Soxy

Done and *wrapped* Woohoo!!!

Why the hell would that cause clubhouse problems? AJ wants to redo the clubhouse in colors the rest of the team doesn't like? No way....

Actually, I believe it is, "whom shall I pick"

Against my will watched Win a Date with Tad Hamilton. Do not under any, ANY, ANY circumstances rent or watch this movie. Do not let your friends rent or watch it. You will become stupid if you watch this movie. You have all been warned.

I was born during a Sox game...Apparently my dad and the doctor really wanted to watch it (or there was a tv in the birthing room)...Anyway, my mom was about to murder my dad... But a lifetime love affair with the Sox started that night (for me, not my mom).

I'm reading the Narnia Chronicles. I recently read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (excellent, highly recommended).

No way. I got into an accident (was rear ended by) a Cadillac Escalade. Her car was totaled, mine needed a new bumper. No thanks, I'll stick with my Taurus...

Probably BetterMan--although for the longest time I thought they were saying Patter Pan. Now that I know the lyrics I like it a lot more...

You must have missed the part about how the wealthiest family in America has given less over their lifetimes than Bill Gates in one year. Also, Walmart only gave 1% of their profits compared with other much higher numbers. It's sort of like the rich man and the poor widow in the Bible. She gave like two dollars, and he maybe 100. But when 2 dollars is all you have and 100 isn't even a drop in the bucket of your riches, whose heart is in the best place. I'm not poo-pooing Walmart's gving since it definitely makes a difference, but putting the numbers in perspective is definitely important too...

Top philanthropists of 2004. The slideshow was pretty cool. There's one guy on there who shines shoes for a living, but has given all of his savings and stuff away. To the tune of 900,000 over his lifetime. That is so amazing...

I just watched Saved--and laughed my butt off. Maybe I'm biased after 4 years at a Christian school--but man it was funny...I also didn't think it was really offensive to Christianity at all--mostly just a fun satire with a good message. So, I recommend that. And as others have said Napoleon Dynomite is great. I'm buying it tomorrow for my sister's b-day.

DAMMIT! The abbreviation for it is: it's The possessive form is: its Friggin' journalists....

People call me Enid--it's not my name, but people call me that...Seriously, call me Soxy. I'm currently in my 18th year of school (first year of grad school). I study psycholinguistics, specifically how people process spoken language. My favorite Sox moment was the game last season in MN where the Sox won 17-7. I was at that game--and it was amazing (especially after the previous day's ass kicking)... I have notoriously bad taste in music and men have been known to date me solely to improve my musical selection. And I don't have a tv....

12 years no sex makes man go crazy! No Sex Is Doing My Head In, Rebel Says LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - A Peruvian rebel leader told a court on Thursday he was suffering mental problems because of 12 years of no sex and tough jail conditions. "Since I am subjected to this sexual abstinence ... because of such an unjust and inhuman (prison) regime, I suffer from a certain (mental) imbalance and sometimes I forget things too, I have problems concentrating," Victor Polay, leader of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, or MRTA, told the judge. Polay, 53, who is married with three children, has been held in Peru's top security jail on a naval base near Lima since his recapture in 1992 following a sensational escape from another jail through a 1,000-foot (300-meter) tunnel. The MRTA won worldwide notoriety with a 126-day hostage siege in Lima in 1996-97. Polay, who has apologized to victims of his group's killings, bombings and kidnappings, is being retried on terrorism charges after Peru's top court threw out the treason charge for which he was jailed for life by a military court. Inmates in Peruvian jails are allowed conjugal visits but Polay and other rebel leaders were held for years in isolation for all but half an hour a day in tiny concrete cells. Polay's jail conditions have improved and he is now allowed more visits, more exercise time and has more space than during the 1990s, but he still has no sex and is being held in a solitary cell, prison officials say. Polay's mother, Otilia Campos, says her son was tortured and lost about 66 lbs (30 kg). "He was a ghost, a skeleton ... I'm sure it's had consequences on his mind," she told reporters. Abimael Guzman, the leader of the deadlier Shining Path movement, and his longtime companion, were also jailed for life in the same prison but were allowed cozy companionship and other privileges, including reported romantic dinners, after agreeing to peace talks with the then government. Prosecutors want Polay sentenced to life, but he says he is guilty of rebellion not terrorism, and wants a shorter term. "Because of my lack of memory and some defense mechanisms, I tend ... a bit to evade reality," said Polay, looking weary but sincere. "But I want to collaborate with this trial." Judge Pablo Talavera ordered him to undergo a full psychiatric assessment before he is cross-examined.

Not to mention his brother...

Best part of Chicago Christmas: Lehnartz Avenue in Aurora. That street display owns all...Can't wait to go home just to drive though it with the fam.

Gold coins in salvation army buckets. Every year I hear about this, and every year it just completely warms my heart.... Salvation Army Thankful for Gold Donations By JAN DENNIS, Associated Press Writer PEORIA, Ill. - Salvation Army officials don't know who has been dropping gold coins into their holiday kettles over the past 20 years, but they hope the mysterious donations continue. More than 300 gold coins have been collected since the early 1980s, with an average value of about $200 each, said Cliff Marshall, spokesman for the charity in Chicago, where the tradition began. Chicago bell-ringers have brought in 10 gold coins so far this year. They aren't the only ones. In Kirksville, Mo., someone donated a gold coin that was minted 20 years before the Civil War, worth nearly $1,000. A $400 South African Krugerrand was dropped in a kettle in Bloomington, Ill., meaning 12 extra families will get a complete Christmas dinner. But officials still don't know where the coins come from. The mysterious tradition began in 1982, when someone slipped a gold coin into a kettle in the Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake. The donations have occurred there ever since and have spread across Illinois and about a dozen other states. The phantom donors almost always conceal the coins, usually folding dollar bills around them. They range from small gold pieces worth about $15 to Krugerrands that can fetch $600 from collectors. The gold coins have been worth a total of about $60,000. That's just a fraction of the $3.5 million collected by the Salvation Army last year in Chicago alone. But the mystery donors may have more than money on their mind. Some believe the coin droppers might have been helped by the relief agency in the past. Or they might just like the thrill of seeing the donation play out in the media. One woman called last summer to say her late mother left gold coins in the kettles each year because she liked the buzz it created, Marshall said. Rich Draeger, spokesman for Salvation Army's Peoria division, said the timing of the donations suggest they might be an inside job. He said gold coins tend to show up when giving starts to lag, indicating it might an attempt by the charity to generate extra publicity. "It seems to be a benefactor who knows that it's going to mean a lot more than a $300 or $400 coin — it's going to bring attention," Draeger said. Daniel Borochoff, president of the American Institute of Philanthropy, a charity watchdog group, doubts the Salvation Army is planting the coins to create publicity. "They're a heavy-duty Christian group, so that may go against their principals," he said. Marshall, for one, hopes the mystery is never solved. "It's more fun to speculate than to know for sure," he said.

yes.

Virtual Friends not included.

Last dance with Mary Jane

Awesome! I've thought they should have women's softball for ages....This is so cool!

Wow, that's dumb. Of course I've never lit anything off the stove like that....

Um, not all of us single people have such a cavalier attitude about it. And my money's on El Duque (for pitching).

Challenge is spelled wrong. That's funny.