The Critic

QUOTE (ChWRoCk2 @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 08:11 PM) Gee, where to start I can't stand those backpacks/carry-all with rollers on them. I'll be walking to the Union station and its impossible to get around those people and they always walk so f***ing slow. Also hate slow drivers who drive in the right lane. Hate people who have to wait for a big clearing to make a simple right and or left turn. Snoring, so annoying or even loud breathing, makes me paranoid. I could go on but I'm sure what I'll type is repetitive from earlier posts I have not seen. Slow drivers are supposed to stay to the right.

QUOTE (Kid Gleason @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 05:45 PM) Well, The Critic will never make a "love" list, that's for sure. Few message board posters will. But this guy on another board I go to I do think is a GREAT poster. That guy is KennyLars. He's cool. True. That guy rules.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 08:08 PM) Orton had a hilarious heckler during the opening segment True. I loved when Randy was unfolding the apology: "HE CAN'T REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAD!!!"

QUOTE (Kid Gleason @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 02:47 PM) Not so sure there is enough time for me to list everything I hate. Then save some time and list the things you don't hate. I know I won't make that list.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 01:44 PM) May I ask why? I very rarely write checks anymore. The only times I write a check is if I can't use my debit/credit card or it's a bill that can't be paid online. I can't tell you how many times I've had a check cashed for the wrong amount because somebody at the bank can't seem to read/type either. For me, it's spending control. A debit card would make it far too easy for me to overspend on things I want but don't need. If I have to make the committment to take out a check, fill it out, and hand it to someone, I'm much more likely to stop the urge to spend needlessly. I know my self-control limits and I have to work within them.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 09:41 AM) On a similar not, I hate the tools who, even after the several reminders on screen, forget to turn the ringer off on their phones and/or take calls during a movie. One of these days I'm going to snatch someone's phone out of their hand and toss it to the front of the theater. We'll miss you.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 08:42 AM) How about people who still write checks at the grocery store. For crying out loud get a debit card. No. I refuse. I love to write checks at the grocery store. Love, love, LOVE it. Of course, I do fill everything out in advance so all that has to be entered is the amount. If that takes too long for you, there's always the self-checkout.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 02:08 AM) Part of the reason I quit getting really drunk was because the hangovers were so awful. I got worse hangovers than anyone I know. I'm not saying I drank the most, but my hangovers lasted a full 24 hours. A couple of times my GFs almost took me to the ER. Say I went out on a Sat night, got home like 3 am, passed out, woke up at 10 am Sun, would feel like puking but would be unable to, would roll around in my bed, then get up, then back to bed, then get up, over and over again. Finally at like 3 pm Sunday afternoon, would finally puke...then the headache, twitching and cold sweats would kick in. That would last until about 8pm, followed by a greasy meal and lots of water. In the bed by 11 pm. Would feel fine by Monday morning. When I see people at work or functioning properly and complaining about a hangover, I laugh. That is not a hangover. ...or maybe they can just handle it better...

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 25, 2009 -> 10:07 PM) Damn. Now the Hawks won't get home ice in the Stanley Cup finals. At least it didn't end in a tie.

Mickey Rourke has been signed to appear at WrestleMania. Rumor is he may have a match against Chris Jericho. I really hope to Foley that they don't make Jericho job to him - that would blow and suck.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 25, 2009 -> 12:45 PM) My buddy and I are getting the Royal Rumble tonight. Always liked the Rumble so kind of looking forward to it, especially with nothing else on. Please do a recap afterwards. I'm working tonight so I won't have the chance to watch it at all.

The Narcisselusional One is going to appear on Skeletor Live on Monday night. Could be funny viewing during commercials while I watch Raw.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jan 24, 2009 -> 07:54 AM) Looking at a laser surgery removal cost of (estimated) $436.00. However, the thing about Mast Cell Tumors is that they are aggressive, and can end up anywhere from the skin(most common) to the liver, spleen, blood cells, gastrointestinal tract. And my Vet said that they send out "feelers" to the rest of the body and move around. my dog had a tiny bump that popped out in the last week or so to the size of a fist, so we know it is aggressive. And she has it right above her left elbow, which is a difficult place as it is, but they also want to remove tissue around the tumor to prevent it from spreading, which is hard as well because there just isnt a lot of extra tissue where the tumor is. Basically I could have the tumor removed next week, only to find out shortly thereafter that she is dying from a tumor on her spleen. She is a 9 year old lab, and I have been told about them getting tumors like this, but you are never really prepared for it. Wow, that sounds bad. Hope everything turns out OK and it hasn't/doesn't spread.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Jan 24, 2009 -> 04:00 AM) I hate the taste of tea. It tastes like there was something really good in the cup beforehand and then someone poured hot water into that same cup without washing it. It's such a half ass taste. You'd change your mind if there were cow brains mixed in.

I was listening to some of Blago's stand-up routine on the radio and I was sitting in my car, alternately laughing, getting pissed off, and shaking my head. That kind of super-delusional hyper-narcissism is equal parts baffling, aggravating and somehow awesome.

QUOTE (mreye @ Jan 22, 2009 -> 03:00 PM) No, I knew they didn't really care for each other, but I didn't expect the things he said about Jurko vs Harry to be so "one sided". I'd guess he at least partially blames Harry (or at least his conflicts with Harry) for his "dismissal", so those were a few parting shots. That's the way I took it, anyway. The overt gushing about Jurko (who I personally find to be the worst non-Santo personality on any Chicago radio station) just put a finer point on it by contrast.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jan 23, 2009 -> 11:09 AM) People don't like the Gin Blossoms? Seriously? They're poppy, yeah, but i can't see anyone being violently opposed to them. ....you, sir, must have somehow missed the Gin Blossoms Revolt of 1994....it was NOT pretty.....no one was spared, and women and small children looked on in abject terror....all who admitted or were found out to enjoy the Gin Blossoms' music were herded into a large stadium.....they were tortured in unmentionable fashion (and also in a few mentionable fashions, which will go unmentioned here, ironically).....the lifeless bodies of the Blossomites were then made into a mealy paste and fed to the few surviving Blossomers, while Found Out About You played on a loop.....if the human gruel didn't kill them, the forlorn melody did.....this dark moment in American history has been stricken from history books and news archives, and rightly so.....remembrance of this horrible display could only lead to repetition, and the torture of Hinder fans, 3 Doors Down aficianados, and followers of The Wallflowers would surely follow. ....I pray to a merciful God daily that I didn't remember....dammit, I wish I could forget.....

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 23, 2009 -> 10:51 AM) Crane Kennedy was talking about the food being bad. What was keeping the Tribune Company from improving it? Tradition and nostalgia.

I'm dying to buy a "We Got Ricketts!" t-shirt.

Brussel sprouts Catsup/ketchup on a hot dog (most of the time ONLY catsup/ketchup) Going to movies or sporting events alone and this may sound weird, but I liked the soreness of my "baseball muscles" after the first practice of a new season - the sore sides from swinging the bat and the sore shoulder from throwing after not doing it all winter

QUOTE (Kid Gleason @ Jan 22, 2009 -> 09:49 PM) Just can't accept that thing, can you??? The more I play it with her, the less I understand the appeal. She's already getting bored with the games she has, and I don't blame her. It's just f***ing dull.

I wish I didn't have to have a cellphone (I only have it for emergencies, and I almost never talk on it) and I couldn't care much less about my daughter's Wii.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 22, 2009 -> 10:58 AM) I'm of the mind that one of our goaltenders is worth more to us (Khabibulin) as a trade chip than as a time share. You'd still need a trade partner that makes sense, and I don't see anyone in contention, with a veteran they need to move who would fit the Hawks' needs, whose starting goalie has been inefficient or injured.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 22, 2009 -> 12:10 PM) . I don't get all the confusion over it. I thought it was a great ending. It was an effective enough ending for me. It said symbolically what the movie could have showed, but there was really no need to show it. You know it's coming, and the implication was enough.

QUOTE (mreye @ Jan 22, 2009 -> 12:00 PM) McNeil's article is in the Sun Times today. No surprises except he wasn't as kind to Harry as he was to Jurko. That wasn't a surprise either. He likes Jurko and he doesn't like Harry. McNeil kind of rubs me the wrong way. I don't necessarily think he's a bad guy or anything, but he's too Coppocky for my liking. He was a Coppock "understudy" so it's probably natural that it would rub off on him.