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With the explosive growth, comes some new screen names. Tell us who you are, favorite Sox moment, favorite players, that sort of stuff. Toss out a few favorite TV shows, music you listen to, if you are in school, where? what year?

Put your money where your politics are Buyblue.org You reds can also see where to spend your money. Wal*Mart and K-Mart are big contributors to the GOP, Barnes and Noble and Sharper Image to the DEMs

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html Cool site. It will analyze your computer and report back all the hardware and software you have installed. Great for system crashes, etc. Nothing is uploaded, so the info stays private.

All together now . . . The weather up north is frightful But here, it's so delightful; As long as I'm way down here Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow The weather up north is frightful But here, it's so delightful; Since it won't affect where I go, Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow . . . Oh, into the ditch they're glidin', and there's lots of cars collidin', If the casualty rates stay low, Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow Well the snowplow came by today Piled six feet in front of my door, So I'll shovel my my life away And the weatherman says 'Here's some more!' And it's easy to think snow's funny When you're down where it's hot and sunnny So since I'm not there no mo'.... Let it snow..... Let it snow..... LET IT SNOW! That's same damn fine musical collaboration

Dead Men Walking Chicago could be a perennial powerhouse, in the elite with the Red Sox. All that needs to happen is the Cubs or Sox move. The surviving team would own the market and could easily afford a $100-$130 mil payroll. Instead we have two mid-market teams.

In order: Las Vegas Virginia Monterrey, Mexico

It's time for the 2004 Soxtalk Awards. Please PM me with your nominees in the following categories. You may nominate up to five posters in each category. I will be closing the nomination process on December 26th at Noon. Voting will begin ,Wednesday December 29th and close on New Year's Eve. Poster of the Year Rookie of the Year - New between Dec '03 and Nov '04 Michael Jordan Award for Minor League Corespondent Funniest Thread Starter Master Debater Thread of the Year Post of the Year Baseball Prognosticator White Sox Genius Sports Analyst (non baseball) Rush Limbaugh Award for Conservative Excellence John F. Kennedy Award for Liberal Excellence Graphics Wizard Drinking Buddy: Who would you most like to have a beer with? Please do not post nominees, PM them to Texsox. Soxtalk Hall of Fame inductees, Chisoxfn, Molto, Heads22, Mr Showtime, MurcieOne, Southsider2k4, and cwsox are not eligible for awards. Their numbers have been retired.

The wisemen weren't trudging through snow to visit the baby Jesus The weather up north is frightful But here, it's so delightful; As long as I'm way down here Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow . . .

My favorite drive is down the Edens to Sedgwich (spelling? neighborhood with incredible Christmas displays) south of Skokie, then into Evanston and driving up the North Shore to Lake Forest. We'd stop along the way for a hot beverage. The white Italian lights in Lake Forest are so wonderful in the square.

Sorry, we voted, you are a newbie You mat even win newbie of the year honors in next weeks Soxtalk 2004 Best of Awards Voting

See that south-east-most area of Texas? That's me.

I just picked my first orange of the season off a tree in my backyard. Not quite as nostalgic as picking apples at Heatley Orchards in Round Lake, but it will have to do.

I always empty my pocket of loose change and singles whenever I pass a kettle.

Welcome aboard 10-1 this is somebody we know. By the way, Sex, Lies, and Politics (SLAP) is the best place to post this.

The World Series drought will continue. Getting past the Red Sox or Yankees would require a miracle. So reality states we are just trying to win a division. It doesn't take a $90mil payroll to win the Central. Until baseball decides that having 3 or 4 uber-teams and some road kill for them to play is a bad idea, we'll continue to march towards 100 years without a World Series win.

After I stopped laughing, I realized this really is a great lesson in economics. If enough people value something, it has value. My understanding is that he now has rights to develop the property and sell lots on his island. If he sells enough lots, he could make a profit. It is a gamble, but not much different than betting the Bears can cover the spread tomorrow, or that your system of blackjack will work. Welcome to the new age of economies.

I did some searching and I cannot find any mainstream software site that talks about either of those two programs. If you decide to pay the registration fee, their additional features really are nice. If they are loading some 3rd party crap, they have fooled the the mainstream press.

Petty has some awesome stuff.

Wait until he discovers she's a virtual babe on the beach

I just sold him naming rights to SL&P for US$10,000, Jas, I hope you don't mind.

We needed a lead off type guy. Sometimes overpaying for waht you need, is what you have to do. Imagine you where drowning, would you swap your Suburban for a 14' row boat? Now that he has the money, he can fill the hole he created. This probably will do little more than bring us back to even. But isn't that what we always do.

If it is good parenting to not allow your child to play these games, shouldn't it be good social responsibility to assure that all kids do not have easy access to these games? Isn't being a good parent also making certain that other kids, those same kids that are on sports teams with your kid, in the same classroom as your kid, do not have easy access to these materials? What good is it if your kid is fine but another kid decides to practice something he learned in a video game on *your* kid's head? What if some kid decides your daughter is going to be his b**** ho and he's going to dominate her like he just did for 14 hours on a video game? A good parent, and a good citizen, works to make our society better for the everyone, if that isn't possible, then for the majority.

I was thinking he was getting a little slow on the DP pivot so going to 3rd should be helpful. His arm strength is solid and he's resonably quick. My guess is a dozen E-5 early in the season, then he should settle down and do ok.

I heard this on ESPN this afternoon. In a 7 game series, the Yankees could be favored against a team made up of the remaining AL ALL_Stars. If they get Johnson, he'd be their starter. Give 1st and 2nd base to the AL ALL-Stars, then SS, 3B, L-C-R to the Yankees.

That is the funniest thing I have read in a long time What happened to loyalty? Valentin was a hustler, good to children, always said nice things about the organization. Damn greedy owners. I hope players don't start acting like owners and just worry about money and winning.