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QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 08:31 PM) Why would it be extra special? Just because the Sox would get a few extra minutes on SportsCenter with them saying how the Sox made a mistake in letting him go, and how this makes the Sox look bad, etc, etc.? Frank can kick everyone's ass, except the Sox. I want him 0-for-the-year against the Sox, and I too am a huge Thomas fan. Most of those 500 homers will have come in a Sox uniform and so I don't see how it would be anything but natural that Sox fans in attendance on the night where he got to 500 would want to share that moment with him.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Feb 26, 2007 -> 01:14 AM) I want Frank for it to be against us too, even if its a game deciding run.... its just 1 game and Frank can have 1 game to hit the milestone in my opinion. My thoughts exactly. I envy all of you who may have a chance to be there and see it happen, and the whole place should erupt and give him the first ballot HOF hand he deserves.

QUOTE(knightni @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 07:33 PM) Yes, but do they use Ed Begley's electric engine? THE MOST EVIL PROPULSION SYSTEM KNOWN TO MAN!!!! I LOVE that show! When Bill Nye says Begly is over the top in his quest for tech-aided sustainable, environmentally-minded living that is saying something.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Feb 26, 2007 -> 08:42 AM) So one of our cats had to be put down today. . . My condolances. It always sucks to lose a beloved pet.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 04:40 PM) And Tex, I wouldn't listen to a 300 lb. doctor telling me I had to lose weight, etc. because he IS a damn hypocrite. That's exactly why you don't see doctors like that. Wurd. Like Herm Schneider telling Bobby Jenks he should lose some weight. Al

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 04:39 PM) Yeah, but what? widgets. whatever the fock they are.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 03:44 PM) Its down 383 as I post. Then STOP POSTING, man!!

X2!!

Wasn't this an episode of Seinfeld? Because he's MY BUTLER!

SELL! SELL!!! SELL IT ALL!!!!!

http://www.myhometownnews.net/index.php?id=21945 Hey, I'm as big an advocate of exploring new technologies for alternative fuel production and solid waste reduction as there is, but this proposed deal stinks to high heaven. The county I work in is about to sign on the line to let an Atlanta-based company named Geoplasma come in and build a plasma arc trash incineration facility that will supposedly be able to gasify 1,000 tons of trash per day from the get-go, and within 5 years they will be able to convert 3,000 tons a day. That is roughly 2x the total daily waste production of the entire county. It sounds too good to be true, and opf course that is exactly what I fear. The technology proposed is 100% unproven. Even the one plasma arc waste reduction facility operating in Japan uses substantially different technology, not to mention the operation is way smaller than the one being proposed here. In the linked news story you'll see there is only one rational person in the mix, a County Environmental Resource director named Vanessa Bessey who urges against approving the plan in the face of a complete lack of hard data supporting the science. It just seems completely strange that the county is on the verge of approving a never-proven technology to the tune of a 1,000 ton/day initial operation, without first asking the company to put together a pilot program that gasifies, say, 1 ton a day for a few months. Here's a 2006 WIRED story on the project, as well as a 2006 USA Today story. These stories point out the connection between Geoplasma and it's parent company Jacoby Development Inc. Just wrapping your brain around the enigma of Jim Jacoby and JDI is a chore, let alone adding the Geoplasma angle. I'm primarily interested in Balta's take on things since he's as close to an expert in a field like this that we have around here. But I'd also love to hear what others think about it. I'd LOVE for it to be a doable, viable thing, but I don't buy the suggestion that these guys will be able to work through all of the unseen scale-up hurdles and be able to build a project #1 of this capacity.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 01:10 PM) Because so few of Hersh's key sources are willing to sacrifice their careers by going on record...we're left with the same mess of mistakes that got us into Iraq. Hersh says that he has a source saying the Bush Administration is funding Sunni groups. Well, that's all well and good, but what other possible motives might someone have for telling him that? To discredit specific people within the administration who are advocating that position? To send a message to other governments (the saudis) that we will do more against Iran? Without knowing who the people are, and hearing from them, it's simply impossible to evaluate things like this. Hersh has one thing going for him; he's made his bet on the Bush Administration being stupid enough to attack Iran. It sure looks like that's a pretty darn safe bet to make. But other than that, I just can't bring myself to trust him or his "sources", because I have no ability to evaluate what any of them actually want. I certainly appreciate all of those sentiments, but I nonetheless put a lot of stock into what Hersh puts into print. Maybe it's primarily because I always see the White House spokespeople being very quick to respond/deny/discredit his pieces, not just ignoring them as they do so many other "fringe" journalists.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 01:48 AM) I guess the question in my mind is who gives a damn what the man does in his own house? Could he be more energy efficient? Probably, but that doesn't mean that his message is wrong. And the other side of that is, who out of all of us is doing better at managing our own carbon footprints? If we all thought about it and tried to take care of our own stewardship shortcomings we'd be in much better shape as a whole.

Hey Buff, I think you're going about this in exactly the right way. Doctors these days are too quick to dianose and medicate/overmedicate for ADD/ADHD because it's easy for them, the parents and the teachers. This is coming from a parent who has two kids who I'm sure would test positive with meds recommended and still might down the line. I do think that there are cases that warrant meds, and I think eventually one or both of my kids may fall under that category. For now, though, we've been open to alternate diagnoses and medical indications and at least for my daughter I think we have been vindicated in not immediately going the easy route. It turns out she has a neuromuscular occular-motor issue that makes it hard for both eyes to coordinate and all along this has really been what has given her a hard time in school. 15 years ago she'd have been diagnosed as dyslexic but the diagnosis would have been wrong. Turns out I have the same condition, always have, and it explains a lot of the specific sensorial input and processing issues I had as a kid in school. We paid through the nose (insurance calls it elective, but you wouldn't think so if it was your own kid) for several months of heavy duty vision therapy and it has helped a little bit. Mostly, it has helped for our daughter to know there is a medical reason for her inverting and dropping and adding letters when she reads and writes and armed with that information she is learning how to work through a lot of the problems on her own. All that said, again I think there are many real cases where meds are the right approach. As much as you hate the idea of overmedicating your kid, it would be worse i think to dismiss the option entirely on principle in cases where a little medicine really can go a long way to addressing the ADD/ADHD symptoms. So my advise is to do what you're doing. Seek several opinions and be open to the multiple diagnoses and treatment options offered. In the end, do what you think is best for your child base on what you feel in your heart is teh right course of option. I wouldn't put a lot of stock in homeopathic remedies, though that's just my opinion. Best of luck. I know these are difficult decisions.

Hope it was a good one.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 26, 2007 -> 06:55 AM) Yeah Yeah, like that was such a hard prediction to make. Hersh has been on this topic for what, 3 years now? That may be true, but information detailing secret US funding going to support Sunni jihadists with Al Qaeda links in an effort to counter Shiite influence in the Middle East is a bombshell, even for Hersh. Add in the implications that Negroponte stepped down because the whole thing was starting to mirror Iran-Contra and it's a pretty big story for anybody paying attention.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 10:48 PM) I honestly hope all of you are kidding. Seriously, when in the world will people learn to stop trying to use the "Group guilt" fallacy to blame everyone who disagrees with them for the actions of a few crazy people? And this goes for an awful lot of topics. There was no group guilt implied, you should recognize that. Chet made a comment that was so over-the-top ignorant (the comment not the poster) – that "passionate pro-lifers have never taken lives for their anti-abortion causes" – and a reasonable person could only assume that this was a sarcastic comment. No reply yet from Chet, however, so maybe the comment was made in earnest. If, so it is an entirely uninformed comment.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 07:36 AM) Is the free WiFi at Burger Kings nationwide? Yes at selected locations. And while you are there your browser's homepage gets auto-redirected to the cardiac ward of the nearest hospital.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 06:45 AM) Texas has free WiFi at all it's rest stops. Cool. Still sucks you'd be in Texas, but maybe just a little less.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 01:24 AM) Is there anything they haven't made an -opoly of? I saw "catopoly" at a store around Christmas Necrophilopoly?

QUOTE(hitlesswonder @ Feb 22, 2007 -> 08:50 PM) I'll add my vote as well. Imagine that, 3 people who went to Illinois and don't care about the Chief...I had no idea there were so many of us. Add me to that list. Go U of I Drinkin' Lincolns!!

QUOTE(knightni @ Feb 22, 2007 -> 08:28 PM) 'A dead man is found naked, in the middle of the desert, with no footprionts leading to or away from the body. . . in his hand he is holding a piece of straw. What happened?' He got kicked out of a cargo plane after having sex with a horse. BUZZ! incorrect.

QUOTE(Chet Lemon @ Feb 22, 2007 -> 08:27 PM) I despise democrat hypocrites. At least passionate pro-lifers have never taken lives for their anti-abortion causes! They are for life! This is a joke, right?? This is where SLAP Green comes in handy.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Feb 16, 2007 -> 07:28 PM) This is almost as bad as the end of Unofficial. Sorry gang, but a special day does not make getting drunk at 8 am okay. It's just an excuse the kids had to be raging drunks and I did nothing but laugh as some kids likened the end of Unofficial to the civil rights movement of the 1950s. Well. Mr. Straightlace, I bet you were against Hash Wednesday too. . .