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Well said, Mr. Phillips. When one thing would go well, another would go bad. Lets move on...and go for 2010!

Quite the LotR knowledge there... NERD ALERT!

Courier Cafe in Urbana. Not walking distance, but yummy.

Scott Boras woulda got you 6 million.

Happy Birthday, Tex! May the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees win the CHL in your honor!

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 04:50 PM) For me, being a White sox fan is a lifetime commitment. That’s through both the good and the bad. Honestly, I’ve already made myself a promise that if Beckham ever wins the White Sox a championship, I’d name a kid after him. It kills me to see the team struggling like this. And for the rest of that kids life, people will ask, "Why were you named after David Beckham?"

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 04:49 PM) Golly gee, you didn't have to go there FlaSoxx. He kids because he cares...

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 04:08 PM) Were you the one getting all snooty about your Lapidary museum? I thought so. X-rays showed that my Lapidary was broken in two places.

While I understand the argument...I think I would be more comfortable knowing an American born person is leading our nation. Might just be my little bit of xenophobia. Plus, I can't imagine our first foreign born president...Arnold Schwarzenegger...

QUOTE (RibbieRubarb @ Aug 27, 2009 -> 12:50 PM) Oh...I thought announced the name of the next James Bond movie. :lolhitting /thread

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 12:49 PM) http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/badmeat.asp Hmm. I know it was a long time ago...but I swear I saw it on the truck.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 26, 2009 -> 02:20 PM) I just went to the MSI for the first time since I was in grade school... man was I impressed. My wife and I spent over an hour in just the Harry Potter exhibit that is there until the end of September. The rest of the pace was really cool. We didnt see everything, but I had a great time. NERD ALERT!!! Yeah, it's sad to see the Big ol' Honkin' Ugly Heart go...but it's time. I'm so looking forward to bringing my son there someday.

This is a Lifetime Movie waiting to happen...

Three or four of Ozzie's home runs. Those were always weird.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 11:00 PM) Yea the whole new Ikenberry Commons will be awesome. But Im not a fan of the new dining halls they are opening, such as PAR (where I lived last year). Its a good idea with poor execution. I love the fact that you have so many stations to choose from, but everything they make is fried and they usually serve the same food at lunch and dinner, so your options are actually pretty limited (unless you want hamburgers or pizza twice a day, every day). Im not terribly excited about the food at ISR (where Im an RA) but you can live with it while eating relatively healthy. Just because Frosted Flakes have corn in them doesn't make them healthy.

I lived at Bromley for two years...89-90 and 90-91. We saw a food truck delivering some food...roast beef boxes said: Grade D: But Edible I s*** you not. And we never ate the roast beef again.

QUOTE (Tex @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 01:14 PM) I do not see the education element with most mascots. See above. Not if you take them away completely. There can be an educational element to everything, if you try hard enough.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 12:19 PM) It's not really honoring or respecting the Illini tribe(s) when its based off of non-Illini tribes, though. Agreed...but if there's no opportunity to learn more because they don't exist anymore, is the next best thing good enough? I don't know the answer to that.

QUOTE (Tex @ Aug 24, 2009 -> 05:47 PM) I do not think one person for or against will make much of a difference. When established tribal leaders, the elected officials for the tribe, come out and say, this is offensive, I believe the right thing to do is ask, what are we trying to do here and is it worth being offensive? So what is the Chief trying to do? I guess it depends on who you ask, doesn't it? Some might say it is morally offensive and is doing nothing to promote awareness. Some might say it is one of, if not the last, remaining reminder of the Illini tribe that once called Illinois home and gave it the name. Not being a Native American: I thought the Chief was about as respectful a symbol as possible considering there were no Illini tribesmen/women to take that role. Just my .02.

Happy Belated Birthday old man!

Has anyone ever asked the people that were protesting against the Chief and against UND what THEY thought about the Seminoles? I mean, so what if the Seminole tribe gets money or whatever....if one of those people were against using Indian symbolism for U of I and UND and whoever else, why is their voice not as strong, or mean as much, for FSU? Really, ti's over and done with, so might as well move on. Still, I think it might create a slippery slope. PETA against any animal mascot. Fighting Irish. Penn Quakers...ok, maybe not the Penn Quakers.

Unemployed producer/editor/motion graphics dude.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 21, 2009 -> 03:34 PM) Hard to tell FSU to stop using the Seminole name, when the Seminole Tribe would fight it tooth and nail to make sure they can. There is no Illini tribe to give its approval and unfortunately the headdress etc was Sioux I believe. There is no Illini tribe because they are extinct. My issue is...it shouldn't matter what the tribe says. If it's racist for one, it's racist for all.

Sarah Palin.

38. Thirty-f***ing-eight. whew.