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QUOTE(winodj @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 10:39 PM) Nope Icelandic is.... Icelandic. It's actually the purest modern form of the Germanic language tree. Cool, that's an interesting fact about Icelandic. Shows what a couple centuries of relative isolation on an island can do to preserve a language relatively unchanged. It probably means that modern Icelanders are better able to read and understand Old Norse Viking sagas than modern Norwegians, which is kind of wierd.

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 03:54 PM) stupid hoosier Isn't that redundant? I Kid Because I Care

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 05:57 PM) How the hell do you know what a sajkaca is??? I dunno, those hats are just b****in' is all.

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Atlanta is a complete armpit of a city. End of story.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 12:59 PM) Did you know one of the voices of the Arctic Puppets in Elf was provided by Ray? They were little stop-motion type critters, so they decided as a tribute to him, they would have him provide a voice. Cool, I did not know that. My wife has a very low Will Ferrell tolerance so I have yet to see that movie.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 12:16 PM) Ya know though, everytime somebody does one of the those "hello, is this thing on" lines, I always think of Mike Wazowski now. You're probably the only other person here who appreciated that Mike took his date to a resteraunt named Harryhausen's. That's because you're a geek, of course, while I am merely hip and cool.

So, NOBODY else got here by accident trying to log on to SEXTalk.com??

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 11:41 AM) Please. Last decent thing out of that band was "Bleach". Ach, a failed attempt to snatch humor from the jaws of defeat. You lived all your life in one place, so I figured the only possible place you might be homesick for was the womb, hence... In Utero... Hello?! Testing... Is this thing on?? [/taps microphone]

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 11:27 AM) _rigley Field _oo _oo _orld Series _e Believe Notice what is missing?

Repairs successfully completed in a 6-hour spacewalk. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1004434

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 11:22 AM) Well...since I have live all of my 35 years in the same place...I am going to have to go with... ... In Utero by Nirvana...?

QUOTE(Yossarian @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 10:47 AM) The highest percentage of the popular vote any elected President ever got was LBJ with 61.05% of the vote in 1964. Did he get a "D"? Seriously though, quit crying about a recess appointment. They are quite common, even the great Bill Clinton used them a "time or two." The poisonous partisan atmosphere in politics today is to blame for a lack of an up or down vote on Bolton. Bush may be wrong about a number of things. Bolton may be a bully in the workplace. The UN is still a corrupt virtually worthless organization and recess appointments of all types are a regular part of American Presidential history. Eisenhower even made at least one of his Supreme Court nominees a "recess" appointment IIRC. I'm less concerned with the actual fact of the recess appointment than I am with the official administration posturing that it was done as a consequence of the Senate not granting a vote on the floor. The Senate's role of "advise and consent" was critically hampered by the decision of the White House not to release the relevant documents or Bush would have got the floor vote he said he wanted. And Bolton would have been voted down. So, no, this is not in the least bit mysterious.

Oh yeah... this guy too. Minny!

.... Or Jay "Dennis the Menace" North? He's celebrating birthday number 54 today!

Wait. Then again, you may have been sending out B-Day wishes to Martin Sheen. 65 today.

QUOTE(knightni @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 03:59 AM) Happy Birthday, you know who you are... Hey, you're right! Tony Bennett is 79 today. Happy Birthday Tony!

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Aug 2, 2005 -> 11:45 PM) BEESH! Just kidding. I appreciate the remarks but I was born here.... Well, my respect for the folk appreciation of the next generation is out the window now... Now just go back to listening to Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl why don't you? You do still at least walk around wearing a White Sox sajkaca, or have you traded that in for an American-style baseball cap as well??

BOLTON!! It sounds so much like a cool giant robot Japanese monster hero name I say let him in the UN. Otherwise he will slag you with his Lazer Heat Vision. In this AP file photo, BOLTON(!!) is seen using his awesome powers to set Senator Chris Dodd's toupee on fire. Don't f*ck with BOLTON!

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Aug 2, 2005 -> 10:50 PM) After seeing the footage, miracle is the only word that can describe this. That's because God loves French people! Seriously, if there is no loss of life in this incident then Kind Providence was indeed smiling on the folks in that plane.

QUOTE(Art Vandelay @ Aug 2, 2005 -> 09:10 PM) Not that there's anything wrong with that. And you want to be MY Latex salesman?!? :headshake

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Aug 2, 2005 -> 07:57 PM) Serbian music. Especially on hunting and fishing trips. Especially Zeljko Samardzic and Sasa Matic...... Rock On Zeljko Samardzic I Kid because I Care Seriously, I have a big appreciation of a lot of ethnic music, despite my boorish ignorance of Serbian music. It's really cool when a new generation embraces traditional musical heritage and culture - especially even after moving to the states.

QUOTE(BobDylan @ Aug 2, 2005 -> 08:45 PM) Bob Dylan and the Band. C'mon. Dylan would be THE American solo artist. But, according to our ad hoc loosey-goosey rules here, Robbie Robertson being born in Toronto would disqualify the Band. Even if his his mother was Mohawk Indian.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 2, 2005 -> 08:07 PM) I spun off into some blues and this is probably a giant duh to y'all music experts, but Red House by Hendrix is blowing me away. I can not believe I have never heard this before. Yes, you officially live in a cave, re your unfamiliarity with Red House. One of the traditions of the pack of ne'er-do-wells I ran with in high school was listening to a tape (CD-Rs??? what the hell were those?) I made of all then known recorded Jimi versions of Red House on the ride into school in my buddy's completely cool Ford galaxy convertable. Six different versions, with a couple coming in at 20 minutes or so in length so you know Jimi had some room in there to tear things up a bit. But the "Smash Hits" version you are likely listening to now is quite brilliant, especially the faint echoplex/delay on the doubled lead guitar track. And moving the song up a half-step to Bbm instead of playing a standard Am pentatonic blues makes it sound subconsciously very interesting even though it's a straight-up blues through and through. You can almost be forgiven for not coming across the tune before since it officially only occurred on Smash Hits in the US original releases, although it was on the British Polydor version of Are You Experienced?. Guess I might as well go back over yonder, way back across the hills. Guess I might as well go back over yonder, way back yonder 'cross the hills. If'n my baby don' love me no more..... I know her sister will. Jimi

QUOTE(JimH @ Aug 2, 2005 -> 05:32 PM) Yes, it's definitely still there. But 3 pm on a Sat. afternoon with clients in tow and looking for a beer garden is the wrong mix for Schaller's. Especially if they're lookin' for a little scenery. If you're into history, great burgers, MGD on tap and don't mind it a little dark inside, then yeah, Schaller's is perfect. Given the situation Los Media presents, Jimbo's is the place to go. True. It must be that I'm getting hungry because I was thinking about food first and I'd say Schaller's would be my pick for the better food choice. I'd better go eat comething...