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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 01:55 PM) I thought the teachers were walking out as soon as school started? Budget talks are ongoing.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 08:11 PM) I wonder how things would have turned out between the two of them (and Harrison/Ringo) if Lennon was still around. Obviously now, McCartney is all about reminiscing about the good times and making it appear as if things would have worked out in the end, but that's easy to do if the other half of the equation is incapable of saying otherwise. Still, the SNL thing is an awesome story. I'm going to see Band of Horses and My Morning Jacket tomorrow at Pritzker Pavillion in Millennium Park. My level of familiarity with either band is pretty low, so I've thrown all of their music into a playlist so I'm not completely blindsided by it. It feels like the time I wrote a 15 page final essay the night and morning before it was due freshman year of college. That time I got a B, not sure I'll be anywhere near as successful this time. I haven't seen the popular supergroup that has been able to turn down the millions of a reunion tour for over 30 years. They wouldve gotten together eventually.

when on road trips i google "top reading lists of 2012", and sometimes they dont' convey what a book is about. Anyway, "Penolope" is an awful book. I feel embarrassed that I bought it.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 09:37 PM) He should have withdrawn already. Word is he will by tomorrow, no doubt because I thought I read that tomorrow is the last day to replace a candidate and still be eligible to be on ballot. Horrible statement to make. Maybe we should throw him in general pop and ask him a week later his opinions about rape. Do you think they'll need to raise signatures? If so they need to get going on that now.

I'm more interested to how developed Davis will be on defense. His greatest impact on Kentucky was just how aggressive their guards could play because he was so athletic getting to the drive and blocking shots. His offense will come, but if his defense is there right away he'll be a great addition already.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 09:31 PM) I'm not really sure what you're getting at, they have Atlanta taking the 8th seed at 40 wins. It looks like they just kind of grouped all of their playoff teams between 45 and 50 wins and most of the non-playoff teams between 30 and 37. There's probably going to be more separation than that. That is what i'm saying. When they are doing these predictions I think they just have an idea of power rankings in the east and assign arbitrary win totals to show that off. I think the basic takeaway should probably just be "ESPN doesn't think there's much of a difference between NJ, NY, CHI and PHI".

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 07:57 PM) It's more about the Bulls than the other two (though I do think the Knicks can be better, even if they are kind of a mess), I just don't think they have any margin for error if they're going to win 46. I think that's just a result of preseason rankings. Lots of inflation goes on there. I don't see why this year would be any different than the past, where the east has the 8th seed below .500 and a few teams hovering just above it.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 08:30 PM) ESPN projects the East They basically have the Bulls in a dead-heat with Brooklyn, Philly and New York for the 4th seed. I find that to be a little optimistic. I think philly is a lock for 4th best, but the bulls to play along with knicks and brooklyn? Yeah I hope we play so poorly we are behind them but those win totals seem pretty accurate, if not 2 or 3 generous.

I still have not seen this movie. I'm so bad at seeing movies in theatres now. I just have no desire to make the trip most nights.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 06:05 AM) KC is actually a pretty decently-sized city. It's very wide open though. It has a small, dense downtown, but beside that there's quite a bit of area to add infrastructure. Try doing that in NYC or San fran and it would be ridiculous.

I thought if someone just committed him to being a goal line package QB it seemed a worthy goal to try out. I still think that could work. But nobody is willing to specialize the QB position (and if i were a starting QB i'd be pissed because my incentives would be cut.)

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 09:35 PM) I liked it. It was kind of 15 year old female Jason Bourne-ish with the soundtrack of run lola run.

Hey Guys, I watched Hannah last night. Wanna hop in a time machine to last year and talk about it?

what are the highlights?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 07:58 PM) Ew...ew....ewwwwww..... I bet $10 that was just a coincidence of some demented kid who happened to do it by an election sign.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Aug 14, 2012 -> 04:30 PM) Thanks Husker...So true. It's a popularity contest pure and simple. Yeah, an election, even.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Aug 13, 2012 -> 09:52 PM) Congrats, Rock Not to sound lame, but I do look forward to the day when I'm in your position. I mean, I really enjoy life right now and not being tied down. I enjoy doing whatever I damn well please and can't imagine getting married yet (I'm 24). But I also look forward to the time in my life when I do end up getting married. I don't know if that makes sense... Wait until you start getting hungover for real, being able to spend a night in with someone you care about seems way more awesome than it did a few years ago.

Can't say I'm surprised after they left Webb in there throughout the 3rd and 4th quarter.

I really cannot get over how creepy that is, I don't even know why, but to see such clarity of another planet at surface level is so amazing.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 13, 2012 -> 04:12 PM) Congrats to you too then, BMags (I am assuming "quite the experience doesn't mean she turned you down ! Did you guys ever move out to SF? No, unfortunately we had a non-compete clause we didn't know about. Happily in Chicago. Though I wish college kids would stop moving to logan square, rent is skyrocketing.

Congrats Rock! I proposed a few weeks ago as well, quite the experience.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 10, 2012 -> 08:26 PM) Three of those 4 players aren't what they used to be (though all three are still very good). The other won't be ready to start the season and will need time once he's back on the court before he's back to being the MVP/DPOY force that he's been the last 4 years. Again, looks real good on paper. I just see a lot of potential issues (lack of depth, outside shooting, etc). The Thunder's core has been together for three years now and they've gotten better each year. I don't really care about the season, they might be a 4-5 seed but it won't matter. They need to pace themselves, obviously, but we are still talking about a team with: Kobe - 2nd in ppg Nash - 2nd in apg (on an AWFUL team) Howard - 1st in RPG Howard - 3 in BPG and then gasol.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 10, 2012 -> 08:06 PM) I think they're just too damn old, even with Dwight. Kobe - 34, Gasol -32, Nash - 38, MWP - 33, Jamison - 36. Their bench is still below average. They'll be good, of course. But give me the Thunder's young legs and another year's experience over LA. But 4 players in your starting lineup are legit top 5 at their positions. That's incredible. Nash is away from phx staff, but when he gets to the playoffs? He's going to look 30 again.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 10, 2012 -> 07:53 PM) Lakers still can't see the Thunder. We'll see. Lakers are a really bizarre team of personalities to throw together. It's going to be incredibly entertaining if it's spectacularly good or bad. On paper, I"d take the lakers for a year over this years OKC, but it's entirely possible the lakers never mesh/get really bad injuries.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Aug 10, 2012 -> 07:04 PM) Just from what I've seen in general of flagship state schools, Illinois has absurdly high in-state tuition. My (relatively small) scholarship at Indiana made it the same price UIUC would have been. They like to raise tuition because it makes them feel elite. They aren't concerned with the state as much as prestige.