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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 30, 2013 -> 03:53 PM) The Cubs are simply a better and more talented team than the White Sox - the White Sox just happen to not be in a division with the Cardinals so they get to tease the silly idiots who think they have a chance a little bit longer. I enjoy distancing myself from Soxtalk for awhile and then returning and reading through posts by the same members (often year to year) who cannot seem to recognize a White Sox team for what it is. I don't know if immersing yourself in every pitch of every game and then coming on here to discuss it every day removes you objectivity, but it's troubling in some cases. This is not a well constructed ballclub. They will not be winning in the playoffs.

Get well soon, buddy!

QUOTE (Jillian Michaels' Abs @ May 30, 2013 -> 03:10 PM) Then clearly, they want the season to be over with. Good, we'll all back on this season much they same as 07, 09, 11 anyways -- forgettable. I'm hoping that the highlights of this season center around the emergence of Hector Santiago as a front line starter, and the stellar trade package we hopefully receive for Jake Peavy.

What an embarrassing series this has been.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 30, 2013 -> 09:47 AM) I'd go with this: DeAza 8 Ramirez 6 Rios 9 Viciedo 7 Konerko 3 Flowers 2 Peavy 1 Gillaspie 5 Keppinger 4 Is there some Beautiful Mind logic to having Peavy bat 7th? Or Flowers anywhere but 8th?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 30, 2012 -> 02:57 PM) Jesus. How many outs have we given up becuase of stupid s*** on the basepaths the last few weeks? It's mind boggling. What happened to this team on September first?

Yep, that's about expected. Just quick dragging this charade out Detroit and beat Minnesota. Also, I'm all for losing out the season. Why not enjoy their futility?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 30, 2012 -> 02:43 PM) One of the few things we haven't done while choking is throw a wild pitch on a IBB. Might as well Nate CHOKE CREDE!

This is quickly becoming fun-bad. They're incapable of generating offense, and when they do -- the pitching staff gives it right back. That irritates me more than anything as a fan, I couldn't imagine how the players feel. They haven't built momentum for anything but terrible baseball these last two weeks.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 30, 2012 -> 02:33 PM) Absolutely inexcusable for the coaching staff to be asleep there. It's only late September, still plenty of time left in the season to correct bullpen mismanagement.

Unbelievable. Stall now and warm the pen; he should be done.

That's nice of Tampa to give us that run.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 22, 2012 -> 05:07 PM) why not? God, you are annoying today.

Unbelievable. I can't stand Danks at this point. Nothing will deflate a team more. Everyone on that field is hating him now.

This is exactly the type of situation Danks aggravates everyone. His offense has given him a lead, if even one runner reaches Ventura has to get that bullpen warmed.

Rios is a completely different player. It's amazing.

Dunn, watch the play next time and don't try to prance like a ballerina over Olivo. Use your body, goof.

QUOTE (Baron @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 04:19 PM) There is the Rios we know and love Just stare a bit longer Rios. Maybe they'll forget you can run, too.

Well here's AJ. If he's batting can we assume he's able to catch if they so happen to tie the game? If so, HUGE mistake by Ventura.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 03:53 PM) Wow, just terrible managing not using your hottest hitter when he'd represent the tying run. Only excuse I'd accept is if Pierzynski is sore, but even so, throw out Fukodome for Viciedo. Today hasn't been good for Tank.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 03:39 PM) Up until a week ago, that would have worked. But Rios and Ramirez have been pretty dangerous. Maybe walk AJ, though, and try to get the DP ball from Rios or Alexei. Somehow, I wouldn't be shocked if it was Nathan Jones and not Addison Reed eventually emerging as the closer. Well, this inning so far has been appropriate. Konerko walked, Rios doubles....

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 03:32 PM) What about just moving everybody else up one spot? de Aza Dunn Konerko AJ Rios Alexei Dayan Beckham Morel Why not just walk Konerko and AJ every AB? Would we win another game this season?

I honestly believe most issues people have with workout programs like P90X (or a lesser extent Insanity) is how everyone ties together the nutritional guide with the workouts. When you're dividing your calories into certain percentages for protein, carbohydrate, and fats depending upon your progress in the program, you're consuming your life with what amounts to perfect nutrition. So when people are tired of putting together the ideal percentages the end result is: "well, everyone says I can't get the desired results without exactly following the nutrition guide, so whats the point of doing p90x?" Then they'll just quit and follow a Paleo Diet or some other fad. Last September, before beginning P90x I followed the nutritional guide formula for determining your caloric level. At 170 pounds it recommended I eat 2400 calories. I jumped it up to 3,000 because that seemed too low. But even then, after completing the workouts and eating what was required I wasn't feeling right. I wasn't feeling full enough for my liking. After completing a round of P90x in January, I had dropped to 160. I'm not suggesting the results were bad, but I just thought to myself this wasn't how I wanted to live my life. For one, I was too thin at 6'2 -- but additionally, the whole making sure this serving equals 100 calories, this scoop of peanut butter is one tablespoon, was maddening. I hated it. It's almost like it changes your mind for the worse. You begin to obsess over it. I loved the workouts, even though Horton's voice had become muted a long time back. But the nutrition....that alone was making me regret another round. It was then I just decided, f*** it. I'm going to find a collection of healthy foods and eat however much I want. If I gain a few extra percentages of body fat, so be it. Now I'm coming up on on three months post new diet phase. I feel better eating until I'm full and not stressing about how to divide carbs, fat, and protein throughout the day. If I had to guess, I'd say I easily take in over 4,000 calories a day. Although 4,000 calories in healthy eating terms is a TON of food. I doubt anyone here eats the amount of sweet potatoes that I do on a given day, haha. In this time, I've gained fifteen pounds and still remain at 10% body fat. I'm also very active with my job and playing sports, so there are additional factors to consider, but overall, I would have accepted gains in body fat. My advice is not to ignore nutrition; but forget about the calorie breakdown. Follow the workout programs and concentrate on selecting healthy foods, all the while eating as much as you desire. Is your goal to be fit, healthy, and look good; or have a body with 5% fat and a lifestyle that fixates on every morsel of food? If you're overweight, as many are who follow these programs, you'll still lose weight if you continue working out everyday. It's difficult to have a high caloric surplus eating healthy unless you purposely try to, as I did.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 04:59 PM) lol I definitely don't. This sounds so high schoolish but I made a Pro and Con list of her. 26 con's to 8 pro's. Half the pro's and based on looks so take those out and it's only 4 pro's. When my first 5 cons are: 1. Cheater 2. Liar 3. Alcoholic 4. Suicidal 5. Manipulative I probably didn't have to continue with the list haha. Ah, but the crazy ones are so damn irresistible, aren't they? This is the battle between emotions and reason. You know logically she's all those negative traits she wrote down, yet you still have this draw to her. I've been dumped several times, as I have been the dumpee, and it was one girl that unexpectedly broke up after a month of dating that affected my life the most. It came out of nowhere; I didn't have any clue from her behavior that she didn't want to be with me. Of course, I agreed to be her friend afterward in an attempt to weasel my way back in her life. All the while she was moving on, I was there looking pathetic meeting her out for drinks as a platonic friend. During the day I was spending hours browsing Google, online forums, going to bookstores; and of all the material I read none of it did anything to alter my behavior. It was as if I'd throw it all away from my memory when she sent out a feeler text. Well, it took half a year; but eventually, I pulled myself together and moved on. As did she. But I'll tell you this -- until she moves on, or you move on, prepare for this to be dragged out for quite awhile. No one will say the right words that will make it all fit together. You'll do that on your own, eventually. But until then, I'll add onto to the crowd insulting this woman. I'd go a step further than to say she's a b**** or cold; she's evil. Someone that lives off distress and drama will NEVER be content with anything. Just think, how will it be when she's middle aged with children and a boring career. Her personality will not change; it'll just be dormant. She'll be like this one nurse I know of who is in her 40's with a husband and nearly grown children, yet is sending nude pictures to firefighters and going out of her way to f*** them. One she was talking about running away with. When I asked the firefighter after the woman he said she was a wild child, married a nice guy, and now is bored with her life. This is EXACTLY how this woman will be, running around on you making you and your family look foolish for calling such a hag a wife/mother.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 29, 2012 -> 04:33 PM) I think I'm in the minority but I thought that movie was way overrated. The death sequences were pretty neat, the cinematography was good, and the main bad dude who does voices in the Simpsons was great (and needs to be in more bad-guy movies). But the movie itself was just boring as hell. I think Gosling had, in all seriousness, 10 total lines the entire movie. He just kept staring into the camera. I didn't really care for the ending either. I've heard people suggest as much before I viewed it, and after watching it I agree. "Drive" was probably created as a modern day "Thief" (which, if anyone hasn't seen, is very underrated) and although it doesn't draw all the comparisons, they have the same feel. If nothing else the director admires the work of Michael Mann. Mann, from my perspective, is excellent at character development. You care about the people in his movie. This was lacking with both Gosling AND Mulligan; a problem considering they're main characters. Gosling rarely displayed emotion and neither did she. They were terrible for each other; neither cared whether or not they were together. It was as if all they did together was sit, say a few words, then stare off into the LA skyline. Standard probably viewed Gosling as the harmless, potentially gay male friend. And when they kissed in the elevator it was ridiculous more than anything else. Yeah, it's exactly the moment no one aside from Gosling's fans were waiting for. And what better way to follow up that moment than to repeatedly stomp a hole in a man's skull. Mulligan, of course, exists the elevator and does nothing but stare afterward.