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The building is fairly small so 3 minutes works pretty well (mainly because 99.9% of the classes for a given grade are in the same hallway except for PE and lunch) The dress code policy at the school is not wearing baggy pants, no bandanas, no tight shorts, no midriffs, no plunging necklines/spaghetti straps, don't have clothes that promote inappropriate behavior and that sort of stuff. It isn't too out there at all. The door opens from the inside but is locked for the outside (that way late students can't sneak in) but I can open the door.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 28, 2006 -> 10:08 AM) This was exactly one of the points I made during my school board testimony. As much as we are educating kids, we are also giving them the tools that they need to succeed at whatever they are going to do after they leave our educational system. Things as simple as how you dress in a professional enviornment are important lessons to have learned when entering the workforce. And if you think the baggy pants thing is bad, the chair of the accounting department used to regulate his classroom like the workplace. You actually had to show up to class in professional accounting dress. If you were not on time, he locked the door at the second the bell rang. He made people quit activities and sports, not related to accounting on a regular basis. etc. His rational was that this is the way it was going to be in the real world, you might as well get used to it now. The locked door thing is actually the policy at the junior high I'm at. Students get 3 minute passing periods. When the bell rings, all the doors get shut and then staff "sweeps" the halls where they get the late students with passes and then let them into the room. Students get a detention for the first two tardies and then harsher punishments as it goes on. The administration should have gone with in-school suspensions. I kinda fail to see how sending them home with no supervision, TV, video games etc. is a real punishment. With an in-school suspension, they get all their work and are supervised that they spend the day doing their homework.

Hey gang, I need your help. My computer's battery has been on the fritz lately holding a little charge to the point where it wouldn't even charge up when I docked it back in the AC power supply. I got a blue screen of death saying something about my battery but I don't remember exactly what it was. I have a Dell Inspiron 8600. I recently got a new battery. I put the battery in and the battery light is on acknowledging that it is there, but it does not blink to show it is charging.. The system will not charge it and it just says "Running on AC power" with a consistent 33% charge rather than charging it fully up to 100%. It's been in 12+ hrs. now and not a single budge. Any ideas on how to get the batt to start receiving a charge? (Note: the AC adapter is still good as it is running the computer now)

I'd call this writer retarded but doing that would greatly insult the mentally handicapped. Doctors never lied to get us involved in a war with cancer. Doctors and the medical establishment were not idealogues who decided on their policy years in advance, evidence be damned. If the justification for a short-sighted Middle East policy is now being changed to 'cancer' as a means of getting people to support it, it's absolutely hilarious. The majority of people have now seen that bombing the world to pieces is not going to bring the world to peace. I actually thought the National Review wouldn't bring brainless trash. Too bad I was wrong.

QUOTE(Cuck the Fubs @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 11:49 AM) How can steriod, and HGH help you in golf?? You don't need to be massive to drive a ball 400 yards They can help fast twich muscles. Body builder exercises produce a higher volume of slow twitch muscle fiber, the antithesis of power production. Slow twitch fibers make a player slow, even though they may promote endurance. Hitting a golf ball/baseball requires accelerating a club/bat from a stand still to over 70 to 110 feet per second in a few milliseconds. Such a feat requires rapid force generation that can only be supplied by fast twitch muscle fibers.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 10:27 AM) That's because the main event is full of retreads. Eric Young is entertaining in this role, but I wonder how long this role can last. No one will miss Ron Killings. Surprised about Monty, except that I can see his ego convincing him that he's better than he really is. He REALLY needs a new finisher. Anyone he hits with that finisher shouldn't fall down for a 3-count, they should say "oh, excuse me" and keep walking. The Pounce...............please.......... I think Brown has a personal training business on the side as well. Making money without having to take all those bumps has to be nice. Plus, his push isn't the greatest. And yes, his finisher sucks ass. Plus, giving him mic time over 45 seconds leads to terrible promos.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 09:36 AM) Yes. Triple J, as I like to call him, needs to de-push himself. I think TNA might be worried about rushing Joe to the strap. His promos get kind of repetitive, IMO, and once he has to drop the strap a couple times, maybe his invincible aura is gone and people would see him as just another rassler. I like Joe, but I'm not a nutswinger. I see some limitations in him, but TNA needs to have someone else run with the belt for awhile, whether it's Joe, Monty Brown or whoever. JNJ (Just Not Jarrett) I believe Monty Brown and The Truth asked for their releases. TNA really needs a mid-card title outside of the X Division as well...and get Sting the Hell off my TV. Surfer Sting in the crow makeup is really annoying and he's not that good anymore either. I wanna see more of Eric Young. His gimmick is really growing on me. Same for the Paparazzi. Kinda sad that they can make the undercard really entertaining and the main eventers are pretty lackluster.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Aug 27, 2006 -> 08:39 AM) Very strong promo by Christian. If he were only taller and roided up, Vince would NEVER have let him leave.... Rhino is awful on the mic, too short to be a HOSS and he has those weird short arms. Weird short arms, eh? More like a T-Rex than a Rhino. Rhino is kinda like Sabu. He needs to not talk. Give him a mouthpiece or a manager because he is terrible on the stick. And TNA, would it be too much to ask to not have J-A-Double F J-A-Double R-E-Double T *shiny tooth "ding!"* not be NWA champ? He's already booked himself four title reigns already and he is not entertaining as a heel. Samoa Joe for champion. Samoa Joe is freedom.

From a small playlist of like 90 songs I've been listening to recently. Dynamite Hack - Boys in the Hood Propagandhi - Hailie Sallasse Up Your Ass Propagandhi - f*** Machine Sage Francis - Runaways River City Rebels - That's the Way It's Gotta Be Brother Ali - Victory Brother Ali - Blah Blah Blah Brad Paisley - Celebrity River City Rebels - 6 AM Sage Francis - I Apologize

Christian Cage pulls off the sympathetic heel to a fantastic degree in this awesome promo from iMPACT! last night. Cage is absolute gold on the mic.

QUOTE(Purdue129 @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 06:07 PM) The WWE and Kurt Angle have parted ways early due to Angle's personal issues. Is an Angle/Danielson match too much to ask for??? Angle's nearly dead from injuries and bumps. It's sad he's gotta take off for the impending divorce and injuries so I don't want to see him anyway near a ring.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 12:14 PM) And if you submit that in triplicate, with a $250 donation, you can be saved . . . Yes, send that to the "LCR Needs A Slush Fund" salvation drive!

QUOTE(MHizzle85 @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 07:32 PM) The match vs. Liger at SuperBrawl '92 and the '91 wargames match is on there? I was already sold, but now i'm sold even more. Any idea when the Pillman DVD comes out? Amazon.com is saying Sept. 26, 2006.

Hardcore Holly and "Our Teacher" Matt Striker (one of my absolute favorite gimmicks/wrestlers) are now ECW mainstays. This makes Tuesday nights just a tad more entertaining than they currently are. Also, they released the matches on the Pillman DVD: *Bruce Hart & Brian Pillman vs. Midnight Cowboys 4/23/88 for International tag team titles *Pillman vs. Lex Luger 10/28/89 Halloween Havoc *Pillman & Tom Zenk vs. Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin 2/12/90 *Pillman & Austin doing "A Flare for the Old" segment on WCW TV *War Games 1991 with Pillman & Sting & Steiners vs. Four Horsemen *Pillman vs. Ricky Morton 10/27/91 *Pillman & El Gigante vs. Barry Windham & Arn Anderson 6/12/91 loser leaves town match *Pillman & Windham vs. Johnny Gunn & Zenk 12/26/92 *Pillman & Austin vs. Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas 5/23/93 *WCW Thundercage with Pillman & Sting & Dustin Rhodes vs. Paul Orndorff & Austin & Rick Rude *Pillman vs. Jushin Liger from the first Nitro match *Pillman vs. Dean Malenko 1/22/96 Nitro *Pillman vs. Eddie Guerrero 1/23/96 Clash of Champions *Pillman vs. Austin 6/16/97 Raw *Hart Foundation vs. Austin & Shamrock & LOD & Goldust 7/6/97 Calgary Stampede *Pillman vs. Goldust 9/7/97 *Pillman vs. Liger 2/29/92 SuperBrawl from Milwaukee

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 24, 2006 -> 09:21 AM) Is it the loss of bodily functions that make it no fun, the understanding that the person is dead, or the stress of knowing you're the person's last chance? Dude, the worst part is that you might have to put your lips on another guy's!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 04:01 PM) Based on logical standards, she should have at least disclosed the connection or should be out today saying she didn't know in response to the press report. Based on the Scalia standard, the ACLU owes her a free hunting trip. QUACK!

My posters came in the mail and my classroom is finally ready to go for Get Acquainted Day tomorrow. I just gotta finish up a bunch of paperwork and getting my scheduling together for all the stuff I need to do/get done.

Anybody want to explain the last 15 mins. of Raw to me? A heel turning heel again, Vince yelling randomly and nearly crying and the Hardcore Icon smooching the keester of the damned senile, incest-angle pushing sports entertainment moron before crying and kicking a car in some very poor acting fashion. I tried to make sense of it or how it was even entertaining in the most liberal sense of the word.

QUOTE(T R U @ Aug 21, 2006 -> 04:47 PM) Flair while a face is still kinda of crazy, so I can understand him going after Melina with the bat and Foley trying to protect her, since shes heel as well, also makes sense in the situation however I dunno about him quitting just to save her.. Supposedly the feud is to continue, so it gives that a good end without making either of them look too terribly weak in that despite the bumps etc., they couldn't get each other to utter (as JR put it: 2 words, 6 letters "I quit.") Gordon Solie is spinning in his grave. I'm a fan of the feud and the matches but I think the feud is rushed at times to appease the casual fan rather than the hardcore smark. The casual fan can't wait for a few weeks for a decent feud with excellent psychology and buildup to occur, at least not when John "5 moves of Doom" Cena is ready to FU Edge/Lita and have the exact same thing happen again and again and again. I think the feud had pressure from WWE creative on Foley and Flair to set up for the PPV instead of taking the feud's progression more slowly. And a Raw musing: Hahahahahahahaha, Lita tossed that damn spinner belt in the river and we've got an Edge "Rated R Superstar" spinner belt. Fantastic! Jeff Hardy on Raw...seizmic waves of the overweight emo girls marking out can be felt across the globe.

Alterbridge never sounded so sweet! EDGE BEATS CENA! The ref didn't see the brass knucks. To all the Cena marks: http://oldmen.ytmnd.com/ Chavo d. Rey Show d. Sabu The Fossil who Jobbed to a Couch d. Randy Resthold after Hogan was rKo'ed Flair d. Foley (quality ending, Flair threatened to hit Melina with a barbed wire bat and Foley who was a mess quit so Flair wouldn't hit her) Batista d. Booker (DQ) DX d. Vince/Shane, Spirit Squad, Big Show, Finlay, Regal, Mr. Kennedy and Umaga EDGE D. CENA! Booker is going to be on Raw to be Edge's servant. Batista got booed. Big "Cena Sucks" chants in Boston. Possible Kane vs Umaga feud with Kane fighting Umaga to the back. Poor Glen Jacobs having to do the job so often! And the best part... Edge won with a LARIATOOOOOOOO! /puruesu mark

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 01:01 AM) I have about 30 more here if you can get here before I fall asleep! Where's Steph, she's in Plainfield, can't be too far away. Doh! lol, I'm in Chambana and have to be up somewhat early. Long day of cleaning, organizing, filing and putting up stuff in my classroom tomorrow since school starts Wednesday. I just hope I don't nearly die again due to tourist softheaded idiots on the roads.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Aug 20, 2006 -> 12:51 AM) OK, I am getting older, the gray hair gives it away, and tonight I had my birthday party. I still have almost 2 cases of beer left, and it is only 12:30! I know I am not 21 any more, but at least on special occasions, my mind like to trick me into thinking I am and having a little extra fun. By 11, everyone was gone except Juddling, and even he wasn't drinking then, just me. I have drinking wusses for friends! I mean, I only turn 40 once, not like a woman and their perrenial 29th birthday. One more beer, then bed time, I guess. I'll drink to birthdays. Hooray birthday parties! /slams a beer

QUOTE(T R U @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 05:20 PM) MAN I was wondering where the hell Masters went.. he was one of my favorites He initially got taken off the road for pain killers and has been getting his personal life in order. In the meantime, he's lost a ton of muscle mass from his "Masterpiece" days.

w00t! WWE is releasing a Brian Pillman DVD at the end of September. I hope they put his matches with Owen, Liger, Flair, etc. on there. This could be totally sweet. http://www.highspots.com/product.asp?id=15175 And also, check out the new Chris Masters in OVW. Cruiserweight champ, anyone? PS: the sombrero is a photoshop on there.

I know we're all upset about something or other so I figured I'd make this official thread as the catch-all. I'll start. Hey gang, yours truly was just nearly killed on his way home from work. I went up this morning to my classroom to keep putting up posters, clean out certain things, put up bulletin boards, etc. and and worked for a few hours to get my classroom setup somewhat since classes start Thursday with a half day. On the way home, I realized that the UIUC "tourists" were back in season (seeing as I'm a townie now, I get to call them tourists) I have never seen a bigger, dumber group of people driving in their entire lives. I went 33 mph on I-74. THIRTY THREE MILES PER HOUR IN A 65 ZONE WITH LITTLE TRAFFIC! IN BOTH LANES! I got cut off about 8 times in a 6 block radius after getting off 74, had a car with a clear right turn on red not take it and therefore had to wait 2 minutes for the light to change to green because this person is obviously too stupid to drive/make a right turn on red with no traffic coming, had cars stop short about 12 times after they got in front of me and then was nearly hit because some moron decided that a U turn from the far right lane of south Lincoln (4 lane street -- two southbound, two northbound) to the far right lane of north Lincoln without caring about the green left turn arrow on the intersecting street that certain people like, I dunno, ME, had. He honks his horn and looks at me like I was the one who had a screw loose for going on my left turn arrow. What the Hell is wrong with these people that they can't drive/act functionally? They're the same people who absentmindedly hit me with their grocery carts (it's happened 5 times to me in the past months) and can't figure out that in grocery stores, you're supposed to walk fast, move your cart all the way over to the side and then grab what you want and not clog the middle of the aisle. Yet, people can't figure this out and waste my time. It's such a time waste, it's like small-scale murder. They're stealing time I could use for me. Agh...anyway, now that this adrenaline is out of my system because that guy nearly killed me, I'm off for lunch. I'm eager to hear what's been pissing off other ST'ers. And I'll even hit the first joke/permutations of the joke: LCR, LCR's b****ing, etc.