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Well that comment certainly explains why he's a Cubs fan As I've mentioned before, there are some excellent intelligent Cub fans, then there are the idiots like this.

Of all the bands he's been in, Hairbangers has been the most consistently popular. Core seemed like it was doing really well for a while, I was at a couple of their shows, but Bangers has really taken off. A friend of mine saw them in INdiana and was telling me about them. I started cracking up when I realized it was Jeff's band.

According to the article on chisox.com Buerhle bet Koch he (Koch) would not be traded before the all-star break. I wonder what Buerhle based that on?

My cousin plays guitar in Hairbangers aka Jefferson Jackson.

I guess this isn't your idea of fun Hairbangers Ball Not so long ago, bands like Poison, Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe and Skid Row were selling millions of records and playing sold-out arenas across the country. Now, having seen the recent, enormous commercial success of the "Monster Ballads" CD collection and the explosion of VH-1's "Behind The Music", one tribute band has tapped into the nostalgic energy of the "Decade of Decadence" like no other to deliver uncanny live performances and the wildest, never-ending party since Axl Rose was welcoming millions of rabid fans to his rock n' roll jungle. It's called HAIRBANGER'S BALL. And the crazy train has left the station, complete with the monster hair, the tattoos, the leopard print spandex, pyrotechnic masterpieces and all the make-up you can handle.

That Red/White bulls*** isn't right. It just isn't right. There is a least one poster here with a bad heart and it isn't nice to get his hopes up.

I think it really sets the mood for a date, it really says something to the girl, like I've never had a date before.

I keep seeing Mel Gibson stacking a million dollars on a table and say I'm not going to pay a ransom.

My guess there was a full blown, everyone on duty, attempt to find him and mount a rescue.

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If any country bows to these threats, even more lives would be lost. I know it sounds heartless, and if it was one son I would be crushed, but that's the facts and reality.

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Steff likes the same "lunch" meat 365 days a year.

Yeah, I am just a regular Mr. f***ing Rogers

Have you started thinking about a new screen name after Maggs leaves? I guess beastlykoch44 is out. Beastlykonerko may be a risk. BeastlyZero? No worries.

Gee all I have to do is say I like going to meatings and I'm hired? Sorry Beastly, it seems to be pick on beastly morning. Without PA around to pick on I guess we're a little lost. I'll stop.

You are also seeing a shortening of the supply chain. In the distant past companies were very verticle. For example a auto plant would manufacture the radio, seats, sheet metal, instrument cluster, electric motors, etc. Now they sub contract to companies that specialize in different areas. FOr some companies they try and soource on a global scale and find out that transportation time has it's costs. Ships are delayed by storms, seas, etc. Planes are somewhat more expensive. So they are looking to bring their current suppliers closer. We see it here in Mexico. For example when Black and Decker moved in they either bring suppliers with them, or selects new ones from the local supply base.

I was a guest speaker at the local association of HR Managers. They were sharing phrases and things people do in interviews that cause them to not get hired. And for entry level jobs, both recent HS grads and college grads, the ability to speak to adults as an adult for high on their list. Basically there isn't much more to go on.

If they need a lot of "real estate" for the test, you might not be sitting down later. Good luck. I hope they find it and it's something easy to avoid like baloney.

Really anything. HR managers appreciate someone who looks around and says "this place is the s***"

Well they are certainly doing a fine job of preparing you for a future career.

He never ducked the media, he never ducked the responsibility, he never acted unprofessional. He seemed to be giving 110% effort every time out there. He wasn't a Tub-o-Goo. He didn't beg to be traded. I'm not saying I disagree with moving him, his days were over last season as far as I'm concerned. Keeping him this season was either a mistake, or no one would take him, or they wanted Shingo to be comfy. But, I do respect his work ethic and his professionalism.

This is a good one! > > For GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS only begotten SON, that > whosoever believeth in HIM should not perish but have everlasting life JOHN > 3:16 > > > > > > > > It's a Wednesday night and you are at a church prayer meeting when > somebody runs in from the parking lot yelling, "Turn on a radio, turn on a > radio!" > > > > > > And while the church listens to a little transistor radio with a > microphone stuck up to it, the announcement is made: "Two women are lying in > a Long Island hospital dying from a 'mystery' flu." Within hours it seems, > this thing just sweeps across the country. > > > > > > People are working around the clock trying to find an antidote. Nothing is > working! California, Oregon, Arizona, Florida, Massachusetts. > > > > > > It's as though it's just sweeping in from the borders. > > > > > > And then, all of a sudden, the news comes out. The code has been broken. A > cure can be found. A vaccine can be made. It's going to take the blood of > somebody who hasn't been infected, and so, sure enough,all through the > Midwest, through all those channels of emergency broadcasting, > > > > > > everyone is asked to do one simple thing: Go to your downtown hospital and > have your blood type taken. That's all we ask of you. When you hear the > sirens go off in your neighborhood, please make your way quickly, quietly, > and safely to the hospitals. > > > > > > Sure enough, when you and your family get down there late on that Friday > night, there is a long line, and they've got nurses and doctors coming out > and pricking fingers and taking blood and putting labels on it. > > > > > > Your wife and your kids are out there, and they take your blood type and > they say, "Wait here in the parking lot and if we call your name, you can be > dismissed and go home." > > > > > > You stand around, scared, with your neighbors, wondering what in the world > is going on and if this is the end of the world. > > > > > > Suddenly a young man comes running out of the hospital screaming. He's > yelling a name and waving a clipboard. What? He yells it again! And your son > tugs on your jacket and says, "Daddy, that's me." > > > > > > Before you know it, they have grabbed your boy. Wait a minute! > > > > > > Hold on! And they say, "It's okay, his blood is clean. His blood is pure. > > > > > > We want to make sure he doesn't have the disease. We think he has got the > right type." Five tense minutes later, out come the doctors and nurses, > crying and hugging one another .. some are even laughing. It's the first > time you have seen anybody laugh in a week, and an old doctor walks up to > you and says, "Thank you, sir. Your son's blood type is perfect. It's clean, > it is pure, and we can make the vaccine." As the word begins to spread all > across that parking lot full of folks, people are screaming and praying and > laughing and crying. > > > > > > Then the gray-haired doctor pulls you and your wife aside and says, "May > we see you for moment? We didn't realize that the donor would be a minor and > we need ...... we need you to sign a consent form." You begin to sign and > then you see that the number of pints of blood to be taken has been left > blank. > > > > > > "H-how many pints?", you ask. > > > > > > And that is when the old doctor's smile fades and he says, "We had no idea > it would be little child. We weren't prepared. I'm sorry sir, we need it > all!" > > > > > > "But but .. You don't understand." > > > > > > "We are talking about the world here. Please sign. We need it all!" > > > > > > "But can't you give him a transfusion?" > > > > > > "If we had clean blood we would. Can you sign? Would you sign?" > > > > > > In numb silence, you do. > > > > > > Then they say, "Would you like to have a moment with him before we begin?" > > > > > > Can you walk back? Can you walk back to that room where he sits on a table > saying, "Daddy? Mommy? What's going on?" Can you take his hands and say, > "Son, your mommy and I love you, and we would never ever let anything happen > to you that didn't just have to be. Do you understand that?" > > > > > > And when that old doctor comes back in and says, "I'm sorry, we've GOT to > get started! People all over the world are dying. > > > > > > Can you leave?" > > > > > > Can you walk out while he is saying, "Daddy? Mommy? Daddy? > > > > > > "Why, why have you forsaken me?" > > > > > > And then next week, when they have the ceremony to honor your son some > folks sleep through it ... some folks don't even come because they go to the > lake or the seashore .. some folks come with a pretentious smile and just > "pretend" to care. Would you want to jump up and say, "MY SON DIED FOR YOU! > DON'T YOU CARE?" > > > > > > Is that what GOD wants to say? "MY SON DIED FOR YOU. DON'T YOU KNOW HOW > MUCH I CARE?" > > > > > > "FATHER, Seeing it from YOUR eyes breaks our hearts. Maybe now we can > begin to comprehend the great Love YOU have for us." > > > > > > > > > *You can now spread the GOSPEL . or just delete this email. > > > > > > If you are not ashamed of GOD or what HE has done for you pass this on. > > > > > > > A friend is someone who fills our lives with > Beauty, Joy and Grace and makes the > world we live in a better and happier > place. > > Cleveland Coates