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QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 31, 2011 -> 10:14 AM) But, if a woman dies in batman, she dies, with superman he can turn back time with his flying! That and all problems are solved by him throwing whatever into space. This.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jan 31, 2011 -> 10:13 AM) Patrick Kane's Stanley Cup Winning Puck Missing, FBI Investigating I thought I heard someone say that Pronger threw it into the stands. Pronger was stealing pucks the entire series.

Ozzie + Lastings would either wind up terrible, or, more likely, be a perfect match. I say go for it.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jan 30, 2011 -> 03:28 PM) Lol Serbian dominance continues? I'd say right now Nadal is far and away the dominator in Tennis and he is definitely not Serbian. Let Slav have his fun, yo.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jan 30, 2011 -> 08:41 PM) Cavs have lost 30 out of 31 and their one win was in OT. That is unreal. LBJ had no help in Cleveland. Sure, he strong-armed most of those players to that roster, but still... no help.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 30, 2011 -> 08:27 PM) In 2004, I felt the same thing about Ben Gordon, then I watched that team force the ball to him game after game, and realized...you're so much better off if you run the offense. If the offense regularly runs through Kobe Bryant, then you run that offense. Run a play, and convince him to give the ball up if needed. There's a reason why Jordan didn't hit the last second shot until title 6. He certainly had buzzer-beaters before that, but Jordan cared about winning the game more than anything. Hence why so many times (including for the winner in Game 6 of the 5th title), he'd draw the double, and dish off to a much-more wide open player like Steve Kerr for the game winner. He did the same thing in 95 to Wennington in his 55 point masterpiece at MSG (as pointed out on the aforementioned Simmons podcast). Jordan was a winner and did whatever was needed to win and didn't have that "hero mentality" that Kobe has that hurts his team. (And please don't bring up Kobe's 5 titles when Shaq was the best player on the first 3 championship teams and the roster has been so bloated the last two that you can't call them "Kobe's teams").

I really don't think the world needs more Superman movies. It's so hard to care about Superman in a movie, because he's so indestructible. Each one needs to come up with some way to sap his powers for a period so he can get the s*** beat out of him, and that's just not Superman 99% of the time. If they find a way to tell the Doomsday story, with all the JLA characters, and oh, what the hell, include the cool rebirth storyline, then I might, MIGHT be hooked. That would be cool, but also take like 10 movies. Just let the Superman franchise die and tell us some new stories.

I'll believe it when I see it. I hope I don't see it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 30, 2011 -> 07:59 PM) That is the big thing... You both can't claim the same deductions, such as the house and the new furnace. Yeah, I was thinking I'd put them on just one of the returns and the other return would simply be based on income. It's unfathomable that I should owe $1k each year. I've reached out to some professionals, but if anyone else has more information or experience doing this, it'd be appreciated. I figure if I cross all my t's and dot all my i's, even if I get audited there's nothing much to worry about.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 30, 2011 -> 07:32 PM) I don't know your situation but there are some situations where separate filings will get you back more. There's not quite enough info here for me to give a definite answer. Is the house in both of your names? Do you have the deductions split by who has them? Is one income a lot more then the other? Etc. Be careful (which is why you're asking, I know). The house is in both of our names. She makes 10% more than me. The deductions are not split yet. I was considering putting the house on her taxes and then just doing mine straight. Can I just put the house on her taxes without any ramifications?

Ok, here's the deal. Wife and I both claim 0, we own a home, we get f***ed in property taxes, etc etc, and somehow last year we owed over a thousand bucks. F*ck that, right? Well, this year, even with a $900-some credit (30% back on a 95% energy efficient furnace) and tons of deductions (almost $30k worth), we were going to owe over a thousand bucks again! I say, f*ck that, right? So I started doing some research and happened upon suggestions that we file married, filing separately, since we have no children yet. I'm using Turbo Tax online, and when I switched from joint to separate the total owed (fed and state) went from owing $1,000 to getting almost $4,000 in a refund. Obviously, this raises a bunch of red flags for me. Does anyone out there with knowledge of tax law (not bird law) or access to said knowledge have any information for me?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 20, 2011 -> 04:52 PM) Pale 'n Hosed RT @ESPNChiSox Ozzie on whether Morel is his starter at 3B: "That would be a slap in the face of Teahen." And so it begins!

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 03:50 PM) Are you going out boozing before or after the game? Sorry I didn't notice this beforehand. WHAT A GAME!

I'll do ours tomorrow night. At least I get 30% back on the f***ing furnace I bought last month.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 28, 2011 -> 10:00 PM) I would consider sitting Rose tomorrow. Start Watson and get #1 some rest and heal Please don't. I am going to this game.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 10:26 AM) Write the site's 3 millionth post. I'm going for b2b "Most likely to be flamed" awards with my stance in the LeBron thread. I can't believe I made that asshat a billboard.

Alright guys, educate me. Normally I don't get into college hoops until March Madness... hell, I'm not a college hoops fan. But my gym has like no channels, so it seems like every night I'm watching college basketball on ESPN or Saturday mornings watching GameDay or CBS or whatever, and all the sudden I've gotten into it. Anyway, tell me some teams to watch out for, and some of the best players. I don't start normally looking til closer to the end of February. From what I've gathered over the last two weeks, Jared Sullinger is the f***ing man (and will make a pretty damn solid NBA talent if my eyes do not deceive). Anyway, educate me.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 12:41 AM) I like your ideas, but we want to keep it as positive as possible so, some of those wouldn't really work. If we keep them positive how am I going to win any!?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 28, 2011 -> 04:53 PM) Rumors out there that Gervais will take over for Michael Scott (Carrell) next season. Those are dumb rumors.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jan 28, 2011 -> 10:00 AM) I got 2 red-light tickets in the mail for turning right on a red light even though there are no signs saying I can't turn. How much of a pain in the ass are these things to fight? Yeah, to confirm what other's have stated, you didn't come to a complete stop. There's no way you'll win either of these.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 28, 2011 -> 11:28 AM) Microsoft's "to the cloud" thing is the most disgusting ad. I puke every time I see it. From their ad I'd think that the cloud is some photo editing software. Yeah, the cloud ads are hilarious. If only all companies had the type of ad spending abilities of Microsoft to "advertise" an idea so much that people think it's their idea and they somehow invented "the cloud".

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 27, 2011 -> 10:04 PM) You guys all hyped up The Office and I wound up wasting 30 minutes of my life. Complete drivel. Yup. Last night's was awful. So was last night's Community, but Parks & Rec rocked.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Jan 27, 2011 -> 04:44 PM) My Xbox died again. 3rd time since getting it back in '07.... I may be taking my talents to the PS3. Good. 360 is s***.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 27, 2011 -> 03:27 PM) Can we just let the Freddy stuff go away, please? Anyone we pluck from AA/AAA would be just as good or bad This is completely inaccurate.

Bring me Freddy.