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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 9, 2012 -> 05:56 PM) Grow up in an area where a bunch of your friends are cheering for the Cubs, getting out of school to go to Cubs games, your family/grandparents have a Cubs fan in there, and you somehow wind up a Sox fan by age 9...you'll figure out the Cubs hatred really really quick. THIS. It's why I dislike U of I so thoroughly as well. When the Cubs were in the NLCS and U of I in the Final Four, I was "expected" to root for them because I lived in the area. God forbid I root for my Sox and NIU teams as well. Outside of my nuclear family, everyone else is Cubs fans so it was never ending. Then Bartman happened. Then Sean May and Raymond Felton. It was beautiful. And finally, '05. THE GLORY THAT WAS '05. We got to rub it in, even though some Cubs fans switched allegiances over night and were now "Sox" fans. It's also why Waldo the White Sox Wolf should have been a full blown mascot. Being a Sox fan was like being a lone wolf in a sea of baby bears.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 9, 2012 -> 05:56 PM) Grow up in an area where a bunch of your friends are cheering for the Cubs, getting out of school to go to Cubs games, your family/grandparents have a Cubs fan in there, and you somehow wind up a Sox fan by age 9...you'll figure out the Cubs hatred really really quick. THIS. It's why I dislike U of I so thoroughly as well. When the Cubs were in the NLCS and U of I in the Final Four, I was "expected" to root for them because I lived in the area. God forbid I root for my Sox and NIU teams as well. Outside of my nuclear family, everyone else is Cubs fans so it was never ending. Then Bartman happened. Then Sean May and Raymond Felton. It was beautiful. And finally, '05. THE GLORY THAT WAS '05. We got to rub it in, even though some Cubs fans switched allegiances over night and were now "Sox" fans. It's also why Waldo the White Sox Wolf should have been a full blown mascot. Being a Sox fan was like being a lone wolf in a sea of baby bears.

Also, I was FINALLY beginning to like Kobe. I like Nash and Pau. I was gonna be happy for Nash to get a ring. Now? I won't hope an injury on Dwight, but it would be the greatest karmic justice ever. He's treated so many people like s*** because of his terrible decision, and he still wins in the end.

This deal makes no sense for Orlando. At least New Orleans got Gordon and Rivers.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 9, 2012 -> 06:04 PM) Thanx. Thanx. I take it back. Spell words out like they should.

My FB Status: So, is Hope Solo going back to the Olympic Village to celebrate by "bumping fists" or whatever she said? Friend: Maybe she'll just go solo.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 9, 2012 -> 04:35 PM) Cubs. Easy. October, 2003 was arguably the worst month of my life until a hero, a champion, a wonder to behold, a dear good friend of mine intervened and put an end to the horror that had been that month: Mr. Steven Bartman.

f*** Morneau and the Twins. Disappointed there's more Tigers than Twins votes.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 9, 2012 -> 10:30 AM) So, watching the olympics, it's pretty amazing seeing peak Lebron James. I'm pretty sure it's just in the books the heat will win 2 in a row. Nope, Derrick Rose will have the most miraculous recovery in history and defeat the Heat in 7.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 9, 2012 -> 09:16 AM) Time to boycott the NBA: http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/0...ic-vs-the-lgbt/ Or I'll boycott the Magic. Or just not be mad at Dwight.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Aug 8, 2012 -> 09:57 PM) and three hours from now youll end up on the wiki article for iphone having no idea how you got there. Hate those stupid wiki sessions where you just keep clicking and clicking and end up on something that isn't even close to what you started with. Fun fact: If you click the first the wiki-link in each article (outside of the parentheses) you end up at Philosophy eventually. For example, this just worked with "Mass Effect" "Mars" "Chimichanga" and "Chicago White Sox"

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 9, 2012 -> 02:40 AM) greg is really an outstanding guy. Who cares that he has a hard-on for ozzie as I do snooki and j-wwow. greg is great. I know. It's just since Robin was hired, he and I rarely agree. I documented the exact moment in the Robin Ventura Hired thread. But greg is pretty awesome.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 9, 2012 -> 01:55 AM) Fox Sports shouldn't have gone there. That segment sickened me. Sometimes people forget these gymnasts are 16 f***ing years old. They don't even have driver's licenses in some cases. Shut the f*** up, adults. GREG AND I AGREE.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 8, 2012 -> 08:47 PM) You would need to increase the atmospheric pressure substantially. The surface cannot currently support life. At some point in the past, Mars had a denser atmosphere. There is a possibilit of supporting life underground, but deep into the rocks. Stop using geological knowledge to crush my dreams. I'm currently in Wiki-freefall because I looked up Terraforming...then Terraforming of Mars...then Colonization of Mars.

I love when Gordon hits the ball.

Man, I now am stuck thinking about how cool it'd be to have a terraformed Mars. Sad it won't happen in my lifetime.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 8, 2012 -> 08:35 PM) There will be plenty of color images. If you could find liquid water to plant next to...you'd be quite famous. You'd also have totally overturned thermodynamics. Ok, I need a rocket, some pop-tarts, and a battery powered heater. (The whole plant seeds thing was quite facetious. I know they want to find out if it can support life, most likely so they could terraform it)

Two things: 1) Sad it's not in color. 2) Should have attached seeds to it, plant near water. LET IT PLANT LIFE TO BUILD OXYGEN.

ADA is a pimp.

nice K.

Good read by Frenchy.

1-2-3 for Quetzalcoatl.

Why Mass Effect 2 is one of the greatest games ever made. This reminded me how much I love ME2. The story was ungodly great. I loved all those characters. Felt pain when Ashley turned her back on Horizon. None of my squad died, but I was terrified that they would. All the characters became people. Mordin: Silly, quirky doctor to deeply troubled man trying to atone for his actions. Thane: Badass looking assassin to dying father trying to find his son. Jacob: Standard soldier to a boy raised with no father and someone who becomes your teammate, not Cerberus's hired gun. Grunt: Super-krogan to a newborn with no place to call his home. Jack: Crazy murderer to abused child from birth. Kasumi: Thief to someone who saw her lover die. Legion: A Geth sent to copy Shepard, to a being that helped fight it's own kind because they were Reaper controlled. Miranda: Hot b**** in charge to a person trying to live up to Daddy's demands of perfection and ended up saving her sister, who she never knew. Samara: Space police to tortured mother. Zaeed: Mercenary to...angry mercenary. Ok, not much for him. But I was mad when Miranda, Thane, Jack, and Kasumi couldn't be squadmates in 3. The rest of the characters...it made sense. It really hurt that I was powerless to prevent it. And that's why ME3's ending sucks. No closure. Still haven't seen extended, because I'm waiting for Leviathan and need to get my Galactic Readiness back up.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 8, 2012 -> 04:46 PM) +1 for proper use. QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 8, 2012 -> 04:49 PM) Most, if not all memes are hyperbolically broad generalizations. So what. I meant I hate when they aren't used correctly. Condescending Wonka is would more properly "Oh, you boycott Chick-Fil-A for not supporting gays? Tell me more about how they're directly harming gay people."

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 8, 2012 -> 12:33 PM) 4967. Just 33 newbies to go. DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUN.