Steff

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 08:23 AM) Jas wants me to come, but airfare is RIDICULOUS. I'm not sure why he wants me there, but he's strange like that. Drive loser.

This is all we've gotten so far. SoxFest 2006 presented by U.S. Cellular – Jan. 27-29, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago SoxFest 2006 presented by U.S. Cellular - Jan. 27-29, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago SoxFest, the White Sox annual fan gathering, returns to the Hyatt Regency Chicago during the last weekend of January. More details on the SoxFest Hotline, hotel reservations, daily passes and more are coming soon to whitesox.com.

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 11:46 PM) I'm not understanding how this thing was set up. It seems like you should have had a section all together, but, instead, were scattered all around the park. If it was anonymity you were seeking, you could have stayed home in front of your computer. Everyone was together in 7 rows in section 105.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 03:23 PM) Let's see some ID He had it ready for me Besides.. it wasn't until Jimbo's that things got cloudy. Good grief.. I have no idea how I am even functioning at this moment.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 03:20 PM) My liver is screaming too...I got offerered free 1st row, 1st section club level...turned it down. I think I'm one of those band-wagon fans. We're in the suite tonight... glutton for punishment. 3 nights in a row. Hello, My name is Steff and I am an alcoholic...

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QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 02:53 PM) They didn't suspend you for mentioning Soxtalk at all? Or did you just stick with the loser theme? Pffttt.. kiss that stroller goodbye. :rolly

QUOTE(MurcieOne @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 11:24 PM) I think i really wanna change the mood i'll bring porkchop along.... btw for fans of the blog... new story up on www.pchopchronicles.blogspot.com LOL.. we figured you were updating last night.

Champ.. where were you sitting last night?

What a morbid thought.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 02:42 PM) I had to laugh, because two of the people I met for the first time made a specific reference to my post total. I guess my reputation precedes me It's in the "core outing" thread over there also. Something like "what a loser..."

QUOTE(CubsSuck1 @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 02:39 PM) You guys downed a few for sure. Then of course you had the lady neext to us in the patio bringing 10 back at a time. I'm innocent on that one.

QUOTE(Mercy! @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 02:34 PM) But not to worry. According to Brown's boss: "Chertoff suggested the shift came as the Gulf Coast efforts were entering "a new phase of the recovery operation." He said Brown would return to Washington to oversee the government's response to other potential disasters." - from CNN.com So if a major terrorist attack occurred in Chicago tomorow, "Brownie" would be the Man in charge? Do we have a smilie for hiding under the bed shivering? No, you were in posting. We could use an entire line of "s*** hitting the fan" smileys.

QUOTE(Mercy! @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 02:16 PM) Breaking News: FEMA Chief Being Removed http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationw...ll=chi-news-hed Yahoo! Little late there..

Ewwuu.. when did she play that..??

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 12:45 PM) I haven't been up there since they got all fancy and added seats, let alone an elevator. Steff you goin tonight? They need the elevator if they have food service up there. Yea.. I'm going. My liver is screaming "Noooooooo...." but I'm going.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 12:41 PM) Actually they do...i noticed it yesterday. I've been up there a bunch and never noticed it

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 12:34 PM) Here ya go http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb...ps/fan_deck.jsp Fan Deck Parties With a magnificent view of the field, the Fan Deck includes exclusive access for the entire game for 150 guests and your choice of either catered or a la carte food or beverage service. Catered packages include chicken sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers, potato chips, popcorn, beer, soda and water. Non-catered packages will be provided with an a la carte food and bar service and start at only $50 per person. Do they have an elevator that goes up there?

QUOTE(Sox Pride 22 @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 12:02 PM) He was going nuts when Pablo stole home! Great guy... My hand hurts from his ^5's..

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 11:43 AM) Actually the 1 that is over/just east of Florida is probably going to head back out to sea..then hang around for a little while and may very well turn back towards the U.S. We saw one do that last year and wind up hammering Florida. The one has been there for days. Looks like Florida will get rain until it heads back out then will likely come back up the coastline. Doesn't look like that one has much, if any, of a chance for it to cross over to the the Gulf.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,...promoid=rss_top How Reliable Is Brown's Resume? Posted Thursday, Sep. 08, 2005 When President Bush nominated Michael Brown to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 2003, Brown's boss at the time, Joe Allbaugh, declared, "the President couldn't have chosen a better man to help...prepare and protect the nation." But how well was he prepared for the job? Since Hurricane Katrina, the FEMA director has come under heavy criticism for his performance and scrutiny of his background. Now, an investigation by TIME has found discrepancies in his online legal profile and official bio, including a description of Brown released by the White House at the time of his nomination in 2001 to the job as deputy chief of FEMA. (Brown became Director of FEMA, succeeding Allbaugh, in 2003.) Before joining FEMA, his only previous stint in emergency management, according to his bio posted on FEMA's website, was "serving as an assistant city manager with emergency services oversight." The White House press release from 2001 stated that Brown worked for the city of Edmond, Okla., from 1975 to 1978 "overseeing the emergency services division." In fact, according to Claudia Deakins, head of public relations for the city of Edmond, Brown was an "assistant to the city manager" from 1977 to 1980, not a manager himself, and had no authority over other employees. "The assistant is more like an intern," she told TIME. "Department heads did not report to him." Brown did do a good job at his humble position, however, according to his boss. "Yes. Mike Brown worked for me. He was my administrative assistant. He was a student at Central State University," recalls former city manager Bill Dashner. "Mike used to handle a lot of details. Every now and again I'd ask him to write me a speech. He was very loyal. He was always on time. He always had on a suit and a starched white shirt." In response, Nicol Andrews, deputy strategic director in FEMA's office of public affairs, insists that while Brown began as an intern, he became an "assistant city manager" with a distinguished record of service. "According to Mike Brown," she says, "a large portion [of the points raised by TIME] is very inaccurate." Brown's lack of experience in emergency management isn't the only apparent bit of padding on his resume, which raises questions about how rigorously the White House vetted him before putting him in charge of FEMA. Under the "honors and awards" section of his profile at FindLaw.com — which is information on the legal website provided by lawyers or their offices—he lists "Outstanding Political Science Professor, Central State University". However, Brown "wasn't a professor here, he was only a student here," says Charles Johnson, News Bureau Director in the University Relations office at the University of Central Oklahoma (formerly named Central State University). "He may have been an adjunct instructor," says Johnson, but that title is very different from that of "professor." Carl Reherman, a former political science professor at the University through the '70s and '80s, says that Brown "was not on the faculty." As for the honor of "Outstanding Political Science Professor," Johnson says, "I spoke with the department chair yesterday and he's not aware of it." Johnson could not confirm that Brown made the Dean's list or was an "Outstanding Political Science Senior," as is stated on his online profile. Speaking for Brown, Andrews says that Brown has never claimed to be a political science professor, in spite of what his profile in FindLaw indicates. "He was named the outstanding political science senior at Central State, and was an adjunct professor at Oklahoma City School of Law." Under the heading of "Professional Associations and Memberships" on FindLaw, Brown states that from 1983 to the present he has been director of the Oklahoma Christian Home, a nursing home in Edmond. But an administrator with the Home told TIME that Brown is "not a person that anyone here is familiar with." She says there was a board of directors until a couple of years ago, but she couldn't find anyone who recalled him being on it. According to FEMA's Andrews, Brown said "he's never claimed to be the director of the home. He was on the board of directors, or governors of the nursing home." However, a veteran employee at the center since 1981 says Brown "was never director here, was never on the board of directors, was never executive director. He was never here in any capacity. I never heard his name mentioned here." The FindLaw profile for Brown was amended on Thursday to remove a reference to his tenure at the International Arabian Horse Association, which has become a contested point. Brown's FindLaw profile lists a wide range of areas of legal practice, from estate planning to family law to sports. However, one former colleague does not remember Brown's work as sterling. Stephen Jones, a prominent Oklahoma lawyer who was lead defense attorney on the Timothy McVeigh case, was Brown's boss for two-and-a-half years in the early '80s. "He did mainly transactional work, not litigation," says Jones. "There was a feeling that he was not serious and somewhat shallow." Jones says when his law firm split, Brown was one of two staffers who was let go.

As a joke, my brother used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before Christmas. He said all he wanted was for Santa to fill them. What they say about Santa checking the list twice must be true because every Christmas morning, although Jay's kids' stockings were overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty. One year I decided to make his dream come true. I put on sunglasses and went in search of an inflatable love doll. They don't sell those things at Wal-Mart. I had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. If you've never been in a X-rated store, don't go. You'll only confuse yourself. I was there an hour saying things like, "What does this do?" "You're kidding me!" "Who would buy that?" Finally, I made it to the inflatable doll section. I wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my truck so I could use the car pool lane during rush hour. Finding what I wanted was difficult. Love dolls come in many different models. The top of the line, according to the side of the box, could do things I'd only seen in a book on animal husbandry. I settled for "Lovable Louise." She sat the bottom of the price scale. To call Louise a "doll" took a huge leap of imagination. On Christmas Eve, with the help of an old bicycle pump, Louise came to life. My sister-in-law was in on the plan and let me in during the wee morning hours, long after Santa had come and gone, I filled the dangling pantyhose with Louise's pliant legs and bottom. I also ate some cookies and drank what remained of a glass of milk on a nearby tray. I went home, and giggled for a couple of hours. The next morning my brother called to say that Santa had been to his house and left a present that had made him VERY happy but had left the dog confused. She would bark, start to walk away, then come back and bark some more. We all agreed that Louise should remain in her panty hose so the rest of the family could admire her when they came over for the traditional Christmas dinner. My grandmother noticed Louise the moment she walked in the door. "What the hell is that?" she asked. My brother quickly explained, "It's a doll." "Who would play with something like that?" Granny snapped. I had several candidates in mind, but kept my mouth shut. "Where are her clothes?" Granny continued. "Boy, that turkey sure smells nice, Gran," Jay said, trying to steer her into the dining room. But Granny was relentless. "Why doesn't she have any teeth?" Again, I could have answered, but why would I? It was Christmas and no one wanted to ride in the back of the ambulance saying, "Hang on Granny, Hang on!" My grandfather, a delightful old man with poor eyesight, sidled up to me and said, " Hey, who's the naked gal by the fireplace?" I told him she was Jay's friend. A few minutes later I noticed Grandpa by the mantel, talking to Louise. Not just talking, but actually flirting. It was then that we realized this might be Grandpa's last Christmas at home. The dinner went well. We made the usual small talk about who had died, who was dying, and who should be killed, when suddenly Louise made a noise that sounded a lot like my father in the bathroom in the morning. Then she lurched from the panty hose, flew around the room twice, and fell in a heap in front of the sofa. The cat screamed. I passed cranberry sauce through my nose, and grandpa ran across the room, fell to his knees, and began administering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. My brother fell back over his chair and wet his pants and Granny threw down her napkin, stomped out of the room, and sat in the car. It was indeed a Christmas to treasure and remember. Later in my brother's garage, we conducted a thorough examination to decide the cause of Louise's collapse. We discovered that Louise had suffered from a hot ember to the back of her right thigh. Fortunately, thanks to a wonder drug called duct tape, we restored her to perfect health. Louise went on to star in several bachelor party movies. I think Grandpa still calls her whenever he can get out of the house.

QUOTE(Chisoxrd5 @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 08:16 AM) My description of last night...................Too Drinky LMAO.. ya think..? For the first time ever.. Jimbo had to kick us out.

Or two of them.. :lol

QUOTE(Whitesoxfan56 @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 11:34 AM) i figured he would...i need to ask him when playoff tickets will be on sale to the public They go on sale next Thursday.