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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 09:16 PM) bob that game looks awesome. The artwork and designs remind me a lot of World of Goo f*** it, I'm gonna pirate it. Arrrrrrrgh.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 09:13 PM) Are there really, truly people out there that sincerely believe this was faked? Is belief that 9/11 was an "inside job" a prequisite to that opinion? I don't buy that the moon landing was faked, but I do buy that 9/11 was an inside job.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 12:30 AM) Yeah, I doubt it. EDIT:

QUOTE (DC23MVP @ Jul 14, 2009 -> 03:27 PM) I think that a Floyd, Beckham, and Alexei for Halladay deal is pretty good for us, but I don't think we need to do it. We'd have a whole at 3B and at SS that would be hard to fill, and I think it wouldn't be worth it. Heh.

Anyone seen "Whatever Works" yet?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 06:17 PM) I can ban myself, I think. Well, what are you waiting for?

Ask Heads. He will deny everything.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 04:54 PM) I spend a far amount of time with the Coasties. You will be on Homeland Security missions, not rescuing many fisherman. The days the Coast Guard could actually help a boater are almost gone. Now they drop a pump and tell you to call back if it gets worse. The advantage are the nice facilities and locations. The disadvantage are some of the facilities and locations. The station here on South Padre has gone from pretty laid back and casual to hard core military and somewhere in-between, depending on who is in command. What I think is cool is your class rank determines how close to your top choice you will get. Interesting. Especially the last note.

I'm aware that it'll be no picnic in the park. If it were, everyone would do it. That said, the benefits are something I've greatly taken into consideration. The pay doesn't bother me much - I live frugally anyway. Boot camp, cramped quaterts, etc. that doesn't bother me. Probably not much worse than high school basketball practice. It is the time commitment that gets to me. If I sign the papers, I can't walk away. If the Navy is called to war, I have to go - (that's why I'm not considering the Marines or the Army.) As it's been pointed out, a good chunk of enlisting is to find stories. Sure, there have been hermit writers, but there were more that went out and did things like this. I just can't find any excitement in working at a convenience store, or behind a desk writing for a bad TV-show. (The first part is what I do now, the second part is a job I was offered this morning.)

So, yeah, I'm thinking of joining the forces. Been thinking along the lines of the Navy, Air-Force or Coast Guard. Basically, I'm tried of this s***ty economy, tired of this s***ty job I have even with this fantastic city I live in. Hell, even if I were offered a better job, I'm not sure I'd want it. Working behind a desk for somebody isn't something I really want to do now, or ever. For whatever up reason, I've wanted to install cable for people because it seems like an easy job that pays well enough. I can't get that f***ing job. So, the Navy intrigues me because I'd basically get paid to work on a boat and see the world. The Coast Guard could keep me in the states (possibly even on the West Coast) and I could rescue downed fishermen. The Air-Force... hell, I don't know. Truth be told, I don't know a lot about any of the branches - that's why I'm posting this. What do you guys know? Is anybody in the military, or has anybody been? What's it like? I'm still a young guy, so I have time and it seems like it'd be better to do this than work s*** jobs for the next few years. Those crappy jobs will always be here. If I'm 40, well, the military is much less of an option. So it kind of seems like now or never.

There is something about players with the initials 'BA' that gets this board riled up.

QUOTE (brendol @ Jul 8, 2009 -> 02:49 AM) Find that more obnoxious and annoying than his normal call. I don't like him as an announcer. Let me give an example why. "In my 50 years in this game, i have never seen a shortstop play that close to the line in a double play situation." *Soto hits a grounder right to Alexei and grounds into the double play. Hawk goes silent. Yeah Hawk, i'm sure that's the FIRST time its happened in your 50 years of baseball... Aside from stupidity such as that, he always make it seem like the umpires are against us. Most of the youth learn knowledge about the game from the announcers. I was one of them. Not until I got older did i realize how stupid some of the stuff he says is. Seems like I am alone here in the discontent with hawk, though. I'm not sure anyone is calling him a wise baseball-man. Anyone who has listened to Hawk long enough knows this about him. He's not baseball ignorant, but I'd never want him running my team in any shape or form. That said, he is a great announcer for the fans. As somebody has already pointed out, it is like watching the Sox with a buddy. Announcers that go for objectivity, I find them boring - their emotions also tend to sound forced, where as Hawk seems quite genuine. The combo the White Sox have in the booth right now is a real treat for me, and I think it'd be hard for any organization to top it.

QUOTE (Nixon @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 01:01 PM) Wut r ur spex? Installed in a jiff for me on my macbook. Installed fairly quickly for me too. Can't say the game is much of an improvement over The Sims 2, though.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 04:12 PM) Yes, but because it involved the Holocaust it received an unworthy nomination for best picture. If this movie was set in the late 1800's/early 1900's where bigfoot was f***ing George Washington Carver's brains out, then put on trial for beating or selling slaves, and finishing with her donating all of her money to the NAACP, it'd be just as boring and pointless. Had to ask, because your criticisms are against the strengths of the story, and you're calling them weaknesses, for what appears to be, the wrong reasons. And your second 'point' is totally and utterly ridiculous.

Great thread idea. My first post was just shameless self-promotion about a web site I used to run, so I won't post it.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jul 6, 2009 -> 05:49 AM) Oh but that academy just loves the Holocaust! Alright, alright.... I have to ask... Do you understand that The Reader is not about the Holocaust, but instead about that boy/man? The Holocaust is a prop to the plot and that guy's emotions. Very little more.

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Jul 5, 2009 -> 10:07 AM) There ya go BD even though I think we could have came up with a better one than that. Thanks.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jul 5, 2009 -> 08:39 PM) So, that stuff makes you roll your eyes... but the end of Gran Torino doesn't?

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jul 5, 2009 -> 09:52 AM) Yes, they were. The first half of the movie was just Kate Winslet's hairy face, bad chest and huge feet all over some kid that was supposed to be 16 and the second half is filled with quite a few :rolly: moments. Sorry her tits ruined the movie for you. I'm not going to defend it, because it wasn't anything special, but amongst a weak class of movies, it was one of the better ones. I'd be interested to know what those rolly moments are, though.

I miss Dave Wills.

Would like member title changed to: Big Sausage Pizza

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jul 3, 2009 -> 12:26 PM) I like the 10 movie nods. Why should the best movie have the same amount of entries as best supporting actor or actress? Why do critics have top 10, not 5, lists? The Reader certainly did not deserve a nomination for best picture last year. WALL-E, The Dark Knight, Grand Torino, and The Wrestler were significantly better. No they weren't.

Anyone pick Steve McNair? Reports out he was shot to death. (Ace gets credit for the find.)