FlaSoxxJim

Sweet! I found my STOCKING STUFFERS!!

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 01:02 PM) Oh and just so everyone knows I'm not coming from the position of the safe and secured either. I do have full benefits now, but ill be taking a law clerk position in January that has zero benefits. If something happens to me I'm screwed and I'll be paying out the wahzoo for it. But I don't expect the government (your tax dollars) to help me because I chose to take that job. But why as a nation should we accept a healthcare system that lets people who are contributing to society fall through the cracks like that? And, as far as your assessment of people like academics who enter poor-wage/no benefit sectors as having "made a bad choice". . . That is some fµcking arrogance, brother.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 09:51 AM) I went to the 2002 Superbowl in New Orleans between the Patriots and Rams, and I thought there were some great bars, and most of them had "Absinthe" in their name. One night we walked it seemed for 15 minutes down Bourbon st and got to this bar that was the definition of Ye Olde Taverne. One bar I really want to visit before I die is the bar that inspired Cheers. The Bull and Finch. Go in the afternoon or it will be too packed to be enjoyable. Bunch of great bars (and some good brewpubs) in Boston as well, so Bull and Finch is worth checking out as long as you are there. The best beer bar in Boston, hands-down, is Anam Cara Publick House on Beacon. It was voted best beer bar in America in 2005 by Beer Advocate and it's one of the top two American beer bars I've ever been to in my life (which has been quite a few). You have to like the bekgian stuff to fully appreciate it, but it's beergasm and beervana rolled into one. Kid Gleason would go in and never come out again! Check out these offerings. And that's just on draught.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 08:46 PM) So you are now talking to a real life member of a Board of Directors. Its the local YMCA, but hey, its still pretty cool. Indeed it is.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 08:47 PM) I would allow PETA to be itself. I would push for looser restrictions and get rid of the stupid ones. Push for looser restrictions on what? Gun control? Hunter licensing? Bag limits? What specific current restrictions are now so stringent that they need loosening? Just thrown out there like that it seems an ill-defined position on the issue.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 08:07 PM) Then I guess my follow-up question can be directed to the both of you... What would you do to help preserve the sport of hunting and reduce the Anti-2nd amendment/anti-hunting groups such as PETA? Hunt them?

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 03:01 PM) quick! universal health care for all! let's set it up like the Canadian system cuz it works so well! Agreed. The sooner the better.

There is no "decline." This is the real Britney Spears. The groomed, style-setting image from a few years ago was the facade – carefully crafted and maintained by her publicist and handlers. She has decided she doesn't need them anymore but we'll let the public make the call. What you see before you is the real deal. A person so lacking in talent or self-respect that she believes flashing her cooter and cellulite arse for the cameras four times in the span of a week is a good career move.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 01:17 PM) I have been to Cooter's a few times as well. My best friend went to Tulane and when I'd visit, that would be one of the stops. I also went to N'awlins for my bachelor party in April and stopped by Cooter's for a beer or 8. Word of caution though, the St. Charles Streetcar line is not back up and running yet. But the buses are...if you intend on going. On my last visit, I made the walk (OK, the sloppy drunk stumble) back to the far end of the Quarter from Cooter's and it was perfectly enjoyable. Gave me time to enjoy a good cigar, drool over the good aromas coming out of Commander's Palace (best turtle soup in the universe, btw), and to stop off for a few at Lafite's Blacksmith Shop. Citywide open container allowances make any hike around town enjoyable. Lafite's is another great NOLA bar that is not to be missed. Lit by torchlite, the place has no electricity in the customer area but great music and atmosphere. It's on Bourbon across the Quarter from the historic Storyville district, and caddycorner to the other Lafite's which is quite the rollicking alternative-lifestyle bar. I enjoy telling people to meet me at Lafite's on Bourbon but to neglect telling them there are two different places. I would also intentiaonally send PA to the other Lafite's simply for the fun of it.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 11:19 AM) http://www.cooterbrowns.com/index.html I believe that even brewmasters like FlaSoxxJim will find a suitable beverage from their limited, but well choosen, beer list. They even have Miller Lite You are correct. I know and love Cooter Browns. I've been to nawlins three times and it's been a high point every trip. It's right on the St. Charles Streetcar line so it's a great way to tour the historic Garden district. Maybe the best Sunday of my life was in nawlins on our honeymoon. We had breakfast at Brennan's. You haven't lived until you've spent $27.50 for eggs. To be fair though, mine had rainbow trout on them and my wife's had a mountain of lump crabmeat on hers. Couple of milk rum punches and a dessert of Bananas Foster, and then we took the streetcar through Garden and past Tulane to Audubon Zoo. Hung with the animals for a few and then walked to Cooter Brown's, whereupon I proceeded to eat more gumbo and boiled crawfish than any human should and lose myself in Beervana. Damn good rock band that night too. Absolutely worth the trip. Edit to add: We did not happen to stumble on Coooters. Before we started cranking out the kids, we pretty much took our vacations around various beer destinations, and Cooters and the Crescent Ciity Brewpub were on the Honeymoon itinerary. Is it any coincidence I married a fellow craft beer lover?

Keep it Greasy, Greasy!!

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 30, 2006 -> 11:19 AM) I'll give you an honest answer on those points - I do not know enough about them to decide right now whether or not I'd endorse them. But if I have time between now and Sunday to research them a little bit, I'll get back to you on them. Fair enough. Since the question of whether to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and the consequences of the EPA's non-regulation is being argued before the Supreme Court as we speak, I figured it would have been a topical point for an opening salvo in the debate. Great, more presidential hopefuls who don't read the news. Tex, you're right, CO2 emissions should fall under Clean Air because it is known in excess to harm environmental and human health. Simply knowing that however will not change the status quo unless the point is explicitly and legally made.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 30, 2006 -> 10:42 AM) Thanks FlaxxJim! I tried to be concrete - my 7 point plan for energy, increases in EPA staff, pollution credit markets. But some things, like wilderness and open space protections, are hard to make into detailed plans. True. But other things, like stating whether or not you will push for legislation that recognizes CO2 as a pollutant regulatable within the framework of the Clean Air Act, push for US ratification of the Convention on Biodiversity, etc., are stark position-defining statements that my vision of a bold Environmental President would run on.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 29, 2006 -> 11:06 PM) LCR, who wrote that? I'm intrigued. Doug Stanhope

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 29, 2006 -> 07:52 PM) conspiracy anyone? Check that shirt for radiation. (Yellowcake, of course. )

Color me impressed by all of the first three candidate responses to the environmental stewardship debate. Some broad strokes lacking details but of course with the word count that is unavoidable. I'm looking forward to seeing Mr. Kicka**'s response and then a little interchange between you all on this topic. The Editorial Board of the prestigeous FlaSoxx Times has yet to officially endorse a candidate. So. . . who's gonna' be THE Environmental President of SoxTalk Nation?

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 29, 2006 -> 06:00 PM) Every person's money is the same, but your unique attributes can not be bought or duplicated. I can tie a cherry stem into a knot using only my tongue.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Nov 29, 2006 -> 12:25 PM) Is that $39M US? Because honestly, they pack MSG and Allstate Arena size buildings, and sell a ton of records/DVDs... I thought it would be more than that I think that is just the gross take of the four members, not the annual franchise revenue. Get better Greg, you crazy yellow-shirt-wearing non-thrreatening-yet-vaguely-creepy Wiggle. Hmmm, I wonder how DBAHO looks in a bright yellow turtleneck shirt. . .

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 28, 2006 -> 05:35 PM) so the middle finger with the thumb sticking out wouldn't be a nuanced gesture? I believe it would. But no guess on the source of the quote?? Kids. Kids did this.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 28, 2006 -> 03:36 PM) Nice lobster. It wasn't a rock... It was a Rock... LOBSTAAAAAAAARRRRR!!!! Squat Lobstah, actuallly. Really a crab not a lobstah, but we won't tell him, it will hurt his feelings.

Looks like Kearns has decided to give peace a chance.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Nov 28, 2006 -> 12:31 PM) I would also like to go on record as to being somebody who detests the word c**t. It's actually the only word in the English language I refuse to ever use in any way. ***gasp*** Think about what that means!!! Do you know what word I'm not comfortable with? Nuance. It's not a real word. Like gesture. Gesture's a real word. With gesture you know where you stand. Nuance? I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Nov 28, 2006 -> 11:45 AM) My questions are up, and I think SS2k5's will be up soon too. And, in my threads, I will be watching your word length. Good luck to the candidates! Because big words scare Soxy. Now, she might also be watching your word count, so keep it brief. btw, thanks for tossing the environment question out there for the candidates to chew on.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Nov 28, 2006 -> 02:56 AM) the Penguin in those sigs tracked me down and beat the s*** out of me one night no joke Happy Fists?

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