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Hector is awesome.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jan 22, 2013 -> 01:02 AM) This is potentially glorious news. It would be fantastic if Missouri would be forced to get rid of Haith. Last year was an aberration and a perfect storm that had more to do with a special group of players than it did the coach. Who replaces him? He's been really popular around campus also. Does the standard Buffalo Wild Wings weekly interview, always comes and talks with students during ticket lines, emails students frequently. I hear he's a really nice interview.

QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Jan 20, 2013 -> 10:29 PM) I don't know why, but Wise reminds me of Fukudome last year. I think they caught lightning in a bottle at the end of last year. Wise is a grinder, but at 35... I just don't see him contributing much for this season. I don't understand why they wouldn't just go with Danks. I completely forgot we had Fukudome until just now.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 20, 2013 -> 10:38 PM) I'd say that there are probably more parents that over-coddle, under-critique, whatever you want to call it than ever before. But it's not as if being critical of everything your kid does is necessarily the best way to do it, either. Most people respond best when they are given a mixture of criticism and praise. Let them know what they're doing wrong and let them know what they're not. It's pretty simple, it's about moderation. BTW, I came from the "everyone gets trophies" generation, and everyone knew that didn't mean s***. We'd keep the trophies because shiny things are cool, but we wanted to win. When I was 6 or 7 years old and we played in a basketball league that didn't keep score. While there are some benefits in trying to keep things from getting over-competitive (is this for the parents or the kids, by the way?) I know that all we'd do after the game is argue about who would have won if the score was kept and compare our self-kept statistics, etc. You can't make people noncompetitive even if you try -- though I'd say making them feel like losers too much rather than winners too much is more likely to have a negative effect. All this. I'm from everyone gets a trophy and I'm a hyper competitive motherf***er when playing sports.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 20, 2013 -> 10:22 PM) good luck and i mean that with all sincerity. you may be in a situation where there is a lot more supply of that skill set than demand. There is, which is why I've been looking at double majoring.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 20, 2013 -> 09:38 PM) what are you studying? Journalism.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 20, 2013 -> 09:14 PM) are you in school right now? Yes, but apparently I'm supposed to have a magical skillset to get a job.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 20, 2013 -> 07:32 PM) I bet I could find a job if I lost mine. And I wouldn't need you to make such excuses for me, because I have a useful skillset. What is this useful skillset? As an unemployed 20 year old looking for a job, I'd like to know. I also want to to know what this useless skillset I apparently chose to have is? Please. Tell me.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 20, 2013 -> 07:22 AM) Know the feeling. It's getting to a point where if I don't know someone, I don't bother. Only two things I'm not filling applications out for are restaurant worker and delivery drive. Cause hell no to both of those.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 20, 2013 -> 03:48 PM) Te'o and Couric share same spokesman

I still don't understand what's making the US "wusses" now. Someone please explain.

I love that feeling of filling out 101 applications and not hearing back from 1.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 18, 2013 -> 07:25 PM) Batting .413 with 35 homers and only having an ops of .800 would be quite impressive. Meant OBP

Something going on between Thibs and Noah

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 19, 2013 -> 10:10 PM) I H8 N8 Like, dude can be so great sometimes, but then he's like "OH DOWN 3 WITH THE LAST SHOT? I'LL GO FOR THE LAYUP"

I hate Nate Robinson.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 19, 2013 -> 09:19 PM)

This thread no longer belongs to Soxtalk, it belongs to Soxbadger.

Neat.

Mizzou misses Bowers

Damn.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 19, 2013 -> 02:17 PM) And I already made a pretty clear post saying I agree with that...at this moment in time. But what about 120 years from now? Exactly. 120 years fom now for all we know the entire planet could be a nuclear wasteland or a united world exploring other solar systems.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 19, 2013 -> 02:11 PM) This isn't Egypt or countries like he's taking about, either. The majority of the us armed forces would not follow orders to open fire on their own citizens that they sworn to defend. This is f***ing assanine. The fact you two think that shows how disconnected from actual thought you both are at this point. Just like thinking the government would call for it is asinine.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Jan 19, 2013 -> 12:37 PM) Skipping the fact that you think the government has nothing to gain by ripping up the Constitution and dissolving the republic.... and that our cities, which have the toughest gun laws, are flooded with guns anyways... As a country, were addicted to outrage and sensitive to everything that happens to us (even s*** we do to ourselves). Kid get bullied, we act like its a war-crime. Girl gets date-raped, move over World War 2 and the Black Death there's a new Greatest Tragedy in the History of Mankind. A CEO of a company donates to organizations that dont fit a pro-gay agenda, were at DEFCON 0 THE MISSILES ARE IN THE AIR. Look, all of that s*** is bad. From hating the gays to kids getting bullied, I'm not saying this should be happening and that we should encourage it. However that doesn't mean we have to mobilize ourselves every couple weeks and demand the government come swooping in to fix all of our problems. That's not the right move. Because every time we do that the government winds up doing something, maybe it isn't as dramatic as a law but its always something; a new (or expanded bureaucracy), a new executive order, a change in policy from the executive, hidden amendments to benign spending bills... it all comes around. None of it actually makes us safer, or does anything to stop any of the bad s*** that happens, but that's not the point. The government really is God to people, we come to them humbly begging their favor and even if they dont deliver we keep trying. That's like the definition of blind faith. Meanwhile we keep have our rights limited, the government's power expands and grows (mostly with no function other than to just expand and grow), lawmakers pass more useless laws and the establishment sits comfortably on their throne. Bad things happen. 20 kids are going to die sometimes in tragic fashion, that's not a new human phenomenon (though rabid media exposure is), doesn't mean we need to ban guns. A bridge is going to collapse in Minneapolis that kills a few people, doesn't mean we need to greenlight billions in pork spending. Terrorists are going to attack us and people are going to die every once and while, doesn't mean we should wage two unwinnable wars for a decade. s*** happens, and government is almost never going to be able to stop that. Worry about what you can control, and that's your actions and your attitudes... because when we stop trusting ourselves to do the right thing government and its pals are right there waiting to take all they can from us in exchange for instilling a false sense of security. Other than the current system makes that impossible. Regulating guns does nothing close to ripping up the constitution.

Ok, Duke what in the hell were you talking about? I meant that someone with a rifle has no shot against the US military. If a foreign power beats our military and invades, your Wal-Mart assault rifle will be less than child's play to them. Also, I'll be the first to say it, "wussification" is a b**** word that sounds like it's out of the 1950's like most of the ideas expressed in the opening post.