Steff

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 11:01 AM) Those are pretty much spoilers, no? I don't watch the show or follow the season but it sure looks like that would spoil the surprise. Released by FX so I would say "teasers" versus "spoilers".

http://www.fxnetworks.com/press/shows/nipt.../source/218.jpg http://www.fxnetworks.com/press/shows/nipt.../source/219.jpg http://www.fxnetworks.com/press/shows/nipt.../source/220.jpg For some reason I can't get them to display.. can someone access and post them... TIA.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 10:22 AM) Sounds good to me. I want to get my hands on some 'more' opening day tix, before everyone else. Everyone else :finger Stand in line. And I wouldn't hold high hopes.. we (30+ years on one account and 11 on another) have been told we aren't going to be able to get the 8 per account we usually get.

No time in Lisle today... ? Wonder why...

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning ... uphill BOTH ways .. yadda, yadda, yadda And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it! But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia! And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it! I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!! There was no email! We had to actually write somebody a letter ... with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there! There were no MP3's or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it! And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister! We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! ! ;We had the Atari 2600! With games like "Space Invaders" and "asteroids" and the graphics sucked azz! Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! ... Just like LIFE! When you went to the movie theater there no such thing as stadium seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some old broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were just screwed! Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 15 channels and there was no onscreen menu and no remote control! You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your azz and walk over to the TV to change the channel and there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-ba******! And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up . we had to use the stove or go build a frigging fire ... imagine that! If we wanted popcorn, we had to use that Stupid JiffyPop thing and shake it over the stove forever like an idiot. That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179247,00.html for the families. Miami Beach Plane Crash Wreckage to Be Examined Tuesday, December 20, 2005 MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Investigators hoped to haul up the fuselage of a sunken seaplane to find why it broke apart and plunged into the ocean just off Miami Beach with 20 people on board, including three infants. Within minutes of the crash Monday, rescue workers, boaters and surfers converged on the oil-slicked crash scene. Nineteen bodies were recovered and divers suspended efforts to find the final body late Monday. "The possibility of anyone surviving is not very likely, but we can't confirm 20 people have died until we locate that 20th person," said Coast Guard Petty Officer Ryan Doss. Two crew and 18 passengers were on the flight to Bimini in the Bahamas. Many of the victims were returning home to the 7-mile long island after Christmas shopping jaunts. Maurice D'Giovianni, 42, one of the throngs of surfers at the beach, said he heard a distinct "Boom!" before a wing fell off and the plane, black plumes of flame tailing it, tumbled into the water. "It exploded in the air, and one of the wings flew out of there," D'Giovianni said. "The other part of the plane was on fire and it just went straight down, like a mosquito." The Chalk's Ocean Airways plane — a twin-engine Grumman G-73T Turbine Mallard built in 1947 — was operating under visual flight rules, FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said. Coast Guard spokesman Dana Warr also saw the crash from an island in a channel known as Government Cut that cruise ships and freighters take past South Beach into the Port of Miami. "Everything looked normal, I saw the aircraft take off like it does every other time. I didn't think anything of it when I saw the black smoke from the pier, until I then heard the Coast Guard alarms go off," he said. Relatives of some of the victims went to Miami Beach, weeping about their losses. Garred Gadaon, 34 said his sister-in-law Jackey Lavarity, 38, and her 13-year-old daughter, were on the plane. "The Christmas holiday is a joyful holiday. We had a tragic death today with many of our family members and our friends. It doesn't seem real," said Gadaon. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board sent teams to investigate. "We'll be looking at everything in this investigation. Nothing is off the table," said Mark Rosenker, acting NTSB chairman. The initial investigation will focus on locating the plane's cockpit voice recorder and on examining maintenance logs and operations records, Rosenker said. Much of the wreckage, including the main fuselage, will likely be raised from the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday. Rosenker urged witnesses who made amateur video or still photographs of the crash to come forward. The skies were cloudy at the time of the crash, but there was no rain or lightning in the area. FBI officials said there was no immediate indication of terrorism or criminal intent. Chalk's is too small to fall under the federal guidelines that require passengers and their luggage be inspected by Transportation Security Administration screeners, said Dale Karlen, federal security director at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Coast Guard Capt. James Maes said the main part of the plane's fuselage was submerged in about 35 feet of water that is subject to strong tidal currents because of the narrow ship channel. Ship traffic in and out of the port will be suspended indefinitely, Maes added. That includes three large cruise ships that had been scheduled to depart Monday afternoon. The plane involved in Monday's crash — registered to Seaplane Adventures LLC in Greenwich, Conn. — previously had few major reported incidents and no passengers or crew were injured in any of them, according to the FAA. On Sept. 21, 2002, the plane skidded on a runway in Fort Lauderdale after its landing gear failed as the plane touched down. In Fort Lauderdale on April 17, 1984, the landing gear failed because of a stress failure. On Feb. 10, 1984, in West Palm Beach, the elevator trim tab that controls pitch failed, causing "extreme shaking and vibration." The company's aircraft had engines that were converted from older piston-driven models to Pratt & Whitney turboprops, upgrades in avionics and improvements to the plane's interior, the company said. Chalk's general manager Roger Nair said it was the airline's first accident with a passenger fatality. The NTSB database indicates no fatal accidents involving passengers for Chalk's since 1982, when the database began, although two pilots died after their seaplane crashed near Key West on March 18, 1994. Chalk's Ocean Airways was founded in 1919 and its aircraft have been featured in TV shows like "Miami Vice." Its floating planes take off in view of the port and waterfront multimillion-dollar homes. Founded by Arthur "Pappy" Chalk, the small airline thrived during Prohibition, taking bootleggers, their customers and Customs agents to Bimini. Chalk's was bought by Florida businessman Jim Confalone in mid-July 1999, was rechristened as Chalk's Ocean Airways and was in the midst of an "extensive refurbishment" of its airline fleet, according to the company's web site.

I'm leaning towards Jude...

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 08:57 AM) It's only lower Manhattan below 100th or so I believe and that's just for rush hours. There's an inspection point on the West Side Hwy. Wow..

QUOTE(mreye @ Dec 20, 2005 -> 08:54 AM) You have to have 4 people in your car to get to Manhattan. I just heard about the mandatory car pooling.. are they like not letting them cross the bridge if they don't..?

QUOTE(zenryan @ Dec 19, 2005 -> 01:18 AM) I want to say Merril but how would he have gotten a used condom from Christian? cant wait until tuesday! Kit never confirmed or denied that they did in fact have his DNA.. then there's the rumors that she tried to set him of - which of course backfired on her. Lord I can not wait until tonight...

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 19, 2005 -> 02:08 PM) Thing is, she might fit into it by January. She is already starting to grow out of some of the newborn stuff. Mads is all arms and legs like her daddy. It's a 3-6 month, right...??? I bought it for that exact reason. Those little s***s don't last in one size for more than 2 weeks..

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 19, 2005 -> 01:21 PM) I haven't seen where they are going in Indiana, but if they come close, I am going to try to get a pic with Madison... How cool would that be? If she's wearing the Sox outft that her bestest Aunt Steff bought her... very cool.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Dec 19, 2005 -> 01:58 PM) They have that too. Trust me. What kind of bulls*** is this... Cheater..

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Dec 19, 2005 -> 11:47 AM) Black jacket, eyes, few inches of face. That narrows it down to only one person. Rethink the career, Jas. Oh hush... It's obvious that his eyes are drawn to a stunning beauty that not even a jacket and scarf can hide..

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Dec 19, 2005 -> 11:11 AM) Does that have a furry hood or some sort? If it does, than you were once again famous and on national TV I think if I were at the game yesterday, I'd have just had the hot chocolate guy sit on the steps cause I'd need it all the time (not only does it warm your hands when you hold it, but it warms you up when you drink it). I was wearing a lighter hooded jacket underneath. LMAO.. the odds. I drank hot chocolate like it was going out of style. Problem is that it was too cold so it didn't stay hot for long. I had 2 pairs of gloves on and those hand warmers.. nothing was helping. Humans aren't made to be out in that weather. It was 101 degrees COLDER then body temp...

I was wearing my black Pea Coat so it might have been me.. And believe it.. it was worse then when we were at the Ravens game. Brrr....

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Dec 19, 2005 -> 10:35 AM) Steff, I'm not positive, but I think at one point they showed you entirely bundled up (you could barely see anything so it may not have been you). Hehe... I was wrapped up good. I never Tivo the Bears games so I wouldn't be able to go look anyway. Figures.. I'm never on when I fix my hair. Just when I'm crying or wrapped in 15lbs of clothes.

Oh good. Kap.. you still want me to do the disks for you or will you just get this set..?

Holy crap.. I am still not completely thawed out. By half time my fingers and toes - under several layers of socks, gloves, ski boots and about a case of those damn hand and feet warmers.. were a nice shade of blue and had no feeling. Beer froze within minutes of it being poured, quite a site. The crowd was amazing.

QUOTE(TLAK @ Dec 18, 2005 -> 07:22 AM) The Cardinals job wasn't open when Rooney and the Score were negotiating. They fired Wayne Hagen (and will eat the last year of his contract) a month after Rooney decided to leave. The Score/Rooney negotiations ended in September and at the time the rumors had him going to LAA. If something was going on behind the scenes between Rooney and the Cards, they did a great job a keeping it a secret. Actually John & The Score made one last effort the Thursday after the series ended. That didn't work out and the next day John called St Louis.

QUOTE(palehose23 @ Dec 18, 2005 -> 06:49 AM) I respect your opinion but like others have said on this subject Rooney left the Sox because he was always wanted to be the Cards play by play guy (ala Wayne Larivee leaving the Bears for the Packers). The Score, White Sox, and Rooney were in negotiations and then John cut off talks abrutly. I don't know what others have said.. but that aint what was said here.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Dec 18, 2005 -> 02:54 PM) hey, i understand... its hard. my dad's father was an alcoholic and drank himselve to death, my mom's mother is an alcoholic (recovering) however, that did not effect my pops, nor my mother, nor myself. i didn't mean to offend, i feel badly for those who suffer through alcholism, but it is a choice. Of course it's a choice. Almost everything in life is a chice - save breathing and the like. But to make a comment that genetics have nothing to do with it is irresponsible and ignorant. And IMO offending to those who do suffer from the disease.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Dec 18, 2005 -> 09:38 AM) im more a fan of the "nurture" view, rather than nature. if someone has alcholic parents or an alcoholic parent, then obviously this person would be around alcohol often as a child and a teen. this could lead that person to become an alcoholic, too. genes have nothing to do with it, and alcoholism is not a disease. people with cancer don't choose to "drink" their cancer every da... that is an insane concept that is just used as an excuse. im mean, come on, do we call smoking a disease? thats addictive, too. im not trying to offend, its the truth. No, it's not. http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/genetics/l/aa990517.htm Studies of laboratory animals as well as human test subjects indicate that genetic factors play a major role in the development of alcoholism, but just how much a factor remains undetermined. Children of alcoholics are four times more likely than other children to become alcoholics, according to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, but environmental factors could be a factor in many of those cases. Family, twin and adoption studies have shown that alcoholism definitely has a genetic component. In 1990, Blum et al. proposed an association between the A1 allele of the DRD2 gene and alcoholism. The DRD2 gene is the first candidate gene that has shown promise of an association with alcoholism (Gordis et al., 1990). More at link. And another of the many links.. Researchers Identify Alcoholism Gene http://www.webmd.com/content/article/87/99...C-9531713CA348}

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 17, 2005 -> 10:13 PM) is there big consequences for me not to file that w2 in '07? I mean, it's like 30 bucks which is ~5 bucks in taxes paid. Yea.