The Critic

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Sep 24, 2006 -> 03:12 AM) I find it troubling that most of this team's best hightlights came from the first-half. It's troubling, but not surprising.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 24, 2006 -> 04:50 PM) Have you been to the Olympic Stadium in Atlanta? Beautiful. No, I haven't been there. Did they tear a newly-built stadium down and build a smaller stadium afterwards?

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Sep 24, 2006 -> 09:43 AM) So...who currently do you mark for? I mark for (in no particular order) The Zombie...........Rob Van Dam................Rob Van Dam............Finlay And Mister Kennedy! Kennedy. Somebody REALLY likes Rob Van Dam!!!

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Sep 24, 2006 -> 03:49 PM) I hope he's packaged this offseason with Garcia or whomever else. I think The Sweaty One has put doubt in the minds of the front office with his late good outings. Will the fact that Mark throws with the left arm keep him off the trade block?

My mark list is so f'n small right now. I'd say: Foley Carlito AA Estrada Gail Kim (had to take Trish off the list ) Kennedy Christian (only as a heel) and I have to admit to liking the current LAX angle where they used AJ Styles as a pinata. I'll always mark out for Muta, but I never see him anymore.

QUOTE(MinnesotaSoxFan @ Sep 24, 2006 -> 11:12 AM) just imagine the chaos if the sox and cubs have a homestand during... I'm sure Little King Dick would conspire with Gutless Bud to f*ck both baseball teams with a 3-week road trip.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Sep 24, 2006 -> 08:08 AM) It's going to be ripped down to a 10,000-20,000 seat stadium for local and national sporting events. Wow, even dumber. A disposable stadium? Genius.

Seems like a giant waste of time to me. And what the hell is that 95K-seat stadium going to be used for afterwards? Are the Bears going to move? No other sensible use for it after the Olympics leave.

I agree! Here's a transcript of a conversation between Baines and a baserunner: HB: Okay, you're going on the second pitch. BR: HUH? What'd you say?? HB: I said, second pitch, you go. Got it? BR: I still can't hear you.... HB: C'mon, man, don't make me shout, they'll steal the sign. BR: HUH???? HB: .....nevermind, man....just stay put....

I think the culture of their professions also plays into it. We've all seen how those craprag tabloids laugh it up when a celebrity gains a few pounds. They show the most unflattering photos they can find and come up with little jabs at them in print. They make fun of the ultra-skinny, too, but not nearly as viciously as they tear into the "fat" celebrities.

QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 22, 2006 -> 07:32 AM) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060922/ap_en_..._star_supernova They will share "Supernova". I think calling yourself "Rockstar: Supernova" is REALLY f*ckin' lame. I understand why they're doing it (because they're not good enough to draw people without reminding them of that horrid show), but it shows zero creativity (as did their original songs, so it fits). They won't have to worry about their name for long, this is a one-and-done "group" anyway. Jason is still in Voivod and tours with Ozzy sometimes, Tommy has tattoos to get and whores to do, and Gilby and Lukas have very nice homes in Oblivion to return to.

I'm watching the "Forever Hardcore" DVD documentary about ECW. Good stuff, very in-depth. They didn't have license for very much footage, so it's mostly stills and interviews. I like it. Also, I just read that Kurt Angle's manager announced that Kurt is retiring from wrestling and plans to get himself in shape to compete in MMA in 2007! He's either a tremendous badass or he has a deathwish................or maybe both...........

If we're going by games they should have won, let's congratulate the Sox on back-to-back division titles while we're at it!!!

Unhappy ending or not, I had a lot of fun at Sox games this year. I'm going to cheer like I always do. I've never been much of a "boo-er". (That, and ketchup, make me a BAD Sox fan...... ) I'll almost certainly be gone by the 9th inning anyway - I'm taking my 6-year-old and she always wants to leave early.

Looks like I'm going back to Milwaukee!! LOL The only ones I got right (and I've lived in Chicago my entire life) were: 5, 6, 10, 16, 26, 32 and 33. It's not that I don't pay attention..............I just don't really care that much..............

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Sep 21, 2006 -> 05:46 AM) The Boogeyman won't be coming to get anybody on SmackDown! He's been released from the E because he wasn't making checkups with doctors and the E felt he wasn't giving his all to rehab the injuries. Wasn't that guy like 40+ years old anyway? There's only so much you could do with that gimmick, but I have to say I am a little surprised that Vince didn't keep him around through Halloween, at least. Boogey was doomed from the start - didn't he blow out both knees just jumping onto the ring apron from the floor at his first house show? Yikes!!

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 20, 2006 -> 09:44 AM) Maybe it was for growin' amd not for showin'? It does bring up an interesting medical question though. When you get your appendix removed, it's called an appendectomy. When you get your tonsils out, it's a tonsillectomy. So, what was this penis transplant operation called, medically speaking? Technically, I think it should be referred to as an addadicktomy, right? OMG, my Dad used to use that line 30 years ago! He said that would be what they'd call a female-to-male sex change!

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Sep 19, 2006 -> 07:58 PM) No one else does why should he, I guess. Maybe because speed is all he offers to a team?

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 19, 2006 -> 07:50 PM) Pods is so not fast anymore. BTW, that's probably the 20th time in the last 2 months that we went thru the order in the first 3 innings without a hit. I don't know if he's slower, it just looks like the 30/40/20 thing to me: first 30 feet down the line, he doesn't seem to run all that hard next 40 feet he seems to pick it up last 20 feet he seems to slow down I don't understand why he never seems to bust it all the way down the line

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Sep 18, 2006 -> 06:55 PM) And why is it that ECW stars can't beat Show one on one yet in a handicap match, DX can do whatever they want with Shane, Vince and Show? I GOT TWO WORDS FOR YA...... .....daughter's husband.

QUOTE(bmags @ Sep 19, 2006 -> 01:27 PM) most of the bands i listen to would kill for 120 k sold... Well, all they have to do is become a slutty, lazy-eyed, ferret-bodied hotel heiress dipsh!t who will do literally anything to stay in the public eye. The good news is, only 120,000 retards fell for this crap. The bad news is, 120,000 retards fell for this crap.

I liked one Sonic Youth song ever. It was a song off Dayrdeam Nation, and I can't remember the title now.

Shuffle In Memory of the 2006 White Sox Face To Face - Shame On Me The Methadones - Less Than Zero Slayer - Catalyst Raven - Seven Shades D Generation - Degenerated The Pretenders - Show Me Goo Goo Dolls - Out Of The Red Superchrist - To Hell And Black Six Feet Under - Jailbreak Butch Walker - Trouble And one more to seal the coffin: Hey Mercedes - A-List Actress

I don't do much easy listening at all, so it'd take me QUITE a while to list 10 "soft" songs I like. Most of my stuff is quite DIFFICULT to listen to....

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 18, 2006 -> 06:41 PM) If I was on a deserted island, and could only have one band, I'd take the Who Uhhhh, THAT's a different topic, SIR...... ....but since you brought it up, I'd take the Wildhearts. They have a nice mix of metal, punk and pop elements, and since I have 15 discs of theirs I'd have a nice selection to choose from.