Texsox

Oh how cool it was watching my students using an iPad dictionary ap for their semester exam. They would rarely pick up the print dictionary, but give them a better tool and they used it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 14, 2011 -> 02:09 PM) cst_Cowley cst_Cowley Hit unfollow then and take your ass to a shiny, happy place. I'm sure Vanilla Ice across town can make u smile with his no-opinion opinions. Well at least he finally admits they are opinions instead of news. QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 14, 2011 -> 02:20 PM) It sure does sound like Cowley is talking about his Twitter feed not his column. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 14, 2011 -> 02:23 PM) No way. That is his direct quote. I am just breaking stories that no one else in town will tell you. Hit unfollow sure does sound like twitter-speak to me. But I don't follow the Sun Times.

It sure does sound like Cowley is talking about his Twitter feed not his column.

Actually, every negative Cowley article has been shot down. We are very consistent.

Anyone think this sounds like Coop?

They lost my support weeks ago and this just reinforces why.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Dec 13, 2011 -> 03:45 PM) I know it's similar, but it's also extremely different. Braun got caught like a week after being given the award. It seems pretty stupid that he'd be allowed to keep it. I agree it is stupid, but is there much of a difference between a week, a month, or 5 years? Either he earned it or not. And as noted he wasn't caught during the season, it is probably he's to keep. But no matter how hard he tries to clean it up and give it a shine, it will never shine as bright as the "clean" players.

Lucky me, home earlier than usual.

Isn't #2 how it is suppose to work?

Sorry, I was wrong.

I am wondering about all the Oz love. Maybe he's a pro's pro.

I know what I want for Christmas . . . Do they offer gift certificates?

Just sitting waiting for my soccer players to be picked up.

Did you mean "Come Together" man? Which was a half way decent cover featured on a very stupid movie.

There are probably two or three college classes that would help someone understand the material, most classes would not. So I can believe SS's comment. Hell, I'd probably take it one step further and believe that some HS dropouts could understand. Just like most of us understand the stuff that comes with our jobs. Work at it 40 hours a week for a few months or years and I'll bet you have a pretty solid understanding.

Two stray shots and they both hit?!

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Dec 12, 2011 -> 07:57 PM) Hmm. I'm not sure I agree with Mr. Southsider here. I think most people really don't understand the underpinnings of the American financial system. Maybe I'm naive. I believe what he is saying that with specific education, even a HS grad can understand the system. It just takes specialized training. I can agree with that.

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/edinbur...l-shooting.html I can't begin to say how much this is affecting me. I live in Edinburg.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 12, 2011 -> 07:26 PM) The funny thing is that there are plenty of people who are just HS grads who understand it completely. It isn't a matter of education, it is the right education. And I believe it is fair that investors who are interested should expel some effort to learn. I have just "trusted the system".

Aerosmith was a great stadium rock band from the 70s, but not as good as The Who

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 12, 2011 -> 01:55 PM) My wife had him for a border lit class at UIC. Supposedly they were in the process of making a movie, but I never heard much about it. The impression I received was he started out as the Border Patrol were evil and the illegals were sympathetic victims. By the end of the book he seemed to at least see things as a 50-50 kind of thing. And most Border Patrol officers I have met are pretty compassionate folks. They get frustrated and pissed off at times, but are trying to save lives.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Dec 12, 2011 -> 12:03 PM) If Cutler doesn't get hurt they are probably 10-3 right now. So I don't really think that was bathing in kool-aid. They were playing well. This reminds me of the NCAA season, the two best teams would have been in the same division.

I think this sums up the financial mess: I have BAs in Psychology and English, both from a Top 5* university, and I don't understand a damn thing you just wrote. So I'm guessing that well over 99% of Americans don't understand either. Assuming that everything you said is 100% correct, how do you convince the average American voter that it is more important to elect people who will implement these solutions than to elect people who will support/oppose abortion, raising taxes on the rich, gay marriage, cut wasteful spending, etc. Also assuming that the very people we elect to lead in this area make considerable fortunes in the current system. *For Hispanics

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 12, 2011 -> 10:31 AM) Tex, have you ever read The Devil's Highway? I think you might enjoy it. I have. Awesome book. It pains me that they crossed so unprepared. Any first year Boy Scout would have survived that trip.

http://www.dailyyonder.com/big-break-big-b...2011/12/05/3631