The Gooch

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 12:25 PM) At the time my company would've paid for some of it. But about halfway through the registration process I realized what a big mistake I could possibly be making and got out. Then I spent an hour on the phone with the recruiter who tried to convince me otherwise. I used to be a contract recruiter for one of those online Universities. Needless to say, I wasn't there for very long. Bad product, shady sales schemes, and overall a heartless business. I compared stories with a friend who spent time with another online college and he had stories basically identical to mine.

Its a shame. Education is worthwhile but the system is broken. How do some of these online colleges get accredited? More importantly, why does financial aid keep giving their students money? I would love to see the default rates on loans of students from online universities vs students from traditional universities.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 10:19 AM) Completely agree with this. I had a horrible experience with a recruiter from UoP and I never even took a single class. Here's another article. http://washingtonexaminer.com/node/80276 This seems to be more of the root of the problem though: Do not go to an online University unless your company pays for it. Even then, if there are other options take them.

QUOTE (since56 @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 07:40 PM) Under this reasoning a manager is not needed. Only guys with bats. No, under this reasoning the manager is not being held accountable for his lineup not hitting. Ozzie can't make guys hit the ball. That is the hitters and Greg Walker's job. Stop twisting people's words.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 01:13 PM) I am just saying that I don't consider it a setback when he hasn't even made much progress towards returning. What exactly is you definition of a setback? Peavy was continually increasing his pitches looking to return to the team. He felt discomfort and had to leave early, not making forward progress towards the desired pitch count. I would even say that his progress was "set back".

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 18, 2011 -> 03:25 AM) If he had proven that he absolutely could not stay healthy starting, or constantly dealt with lingering issues when starting games consistently, then I'd agree. He hasn't started a game this year and has been injured only once as a starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox (I don't count a setback that they knew was going to happen as an injury). So yes, if come August he can't stay healthy starting games, then I'd say use him out of the bullpen for the rest of the year. You have to try and get the most value of him as possible, and that begins with using him in the rotation. It doesn't matter how many times he has been injured in a Sox uniform. He has been out the majority of the last 2 years. However, I am not for making him a reliever yet either. Another injury would probably change my mind though.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 11:50 PM) First of all, I think it's dangerous to trust Humber for a whole season. Secondly, I actually had the same thought, but was thinking Peavy as the closer. He's got the stuff, and with his injury history it might help him to only pitch a few innings a week. But then again, I can't agree with paying a reliever (not named Rivera) over $15 million a year. It would be better to pay him to be a reliever than to keep paying him to sit on the DL.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 17, 2011 -> 04:24 PM) Make that .292 after today's suckfest. JP is exhibit A on why BA is overrated. Did anybody think for a second Juan would come through in an RBI situation? And getting picked off first right away is about the same as not getting a hit at all, so subtract a few more from that

1. Bring back Scotty Pods! 2. I haven't felt this bad about our bullpen since 2007.

I will be at many half price Mondays once my night class ends in the beginning of May. So that should help.

QUOTE (SoxPride56 @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 10:06 AM) Weather.com says there is a 10-20% chance of rain, partly cloudy, and temps between 52-49 degrees. After yesterday I will never listen to any metorologist again. They know nothing.

The Undertaker and Paul Bearer's part. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b97vomTaIzg

QUOTE (Sox1422 @ Mar 31, 2011 -> 12:09 PM) Just got this email back after inquiring to Brooks: Here is a look at the beers we will be offering at our Midwest Brews locations: Minnesota - Michelob Golden Light Wisconsin - Leinenkugel (various flavors) Illinois - Goose Island's Honkers and Chicago Beer Company's Windy City Wheat Indiana - Barley Island's Bar Fly IPA Ohio - Great Lakes Brewing Company's Dortmunder Gold Michigan - Bell's Oberon (we will also have LaBatt Blue representing this area and the Canadians) I hope this makes you want to stop by even more now! They will be cold and waiting for you... Joey Nigro, General Manager Sportservice - US Cellular Field 333 W. 35TH Street Chicago, IL 60616 Whats with Goose Island being there and no 312? Isn't that their most popular? I've never had Windy City Wheat, how is it?

QUOTE (ptatc @ Mar 30, 2011 -> 06:53 PM) You gotta love those idiots!!! I say that from experience as I am a reviewer for 4 peer reviewed journals. I am only a student, but the reviewing process seems so subjective and sometimes biased

QUOTE (G&T @ Mar 30, 2011 -> 02:10 PM) Palos Park actually. My best friend was in Palos Heights. Haha my buddy lived in Ishnala. I used to do the Ben Franklin thing too. And I LOVED the Great American Bagel

Added up fantasy football scores in the newspaper. Recorded songs onto cassette from the radio Bought cds Called friends houses and had to ask if they were home Had to wait until the score thing came at the bottom of the screen to find out other game scores

I will be sticking with the polish and grilled onions. Corn off the cob is pretty awesome as well. I will be trying the midwest beers though.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Mar 27, 2011 -> 03:19 PM) Fair points on the offense. Do you disagree though that the idea of the Sox being World Series contenders is predicated On Peavy returning not just healthy, but being that top-of-the-rotation guy he was acquired for? I don't. We have a very good starting rotation. If Peavy is just mediocre this season we can make the playoffs. After that it only really takes 3 really good starting pitchers to make it to the series (e.g. Contreras, MB, and Freddy). Any of the the other 4 guys outside of Peavy have the capability to help the team make a big playoff run. It is just like everyone has been saying though, just like for any team, most things have to go right. The White Sox will not live or die on the health of Jake Peavy.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Mar 27, 2011 -> 02:08 PM) a pinch-hitter for Morel would be more valuable than Lillibridge or a seventh reliever. Flowers would be the best option. He could also get some AB's as the backup C. Teahan?

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Mar 27, 2011 -> 01:52 PM) I really don't like going with a six-man bullpen to start the year. Granted there are off days, but the worst thing we can do is overworked our relievers early in the season just so Lillipad can stay on the roster two extra weeks. When will the Sox realize how worthless he is? I don't think anyone will get overworked because of the first two weeks. Especially if we use our off days to keep Humber in the bullpen for long relief. The relievers typically take the same roles in the bullpen at the beginning of the season and don't move around much. As long as we don't get blown out a lot they should be ok. If we stayed with 6 in the pen past April though, that could be a problem.

QUOTE (MuckFinnesota @ Mar 23, 2011 -> 08:24 PM) Went to the job fair today and targeted two organizations I might be interested in working for whether it be the work or the mission statement of the organization. Hy-Vee would like to have a phone interview with me to go over available openings and determine if I am a fit for their organization. The organization that kept my attention today was that of Red Frog, which promotes, markets and plans different running events. It seems like the company culture is a lot like Google, has a lot of nice perks and a decent salary. I bet that it, like Groupon, might be a bit difficult to get into but that doesn't mean I am not going to try. EDIT: Congratulations on the job, Wite. I have a friend who work for Red Frog. She gets to travel all over the world and plan fun events. She loves it there, and it does sound like an awesome job with some great perks.

QUOTE (chwhtsox @ Mar 22, 2011 -> 12:45 PM) I'm more disturbed that she didn't ask to go to the bathroom and flush the evidence rather than the act itself...is that wrong? You are surprised a woman with over 50 bags of heroin in her vagina wasn't smart enough to do that?

Aerosmith is upsetting U2, and Van Halen and GNR are in a dead heat at 50/50. Rolling Stone and Queen is close, while ACDC is beating Nirvana. Should be interesting...

QUOTE (MuckFinnesota @ Mar 15, 2011 -> 03:08 PM) How do I get involved with something even if I am graduating this June? Is that where the grad school comes in? And what if internships in the "field" I am interested in require that I be a college student for credit? Temp agencies aren't something that I thought of so I will be looking at those and following up with your other suggestions - thanks! I would research your top 2 or 3 professions and just do a google search for local clubs/organizations. I am in grad school right now, and that is how I found out about the clubs that I have joined. One of them is actually holding their annual conference here in Chicago, which is lucky for me. The other one is local to Chicago and they have networking events every month or two, as well as guest speakers. I found a human resources internship through a referral by a classmate, and many of the job/internship opportunities that I had applied for I only knew about by attending events and talking to people. If you know anyone with a leadership position in an organization, using a reference from them for an opening in that organization can go a long way. As for internships, probably just avoid the ones that require college credit. Not all of them require college credit, but those that do I believe is a legal issue so there probably isn't much that can be gained there (unless someone can correct me on that, but I'm pretty sure it is a legal issue - at least for unpaid internships)

QUOTE (MuckFinnesota @ Mar 15, 2011 -> 02:40 PM) Feeling the heat of graduation coming and the desire to do something useful after graduation instead of just sitting on my ass, I figured I should research growing industries, jobs in the future and where the needs are at. So I entered keywords into Google and read through the search results. The results of my search? Nothing too helpful - engineering and math/science still dominate the list. I searched again and more information arose that wasn't helpful at all. So I looked at my interests and abilities and determined that the following "fields," "jobs," and "Graduate Programs of Study" would apply to me: Human Resources, Paralegal Studies, Marketing (not sales, but perhaps market research), School Counseling (Guidance Counseling), Public Relations (background of communications and journalism would help this, but if there is cold selling involved forget it), university jobs (such as being an admissions counselor while the grad school part of things is paid for) or sports information jobs. Having searched jobs in these categories, I found that sites like career builder and monster are pretty useless for entry-level positions. Someone wiser than I said that I should start researching organizations, learning about their industry and looking into positions at the organization, but even in doing research, how does that lead to finding an interview when the jobs aren't matching my skills (communications)/interests? Instead of just b****ing about it, I would be interested to know how soxtalkers would approach today's job search as a freshly minted college graduate. Also, what do you guys think about where the jobs will be in 2011-2013? I can read bls.gov and Google that question all day but I would rather hear from today's employees where they think the jobs will be and what kinds of industries recent college graduates should go into/get retraining or further education to get into? Honestly, networking is the best option. Go beyond job fairs and careerbuilder. Find a club or organization for a field that your interested in and join it. Ask friends or relatives for opening in the companies they work for and get a referral or a direct email to the person in charge of hiring if possible. Knowing someone in the organization and getting a referral is your best shot at getting an interview. Check out temp agencies to see if they are offering anything that matches your interests. Those temp jobs can often turn into full time gigs. Even taking an internship can turn into a job, or at very least it will give you more experience (which is vital as the market for entry level positions is still awful).