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When I was young, our pet beagle was named Barney. My cat's name is Monster Baby.

Well, though you have told me you think I can be a major pain (or something like that), I did not mean it as an insult... but I also am solidly in the Letterman camp. I only watch Leno when Letterman has reruns.

niKa, Good for you to get braces... you are not alone... I know a guy who had when he was also past 40. He was very glad he did it. It may not be any comfort, but I can relate to what you're going through. In 1992, I lost six people, friends and relatives, none in the same month. I had not lost anyone close before that year... so it was very difficult, and my introduction to grieving. It will pass. I'm sure you are very thankful for your family and support system... it is helping you already more than you may yet realize.

whew...? What IS that smell? Oh, sorry, it was Simon's last joke. :P

All of that said about CES and it's successor group that enveloped it, I think it's kind of a stretch to think the group is any more spiritually "tapped in" to God than anyone else. Therefore, it becomes a matter of whether you want to hang out with people who have some similar religious background as you, and how close or far from that background/heritage you are comfortable going (IMO).

It means he wants to tease fans.... I wouldn't read anything else into it. And I can't imaging both Manny AND Nomar for ARod.

I agree with simonzeloaded on that one

In the safety in multitude of counselors department (even though I'm only one more person for encouraging), niKa's insight is right on the money all the way around in that last post.

Cubbies aren't going to collapse as long as Dusty is in the dugout. I still see a Cubs RedSox WS in 04

Well Tommy boy, that would be a fine idea... spring training isn't very far off in the future now. Dbacks have made more moves... apparently signed a veteran catcher to a one year deal...he might be the guy that beat them with a HR in the playoffs the first time. And RE-SIGNED Colbrunn who is an outstanding pinch hitter and can play first and third bases.

What do you call a guy with no arms or legs at the door? Matt.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . a Dictator! ;)-->

What do ya get when you cross a penis and a potato?

We got to sing the Messiah in high school... I loved it. Still, every time I hear the Hallelujah Chorus it stirs me. Of course, here in the desert, I love -- Let it Snow.

All I can come up with is some lame political joke... I was hoping someone else might improvise a punch line...

IceCube? How do you get a Pork Chop?

well, I would only be able to guess, but from the context of things passed on from generation to generation... Nicole's dad being a singer/musician, Hilton's just money... not sure what else she may have inherited.

TGN, The Strange One is referring to the recently infamous duo of Paris Hilton (of the Hilton Hotel founder's family...megamega bucks) and Nicole Ritchie (daughter of Lionel Ritchie). Tom, Nothing's wrong with your hair... if you put it in a pony tail when you are working on your aerobics points...

Val... wasn't one of those for Anthrax? I understand that one's really bad...

Well Tommy boy... this might indeed be a case of "if ya snooze..."

And I know a good barber I can recommend for you Tom.

Got involved in 1974. Went in the 9th corpse, stayed in it until the interim year. Left the field, didn't go to fellowships for about 9 months. Got back in, went wow 81-82. Went to college (a community college, then Arizona State). When PoP came out after Vic died in 85, it was all secretive in our area for a short while. I think that was spring 86. I graduated from ASU in May 86, had to move in August and never went to a twi fellowship after that. Lots of folks in the Phoenix area left then. Tom Reahard lived in Scottsdale and was one of the leaders of the group the led the big exodus at that time (Ralph D, JAL, Robert Belt, etc.). Went, for a while to makeshift fellowships but that eventually piddled out. A couple of times when JAL came to town, I went to see him, but mostly out of curiosity. Haven't been to any such fellowship in over a decade. I figure I heard my heart telling me from the early 1980s that it wasn't what I had originally thought... but I was ready when the exodus came in 86.

You gots it, seestor niKa... you know all yur bros and sis's in the 9th love ya and pray with ya...

Joy in Norman and gnashing of teeth everywhere else... especially in Pac10 communities... This will likely be the doom of the BCS. But I'm glad there's joy in Norman.

Plus, I can't imagine my neutered male cat would be so mellow if he had not been "fixed" before he came home with me from the pound. I have no interest in a cat urinating in the house to mark territory (except in the litter box) nor am I interested in having the cat going nuts to get out of the house and propagate.