The Critic

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 06:22 PM) Is it possible for this wings/leafs game to end in a double loss? I hate both these assclown teams. :lol: ....I like the Leafs' jerseys, but not their ownership or fanbase.

I'm a happy old man today - the Red Wings raise their banner on Versus tonight, then the Hawks start their season tomorrow night and Saturday night! Throw the Wolves' opener in there and it adds up to: Ain't s*** gettin' done around the house this weekend! God DAMN, I love hockey!!!

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 03:39 PM) The trusted appointed people in the government know better than I. Thankfully, my company sells a product that helps companies in these times as they downsize, but I don't think anyone feels comfortable out there... Alcohol? Nooses? Panic buttons?

QUOTE (Kid Gleason @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 06:58 PM) I got ahold of the new AC/DC today. I like them. I like them a lot. I never expect too much out of them. I like them for what they are. But man...this is boring. Believe it or not, there is even a bit of a modern Country feel to certain aspects of it. I'm not saying you will mistake it for Country, but there is a touch in there for sure. I was bored enough by Rock & Roll Train that I lost interest in hearing any of the other new songs. That said, their show on the Razor's Edge tour was one of the best shows I've ever seen.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 12:16 PM) yeah, it's only been 100 f***ing years I know, it sounds goofy, but as the big round number approached, the fans became desperate to either have the Cubs win it all before then, or in some weird karmic payoff, win it all on the 100th year itself. They therefore lump the 100 years of failure on this year's team, and then they stupidly have that priest sprinkle holy water in the dugout so there's something new to add to the list of "curses" and when the Cubs fell behind in the NLDS, maybe the players subconsciously let it seep into their brains - "oh no, here we go again". They never will, but the best thing for them would be to try to avoid all that dumbass curse talk.

It really looks like Rocky should have swept the broom just a little bit more in the upper offices of Hawks management. He swept Pulford to a corner, but he missed a spot.

I'm just very, very bored with the Cubs/Sox thing. I think the Internet is the main reason why. IN MYYYYYYY DAAAAYYYYYYY, it used to be that a few Sox fans gave s*** to the few Cubs fans they knew, and vice versa. The whole micro-analysis of how many column inches go to each team, how many minutes of TV time go to each team on the nightly sportscasts, etc, also adds to my fatigue over the whole thing. Plus, it's just so pervasive on any message boards, I've just reached overload. And Sox fans really shouldn't be too happy that their team won ONE WHOLE playoff game rather than zero. It's not that great a thing.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 12:03 PM) The Sportsvision vs. WGN was huge. But even going back to the old Channel 44 crappy picture the Cubs always ruled the TV. Remembering the 60s and 70s, the Cubs were the wholesome family team that played in the sunshine and the Sox where the kind of seedy, sleezy, team that played on the Southside (wink wink) to a different (wink) fan base. And Disco Demolition fed right into that line of thinking as well. ...the seedy, sleazy, dangerous part, not the [wink wink] part...

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 11:41 AM) Get over it. Agreed.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 10:37 AM) do they realize there's only one other one? Maybe they'll cheer for the Cincinnati Reds? Lots of familiar faces over there for Cubs fans.

QUOTE (That funky motion @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 10:24 AM) The Pens look like they are a slow team this year. Look totally different. Losing Sergei Gonchar (shoulder separation from a David Koci check, surgery, likely out 4-6 months) really hurts their offense and power play, too.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 08:00 AM) I am getting in a kayak and crossing the Gulf to go drinking with you. I figure crossing the Gulf in a kayak is safer than the following consumption of alcohol. You got me thinking. My gf does not like coconut, which knocks out many tropical drinks. The Donga Punch outline just might be perfect. Be careful - if she doesn't like it, she may give your Donga Punch.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 7, 2008 -> 11:05 PM) I'm in a bit of a crunch, and I haven't paid enough attention to the Filibuster to figure out where the catch-all went so I threw it in here. I'm looking for a speech McCain made on March 25, 2008 entitled "John McCain's Remarks on Economic Woes"...you can find the speech in text at realclearpolitics.com...anyways, I've obviously got the article, but I'd like to find the video of the speech if possible. If you know where it is, I'll cuddle with you for a night instead of Heads. Started looking for it. Read that last line of your post. Stopped looking for it.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 12:52 AM) Move on and forget about her. The sooner, the better. This girl does NOT have a magic vagina. She is NOT "supporting" you, she is dating some other dude. Find someone who wants to be with you, or just be on your own until you do.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Oct 6, 2008 -> 11:12 AM) There was a time in the 70s when I wore some pretty tight jeans, no back pockets to spoil the lines. Anyone want to surf on a giant wave of vomit?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Oct 6, 2008 -> 02:54 PM) the cubs will win a ws eventually but i think it will be with a young team that comes out of nowhere -- a team not fazed by the weight of history. There was a discussion about this idea over the weekend on the radio. The gist of it was that the Cubs fanbase has become too impatient to let the Cubs get young. They have such a need to "win now" that management feels the pressure to stay competitive, and that leads to signing veterans rather than bringing up kids. I think there's something to that. If they just keep "retooling" and finding that "last missing piece" and it keeps on not working, they stay saddled with long-term albatross contracts, and the cycle just repeats itself. They HAVE to win sometime, it's just the law of averages, but I don't think it's going to be due to supreme planning on their part. One day, it's just......gonna happen.....or, if you believe my sig, maybe not......

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 7, 2008 -> 08:19 AM) You shower in s***? Shooter McGavin: I eat pieces of s*** like you for breakfast!!! Happy Gilmore: You eat s*** for breakfast??? Shooter: .........NO........

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Oct 6, 2008 -> 06:14 PM) Quentin and JD should swap positions in the offseason. I agree 100%.

They've scored 6 runs with no help from Mrs. Tony Parker.

Death.

Hey, he didn't walk him.... Nice day's work, Dotel.

Nice enough job again by Richard.

Maybe they can hit another pitcher, one who ISN'T throwing 89 MPH fastballs and rolling breakers.

Quick inning for them. Bad times.

QUOTE (rangercal @ Oct 6, 2008 -> 04:53 PM) how about a popup? Just a little vomit, had to swallow it back down. Not fun.