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ASTROLOGY: Two blondes living in Oklahoma were sitting on a bench talking.... and one blonde says to the other: " Which do you think is farther away..........Florida or the moon?" The other blonde turns and says"Hellooooooo, can you see Florida.......?? CAR TROUBLE: A blonde pushes her BMW into a gas station. She tells the mechanic it died. After he works on it for a few minutes, it is idling smoothly. She says, "What's the story? "He replies, "Just crap in the carburetor" She asks, "How often do I have to do that?" SPEEDING TICKET: A police officer stops a blonde for speeding and asks her very nicely if he could see her license. She replied in a huff, "I wishyou guys would get your act together. Just yesterday you take away my license and then today you expect me to show it to you!" KNITTING: A highway patrolman pulled along side a speeding car on the freeway. Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the blonde behind the wheel was knitting! Realizing that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the trooper cranked down his window, turned on his bull horn and yelled , "PULL OVER!" "NO!" the blonde yelled back, "IT'S A SCARF!" BLONDE ON THE SUN: A Russian, an American, and a Blonde were talking one day. The Russian said, "We were the first in space!" The American said, "We were the first on the moon!" The Blonde said, "So what? We're going to be the first on the sun!" The Russian and the American looked at each other and shook their heads. "You can't land on the sun, you idiot! You'll burn up!" said the Russian. To which the Blonde replied, "We're not stupid, you know. We're going at night!" IN A VACUUM: A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night. It was her turn. She rolled the dice and she landed on Science & Nature. Her question was, "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your name, can you hear it?" She thought for a time and then asked,"Is it on or off?" FINALLY, THE BLONDE JOKE TO END ALL BLONDE JOKES! A girl was visiting her blonde friend, who had acquired two new dogs, and asked her what their names were. The blonde responded by saying that one was named Rolex and one was named Timex. Her friend said, "Whoever heard of someone naming dogs like that?" "HellOOOooo," answered the blond.? "They're watch dogs!"

QUOTE(knightni @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 11:49 AM) Double-checking my stats... 24 by an NL Cleveland team in 1899 is the record. The Phillies lost 27 in one month in 1939, however. The 1968 Chicago White Sox lost a Major League record forty-four one run games. Imagine us pulling out our hair to that bullpen, huh? I think we'd all be bare!!

QUOTE(knightni @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 11:34 AM) Yep, the AL record. The MLB record is like...23 by the Phillies, I believe. I did not know that. I thought 21 was the MLB record. Thanks.

QUOTE(Jake @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 12:24 AM) s*** dude...my dad owns a trucking company...I'm not even sure what this means. It means that unless he can find a way to convince the customers to eat a larger % of the surcharge... or has a hefty reserve for such costs... things are gonna be tight for a while.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 11:13 AM) its harder to pitch when you are losing from the first inning on. Hmm... can you detail the experience for us?

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 11:12 AM) What does Hawk say... "He's trying to be too fine out there" Maybe. I know that Mark would be the last person to pass the buck on his performance.

So... the offense slumping is the reason Mark's given up 73 hits.. Alrighty.

Yep. That's the record.

QUOTE(Whitesoxfan56 @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 10:59 AM) Yea mark has not been mark the last month but niether has garcia or garland for that matter However, Mark's been the most consistant of the 3 in the past. I would expect Jon or Freddy to have a few issues. It's not the end of the world... I was just surprised at the numbers.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 10:49 AM) No, but I was not-so-kindly reminded that is my mom's birthday. Which, is, I think a stupid reason not to go, but allegedly my whole family is coming over for a stupid bbq and since (as I am constantly reminded) I only come back 2-3 times a year I have to go. Personally, I think my fam needs to get their priorities straight. I'm still hoping ot use my tix for Sunday, but it's looking like I'll need to drive back that day. But I'm saving my pennies and might be able to swing an Amtrak ride home if my sister can get playoff tix. . . I solve those issues by taking my family to the game on their birthdays... Well... if you can swing it we'll be in lot E near gate 5 starting about 9:30ish. You're more than welcome to come by and have some orange juice and a bagel..

73 hits in his last 59 innings...

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 10:44 AM) Thank you! That's very helpful. You're welcome. Did you get tickets for Saturday..???

Soxy.. here's a good site for you to work with. You can put in your exact destination and it will calculate your travel time. http://www.uic.edu/depts/cjus/asc/trans.html As an example, getting to Comsikey from O'Hare on Friday starting at 4pm will take you an hour.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 10:35 AM) merci I think that could be more and possibly less depending on the foot traffic from the airport. Let me see if I can find out from someone that's done it lately for you..

I don't like the "we're going down..." and would have much rather heard.. "we'll turn it around.... " Paul you bastard.

Apparently this is the quote.. QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 11:34 PM) Konerko: "we're going to go down swinging with the guys we have"

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/18/btk.killings/index.html Rader snapped photos of woman he had strangled Thursday, August 18, 2005; Posted: 9:25 a.m. EDT (13:25 GMT) Editor's Note: The following report includes graphic content that some readers may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. WICHITA, Kansas (CNN) -- After strangling his 53-year-old neighbor in her home on April 27, 1985, Dennis Rader took the body of Marine Hedge to the Lutheran church he attended and snapped photographs of her in bondage positions, a Sedgwick County sheriff investigator testified Wednesday. Rader spent about five hours cleaning up the scene before dumping the body in a remote ditch. He later returned to retrieve a cord from the body, fearing it could point investigators to him, Sgt. Tom Lee said during a sentencing hearing for Rader. Lee said Rader told investigators he took the body to the church to "have his way with her" -- to fulfill his sexual fantasies. Rader had left black plastic sheets and other material at the church in anticipation of the killing. "He advised to me that she was going to the church alive or dead -- either way," Lee said. Rader seemed particularly proud of the killing because Hedge lived just a few houses from him. He had dubbed his plan "Project Cookie." "He stated to me that if he could really pull it off, right by his house, it would really be a biggie," Lee said. "He told me it was really bad for a guy to knock one of the neighbors off -- it's not good for a serial killer because you don't want to kill in your own habitat." At the time of his arrest last February 25, Rader, a father of two grown children, was the president of his Lutheran church. Hedge was one of 10 victims killed by Rader in a spree from 1974 to 1991. Investigators gave graphic testimony of the killings on the first day of his sentencing hearing, which could last three days. The testimony revealed new details of BTK's 31-year reign of terror in Wichita, which ended with Rader's arrest. Investigators said Rader told them he would use a squeeze ball as exercise to build up his hand strength in preparation for stranglings, that he typically masturbated after killings, and that he took underwear from female victims and wore them. He also had "after-life" plans for his female victims, including one who was to be his mistress and another who would act as his bondage servant. Some of the victims would regain consciousness after being choked and Rader would whisper in their ears that he was "BTK." "That was his form of torture," said Tim Relph, a Wichita police detective. "He certainly wanted them to know that you were being killed by BTK." Rader, 60, who nicknamed himself BTK for his preference of "binding, torturing and killing" his victims, sat emotionless through much of the hearing. The only emotion he appeared to show was rubbing his forehead when investigators displayed the photograph of 11-year-old Josephine Otero hanging from a noose, her mouth bound and her tongue slightly protruding. Other times, he sipped coffee. Killer: 'I'm a nice guy' Rader, dressed in a business suit and tie, was brought into the court in shackles. Steve Relford -- who was 6 years old when he watched Rader kill his mother, Shirley Vian, in their home in 1977 -- stared intently as Rader walked into court, and he kept standing until Sedgwick County District Judge Gregory Waller asked everyone to be seated. Waller is to decide if Rader will serve his 10 life sentences concurrently or consecutively. Prosecutors are pushing for the strongest possible sentence -- a minimum of 175 years -- to make sure he is behind bars for the rest of his life. Wichita Police detective Dana Gouge said even after detailing the killings to investigators, Rader told them he could be mean at times, but, "On the other hand, I'm a nice guy, I'm a nice guy." Gouge said Rader told him that the killing of Vian, who was sick at home with her three children, did not go as planned. He had hoped to kill the children, but he had to leave the scene before that happened. Gouge said that when Rader recounted that the children survived, the killer angrily shouted, "Christ!" Wichita Police detective Clint Snyder said Rader expressed disappointment that he reverted to stabbing Kathryn Bright -- instead of strangling her -- in April 1974, just months after his first killings. "She fought like a hellcat," Snyder quoted Rader as saying. "There was no way I was ever going to do what I wanted to do, and I had to put her down." Rader, he said, added that stabbing or shooting somebody was not his "forte." Rader rushed that killing because Bright's brother, Kevin, was also home. Rader had tied the brother up in a bedroom and tried to strangle him, but Kevin Bright fought off his attacker, Snyder said. Rader said he shot the brother twice, including one shot in which he did "one of those John Wayne things," Snyder said. Rader thought the brother was dead and went to finish off his sister, but Kevin Bright ran from the home. Rader stabbed Kathryn Bright 11 times, Snyder said. Rader appeared proud as he recounted the killing: "He commented to me at one point, 'I'm sorry, I know this is a human being, but I'm a monster,'" Snyder said. Kevin Bright recovered from his wounds. Killer told girl she 'would soon be in heaven' Rader's killing spree began on January 15, 1974, when he entered the home of Joseph and Julie Otero -- a home he selected because he had targeted their 11-year-old daughter, Josephine, for sex and a killing, Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents testified. Rader first killed the girl's parents in their bedroom as she and her 9-year-old brother, Joseph Jr., watched. He then dragged the boy to his room, wrapped two T-shirts around his head and covered it with a plastic bag; Rader pulled up a chair and watched as the boy struggled on his bed and rolled onto the floor, where he died, said Larry Thomas, a KBI special agent. Thomas said Rader told authorities he then prepared for his "encore" -- killing Josephine. Rader escorted the girl to the basement of the family home, removing her clothing along the way and rubbing her. He had already prepared a noose around a basement sewer pipe. "As he walked her over toward that position, he first asked for a camera because he wanted to take a picture. She responded that she did not have a camera. She then asked, 'What's going to happen to me?' "And he told her that she would soon be in heaven with the others." A gag was placed in her mouth and he hoisted her with the noose. As she writhed, Rader masturbated, Thomas said. "He said it was a sexual release for him." KBI special agent Ray Lundin said Rader had picked the Otero family because he was attracted to "Hispanic-looking people." "I guess Hispanic people just turn me on," Lundin said Rader told authorities. Rader said he was particularly fascinated by the 11-year-old. "Josephine would really be his primary target because he was attracted to 'younger women,' I think is what he called it," Lundin said. "I don't know how you call an 11-year-old a woman, but he said 'younger women.'" Victims' relatives weep Three of the surviving Otero children were in court for the testimony. Charlie Otero shook his head, arms folded across his chest, as he listened to how Rader entered the home and proceeded to murder his family. His sister, Carmen Otero Montoya, wept when a close-up photograph of her mother's strangled face was shown to the court. Charlie Otero bent over and cried as a photograph of his dead sister was shown. He was comforted by his brother, Danny. The court appearance was the first for Rader since he pleaded guilty in late June, describing in cool and dispassionate detail how he killed his 10 victims to satisfy his sexual fantasies. Rader cannot face the death penalty because Kansas did not reinstate the death penalty until 1994, three years after his last killing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050818/ap_on_...TdmBHNlYwM3NTM- By NEVYANA HADJIYSKA, Associated Press Writer Wed Aug 17, 8:56 PM ET SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed about 15,000 tiny golden pieces that date back to the end of the third millennium B.C. — a find they said Wednesday matches the famous treasure of Troy. The golden ornaments, estimated to be between 4,100 and 4,200 years old, have been unearthed gradually during the past year from an ancient tomb near the central village of Dabene, about 75 miles east of the capital, Sofia, said Vasil Nikolov, an academic consultant on the excavations. "This treasure is a bit older than Schliemann's finds in Troy, and contains much more golden ornaments," Nikolov said. Heinrich Schliemann, an amateur German archaeologist, discovered the site of ancient Troy in 1868 and directed ambitious excavations that proved he was right. The treasure consists of miniature golden rings, some so finely crafted that the point where the ring is welded is invisible with an ordinary microscope. "We don't know who these people were, but we call them proto-Thracians," Nikolov said. They likely were ancestors of the Thracians, who lived in what is now Bulgaria and parts of modern Greece, Romania, Macedonia and Turkey until the 8th century A.D., when they were assimilated by invading Slavs. "The buried man was cremated, and then an earth mound was piled over his ashes and his riches, suggesting that he was part of these people's social elite," Nikolov said. Bozhidar Dimitrov, director of the National History Museum of Bulgaria, said the site consisted of a settlement and three mounds, and excavations would continue. "This is the oldest golden treasure ever found in Bulgaria after the Varna necropolis," Dimitrov said. The golden artifacts from a vast burial complex discovered in the 1970s near the Black Sea port of Varna date back to the end of the fifth millennium B.C. and are internationally renowned as the world's oldest golden treasure.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 09:39 AM) Yep, inexperience is a turnoff for those of us that stopped experimenting and now know how to do it.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 02:56 PM) OMG, I just looked at the standings. A 17 GAME losing streak??? I almost feel bad for their remaining fans. Magic Number 9 18 game losing streak now. That's got to suck.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 11:34 PM) Konerko: "we're going to go down swinging with the guys we have" Ahhh.. refreshing words from the team captain. :rolly

http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=38692 Keep up wino..

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 01:48 AM) Avoid the questions you are clueless to answer I see. So typical. Larry Walker trade. It happened. The mlers that were on the 40 man roster didn't have to clear ML waivers. Ignore it. That's what you're good at. There wasn't a question asked, pot stirrer. It was a statement. And I didn't say anything about Larry Walker so go crawl back in your hole. Ignorant.

QUOTE(daa84 @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 10:53 PM) yikes man, my brother took the bar, then got married a week later, so i know what youre sayin.....ive been goin through some of it too...im takin the MCAT on saturday Holy crap!!! Congrats!!! And good luck!!!

QUOTE(spataro51 @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 10:29 PM) HEY STEFF, I HAVE BEEN READING ALL OF THE RESPONSES TO THIS AND IT SEEMS THAT YOU SEEM TO HAVE SOME KIND OF INFO ALSO, LIKE YOU ALSO HAVE SOME CONNECTIONS OR SOMETHING. No connections. Just friends.