Texsox

5 4 3 2 1 Here we go again. Ladies and gentlemen please fasten your seat belts.

Frank, Just do not end any quote with "for the fans". I believe Soxfest is "for the fans" there are ways for Frank to come in for an hour or two without causing friction. Lead a few cheers. I understand the guys playing winter ball can not be there.

with all the microphone time it is too bad we did not have those soxtalk t-shirts made up Oz, welcome to big league managing in a big city. I guess he forgot what it's like. Anybody ask Kenny about his kids?

The world renowned crap-ologist is making a guess . . . . . . "Frank Thomas dropped this after Italian with a nice Chiati . . .

I was thinking the ex-Rex is Hex but what was nex? If Hex was Rex why confess? It became too complex, So I'll stay Tex Y'All And remember, Heather is not doable, Steff is doable, Heather is not.

And who are you trying to bait with this?

You implied that there must be something different about blacks based on their participation in the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL. I pointed out that there are participation differences in a lot of areas. Some are easy to explain. For example Chess was an official curriculm item in the old Soviet Union elementary schools, not so in the rest of the world. Why did so many champions come from the Soviet Union? It could be explained because of the availability of training centers, great systems if instruction, deeper pool in which to draw talent, central planning, national pride, the lack of toilet paper, and I'm sure several other issues. Should we imply that Soviet Union citizens are smarter or have different brains than others? I do not think so. Why are my analogies any less valid than yours? You took a sport and tried to make broad statements. Mine are irrelevent because I didn't pick the same sports as you? Because I didn't link it to black and white? Look back, you asked for my opinion and then say it has little to do with anything. Then why in the hell ask? At best you are trying to find an overly simplistic reason. At worst you are trying to create an argument here, similar to the Israel - Palestinian thread.

Actually no. The 22 Amendment covers this. It is two terms _ or _ 10 years. If, for example, a VP assumes the Presidency with less than two years remaining, he can complete that term and be elected to two more. 10 Years is more the deciding factors than how many terms. Interestingly both Reagan and Clinton has proposed changing this to two consecutive terms, leaving open the possibility of someone being elected when they are in their 40s or 50s and perhaps again later. Neat to think of Ron and Bill agreeing on something.

Why are there so few white rappers? Is it the muscles in the jaw not forming rymes fast enough? Perhaps their brains are not wired properly for the stress of rapping. I noticed there aren't too many native American tennis players. I also noticed there aren't too many Asians on the rodeo circuit. I also noticed there aren't too many northerns on the pro bass circuit, or southerners on the walleye trail. I noticed there aren't a lot of red heads on the X-games or fat gymnasts. I noticed a lot of Nobel Prize winners had their Doctorates, not a lot dropped out in the 5th grade. I noticed a lot of people in South America speak spanish, but not a lot of people in Sweden speak spanish. In the end, I blame it on white bread, mayonaise, and baloney. White people are the only ones to eat the stuff and I see a lot of baloney in this thread.

NFL puts damper on Vegas Super Bowl party

Enjoy the nice desert vacation Stay safe. IMHO there is nothing there worth getting hurt over. Wish we had everyone home. Maybe by Christmas.

I have never met an employee in any capacity that didn't over state his actual authority or responsibility (except me) I've hired many people and have read hundreds of resumes.

I would guess that the $3,000,000 bought them something. Perhaps a release from insurance or disability claims. Even though the accident was against his contract, he was still injured and probably entitled to disability pay.

One of the great hidden Easter eggs in windows involves CTR-Alt-DEL. Start up Word and Excel. You must have them opened side by side. Press CTR-ALT-DEL when the dialog device comes up where it tells you that pressing CTR-ALT-DEL again will restart press CTR-ALT-DEL again and be surprised. Very cool.

Rafacosta, Now this guy did deserve what he got. Why didn't he just flip the babies parents off

Understand this is not just starring in a porn. If you are a straight guy, it's gay sex; and if you are gay, it's straight sex.

Challenge accepted. poll will be posted shortly.

The Retired Chief And The Chicken Ranch The old Chief finally retired from the Navy and got that chicken ranch he always wanted. He took with him his lifelong pet parrot. The chicken ranch had a mixture of brown and white chickens. First morning at 0430, the parrot squeaked and said, "Off yer hocks and don yer socks. Reveille." The old chief told the parrot, "we are no longer in the Navy. Go back to sleep." The next morning, the parrot did the same thing. The old Chief told the parrot, "Look, if you keep this up, I will put you out in the chicken pen." Again the parrot did it, and true to his word, the Chief put the parrot in the chicken pen. About 0630, the Chief was awakened by one heck of a ruckus in the chicken pen. He went out to see what was the matter. The parrot had about 40 white chickens in formation and on the ground lay 3 bruised and beaten brown ones with out any feathers on them. The parrot was saying, "By God, when I say fall out in dress whites, I don't mean Khakis!"

It's Dejavue all over again -- Yogi Berra BTW has anyone heard that the Israelies are building an easy to scale wall to keep the Palastinians out?

The Southside Hit Men of 1977 for so many reasons. What a great season. The Sox were #1 in the city. It was fun to go to the games. The team was exciting. They won 90 games, f*cking Royals won 100. Baines was the #1 draft pick. I don't think there can ever be a season as much fun as that. Thinking about screaming Hey Hey Hey Good Bye with 40,000 fans still bring goosebumps. You knew we could win every game.

Pirates was an awesome surprise. I went because my son and I were looking for something to do. I was blown away. ROTK also was a huge surprise. I was prepared for a let down (I am a Sox fan). I figured there was no way they could continue to deliver such an great product. Shooting all three at the same time paid off in a big way. How many other sequel movies (I know it's not a true sequel) kept up consistantly high values throughout the run?

$$$ I'm certain he got paid more for a gay video than a straight. I guess it is kind of the virgin thing. Why would it come out now? I'll bet to try and have it settle before Spring Training. If the story doesn't have ang legs in a month or so, it will not cause a distraction to the team. I wonder if Zero has a copy . . .

I never forget a fashion crisis.

Send a nice letter stating when you expect to get paid. When the deadline passes take it to small claims court.

Chicago is still the murder capitol of the US. Murders have been few here on the Texas - Mexico border. McAllen is a city of 115,000 and I believe we had 1 murder in town last year. Within the past couple of years the Rio Grande Valley has seen a few multiple homicides, always linked to the drug trade. But for the most part the Mexico border towns are much safer than many Chicago neighborhoods.