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Or have a Steve Bartman Day. Anyone dressed like Steve get's in free. Or have Sox fans all dress like Steve for the Sox - Cubs games at Wrigley

Dec. 18, 2003 07:10 PM Associated Press MEXICO CITY - A 24-year-old man died in southern Yucatan state after reportedly allowing himself to be used as a human pinata, the decorated clay jar that children in Mexico traditionally break open with sticks to get the sweets hidden inside. To indulge his two younger siblings, Sebastian Cahum Pech allowed them to tie his hands and feet, balance him on a beam and swing at him with sticks, the newspaper Reforma reported. Cahum Pech, who was tied loosely to the beam by the neck, jumped to avoid the blows, which were delivered by his sister, 13, and brother, 8, with the traditional pinata sing-song rhyme, "Hit it, Hit it, Really Hard." While he twisted to avoid one blow, Cahum pech fell from the beam, tightening the rope around his neck and leading him to die of asphyxiation. The accident occurred Tuesday and was reported by state police Wednesday in the rural township of Chemax, about 80 miles (130 kms) inland from the Caribbean resort of Cancun.

LOS ANGELES -- A group of hungry cats began to eat their 86-year-old owner after she suffered an apparent stroke and couldn't get up for nearly a week, officials said Thursday. Mae Lowrie, who lives with seven cats, was discovered unconscious and riddled with bite marks Wednesday night at her Panorama City apartment, Fire Department and hospital officials said. She was listed in fair condition at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, said hospital spokeswoman Lisa Kort. "The cats were trying to survive in the conditions that they were in, faced with the outcome they had. They did what they had to do to survive," animal control Officer Ernesto Poblano told KABC-TV. "The cats were all emaciated, very, very emaciated." Lowrie may have suffered a stroke, said Jim Wells, spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. The woman's apartment manager alerted authorities after neighbors realized they hadn't seen Lowrie in several days. Wells said Lowrie, who was believed to have been stricken about a week before she was found, was also dehydrated. The cats, apparently without food for that time, also tried to eat Lowrie's small dog, said Jackie David, a spokeswoman for the city Animal Services Department. The terrier showed signs of hypothermic shock, severe dehydration, respiratory illness and was later euthanized, she said. One of the cats, a kitten, was found dead.

Two ways to look at Nomar's away from Fenway numbers. 1. He's a better home player than on the road. His Cell numbers will be strong. 2. He is the rare individual that can only play at one park. I doubt it. Baseball is won up the middle. All things being equal, I would rather have my top player at SS, 2nd, of CF than off in a corner. Nomar will be around the ball way more than Maggs. This trade may never happen so this is probably a stupid excercise.

Gashwound I know you said it wasn't the contest, but if in some way it was I appologize. I noticed you announced leaving on the contest thread. I hope you come back soon.

That must be a different "discovery" channel than on my cable It wasn't interactive was it?

Stupidest song ever? I hate to shut this little thread down, but I have the ultimate in stupidity, the one song tat all Sox fans will agree is by far the silliest, stupidest, and possibly the most annoying song ever sung. It begins like this Hey! Hey! Holy Mackeral, the Cubs are on their way . . .

Could we win with Colon, MB, and E-Lo? NO. What has happened this offseason for anyone to think our staff got better? Losing Colon and Gordon? Anyone that thinks E-Lo is going to have another 20 win season is dreaming. If he only drops to 16-17, life is good. MB will have a better season than 2003, he may get to 20 with a little luck and some timely offense. Net gain/lose for those two is zero. Colon was the only guy in the rotation that didn't look scared the last 5 or 6 weeks of the season. Being the staff ace means more than W-L record. The ace should have an aire of invincibility about him. He should want the ball. He should want to announce is presence with authority. This may be Mark's breakout year in that regard. Hopefullly his new contract will give him some confidence. UNless we catch lightening in a bottle with someone, anyone, from our system, we need a solid FA aquisition.

Shouldn't it be OfficerKarkovice's job to throw out the bums?

And you are excellent at it

So now that your real friends are here you're going to dump me?

Almost as bad as I was thinking. I was thinking in the middle, all of a sudden you felt little mice at the bottom of the bed

I hope he realized the mistake he made and doesn't repeat it. That was monumentaly stupid.

Any chance of Soxfest moving someplace warm?

bones that list is perfect.

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The practice of using anchor text to make a page show up in the SERPs under keywords that are out of context for that page. For instance, if you want your arch enemy's page to be #1 on Google for "absolute moron", you'd get as many people as possible to link to his page using "abosute moron" as anchor text. Google bombing can of course also be used to create a positive effect. In theory you could get your own site listed at the top for very targeted keywords using the same technique. Both these uses are of course aimed at manipulating search results and as such are spam.

Google bombing (GOO.gul bawm.ing) n. Setting up a large number of Web pages with links that point to a specific Web site so that the site will appear near the top of a Google search when users enter the link text. (Note that Google™ is a trademark identifying the search technology and services of Google Technologies Inc.) —n. Google bomb. Example Citation: Since Mathes planted that first Google Bomb, the practice has spread throughout the blogging community. Here are four types of Google Bombs whose fuses have already been lit: 1. Humor Bombs. Mathes' original Google Bomb remains the classic of this genre. It's pretty funny to see your friend come up in Google as the No. 1 talentless hackin the whole world. Successful humor bombs, like most Google Bombs, require search key words that don't get a lot of traffic. 2. Ego Bombs. Many bloggers want to be the top search result for their first name or full name. Free-lance writer David Gallagher posted this plea on his site: I've decided that I want to be the most famous David Gallagher on the Internet, and if you have a Web site, you can help. How? Link to this site like so: David Gallagher. As of March 22, he's ranked No. 3 in Google. 3. Money Bombs. So far, no one's paying bloggers to set off Google Bombs, but the practice is probably inevitable. Last month, Weblogger Brig Eaton floated the idea, saying that her father would be willing to pay to get his site Google Bombed into the No. 1search result for Santa Cruz real estate. A week and a few (free) links later, www.santacruzrealty.net had moved from the No. 189 Google result to No. 39. —John Hiler, "Google Time Bomb," Slate Magazine, March 25, 2002

I searched for google bomb and now Tom Ridge and Homeland security opened a file on my Damn . . .

You know you can log in from Germany. . .

Ouch please don't call me a republican

And you are mod of the year? Use the http:// insert button when editing your sig. I'll try and research google bombs.

Damn Heather stirring up trouble

I would tell you but since I'm not as funny as MurcieOne or can add to a thread like YASNY . . . :finger