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Rascal Flatts played a show in Denver this past Saturday night (9/10/2011). The South Metro Denver Walk committee reached out to them and they donated tickets and an opportunity for a meet and greet with the band members after the show. The committee auctioned off the tickets at the walk and raised $1,000. Check out the photo taken at the meet & greet here (the committee members even wore their OOTD shirts!).
Special thanks to Rascall Flatts for their support, and to the South Metro Denver Walk Committee for their hard work!
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Greetings! Friday already. Where did the week go? For those of us mid-winter-breaking (No, I won't go there again) (but if I did, it would be epic) the week went like this: create to-do list, set up playdates, have a near emotional breakdown when you realize that your to-do list is longer than the time allowed—in fact, it's longer than your lifetime—make corndogs for playdates, hire help for to-do list, look into going to the museum to see the Lego exhibit, realize you don't have time for Lego exhibit because of aforementioned to-do list, download "Guilt for Dummies," because your kid is eating half-frozen corndogs and playing video while you're scrubbing the floor from the "touch-up" paint you spilled and you're not at the museum looking at Lego configurations that actually resemble something recognizable. And that was Tuesday. Onward! (more…)


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Madeline stars in the science fiction web series, "The Sentinel Chronicles 2.0″. She can also be seen in the Farrelly Brother's "Hall Pass", Warner Brothers' "Due Date", "Demonica's Reign", "Life As We Know It", "Neverfail" and "The Fat Boy Chronicles".
"When I learned my character was based on early feminist Kate Chopin's character Edna Pontellier mixed with Gustav Flaubert's Emma Bovary tossed into a 70's exploitation picture, I was speechless and had to take the challenge", says Madeline. "This project has truly been life changing. I had the opportunity to work with incredible actors, artists and a very twisted director, but playing Edna went beyond all expectations!" She says. "I channeled some deep dark emotions into my character. Edna Marco has been one of my proudest roles. It definitely reaffirmed my belief that creative stories can still be told."
Jett is the lead singer for the popular stoner rock band BIGFOOT. He performed the title role in "Jesus Christ Superstar" and in contrast raised up the devil on stage in "666 Number of the Beast". Jett is also a member of the band AM GOLD and has toured North America with his band THE ROCK CITY DROPOUTS.
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I just put myself under a magnifying glass and fried away anything decent," says Jett. "The production was great, what actor wouldn't want to ride a vintage Harley and play the bad guy? This is the kind of film where you know you're onto something unique and everyone on set can feel it in their soul. You don't want the experience to ever end. There is some deep dark literate stuff going on in this picture but it also has beautiful naked women… and like the director told me, that doesn't suck."
PAUL McCOMISKEY
After being in corporate America for the past 35 years, Paul has returned to his acting roots. Recently he was featured in the Pilot of "Detroit 1-8-7", the season premier of "Drop Dead Diva", and "Real Housewives of Atlanta". His latest film projects have included "The Ivy League" as well as several independent films.
"I was hooked within the first 3 pages of the screenplay. As reading, I kept thinking "WOW", "Oh my God did he really take us there?" "Can we go there… do that?, says Paul. "In preparation for my role, I realized I wanted to swing the Dr. 180 degrees from what the bikers were bringing. Take the audience the other way of wackiness, craziness… you know whacked out… just the other way."
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Actress Olivia LaCroix has been a "Rock Star" massage therapist for the past 12 years. Meeting these countless entertainers lead her to join the WWF and walk into the ring with "The Godfather" in sold out arenas for RAW events.
"To prepare for my role as Mrs. Evelyn Marco I would spend hours alone inside a dark creepy basement just listening to the emptiness," says Olivia.
"My experience on the set was truly amazing. Director James Bickert made the set exciting and super freaky! He was phenomenal at getting the best from our cast by helping them relax with encouraging words and a sense of humor. My transition into Mrs. Marco was so real, I heard it scared him and a few others on the set! I would love to work with Big World Pictures again and I'm very happy they found me. My experience was top notch and "Dear God No!" is going to be the ultimate stoner freak out."
Shane has worked with Stan Winston Studios on Return of Swamp Thing (1989) and Rob Zombie on Halloween 2 (2009). He has designed successful haunted attractions all over the United States and is known in Atlanta, Georgia for his onstage performances as Professor Morte of the Silver Scream Spook Show. Shane is the lead singer and bassist for the bands SUPER X-13 and GARGANTUA.
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Rachelle performs in theatrical productions and stars in the short films "Safety First" and "Ace the Zombie". She works behind the scenes on the hit TV show "The Vampire Diaries" and "Dear God No!" is her first feature film in front of the camera.
"I really enjoyed the chance to work with this talented cast and feel honored to have been part of this groundbreaking production. "Dear God No!" had the craziest "balls to the wall" shoot schedule and blood was everywhere. I felt at home amongst all the guts. I look forward to seeing this on the festival circuit so I can share all the gory details."
Billy Ratliff is an artist, musician, songwriter, and actor from Atlanta, Georgia. Former guitarist for legendary dieselbilly band TRUCKADELIC, his film credits include "Buster and Billie", "The Sluggers Wife", "Freejack", "Robocop", "When Will I Be Loved", "Goddamn Frankenstein" and "Mona's Pets". He has also appeared on television in the series "I'll Fly Away" and "In The Heat of The Night".
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Cutting his teeth on acting gigs in such warmly-titled films as "Goddamn Frankenstein" and "How to Extract Cranial Fluids," Nick Hood has been rooted in Atlanta's Indie film community for nearly 15 years. Of late, Nick was featured in the zombie love story "Necromance" and a commercial for television's "Adult Swim." He can be seen regularly performing in the acclaimed "Silver Scream Spook Show" at Atlanta's historic Plaza Theater. Nick is also a long-standing fixture in Atlanta's underground music scene; he currently plays with his band IRONSIGHTS. Nick recently directed a video for stoner-rock band ZOROASTER.
Quickly becoming cast as a Monster in many productions, Prof. Jas. M. Stacy has an uncanny ability to remain in heavy, oppressive makeup and costumes for long periods of time. His roles as Lord Vader, Bigfoot, Krampus, Santa Claus, Traditional Circus Characters and his period Costume work are becoming routine. At over 6 and a half feet tall, red hair and full beard, the burly Stacy is unmistakable either on his Gourmet Carnival Food Wagon – Pallookaville, at The Starlight Six Drive-In, which he runs, any of his
numerous musicalprojectsor on his Emmy Award Winning PBS Show – Get Delicious! Stacy has appeared in numerous Film and Stage productions, has served as Designer, Art Director, Costumer, Makeup Artist and Talent from MTV to Broadway. Jim and his wife are currently raising a daughter on a steady diet of classic cartoons.


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Megumi Amatsuka is a young boy. One day he picked up an old book but there was a demon living in the book. The demon said that he can grant one of Megumi's wish. Megumi always wanted to be a tough man so he makes his wish…
Unfortunately the demon was a wicked one and he magically turns Megumi into a cute looking girl. Megumi grew up as a tomboy, but pretty girl, and now she is going to be a highschool student, and all of the students admire her. But Megumi still feels/acts like a boy…
Name: Amatsuka Megumi
Age: 15
Description: Megumi-chan is every man's dream. She is beautiful and comes from a good family. However, she's very masculine and violent. A tomboy at heart, if she unintentionally displays any sort of affection for anyone, she is very quick to deny everything.
Name: Souga Genzo
Age: 15
Description: A very stubborn punk who has become Megumi's biggest admirer. The strongest in terms of physical power, Genzo is feared by many at school and various gangs in the city. After Megumi rescues Genzo by accident from gangsters, he instantly fell in love.
Name: Hanakain Miki
Age: 15
Description: Miki is Megumi's childhood friend and would do anything to help her. She is the only one that remembers the former Megumi and knows of the transformation. She does everything she can to turn Megumi into a better more feminine girl.
Name: Fujiki Ichiro
Age: 15
Description: An "average" boy trying to escape his reputation for being weird at his previous school. While not as physically strong as Genzo, he has fought to defend himself and Megumi on several occasions.
Name: Tanaka Keiko
Age: 15
Description: A spoiled brat and Megumi's rival. She suffers a form of superiority complex. She hates Megumi because people think Megumi is more beautiful than she is. She's always thinking up strange plans to beat Megumi in one thing or another.
Name: Yasuda Tasuke
Age: 15
Description: The "hentai" and yet good-hearted nerd who nosebleeds when he gets overly excited. Yasuda is the weakest when it comes to physical prowess, but his intelligence continues to surprise everyone and aids the group solving many problems.
Name: Kobayashi Hitomonji
Age: 15
Description: A samurai in-training and arguably the most decent man in the group. Kobayashi is the second strongest, having learned martial arts since childhood. Near the end of the series he seems to develop some feelings for Miki.
Name: Amatsuka Tsubasa
Age: ?
Description: Megumi's mother who, Even before Megu's transformation, had always wanted a daughter. Living in style and grace, the complete opposite of Megumi. Her work requires her to travel around the world, so she's rarely home.
Name: Megu-papa
Age: ?
Description: His real name is unknown. Megu-papa is perverted like Yasuda, frequently seen entering Megumi's room through secret entrances he creates without Megumi's permission. He always receives Megumi's kicks and hits.
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|Meeting at full speed – is the angel male or female?
|What's Wrong? My Angel!
|This is the Man's Hand that Defeats All with a Single Blow!
|The Angel Dances Down from the Sky…
|I Love You! I Love You Too!
|Let's Try to Get Closer to Her Secret!
|I Will Become a Woman!!?
|Such An Annoying Guy. Righteous Idiot, Kobayashi
|A Magical Book! I Don't Want Megumi to Be a Guy!
|Smash it! The Little Demon's Curse!!
|It's a Date Megu, I'll Show You What a Great Guy I Can Be!
|I Am Cursed After All!
|Somehow Osaka?! The Dreaming Girl is a Big Thief?! (Why Osaka!?)
|I Want to Die Between Your Soft White Legs!!
|We Can Meet the Old Magician!
|Don't Point to My Weakness! Giant Crayfish Fishing.
|The Worst Person Has Come! Keiko Appears!!
|Man's battle! A Warrior and an Average Guy?!
|Megumi vs. Keiko: I Will Raise a Strong Man!
|Miki's fiance!? I'll Protect You No Matter What!
|Operation Marriage Interference! No Miki For The Smooth-Talking Bastard!!
|Forget Credentials And Politics! This Is The Power Of Love!
|Of Course There Are Decent Men! Mother Has a Very Surprising Interview!
|Soga's Woman? My Cute Legs Will Take Her Out!
|The Woman's Enemy, Genzo!? What Is The Scar On His Cheek~!
|Don't Hold Me In Your Arms! Who Is Setsuka!?
|A Kiss!? My Curse is Loosened!
|I'm Changing Back to a Boy! It's a Showdown!!
|You Pervert Bastard, Beautiful Megu Will Take Care of You!
|A Punishment or a Curse!? Not bad, Genzo!
|Megu In A Locked Room! Men Are All Trouble!
|The Girl Keiko Fell in Love With! M-Me~!?
|Can You Beat The Little Devil's Magic? Pervert Power!
|A Must-See! An Apron-Clad Megumi!! A Cooking Contest!
|Genzo, you can't run away! It's seppuku for you~!
|Megu's Yukata Appearance! Why are you running away~!
|Yamato Nadeshiko Cup Part 1, Who is the fated partner!? Fujiki Sees A Hawk
|Yamato Nadeshiko Cup Part 2, Who's afraid of a boxer's punch! Megu executes with grace!
|Yamato Nadeshiko Cup Part 3, Megumi VS Keiko It's a Ghostly Battle!
|Yamato Nadeshiko Cup Part 4, Yanagizawa`s Revenge It`s okay, I`m not a Girl
|Yamato Nadeshiko Cup Part 5, Miki Gets Angry! Who's A Man? Stupid Megumi!
|Yamato Nadeshiko Cup Part 6, I'm Strong. If You Make It Seem Like I Cried, Then I'll Crush You And End Everything!
|A Date With A Prince!? Megu Is A Princess!?
|Kappa Kappa Fujiki? I saw a mermaid in the midsummer sea!
|The Stone-Breaking Samurai – If you Want Miki, you'll Have to Defeat me First!
|It's our Field Trip! It`s a Confession! It`s the Love Comedy Samurai~?!
|I`m Miki's Prince! Hiyo, Silver~!!
|Gakusan's Game Begins! Fujiki's "Love" Explosion~!!
|Reach to Miki's Confined Heart, Rock-Breaking Power!
|KISS, The Magic will be Dispelled! Is the Angel a Boy or a Girl?


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Meet University of Utah biologist Mark Chynoweth and discover why large carnivores and other wildlife species are important as a natural resource. Gray wolves are often a source of human-wildlife conflict, but they play an important role as a top predator. See the equipment used in the field as Mark demonstrates what goes into capturing, tagging and tracking gray wolves. See how exciting it is to work as a wildlife biologist: learn about the challenges involved in tracking and capturing large carnivores and how to safely conduct wildlife research.
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Ever been told you couldn't do something? How about thrown advice when you didn't really ask for it?
Frustration at its finest.
Instead of staying frustrated with a lid on emotions, remember this….
You say I can't. I'll show you I will.
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Something similar happened to me recently. I couldn't have cared less. I pulled out my trusted thoughts that….
Good things don't come to those who wait. Good things come to those who have passion, work hard and never wait around for anything.
I continue to be the SUPREME motivation in my life. My drive with everything in life comes from a place deep within.
My parents and family in general have never really understood where it came from. Hell, I'm not even sure I know where it came from.
But one thing I know FOR SURE is that we can depend on a lot of people for a lot of different things during many times throughout our lives. What sets us apart from others, though, is certainly NOT that dependence. It is independence; the drive, motivation and determination to THINK and ACT for ourselves. It is the doing that creates change.
Other's words never dominate our actions.
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Mount Olympus is a populated place located in Gibson County at latitude 38.447 and longitude -87.475.
The elevation is 528 feet. Mount Olympus appears on the Union U.S. Geological Survey Map. Gibson County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours).
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Parenting Todays Teens with Mark Gregston
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Have you ever experienced a "one way" conversation? You talked to someone, there was a transfer of information… but no real connection
There was a student at our Heartlight residential program for teens several years ago who fit the "one way" conversation description. Ask her how her day was going… and you got a twenty- minute soliloquy on all her likes and dislikes, her talents, her achievements and her dreams for life.
Part way through this chatter, it occurred to me that she was merely trying to engage in the best way she knew how… by impressing me. All she really wanted was to feel valued. She just didn't know how to go about it.
Next time you're in a "one way" conversation, look below the words… and value the person.
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In order for children to develop and grow as learners, their difference in interests and intelligences must be taken into account. The Theory of Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner is extremely important when it comes to teaching children and young adults. Gardner explains that, "It's not how intelligent you are, but how you are intelligent" (Wise, 2001). Gardner hypothesizes that there are eight different intelligences, which included mathematic, linguistic and musical intelligence. Gardner claims that the intelligences very rarely operate independently (Brualdi, 1996). Everyone has strengths and weaknesses and that is why teachers need to be aware of using multiple approaches in the classroom and finding various tasks that suite more than one intelligence at a time. ... [More]
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By IndiaTimes | November 19, 2013, 1:32 pm IST Asia
Mount Sinabung Erupts Again In Indonesia
MEDAN, SOUTH SUMATRA, INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 15: A puppy is seen at an abandoned village in Mardinding village, located just less than three kilometers from mount Sinabung on November 15, 2013 in Karo district, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Up to 4,300 residents have been evacuated from five villages in North Sumatra due to the volcanic eruptions of Mount Sinabung. The volcano has been erupting for several days, spewinging ash and lava 2.5 miles into the sky.


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Next to Red Pine Lodge, at the base of High Meadow and Saddleback Express lifts
Open Daily, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Belgium Waffles
Pierre Vandamme's native home, Bruges, Belgium, is the waffle capital of the world. Bruges is a true medieval, Belgian city known for its thirteenth century monuments, bridges and romantic scenery.
In Bruges, waffles are made and sold by street vendors, and are considered a delicacy. Local "Bruggelingen" are proud of the yeast raised treats and enjoy eating them at home or while strolling along the streets of Bruges.


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Santa Monica Drops Efforts To Ban Large Aircraft at SMO
NBAA welcomed an announcement last week by Santa Monica, Calif. city officials that they would not contest a federal court's ruling that the city could not ban "Category C and D" aircraft from Santa Monica Airport. This brings to an end a three-year battle over such operations at the airport. "The city's decision…clears the way for representatives from industry, the airport and the local community to refocus on effective ways to address all stakeholders' concerns," noted NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. The council's announcement follows a January 21 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals in favor of an FAA decision that the city's most recent attempt to ban the aircraft amounted to "unjust and unreasonable" discrimination and violated the terms of a grant agreement for accepting federal funds for the airport. The controversy dates to 2008, when Santa Monica city officials adopted a ban against the Category C and D jets at SMO on alleged safety grounds. The FAA immediately challenged the move and later ruled that the airport did not have the authority to impose the ban. The matter ended up in the Court of Appeals after Santa Monica officials filed an appeal in 2009. NBAA and AOPA then submitted a "friend of the court" filing that supported the FAA's position.
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It is believed that the fire started around 2:30am in the kitchen, when the victim dozed off while cooking.
A 16 year old in the house was awakened by the fire and alerted the others to get out of the house, but 46-year-old Rodney Dewayne Fancher was trapped in the back of the house and was not able to escape.
When firefighters arrived, they found 3 children and 1 adult outside the home.
Update:Birmingham fire crews have confirmed that one person has died during the fire at 1560 Druid Hill Drive. The victim was a man in his fifties. There were also 3 kids in the house at the time of the fire, and all of them made it out OK.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue investigators are on the scene of an overnight house fire.
According to Birmingham dispatchers, the fire was at a home on Druid Hill Drive.
ABC 33/40 has a crew on the way to the scene to get more information.
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Spinach Pesto Chicken Breasts
By: Chef Emerald Coleman
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to motorcycles too? Let's say someone wanted to bring a Harley down.
And, do they use any consistent basis for the valuation, like KBB?
One other questions I've not seen addressed: The exemption for import (meeting the qualifications of course) is $25K. Can this be used for a $20K car and a $5K motorcycle? Or is it specifically limited to one vehicle.
I can't find the information you referenced; that was a link to the home page, despite a lot of searching. Can you provide a hint?
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Director Michael Apted continues to utilize cinema as a window into the lives of everyday people, and in the reflection of this documentary we can glimpse our own aging humanity.
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"Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man." Starting in 1964 with Seven Up, The UP Series has explored this Jesuit maxim. The original concept was to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Every seven years, renowned director Michael Apted, a researcher for Seven Up, has been back to talk to them, examining the progression of their lives. (c) First Run Features
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This suffers as well from the fact that the subjects' lives haven't changed all that much since 49 Up (2005); perhaps the series will improve yet as they head into old age.
The original documentary was intended to illustrate how the country's deeply ingrained class system inscribed itself on the aspirations and inner lives of its young people. But the successive movies have been far less polemical.
We're now at 56 Up,, and with each passing calendar leap, the experience of watching has only become more soul-stirring.
Yes, on some level it's just a seven-year check-in with people maybe half-remembered, if that. Yet the films also serve as a kind of check-in with us, too.
What ultimately is so compelling about 56 Up is the universality of the experiences. We were all once children. And we all will die. And in between, there is everything else.
We feel good, refreshed and depressed in watching these people get older, also embarrassed in moments and cautioned about the passage of time.
As the project hits its half-century mark, with the "kids" settling into middle age, the signature cross-cutting between then, now and everything in between feels downright Proustian in its emotional depth.
Apted, now 72, has said he'll keep calling on his subjects every seven years until he or they are dead. Whether the subjects show up or not, I for one will be in line when 63 Up comes around.
56 Up has become a stirring reflection, even tribute, to the little bends and turns of ordinariness, the ebbs and surges of everyday lives.
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Chances are that you'll come away from this long film feeling a sense of knowing its characters.
We might say that '56 Up' serves much the same function as 'Amour,' but it responds to the inevitability of decline with compassion, not dread.
What started as a crafty way of looking at the U.K.'s rigid class structure has grown into a portrait of melancholy middle age, with its heartbreaks and minor-key triumphs.
In 49 Up, many of the series' subjects seemed to be just settling into their bliss; now they're committed to it, and the foreclosed possibilities that come alongside.
Watching the eighth film is intriguing but, in a way, disappointing. At this point in the game, it feels as if all the characters have determined their lots in life and are simply plodding through their interviews.
Quite simply one of the great documentary projects in the history of cinema, an engrossing sociological experiment on film; and though this mostly mellow installment isn't as revelatory as some earlier ones, it's still a remarkable document.
... feels like a retrospective and summation of the whole series, with ample quotation from the previous films, an approach that makes it interesting even for viewers who haven't seen the previous installments.
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But what I gained this time around was a profound knowledge of how different Great Britain really is, especially how university education is not necessarily a given over there, unlike here in the States. So, maybe the class system is alive and well in Britain, despite one who protests it was never there in the first place, followed by a scene of a fox hunt.
This time, the politics is less about the subtext, becoming front and center with Michael Apted even calling out one of the participants for some of his objectionable comments. This is all in the wake of the Great Recession which drastically alters some lives at an age where people would be ordinarily starting to look forward to retirement, just as London takes center stage in the world for the Summer Olympics in 2012.
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I also was left thinking two of the participants had married each other for a moment. That would have been interesting.
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When it comes to dating, there are a few perennial questions: How long do you date before you are considered exclusive? When do you have sex? And who pays? Not for the sex, I mean. Presumably that particular act isn't being charged for. No, I mean all of the stuff that precedes the sex: The coffee, the drinks, the dinners, the movies. In this country, it's generally accepted that a guy should pay for at least the first date; however, with the economy sucking so bad, and many women making more than guys do these days, is that still a fair rule?
I've always been the type of woman who felt most comfortable splitting the tab -- except on the first date unless I ask the guy out. I like a guy to pay for the first portion of the date, but not necessarily the entire date. For instance: Say we meet for drinks. He pays. Great. But then he wants to go to dinner. He picks the restaurant. If it has reasonable prices, I don't mind if he takes me up on my offer to pay half. If he chooses a super expensive place, then I do mind -- because it was his choice to pick an expensive place, and his choice to go to dinner, and I wasn't quite counting on shelling out $200 for a guy I haven't even decided I want to see again.
You see this gets complex.
Then say the guy wants to move on to dessert somewhere else. Or coffee. Or another drink. Now here is where I will insist on paying. If I've stuck with a guy this long, then I like him. And since he's already picked up part 1 and part 2 of the date, then I want to pick up part 3.
Do you know I actually stopped dating a guy because he insisted on paying for everything -- and insisted on choosing such expensive restaurants that I would have gone bankrupt if he'd let me go dutch? No matter how many times I said that I'd like to pay this time, so let's go to this nice but cheapish place, he'd still insist on hitting the city's most expensive bistro. I felt like I was never going to have any power in the relationship and never be able to make any of the choices, because his tastes were way more expensive than mine -- which meant he'd have to pay all the time. Call it idiocy, but I had a problem with that.
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She went on a date with a European guy. Europeans are generally less concerned about "who pays" than Americans are -- so when the date ended and she offered to pay half and he accepted, she wasn't surprised, nor insulted. But then it turned out that the restaurant didn't take her type of credit card. He said he would cover it -- and she was preparing to offer to pay for date number two when he suddenly made it clear that he would cover it on his credit card -- but she could still kick in her half in cash.
Since she didn't have any on her, he walked her to an ATM machine so she could draw out the cash and hand it to him.
And yes, this dude was bewildered when she didn't want a second date with him.
To be on the safe side, guys should offer to pay if they like the girl and want to see her again. If they don't care about that, then by all means, guys should ask her to pay half. But good luck. Not all women are as quick with the wallet as my friend and I are!
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I don't know, I think whoever plans the date should pay. If someone asks me out, they pay. If I ask them, I would pay.
I'm big on equality.
Please kindly stop lumping all of us Europeans together in one broad category. Europe is MASSIVE, and has many, many different countries and cultures with.
I dont personally care who pays on someone else's date. but on MY dated (when i was dating, and not with the same man for the last 5years)
whomever asked for the date, paid for the date. and i always made it very clear when i wanted to pay. "I would like to take you to *instert place* on friday. my treat!"
i agree that if a man just wont let you pay, he is being controlling. even now, my s/o makes sure i have all the money i want, and lets me whip out my card when i suggest we go eat, or see a movie. he knows that i like to feel like i have an equal say, and equal power in our relationship.
If a guy asks me out, I would expect him to offer to pay. I've never actually been the one to ask a guy out, but if I did I would expect to pay. That just seems fair. On a first date however, I always expect the guy to offer to pay. Doesn't mean I'd make him it's just in my opinion if he doesn't even offer to pay he must not be that interested.
I split the bill for the first date always. Whether or not I was asked out or I did the asking because I CHOSE to go out with this man. So it's fair and equal that the bill is split for the first date. I mean, I didnt want to become one of those women who loves it when men spend money on them. I get asked out more often than I do the asking, so if I had a rule that the man pays for the first date if he did the asking, I would become one of those women. If I almost never had to pay for the first date, and assume a guy is disinterested because he did not immediately offer to pay, then my behavior would turn into a habit and the habit would turn into an aspect of my personality.
Also, think about the guy you're on a date with. How does he feel that he always has to pay for dinner just to have the pleasure of female companionship? Its these old fashioned gender roles that have to be tempered for both women and men to feel equal. Not equal in a quantitative sense, but in a qualitative sense.


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Campaign themes
Torgan's campaign website listed the following issues:[1]
- Regulatory Reform
- Excerpt: "California can't become a better place to do business until we understand that there is more to taxation than just direct out-of-pocket taxes. Over-regulation imposes "hidden taxes," increasing the cost of goods and services to all Californians and too often hindering job creation."
- Pension Reform
- Excerpt: "California's bipartisan Little Hoover Commission has warned that "California's pension plans are dangerously underfunded, the result of overly generous benefit promises, wishful thinking and an unwillingness to plan prudently."
- Healthcare Reform
- Excerpt: "Health care is a conundrum for California — it is the best performing sector of our economy, but health care costs are also rising much faster than general inflation. We want to encourage continued growth in this sector, but at the same time we continue to make it harder on both large and small businesses performing in this sector."
- Education Reform
- Excerpt: "Control of K-12 education belongs in the local communities, not in Sacramento. True reform means returning curriculum and disciplinary control back to local districts."
- Marriage Equality
- Excerpt: "My support for marriage equality is consistent with my belief in limited government. If a couple wishes to enter to civil marriage — with the rights and responsibilities that come with it, the state should not expand its power to prevent it."
Elections for the office of California State Assembly will take place in 2014. A primary election took place June 3, 2014. The general election will be held on November 4, 2014. The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Incumbent Richard Bloom (D) and Bradly S. Torgan (R) were unopposed in the blanket primary. Bloom will face Torgan in the general election.[2][3]
Torgan ran in the 2012 election for California State Assembly District 50. He was eliminated in the blanket primary on June 5, 2012.[4][5]
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What Is The Difference Between A Carpet Steam Cleaner and Carpet Shampooer?
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First we need to understand that there are cleaning machines called steam cleaners which use "dry" steam to clean and sanitize hard surfaces, like flooring and tiling and they are also capable of cleaning carpets with the proper attachments.
The regular carpet steam cleaners that are found in homes from popular brands like Hoover or Bissell do not use steam. Carpet steam cleaning is an industry misnomer. A more appropriate name for this type of cleaning process is called hot water extraction. Read our article on Carpet Shampooer to understand how the hot water extraction process actually works.
Now that we have understood that a carpet steam cleaner and shampooer are basically the same thing, we will compare and take a look at why they are better than steam cleaners for carpet cleaning.
Difference between carpet shampooer and steam cleaners
Carpet shampooers are remarkably more accessible than steam cleaners. Steam cleaners usually require specialized support equipment capable of generating high-pressure steam, and sufficient heat and moisture tolerance suction power to suck the steam back out of carpets or rugs. All-in-one steam cleaning units are often quite ineffective at removing stains, and usually generate insufficiently hot steam and insufficient pressure to force the steam into the carpet. In addition, all steam cleaning procedures usually are far less effective at removing dirt from soiled carpets and rugs, as the steam is unable to adequately absorb the particulates that a carpet shampooing cleaner solution can.
Steam cleaners are also particularly difficult to operate properly without causing damage to carpets, rugs, and flooring. Steam cleaners applied to a rug located on a finished wood surface, for instance, can inadvertently cause damage to the lacquer on the wood below, for instance. Applying too much steam in one region can irreversibly alter the manner in which carpet or rug fibers are configured, and some synthetic materials can actually melt if too much steam is applied.
Carpet shampooers, on the other hand, are generally far friendlier in terms of operating costs, ease of use, and ability to effectively remove soil from carpets and rugs. Plus, carpet shampooers are generally never going to cause damage to wood flooring located underneath a rug (though it is advisable to ensure that any residual moisture on the wood flooring is given a short amount of time to evaporate – this can be accomplished by lifting alternating sides of a rug for a bit, or simply shifting a rug sideways for a short period of time).
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Christopher Egan
|Christopher Egan
|Christopher Andrew Egan
29 June 1984
Sydney, Australia
Christopher Andrew Egan (born 29 June 1984) is an Australian actor. He played Nick Smith in the Australian soap opera Home and Away from 2000 to 2003, and David Shepherd on the NBC television drama Kings.
Life and career[edit]
Egan was born in Sydney, Australia. He has appeared in several commercials and did some modelling, but his ability and ambition for acting came out when he performed in the Glen Street productions of Les Misérables and West Side Story. He also appeared in the TV soap Home and Away.
He has also been trained in gymnastics at the KICK Performance Group in Sydney. As well as competing in several eisteddfods at an early age, Egan has been able to use his gymnastics skills extensively in the thriller film Crush.[1]
He moved to Los Angeles in 2003.[2] In 2006, he appeared in the film adaptation of Christopher Paolini's novel Eragon. In 2007, he played a small role in Resident Evil: Extinction, the third movie in the Resident Evil series, where he played Mikey, a member of Claire Redfield's (played by Ali Larter) convoy. In the summer of 2009, he shot the movie Letters to Juliet in Italy, with Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave and Gael García Bernal. The movie has gone on to achieve great success and has become Christopher's most popular role.
Egan stars in Dominion, the Syfy supernatural action drama based on characters from the 2010 feature film Legion that starred Paul Bettany. Egan plays Alex Lannen, a rebellious young soldier who discovers he is the unlikely savior of humanity.[3]
- Eragon (2006) – Roran
- Virgin Territory (2007) – Dioneo
- Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) – Mikey
- Crush (2009) – Julian
- Letters to Juliet (2010) – Charlie Wyman
TV work[edit]
- Home and Away (1988) TV series – Nick Smith (#2) (2000–2003)
- Home and Away: Secrets and the City (2002) (V) – Nick Smith
- Empire (2005) (mini) TV series – Agrippa
- Everwood (2006) (recurring guest star, season 4) – Nick Bennett
- Alpha Male (2006) – Felix Methusulah
- Vanished (2006) – Ben Wilson
- Pretty/Handsome (2008) (TV pilot) – Beckett
- Kings (2009) – David Shepherd
- Dominion (2014) – Alex Lannon
- ^ "Crush". Nexus 6 Productions. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
- ^ Nicholson, Sarah; Downie, Stephen (10 January 2007). "Everybody loves Chris". The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "Christopher Egan To Star, Alan Dale & Tom Wisdom To Co-Star In Syfy Pilot 'Dominion'". Deadline.com. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
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The Beautiful Blog
A spectacular run across the field of all things soccer.
Monthly Archive for November, 2010
The Gods and World Cup Dreams
WORLD CUP 2011 – Before we get to the dizzying heights of soccer's Mount Olympus on Monday, it's hats off to the US Women's National Team. Team USA will be going for World Cup glory in Germany next summer after dispensing of Italy at the weekend. A juicy international incident can be expected when Team […] [Read More]
The Gay Soccer Player – Coming Out Soon?
"Being gay should no longer be a taboo topic," advocates Mario Gomez, Bayern Munich and German national team striker, in a recent interview with German magazine Bunte. It is a debate that is happening across the soccer world. The sexual idea of male footballers is athletes with WAGS, wives and girlfriends. They are photographed on […] [Read More]
Colorado Win the Cup
(left – Mounties make sure no one nicks the Cup) MLS Cup Final – Colorado Rapids 2 FC Dallas 1 – The Cup is going up to the Rockies this year. A lame own goal won the showcase game in the MLS season in a nail-biting tie characterized at times by ugliness and the laissez-faire […] [Read More]
GOOD AWAY DAY – SUNDERLAND – There is always a price to pay when loyalty and heart are wrenched from a club. Ray "Butch" Wilkins, assistant-coach at Chelsea and the embodiment of a "Chelsea man," was viciously fired by the club last Thursday. Each game, Ray Wilkins could be seen seated next to head coach […] [Read More]
Comrade Beckham
Although he's everywhere you can lose sight of the comrade, #23 David Beckham, as the team player, far from the enigma and illumination of soccer celebrity. Several years ago, I stood in Union Square with thousands of his followers waiting for his coming. A huge banner on Macy's dropped its cover to reveal the world's […] [Read More]
Quakes Win! Shake New York.
UNDERDOGS WIN AGAIN – Another national title could be heading to the Bay Area. The San Jose Earthquakes pulled off a dramatic victory away from home at New York Red Bulls on Thursday, to send themselves through to the Conference Finals of the MLS Cup. They will face Colorado Rapids. Coach Frank Yallop's squad overcame […] [Read More]
Holy Land Soccer
ISRAELI FOOTBALL – Jesus saves but a hero scores on the rebound. That could have been Abbas Suan in 2004, the team captain of a small Arab-Israeli soccer team called Sakhnin. He came from the Galilee to lead his team to victory in Israel's State Cup Final, a defining moment. In the national stadium, an […] [Read More]
Earthquakes Noise
MLS PLAYOFF SAN JOSE – Rafael Marquez, the Mexican legend who earned Barcelona stripes and has residue of Cobi Jones' skull still stuck in his forehead from the 2002 World Cup, he's taking a corner kick. And the San Jose Earthquakes fans are shaking the bleachers in Buck Shaw stadium with buckets of jeers. No […] [Read More]


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I think that there would be plenty of jealous subordinates ready for an early promotion...
War is war, but do they need this kind of information on Antarctica? ;)
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On Big Game Players and Leadership
Rob has stirred the pot, again, regarding this time-and-true issue, and I'm glad. I'd been wanting to write something about this anyway. But before I jump into it, I'd just like to preface this post with a comment directed to Sman, who recently complained over having an article written in direct response -- and contradiction -- to an opinion of his.
Sman, I'm about to rebuke Rob, a co-writer on this site, a man who has been cheering for the Cubs for at least a full decade before I was even born (and two full decades before I became a fan myself), a man with more experience and knowledge than I can ever hope to accumulate. If I can disagree with Rob with him being man enough not to get offended or angry, then I'm sure you are man enough to be disagreed with by Sayers or myself, or anyone else on this blog, without taking -- or making -- it personal.
What I don't think Rob gets is that, while players can certainly have a negative impact on team play and chemistry through bad attitudes (see Major League Baseball's very own Kanye West, aka Bradley, Milton), they are rare. Besides that, "leadership," "big game players," and all that stuff is, for the most part, complete and total crap.
On one hand, you've got a guy like Alex Rodriguez. A-Rod was the poster child for the "big game loser," who lacked leadership, who couldn't buy a win with a thousand dollar bill. Then you've got guys like Derek Jeter, whose game presence probably sells as many MLB tickets as anybody else in the game -- including Pujols -- who is Mr. November, the team captain of the Yankees, a man who has victory know-how ingrained in his soul. You want a sure-fire winner to elevate your team in the playoffs? Get Jeter!
But apparently, A-Rod's presence on the Yankees was evidence that he was incapable of winning, because they just didn't win with him for a long-ass time. But -- but -- I thought Jeter was a winner and his leadership was elevating! Is A-Rod leadership kryptonite? Or is it just a huge honking load of B.S.?
Same deal with Kevin Tapani. In 1998, Tapani won something like 19 games for the Cubs while posting an ERA of 4.85. Fans touted him as being a Superior Pitcher, because he quite clearly Knows How to Win. The following season, he dropped his ERA to 4.83, and his record went from 19-9 to 6-12. Then, in 2000, he went 8-12. Then, in '01, he went 9-14. What the hell happened? Did he just suddenly FORGET how to win one day?
The point is, Rob is calling out Lee for lacking the intangibles that the Cubs apparently need in order to win. Lee should be the leader, I guess. He should get the game-winning hits more often, he should be more vocal in the clubhouse, I dunno, he should do something or else he isn't worth his roster spot and his production is valueless.
Or maybe he does exactly what he needs to do, and he fills an important role in the clubhouse, and he hits well for a guy his age with his injury history, but the Cubs are hurting in so many other areas that it just doesn't matter. Because I'm telling you now, you could dumbo-drop Derek Jeter In His Prime onto the worst Cub team in the last 10 years (the '06 model, maybe?) and it would only make a difference of 6 games -- or maybe 10 at the most.
Rob, I get it, you want the Cubs to have something they've been missing for a long ass while, but it isn't the lack of the Leader's Winning Attitude that has kept the Cubs out of the World Series. It's been the inability of the players to execute when necessary, it's been their flawed fundamentals, and it's been their poorly constructed roster composition. Plain and simple. It's not Derrek Lee's fault. The blame rests on Jim Hendry.
Oh, and by the way? That guy, A-Rod, who couldn't be a Winner? World Series MVP last year. You can't pass judgment on how somebody will do in the playoffs based on their past experience there. And that is, without possibility of refute, the truth.
ws MVP?
which 2009 world series did you watch? the one that aired in seattle featured world series MVP hideki matsui. and that's the truth.
Good point. You are correct.
Good point. You are correct. Nevertheless, Mr. Anti-Clutch batted .365 in last year's playoffs, with 6 homers and 18 RBI, including 6 ribbies in the Series.
There is blame to go around for the 2010 Cubs. Hendry, Lou, Lee, Ramirez, Zambrano, Grabow, Dempster, Soriano...oh, Soriano..no accountability. No consequences. No truth, either.
I do just want someone to step up and GET IT for a change. Marlon Byrd is trying, but he doesn't really have the weight.
I'm just sick of Lee, is all.
But if there's one guy in a
But if there's one guy in a Cubs uniform who's done nothing in his life to warrant us feeling sick toward him, it's Lee. He's pretty much the only Cub star in recent memory who wasn't somehow tragically flawed. Just accept him, rename him Derrek Everyman, and focus in on the flailing pud that is Aramis Ramirez.
Frankly, this team is filled
Frankly, this team is filled with hard to hate players. I'd take a major red-ass or two on this team that don't wilt under the weight of Cubs lore. I love Derrek Lee, and I love A-Ram, but both of them wilt under the pressure at this point. They'll come through from time to time (Ramirez more so), but there's not one man on this team who screams jump on my shoulders, I'll carry you. Winners have that, the Cubs...not so much. Soriano does that sometimes during the regular season. Z used to do it at times, but not for a long time. Neither did it when it counted. The two playoff appearances (and disappearances) were evidence of that.
If the "man behind the
If the "man behind the curtain" is the "second head" you follow the Cubs with ...
I'm tryin', dude. I'm tryin' like hell not to pay attention to it.
Good post that I agree with almost, actually forget the almost, 100%. Players go out on the field and perform. That is there job. If variance smiles nicely at them, they perform at times that result in game winning hits or key playoff wins. If it doesn't, they get labeled "Anti Clutch". I don't believe there are such things as clutch players or Anti Clutch Players. I think that except for rare circumstances (cough cough Milton, cough cough Bradley) most hitters can be defined clutch or anti clutch the same as defined good or bad. Derrek Lee is a clutch hitter. Koyie Hill is not. End of story.
Nice post Kurt. If the Cubs
Nice post Kurt. If the Cubs were to DFA Lee before tonight's game my feelings wouldn't be hurt at all (although I would yell out-loud that Hendry had just sunk to new levels of dumb-f#$ery for not being able to pull off a trade for at least a rookie-league player). Your ending point that Hendry is nearly solely to blame for the mess the franchise is in is correct. Last week I posted my list of ten moves that I think Tom Ricketts needs to make right now and firing Hendry was at the top of the list. I think Hendry, at least in the first two or three years of his GM tenure, has done a decent job. But now, it's time for him to move on. I don't want him naming Lou's replacement this winter and I damn sure don't want him to continue his history of over-valuing players and mindlessly loading each contract with no-trade clauses.
Lee can produce, not produce, or ride the bench until hell freezes over; but until Jim Hendry is removed as general manager of the Cubs, the organization will not truly take the correct steps toward building a contender.
okay, so once more...
"I'm sure you are man enough to be disagreed with by Sayers or myself, or anyone else on this blog, without taking -- or making -- it personal."
Don't tell me man, that is exactly what Sayers did, and seems to have issues with… But anyway, forget it – I'll just provide a post of my own. If you wanna make a blog topic out of this, feel free! Its informative...
A closer look at an old friend:
The other day blogger Sayers provided a post focusing on one minor hypothetical portion of my reasons not to offer Derrek Lee arbitration. He apparently didn't like having anyone question him or Lee, so he responded aggressively, dismissively and sarcastically with a Pro-Lee article - something apparently posters here are not to question. But oh well, moving past that... The bases of this article, other then trying to attack me, was this:
May 16, 2009 – 615 OPS
May 16, 2010 – 698 OPS
This he claimed was proof that Lee cant actually be in a decline year; and he felt so strong about his so called evidence that he ended the post with "yeah, he's done /sarcasm"
But my question; did he even think about what he was saying, or was he merely looking for anything he can grasp onto for comfort?
First and foremost we should probably go back and revisit the start of 2009. Most of us will likely be able to remember that Lee was hurt early last season. Sayers's argument is actually based off a time period which saw Lee play just 27 games, most of which where he was complaining of neck problems. Compare that to the 39 this year over the same time and you probably realize that is significant. In fact, it's a 60 PA difference; roughly 35% fewer hitting opportunities.
Now getting past the fact that he wants us to compare a hurt Lee to the one who claims to be perfectly fine, let's see what the stats actually say
2009 - .189/.253/.284/.537 his first 19 games, covering all of April
2009 - .314/.400/.629/1.029 the next 9 which covered up till today's date
But how about this year?
2010 - .227/.370/.424/.795 – his first 19 games
2010 - .230/.292/.287/.579 – the next 21, leading up to today
Or maybe we should look at the same amount of games played since Lee did miss time and all
2009 - .253/.331/.438/.770 – Lee's line after 39 Games (166 PA)
2010 - .229/.328/.346/.674 – Lee after first 39 Games (177 PA)
Clearly those stats just don't match, at all, no matter which way you split them. Lee stated okay this season before tanking completely, a tailspin he cant seem to pull himself out of. This is a sharp contrast to the hurt Lee who turned it on after merely a poor opening 19 games to start the 2010 season.
Looking deeper.
2009 after 39 - .274 BAbip, .253 BA
2009 till today - .256 BAbip, .229 BA
2010 after 39 - .270 BAbip, .229 BA
So, he actually had worse luck last season to this point. And after 39 games we see they are roughly the same, yet 2009 shows much, much better results.
2009 after 39– 185 ISO (now that is some serious power!)
2009 till todays date – 165 ISO (again, above average power)
2010 after 39 – 117 ISO (approaching replacement level here)
Well, Lee had an absolutely gigantic power advantage last season as well.
Then we have this:
2009 – 2.66 Run above average value per 100 Fastballs seen
2010 – (-)1.03 Runs AA per 100 Fastballs
2009 – 3.37 RAA per 100 against Cutters
2010 – (-)1.80 RAA per 100 Cutter
2009 – 1.37 RAA per 100 Changeup's
2010 – (-)2.01 RAA per 100 CH
2009 – (-0.46) RAA per Curve
2010 – 1.44 RAA per Curve
(with everything else being within range of average.)
The only thing he has really hit this season is the Curveball, and he has seen extreme drops from last years marks.
Honestly, I am getting to the point that I felt much better about Lee's chances to turn it around before Sayers and his loving post…
Now all of this, of course, was brought up because of the age in which so many players fall off a cliff. Some apparently feel as though Lee won't get old, or can't possibly decline. But well all know that is impossible - Lee will watch his career come to an end and in all likelihood, much sooner then later. 125+ years of the game tells us that. See, that's the thing, all of Lee's comparable hitters on his B-R page were done between the ages of 34-36. But it's not even really just about that; in the history of the game the biggest drop off of a players ability is seen between the ages of 34-36. A player hitting a wall over those age ranges is the normal, not the exception. So we know that Lee being 34 years old this season is a possibility to see dramatic drops in production. In fact, possibly so bad that it means he is out of the game in the next 2-3 years – like his comparables.
All of that of course doesn't mean Lee is done, and I don't think anyone even really feels that is completely the case. But he also very well could be, and it's something we have to leave as a possibility whether we want to believe it or not.
And the really sad thing? Sayers couldn't handle my saying "if" he hits for a .700-.750 OPS. Well, the thing there is this – if he hits .275 with an 800 OPS the rest of the way, he will be pushing that 750 range. That's still a well above average hitter, and I don't really understand why one would meet that with aggressiveness and sarcasm. In fact, he only posted a 823 OPS in 2008, and didn't have an OPS over 800 in any single month that year outside of April (apparently he missed the "slow starter" memo that season… as well as 2007… and 2006… and 2005 – shoot, April has been his best month most of his time with the Cubs). But oh well, I guess an inability to accept even a realistic outcome is one of the side effects of unbridled man-love and the denial it creates…
I think you're missing the
I think you're missing the point here. From your first condescending response to Sayers' article the other day, which began with "Boy, you love taking snippets of things out of context and try to go off on optimistic tangent, don't you?" to your eventual descent into calling him a "condescending, argumentative bitch," which is nothing compared to the constant "bitch's," "shits," and so-on that you eventually spewed, you weren't acting as if you could handle dissent.
When asked to tone it down, your explanation was that he basically was "calling me out, claiming I was saying something I didn't really ever say and acting like me and the things I did say should be dismissed even though basically my entire argument was never even attempted to be addressed."
My point, again, is that this is the internet. And even if I didn't compare Allen's remarks to you (or his post on a topic your comments inspired) with the SOP that we often encounter on the net, I'd be surprised and maybe a little disappointed by the inappropriateness of your response.
Can't you just say "you're right, I totally overreacted, he misinterpreted what I said but I should not have been so hostile. I'm sorry"? Instead I've been subjected to several "he had it coming" statements and, quite frankly, defensive rants.
I don't care if you disagree with him, but you aren't going to convince everybody -- or even most people -- no matter how vehemently you argue it. And, really, it doesn't bug me that you two disagree. So stop trying to justify why you two disagree. Just, I dunno, maybe disagree a little less condescendingly in the future?
(and before you respond with your own comments about how condescending Sayers was, believe me, I don't have a pony in this fight. I've read his remarks, I've read yours. He stayed on point, he focused on the facts in dispute, and he only said "don't be a jerk" to you after you'd already established three responses toward his comments that were, I can't emphasize this enough, condescending from the first sentence of the first post. You've got me feeling like Maniac MaGee, hanging from the rafters of the stage yelling "JUST TALK, WILLYA?")
Hi Sman
How about we bury this, eh? Here's what we disagree about:
A) I think Lee is still good, you think he's in decline. Big whoop.
B) I think that if Lee is still good, the Cubs would be smart to offer him arbitration, you say that even a good Lee is not worth arbitration. Once again, big whoop.
We disagree. I used your post in a comment section to make a point. Heck, I didn't even mention you in the original post. And yeah, maybe I got a little heated as the argument got heated to which, if you'd like, I'll apologize.
I haven't changed my mind....
See, there's a difference
There is a difference between telling a GROUP of people that they are no-knowledge Chads who still long for the loving embrace of their rush chairman, and telling someone specifically, by name, the same thing.
Say, hypothetically, that someone like Sayers40 says something that totally pisses me off. What I do is: assume that there is a whole group of people out there who thinks pretty much as he does; form this virtual group of butthawks in my head; and address them as if they exist. (Which is most likely true...if I can find one Lee-Lover who knows how to use his Mozilla, there are 100 others who do not know how to use theirs).
I have found it less slanderous to address this virtual "group" of LeeLovers, and hurl my abuse at it, than to specifically hurl the same haterade at the particular person. Not only does it avoid pissing matches such as this, but actually you end up speaking to a larger audience that can no doubt benefit from your wise counsel.
If anyone has a problem grasping that concept, e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I can further clarify.
Otherwise, cut out the personal shit, or we'll ban yer silly ass.


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1. West Virginia (3-0, 0-0 Big 12; LW: No. 1) -- With Oklahoma taking its first conference loss already, the Big 12 is West Virginia's for the taking — as long as it keeps winning. Next up: vs. Baylor, Saturday, 12 p.m. ET (FX).
2. Kansas State (3-0, 1-0; LW: No. 4) -- If everyone can stay healthy, Collin Klein and the Wildcats are well on their way to making a BCS appearance. Next up: BYE
3. Texas (3-0, 0-0; LW: No. 3) -- Oklahoma State opened as a 5.5 favorite over the Longhorns this weekend. I'm not buying into that at all, but Texas definitely can't come out of the gates sluggish after its bye. Next up: at Oklahoma State, Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET (FX).
4. Oklahoma (2-1, 0-1; LW: No. 2) -- Yes, they looked bad. But the Sooners only lost by five to a very good Kansas State team. Look for Landry Jones to bounce back as Boomer sneaks back into Big 12 contention. Next up: BYE
5. TCU (3-0, 1-0; LW: No. 5) -- It wasn't a perfect outing, but TCU got the job done by taking care of Virginia, 27-7. The offense needs to get better in the red zone and taking better care of the ball. Next up: at SMU, Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (FSN).
6. Texas Tech (3-0, 0-0; LW: No. 6) -- We won't find out how good the Red Raiders really are until Week 6 against Oklahoma, but the Cyclones will be a good start. Next up: at Iowa State, Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (FCS).
7. Baylor (3-0, 0-0; LW: No. 7) -- Baylor squeezed by Louisiana-Monroe and the Bears' defense is suspect as usual. Next up: at West Virginia, Saturday, 12 p.m. ET (FX).
8. Oklahoma State (2-1, 0-0; LW: No. 8) -- The Cowboys allowed 59 points to Arizona. Arizona just got beat 49-0 by Oregon. Sorry to upset anyone, but this just isn't a quality team. Next up: vs. Texas, Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (Fox).
9. Iowa State (3-0, 0-0) -- Iowa State's 9-6 win over rival Iowa isn't looking as great anymore and it could use a big win over conference opponent Texas Tech to get things rolling early. Next up: vs. Texas Tech, Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (FCS).
10. Kansas (1-3, 0-1) -- Not even Charlie Weiss can turn around the Jayhawks in one season. [GASP!]Next up: BYE
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