Texsox

Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes ... the ones who see things differently ... they're not fond of rules.... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things ... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones who do. I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do. In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service. Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. The people who built Silicon Valley were engineers. They learned business, they learned a lot of different things, but they had a real belief that humans, if they worked hard with other creative, smart people, could solve most of humankind's problems. I believe that very much. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. All from Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 02:51 PM) Also... am I the only person who clicks on this thread almost excited to see who died? Then I find out most of the time I have no idea who it is so I need not bother tweeting or posting something about it? How f***ed up is that? QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 24, 2011 -> 02:58 PM) Nope, I'm right there with you. Morbid, ain't it? We really should do a death pool. Scoring is simple, we pick a start and end date, you earn points based on the age of the celebrity that passes. 100 minus their age generally works well. Pick 20 celebrities. We could go November 1, 2011 through October 31, 2012. Seems kind of cool to end on Halloween. Thoughts?

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QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Oct 5, 2011 -> 04:23 PM) Yes, a very bad dream. For the GOPerheads

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 5, 2011 -> 04:24 PM) Even if one were to hold discourse on this topic predicated around the extant American governmental system, one may still be tempted to ask why coalescing power at the State level is an ideal structure, preferable to further delegating State power to local municipalities. Surely, if the claim that States act as a "test bed" of Democracy for various policies and that citizens can freely and easily relocate to the State that endeavours to enact their personal preferences most closely, then one can further reason that delegating the aforementioned powers to an ever more granular level maximizes one's ability to live with one's own ideal governance. Thank you, I am reading 8th grade ESL papers right now.

Quietly so no one sees is an awesome thread title for this.

Palin - Perry would be a dream ticket.

Guns make some people brave. I have no doubt that given two scenarios, a town where everyone has guns, and a town where no one has guns, there will be less murders in the town without guns. I also believe we tend to overlook the words regulated and militia when discussing what our founding fathers meant. Plus, in 1787 if you wanted meat, you generally were on your own to get it. So the world is much different than when the U.S. Constitution was written. So I do not believe a person not in an organized militia has a guaranteed right to own a gun. I also believe citizens have a right to be able to protect themselves, both with a gun, and from guns. There is the balance that is difficult at best.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 4, 2011 -> 08:15 PM) It's a philosophical question, not "how does American government function" question Gotcha. I forget we have a well educated group here. The average Joe Sixpack tends to forget that.

Turns out SS has some strange publishing house fetish.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Oct 4, 2011 -> 07:01 PM) Chris Christie announces he's not running for President. Maybe now FOX can stop shilling for this guy every 5 minutes. His campaign for VP just kicked off . . .

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 23, 2011 -> 12:35 PM) This probably deserves its own thread but why are States the magic demarcation line? Why not counties? Townships? Why should Springfield be able to push us around and tell us what to do? Because we were states that came together to form a nation. Individual states voted to accept a new constitution, which we are still using. That constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation which created strong states and a very week national government.

Have you any grey poupon?

Useless features that took forever to load.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 3, 2011 -> 08:56 PM) It is a good thing that this guy is dead. It is not a good thing that we had to ignore the law to make it happen. That is true. I'm not certain if opening up the debate for something that may happen again in five years is the correct thing to do.

North creates a fictional character to get ratings, he'd change if he had to.

Quickly getting annoyed with a web site

And no where in the article does it say that he wants to be the starter. People are making a bunch of assumptions that are not supported by the article. But I know it is unpopular to suggest that Ozzie mishandled the lineups. If there was one thing that Oz did very well was make certain the guys on the field were ready and gave the team the best chance to win.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 3, 2011 -> 01:06 AM) So man on third and they don't walk Pujols, lefty pitching. Yes it's Lee, but he's already been hit tonight. Base hit by Albert, winning run scores. So do you all want Manuel fired after what he's done? My point? Folks, all managers make bonehead moods. The players have to bail them out. If they don't, they are bums. You guys would FRY OZZIE for not walking Pujols in that situation. If we lost the series you'd be saying: "All the momentum was lost when Ozzie didn't walk Pujols." And what if New York loses to Detroit? Their fans will be livid? Hey it's 1-1. Leyland was a bum the seasons Minnie kept winning the division. What has the Angels' manager done lately? What happened to Clint Hurdle after being the first half darling? They sucked the second half. It's about the players, baby, not the manager! And a constant in sports is managers come and go. They have a bit of magic for a season or a few more, then it fades and then they, and the team, needs a change of scenery.

Once baseball owners wise up and replace managers with computers, the world will be a better place.

It seems like y'all are being kind of unfair to the man. Y'all do understand his complaint was sitting after a good game and was kept in the lineup after a bad game? And seriously, do you really want a roster full of players that do not care if they get into the line up or not? "I'm just here for the paycheck, I don't care if they play me or not, just keep the checks coming?"

Well he's set for life. The club pays for all his meals and stuff while on the road. If he buys a modest house in the suburbs and keeps his expenses to $100,000 a year, he's got 80 years covered. He could retire after that, unless he's all about the money or some crazy s*** like that.

From what I could translate he's confused why he would pick up a couple hits and then the very next day Ozzie would have him sit. Gee, where have I heard that same complaint? Could it be HERE?

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Sep 30, 2011 -> 06:20 AM) Find Craft Beer is a pretty good app. It doesn't give prices, but it'll find places (bars, restaurants, breweries, stores) that sell craft beer close to you. It gets all its information from users, so it's decent in that respect. Cool. I'll download it. Android or iOS?

Zoophilia sells, but in small quantities.