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Six minutes worth. WARNING, not for those who can't laugh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35CXbEpoA_c

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jan 27, 2007 -> 10:02 PM) Saw American Beauty for the first time. Loved it. Kevin Spacey, Tom Hanks and Morgan Freeman are my favorite actors. That is one of my all time favorites. Spacey is hilarious in it.

Is 'hi8is' on hiatus ? He started this thread, pretty impressive.

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Jan 26, 2007 -> 11:34 AM) I'll explain. 2004: Going into '04, I was totally stoked because they hired Ozzie, which I thought was a gutsy and very unconventional move. The season didn't turn out well, but hey: it's his first year. My beef was the feast-or-famine team, capable of scoring 13 runs one game and none the next. While I liked Maggs and C. Lee, if they weren't going yard we were sunk. Clutch hitting? What's that. Jose Valentin? [shudders] 2005: It was almost like KW read our minds. Enough of this Big Ball team! We're going smallball/Ozzieball/smartball. Sure the sportswriters dubbed this the experiment doomed to fail, but having been in Minneota's rearview mirror for how many years, why not follow their recipe? I was 100% behind this and not only was psyched about the season, but still can't believe it happened, to this day. Perfect. 2006: Well now that everybody and their cousin is apparently a Sox fan (geesh!), there was a certain sense of having what was "yours" now become "everybody's." That aside, we all felt that we were bound to repeat. The team, on paper, was even "better" than the 2005 team. Thome! Vasquez! So while there was a certain WS hangover, we were assured that we're in this to win, not to be one-and-done. Anticipating 2006: exciting. 2007: ? I don't know what I feel. I really can't predict with any certainty what I think we will do. Seeing that we pretty much have the core of the '06 team--that finished third--you certainly don't expect anything. Pods out, Anderson our do-or-die CF, WTH is going on with Uribe, etc. etc. And heading into this after a dismal second half of the '06 season which was so painful I stopped watching the last month. It just feels weird, that's all. Not saying we're in bad shape, just that I can't even tell you what shape we are in. Or am I crazy? Well, we've all known you're crazy for a long time, but that's for another thread. I agree with you, I have no idea what to expect from the Sox, or the rest of AL Central this year. That's why I'm so looking forward to it. What's the fun of knwoing what's gonna happen ahead of time?

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Jan 25, 2007 -> 10:58 PM) I'm listening to 10000 Maniacs "In My Tribe" right now. 16 Years ago my then girlfriend (now wife) got into a fight over this disc. We were freshmen in college, and she was having a party in her room. She was playing this disc, and I asked her if she had anything else. Something less depressing. She kept saying, "Listen to the words." My refusal to acknowlege the excellence of the words led to a biiiig fight. I still bring it up every so often. I'll just say "listen to the words." It's something we laugh about now. EVERYTHING that Natalie Merchant sings on sounds exactly the same..... and every chorus is "heh heh, heeey heeeey, heh heh heeeey heeeey"

Ghost. Not sure why I've always wanted to name a dog that.

The additions to the pen should alleviate some of the pressure off of Jenks. That plus his commitment to getting into better shape has me feeling great about our pen going into this year.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jan 25, 2007 -> 07:02 AM) Queen is one of those bands where their better stuff is GREAT, and their worse stuff is awful. Ignore Bicycle Race, Fat Bottomed Girls and stuff like that and listen to stuff like: Hammer To Fall A Kind Of Magic Stone Cold Crazy Tie Your Mother Down I Want It All Headlong Killer Queen Somebody To Love THAT is a Queen playlist I (and I'd think you as well) can get into! I mean, no doubt that Mercury had a great voice, but a lot of their stuff is operatic and SO theatrical, that's it's almost....goofy.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jan 24, 2007 -> 10:57 PM) Well there is a social taboo on the subject. I mean rape in general and not just a child rape. I mean how many movies have you seen a violent rape happen simulated or not. And how many violent movies, that have a bad guy and a young female character that is captured and held hostage. The guy basically is asexual outside of his love for violence. I feel you. I'm not suggesting we shouldn't be uncomfortable. I guess my point is that if we're gonna be uncomfortable about a rape scene we should take a closer look at other types of violence in film and ask ourselves why we've become so desensitized to it.

I recently picked up a 'Queens Greatest Hits' CD and it's playing right now. This is probably the 5th time in my life that I really try to get into them, but just cannot. 'Bicycle Race'?? Are you kidding me?? What am I missing?

The 'deepest bench in the NL' talk has already started.

Is a child rape scene different than a scene in which a child is shot, or beaten, or blown up or held hostage? I've seen plenty of those and don't recall any controversy over them.

I've never understood the fascination with Pedro Aldmodovar's films, but I just got back from watching 'Volver' and really enjoyed it.....and Penelope Cruz has never looked so tasty.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jan 24, 2007 -> 03:59 PM) For those that saw Babel, is it worth seeing? What about the Last King of Scottland (is that like an action drama)? Both sound like they could be interesting but I don't remember any previews on them and since I'm out of town on business I'll probably hit up the theatres to kill time at least one night during the next 2 weeks. DEFINATELY see TLKOS, it's not an action film. Based on a Scotish physician's experiences as Idi Amin's personal doctor/advisor. I haven't seen 'Babel' since I read a review that said it was 'Crash' on a global scale. Heres a few more reviews, decide for yourself. I'd suggest you read all of them. http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/babel

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 23, 2007 -> 08:17 PM) Rage Against the Machine , yes you read that correctly, Rage Against the Machine to headline this year's Coachella Valley Music Festival. Subtract the Silly Peppers and I really have no excuse not to go. It's literally 10 mins. from me.

QUOTE(drive like jehu @ Jan 24, 2007 -> 10:41 AM) Anything involving Ron Hassey. Great handle, DLJ ruled.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Jan 24, 2007 -> 12:40 PM) I wasn't sure Leonardo was a boy when he was on Growing Pains. You're confusing him with the child on Who's the Boss?

A few thoughts: It's hard to have a fair opinion unless you've seen every film. Huh? I thought the critics hated 'Babel'?? Why is everyone so in love with 'The Departed'? Don't snooze on Forest Whitaker in 'The Last King of Scotland'.

I waited 36 years for the Sox to win the WS and only 16 for the Bears to win the S. Bowl.

There is a new employee at my job who looks just and I mean JUST like Leonardo Dicaprio. The strange thing is that this person is female and (we suspect, probably) a lesbian. The really strange thing is that every man there is kind of attracted to her.

This will be easier than you think. Remember 1984? We wore skinny, super straight leg jeans, small T shirts and phucked up A Flock Of Seagulls haircuts. Take a stroll through the mall, that's what you'll see again today.

At least Rex made the right reads and didn't cough up the rock. We don't need him to be spectacular. We just need him to not suck. Benson was a truck today, his rushing totals might not show it, but talk about some hard ass yardage.

QUOTE(Balance @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 04:56 PM) I disagree. I think it's easier to talk about baseball and answer questions about baseball during a game than any other sport. There are lots of breaks in the action, between every pitch, when you can answer questions and help build an understanding of the game. If you're patient, you can teach her the game while watching lots of games together. We'll have to agree to disagree. If two teams I don't really care about are playing, then I can see it your way. But if the Sox are on the field or on TV, it's no time for amatuers.

QUOTE(longshot7 @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 01:49 PM) That's not true at all. How do you think all the illegals get around? Uh, cars. You don't need a license to buy or drive a car.