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Congrats, hope it's a good change for you and your family!

I personally would uphold my acceptance to the smaller company. Not only for some personal honor but also because that other company seems like a mess.

Jimmy Whitt is committing tomorrow, bmags you think you guys will get him? He's one of Illinois' CG targets, really hoping he pulls the trigger for us.

For a true shocker I would say Clemson fits that bill since they recruited him first. However, it's more likely USC or Tenn who gets booted.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 3, 2014 -> 09:47 PM) If the TWolves view Wiggins as a future superstar there's really nothing the Bulls can do. The supposed Mirotic/McDermott/Taj offer is a HUGE offer and they can't any better than that. Yea seriously, the Bulls have limited assets that they can offer, and they pretty much put their best offer possible on the table. It just so happened that the Cavs were willing to give up the #1 pick for Love, you can't compete against that usually.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 12:47 PM) I was pretty disappointed with Anderson hire, but after retaining Tim fuller and hiring Fulford, recruiting is not my concern. This is a damn good young nucleus. He has earned his three year window for success. I've been extremely impressed by their ability to recruit so far, seems like they got the attention of a lot of good players. We'll see how he can coach and if he can dig that program out but it's a good start to his tenure.

Huge pickup for you guys.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 31, 2014 -> 03:10 PM) Shiiit. That's it? There's just gotta be more.

I typically set half the sink up with hot, soapy water and I'll let the tough/greasy dishes soak there. Then, I'll apply dishsoap to a sponge and will start on the easier dishes (water running in other half the entire time). I reapply soap as needed.

So I found this great porn site with this smokin hot woman in a Sox jersey last night, highly recommend it.

I'm moving to Southport (just west of Wrigleyville) this month, seems to be a solid area and rent really isn't much more for what you get. I currently live in Rogers Park and pay about $600 for my portion for a much smaller apartment, whereas I'll be paying $850 in Southport. And yea, avoid the frat havens every time, but plenty of good places still out there. The biggest thing for me is just being closer to all my college friends so I can more easily hang out with them because right now it takes about 45-60 minutes to get to them (I live about 15-20 mins from the red line currently). So playing basketball, watching games, etc will be much easier.

I love Milwaukee, I have some friends from college that live there and I go to visit all the time. Great city, it's big but you can get around really easily (we drove through the city one Sunday morning in like 20 minutes). The bars are spectacular, lots of great local beers served and there are ton of bars on the river that are casual and don't charge exorbitant prices (Harp is one of my favorites, definitely geared towards a younger crowd but great porch overlooking the river and $7 double whiskey cokes that are loaded). One of my friends is really into a young adult group that is trying to get more activities in the city grads and such. I would definitely move up there if my work was a bit closer.

Used it in Paris actually, great experience even there.

I'm just going to go with the 80/20 rule.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 21, 2014 -> 03:50 PM) It also feels a bit like Halo. I didn't find anything to wow me really. There's nothing wrong with it, but there's also nothing that makes me want to spend $60 on it. For me personally, Borderlands had fantastic writing in an intriguing plot. I have no idea if Destiny will deliver that, if it doesn't then it's just a good PvP game but nothing special. Considering the voice acting in Alpha and the somewhat better acting in Beta, I don't have high hopes for a massively entertaining storyline to help feed interest.

QUOTE (TRU @ Jul 21, 2014 -> 03:45 PM) It feels more like Halo than Borderlands. The loot drops and finds arent nearly as much as they are in borderlands. It has a lot of the same ideas though. Tough to tell since I maxed out the BETA in one sitting and cant progress or find anything better anymore. Yea lvl8 is fairly easy to achieve, I've found some better weapons/armor but they were lvl9 so useless in the beta.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 21, 2014 -> 03:17 PM) It feels like Borderlands. Meh, in a way but still completely different imo. I've enjoyed the game quite a bit, the PvP platform is fun and the missions once baked out will be good. I wouldn't call it a GOAT game, but it's a very good game that should provide lots of hours of entertainment.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 18, 2014 -> 02:41 PM) Bragg has already mentioned Illinois, Kansas, and Kentucky will be 3 of his 5 official visits. I think its really between these 3 as Ohio State has fallen back. But Kentucky has been hot on some others like Doral Moore. Evans and Thomas have said that Illinois will be getting official visits as well. No he has not, he has stated they will be in his top 5 but he has not said that Illinois will for sure get an official visit, only UK has been set and confirmed by him. Link We are in good positions, but thinking all 3 of Bragg/Thomas/Evans are coming to Illinois is just foolish at this point in the recruiting season. If we get one of them it'll be a great get considering our recent history and the fact that they are all 5* players (Evans is a high 4/5 depending on the scouting service).

QUOTE (Boogua @ Jul 18, 2014 -> 01:35 PM) Bragg has definitely been on campus. He has mentioned that he had a fantastic visit and that it would be hard for other teams to top it. It happened last year I believe. I agree with everything you said though. I think the Illini get Evans, have an okay shot with Thomas, and I don't think Bragg comes (especially considering he's waiting until spring I think) Yea I thought he had been, I know we had an in home visit with him in which he stated that it put Illinois right at the top of his list (by that I mean top 3). Can't remember if he had the same comments after a campus visit.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 18, 2014 -> 12:30 PM) Bragg has been real pro Illini as of late. And Thomas was showing some Illini love on Instagram the other day. Encouraging to see. Encouraging, but remember Evans and Thomas haven't even been on campus yet. Bragg may have been but I can't remember. I think we get Evans, Thomas seems to love the attention and it just so happens Illinois fans are giving it to him. Whether that means he comes to Illinois I have no idea, we have a good shot but I would not be surprised at all to see him go elsewhere (Rock/OSU stay away from him already). Bragg, while the staff has been doing a fantastic job recruiting him, I just don't see him turning down UK/KU at this point for Illinois.

I've got friends who complain all the time about busy season as an accountant, just like going into law you pretty much expect these hours. It's much easier to think you can handle those hours then when you actually have to do it, plus your life may have changed drastically (significant other, family, etc). Personally, I work in IT Security, part of that is being available for off hour work including an on call rotation. My friends give me grief when I saw I can't go out because I'm on call, but they'll complain how I make more money. I've got one friend in particular, she works as at a major TV channel company around ad sales (she essentially finds slots for her clients to air ads per their contracts), it's a strict 8 hr a day job. Meanwhile, I average about 50-55 hours a week (part of it is me doing extra out of my own accord, which has gotten me promoted and multiple raises) and I legitimately make double of what she does. She complains about money/being cheap all the time, but has more opportunities to go out/do things after work compared to me. Personally, I like making more money compared to having that extra free time at this stage in my life. My goal is to work extremely hard to solidify my career and to get me to where I want to go. Not that I'll be lazy later, but I don't want to hamper my future by not taking advantage of a time in my life where my one major responsibility is just work. It's all about what you are willing to do and put up with, fortunately I find IT work to be a challenge and keep me interested even though the pay is what drew me to staying with it as a career.

Fox news reporting that his high school, Prime Prep, is actually being shut down by the state.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 09:50 AM) Wow, that was an awful off-season for Morey. He should literally be fired. Yeah, Bulls should have cleared all their space and just hoped. If Gar / Pax did what Morey did this off-season, wow is all I could say. No one had a worse off-season then Houston. But I thought we was being anointed on here as the king of the offseason??

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 12:16 AM) You work at Baxter? No, but I'm in Lake Forest about 10 mins away from there. I used to work at a company that was just down the street from them as well.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 10:33 AM) Had a phone interview with Baxter labs yesterday and they scheduled a face to face interview for next Tuesday. The problem, it's in f***ing Round Lake, IL. straight. f***ing. boonies. I plotted a metra course but it only gets me 3.0 miles away from the lab. Anyone live out or near this area that could give me tips? Damn, if it was the Deerfield location I would've been able to drop you off easily, but Round Lake is pretty far out from where I work.