Soxy

Or seriously mentally ill...

There is a thread on this topic in the Sports Bar--just in case anyone wanted to know...

This is the cutest story ever... Canadian lottery winner sits on 30 million ticket for year 46 minutes ago Add Offbeat - AFP to My Yahoo! TORONTO (AFP) - A Canadian holding a winning 30 million dollar (23 million US) lottery ticket, waited a nearly a year to claim his windfall -- because he didn't want to do anything rash. Raymond Sobeski, 47, scooped the largest single prize in the history of Canadian lotteries with his Lotto Super 7 win. But he secreted his winning ticket away in a safety deposit box until claiming his prize on Thursday -- 12 days before the expiry date on his win. "I didn't want to do anything rash," Sobeski, from Ontario, told reporters, adding he wanted to take legal and financial advice before claiming his prize. What will 30 million dollars buy Canada's newest multimillionaire? Travel, golf, a farm and gifts for Sobeski's brother, two sisters and aged parents. Canadians

Uh, I'm going back to Chicago for the summer (hurray--haven't lived there in ages! sort of a vacay!) then moving to New York...I might take a few weekend trips to Minnesota this summer to see someone special. But I just bought a car and am starting grad school--so vacations will just not be happening for a while...

Yeah I had a brain fart while typing--frigging midterms. Durrrrrrrr, sometimes my inability to find words amazes even me.

That Crede picture is absolutely fabulous!!!

School tells kids: Don't think pink Gang fears stir hue and cry over color By Jodi S. Cohen, Tribune staff reporter. Tribune staff reporters Karen Mellen and Patrick Rucker contributed to this report Published April 1, 2004 As a fashion statement, pink is a hot color this spring, but at Merrillville High School in Indiana, it also has become a hot-button issue. District Supt. Tony Lux distributed a letter to students Wednesday in which he "discouraged" them from wearing pink because of concerns that it has gang and rap music overtones. Although Lux said dressing in pink could be "suspicious behavior," he emphasized the color wasn't banned. The situation erupted Friday when Principal Mark Sperling announced over the loudspeaker that students should think twice before wearing pink clothing. "It was meant as a gentle reminder that this color has other meanings," said Sperling, who was left somewhat pink-faced as students continued to laugh about it Wednesday at the school south of Gary. His request was misinterpreted as a ban, prompting angry calls from parents asking whether pink prom dresses should be returned. "We all thought it was stupid, so on Monday, a lot of people wore pink," said sophomore Ashley Washburn, who dressed in a pink golf shirt. Ten boys who showed up decked out in matching pink shirts and pink shoelaces were asked to change, Sperling said. After discussing with other principals the seemingly odd increase in boys wearing pink, he decided to make the announcement. If a boy wears a pink shirt, "we will ask him to change," Sperling said. "We will not suspend him. We will ask him not to wear it." There was some confusion Wednesday over whether the announcement applied to girls. Haley Stoica, a sophomore, said her history teacher asked that she put a sweatshirt over her pink long-sleeve shirt earlier this week. "I'm wearing pink tomorrow," she vowed. Merrillville students said pink became fashionable at the school after rapper Cam'ron wore pink in a music video and drove a pink SUV. They said it has nothing to do with gangs. "It is not like guys in pink are flashing gang signs," Stoica said. "They are making a big deal out of nothing." Sperling conceded there has been no gang activity at the high school but said he doesn't want students setting themselves apart by wearing a particular type of clothing. In retrospect, he acknowledged that instead of using the loudspeaker, "perhaps it would have been better to talk to a few kids individually." Various lawsuits over the last few decades have upheld the right of schools to restrict the attire of students as long as they can prove a compelling reason to do so, said Terry Glaub, communications director for the Illinois Association of School Boards in Springfield. In areas where gang violence is a problem, schools routinely prohibit clothing that suggests affiliation with a gang, said David Turner, executive director of the Springfield-based Illinois Principals Association. "You just don't sit down and arbitrarily write a restrictive dress code," he said. "I'm not going to say that all the boys have to show up with button-down shirts and neatly shined shoes. ... You speak to things that are issues in your building--things that are disruptive to the educational process." Ed Yohnka, spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, stressed that administrators should balance concerns about safety with the rights of students to express themselves. "It is that time when people get that sense of who they are, and sometimes they are experimenting," he said. "And dress is often one way that young people think to express themselves." Sperling said he was stumped by the sudden increase in all those pink-clad teenage boys. "Normally, boys don't wear pink. ... Most parents of boys don't go out and buy them pink shirts," he said. "I'm becoming aware that it's becoming a color this spring." At a mall two miles from the school, stores were stocked with pink shirts for men. "As you can see, we have quite a few selections of pink. ...," said Nina Sandoval, manager at Express Men. "It is the really in color right now."

I signed it too, just because hockey is fun. Going to see the Wild tomorrow night. Sitting at mid-court 10 rows up...I'm going to catch a puck this time dammit!!! Oh, and just for the record, Pascal Dupuis

Okay, I'm totally not into this kind of thing. But to get people to stop the "rape fantasy" usually what happens is there is a code word--and if either party wants the sexual encounter to stop they say the code word or whatever they decide on will mean stop and then the encounter no longer goes on...

St. Olaf College collectively shakes our head at you...Lutherans rock dotcha know. Uff da!

I'm assuming that you would talk this over with her first. Usually the women that don't want engagement rings or would prefer other things make that abundantly clear...People tend to know who we are...

Derrrrr, PA, you forgot the BEST verse for adoption: I will greatly increase your pangs in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children (Gen 3:16).

White Sox Winner! 15-11.

And for dinner Soxy is going to have a bowl of rice with Tofu and peanut sauce. Mmmmm, rice! Yum, yum!

15-11 Sox top of the 9th...

I totally understand, my cousin had a gorgeous (and massive) church wedding. I loved being in it and watching it. But it's just so not my style (and not the style of any of the guys of been with), so I can think of so many other things I would rather do with the money... To each their own on the special day...

Um, I plan on getting married in a courthouse with my husband and whatever witness I deem acceptable (so howmuch does that cost ). Then having a nice little party for friends afterward. I plan on waiting long enough that I won't need gifts or anything--just a get together afterwards to celebrate "the happiest day of my life." If anything I would rather have a waaaaay posh honeymoon than a big wedding. But I see the bands being the biggest expense because the longest enduring symbol of your mutual love...Awwwwww (anyone tells my boyfriend I got all mushy like that and my reputation with him is shot...)

Hm, to each her own. Just my suggestion. But I like the idea of matching bands--I think that's way clutch and, ultimately, much more meaningful and important than engagement rings.

Donate the money to a charity in her name and just get nice matching wedding bands instead.

Interesting point...I've never seen anything like that legally. But if you are breaking the law by being a minor and are drinking (of your own volition--not being forced to drink) and then are raped while drunk--you will not get a "minor" if you report. Instead, the greater crime is rape and that takes precedence. Just something to think about--two wrongs don't make a right--but neither does it mean you should have to pay for someone else's crime.

Would it be used by the defense: yes. Should it, no. Rape is about consent. Will the rapist be convicted. No, probably not. They have a low conviction rate anyway.

Gotta go with the Spos--they're stadium is crap, but their games are fun (and cheap). And I have a soft spot in my heart for lost causes...

Again I would just like to reiterate that it is unfair that religion is portrayed as something that belongs exclusively to conservatives. Granted I hated Mel's movie, but so did my dad, one of the most religious (and liberal) people I know...

When I saw it my dad and I were the only ones speaking English before the film started. But I would also venture a guess that since many hispanics are Catholic this shouldn't come as a surprise given the rather Catholic bend in the theology of the Passion. But I wouldn't try to politicize it's message--it's just, um, a movie. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Cool site Sideshow. Left: -6.50 Libertarian: -6.82 I'm sort of near the Dalai Lama! Yip yip cha!