Texsox

Useless to try and use a AT&T phone in my daughter's apartment on Lake Shore Drive (If I typed LSD it would have spun out of control). Does AT&T have any linkup with WiFi to make calls like T-Mo?

The same judge last year sent a kid to jail for assault stating he could get the rehabilitation he needed behind bars. Guess what one of the differences was between the two kids?

Really enjoying the weather this week. We should be hitting high 70s low 80s by the end of the week. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 10:49 AM) Pitcher A - 16-6, 3.49 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 167.2 IP, 30 GS Pitcher B - 12-10, 3.05 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 204.1 IP, 31 GS Tell me, who are you going to sign? If you truly believe that W-L means anything, you are going to pick pitcher A, which means you are going to take Jorge De La Rosa over Felix Hernandez. You'd have a tough time justifying that to the fan base. W-L is meaningless for a pitcher. Cherry picking two players to prove a point isn't necessarily valid. There are a lot of stats to look at with a player. Each situation is different and to make the right judegment you have to evaluate each player individualy. And why would the fan base prefer Hernandez? Because of his 204.1 IP? What stat would make them prefer him? Or is it watching him pitch and understanding the complete package?

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 11:14 AM) Why should I really care? That is a great question. Perhaps you shouldn't, maybe you don't have the capacity to empathize or even care. I care because I want to leave this planet better than when I arrived. For everyone. I care because the people that died deserve us to care. I care because the children that died could not and never will, stand up for themselves. I care because I give a damn about people. I care because our society failed its most basic task, to protect the people living here from harm. I could go on, but you get the idea. Your ideal world is people not caring about each other, in my ideal world people do care about each other.

Knowledge of zombies is essential to survival.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 02:50 PM) Disgusting. They should really make it a crime for school officials to actively prevent/stall investigations or try and talk victims out of reporting someone. I'm surprised that girls father didn't beat the s*** out of the principal. If that was my daughter and I was being told that we should be quiet to keep a rapists scholarship options open, well, I'd probably be arrested myself. I would be shocked if this happened at my school and I believe it is very, very rare.

Adios snow and cold!

Weather here was beautiful yesterday, 75 and sunny. I'm waiting for a repeat. I need to get my camper ready for next week.

and that sucks

I have conflicting thoughts with this. I want Frank to get in as an example of playing the power game cleanly in baseball. I don't want him to get in based on not using PEDs. He deserves to get in based on his career performance. I don't want to hear reports that he got in because he "played it clean". I want kids to know you can be successful and not cheat.

s*** no.

Quite the weather we've had this week.

Yet there is still hockey and baskeball being played.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Dec 12, 2013 -> 09:03 AM) I have no problem with the catcher getting run over if they are blocking the plate. It is when the catcher is in front of the plate or barely covering it and the runner aims for the catcher instead of trying to score that I don't like. But if they are going to ban collisions, they had better start enforcing no blocking of the plate without the ball or runners are going to start coming in spikes up. A great slide and a cloud of dirt is more exciting to me than seeing if the runner can knock the ball of the catcher's glove by hitting him hard enough.

We have Texas Schools Week in March, I may set up the game where kids that qualify can shoot a waterballoon at me. I will have the Boy Scouts build a trebuche (not certain if I spelled that correctly).

Useless to resist.

I hope the family spoils the judge with a very nice donation for his next campaign, it's the least they can do.

He's on a roll

Either it's all the trades and signings or people are starting to get jobs and are working during the day.

BTW, if you are heading through a Mexican neighborhood a good Torta shop is good eats.

It's the owners trying to save themselves from themselves.

Can't explain why this started a little slow this year.

I use to "Fill my Belly at Ruben's Deli" when I was working in Skokie. Loved that place. As a teacher I have 40 minutes to go, eat, and return. Subway works.

You have to love that Bears game last night, especially here in Texas. There is another teacher from Chicago at the school. We just high fived this morning and laughed at the Cowboy fans walking in.