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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 23, 2011 -> 05:31 AM) Wooooooo! When I saw the highlight this morning, I immediatley thought of you. NO conference wins since 1985, wow, I wasn't quite 2.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Feb 20, 2011 -> 09:25 PM) Well that and the fact that he went nuts in the 4th almost single handily putting the East back in it. Oh and being only the second player ever to have a triple double doesn't hurt his case either. Maybe robbed was a strong word, but other than the fan/home court and the West winning (though others in the past have won when their team has lost), he should have gotten it. I'm not getting worked up about an all-star game though and won't even debate about it longer because its an exhibition game. No way. Had his team won, he would have gotten the award. Kobe put up one of the highest scoring all star games in league history himself and had quite a few "wow" plays. The most deserving player won the award.

That was the best dunk contest in years. Griffin shoudln't have won, but I was thoroughly entertained and that first round was epic. Chewduncka got totally hosed.

Fullerton is playing 2 today.

Damn. Still a lot to go before it is done though.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Feb 18, 2011 -> 11:02 AM) You, my friend, are wrong. Deep dish is disgusting. Completely agree. Thin Crust >>>>>> Deep Dish.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 18, 2011 -> 10:42 AM) Melo to the Nets if he agrees to an extension. What are the terms? Where did you here this?

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Feb 18, 2011 -> 09:14 AM) He's definitely our backup. Before Noah got hurt, Thomas didn't play at all. Part of that was by choice though. The Bulls wanted Thomas to save his minutes until crunch time.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Feb 17, 2011 -> 11:15 PM) Some thoughts on NBC sitcoms: 1.) The Office is OFFICIALLY dead to me. Garbage. 2.) Adam Scott, despite being tough to look at, is a very funny man (as witnessed on Party Down) and showcased his talents on tonight's Parks and Rec. Well done, Mr. Scott. 3.) How the f*** does Community keep getting better? Donald Glover just sitting comatose in the presence of LeVar Burton is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time. "more fish for Kunta", classic. Community is just on a roll

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Feb 17, 2011 -> 08:37 PM) Every time I hear someone complain about work (I'm not saying you are complaining because obviously you are not), the conversation goes something like this: Employed complainer: Man, work is killing me. I'm so tired. Blah blah blah Me (unemployed): I'll trade job situations with you right now, just give me your job. Employed complainer: Dude, no way. Me (unemployed): Then shut the f*** up. You have a job and I don't but you don't see me walking around complaining about it. There are a lot of people out there right now that would love to be in your situation and they wouldn't whine about it at the end of the day. The Public firms are looking for people, in fact, they are downright hurting for people in some areas. The majority of the demand is at a senior level but they've started adding on summer internships. You can try reaching out to Deloitte Chicago, they might be in need. I know our office has hired a few people recently and we are bringing in at least one more to assist through busy season. And despite the hours, I in some crazy way, like what I do, aahahhaa.

I wouldn't expect them to close there doors anytime soon. This is purely a move to get away from some debt.

I've worked 52 hours since Monday. I'm tired and loads more to do...ahh the glamorous life of an accountant (and no, this has nothing to do with taxes), haha.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 17, 2011 -> 04:57 PM) Before Noah got hurt, they were one of the top 3 teams in the league in pace (Possessions per game or however you define it). After Noah got hurt, they've been in the bottom 10. Adding Boozer into the equation also changed the way the Bulls could play to an extent. A guy like Boozer makes you an improved half court team. That said, you know they will pick up the pace with Noah back. The reality is this entire team has barely played together and it will take some time until we see how the team will play with everyone healthy (hopefully they stay healthy).

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 17, 2011 -> 04:09 PM) I agree completely. Noah is a max 15 PPG scorer and most of that is junk points. There won't be much of an adjustment period once he comes back. At least there shouldn't be. The team has to get used to playing with all of there guys though and that will take some time.

I was wrong, Hamilton took off a year for personal reasons and than was only suspended 30 games by MLB when he came back due to the drug policy.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Feb 17, 2011 -> 10:24 AM) The wife incident was determined mutual combat and police couldn't determine who the aggressor was, I am the last person to take beating women in anything but the utmost serious manner, but I am also really careful when those allegations are thrown around. 2nd, he got a DUI, this isn't a debate about how serious they are, but if you get 1 DUI and all the circumstances keep it in a misdemeanor court, then the precedent is you get a chance to prove you screwed up and make good. I sat for years in a courtroom as a public defender that handled mostly DUIs. Most jobs will give you an opportunity if you have a position to work through it, be it my indigent clients or attorney's clients that had higher profile jobs. The problem often comes in for people with jobs because in IL if you don't get your statutory summary suspension thrown out you lose your license for 3 months with a blow greater than .08 or 6 months if you don't blow and that includes a hard 30 days of no driving before a limited driving permit came into effect and now the breath device on a car. Obviously there are exceptions to people getting punished for their 1st DUI due to certain companies policies or the type of position they hold... but in sports and even in society as a whole, people get 1 chance to prove it was a horribly bad mistake they made. Let's go beyond that, Josh Hamilton, who, not to minimize Cabrera's obvious issues with alcohol, had a far worse substance abuse history, god knows what he did when he was at or near his bottom. This guy has a relapse in a bar, and "funny pics" were taken... nothing happened to him from the baseball standpoint and in the media many defended him and he just explained it away by saying he was set-up. Obvious difference here is Hamilton did nothing criminal in the known relapse, but in an NFL scenario like many seem to be calling for here, it wouldn't have mattered. As far as the Tigers go, sure they can do something, but the union will likely fight it. What will probably happen is he'll go into some sort of program within the next week, it will last 30 days, he'll get the last week of ST to get ready and the press will trumpet his triumph when he starts raking in the regular season. Hamilton didn't suffer any police charges for his one night of problems. He didn't get behind the wheel, etc. Not to downplay it. Also, Hamilton was kicked out of baseball for > 1 year.

He has some good offensive tools and was pretty productive last year in and out of his health problems. I hope he can make it in the show, but more importantly, I hope he can be healthy and live a long and semi normal life at a minimum!

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 17, 2011 -> 08:36 AM) LOL I say tough decision because baseball doesn't have a long history of off the field problems and quite frankly they haven't had to keep as tight of a reign on there players and this would historically be relatively unprecedented to give that sort of suspension out. That said, if I were the comissioner, I'd give him no less than 30 games off and would contemplate a half season or 90 day suspension.

If people keep putting big stories in catch all's, I'll be closing them for good.

Pretty crazy story. And no, this doesn't belong in some catch all. In fact, I'm closing that catch all for the very reason. This is pretty big news. IF this was the NFL, a long suspension would be near. I wonder if Selig makes a tough decision and gives him a hard suspension given that he resisted arrest, was beyond obliterated, and it is a multiple offense.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 16, 2011 -> 11:03 AM) That's where we are at too. My wife is very frugal, I usually am too, and it was just much easier (and a more efficient use of capital) to combine everything. And I use Quicken to track it all, and my wife has all the passwords for everything as well. But everyone has different comfort levels. After seeing my wife get by on 13k a year as a grad student/assistant with no help and no debt, I was confident she knew how to handle money responsibly, and I know how the finance and investment worlds work. I'm in the same group as you guys. I figure 2 accountants looking after everything is better than 1, haha. Plus, we tend to push each other, but in good ways, to keep our costs down. Especially since it gives us more savings towards a home, which ultimately I'd like to have a nice one.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 09:04 AM) Hell, I know my deal pretty well, I pay it off every month as with the previous poster, and they've still found casual ways to ding me with fees. Currency conversion, or not cashing in points fast enough, or not buying enough from their approved list of merchants. I don't think currency conversion is a way to necessarily ding you. There are costs associated with dealing with that. And there is no requirement for any credit card I have to pay from approved merchants or cashing in my points. People need to spend time and review what CC they end up signing up for. Get one with zero annual fee and a good point system, but understand that point system. Outside of that, interest rate won't matter too much, unless you plan on carrying a balance. And what you are referring to relates to your rewards program. That is a completely seperate point anyway and it has nothing to do why people carry a debt. You don't win paying double digit interest, ever. Increasing the required minimum payment was a good start, but why people think that paying the minimum is a good idea (while still spending on luxury items, instead of cutting back) just blows my mind. Note: I think in my entire credit card history, I got dinged like one, $15 dollar late fee. I called the CC company up and they waived it. It had to do with me switching my main bank account but forgetting to update my auto pay info.

I don't really get what was so hard to understand.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 03:00 PM) His history seems to be that he is a pretty greedy SOB too. He could just want money that much. I had never thought of him as a greedy player. Is there something that happened in the past that I don't recall?