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QUOTE(Wong & Owens @ Dec 16, 2005 -> 04:43 PM) Technically true, but then I still don't understand what the end result would be here. Are you saying that you believe that you can follow two different religions, by piecing them together and avoiding the parts where they would conflict? Again, I'm severely curious, that's all. We're not approaching it religiously at all. He is just very curious about other cultures and we believe one good way to learn is to experience part of them. All we will be doing is lighting the Menorah each night and maybe get him a few tiny things. It's a nice story, too.

QUOTE(Steff @ Dec 16, 2005 -> 04:21 PM) Can't they show him the different ways of celebration without compromising their personal beliefs..? Exactly Steff. No where in the story of Chanukah does it compromise the role of Jesus. We are still celebrating his birth, then we are observing another gift from God that happened some 300-400 years before the birth of Jesus. That's how we are approaching it. Steff: Mrs. Ribbie says "Hi" right back at cha!

My Son, Mikey, came to us a few days ago and asked us about Chanukah and why don't we celebrate it. (To give you some background, my son just turned 7 in December and is in the first grade.) We explained that we are Catholic and we celebrate Christmas because it is Jesus' birthday. He understood that, he told us. Mikey went to Catholic school for pre-school, but now he is in Public school for first grade in Downers Grove. He attends CCD once a week. They were talking about the different holiday celebrations in class. Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza...etc. Something about Chanukah caught his imagination. He liked that it was called the "Fesitval of Lights", that a Menorah looked pretty. He asked us why we could celebrate both. He said a girl in his class is celebrating both. So we agreed. Why not? Mikey has always been very interested in different cultures and people. We felt no reason to stifle his natural curiosity. So, on a small scale, we will be observing Chanukah this year. We have a Menorah(courtesy of a Jewish friend) to light and a dreidel to give Mikey. He is rather excited. I see nothing wrong in trying this for one year. The story of Chanukah is quite uplifting. Any other advice from my Soxtalk friends on what we can do during this time? Again, we're keeping this on a small scale...Christmas is expensive enough.

Tabloids should learn to read...it'll save them money. Here's Teri's van:

69 dude!!!

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 15, 2005 -> 01:39 PM) I like DDs myself...Oh wait, we might not be talking about the samethings here... Now we are...

http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=44396

And the first game Vasquez loses and Tejada goes 0-4 with 4Ks, Jay will be calling for Kenny head. Don't bother with that windsock...read something more productive with your time.

QUOTE(Steff @ Dec 15, 2005 -> 08:41 AM) I almost wish I was in NY for this shindig tomorrow. Yahoo is going to stream it live though.. It is going to be insane. I'm recording the radio broadcast.

I also loved hearing the old crew back together this morning. My favorite moments, and I know I speak for my wife also, were the times during the "Magic Johnson Show". Magic's show was god-awful and Howard spent at least an hour every day dissecting it and tearing into him. It was gold! Then Magic invited him on the show and Howard had his "band" play the song "Wipe-out" with a couple professional farters. Great stuff!

QUOTE(TLAK @ Dec 14, 2005 -> 08:28 PM) He has trash canned the best hitter I ever saw in Frank Thomas and traded the man threw the best single ½ inning a baseball I have ever seen in my life, in Orlando Hernandez. He disposed of the epitome of the World Championship team in Aaron Rowand, a guy we watched grow and regress in Marte and a guy who took one for the team in April that haunted his entire season in Vizcaino. He discarded Carl Everett who carried the offense at times. He dismissed the man who hit a game winner in the first World Series the team went to in 46 years. He is bringing in some big names to replace them but I miss my guys. I waited all my 53 years for a championship and now 6 of the 25 heroes from the playoff roster plus Frank – a quarter of them – are gone and we haven’t even gotten to spring training yet. The magic of 2005, of our guys, a team that nobody else respected but knew in its heart it could do it, a team that got great plays from the most unlikely sources is gone. The warmth I felt for the team going against all probabilities is being replaced fantasy baseball-like expected run production ratios. When Williams starts his BS about the Sox being a family all the players need to do is look how Frank, Aaron, Orlando, Damaso, Luis, Geoff and Carl were all s*** canned within 2 months of winning the ring for them -great family. When is Kenny going to stop killing the best thing that ever happened to the White Sox for a half century? Seriously though...ask the 2003 Angels what it's like not trying to improve a team after winning the world series and not making ONE move in the off-season.

What ever you guys do...Don't tell TLAK that David Caruso left NYPD Blue...He'll never forgive ABC.

Someone take TLAK's keys away...he's not driving home. Sleep it off and tomorrow you'll be making sense again.

ENTER THE DRAGON: Budget $850,000 (estimated) Gross $25,000,000 (USA) $90,000,000 (Worldwide) $3,307,526 (Hong Kong) Filming Dates 25 January 1973 - 2 April 1973 CHINESE CONNECTION: Budget $100,000 (estimated) That's all they had on that film. All info from IMDB.com

Happy Birthday!! To quote The Ramones: Go to Hell, you old bastard!

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Dec 9, 2005 -> 11:04 PM) Just to make matters that, I and a few others on this board have as many sources as Offman do (offman isn't exactly a rumors expert, although he has improved the past year or so). Offman said during his live Thursday evening update that "his sources tell him the White Sox are very interested in veteran Mike Myers after the Marte deal"...even though he signed with the Yankess that afternoon. Oops

QUOTE(jasonxctf @ Dec 9, 2005 -> 11:43 AM) is it just me or are teams in the Central Division much more active this off season than in previous years. That's what happens when one of teams in the division wins the whole shabang!

Any word on the Pharmacist of Rashundi?

2 hours and 45 minutes here... Ugh... EDIT: It usually takes me 30 minutes to drive home.

He said we was "bombed" after spending the night at P. Diddy's party!

QUOTE(Felix @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 01:37 PM) Maybe for Bobby Abreu! Peter Gammons mentioned that today...somewhere...

Wasn't there some rule about insulting players???

QUOTE(TLAK @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 07:01 AM) Hmm... I concur your "Hmm"

QUOTE(BigEdWalsh @ Dec 7, 2005 -> 09:58 AM) HOORAY for that!! I've never heard Tommy John announce but he always has been a real class guy and I agree this may be a real good choice. Welcome back to the Southside, Tommy! We could all wear slings and have a "Tommy John" day!

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