Soxy

QUOTE(bmags @ Oct 16, 2005 -> 03:14 PM) this title is gonna jinx us and i hate it. If this team keeps playing like they have been, jinxes won't matter. C'mon this is the WHITE SOX not the Cubs. Let them have their jinxes, I'll take winning. . .

The man in the ER in friggin' Johnson City NY with a White Sox hat on who was waiting to find out if his wife was going to be okay. And the nice janitor who always wears a Sox shirt and is always nice to me. And my Nana.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Oct 16, 2005 -> 11:52 AM) I hope you're jumping and dancing on one foot after tonight's game. If they win tonight someone'll have to take me back to get it re-looked at because NOTHING could stop me from screaming and jumping and dancing. . .

Eh, this one sums it up better (and, wouldn't you know it--I heard it driving home from the urgent care at 3:30 am). Because I never will have that recipe again. (I totally should have taken them up on their offer of pain meds. . . ) Spring was never waiting for us, girl It ran one step ahead As we followed in the dance Between the parted pages and were pressed In love's hot, fevered iron Like a striped pair of pants MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again Oh, no! I recall the yellow cotton dress Foaming like a wave On the ground around your knees The birds, like tender babies in your hands And the old men playing checkers by the trees MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again Oh, no! [break] There will be another song for me For I will sing it There will be another dream for me Someone will bring it I will drink the wine while it is warm And never let you catch me looking at the sun And after all the loves of my life After all the loves of my life You'll still be the one I will take my life into my hands and I will use it I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it I will have the things that I desire And my passion flow like rivers through the sky And after all the loves of my life After all the loves of my life I'll be thinking of you And wondering why [extended break] MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again Oh, no! Oh, no No, no Oh no!!

Pink!

I'm still in shock, and I've been getting calls and e-mails all day from my MN friends saying they're crossing their fingers for me and the Sox tonight.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 16, 2005 -> 11:24 AM) Stuck in bed for a few days? I hope you feel better soon. Thanks. It just means I have limited movement, so darn it, I can't go into work today and I'll probably have to stay in tonight and watch the Sox. Ugh, this is such a tragedy.

I f***ed up my ankle (again). I broke it several years ago and seem to sprain it to hell every few years. Now I have to wear some stupid air cast for a week. Ouch.

I can't remember the last time I was this happy. This is so wonderful. Win 5 more for Soxy boys.

The dominance continues, I like that. . .

Watched A History of Violence. Wtf. (yep, that's my whole review)

Saw The Exorcism of Emily Rose last night. It was kinda scary. Interesting food for thought, glad I only paid $2 for it.

Grab a tissue first. . . Quake Hero Buries Wife, Then Helps Others By KATHY GANNON, Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - The smallest of the seven graves was Dr. Khalid Awan's nephew, the most painful that of his wife. He buried her after the earthquake collapsed the district courthouse in which she worked as a judge. Barely 24 hours later, he opened a makeshift medical camp on a rocky field near his ruined home. With people crying in agony and dying in front of him, Awan said there was never a question that he would put aside his own mourning. "People were crying and dying in front of us. How could I not help?" Awan asked Friday. "It was the answer to my feeling of helplessness. I knew that if my wife had lived she would have insisted I do this. I felt closer to her." The 7.6-magnitude quake leveled villages and killed more than 35,000 people in Pakistan's portion of Kashmir — about a third of them in the regional capital, Muzaffarabad. The entire side of a mountain was sheared off, causing a landslide that added to the damage of collapsing buildings, leaving thousands injured. Public buildings such as hospitals, universities, schools and courthouses were among the worst hit, and many of the estimated 12,000 dead in the capital were professional people the city most needs. "The material loss is not what hurts us. It's the people, the teachers and the professionals that we lost that is killing us today," Awan said. Salman Hussain, a psychologist in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, said hardly anyone in Muzaffarabad escaped the Oct. 8 earthquake unscathed and the psychological toll has not even begun to be felt. "The biggest thing is the constant fear so many people in Muzaffarabad are dealing with on a daily basis — fear of death, fear of another earthquake, fear of being buried beneath the rubble, fear of living," Hussain said. Some 500 aftershocks have rattled the region since the quake, including a 5.6-magnitude temblor on Thursday that shook buildings and sent survivors — many of them camping outdoors — scurrying in panic. Experts said the aftershocks could go on for months. Six days after the quake, a cloud of dust still hung over Muzaffarabad, a rambling city of 600,000 people at the foot of the Himalayas. Hospitals were closed, roads were blocked and no one could enter or leave the city. Jan Egeland, the U.N. undersecretary-general and emergency relief coordinator, said millions of people in the city urgently needed food, medicine, shelter and blankets. Awan said the first day after the earthquake killed his wife Shamim was the worst. The couple's 4-year-old son, Asad, would not let go of him, clinging to him as he passed among the injured at the makeshift medical outpost he set up. "I explained his mother had gone to her God and he said: 'I know Mama is dead, but now I have prayed for her so she can come home.'" Their other son, 8-year-old Farhan, rarely spoke and woke up every two hours, he said. The quake damaged the family's home, forcing Awan and his sons to live in a tent until heavy rains inundated that shelter. Awan then sent the boys to live with their grandparents in Islamabad. For his part, though, Awan plans to stay in Muzaffarabad to run the medical camp on a rock-strewn field behind the house. The spartan setup consists of two wooden benches and a table stacked with antibiotics, gauze and painkillers under a tattered pale green tent. Hundreds of patients thronged it soon after it opened, and Awan has recruited two other doctors from the neighborhood. "I can't leave," he said. "It is my home, where I was born, where all my memories of my wife are."

AJ is definitely one of my favorites on the team, I Yesterday he was being interviewed, before the NLCS game, my cell phone starts ringing--one of my friends called just to say "My Polish Sox guy was getting interviewed."

QUOTE(Steff @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 03:33 PM) I vote yea. I vote hurray! Nice article Apu.

Upstate New York represent! I also lived in Northfield, MN for 4 years as an undergraduate. And I consider MN to be my spiritual home. However, I grew up in the Western (possibly southwestern) suburbs.

In the top five list of things I miss about Minnesota: Old Dutch chips. Mmmmmmm

I always wanted to be a hair dresser/stylist.

QUOTE(Mercy! @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 01:47 AM) If you are interested in further heartwarming information about this couple’s breeding exploits, you might want to visit their website http://www.jimbob.info/index.htm Michelle home schools her herd of young ‘uns, and it’s no surprise to me that among her favorite websites is Creation Science Evangelism (October is “Defeat Darwin Month”); and Modest Clothing for Women (“swimwear that highlights the face, not the body”). I thought I might query her about all those children named after Jim Bob, with nary a one named after her. But when I clicked on the link that said “email Michelle”, up popped [email protected] :banghead I like you. And I agree. I think we had a thread when she popped the 15th one. But, her uterus will probably fall out before she can have many more. . .

Going back to the other thread on this topic, the one Krush started, it looks in that website like AJ sees the hand gesture for the dropped ball right before running. . .

You Might Be From Chicago If: You know where Aladdin's Castle was 1. The "living room" is called the "front room." 2. You don't pronounce the "s" at the end of Illinois. You become irate at people who do. 3. You measure distance in minutes (especially "from the city"). And you swear everything is pretty much 1/2 hour away. 4. You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Des Plaines." 5. You go to visit friends or family down south and laugh when they complain about the traffic. 6. You understand that no person from Chicago can be a Cub fan AND a White Sox fan. 7. It's "Kitty corner" not "Katty corner." 8. You know the difference between The Loop and Downtown 9. You eat your pizza in squares, not triangles, and you never refer to it as "pie" 10. You own celery salt 11. You understand that the primary is the official local election. 12. You have drunk green beer on St. Paddy's Day 13. Stores don't have sacks, they have bags. 14. You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?" or "Can I go with?" 15. Your idea of a great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun, "everything" is on it and a slice of dill pickle is on the side. 16. You carry jumper cables in your car. 17. You drink "pop." 18. You understand that I-290, I-90, I-94, and I-294 are all different roads. 19. You know the names of the interstates: Stevenson, Kennedy,Eisenhower,Dan Ryan, and the Edens 20. But you call the interstates "expressways." 21. You refer to anything south of I-80 as "Southern or Central Illinois." 22. You refer to Lake Michigan as "The Lake." 23. You refer to Chicago as "The City" 24. "The Super Bowl" refers to one specific game in January 1986. 25. You have two favorite football teams: The Bears, and anyone who beats the Packers. 26. You buy "The Trib" and not the Tribune. 27. You know that despite being on the lake, there is no such place as the Waterfront. 28. You think 45 degrees is great weather to wash your car. 29. You picnic or ride your bike in the "forest preserve" 30. You cried when Bozo was canceled on WGN. 31.You know what goes on a Chicago style hot dog. 32. You know what Chicago Style Pizza REALLY is. 33. You know why they call Chicago "The Windy City." 34. You understand what "lake-effect" means 35. You know the difference between Amtrak and Metra, and know which station they end up at. 37. You have ridden the "L." 38. You think your next-door neighbor is a cousin to Tony Soprano. 39. You can distinguish between the following area codes: 847,630,773,708, 312, & 815. 40. You have at some time in your life, used your furniture or a friend's body to guard your parking spot in winter 41. You respond to the question "Where are you from" with a "side." Example: "West Side," "South Side" or "North Side." 42. You know the phone number to Empire Carpet! 43. You know what a garache-key is!

QUOTE(Mercy! @ Oct 13, 2005 -> 03:59 AM) Why not? Roger Mahony was named Archbishop of LA 20 years ago, elevated to Cardinal 14 years ago, is still “running the show” as Cardinal. As we now know was common throughout the Catholic church, he allowed pedophiles to remain in the priesthood. In one famous case, the priest admitted to Mahony that he had molested children, but he was kept in the ministry for 14 more years, while he continued his abuse. And Bernard Law has a prestigious post at the vatican. The money those people got is nothing compared to the disrespect the catholic church showed them by allowing those men to stay in the ministry.

QUOTE(iWiN4PreP @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 07:41 PM) i had psat's today. they were boring. i christmas tree'd them since htey dont count as a grade -- just as a college thing. They also are what puts you in consideration for National Merit Scholar. . . Oh, and my kitten is getting "fixed" tomorrow. I'm kinda nervous. But we had her blessed a week and a half ago at the blessing of the animals thing. (Although, now I'm more nervous about the Sox). But send some good vibes to Little s***.

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 03:26 PM) Didn't this happen before and Juggs got mad at everyone for having a short attention span. What a guy. That sounds familiar, but I really can't remember. . . And I

I read an article about this earlier today. And it said that usually UNICEF shows starving children and real children in war ravaged places--kinda graphic stuff apparently. Anyway, in the article it said the reason they switched to the smurfs (shouldn't the plural techinally be smurves, but I digress) was to SHOCK people. So, starving, abused, homeless orphan children are no longer shocking. Sad.