. Why don't teams front-load contracts? For instance, the Sox offer PK 5/60mil. Pay him 16-14-12-10-8. That way, at the end, when other players are up for contracts, the Sox have more to offer to maintain their budget.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 28, 2005 -> 07:17 PM) I like the square toe, that's in, right? It's damn near a requirement if you have square feet. I can just about picture you dancing in them.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 09:06 AM) Mapping software, 5 states. Talk about a full time job. I like guys that put a little effort into the deal. Think the boys in cell block L will enjoy playing Leg-O with him? They'll play "Legs Up" with him if he's pretty.

"Get him a bodybag!!!" RIP Pat Morita Karate Kid, 20 years later, is still a movie that I have a hard time not watching when I stumble upon it on tv. That and anything with Burt Reynolds.

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 10:21 PM) might rival Big Papi/Ramirez I can hear it now, "That's just Thome being Thome." Unfortunately, I hear Mike North saying it to Ed Farmer.

Is gas $1.40/gallon again?