And I'm in the industry

I got a direct mail piece that I was not happy about. A credit card offer.

"Introducing the Chicago Cubs MasterCard Credit Card with MLB Extra Bases Rewards"

Clearly, they didn't do their research. They should know Fungster's household is a White Sox household. Ignore the zip code. Recognise the pale hose blood.

Then I looked closer and saw it was actually addressed to my sister. She HATES baseball. But hey, she may ignore the logo for 0% financing till next June. Except it will be shredded into tiny pieces and force fed to Sarge by the time she gets here.

I feel guilty when I say "duh"...

From the NY Times today - maybe we can figure out his environmental record sucks before the sun starts spitting seeds at us? Somewhere Dick "Dick" Cheney is signing an order of some kind to prevent this kind of reporting...:

Recruiting efforts are also suffering. Despite granting more waivers for recruits with criminal backgrounds, offering larger cash bonuses, loosening age and weight restrictions, and accepting more high school dropouts, the Army said it had missed its recruiting targets in May and June. Pentagon officials say resistance from families is a major recruiting obstacle. Membership is also increasing among antiwar groups that represent the active military and veterans. Military Families Speak Out, one such group, which was started in the fall of 2002, now has about 3,500 member families. About 500 of them have joined since January.

Nancy Lessin, a founder of the group, said it was noteworthy that about a hundred military wives living on bases had joined in the last three months. Wives living on bases, she said, are more reluctant than parents of soldiers to speak out.

For Beth Pyritz, 27, who recently joined the group, the turning point came last month when her husband, an Army specialist, left for Iraq for his third deployment.

“I voted for Bush twice,” said Ms. Pyritz, seated with her five children in their home at Fort Eustis near Virginia Beach. “I backed this war from the beginning, but I don’t think I can look my kids in the eyes anymore, if my husband comes home in a wooden box, and tell them he died for a good reason.”

She said her views began changing late last year as the administration seemed slow to release information about the chaos unfolding in Baghdad and crystallized when military deployments were extended to 15 months from 12 months.

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Elvis

He scares me...

Murali Destroys Bangladesh

Look at these numbers:

1st innings
Bowler O M R W
Muralitharan 14.5 6 28 6

2nd innings
Bowler O M R W
Muralitharan 21.0 5 54 6

Bangladesh never had a chance!

Match Report
Scorecard

Wow.

There were more black players on the 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers than the 2007 Los Angeles Dodgers.

might they never lose again?

Chase Utley had four of Philadelphia's season-high 23 hits Friday as the Phils pummeled the Cards.
Utley hit his 16th homer and wound up driving in three runs as Philly again avoided becoming the first team in professional sports history to reach 10,000 losses. Utley is batting .331 with 66 runs and 71 RBI. Greg Dobbs also had four hits and scored once, while Jimmy Rollins was 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBI as the Phils came within four hits of matching the franchise record.

Well, that oughtda do it

Or maybe it's just inflation...

Senate doubles Bin Laden reward

LoC creating a buzz on da internets

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So, what's your porn name

"I was always told the way to get your pornstar name was to take the name of your first pet and the name of the first streen you lived on. the pet's name being your first name and the street name being your last name..as such my would be "jody woodway" and i'm trademarking it right now so if I see it lawsuits will follow....:-P"

I believe that makes me "Sandy Meadow". If you have a really good one, you can submit it here

And: DARIN ERSTAD'S ANKLE IS TURNING THE CORNER!

Darin Erstad said Thursday that his injured ankle is "starting to turn the corner," but no timetable for his recovery has been laid out yet. "But like I said, you have another setback, and it's not looking real good,'' Erstad said. ''We are going to make sure it's right. Hopefully on this road trip sometime, I'll get out of here and go play some games.''

Breaking: KERRY WOOD HAS A BOUNCE IN HIS STEP!

Kerry Wood (arm) is expected to throw in a Rookie League game at Mesa, Ariz. in the next few days.
"Get his feet wet," general manager Jim Hendry said. "And if that goes well, we'll continue with his rehab program the next couple of weeks. … Let's be guardedly optimistic. We've all been down this path before, but when he left here the last homestand, he had a little bounce in his step, and he has thrown well in Arizona since he left here." Wood could join the Cubs' bullpen in early August if his rehab continues to go smoothly. Also expect to see flying monkeys invade Wrigley Field...

in dat case - fuhgeddaboutit

Do you want Mark Cuban to be the next owner of the Cubs?
71.4%
Yes (6786 responses)
28.6%
No (2719 responses)

9505 total responses
(Poll results idiotic)

We are living in a golden age (cont)

Continental Express to mum: Shut your baby up by drugging him, or else.

America's next great fiery actor

Mather Zickel as dis guy.

also, 90% of their brains...

Humans share 90 percent of their genes with sea anemones.

something for the President to consider...

The Pittsburgh Public Schools, noting that low student achievement has hurt the image of public schools, announced it will confront the problem by dropping the word "Public" from its name and becoming the Pittsburgh Schools.

anudder idiotic thing Dumbya said...

"See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."--yes, he actually said it in Milwaukee on 10/3/03

yep, the $#!+ blowing up kind

"Well, we've made the decision to defeat the terrorists abroad so we don't have to face them here at home. And when you engage the terrorists abroad, it causes activity and action."--Da RezzziDUNCE; Washington, DC; 4/28/05

Junk Mail

This is what passes for spam these days...

Let's say I break into your house

A lady wrote the best letter in the Editorials in ages!!! It explains things better than all the baloney you hear on TV.

Her point:

Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration.

Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, to stay indefinitely. Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests. Let's say I break into your house.Let's say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, "I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors. I've done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-workingand honest (except for when I broke into your house).

According to the protesters:
You are Required to let me stay in your house
You are Required to add me to your family's insurance plan
You are Required to Ed ucate my kids
You are Required to Provide other benefits to me & to my family (my husband will do all of your yard work becausehe is also hard-working and honest , except for that breaking in part).

If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my RIGHT to be there.

It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm a hard-working and honest, person, excep t for well, you know, I did break into your house And what a deal it is for me!!!

I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of cold, uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and bigoted behavior.

Oh yeah, I DEMAND that you to learn MY LANGUAGE!!! so you can communicate with me.

Why can't people see how ridiculous this is?! Only in America if you agree, pass it on (in English). Share it if you see the value of it.

If not blow it off......... along with your future Social Security funds, and a lot of other things.

you know there ain't much pitching left when...

7. 2) Mike 184 Ryan Rowland-Smiff P Sea

Though he could be the next Graeme Lloyd...