Kid Gleason

Are you kidding!?! If I knew there would be a chance of that critter being out there everynight, I would move my bed out there just to make sure I could see it everynight! You don't get to see something that awe-inspiring everynight, and when you do, it is a damn near life changing experience! Now today I can't stop thinking about what I encountered last night, and my boss is HIGHLY envious. I'm an animal fanatic as is, and to see something like that, well, it just doesn't get much better than that! But the pooch doesn't get to encounter it again.

Took the dog out last night around midnight. She was done doing her business and we started walking back to the house, when all of a sudden she stopped dead in her tracks. I heard a sound and looked up. There, perched on top of the house was the sillouhette of the biggest damn bird I have ever seen in my entire life!!! This thing was friggin' HUGE! Obviously it was an owl with sights on my dog (12 week old cocker, so she isn't that big), but I could do nothing but stand there mouth agape and muttering "holy s***...holy s***...holy s***...". Then it spead it's wings and took flight, and I stood there with a louder "holy s***...holy s***...". My wife kept asking what was going on, and I could only reply with a nervous laugh with more "holy s***'s" and "good lord...oh my god" type of stuff. I swear, this thing was HUGE! I don't ever exaggerate the size of animals I have run into, so trust me, this thing was monstrous! However big an owl can get to in these parts, this thing was every little bit that large. Puppy will NOT be going out by herself at night for a LONG time to come.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 10:41 PM) I'd say yes. Very good 80s alternarock. Nice fuzzy guitars, but I'm kinda drawing a blank on a comparison. Maybe in the same ballpark as stuff like the Pixies or the Smiths. Perhaps another "older" Soxtalker can help with a comparison? My favorite J&MC song is "Head On". Jesus is a REAL tough band to compare to anybody. The only one of theirs I had was the first one, as after that they real did away with much of what made them so well known in the beginning, and that was their amazing use of feedback. I have never heard a band that knew how to control it as well as they did. To explain them? I would a take the 60's psychedelic bands, mix them with the 60's garage bands, add some 80's London Goth scene (before it was called "Goth" though) and add a dash of REM and 80's Pop, then throw on the feedback. Picture that sound, and you are getting close. Droning vocals though, and that is kind of the Psychedelic influence. They came about during the 80's garage band love that gave us Husker Du, The Lime Spiders, and The Scientists, so that is where the garage came from. The Goth...well...they wore alot of black.

B&W.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 10:21 AM) Oh yeah because otherwise you'll have that Pirate Dude after ya, what's his name again, Captain Feathersaw or something? Yeah, but that is a big-ass feather!!! I'd hate to see the size of the bird he had to wrassle to get that thing off of!!! and it's "FeatherSWORD".

Yeah, but they breed you wily down there in Australia, right? From what I am lead to believ, you're all tougher than nails. Atleast according to Paul Hogan and The Wiggles. Don't f' with Jeff man.

Plus I imagine down there you can't spit without hitting a BBQ shack. That would be my un-doing. Though I have my own pijt and everything...and I'm getting pretty handy with it, so I expect by next year Dom Deluise will be looking trim and fit.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 08:57 AM) I didn't weigh myself after hitting 220, and I assume I may have gone even heavier. I'm at 195, and though 185 would be good, but I think I may need to drop even lower. The slow drop was walking and watching what I ate. The final push was a nasty flu Tuesday night and not eating for a couple days. It also helps a friend of mine is also working on losing some pounds and we've been encouraging each other. Being from Texas can't you just step outside and sweat it all off in about 3 seconds? I've never seen a truely fat armadillo. QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 08:59 AM) I think if I lived in America for a year, I could probably get to 165 from all the food I'd eat (in case you don't know, I'm a little short - ass). How short are you? You would have to be really short for 165 to be a lot. I will guess...ummm.....5'3".

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 08:39 AM) I just stepped on the scale, I'm down 25 pounds from a year ago and none of you noticed. I'm close to my goal weight, but now I'm thinking I may have to adjust my goal down a bit more. I just noticed where you are "from"!!! LOL!!! Nice!!! Changing your goal weight is a b****. I weighed 220 a few years ago, and got myself down to 165. I decided I wanted to go down to 155. I never made it under 165 and have added a little bit on now. I got sick of the treadmill. It's funny, it's all about the exercize. I don't eat bad, but as soon as you stop the running in place, it starts creeping back.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 08:37 AM) "Lennon" the musical shutdown after only 49 preformances, playing to only about 40% of capacity. http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/1...g.ap/index.html Gosh...and it seemed like such a good idea.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 08:26 AM) I think that is always a tough question with friends and family. So many ideas fall flat on their face instead of taking off, I'd hate bringing friends and family into something that tanked and cost them a bundle. I don't know if that is reflective of the current situation. But Tex is right, so many opportunities are niche opportunities that work well for one guy or a couple, but not for a larger group. Your buddy may also have been looking for partners who could either pony up some startup costs or survive going bust and thought best not to expose you to the risk. I dunno. Then again, maybe you've drunk waaay too much of his Delirium Tremens over the years and you've been scuttled. Thing is though, the company is all him and friends. I think he atleast owed me the option to make my own mind up as to if I could afford it. Obviously he isn't worried about losing friendships since it is all friends. As for the drinking his beer, he drinks much of mine also. But good call, as he was the one who got the keg of Delirium Noel last Christmas.

LOL @ the Belgian bit! Well, since the falling out was his fault to begin with...I'm thinking he has nothing to have not gotten over.

You're like one of those lizards that flare out their heads and make themselves look REALLY big. We all see your post total and go "oooo, look at that...he MUST be somebody important", when we all know that Jekyll really runs the show.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 07:41 AM) Don't make me ban you pshaw...what can YOU do??? Yeah Flaxx, as soon as that triple bock is here...I'm making me a few phone calls. You'll be buying yourself out of "playtime" with a bottle of The Beast. Good thing is that one drink and your assualter will be hammered off his ass.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 07:52 AM) Maybe he wasn't in position to invite anyone else, he was asked himself. He may have even suggested you but the other guys turned you down. Nah, the whole thing is his creation and he pretty much is calling ALL of the shots. Even if he thought he knew my situation, I think an offer should have been on the table. I've always opened the door for him. Been there done that with the beer drinking thing with him before. I'm tired of it with him pretty much. We had a bit of a falling out before, and cleared it up over beers. I didn't know that about my skin looking good due to zits. Might explain why I'm so damn good looking.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 07:34 AM) But, wouldn't that be... wrong? P.S. Check your PM. I'm telling.

My best friend, neighbor, guy I work next to for 8 hours a day, started a company with 2 of his other friends and some guy he met at a bar. The company is taking off, leaving me hanging here at work a bit. Is it wrong that I more or less hate him for having not even bothered to ask me if I wanted in on the opportunity to get in on the company? Like I said, I've known him forever, we built houses next to each other, we work right next to each other. I already told my wife that if he gets rich off it this thing, I will be done with him forever. Is that wrong? He knows many of my struggles, and he knows how much I hate my job. I would think I atleast deserved a "hey...this is what we are doing...do you want in?". Don't you? I ask this now because once again he is taking time off work for this new business.

No effect in the slightest bit. Heck, I even work with all Cub fans, and they haven't really said anything at all other than to say "don't give up yet". Heck, they have a better outlook than most Sox fans do. I guess that is an ignorance inherent in Cub fans though. But nope, no effects, no depression, no nothing otehr than a "dammit...". If they win the division and move on to the World Series and win that, all that really means is that I get an excuse to get REALLY ripped one night. I don't get any money or anything, so why would it effect me in any serious way?

I'm 35. When will puberty end and I will STOP getting friggin' zits??? Has anybody ever noticed how much I use the word "friggin'"? I've really been noticing it lately. If it is something that bothers you, please drop Ozzie Guillen an email at [email protected] and he will ask Areis Spears to drop me a line to "shut the f*** up...b****".

QUOTE(bmags @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 11:50 PM) i hope your talking about you restraining yourself cause i didn't say anything mean Yes, yes, I'm not a fan of V.U. at all, and am respecting your being a fan. We've knocked heads over bands too much, and I think your musical opinions are too good to continue to battle. So, I respectfully choose to not say anything. You love 'em, you know your s*** in music, so rock on.

QUOTE(bmags @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 08:08 PM) hmmm...that went over my head. "If you can't say anything nice..."

QUOTE(bmags @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 07:34 PM) so...anyways...beatles = 4 talented musicians. BUT...can we give some respect to the velvet underground... john cale's - 1919 in paris is better than any post beatles album of any of those 4 It's better if I just stand back on Velvet...

QUOTE(BigEdWalsh @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 04:43 PM) Neither did the Beatles record "Silly Love Songs", "My Love", "The Girl is Mine", "Say, Say, Say", "Ebony and Ivory", I could go on but I'm feeling ill. "Silly Love Songs" is a great pop tune! I also have to go along with "My Love" and "With A Little Luck". Heck, there was a ton of great stuff out of Wings. "Band On The Run" for instance. Bah, I love that stuff man! Nobody in music history could hold a candle to the Paul's yell also. That man's voice is pure gold, both when wanting to sound "sweet and gentle" and then when he wants to yell up a storm. Paul is a God amongst men, and when he is gone, the music world will stop dead in it's tracks and realize that there is nobody even close to that man on this planet.

I do love Iguchi!!! Toho and Gooch! I LOVE JAPAN!!!

QUOTE(S720 @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 02:26 PM) Damn, talk to them. I am 100% in agreement with you Fathom. Even with this loss, we are still 4.5 games up on the Indians. Although it looks mighty bleaked right now, but we are definitely OUT of the race. Buckle up everyone and get ready for a ROUGH ride to the finish. We'll win it in the end. Mark my word! It wasn't all that long ago we were saying "people...we still have a 9 game lead!". This lead keeps falling REAL fast. We keep hearing about how we have the rest of the games against subpar teams. Well, one of those teams is about to take 2 of 3, and they also happen to be the worst team in baseball. Nothing would make the Twins and Indians happier than to make us look REAL bad.