NorthSideSox72

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 07:51 PM) Hmph, for me it'd be by far the running. I'm doing like 8 mi on an exercise bike and 2 mi on a regular bike a day, a 400 m swim would be nothing for me (was on the swim team back in high school, that was about half a warmup) but 2.5 miles of a jog would not agree well with me. For most people who didn't swim on a team at some point, 400 meters is a loooooooooong way.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 08:30 PM) Looks like we're the soxtalk Diet Team. Let's start the diet riot now, yeah my rhyme sucked, but I had to "try it." lol sorry but this is a cool thread. That reminds me... I've been tempted to do what Mr. Eye did, and put a goal, regimen and updated results in my sig, as a motivator. Anyone else willing to do that?

Alpha Dog, if it makes you feel better, I hit my high weight last year and it was a little more than your 255. I'm 6'3", and I topped out at 263. Yikes. Dropped to 241 by the fall, then had an ankle injury AND started travelling for work all the time. Weight jumped back to 255-ish, which is where I'm at now. I usually can get some good workouts going without a problem, and drop weight pretty fast that way. My problem is diet - I need a bit more self-discipline in that area. I could get down to my goal weight range of 200-210 by the end of 2008, if I could have a halfway decent diet and workout a few days a week. I just need to get motivated and do it. Which is why, much as I love Chicago, I hate living here in winter. I don't know about all the rest of you, but, when the weather is decent (doesn't even have to be great), I get outside a walk, run, bike, play sports, and generally stay in better shape. I think I need to move to Phoenix or something.

Well, I've seen them do special stuff for the troops at the park before - usually events before the game, first pitches, stuff like that. And I've seen and heard very positive responses from soldiers about it. Why wouldn't this also be a respectable gesture?

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 06:36 PM) Well I put my name down to do a Work Triathlon in 1 month (not sure exactly why). I have to do a 400M swim, 10KM bike ride (about 6 miles I'd say) and a 4KM run (about 2.5 miles). I might try this training out, let me know how much fitter Flash you've become by doing this. With those distances, the swim will be by far the toughest leg.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 06:40 PM) pretty much. I would call them spend and spend 'conservatives'. it's funny how they claim to be "The real conservatives of the party", when most of what they do isn't conservative in any sense. and don't forget to blame the liberals in congress, they spend spend spend just as bad as anyone. Oh I definitely am aware of the problem with neither party having any fiscal disciplince. Before, there used to be two choices - tax-and-spend liberals, and fiscal conservatives. You can make arguments either way on what is best for the country, but, there was a balance of sorts there. Now, its tax-and-spend, or spend-on-deficit. WTF kind of choice is that? Frankly, I'd rather see tax-and-spend than spend-on-deficit, but neither one is anything worth being happy about.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 04:19 PM) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080204/D8UJIOAO1.html new $3,100,000,000,000 budget; resulting in a predicted $410,000,000,000 deficit for 2008. Its those damn spend-and-spend conservatives again.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 05:02 PM) For me the protagonist was definitely HW. The only time in that whole long movie that I felt anything was when HW spoke and said that he was glad he didn't have any of Daniel in him. He was really the only moral guiding light of the film (from his concern about Mary being beaten, the price Daniel would pay the Sunday's for the ranch, and his rejection of his father). I would classify both HW in TWBB, and Jones' sheriff in No Country, more like victim/observers than protagonists. Sure you felt bad for them, and they seemed like good folks... but they didn't really DO much of anything in the affirmative. That, to me, is at the core of what was so different about those films, compared to many mainline ones.

QUOTE(Misplaced_Sox @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 03:15 PM) What? Just because I have grown up in the ghetto on the South side and have heard Obama's promise of change before I cant post a thought? Please take it easy. Yes, you can post any thought you'd like, so long as it isn't a personal attack or anything that violates the website's policies. And yes, people can respond to you with a skeptical smiley face, if they'd like.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 03:12 PM) To me that is pretty telling, and has been kept pretty quiet so far. Two people who had MAJOR positions in the first Clinton administration have refused to come out and endorse Hillary Clinton in Al Gore and Bill Richardson. Their lack of endorsements says everything that needs to be said to me. I agree. I'll predict that Gore endorses Obama, after Super Tuesday. Richardson will go whatever direction gets him the best gig, I think. Although, he may also be thinking of going for the soon-to-be-open US Senate seat in NM, so he may not care who wins. If that's the case, he'll just endorse the Dem nominee in June.

Travelling every week + trying to get in shape = lack of success Not doing well so far this year.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 02:57 PM) Richardson has not yet endorsed and continues to say he is not ready to do so yet. Yeah, I'm kind of surprised actually. I thought, with his experiences in the Clinton White House, that there was only one way he wouldn't almost immediately endorse Clinton - if someone offered him a better opportunity. But, if that was the case, why hasn't he endorsed someone else? I guess maybe he is waiting for a better offer. Richardson is hugely popular in NM too, so he could pretty much hand that state to someone.

QUOTE(Jeremy @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 01:58 PM) I think all the moves are good in a vacuum but something like the Swisher deal is a major blunder in context. I'd like to hear why.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 02:00 PM) Jesus Christ. If Obama is really leading in Massachusetts that's pretty damn monumental. The only states where Clinton still holds a double-digit lead (among states with polls) are NY, TN and OK. Obama has double digit leads in IL, GA and UT.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 12:37 PM) It seemed that Daniel was the protagonist. It also made sense that Upton Sinclair, of The Jungle fame, wrote the book Oil that this mnovie was based on. The evil person was a pro business millionaire who harmed his employees and the Minister renounced Jesus at the end and said he was a false prophet etc. Much like the evil businesses and Socialism in The Jungle You thought Daniel was the protagonist? He was the most evil character in the movie.

Suffolk poll now shows Obama leading in Massachusetts for the first time. Looking at the most recent non-Zogby polls, Obama is currently leading in CA, IL, MA, GA, AL, CT, CO and UT. Clinton leads in NY, NJ, MO, TN, AZ and OK. All other states (MN, AR, KS, NM, DE, ID, ND, AK) don't have any published polls in January or February. A number of those states that someone has a lead in (CA, MA, CT, CO, NJ, MO, AZ) have a gap of just a few points - virtually tied. And the national polls are somewhat split: CNN shows Obama +3, Cook shows Obama +6, Pew shows Clinton +8, Gallup shows Clinton +1, CBS shows a tie, and WaPo shows Clinton +4 (those are the Feb ones). Its going to be close.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 11:10 AM) My daughter took me to There Will Be Blood, she has seen it three times and loved it. Excellent three hours. I can't really describe it, it's kind of like Howard Hughes meets Texas Wildcatter with a twist of Road to Wellville. I saw an article recently (maybe was linked from here, I don't recall), trying to pinpoint the feeling they got from There Will Be Blood, as well as No Country For Old Men. In both cases, its excellent filmmaking, and you know that you are impressed... and yet, you feel a bit empty afterwards. The article pointed something out - neither movie has a real protagonist. Jones' character in No Country is closest, but really, he is more of the observer character.

QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 10:42 AM) ???? Either way flattop grill....mmmm mmmm good. Agreed. Damn, now I'm hungry.

QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 10:33 AM) 50x better than Mongolian Grill, more choices, more sauces. I meant the style - Mongolian Grill. That's what Flattop is. Are you saying there is also a restaurant by that name?

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 10:19 AM) where? what is it? Its a "Mongolian Grill". I think its a chain, I know there is one in Evanston. Basically, you have access to a buffet of meat, veggies, sauces and assorted other stir-fry stuff. You put whatever you want in a bowl, hand it to the grill guy, and they stir fry it for you. Then they bring it to your table.

Have at it.

Hillary does "it" again - in Connecticut. Me thinks she is getting desperate.

Here is another log to toss onto the fire. Assuming he was probably drunk or high just like she was.... look what he said - that he poked her and she didn't move. Its possible she wasn't dead - she may have had a seizure and become clonic. They may have dumped in the sea while she was still alive. That makes it homicide.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 08:58 AM) I heard an interesting tidbit on the Sunday newsmagazines yesterday. (Can't remember which one it was, I was flipping around) I guess Hillary Clinton is making a really hard push to the SuperDelegates, which are mostly members of Congress. Theoretically it is very possible for Hillary to lose the race for the regular deleates, but if she can convince enough SDs to vote for her, she could win the nomination, with 50% of voters voting for someone else. Its also possible as close as this race is looking for the samething to happen for Obama. My questions would be after uproar over the electoral college in 2000, and since, would they be able to justify to their voting base nominating a candidate who didn't win a majority, over one who did? And next question is would the Dem's here be able to vote for that candidate if they had supported another? Here is my take. Everyone assumes the superdelegates will be heavier towards Clinton, because she represents the establishment - the old guard. Except, my opinion is, what the superdelegates want more than anything is a win in November. And since Obama has consistently shown better head-to-head numbers against the GOP hopefuls, I think that means that if they are on the fence, more often than not, they'll fall to Obama. That's my take, anyway. This is especially true if, come convention time, Obama holds a lead in voted delegates. If he has that, AND is more likely to win in November, I think Hillary will have zero luck with the supers. But, if Clinton goes to Denver with a slight lead in delegates, but the head-to-head polls stay the same... that will be a tough decision for those superdelegates.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 4, 2008 -> 08:24 AM) Here is a crazy thought... With Super Tuesday on the Democratic side shaping up to be a super close race, could the May 6th Indiana Primaries end up being a key vote for determining the Dem's candidate? Possible. Clinton would have the advantage of heavy support from Evan Bayh, and the fact that its a red state. But, Obama would have a lot of carry in NW Indiana, and urban areas in Indianapolis, I'd think.