FlaSoxxJim

The words firkin and merkin are musts in any wordsmith's vocabulary. It is important, however, to know which is which an not to get them mixed up. Otherwise, it could be an awkward social moment. firkin = a British 1/4 barrel cask as used in the cellaring of traditional English ale. merkin = a crotch wig, invented in the mid-15th century and employed originally to hide syphilitic pustules.

You're seriously screwed, dude. Better just send that worthless broken thing to me and I'll take care of it for you. Soxy is right, resetting should do the trick.

Great win today! I'm all set for a lot more of the same this next series.

Mac and Cheese has got to be Kraft, since i was like 8 years old. Apple. Coleman. Fender. Martin. White Sox.

QuickTime 7 is back-compatible with files coded for QT5. I'm not sure I follow the QT embed in iTunes, but download and install the free QT7 Player and you should be all set unless the mov files use some nonstandard codec.

As far as I know, the thing about the Hersh piece that is new is the talk among some of the Joint Chiefs about resigning if the Administration decides to use tactical nukes. The administration's line about "if you didn't want us to use that option why did you give it to us? . . ." I don't know. I think their use would be extreme as a first strike on a program that is 5-10 years away from nuclear weapons capability. But, I deplored that approvel was ever given to develop "tactical nukes," so I am obviously biased in my opinion.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 09:04 PM) Yeah, well, I chose to watch the Bulls game. So what now, genius? That's two hours of your life your not getting back. Should have gone for the beer and the movie and the sex.

Have a beer, a glass of wine, a Pepsi, whatever. Watch a movie, get laid, relax. Tomorrow is another day. That said, Go White Sox!!

Fathom with an instant classic in the "Why I'm Not Concerend" thread in PaleHose: QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 12:09 PM) I am not worried because my father is a doctor, and he's going to make a fortune on patients coming in with sprained ankles jumping off of the Sox bandwagon.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 12:09 PM) I am not worried because my father is a doctor, and he's going to make a fortune on patients coming in with sprained ankles jumping off of the Sox bandwagon. Excellent!

QUOTE(Cali @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 12:52 PM) Might not be the best choice of words seeing as not long ago some people believed being a certain color was a hangable offense too. I know you were joking but. . . Of course he's joking, and that is understood by absolutely everybody who reads it. Come on. And for everybody that "can't believe" anybody cares what people put on their hotdogs, you also have toknow that of course nobody really does. The ketchup-on-a-hotdog fight is supposed to be light-hearted ribbing, precidely because it is so completely inconsequential. But by all means, feel free to not understand that. @#$&*@! idiot ketchup heads.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 04:26 AM) They expect the rioting to quell itself this weekend as spring break hits and the rioters will be going on vacation. I don't believe any editorial comment is needed here. This speaks for itself. Agreed. What these kids need is a long, well-deserved holiday.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 12:20 AM) Despite the girls' early positive response, Ottley said that there is still a risk that they could revert to their wild state, so she continued to severely restrict their exposure to the outside world. "Any proximity to a D-list celebrity, a song by Poison, or a neon beer bong could set reintegration back to square one," Ottley said.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 8, 2006 -> 05:22 AM) Ummmmm ... He who hesitates. Maybe "If You Could Read My Mind" or "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" ? I saw that hesitation! Fitz Quick aside. A digital arts instructor from Wisconsin just contacted me last week to get some images and footages of my institutin's research submersible dive on the Fitzgerald from several years ago. He's doing a 3D recreation of the qreck site complere with our vehicle diving on it! I'll post it once he finishes. Aside over. Edwin Starr or the Ides of March?

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Apr 7, 2006 -> 04:01 PM) Oh those danes! http://www.um.dk/Publikationer/Eksportraad...l/chapter02.htm That is some sort of remoulade sauce the Danes put on that there hot dog sandwich, no? I owe the Danes a lot, as they were the ones who introduced hops into brewing, but I'm ok without the sauce on my dog.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Apr 7, 2006 -> 03:18 PM) I fully endorse the use of peanut butter on any grain-based food. I prefer using it on french toast though. Keep the peanut butter where it belongs. . . In the bedroom with the whipped cream and the giant rubber squid

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 7, 2006 -> 02:46 PM) I do put ketchup on the steamed dogs that they serve. Awww, you're just as bad as the rest of 'em! :banghead :banghead

QUOTE(Chisoxrd5 @ Apr 7, 2006 -> 01:29 PM) I find this thread funny because it insinuates that he is against the whining of the 'new sox fan' (which, for one, is a completely unquantifiable entity) and what does he do about it? Spends the last six lines whining about why he doesn't like this sub-culture of fans. No, his point is that some of the old-timers are now the new whiners, and those bullet points are the complaints ascribed to them.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Apr 7, 2006 -> 01:35 PM) Is this kind of like putting Wiz on a real cheesesteak sandwich. Cause I happen to love Philly's and those you gotta get with Wiz (although they are damn tasty with provo too). So is it a sin I put Ketchup and Mustard on my brought (to go with the Peppers and Onions)? z\If 'brought' = brat, then yes ketchup is still a nono. The peppers and the onions and the mustard on the other hand, are all Food Cop approved.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Apr 7, 2006 -> 12:53 PM) Seriously...a dog without ketchup is just not very good to me. I could care less what others do, but I've had ketchup and mustard on my dog since I was a kid and thats the way it tastes good. Chili can be a nice treat though. I'm more of a brat guy though. It's OK, nobody expects the Californian to get it.

QUOTE(retro1983hat @ Apr 7, 2006 -> 11:45 AM) I LIKE KETCHUP ON MY HOT DOG! I LIKE KETCHUP ON MY HOT DOG! I LIKE KETCHUP ON MY HOT DOG! I LIKE KETCHUP ON MY HOT DOG! I LIKE KETCHUP ON MY HOT DOG! I LIKE KETCHUP ON MY HOT DOG! I LIKE KETCHUP ON MY HOT DOG! I LIKE KETCHUP ON MY HOT DOG! I LIKE KETCHUP ON MY HOT DOG! Well, they say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem . . .

QUOTE(Spiff @ Apr 7, 2006 -> 11:30 AM) Truer words have never been spoken. HERETIC!!!

Cheney set the stage for this strategy as being a lynchpin of the Libby defense as couple months back when he basically said exactly that - if the president or the veep (as an agent of the president) chooses to leak something classified then it is (Poof!) essentially then declassified. And I can see that interpretation as having enough merit to fly, whether I agree with it or not. Once again, the issue of powers of a wartime president may make all the diffference here, because in peacetime I'm pretty sure other branches of government have some say as to what classified information gets declassified.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Apr 7, 2006 -> 11:26 AM) Although I'm not familiar with them - I love the idea of the Gnostic Gospels. I love the fact that there are competing stories about Christ's life. And I love that some of them aren't afraid to portray Jesus in an unflattering light at times. Isn't there a story in the Infancy gospel about how Jesus make a dove out of clay and then kills it? And then he feels bad about it? I don't know about the killing the doves part, I've not seen that. But, yes the doves from clay is from the NT apocrypha Gospel of Thomas. A passage in there talks about Jesus making 12 birds of clay and breathing life into them, upon which they all flew away singing. Most interesting to me has always been that this story, though not related in any of the canonical Gospels, was one of the "Prophet" Jesus stories actually recorded in the Koran (but it is only one bird there and not 12). I agree with you about the coolness of the various biblical apocrypha, including James, Thomas, and the other Gnostic Gospels (now maybe Judas can be added to that). Theological epistemology, how spiritual knowledge is acquired, what is rote, what is scholarly, what is revelatory, etc., was one of the few things that kept me interested in theological studies up through high school.

QUOTE(retro1983hat @ Apr 7, 2006 -> 10:19 AM) I have been a Sox fan for all of my 34 years, but starting last year, during the playoffs and especially during the off season and during the first couple of games this year, old time Sox fans appear to love to complain about the increase in attendance and attention the team is receiving. Bottom line, increased attendance and attention allows the team to build payroll and improve its chances of winning. Why not welcome these new fans instead of giving them crap. I am sick of hearing from all these people whining about: Going to McCuddys and the new fans didn't. Walking up day of game and getting tickets in the past. Being a long time fan entitles them to tickets before someone who recently became a fan. Growing up in Bridgeport or the Back of the Yards and new fans come from the suburbs. Never throwing a ball back. How someone should eat a hot dog. Ketchup is a condiment, deal with it. Going to take exception to two of your points: 1) Throwing a HR ball back is for idiots and you don't need to be an old-timer to recognize that. 2) Miracle Whip is a condiment too, but it doesn't go on a hotdog. If the inventor of ketchup had known some people were going to abuse it and put it on hotdogs I bet he never would have followed through on the invention. Undoubtedly it was like Alfred Nobel and TNT for the Ketchup Guy - completely torn up with guilt over giving ketchup to the world, only to see it misused by the evil and amoral hotdog heretics.