Middle Buffalo

That episode was terrible. That prison "scared straight" bit was really unfunny. I like Steve Carrell (sp?), but a little less of him would go a long way.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 29, 2006 -> 05:04 PM) I hate f***ing stickers. Well, you're not supposed to f*** them. Southerners. First, it's cousins. Now, stickers.

Where's Jeff?

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 23, 2006 -> 08:50 AM) I know Your Out There Somewhere - Moody Blues They should be honorary Soxtalk members just for that.

I just finished decorating the outside of my house for Christmas. Everything was fine until I got to the last strand of lights, and then a fuse blew. Now I have to re-wire everything. Humbug.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Nov 26, 2006 -> 05:36 PM) One wrinkle in my evals though is that I am left handed, and the stock available to me is a little less than if you are right-handed. Play it upside down, and the world is your oyster.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Nov 22, 2006 -> 10:39 PM) Can't leave out Cal-Stanford Unbelievable, but I didn't actually see that live. I did forget the Kirk Gibson homer against the A's. I love the video because you see all the brake lights of the cars that were leaving the stadium early to beat traffic. I'll bet those people leave that part out when they tell people they were at that game.

As far as sports memories go, Flutie throwing the hail mary to Phelan to beat Miami is one of the greatest sports plays I've ever watched live. I really can't even think of anything that ranks with it (Sox WS victory aside). I guess the '80 Olympic win over the Soviets would be greater, but that wasn't live. Every once in a while you can see this game on ESPN classic, and it's a great one to watch. 22 years ago. Man, I'm getting old.

More and more, as the years passed, I found myself just hoping to not get injured. I took my "skills" to the offensive line the last few years. Finally, I just said, "No more." And to make it final, I moved to Arizona, the only state in the US where football is not allowed.

Not a zoo animal, but I have some serious questions about poodles.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Nov 15, 2006 -> 04:26 PM) If we're talking musically, it's Paul. He can pretty much do it all. He can play any instrument and can come up with a great tune for a song in about 5 minutes. He's a genius. I don't disagree, but why has he been unable to come up with great tunes for 20+ years? Same thing with the Rolling Stones. How is it that these guys with all this talent aren't able to evolve and keep making relevant music?

Let me see him do that with his mouth.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Nov 13, 2006 -> 11:52 AM) But as for calling in sick and how to do it? You call in, say "I'm not coming in, I'm sick" and that is it. They can't ask questions. Back to when I supervised in the PO, I had a manager who was pretty nutty. She'd call every morning right when I was busiest and ask how things were going. See, she worked 6-7 hours a day, then when shopping for "supplies," commuted to her boyfriend's station where they'd go out for business lunches or drive together to meetings, so me being in the middle of something important couldn't be possible. Anyway, she was insane about sick days (though her attendance was poor), and she'd ask me who called in, what's their problem, did I tell them they really needed to come in, etc. She hated that I just took the call and recorded the absence. 5 years later, I can still hear her seething with anger that I was so forgiving about sick days. My opinion, once someone picks up the phone, they're NOT coming in. Why put on a fake voice or come up with an elaborate story? Say, "I can't make it in today, I don't feel well and can't possibly work. I should be ok tomorrow. Good day, sir." Then, hang up.

I'm able to carry sick leave over infinitely, which is great. That will be great if I get an awful illness. Can't wait. I hardly ever call in sick for myself. I went seven years in between sick calls recently. Now, I only use sick leave for sick kids or for doctor appointments. I was a supervisor for the Post Office, and, without fail, when I walked into the bldg at 4:45am the phone would be ringing with sick calls. I very rarely believed that the person was too ill to work. I still feel that way. I guess my work ethic comes from my parents. I don't ever remember either one of them using sick days. They probably didn't even get them. Now, I own an apartment complex and I have three employees. The office manager is always telling me that she's sick. Maybe she should lay off the Pepsi and cigarette diet.

I used to watch it in the summers all the time, and then one day I turned on the tv and his hair was not black anymore. Color me shocked.

Ideally, I like to vote candidate by candidate. However, sometimes (like now, for instance) I think we need to change the ruling party, and I go straight Democrat. It's no different than the politicians voting along party lines, and they hardly ever stray from that. Since they don't it's necessary to get them out.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Oct 22, 2006 -> 01:29 PM) Any points taken off for the hypocracy of wanting the government to spend tax money on his pet projects, them moving their company to a tax-haven to avoid paying taxes? That is reason alone to dismiss his politics. Imagine that, a guy with money not wanting to give huge sums of it to the government in taxes. The Beatles should write a song about that. Regarding Bono being a blow-hard. There's two things that charitible organizations really want and need. Time and money. Without people like Bono sacrificing their time, most organizations and causes simply do not get the recognition they need. The recognition is what raises money. Is there some hypocracy in his message? Sure. But, at least he's doing something.

"The Illusionist" is pretty good. Edward Norton usually is. Unfortunately, e attempts some odd euro-accent that's unneccesary. It kind of comes and goes and distracted me. Also, the antagonist (the crown prince) bears a resemblance to Jude Law. Kind of a Don Swayze v. Patrick Swayze resemblance. I pointed it out to my wife really early in the movie. She said "no way." By the end of the movie she wasn't sure if it was Jude himself. Same facial features and hairline, just a tad ugly.

Jesse Ventura was correct. He didn't have time to bleed.

Made my bi-weekly trek to the local Catholic church this Sunday. Really interesting homily about Catholics' attitudes toward contraception. Not really relevant when 90% of the congregation is 65 and up, but interesting.

'Superfly" Snuka Savage Austin Jake the Snake Chris Adams (from the Von Erich WCCW? league) Flair That mid-80s Von Erich league was the best.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jun 29, 2006 -> 10:54 AM) I bet he's European. Ever been on a European beach? Nothing but banana hammocks. He's also wearing a turtleneck down there. Another sure sign that he's Euro.

We used to buy a "kit" off a kid whose dad was a cop. I guess the business model was: Confiscate illegal contraband from a lawbreaker, give said items to son, pad bank account illegally. Gotta love Chicago.

The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack May 1972

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jun 28, 2006 -> 06:50 AM) Has anyone here ever run an ad on Criagslist? Is it free ? I've never run an ad, but I'm pretty sure it's free. I've picked up several free items and paid for a few (mostly appliances for an apartment bldg I own). I was watching "Breakfast Club" on VH1 tonight, and I was amazed that they felt it was necessary to dub the line "Eat my shorts!" They replaced it with "Eat my socks!" Well, at least Judd Nelson got a little voice-over work out of the deal. Now if we could only find a little work for Rupert (Styles) Stylinski from "Teen Wolf."