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QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 05:43 PM) Ha! Every game I've seen at Kauffman the Sox have lost (about five). I know how you feel. Stop going to the games please!

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 01:39 AM) Finally spilled my guts to the girl I've liked for a long time. I told he the ball was in her court. Felt good to get it off my chest. Ahhh. . . blaming the girl for your bad case of blue balls. The oldest trick in the book.

Happy Belated. . .

:cheers

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 01:18 PM) But has anybody ever had their eyebrows threaded? Holy f***ing s***! That s*** hurt like a b****. I'm going to a club tonight (celebrating a friend's b-day) and I thought I'd give it a try, as I have, well had, some pretty thick eyebrows that needed some cleaning up. It looked like I was crying like a girl after watching Titanic. I didn't expect that at all. Good Gawd, did you get a vajazzling too while you were at it?!?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 05:56 PM) that's only after looking at your stuff and telling it to "stretch" And wishing he could put up a Big Crooked Number.

I kick the neighbor's dog.

AB 1998: 'The Majestic Plastic Bag' Nature Mockumentary Raises Support For California Plastic Bag Ban Bill (VIDEO): Very well done!

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 04:15 PM) I'm not overly concerned. There's no perfect place to live in the united states. Every place has it's draw backs: snow, tornado, hurricanes, earthquakes, valcanos, Cubs fans. . . needed fixin'

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 04:08 PM) Its not like a Cat 1 or 2 storm is something to scoff at. You are still talking about winds sustained as high as 100 mph+. And a whole f***ing lot of rain.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 03:55 PM) When people mention Florida, most think Hurricanes. But since 2000, I think only 3 hurricanes has actually entered the "non-panhandle" part of Florida (and two of those were in one year) and most tend to hit the souther tip, not central Florida where we are going to move. It's been a couple more than that, but yeah for the most part the Florida peninsula is spared a lot of direct hits. In 2004 alone, Charley, Francis and Jeane all were direct hits on the Peninsula (Ivan was more of a glancing blow for the Peninsula that bounced up and trashed the panhandle). Since then, Wilma (2005) and Tropical Storm Fay (2008) also hit the peninsula pretty good. Been pretty quiet since Fay, I'm happy to report.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 11:39 PM) You've got to admit there's a certain poetry to the Thome thing. An awful kind of poetry though. Like Vogon poetry. Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty Jim Thome Faced on the Mound One Midsummer Evening

Nobody can close out a ballgame right now. crap.

damn damn damn

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 03:03 AM) Cudiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! This guy from Ireland just moved onto my floor. He doesnt say "bye" he says "cheers." Why are foreigners so slick? Except at the bars after you buy a round, at which time he'll say "Ta' " instead of "Cheers".

Happy birthday, All!

QUOTE (G&T @ Aug 16, 2010 -> 03:30 PM) I don't know about you, but people should give me some space if I'm drinking lambics. But now I want to go find those. I don't know that they are sold up here (never heard of it). BTW, Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale is yummy. I'd never seen them here either until last week.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 12:33 PM) For fellow westloopers and also fans of 3 Floyds and also Local Breweries in Chicago: http://www.chicagojournal.com/News/07-21-2...nity_in_Chicago pretty f***ing excited about this one. Sounds like this place will be awesome, I'm looking forward to checking it out the next time I'm back. This bit sounds very cool: Beer and booze is so intertwined with the arts and with all of human history, and this sounds like a very cool exploration of those connections.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 05:23 PM) Tired of talking to automated call centers? GetHuman.com Got me through to ATT tech support almost instantly (after 10 minutes running in circles with their dumb automated system) That is a pretty handy set of direct numbers to have. I just bookmarked it.

I enjoyed a 750 ml bottle of Cascade Brewing Company's Kreik Ale that was surprisingly good. The bottle calls it a "northwest style sour ale" refermented with cheries, and it was totally balls-on lactic Belgian in flavor. I had intended to split the bottle with the Missus who is quite a beer hound in her own right, but the sour bite was a bit much for her and I ended up drinking most of the bottle myself. VERY similar to Cantillon's fruit lambics which are way more tart and biting than Linderman or Timmerman and the like. Conceded, this is not a product of spontaneous fermenation like a true Lembeek lambic, but flavor-wise it hits all the right notes. Very much like a gueuze with a hint of fruit and no real sweetness to speak of. At $19 a bottle, it won't be something I pick up regularly — but then again, it's a seasonal that isn't around too often to tempt me. On the other hand, I have 750's of their apricot- and grape- refermented ales on the counter waiting to be enjoyed as well. Looks to be a very sour couple of weeks!

Grrr

Jones redeeming himself slightly.

Mexican food is excellent drunk food, I would concur. Leftover Chinese or Thai food also always hit the spot.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 05:14 PM) I dont know if it has been talked about much on here, but what tequilas do you all enjoy? My uncle had a fantastic one that I got to try this summer (cannot remember the name of it at all) and really the only "real" tequila I have had is patron (I wouldnt call Cuervo and Sauza real tequila as the one's i had werent the 100% agave). I wish I could afford to have more than a bottle or two of decent tequila around at any time, and it's a spirit I have barely scratched the surface of. Now that El Jimador coming into the states is once again 100% de agave, that is usually what I keep on hand for margaritas and other mixed drinks. It's the number one selling tequila in Mexico so that counts for something, and it pretty much can't be beat from a quality versus price standpoint. I try to keep both the blanco and reposado on hand. A step up from there, I really like Cazadores. It makes an excellent tequila Blood and Sand, and a top notch margarita. I think it was Soxy who turned me on to El Mayor as a sipper, and I put that in the same price versus quality category as Milagro and Herradura. I also think the 1800 reposado remains a good quality and reasonably priced brand. I have never in my life bought a bottle of Patron or Cabo Wabo or any of the ultra-premium $60+ brands. Not that they are not outstanding, they are just out of my price range. I'm also dying to get more into mezcal, but the local selection is awful. Monte Alban is the only brand you can find here with regularity. If you really search you cn find Scorpion and Del Maguey, but they are pricey bottles. I just love the smokiness on top of that teqila-like flavor. Very reminiscent of a peated scotch or an authentic oude genever.