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QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 05:58 PM) I dunno if the term is totally without merit. Even way back before the age of Green Day, bands like the Buzzcocks and early xtc, Jilted John, the Undertones, etc., were all coming out of a punk tradition but with a lot more pop sensibility and tongue-in-cheek delivery than the first wave of punk music. I think pop punk, punk power pop, etc., is useful as a broad stroke to categorize these groups. And for the record, I love all of that stuff. Quoted for truth.

Perea to IU.

Who is this Sonny Cox fellow, and why is he so shady?

Huge weekend for IU. Cody Zeller, Yogi Ferrell, and Hanner Perea all on campus, as well as 2011 commit Austin Etherington.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 23, 2010 -> 12:22 PM) That was more or less all 19th century Democrats though (up to Woodrow Wilson) IIRC, there was a big split among Northern and Southern Democrats about this issue, circa 1850.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 10:36 AM) PRESS STATEMENT – OCTOBER 17, 2010 William Kelly on Chicago Reporter Attack: ‘I Was in Their Way’ Typical. The version of events he delivers in his release doesn't even match the video.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 17, 2010 -> 10:27 AM) Interesting follow up on the Perrea story http://www.post-trib.com/sports/2808914,mhutton-1017.article It seems like he's pretty much IU's to lose, but this article almost makes it seem that Perea has already committed to the Hoosiers, and I haven't read that anywhere. Anyone know something about it I apparently don't?

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Oct 4, 2010 -> 05:53 PM) There's nothing wrong with rooting for your team/school/program and not being supportive of the head coach. Ding ding ding. I couldn't stand Sampson my freshman year, and refused to cheer along with everyone else when he was announced at each game.

I agree on Boardwalk Empire. Great episode last night. Criminal Minds has been the solid the first few episodes as well.

Watching Robinson run all over us was hilarious, exactly as I expected. But I don't quite understand the love he's getting for his passing skills, he made some God awful throws in that game. He was almost purely one dimensional today. It bothered me when people cheered when it appeared Robinson was injured. But, to whoever mentioned the spinners...they got rid of those awhile ago.

15/15. That many people haven't heard of the Great Awakening? I thought it was a prominent part of High School history courses. I guess it's not surprising considering some of the things many Americans don't know about U.S. History.

Trey Lyles (2014) commits to IU.

Criminal Minds - Wednesday Boardwalk Empire - Sunday

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Sep 11, 2010 -> 12:55 PM) 23. But ya, I also started posting here when I was 15. I was also 15 when I started posting here. 21, now.

If anyone needs help on the Bloomington, IN bar scene I could help with that...other than that, not really.

Crean picked up Peter Jurkin and Ron Patterson in the past week. If we can get Zeller or Parea (or both?!) I'd be a happy Hoosier.

QUOTE (IceCreamPants @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 01:02 PM) There are those type of elitist in every genre and they are all just as bad as the next. That's true. I suppose given where I live/types of people I generally interact with, I'm more likely to run into the the ones I mentioned.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 03:12 AM) I mean really, to me, there is no more elitist music fan in the world than a rap fan. I'll probably catch flak for the gross overgeneralization I'm about to make, but I'll do it anyway. In my experience, the "hipster/indie" type is the most elitist. I've run into way too many people that will essentially say things like, "Oh, you like stuff on the RADIO? All that stuff is crap." or will only like bands no one has heard of, or they think that identifying with some esoteric band will make them cool.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 10:16 PM) Maroon 5 is my guilty pleasure band. Mine is Taylor Swift. There, I said it.

QUOTE (Soxy @ Aug 7, 2010 -> 10:10 PM) I teach students that are from pretty poor rural communities (and they are mostly white) and I am shocked (seriously SHOCKED) by their preparedness (or lack thereof) for higher education. They have to work a lot harder to maintain a quality of work I would deem acceptable than someone who went to New Trier (sorry NSS) or Wheaton. As someone who also graduated from New Trier, I've found myself realizing this a lot lately. I knew as I was going through NT that I was receiving a much, much better education than the vast majority of the population (I also had a little different perspective, because I was much less well off than many of my classmates). However, I didn't realize how much better that education was until I got to college (and I go to Indiana, so not necessarily a good nor bad school) and saw how ridiculously unprepared many students were. When I'm in groups and whatnot and see the stuff some group members have written, I wonder how they ever finished high school, let alone got accepted into a decent college.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 2, 2010 -> 09:49 PM) On another note....how important is immediate physical attraction in a relationship, on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being of the utmost importance. Pretty important, in the sense that I kinda believe in, "Love at first sight doesn't exist, but lust at first sight does." You're not going to make the move to initiate a conversation, etc. with a person you don't know unless you think they're attractive first, and upon first meeting them, I think at least least 80% is their physical appearance.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 2, 2010 -> 10:05 PM) I love how he takes that shot at Andy Garcia. Great article. Thanks, Greg. Agreed on both counts. Though I will forever love Andy Garcia because of the train station scene in the Untouchables.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 20, 2010 -> 12:20 AM) And last but not least, a new quick and dirty planter's dubbed the Captiva Cooler which will be concocted thusly: 1 oz Cruzan light rum 1 oz Coruba 1 oz lime juice 2 oz pineapple juice 2 oz orange juice 0.5 oz homemade grenadine 0.25 oz 2:1 simple syrup Shake with crushed ice and pour unstrained into drinking vessel of choice. I've gotten quite a few ideas from you, Jim, thanks! I just sort of play around when I'm mixing things and don't have measurements for everything unfortunately, but the past two I've made have been quite good. 2.25 oz Pineapple Vodka 2.25 oz white rum 1.5 oz Triple Sec Remainder is 50% Sour Mix and 50% Orange Juice...and maybe add a bit more OJ after you're done shaking and it's poured into the glass. Also: 1.5 oz vodka 1.5 oz white rum 1 oz Triple Sec 1 oz Blue Curacao Some sour mix and club soda

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 09:32 PM) Actually, the electric lemonade I've had is all of the ingredients of a long island, except they use melon flavored rum and sprite instead of tequila and coke. We call your drink a strip-and-go-naked. Yeah, that sounds like our electric lemonades. I still maintain the mix with Vodka, Beer, and Lemonade is a Baltimore Zoo.

I'm not sure why it took me 20 or 21 years to figure out that you have to let women come to you. That is, you can't always be the one texting them, talking to them on facebook or whatever...you have to let them come to you. It seems so obvious, yet it took me way too long to realize it. And I agree with Heads on the ganja thing. For the right type of girl, it definitely could work.