Soxy

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Nov 6, 2009 -> 06:49 PM) Please feel free....your hot arent you? I've got waaaaaaaaaay too much education to be hot. No, I'm just intimidating.

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Nov 6, 2009 -> 06:47 PM) Soxy, I have to be honest...thank you for even talking to me. You seem like a really good girl and over time on here I have been a really bad guy at times as far as my view of women and women and relationships in particular and I would think you would have a real distaste for me to not even comment. (Man this girl has me way too mushy LOL). Those who are my friend on facebook can really see I have changed a tad bit. Well, if I ever see you in real life I will make sure to smack the s*** out of you.

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Nov 6, 2009 -> 06:20 PM) LOL. I dont know whos advice to take. Rock has great hilarious points and others have good points too about it just being a movie, big deal. Its not like she hasnt sat through a Hawks game on tv with me, maybe I kinda owe it to her. But she is working late and is pissed off so I might get a delay till tomorrow night now. Kyle that made me laugh hard, you are an ass. And yes it is that Precious movie. And I cant stand the girl that is in it even worse than Tyler Perry but I cant say that cause than she will think its a racial thing. Well, it's not really a Tyler Perry movie if that makes you feel better.

Weekend of grading, so will probably be imbibing lots of my precious, precious, precious tequila.

I just read that the shooter's landlord was named Jose Padilla. Weird.

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Nov 6, 2009 -> 10:45 AM) Alright, so I havent been on soxtalk as much the past couple months as much as an admin should and nobody has probably even noticed . I kinda been stuck on this girl who I am really into and she takes a lot of the space in my head and there really isnt much to occupy in the first place. But now I feel like I might be reaching a new low with letting this woman consume me. I have told her from the start (and mostly because she is an african american woman and I needed to make sure this very thing didnt happen) that I HATE anything Tyler Perry. So of course yesterday she asked me if I would go with her and her two friends she wants me to meet to see one of his new movies. I said noooo that sounds like a girls night out I wouldnt want to intrude. She says they were the ones who invited me and it would be kinda rude if I didnt go. (Thinking in my head...woman have you not heard my multiple confessions of how much I hate Tyler Perry!). So I am going tonight to this piece of crap movie and I know I should have taken a stand. I know what you guys will say I should have done but REALLY what would you have done and consider the fact that I really care about this chick unlike the other girls I just played like fiddles. What's the movie?

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Nov 6, 2009 -> 09:26 AM) So I've got trojans, yippee, cngaudit.dll and Renos.JS are both infecting my system. I've looked around and it seems that Malwarebytes is the best solution, so I'm giving that a scan now. Just wondering if anyone else has dealt with this before and has any suggestions? Okay, I read the first four words and thought this was going in a completely different direction. Hahaha. Anyway, sorry for the computer problems and I can offer you no help.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Nov 5, 2009 -> 05:02 PM) part of it, I think is the VP of the losing party, is always pinned as the next hope. Happened with Joe Lieberman (remember when he was leading the polls in 2002) and John Edwards in 2006/07 before Hillary jumped in. And his wiener jumped out.

I recently bought some El Mayor Reposado tequila. Muy delicioso.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 5, 2009 -> 12:36 PM) I always called these middle class baby insurance. You pay in by attending everyone's, then collect when you have a wedding, baby, etc. Usually it's their closest friends that want to throw the shower(s). But yeah, if they are doing it, it's greedy. If it is their friends, then decide how close of a friend you are. You can always say no to the shower. Or request a gift made to a charity in lieu of a gift. I don't need insurance for gifts. I have a job and I buy the stuff I want.

So, I've got a ton of weddings coming up. People who are in their upper twenties and lived on their own for the past 5-7 years. Or lived with their future spouse. And I know this will sound petty, but do people in that age range really need engagement parties, showers AND then gifts at the wedding? Seriously? How many sets of dishes do you need? How many linen table cloths? How many board games and vacuum bags? I understand the whole wedding shower thing from when people were moving straight from their parents into their own household, but now? When I have friends that buy a house, have a house warming party, then get engaged, have an engagement party, a shower, and then a wedding. Come on. That's just f***ing greedy. However, I don't mind baby showers. Sorry, rant over.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 4, 2009 -> 10:55 AM) I have noticed that is the case with many minority communities. The Hispanic population is that way as well. It strikes me as odd that communities who have historically been discriminated against, would so easily be in favor of discrimination towards others. But it makes them not the lowest rung on society's ladder. Having some sort of upward comparison is a strong social motivator.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Nov 4, 2009 -> 10:17 AM) Federal midterms are a different story though. Undoubtedly the Dems will lose seats (not necessarily the majority), that's pretty common. Regression to the mean b****es!

Lame Maine, very lame.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Nov 3, 2009 -> 03:02 PM) Those are my favorite parts. Edward Kennedy: Ooooo look at me, I'm Ted Kennedy Robert Gibbs: God dammit Joe, is that you? Edward Kenedy: Um, who's Joe? Robert Gibbs: My office. Now. (paraphrased) My favorite was: Joe Biden gives Barack Obama a doob. Gibbs: I give up. Joe Biden gives Robert Gibbs a hug.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Nov 3, 2009 -> 01:32 PM) The latest from Barack Obama's Facebook news feed: http://www.slate.com/id/2234008/ These are hilarious if you follow them. I read them just for Joe Biden's contributions. Hilarious.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Nov 2, 2009 -> 08:07 PM) Problem is, it doesn't happen because the kids are taught to believe what the parents do. Wouldn't that also make parental consent redundant in the case of abortion?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 2, 2009 -> 04:25 PM) True, but you've changed the question slightly I believe, from "how does the situation get to the point where a girl wouldn't tell her parents" to "why is the rate so high". The latter is a very different sociological issue. Sorry for the confusion, my only question here is why is the rate so high. Although I imagine that teen girls that are more likely to get pregnant are also teens that will have parents that a.) they should be more afraid of or b.) parents that don't give a rats ass what their kids are up to.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 2, 2009 -> 04:18 PM) I think the answer to your question is that this country sets the standard really, really, really high before they take a family's kids away (probably correctly) and that's quite simply going to lead to some messy situations. I don't think I buy that as the reason we have such a high teen pregnancy (and probably teen abortion) rate relative to other comparable countries.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 2, 2009 -> 03:49 PM) Would be interesting to hear some female commentary on the subject. After all, it's their bodies we're talking about. The big question is, why are 15 year olds getting abortions? Because they don't know how to use birth control? Because no on told them the ramifications of sex? Because there is no parental figure to guide them at all? Honestly, I find these laws a whole hell of a lot less offensive than the 24 hour waiting period or the name publishing. My main concern is why would a young girl need an abortion? Where has she been failed that she reached this point (because if she can't make the decision to have one herself, then she also isn't fully responsible for getting into that position). In my mind that is the only interesting question.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 22, 2009 -> 04:36 PM) This is the first I've heard the question posed to UIC if they were world class university. It has excellent research facilities.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 22, 2009 -> 06:32 AM) Turning this discussion more toward the subject of religious rites, aside from the selectivity of allowing full communion with married male Anglican priests but not married female Anglican priest, etc., what about the conflicted Anglican views on transubstantiation of the eucharist? Anglicans are all over the map as to whether consecration results in transubstiation, "pneumatic presence" (consubstantiation), or whether it is merely a symbolic act. For faithful Roman Catholics, on the other hand, the occurrence of the miracle is beyond question. How will "full communion" (whatever that means) be attained with breakaway Anglicans if fundamental faith differences like that exist? I really don't think that this is a well thought out move by the vatican. Like you and Rex I think this is a blatant political type move. I imagine as many Anglicans will go to like Missouri Synod Lutheran churches as much as they will go to the Catholic churches. Within Anglican churches there is just too much variation--I imagine people from High churches will go Catholic and low churches will go conservative protestant. I am also unconvinced this will mean a lot for the wider Anglican communion--most of the African churches are extremely conservative (one even is refusing aid that comes from the Episcopal church) so I doubt they will deflect much. In fact some of the conservative anglican parishes in this country have acknowledged an archbishop that is actually in an African diocese. I doubt this will matter much for either roll.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 21, 2009 -> 09:06 AM) I wont fault the Catholic church for being "intolerance" towards gay clergy. Heck, i fault those who DO tolerate gay clergy. If you claim to be a Christian bible based religion, and you say homosexuality isnt a sin, you arent following the bible. The bible has many things you can interpret, but homosexuality is not one of them. It's pretty clear: Leviticus 18:22 - "Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable." Romans 1:26-27 - "Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion." 1 Corinthians 6:9 - "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral... nor homosexual offenders... will inherit the kingdom of God." The problem is too many Christian denominations are not sticking true to the word of God. They are bending to popular culture. Yeah, and Leviticus also has provisions for HOW to sell your child into slavery properly, how a rape victim should be forced to marry the perp, that you can't sow seeds together in a field, that you can't eat pork or shell-fish. Paul also says that women should have their head covered in church and remain silent. Sometimes (like in Paul) the Bible says that we are saved by faith and faith alone but Luther's most hated book of James says that we our actions are tantamount to salvation. And the correct translation is sodomites. So, hopefully you aren't planning on raping any strangers. Or sticking your p in anything other than a v. Because anything involving your p that isn't a v is sodomy. Also, a comment on the adultery thing--aren't you the married man that is always posting about hot chicks? And drooling over them? Because I seem to remember Jesus saying that anyone that has lusted after someone in his heart is an adulterer. In which case you should probably pluck out your eyes that are causing you to sin. Just saying. And don't even get me started on Divorce in the bible.

I joined the Anglican church several years ago--and to be honest the tide is really in the opposite directions. Tons of Catholics come over to the Anglican fold (even our priests--former Roman priests that left to get married). I don't think that this will be a mass exodus for Anglicans.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 16, 2009 -> 03:17 PM) I'd feel like a huge hypocrite to get worked up over something I know I would have to defend in six months. I can't understand why the parties and media even pretend to play the game. Because there are idiots out there that lap it up?