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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 9, 2017 -> 12:09 PM) The people above you have advantages of being able to work the tax system that you may never have. To me, thats an issue. f*** them. f*** them in their poopers.

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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 9, 2017 -> 11:30 AM) Here is a question...if you were the Bulls...do you sit Wade today (especially with Butler being a game time decision) against the Thunder, so that both could go against the Wizards, or do you play Wade today and then have him sit tomorrow? If it were me, I'd say, look, we aren't at full strength, so lets give this one to the young guys and go get the win tomorrow (but I'm not a coach). Butler will likely play. I'd be shocked to see him not want to play Russ.

QUOTE (Donaldo @ Jan 8, 2017 -> 08:10 PM) Terry's radio partner for the past 17 years was only there for an hour? McNeil and North are both free agents now, aren't they? Wait, North isn't doing Webio anymore??

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 9, 2017 -> 09:38 AM) I know there were others here who like "Keeping it 1600" podcast. But in case you didn't know... http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/keep...er_breakingnews Excellent.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 5, 2017 -> 09:35 PM) You would think that 2% who's going to actually be paying HIGHER taxes would be a bit upset that almost all of the benefits of the new tax policies are flowing upwards to the Top 1%, and, more specifically, the Top 10% of that 1%. These 2-3%ers are SUPPOSEDLY the JOB CREATORS/FAMILY FARMERS/SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AS WELL, are they not? Or these are "merely" white collar professionals who mostly work FOR someone else? So they can safely be overlooked by Trump, because the majority of them aren't likely to vote Democrat regardless? Being one of those special 2-3%ers, I work for a corporation. In Chicagoland, the $145k I made last year is usually going to be your white collar worker, not a small business owner. That said, what they take from my bonus will come back to me a little less. I'm happy to contribute but I sure as s*** wish the f***s above me we're contributing more, too.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jan 7, 2017 -> 04:48 PM) I tried the beta for that and thought it was fine, but I didn't see anything driving me to do anything. I also thought only the snowboarding was fun. What's the basic objective in that game? Is it just a bunch of time trials and score attacks? Pretty much - but the online community is massive.

I need Soxtalk's advice / confirmation I'm doing the right thing. Our daughter is 22 months old. She's awesome. We have a nanny. She's solid - when she shows up to work - and has an amazing relationship with our daughter. By my estimation, said nanny missed about 30 days in 2016 due to family (sick father, sister died) and her own health problems (has been in the hospital about 6 times for some heart issue). I have 11 direct reports at work, and half of them are 24 or under. This means they need guidance quite a bit or else projects will go haywire. I am at my wit's end. While I am understanding of her situation, it has become a great strain for my wife and I to continually - have to miss work - lean on family members who then have to miss work - deal with random people watching our daughter who aren't keyed in on her schedule, thus causing workday distractions Anyway, in her "contract", it clearly says we can fire her for cause. Over the weekend she fainted at Gurnee Mills. Honestly, I was mostly prepared to deal with her missing work for "one more year", but now I am having real anxiety over the thought of her fainting while carrying my daughter through a parking lot to a store. One of the benefits of having a nanny is our daughter gets to go all over the place, shop, do fun things. I am concerned. So, having typed all of this, of course I have to replace her. However, I just wanted to get Soxtalk's backing. We interviewed a young woman last night who seems like a good fit. Oh man, firing our nanny is going to be so hard.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 5, 2017 -> 03:58 PM) If they can get a Carmelo to NYY type of return for Jimmy, I will drive him to the airport. Yeah look how great the Nuggets wound up. Danilo is a stud. GTFO out here. Years later Melo is still the best player in the deal and the Nuggets are a joke.

NASA released 30 minutes of the sun in 4K

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jan 5, 2017 -> 08:29 AM) OA was pretty good. Watched it in one day. Not as good as Stranger Things. WTF that's like 10 hours. People confuse me. There's LIFE TO LIVE.

I just love immersive videogames. To enhance that, I got a soundbar for Christmas that throws legit surround sound. Holy s*** does this enhance Battlefront 1 even more! A game I need to tout is Steep. Man, is that something that just sucks time away from you.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 5, 2017 -> 10:21 AM) There is no more infuriating team than the Bulls in the NBA. They own wins against Cleveland (2) and San Antonio this year. They also own losses against Timberwolves, Dallas, and the Lakers. They can win, there are just times they choose not to. Last night Kyrie and Love didn't play so I wouldn't put a ton of stock in it. The Spurs game was a s***show on both sides which happens from time to time.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 5, 2017 -> 06:52 AM) Do you ever take photos of your creations for Facebook? You should. Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 5, 2017 -> 12:14 AM) Facebook friends know, so my Soxtalk brothers and sisters may as well know too: I accepted the Executive Chef position at the Ramkota Hotel in Bismarck. So, if you are in Bismarck anytime in the near future, come find me. We serve good food. Also, unlike most promotions, I'm much less scared about this. I'm much more scared of more f***ing snow. That's awesome news.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 1, 2017 -> 06:03 AM) James Harden. On my fantasy team. :-)

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 31, 2016 -> 02:51 PM) If you're up for a very long read, Slate has such a piece by Michael Lewis on Daryl Morey and the development, use, successes, and failures of analytics in analyzing basketball. Thank you!!

QUOTE (Deadpool @ Dec 31, 2016 -> 11:44 AM) Prometheus is not truly a prequel to the Alien series, but it is not truly part of the Alien series, much like the Hobbit is a prequel to the Lord of the Rings but not a Lord of the Rings movie. Of course I realize that. The point I was making is the Alien universe has legit been back for a few years now.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Dec 30, 2016 -> 10:34 PM) Interesting. I'll have to see how long it is in terms of hours. If it's great but only 6-7 hours, I can't imagine spending $60 on it. But if it's 20-30 hours, I may. And I assume it's linear as well, no open world. The single player is linear, yes. I've put 3 hours into it and haven't even finished the first part of the first 4 part soteyiline. There are six storylines. I also am not very good, but that is another story haha

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 30, 2016 -> 10:31 AM) The single-player is the best stories I've played in a FPS. There's like 7 different tracks you go down that tell different WW1 stories. It's really deep, well-acted, and makes you feel like you're there. Someone quote this for him so he sees it.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Dec 29, 2016 -> 10:52 PM) Does Battlefield 1 have any sort of single player value? I don't really like online games too much, so offline mode is all I would be spending my money on. The single-player is the best stories I've played in a FPS. There's like 7 different tracks you go down that tell different WW1 stories. It's really deep, well-acted, and makes you feel like you're there.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Dec 29, 2016 -> 10:05 PM) https://mobile.twitter.com/ckamka/status/814676487446073344 I find that pretty amazing. I don't find that too surprising, honestly. You're immediately starting with all games where the Blackhawks have 2+ goals.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Dec 27, 2016 -> 06:49 PM) YES! Those were the days. Me, you, wite, heads, DBAH0, Steve, BobDylan, Zoom, etc. I miss that league. We got pretty rowdy.

Do people not realize that this Alien movie is a sequel to Prometheus? A couple of comments in this thread make me feel like that might be the case. Alien has already gone back to horror. Prometheus, while flawed, had some of the most uncomfortable and insane scenes in any move the past decade. I loved it.