Texsox

We closed the schools today.

"So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?" — Hunter S. Thompson

We woke up to frozen water pipes. I made that one last flush count. Thankfully I have a Kuerig coffee maker with enough water for four or five mugs.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 01:39 AM) The man made up his mind what he was willing to do, and what he wasn't willing to do. I can respect that. ^^ that^^ Some people would continue to work at their jobs for less than half what they use to make, most would not.

They canceled classes for tomorrow, we are losing our May weather day. The boy's basketball (INDOOR) game was canceled for Saturday, the girl's (OUTDOOR) soccer game is still on. WTF?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 09:00 AM) There are good portions of this law, and those SHOULD remain law, and I hope through all of this they DO remain law. But as for a blanket statement like, "I like the law", all I can say is: no, you don't...you like the few portions of the law everyone likes...and you don't understand anything else about it (just like everyone else), so stop pretending you "like it all". Aside from the key points the law covers, which happen to be the only bullet points of this law anyone ever talks about, I guarantee now, the rest of it's a bunch of garbage designed to siphon money from the system. Insurance reform (and take this from a person working in health insurance) was necessary. But in the end, this bill fails on almost all other fronts...it does nothing to lower the cost of care/drugs/etc (despite people claiming it does, just knock it off, because it doesn't)...so it fails on almost all necessary fronts. You say the bill fails on all fronts, is that based on the portions you understand, the portions you don't understand, or the portions that affect your employer?

In winter there are hundreds of Cub fans down here. They all leave as soon as the weather in Iowa, Kansas, etc gets warmer. We are so far away from either Texas markets that the Astros and Ranger stuff is kind of split without much fierce rivalries. The only time I had to tone down my Sox love was during the world series, Astros fans seem to come out of the woodwork.

"Ozzie being Ozzie"™

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Feb 2, 2011 -> 08:11 PM) Yeeeup. They lost some plants on the grid up here and they can't keep up with the demand because of it, so rather then have the generators burn up due to too much pull, they are doing the rolling blackouts. It's terrible on a CNC shop (saw someone else mention that)... And Balta, the hotels (and JerryWorld ™ for that matter) that the teams are staying at for the Pooper Jerry Bowl are exempted from the blackouts. Ain't that nice of them? Stupid f***ers. Who takes care of the wires and poles up that way? We have AEP (formerly CP&L).

I am liking the states studying the 10th Amendment and attempting to nullify the law. I like the law, I like even more a legal challenge like this.

Quick chance to create some lessons. It seems ou schedule is basically all over the map the next two days. I'm going to do a couple reviews and regain traction on Tuesday.

Something ironic about Black History Month starting with a whiteout.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 2, 2011 -> 01:33 PM) I'm hearing from my co-workers that there are rolling blackouts in Texas today...the utilities are having all kinds of difficulties...anyone hear from Kap or Tex today? They hit my gf's school. She taught a lesson in the dark. We are starting an hour later tomorrow and two hours later on Friday. It must not be football season because all athletics have been canceled until the weekend. My soccer game was moved from 9am to noon. What was weird was I heard an interview with a spokesperson from our local electric provider and it was a friend of mine from Scouts. Funny to hear him "working". They believe the rolling blackouts will continue for the next couple days.

Oh boy, students and buses will arrive an hour later than normal tomorrow. Staff will be here at the same time. They also cancelled all athletics. Obviously it ain't football season

Mmmmm cold. The local utility is using rolling blackouts due to the overloaded demands.

I don't think we'll be b****ing about this contract for at least 4 or 5 months. This is one of those unspectaular moves that great franchises make.

Happy Birthday(s)!!

Currently: Teach kids, not subjects All time: When elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled Bonus: When the student is ready, the teacher appears.

Keeping warm is life or death today for some people.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 1, 2011 -> 09:41 PM) Off-topic... did you parents get taken care of? wtf, that sounds like a hit for the inheritance.

Zzzzzz, I am so sleepy. I am just not sleeping well lately,

Xantham, I have no idea what it is, but it was the first thing that came to mind

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Jan 31, 2011 -> 09:45 PM) It's really nothing to bring a small grill and a cooler full of beer. Get a group together where you carpool, get whatever tickets you feel are necessary (cheapies are nice if you're planning on spending a good chunk of time in the bar) and have each person bring a little something. It's really easy that way. You end up with a lot of good food at a cheap price and you have fun that lasts for hours. At Miller Park you could probably just sleep there if you wanted to. I've stayed there hours after the game, until literally being one of like 5 cars left in the parking lot, and nobody gives a s***. It's like heaven over there. But anyway, it all depends on the person. You may be a hardcore fan but you don't mind hosting tailgates and bringing along a revolving door of friends/family/co-workers (some of whom don't give two s***s about baseball) throughout the season, because the main thing is that it's fun for everyone and you get to go to the ballpark. And it's a little cheaper that way, too, plus some added benefits occasionally (it's not unheard of to bring a bigass cooler and end up leaving the park with more beer than you yourself bought in the first place). Or OTOH maybe you are just one of these (in my eyes rare) people who don't care about baseball much but just want the ballpark experience. Like another poster mentioned, maybe you do it for the kids. Why would you want to make it a big hassle having to fight traffic to get there, then after parking rush to get into the park, then having to buy all park food, and then sitting in your seats all game like it's a chore, and then leaving as soon as the game is over? Why not instead get there a couple hours early, bring a small portable grill, easily obtainable for $20 or so if you don't have one, maybe even cheaper, throw a few burgers/brats/dogs on, play catch with the kid, have a beer, sit around and chat for a while? Then when it's time to head in, instead of feeling rushed, or feeling like you have to kill time, you're leisurely strolling up to the turnstiles with the taste of beer brat in your mouth, and a nice little buzz going, and you're enjoying the summer sun, and you're just happy to be there. And to top it off, you're not going to be pressured into buying Nazi ripoff ballpark food. But yeah, everyone tailgates. Non-tailgaters don't even know what they're missing IMO. It all makes sense, I guess I was always around regulars and never noticed the one timers. Tailgating always seemed like the next level, not the first level. Deciding to go to a game, buying the ticket, finding the parking lot, etc. Then expanding the experience from there. Tailgating seemed like something for later trips.

SNOW! the word of the day in Texas

Anyone else having their returns delayed because of last minute changes to the tax code? Mine will not be processed until mid Feb at the earliest.