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Swami cleans up himself and uses his only superpower: being an incredibly fucking emo brat.
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He might be emo, but there's no denying he's smart...ish. Well, at least he realizes he's dead. I mean he could have tried to escape, but, ramble ramble ramble. Nice blurring effects by the way. And his face in panel six looks quite...outraged? Overall, nice.
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About 400 Recording Academy members and their guests gathered at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Nashville Wednesday (Sept. 22) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Academy's Nashville chapter. Formerly known as the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS), the Recording Academy is the organization that bestows the Grammy awards.
Highlighting the evening celebration was singer Mandy Barnett's performance of classic pop and country songs, backed by members of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Saxophonist Arian Avery entertained the crowd before and after the main program with breezy renditions of such varied country fare as "El Paso," "I Fall to Pieces," "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" and "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under."
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The programmed part of the evening started with a short film depicting the history of the Nashville chapter. Then Suzanne Kessler, who heads the chapter, welcomed the guests and introduced Dan Carlin, president of the Academy's board of trustees. Carlin reported on the new categories added to the Grammys -- best Hawaiian music album, best gospel performance, best surround sound album and best electronic dance album. He also emphasized the importance of keeping music in the educational curriculum. "You cannot cut music out of the schools," he said, " and expect to have a decent culture."
Academy president Neil Portnow praised the 20 years of service Nancy Shapiro had given the organization. She recently moved up from the post of executive director of the Nashville chapter to vice president of regional management. The crowd gave Shapiro a standing ovation.
Portnow explained that the MusiCares Foundation, the Academy's charitable arm, has taken over the Musicians' Assistance Program, a similar organization. "We are going to become the charity of choice for our industry," he promised.
Turning to the Academy's lobbying efforts, Portnow asserted, "Music-makers want their work respected." Toward that end, he said the organization is working with members of Congress to curtail illegal file sharing. One such measure is the proposed Inducing of Infringement of Copyright Act, which would shift the responsibility for illegal downloading from individual users to the companies that promote copyright violations. To date, he said, the most effective deterrent to copyright infringement has been suing the individual downloaders.
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American radio stations pay songwriters -- but not the recording artists -- for using their music. While acknowledging this absence of payment has become a tradition with radio, Portnow said it is a spurious practice. He asked the audience to imagine the uproar if a movie studio used a novelist's works without paying him -- and then argued that such unpaid usage was fair because it promoted the sale his novels. Portnow stressed that radio should pay recording artists without reducing its payments to songwriters.
Daryl Friedman, vice president of advocacy and government relations for the Academy, urged members to petition their Congressional representatives to pass the Inducing of Infringement of Copyright Act and noted that they had all been sent e-mails on how to make the petitioning process easier. He said local pressure is important, quoting a congressman who once remarked, "When I feel the heat at home, I see the light in Washington."
In spite of Portnow's contention that musicians want and deserve respect, the crowd wasn't very respectful to the musicians who performed. The partygoers began drifting out of the room while the speeches were still going on and were distractingly noisy when a string quartet from the Nashville Symphony Orchestra began playing. The clamor lessened when Barnett took the stage, but still Academy staff members occasionally had to shush the celebrants.
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We've always had a great response to our Runner's World Running Streak—but some people have had questions. Here are a few of those, and their answers:
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There's a conspiracy to rid Britain of the Welsh! Be warned!!
Some statistics.
It's more a PC thing though, isn't it?
Far from it CB. Welsh is still taught as a first language in many Welsh schools, particularly in North Wales. Areas like the coasts, where there have been an influx of English, tend to have a lower proportion of Welsh speakers, but get a few miles inland and that changes. My wife is from North Wales and didn't speak English until she was taught it at school.
There are a lot of people for whom it is convenient to claim it is PC, but that's definitely just politics. :0)
True, in South Wales far fewer of them speak Welsh. 23% of the total population speaking it and another 5% knowing some is still pretty high considering the efforts to kill it over the centuries. ;o)
"But elsewhere in Wales it might as well be Double Dutch! "
Certainly would be here! It's never heard here. I know my Spanish teacher thinks it not very fair, the Welsh language tutors get a higher rate to teach Welsh than any other language tutors! Nor sure if it's still true, but several years ago, owing the low viewing figures, C4C used to be the most expensive TV in the world. And the two most popular programmes were Brookside, and Pobol y Cwm with subtitles!
I was born and still live in South Wales. Born in Cardiff but now live in Barry. I can read Welsh place names and a little Welsh. If somebody spoke to me in Welsh I wouldn't have a clue! I'm not proud of the fact but I feel it's not important to me. I was taught Welsh in school but it wasn't as a first language. I've forgoten most of it now. My children were taught Welsh also but they hated it. I've toyed with the idea of learning it but I would need to travel to at least mid wales in order to use it.
I'm also from North Wales and similar to Digicammad's wife learnt english as my second language.
I tend to find that if englsh people who have moved to a strong Welsh speaking area they do try to learn to speak (hear!!) Welsh, But as they are taught 'proper' Welsh it's difficult to understand them as most Welsh speakers have localisms (spelling?).
My wife and I both speak welsh at home and usually when shopping or out. But if we are out with friends we only speak welsh when we need to pass on 'private' comments.
Did have to laugh at the story michaeldt found though!!
Went to south wales last year and was happy, it was like being at home in yorkshire. I did not hear any welsh at all and one guy laughed when i asked him how long ago he left yorkshire because of his accent, He laughed and started speaking welsh, he said i get that a lot dont worry mate.
I think the reason there is less Welsh in South Wales is down to the pressure exerted by English pit owners. The paymaster's inability to spell the Welsh names lead to things like the forming of the name Lloyd (a corruption of the Welsh for grey) and also explains why there are so many Jones' in Wales (easy to spell). In some pits the people were even punished if they were heard speaking Welsh.
North Wales was not effected to the same extent, so the language has survived. I wonder if the slate mines were mainly Welsh owned? Need to check that one.
Quote: North Wales was not effected to the same extent, so the language has survived. I wonder if the slate mines were mainly Welsh owned? Need to check that one.
I think part of it is due to the fact that there were huge influxes of workers, and they tended to be Irish and English. Watched something last week, and it said that the work force for Barry Docks alone, shot up by a huge amount, and they were nearly all English. Probably upset a lot of the fervent Welsh there, to find their grandparents were English. Reminds me of a programme I saw about the Battle of Culloden. They featured a Scotsman, that had always absolutely hated the English, and had emigrated to New Zealand. He returned to celebrate the battle, and when they checked his deatils, it turned out that his ancestors had fought on the side of the English! He must have been gutted! There were several Scottish regiments of the English side.
# Three battalions of Lowland Scots foot soldiers; one battalion and a militia had been largely raised from Clan Campbell Highlanders.
# A professional battalion of Highland Scots from the Clan Munro who had been fighting for the British in France. As well as other various other Scottish clans both Highlanders and Lowlanders
Well, Culloden wasn't really a Scotland v. England battle in any case. It was the final pitched battle of the 1745 rising, which was the Jacobites (who were trying to restore the Stuart monarchy) and the government/Hanoverians (i.e. supporters of the "official" king, for want of a better word). I believe (though I'd have to check my facts) that the majority of lowland Scotland was on the government side. Most of the Scottish Jacobites were highland chieftains and their clans.
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There is no 'J' in the Welsh alphabet, yet there are a lot of Jones's!
My old school, Ysgol Brynrefail, changed from teaching classes in English to teaching in Welsh in 1965.
Gwynedd is probably the county where Welsh is more commonly spoken in Wales.
and 'Porc Pies Bach' was much better than Pobol y Cwm! :o)
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When Audrina Patridge tried on a two-piece at a Hollywood bikini store yesterday, even a seated Lauren Conrad stared in amazement at her unbelievable hotness.
Thank God pictures don't have sound!
This has nothing to do with being gay or being jealous. I have looked like that before by drinking a lot of coffee and eating a salad everyother day (and nothing else). This is about being unhealthy and unattractive. Any normal man (gay or straight) can tell you this is not attractive on any one.
lol #14 i'd put a bag over her face as well
I can't believe Lauren's still friends with her - Audrina looked like a nut when she accused Lauren of cheated with Justin Bobby. She looks great in a bikini, but wow that was seriously messed up the way she got all wrapped up in herself - not cool.
She looks great.... except for the tattoo's they ruin a great girl
It is her body, but she does look kinda frail and unhealthy. I think we have gotten out of hand with our body image, and how we need to impress people with outer appearance. I asked my husband about the skin-n-bone look, and said real men need something to hold. I am about 138 after having 2 kids in 3 years, and I had to get a XL abercombie sweater to fit me. It made me think oh my gosh am I really that fat now. They are making clothes to fit very skinny women, and in the meantime girls are throwing up and starving to fit in "their size 2'.
My first thought was to give the girl a sandwich. Definitely gives the wrong impression to young girls about what is attractive.
Hot? More like NOT. Hot would be some womanly curves and a lil more meat and not so much bone.
I hope she is buying that or other costumer will have second used bottons hehe...and yessss!!! she is bonny skinny
All you people saying something about her being skinny are just fat. She looks great. It's ridiculous how in our society, someone who takes care of themselves is viewed as sickly. People that watch there diets are considered no fun, people who lift weights are called meat heads, and all of us people in great shape are routinly called out for being too obsessed with ourselves and how we look. It's o.k., though, because every time you come down on us healthy people for looking to good, we take it as a compliment. So every time you tell us to gain some fat, or stop eating so healthy, or that are muscle are getting too big, we like it, and it just makes us work a little harder the next day. And who cares if her hip bone is sticking out? I'm a 215 lb natural bodybuilder, and guess what, my hip bones stick out for miles. You people need to grow up and hit the weights and cut back on the fast food.
yooo yalll are all haters she mad sexy
Fake tan, cheap weave, anorexic.
Nice eyes, though.
I think she looks like a concentration camp victim, myself.
She looks fantastic. And good for her for making the decision not to trash up her body with disgusting tattoos like her sister.
She's too skinny. Women are supposed to have at least some curves. She's shaped more like a little boy with breast implants. I bet her thighs are the same size as her shins - nasty. Being slender is fine but too skinny is not a good look.
I met a woman that looked liker her once, she was a sexless prude whome dieted obsesively toto obtain attention. But, was appalled every time she heard some man (even worse if it was a woman) liked her.


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Kirby: Me a centenarian? Only if my wife outlives me
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They say the more you complain, the longer God makes you live. If that's true, there's a good chance I'll never die. I complain more than anyone I know.
Fortunately, evidence contradicts this claim to longevity. A week ago, Utah's oldest living resident, Edna S. Decker, died at age 109.
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Edna's parents would have paid $750 for a new Ford. It would have cost my parents $4,011. Two years ago, a friend paid $25,700 for a new car. By the time I reach 109, a new car will cost about $200,000. There just won't be any gas to run it.
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Thanks to cosmetic surgery — which will probably come in an aerosol can by 2050 — I'll look fabulous but still feel hideous. I want to look every one of my 100-plus years. Who wants to look like Ryan Reynolds but scream every time they go to the bathroom?
Edna saw phenomenal change during her life. She was born the year before the Wright brothers first flew at Kitty Hawk and lived to witness John Glenn orbit the Earth. Her lifetime saw the advent of penicillin, lasers, heart transplants and cable TV.
I haven't lived as long as Edna but my lifetime has witnessed a lot of change already — home computers, cell phones, global positioning satellites, Internet, rock 'n' roll, breast implants, face transplants, DNA and MTV. Imagine what I would see in another 50-plus years.
The biggest change in Edna's life is actually the one that worries me the most about my own. She lived a long time after the death of her husband. Elmer Decker's obituary appeared in The Tribune exactly 46 years to the day that our story ran about Edna's death.
That's the change that scares me. I could handle robot politicians, nuclear-powered cars, thought-control banking, vaccinations against ugly, home brain surgery, and even budget vacation cruises to Mars. But I don't want to be single again.
I don't think I could survive for 46 years without my wife telling me to eat right, to stop being so negative, and to quit blowing up things in the garage. She's probably the only reason I've lived this long.
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Governor must Select judges on merit, not politics
Just as we are recovering from a heated election that pitted the integrity of Florida Supreme Court justices against special-interest politics, we face another challenge.
Governor must Select judges on merit, not politics
Just as we are recovering from a heated election that pitted the integrity of Florida Supreme Court justices against special-interest politics, we face another challenge.
This month, a Judicial Nominating Commission sent Gov. Rick Scott the names of six nominees for appointment to the 4th District Court of Appeal. As a former state senator who fought tooth-and-nail to preserve the neutrality of our judicial system, I have a message for the governor: Keep politics out of our courts.
In the early 1970s, responding to judicial scandals, then-Gov. Reubin Askew initiated "merit selection" for gubernatorial appointments of judges. He established impartial citizen Judicial Nominating Commissions so there would be no reason to doubt the qualifications of nominees. In 1976, Florida voters added a constitutional amendment for "merit retention" of judges appointed on the basis of "merit selection" — in effect, doubly protecting our independent judiciary.
Today, some politicians and ideologues are mounting an aggressive campaign to stack our courts for the benefit of their own special interests.
All of us who believe that justice belongs to everyone should urge the governor to assess the qualifications of judicial nominees regardless of their politics, to recognize the need for diversity on the bench and consider women with outstanding credentials, and to resist the temptation to flout the constitution and make our courts a political extension of the executive and legislative branches of government.
Walter G. "Skip" Campbell, Jr., former state senator, Fort Lauderdale
Solution to gun control battle? Maybe
President Obama has thrown down the gauntlet on gun control and the NRA has responded with a challenge to conduct "the fight of the century."
Why do we need such confrontation? Here are two non-political, non-confrontational suggestions that might be part of an alternative:
Require buyers of assault-type weapons and ammunition to be licensed and require periodic renewals much like a driver's license. To obtain or renew such a license, buyers would have to undergo safety training sponsored by the National Rifle Association or gun clubs. City or state governments would issue the licenses.
Heavily tax purchases of such weapons and ammunition, much like cigarettes. This revenue will pay for the licensing procedure, which will help the unemployment problem to a certain extent.
Not only would the NRA contribute to gun control in a positive way, but the Second Amendment would not be an issue.
We have enough political issues on our plate as it is. Let's consider a win-win alternative.
I was a World War II combat rifleman, but never owned any weapons except a souvenir Japanese Nambu pistol that I quickly got rid of in 1946. But, I respect responsible gun owners.
David H. Brown, Boynton Beach
How will gun proposalbe passed?
Regarding the Jan. 17 editorial, "Gun proposals make sense."
Led by the NRA, the Congress has the American public focused only on the emotional side of this issue, the ink-on-paper rule of law.
But in today's real world of political self-servitude, after this all settles down, which government officials will have the unfettered authority to enforce whatever exists?
The little discussed fact is that those in government who oppose a given law may slowly eradicate its actual enforcement. This is where the rubber meets the road.
For example, there are hundreds of protective gun laws on the books today. Yet, the enforcers of these laws — the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives— have slowly been handcuffed by Congress from meeting their obligations because of contradictory acts that protect the financial interests of related industries, at the expense of the public's well-being.
The obvious question is: How will enforcement of the president's new proposals actually be achieved once passed by the Congress as more laws of the land?
Harold Chanin, Boynton Beach
Drug war culture
Regarding Kingsley Guy's column, "Time to re-think our war on drugs:"
Yes, it is time. But culture changes slowly and the drug war is embedded in America's culture. The place to start is to get patients out of the drug war by legalizing marijuana as medicine. It won't be perfect. There will be some leakage to people who just want to feel good. But legal marijuana may have unintended benefits.
Researchers at universities in Colorado, Oregon and Montana have been studying the states that have enacted medical marijuana laws since 1990.
They found that fatal accidents decreased 8 to 11 percent, with a strong connection to reduced alcohol consumption. They also examined the variables often credited for such decreases — such as driver training, speed limits, seat belt laws, legal drinking age and DUI laws — and found nothing significant.
If this pattern persists as more states legalize medical marijuana, more Americans will reject the drug war culture.
John G. Chase, Palm Harbor
Letter writer owesfamily apology
Shame on the Jan. 17 letter writer for accusing parents of "bad parenting" for teaching a child to "kill" animals.
Have you ever been a farmer and had deer destroy your corn fields or eat the spring wheat? Apparently not.
There is a reason for deer season, and that is to thin their numbers so that deer do not overpopulate an area and die of starvation. Which is more cruel, a well-placed arrow or watching an animal starve to death?
Learn a little about what you are accusing parents of doing before you open your know-it-all mouth. I feel you owe this family an apology.
Janet Cooper, Fort Lauderdale


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Dress~ Kate Moss // Topshop
Shoes~ Shoe Cult by Nasty Gal


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Game Recap: Cubs 7, Brewers 6; Cardiac Cubs version 2008
Ho-ly cow!
This was a game with a little bit of everything. Cubs starting pitcher Rich Harden had no-hit (but unfortunately, not no-walk) stuff. Jim Edmonds demonstrated that even if there's not a whole lot of gas left in the tank, it's still possible to go a while on fumes. Geovany Soto has already accomplished enough to win the Rookie of the Year Award - and today, he cemented the growing evidence that he's the best catcher in the game. Kerry Wood donned his leopard-print leotard and went back up on the wire again. And Derrek Lee thrilled us by taking it all home in the 12th.
First, Rich Harden. Considering the leeway that the home plate ump was giving Milwaukee pitchers, either Harden wasn't getting the same shake or he was really wild. Either way, Chicago Cubs Ace 2.0 Rich Harden only managed to go 5 innings. The Brewers couldn't hit the guy very well - they only got 1 - but he walked 6 of them while also striking out 7. Whatever the reason for his lack of control, he left with a 1 run lead (thanks for the solo homeruns, Jim Edmonds and Aramis Ramirez), but Cubs rookie reliever Jeff Samardzija got beaten like a drum in the 6th after Mark DeRosa made a fielding error. The Brewers notched 3 straight singles, Samardz walked 2 in the inning (3 if you count Prince, who they put on intentionally), and it looked as though the Cubs were not going to cut their magic number down on this day.
The Brewers tacked on an insurance run in the 9th off of Neal "The Luster's Off" Cotts, and it would have been 2 runs but Alfonso Soriano racked up his 10th assist of the season by gunning out J.J. Hardy. Insert link to timely "I love Alfonso Soriano" article here.
Then - then! - in the bottom of the 9th, with our hope extinguished like a candle's flame in the wind, with 2 outs in the fricking inning Jim Edmonds singled in Aramis Ramirez, Mark DeRosa reached also via a single, and Geovany Soto hit what we will refer to as an Epic Home Run.
Now, me, at this point, I'm not watching the game. It's not that I had given up per se, it's just that it was dinner time, I was hungry, and so there was no game for me. When, after dinner, I scampered to a TV and saw what was happening, I immediately got back into the game only to find ...
Kerry Wood, still doing his best Rod Beck, pitched 2 innings tonight. The first inning was one of sheer dominance. He faced 3 batters, he struck them all out, and deciding to let it ride, Lou sent him back out to pitch the 12th. Woody proceeded to surrender a leadoff single, then a double, and only then did he buckle down and get 3 outs.
Look, I'm a huge Kerry Wood fan. I also happen to be a fan of quiet 9th innings. Maybe I jumped the gun a little in the shoutbox, when I essentially said "NO MORE WOOD!" However, I am concerned, because a blown save 2 weeks from now could be season destroying. Now, I'm not sure if it's simply been a long season and Wood is tired, or if perhaps he's seen a little too much inactivity as of late, but Lou needs to get a regimen going in which Kerry is pitching one inning every two days from here until October, no matter the situation. Keep him fresh, keep him rested, and keep him loose. If I see Wood throwing 2 innings again, or back-to-back games again, I'm going to find Lou and I will confiscate his sammich.
Anyway, Woody got out of it, amazingly, and in the bottom of the 12th the Cubs worked some more of that 2 out magic. Darryl Ward drew a leadoff walk, Jason Marquis pinch ran, Reed Johnson bunted him to second, the Fonz was put on intentionally, and, after Ryan Theriot got the second out of the inning, Derrek Lee stepped up.
At this point, I was watching the game intently. I called C. into the room, as she's a huge D.Lee fan, mostly because I knew what was about to happen. When he singled in the winning run and was mobbed by his overjoyed teammates, I was the least surprised person you could've met. The Cubs win, the magic number is reduced, it's time to finish this thing already.
Series Recap: It coulda been a sweep. I'm not complaining, not one bit, but after the Cubs #3 pitcher beat the Brewers ace, and after the Brewers second ace left a game early yesterday, it became this team's series to lose. Thankfully, they didn't.
The Cubs next host the Cardinals. It will be the final series of the season at Wrigley Field. St. Louis is playing the Reds tonight in order to get out of a 7 game losing streak, and whether they win or extend their losing streak, they will be coming to Chicago tomorrow a broken team.
This has been a very fulfilling season. There have certainly been nervous moments, but they have been outweighed by the thrills. I'm looking forward to a clinching victory as early as tomorrow. It will happen soon, folks. Very soon.
Current Record: 92-59
Position in the NL Central: 1st place, 9 games in front of Milwaukee and 12 ahead of Houston
Best Possible Record: 103-59
Worst Possible Record: 92-70
On Pace For: 99-63
Magic Number: 2, as powered by CubsMagicNumber.com
Game Recap: Brewers 6, Cubs 2; The One that Got Away
It was a perfect opportunity for the Cubs to bring their magic number to 2. Ben Sheets, Brewers Ace 2.0 leaves the game - and possibly ends his season - in the 2nd inning. This leaves the Cubs in the "competent" hands of a mediocre Brewers bullpen - 7 different Milwaukee relievers were used last night, and last I checked, they only have 2 or 3 good relievers on their team.
In other words, the Cubs should have demolished them, right? Wrong. Jason Marquis was on the hill.
For you new readers, Jason Marquis has a number of nicknames on this blog. Mostly we just call him the Marquis de Suck, but another appropriate - if not less funny - nickname might be Hendry's Folly. Although the Cubs already look built to compete again next season, Jim will have a few moves to make before '09 rolls around. For example, will he roll the dice and bring back Dempster? And if he brings back Dempster, will Samardzija get a shot at starting? And if the Notre Dame phenom is going to get his shot, then who does he replace in the rotation? The answer, obviously, is Jason Marquis, the weakest link.
Last night, Hendry's Folly* made it easy for the Brewers by allowing a 3-run first inning. Admittedly, he buckled down after that and pitched into the 6th without allowing another run, but the damage was already done. Marquis exited in the 6th, and In the 7th, his white flag replacement Angel Guzman saw fit to pitch in-game batting practice to Milwaukee.
(*still a year remaining on that albatross of a contract, hurray)
Even had the Cubs offense taken advantage of the early departure of Ben Sheets, it may have been a little much asking for them to overcome the 6 runs scored by the Brewers. However, the only real offensive production they had last night came from an Aramis Ramirez solo shot in the 2nd, and a Ryan Theriot ground-out RBI in the 9th. The Cubs offense only managed 6 hits and 3 walks, but they will face a depleted Brewers pitching staff tonight, led by Dave Bush. Bush is 9-10 with a 4.24 ERA, and he is currently 0-2 with an 8.23 ERA against the Cubs this year.
I'm sure we will all look forward to the Cubs finishing this thing sooner rather than later. The offense needs to come alive tonight, and with Bush pitching and the Milwaukee pen worn out, it could get real ugly real fast.
Game Recap: Cubs 5, Brewers 4; FINNISSSH HIMMM!!!
Tonight was the death blow. If the Cubs win tomorrow, it's the cheap shot.
It actually wasn't easy. In fact, it was rather dramatic. Sure, the Cubs started off by doing what they do best - pummeling an otherwise unbeatable CC Sabathia - but then they finished the game off by doing that other thing they do best - getting past by the skin of their flippin' teeth.
First and foremost, the lineup did what it was supposed to do. Hitters 1-4 were responsible for 8 of the team's 11 hits. Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Alfonso Soriano, they all drove in runs. In fact, at one point the Cubs were up on the "Unbeatable" C.C. Sabathia by a score of 3-0, right up until Prince Fielder decided to lunch... er, launch a two-run homer into the bleachers.
But then, when all hope was lost, Alfonso Soriano stepped up and hit his own dinger, giving the Cubs a comfortable 2-run lead. Which was promptly ... well, squashed by Prince Fielder, who, uh, sat on a Carlos Marmol heater and knocked it into the bleachers. And yet, again, dissatisfied with a mere 1-run lead, Hank White made a pinch hit appearance in the bottom of the 8th and gave the Cubs a huge insurance run.
Naturally, the 9th inning was as dramatic as you'd expect it to be. Kerry Wood continues to scare the crap out of skittish Cub fans everywhere. After striking out the leadoff hitter, Wood surrendered a single to pinch hitter Mike Lamb, before getting out number 2, only for Ray Durham - of all jabrones! - to hit a run-scoring double. Wood then gave up an infield single to Ryan Braun before turning things back over to the 3-4, 2 homer, 3 RBI Prince Fielder.
As Wood reached back and heaved pitch after pitch, eventually reaching a ... well, full count on the fat man, I could only imagine Cub fans everywhere yelling the following:
I was on IM with Jason at the time, saying "huh, full count? Wood should toss him a sick breaking pitch because, worst case scenario, he walks him and faces a less-dangerous hitter." Wood then tossed a sick breaking pitch and struck Fielder out to end the game. Yep. Sometimes I'm very good at pretending that I know what I'm talking about.
Real credit has to go to Ryan Dempster. Clownsevelt has been putting in a year-long effort to prove that he's ace material. On this Cubs team, he remains the 3rd option for any playoff series, but tonight he proved to me that he could out-duel anybody else's #1 guy.
The magic number is now down to 4. The Cubs are on a 5 game winning streak. The Brewers are down for the count. There's two weeks left of baseball before it gets really exciting. This is what we've been waiting for, folks. I don't know about you, but I'm enjoying it.
Sad day for the NL Central
According to ESPN and MLB and Pat Hughes, Ned Yost has been fired. You know you're an amazingly crappy manager when you get fired with your team tied for a playoff spot. Still, I'll miss Yost and his amazing stretch-run fades. The Cubs tried to give the Brewers the division, but they politely refused and it cost Yost a job.
Dale Sveum takes over. Sveum is considered on of the worst third base coaches in history, so...good move?
Ned Yost - Fired?
Rumor has it that Ned Yost has been let go by the Brewers. This is heartbreaking, because Yost in the dugout was a decisive advantage for the Cubs.
We'll post a link to the story once it's been verified by the mass media.
St. Louis decaps Milwaukee
A few hours ago I stumbled across the Cardinals-Brewers game. To my dismay, in the 8th inning Milwaukee held a 3-1 lead against the Cardinals, but I noticed two things: 1. Milwaukee had turned to their bullpen and 2. the heart of the Cardinals lineup was due up.
Suffice to say, the Cardinals won tonight's game 5-3. That is ultimately Milwaukee's fatal flaw. C.C. Sabathia can't pitch 9 innings every time out, and even then he's saving the Brewers from their bullpen no more than every 5th day. And while Milwaukee has a stellar offense and a scary rotation (at least, for a short series), their bullpen is mediocre at best. They have a couple of stellar middle relievers, but in any game which requires the use of 3, they will be in trouble.
The Cubs enter the series tomorrow against the Phillies with the second biggest divisional lead in baseball. They are up 6 games on the Brewers - who have the second best record in the NL - and 9.5 games on the Cardinals. A strong showing against the Phillies is important, as Milwaukee faces the Pirates. But wouldn't it just be awesome if the Pirates surprised the Brewers while the Cubs dominate Philadelphia?
Unlikely, yes. Possible ... well, anything is.
Feeling good about the Cubs
There has been some worrying as of late because those pesky Brewers have refused to go away. Well, sure, they're playing great baseball right now, but so are the Cubs. Here's a little comparrison between the two:
On July 12th, the Cubs were 57-37. The Brewers were 6 games out in the loss column at 51-43. Since that time, Milwaukee has had an 8 game winning streak, they are presently riding a 7 game winning streak, and with a few road bumps excepted, they've been one of the best teams in baseball.
And yet, they are still 3 games out of 1st. Maybe we should be nervous that they are closing the gap, but as Andy Dolan noted at Desipio, they haven't exactly had the toughest schedule during their recent run. Since July 1st, they've accomplished their great surge by beating on teams like Pittsburgh, Colorado, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Houston, Atlanta, Cincinnati again, Washington, and now San Diego.
Hey, the American Legion softball team could probably go .500 against those teams. It's not shocking that the Brewers are beating the teams they should be beating. But how are they doing against good teams?
Including their series against Arizona, since their recent run, Milwaukee is 6-6 against teams that are competing for the playoffs right now, including the Cardinals, D-Backs, and Cubs. They aren't exactly world breakers.
The Cubs, meanwhile, have played 17 games against teams of similar stature in the same time frame, and they are 11-6 against those teams. They include the Cardinals, D-Backs, Cardinals again, Marlins, and Brewers.
In other words, I feel good about the Cubs. They've lost ground, but they've done better against good teams. They will, in all likelihood, continue to play well, and I'll be very surprised if Chicago's not the first place squad in the NL Central, and the Brewers are not the Wild Card team.
Game Recap: Cubs 11, Brewers 4; a team to envy
Without mercy, without any indication of it being a struggle, in fact, with poise and determination, the Cubs all-out slaughtered the Brewers today. I think that pretty well sums up any kind of necessary game recap, but let's look a little closer.
Apparently, Jim Edmonds has been reading the news, and he must have learned that Jim Hendry was shopping around for another outfielder, because he responded with 2 hits in 3 at bats - both homeruns, one a grand slam. Edmonds now has 12 homeruns with the Cubs and remains an amazingly valuable offensive asset.
Perhaps one of the most compelling statistics from today's game was this: after 6 innings, the Cubs had scored 5 runs, all while the 1-4 batters in the lineup had started the game 0 for 10. On top of the 2 homers by Edmonds, Soriano hit another homerun, as did Fukudome, who went 2 for 4. Kosuke, who'd been in the throws of a terrible slump - he batted .224 in the month of July - received 14 of his 21 hits this past month after the All Star Break. He's batting .298 since the break and, hopefully, he's back on track.
However, while the Cubs offense continued to reduce Brewer fans to tears, the story of the night was Rich Harden. Since coming to the Cubs, Harden had been a tough-luck starter. However, he managed his first win of the season for Chicago by throwing 7 strong innings, while allowing 6 hits, 0 walks, and striking out 9. The one run against him was a homer, and Harden how has an ERA of 1.11 with the Cubs.
I briefly discussed his incredible pitching with Jon Miller earlier, and I said that he may have supplanted Carlos as the team's ace. Jon then asked me who I'd want starting in Game One of a short series, and without hesitation I said "Carlos Zambrano!" Feel free to disagree with me, but I suspect that few of you will.
Series Recap:
4 games, 4 wins, 31 runs scored against 11 allowed, 49 total hits, 17 walks, and if you listen carefully you can hear the sound of hearts breaking all throughout the land of cheese and beer. The Cubs entered the series having gone 3-6 since the break, and having seen their lead dwindle to 1 game. Now, they are 5 games up on either 2nd place team, and they have finished the month of July by going 15-11 in 26 games. So much for a July swoon.
It's already becoming a philosophical debate here and elsewhere. Aren't these just your typical Cubs? They're good enough to tantelize you; hell, they should even be good enough to play in October. And yet, some people are able to find a fundamental flaw with them - that flaw being, apparently, their inability to win every game (or at least every series) with comfortable dominance.
Here's the thing - no team can do that, but this team has shown that they can do a lot of other things right. For example:
- While not defensively flashy, they remain defensively sound. This is something that we are still not used to, having endured The Dusty Years.
- On any given day, their 5-8 hitters can light up a team. I can't emphasize how rare and amazing that is.
- Top to bottom, even including Marquis, the Cubs have to have one of the best rotations in baseball. Seriously. Only Oakland has a better team ERA for its starters, and do you know why that is? Because they had Rich effin' Harden for the first half of the season!!! The best team in the AL, the Angels, comes closest in having top-to-bottom quality starters, but the Cubs win pound-for-pound.
- Oh, and did we mention the bullpen? Even with the struggles of Marmol, even without the presence of Wood, the Cubs have a team ERA of 3.99. Not the best in the league right now, but I don't think we can complain much by the works of Wood, Marmol, Gaudin, and when they're back and healthy, Wuertz and Lieber. Not to mention the sensation that is Samardzija.
All of this is my way of simply saying that the Cubs are stacked. After having beaten the Brewers at home, I for one am strongly looking forward to the coming month. They have the capability of being 10 ahead of the 2nd place team come September 1st.
And, if that happens - or even comes close to happening - it'll be pretty hard not to believe that these guys are the real deal, and our best chance of ending the World Series drought in any of our life times. Go Cubs.
Current Record: 65-44
Position in the NL Central: 1st place, 5 games in front of Milwaukee and St. Louis
Best Possible Record: 118-44
Worst Possible Record: 65-97 - the Cubs are now 1 win away from equalling their total number of wins in Baker's last season
On Pace For: 97-65
Magic Number: 49
Behind Enemy Lines - a trip to Miller Park
I have every other Friday off, and there I was, minding my own, when my dad and brother show up out of the clear blue and ask me to a Brewers game. Why, might you ask, would they do that when we live far closer to Wrigley than Miller Park? Because those two knuckle-draggin' inbreds HATE the Cubs, and before the night was over, I met hundreds, nay, THOUSANDS of others who feel the same.
In ten words or less, it's a nice park/food court/tavern, and quite clean. In fact, nearly 10,000 Brewer fans had been tailgating since I dunno, noon or 3 or something, and when we strolled to the gate about 6, the parking lot was smokin', as in grillin'. Funny thing is, though, as we were leaving, you wouldn't have known a single soul ever was out there. Wisconsin people clean up after themselves!! WOW! What a concept! Let's start doing that, ourselves, when we go to Wrigley? Kay?
Anyway, a brief story of the game, by numbers -
8 - inches, as in the number of inches Ryan Braun's first inning homer cleared the left field fence by.
1 - hit, as in the number of hits the vaunted Brewers offense managed against the Great Josh Fogg in the first five innings, that one being the Braun homer.
147 - mopes wearing t-shirts that said 'Cubs Suck'. The rivalry, as one sided as it is, is certainly brewing (ha!) north of the Cheeze-n-Sausage Line. They have something going on every half-inning, like they do in the minors, way more than just the Sausage Race (which was a complete blowout by Hot Dog, btw). There's always some contest or something where they stick a microphone in the face of some random Brewers fan. Nearly every time, once their 15 seconds of fame was up, the random fan took the opportunity to shout "Cubs Suck". Good times.
(Note to Brewers management - last night was a sellout, the 14th you've had this year. You've done a fine job of putting a product on the field. You can stop all the bush league nonsense between innings. You don't need that anymore. Keep the Sausages, tho.)
4 - number of times I yelled "Gooo Cubs Gooooo!", every time the Reds rallied for runs.
21 - times I questioned myself for being an idiot for rooting for a team Dusty Baker was mis-managing.
1 - fabulous managerial move by Baker, as he was able to send Adam Dunn in to pinch-hit with a tie score and the bases loaded in the seventh with one out. For once in the past five years, I looked upon him in admiration. So what happened? The strongest man on the field ran the count full before literally squibbing a 2-foot 'clout' that Jason Kendall was able to pick up and step on home for the force, seemingly quashing the Reds' rally.
So then what happened? With Hairston the Lesser at the plate, the next Scott Riske pitch was Riske indeed, bouncing off of Kendall's shin and all the way into the Brewers dugout, as the deciding run crossed the plate.
Anyhoo, it was a quite decent night of baseball watching and amateur scouting. There is something quite wrong with the Fresh Prince, he is no longer the intimidating force. Of course, now Braun is. Hart and Hardy are as good as you know they are. I actually saw Bill Hall get a hit off of someone else besides the Cubs.
But the biggest thing I walked away with is that in the hierarchy of Groups of People Who Hate the Cubs, I have to rank them as of today in this order:
1. White Sox "fans"
2. Brewer fans
3. Sam Zell (sell the damn team, already!)
4. Cardinal fans
5. my dad and brother
The rest of the ride this year should be interesting.
Us vs. Them - Matching up Chicago and Milwaukee's rotations
As somebody going crazy for Cubs content these days, I was given an inspiring idea that I had to look into. You see, Brewers fans are ecstatic because C.C. Sabathia is a talented arm who will fortify their eventually - and now almost certain - playoff run.
Sabathia, however, wasn't always good in '08. In fact, his first 4 starts were ridiculously bad. Point of fact, the Cubs have a lefty starter who's followed a similar path. Theodore Roosevelt Lilly is another guy who started out horribly and picked up the slack later. So, because I'm a curious bugger with time on my hands, I've basically drawn up a comparison chart for your consumption as to how they've done their previous 15 games:
While Sabathia is the clear winner, Lilly has been a tremendous pitcher for the Cubs. None of Ted's numbers are bad, and, considering that we're comparing the Brewers #2 pitcher to the Cubs #4 guy, it gives you a little bit of perspective on how deep our rotation is now.
All told, the Cubs are rolling with the following four pitchers in a short series, and here's how they look:
Carlos Zambrano: 17GS, 112.1IP, 37ER, 9-3, 73K, 38BB, 2.96ERA
Dick Harden: 13GS, 77IP, 20ER, 5-1 92K, 31BB, 2.34ERA
Ryan Dempster: 19GS, 118IP, 41ER, 10-3, 98K, 47BB, 3.13ERA
Ted Lilly: 19GS, 112.2IP, 56ER, 9-5, 105K, 39BB, 4.47ERA (who, as we know, has done far better in his last 15)
Total IP: 420
Total SO: 368
Total BB: 155
Total W-L: 33-12
Total ER: 154
Comparatively, the other competitive teams in the NL look like the following:
Ben Sheets: 17GS, 117IP, 36ER, 10-2, 97K, 26BB, 2.77ERA
CC Sabathia: 19GS, 128.1IP, 54ER, 7-8, 128K, 39BB, 3.79ERA
Manny Parra: 17GS, 93.2IP, 38ER, 8-2, 72K, 49BB, 3.65ERA
Jeff Suppan: 18GS, 101.1IP, 53ER, 5-6, 55K, 44BB, 4.71ERA
Total IP: 440.1
Total SO: 352
Total BB: 158
Total W-L: 30-18
Total ER: 181
Cole Hamels: 19GS, 135.2IP, 48ER, 9-6, 118K, 33BB, 3.18ERA
Jamie Moyer: 18GS, 107IP, 49ER, 7-6, 66K, 31BB, 4.12ERA
Kyle Kendrick: 18GS, 98.2IP, 48ER, 8-3, 43K, 32BB, 4.39ERA
Adam Eaton: 18GS, 100.1IP, 58ER, 3-7, 52K, 40BB, 5.20ERA
Total IP: 441.2
Total SO: 279
Total BB: 136
Total W-L: 27-22
Total ER: 203
Brandon Webb: 19GS, 124IP, 45ER, 13-4, 106K, 33BB, 3.27ERA
Dan Haren: 18GS, 117.2IP, 37ER, 8-5, 103K, 20BB, 2.83ERA
Doug Davis: 11GS, 65IP, 27ER, 3-4, 92K, 27BB, 3.74ERA
Micah Owings: 16GS, 92.2IP, 53ER, 6-7, 80K, 29BB, 5.15
Total IP: 399.1
Total SO: 381
Total BB: 109
Total W-L: 30-20
Total ER: 162
I'd include St. Louis, but let's be fair - even if they acquire Burnett, which they may do, they are sad participants. They might as well kiss their place in the NL Central goodbye as they spiral down into mediocrity.
Regardless, the Cubs look good compared with these other guys. Nobody has as much depth, and even if Zambrano gets out-dueled, at this stage we have to feel confident that Harden or Dempster - or even Lilly - can outpitch the other guys these teams are putting out there.
It's still early - it'll be early until somebody clinches - but things are looking good for the Cubs.
Editor's Note: this post was compiled over about 3 hours, so if it is at all disjointed, that may be why


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Making these for the second time for Thanksgiving; I really like them - gave them 4 stars instead of 5 because they take more time than indicated. I pair them with country ham for a sweet/salty appetizer before the main meal. Note: the dough is really moist and sticky, so you'll need extra flour when patting out and cutting. This recipe makes approx. 64 2-in. biscuits. These freeze great!
Sweet Potato Biscuits
smcheslock Posted: 11/15/09
j2kwalk2 Posted: 02/09/11
I love this recipe. Need a biscuit in a hurry, this is the one. Fast to mix. I always bake my own potatoes no canned stuff. I have used buttermilk, makes them thick, 2% a little lighter. May try a combo. I have even left out the sugar and it was just fine. Worth every minute you put into them which is little. Never seem to have left overs. Awesome!
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