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Quote from: Gilgamesh on June 09, 2011, 04:35:38 PM

Quote from: PANK! on June 09, 2011, 04:14:03 PM
DPD.

I would like to  add that this line...

QuoteNow there are about 1,000 people who watch the Cubs from across Sheffield and across Waveland. Even when the stadium isn't full, the rooftops are. This says a lot about baseball in Wrigleyville.

...is so full of wrong it's giving birth to a  thousand sperm-sized Chucks as we speak.  There were plenty of times during the 2008 season--when the Cubs won more games than they have in any season since 1945--where there was nobody on some of the rooftops.  If they can't get enough people to justify the operating costs of being opened, they'll just leave it dark--and that happens frequently in April and May.  What a fucking douche.  I hope you're proud of this Illinois alum, all of you Illini grads.

We don't take much pride in anything Illini-related of late.

Not even a Texas Bowl championship.

I've heard from my sources that Assembly Hall is getting a brand new basketball court for the first time in 25 years.  STATE!  PRIDE!

So how much of an indicator of potential playoff success is the Hawks' +32 GD? 

I'll hang up and listen to those way more knowledgeable than me.

A couple of thoughts on this show:

1) Has anyone else noticed that the only SPORTS! they show on the tv in the bar is a Wisconsin basketball game?
2) I think Fiona is fantastic in every possible way, but I can't seem to figure out her accent - it's a bit New York for the South Side.

Quote from: SKO on February 24, 2011, 09:40:39 PM

Quote from: Gilgamesh on February 24, 2011, 08:10:37 PM

Quote from: Fork on February 24, 2011, 07:32:02 PM

Quote from: Slaky on February 24, 2011, 06:19:11 PM
Honest question to all:

Is it unpatriotic to want to change your country? Can you not simultaneously love your country and want to implement/adapt new ideas?

It's unpatriotic to not give a shit.

I think it's far too simplistic to sit back and say that because this country is so great (which it undoubtedly is) that to change it - or want to change it - is heresy.  Many people like to cite the Founders for so many things, both rightly and wrongly, but I think one thing that we can credit them with is the foundation of a country that has change and evolution as part of its ethos.  The country was founded by people who wanted to improve not just their lives, but the lives of others.  They wrote a seminal document - the Declaration - that purposefully makes this country's goals practically unobtainable because they wanted future generations to strive towards them - almost without end.  They signed on to a document that espoused the universal rights of every man, let castigated so many to slavery.  They were pragamatists because they realized that addressing the problem would rip the country apart (which it did anyway) but because they wanted to let future generations debate these issues.  Look at the 8th amendment to the Constitution.  It's purely a matter of interpretation.  They put the 9th and 10th amendments in there because they wanted to allow other generations to breathe life into the document, not be bound by their edicts. 

So, in short, I think it's one of the most noble acts of patriotism to want to change your country.  And loving it, whilst attempting to do so, is not a vice. 

They also were elected to SERVE.

"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America."

-Bubba

"Wait!  You forgot your fake doggie poo poo!"

"What fake doggie poo poo?"

Quote from: Internet Apex on January 19, 2011, 11:35:35 AM

Quote from: SKO on January 18, 2011, 10:07:16 PM

Quote from: Slaky on January 18, 2011, 10:06:06 PM

Quote from: CT III on January 18, 2011, 09:19:25 PM

Quote from: SKO on January 18, 2011, 07:55:09 PM
Who the fuck is Cowley? https://twitter.com/cst_Cowley. I told him no one cares what he thinks when he remarked that the Bears would earn his respect if they beat the Packers (as though they fucking need to be recognized as a good team when they're one of the last four standing) and he responds with the classic "you care. you responded"

Former (I think) Sox beat reporter for the Sun-Times and a Steelers fan.  I think he had brain cancer too, or something.

He had something. He's obnoxious on Twitter but his Sox reports (even though they're about the Sox) are good.

He looks like a pencil dick.

He tells it like it is about the Sox. Which means that he rips them alot. Then he goes back into the clubhouse day after day. And he got into it on Twitter with Greenf, pwning him mercilessly. I don't care what he thinks about football though.

I like him a lot.  He is a bit of an Ozzie apologist, but whatever.  He got the Toronto media into a serious snit a few months back (http://johnchidleyhill.com/?p=399).  He's also a video game fanatic.

Quote from: R-V on January 13, 2011, 10:05:56 AM
http://www.nba.com/bulls/stacey-king-soundboard.html

That is tremendously magnificent.

Quote from: Eli on January 06, 2011, 08:42:42 AM

Quote from: R-V on January 06, 2011, 08:32:54 AM
...I hope Jenny Mccarthy dies of the black plague.

As well as all of these weird vaccine-hatin' moms who keep clogging up my precious Facebook news feed with stories about the horrors of vaccines.  Stop hatin' on vaccines, crazy moms.

I read this and thought of all of the sleepless nights I spent worrying about my sons as they were about to be vaccinated.  I want that sleep back.

Quote from: PenPho on January 05, 2011, 12:44:36 PM

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Quote from: Internet Apex on January 05, 2011, 11:36:38 AM

Quote from: smg on January 05, 2011, 11:31:36 AM
Thanks, everyone!  It's nice to read some messages wishing you well in between force feedings of a sleeping two week old baby.

Hope everything's ok.

He's OK, but he's a bit jaundiced -- they actually put him under the lights instead of discharging us when we were supposed to go home -- and as a result he's very sleepy, and as a result, he's not gaining weight as quickly as they would like.  But I think we're on the right track.

If it makes you feel better, my daughter is almost 2 and still really underweight (4th percentile), and we stress about food constantly.

Just wanted you to know that it doesn't get any easier.

Hope that helps!

Oh, and congrats.

On the flip side, my oldest son had severe eating issues (his GERD was so bad that we had to beg the specialist to put him on a trial medicine at 6 months that was not supposed to be used until at least a year) as an infant.  Eating was so painful for him that he arched in a bow and spit anything and everything out, and we could only feed him when he was asleep.  At nine months, it was almost like a switch was flipped and he became a very happy and content baby.  He is now a happy and content seven year-old (and is actually our best eater).

So congrats, and keep your chin up.

Quote from: Internet Apex on December 17, 2010, 04:48:59 PM

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Quote from: Brownie on December 17, 2010, 01:26:28 PM
There are at least 10 area high schools within 15 minutes of Halas Hall that have Field Turf, have been under snow for a couple weeks, that I'm sure would be thrilled to accommodate a couple practices for their beloved BEARSSS!!W12! So why are they continuing to practice indoors?

Probably because playing on a frozen field is dumb as shit and they don't want anyone to get hurt.

Those vaunted 90 degree cuts in the Martz office are going to go just swimmingly.

Is the footing any better in there?

Well, my face is red.  Wow.  Just wow.

Quote from: Armchair_QB on December 17, 2010, 03:07:09 PM

Quote from: CT III on December 17, 2010, 01:06:24 PM

Quote from: Armchair_QB on December 17, 2010, 12:59:20 PM
So let me see if I have this straight...

In a desire to dump payroll and open up more money for the 2012 season, the braintrust running this team think it's a good idea to dump a decent player who the GM grossly overpaid and has one year left on a bad contract in exchange for a guy who will probably kill himself running into the centerfield wall before the end of April and has TWO years left on a bad contract.

Does that about sum it up?

Gentleman, can I introduce you to the concept of "insurance"?

Well yeah, but I'm more concerned about the mess it will make when he hits that wall at full speed. How much will that cost to clean up? I guess they could make Todd do it.

Just keep the padding they put in place for the NU/Ill football game.

Quote from: Internet Apex on December 17, 2010, 02:37:05 PM

Quote from: Brownie on December 17, 2010, 01:26:28 PM
There are at least 10 area high schools within 15 minutes of Halas Hall that have Field Turf, have been under snow for a couple weeks, that I'm sure would be thrilled to accommodate a couple practices for their beloved BEARSSS!!W12! So why are they continuing to practice indoors?

Probably because playing on a frozen field is dumb as shit and they don't want anyone to get hurt.

Those vaunted 90 degree cuts in the Martz office are going to go just swimmingly.

Rowand would die.  Ivory is not as soft as padding.

I think the NFL sees an opportunity to romanticize this game.  I also wonder whether the recent trend toward playing games in unusual settings is impacting said romanticism (maybe they should only thaw out only one half of the field and switch sides a la Wrigley).

It does seem a bit hypocritical, though.

Quote from: Brownie on December 16, 2010, 10:52:22 AM
Now the Vikings are concerned that playing at TCF Bank Stadium will be Dongpocalyptic.[.url]

They're right. Every last one of them. Frozen Field Turf is worse than frozen grass, too, but I'd go so far to say that the Bears should insist on inspecting the field and if it's not to their liking insisting on another venue. Hell, the Bears should even threaten to forfeit, if necessary. Same with the union.

Here are the Vikings:

Quote"I just hope it's a safe environment to play in," tight end Visanthe Shiancoe said. "That it's not going to be hazardous to the players when it comes to field conditions."

"Is that really a home-field advantage for us? That's the question," Shiancoe said. "But at the same time, we have to go out there and play, and we'll play hard."

Linebacker Ben Leber, one of the Vikings' assistant player representatives, said he has not been asked about the choice of venue.

"They haven't consulted us, and to my understanding they haven't consulted anybody," Leber said. "I talked to a few guys, and nobody has been asked what our opinion is. ... I think much like everything else we're just kind of told where and when to be and just roll with it."

Said Vikings kicker Ryan Longwell: "When it comes to a circumstance like this, you certainly would like to have some input. I don't know if we have a choice."

"It can be a potentially dangerous situation, but because historically in the past games have been played on frozen fields ... and there is probably not enough evidence to say, 'There's a 60 percent chance of a player getting hurt or whatever,'" Leber said. "This machine has been going too long and too hard for anything to throw a wrench in it during the week of the game. It's a valid question, but I don't think anything could be done."

"There's a reason that cold weather fields around the league have coils under them," Longwell said. "That's so you can be able to put your cleat in the ground. To have a FieldTurf field that's been sitting under snow for a couple of months with no coils, it's kind of one of those things where it's uncharted territory.

"You don't know if you're going to be able to wear cleats, you don't know if you're going to have to wear more like a running shoe with rubber on the bottom. I don't know if we have much choice in the issue, but it certainly does not sound like an ideal scenario footingwise without the coils and with a field that has not been protected for the last couple of months."

BONUS, specifically with Slaky in mind: Be sure to read the comments. It's good to know the meatballs even exist up in Min-nee-sow-tah and among Scandanavians.

So that makes them Swedish Meatballs?