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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gyx9c9cUng

Quote from: bocaj on July 02, 2008, 12:18:12 AM

Quote from: MDZ on July 01, 2008, 04:09:19 PM

Quote from: bocaj on July 01, 2008, 12:49:31 PM

Quote from: Jon on July 01, 2008, 09:21:10 AM

Quote from: bocaj on July 01, 2008, 12:54:56 AM
"A Bucket of Blood"?

That is one of my top five films ever.

Anyone who uses "sapience" instead of the much more common and pretty much synonymous "wisdom" probably needs to stop checking the thesaurus and just watch the movie before he decides to say "dipsomaniacal" in lieu of "drunk," or other such callow douchery.

I know what every word I use is and means before I use it (i.e., I don't look up synonyms). My lack of full comprehension of a particular word or usage of certain words that may not be most appropriate in their respective context does not equate me entering every word I use in a post to find similar words and then using said similar word in a newly updated post. C'mon, you're more smart (or, wait, should I have used "perspicacious"?) than that!

First off, you're just wrong.  If you don't understand the proper usage of a word, then you don't know it.  Improper usage only makes you look like a pretentious imbecile.  There is a proper time and place for every word in the language, and there's absolutely no reason to overcomplicate your thoughts with an unnecessary word choice.  It hurts any argument that you make.  Having heard of a big word, and vaguely knowing what it means does not make you intelligent.  In fact, improper word use shows two things:  ineptness or insecurity (either in yourself, or the validity of your ideas). 

Do yourself and the rest of us a favor and get this book: 

http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-William-Strunk/dp/0205313426/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214945969&sr=8-2

While I'm much obliged as to your offering of advise, I must admit that I think you have no clue what I'm meaning: I was purely pointing out a technicality of the nature of human beings, whilst not saying--as been the obligatory insult, this time--that I search thesauruses for words to use. That is, I truly am not a master of any one word I use: I doubt I even can grasp all the connotations and such for the commonly used word "I." The impracticality of such immense pedantic studiousness is simply mind-boggling.

And, by the way, I agree for the ruling that words don't make an argument--I really don't see where this tangent we have ventured on has any relevance, let alone substance to it. All I do is make one inquiry and I get a bunch of knee-jerk, spite-filled rhetoric spewed at me. This is unfair!
I've completely missed the point, so I'll use some more big words in a completely unnecessary fashion.

Sorry to the rest of you.  Especially MikeD, I was actually trying to help bocaj so that there would be no need to come to his defense.  Here's some Venture Bros. clips:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ajocXQg445s
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j_gfwpj2-00&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jek-yuqmkrU

Quote from: bocaj on July 01, 2008, 12:49:31 PM

Quote from: Jon on July 01, 2008, 09:21:10 AM

Quote from: bocaj on July 01, 2008, 12:54:56 AM
"A Bucket of Blood"?

That is one of my top five films ever.

Anyone who uses "sapience" instead of the much more common and pretty much synonymous "wisdom" probably needs to stop checking the thesaurus and just watch the movie before he decides to say "dipsomaniacal" in lieu of "drunk," or other such callow douchery.

I know what every word I use is and means before I use it (i.e., I don't look up synonyms). My lack of full comprehension of a particular word or usage of certain words that may not be most appropriate in their respective context does not equate me entering every word I use in a post to find similar words and then using said similar word in a newly updated post. C'mon, you're more smart (or, wait, should I have used "perspicacious"?) than that!

First off, you're just wrong.  If you don't understand the proper usage of a word, then you don't know it.  Improper usage only makes you look like a pretentious imbecile.  There is a proper time and place for every word in the language, and there's absolutely no reason to overcomplicate your thoughts with an unnecessary word choice.  It hurts any argument that you make.  Having heard of a big word, and vaguely knowing what it means does not make you intelligent.  In fact, improper word use shows two things:  ineptness or insecurity (either in yourself, or the validity of your ideas). 

Do yourself and the rest of us a favor and get this book: 

http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-William-Strunk/dp/0205313426/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214945969&sr=8-2

Quote from: Waco Kid on April 28, 2008, 11:47:43 AM

Quote from: air2300 on April 28, 2008, 11:20:11 AM

Quote from: Waco Kid on April 28, 2008, 10:13:44 AM

Quote from: Slaky+ on April 28, 2008, 09:56:20 AM

Quote from: Andy on April 28, 2008, 09:53:19 AM
I think the defense will be much better than last year, the offense won't be worse.

So here we come 9-7!  Yay?

The time to do something bold has passed, now they're just too good not to get a good draft pick and too bad to contend for anything of substance. 

Guh.  Welcome (back) to hell.

If you rank season success, doesn't going 7-9 have to be near or at the bottom?

I can't see 9 wins from this team. I think that's a huge reach.

I think I can see it. The NFC North is shitty. Griese won't be around to throw end zone picks against the Lions and Green Bay will suffer with the loss of Favruh. Hope for a split with the Vikings and maybe there's 4-5 wins in the division.

I like how everybody is jumping on the Vikings bandwagon.  No matter how good Peterson is, you can count on him to miss 4-6 games and Jackson is still their Starting QB.  Bears with 9 wins can win the division. 

I'm not jumping on the Vikings bandwagon. However, Peterson did run wild all over the Bears last year, so right now barring an injury or the Bears somehow stopping him, I'm still hoping for a split.

You mean the injuries that happen every year to a guy that runs straight up and always fights for extra yards?  If Adrian Peterson plays 10 seasons, he might have 2 where he plays 16 games.  He's had serious injuries that tend to recur (knee and collarbone), plus he keeps getting different injuries because he plays too physical for his body.  The injuries will catch up to him soon and not just take him out of games, they'll limit his explosiveness and agility when he does get on the field.

Earl Bennett and Marcus Monk could both start from Day 1, and be better than last year's starters.  Neither is a deep threat like Berrian, but both have the ability to be more consistent and occasionally stretch a defense vertically.  Besides, you'd hope that someone between Davis, Bradley and Hester could become a 3rd WR/deep threat.  Marcus Monk made Matt Jones look like a viable QB.  If he didn't have the injury concerns, he'd have gone in the 2nd or 3rd round.  He could have a Colston type impact, and now Rex Orton has three legitimate red zone targets in Olsen, Monk and Bennett.  

I'm surprised that Ali Highsmith wasn't drafted.  He ran a terrible 40, but he was hurt at the combine and still ran.  Maybe it's because he's stupid, he didn't qualify academically at Miami, but he made plays at LSU and stayed out of trouble.  He could make a pretty decent weakside LB in a Cover 2.

Apex, Mike Alstott doesn't make your list?  Or what about Rosevelt Colvin?  I know he left the Bears in a money grab, but that Alamo Bowl game against K-State gets him at least an honorable mention in my book.

Quote from: BC on April 27, 2008, 11:07:05 AM
I watched Ainge at Tennessee. I see him as fairly raw, he has potential that would have to be developed. He has a really bad habit of having his team in position to possibly win the game in the fourth quarter and then throwing a soul-crushing interception. Still, worth a third-rounder if you are needing a QB, in my opinion.

Your position is just wrong.  Ainge is a 5th rounder at best, and won't start 10 games in his career.  He was a 4 year starter (he won the job his freshman year and missed time due to injury his sophomore year) at a national power with lots of talent around him.  Ainge also had good coaching with David Cutcliffe as his OC.  The fact that you see him as raw raises a huge red flag because he's had four years in a great situation for a QB to develop.  His potential should have been fulfilled.  Basically, he's either reached his potential and he just sucks, or he's too stupid/lazy to work to fulfill his potential.  Neither of those scenarios translate to NFL caliber QB.

Quote from: BC on April 26, 2008, 06:35:18 PM
I like the potential of the pick. He isn't going to help immediately like Mendenhall would've, but Forte has a lot of natural ability and talent.

Mendenhall wasn't worth drafting or trading up for.  Forte screams workout wonder, even though he may work out because he'll have 3/5ths of a functional offensive line instead of the crap the Bears put out there last year.  His Tulane team may have sucked, but so did their competition.

Quote from: Slaky+ on April 26, 2008, 03:03:12 PM

Quote from: ~Apex on April 26, 2008, 02:59:01 PM

Quote from: Slaky+ on April 26, 2008, 02:50:42 PM
Bryce Paup?

Patrick Kearney says hi. Does anybody hear him?

He has a strange way of saying it.

Jared Allen, at least until he's locked up for DUIs.

Quote from: Three times a JD on April 07, 2008, 06:24:26 AM

Quote from: Slaky+ on April 07, 2008, 05:53:28 AM

Quote from: Three times a JD on April 03, 2008, 05:32:03 PM
Is KD still writing for Yahoo?  Or is he strictly doing roundtable discussions with cubs fans these days?  I need an update, please.

I've been keeping up with the NBA blog on Yahoo. It's great. Bookmark that shit. And look out for that guy that writes his comments in all caps. He's a loon.

I look there, but I only ever see JE Skeets stuff. 

KD still does a daily Behind the Boxscore, and he'll throw in the occasional other post.  I'd love to see some more of the Shocking Dialogue series.

So many McPoyles. 

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/fd1b1c483f

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1771556

Quote from: 27B Stroke 6 on July 30, 2007, 04:09:14 PM

Quote from: Shooter on July 30, 2007, 02:27:51 PMIntrepid Reader: BC
Look at what happened to Springfield against Shelbyville. They had Scioscia, Mattingly, Boggs, Ozzie Smith, Sax, Canseco, Griffey, Strawberry, and Clemens, and it still came down to Homer getting beaned in his melon to win the game.

That's only because they suffered nine separate misfortunes. BC's video game team would never suffer nine separate misfortunes. Two? Sure, I could see that. Six? Meh, there's an outside chance. But nine? Pfft, I'd like to see that.

Well anyone can OD on nerve tonic to become Shelden Williams.

Quote from: BC on July 29, 2007, 09:05:47 PM

Quote from: Andy on July 29, 2007, 05:42:54 PM
If the Cubs are a good team, they'll take over first place, put their head down and start sprinting away from every other team in the Central.  It won't matter if that happens tomorrow night, next week or next month. 

I'm not yet sold on the Cubs being a good team for the last two months and few days of this season. Yes, they have had a great run since early June, but lest we forget how awful this team was in April and May. All the Brewers need are two hot weeks while the Cubs go cold and they can check out with the division by mid-September. With their deficit, the Cardinals would need three hot weeks instead of two, but the same scenario applies. I try to enjoy what I can, but at heart, whether it's life or sports, I'm just a damn fatalist...

You mean the team with Barrett, Izturis starting, Murton in right against lefties, Eyre pitching in meaningful situations, Soriano figuring out CF, Jones playing the worst ball of his career, Zambrano with an ERA near 6, Theriot on the bench, no Fontenot, and no Marmol?  You'd have a point if the team as it's currently constructed and being utilized was the same as the beginning of the year, but it isn't.  Lou learned what did and didn't work, made the changes and the team is different and much better now than it was in May.  Also, over this stretch they have lost Aramis for several games, had Lee's 5 game suspension and Dempster's been on the DL.  They've had bad shit happen that in year's past would have been the straw that broke the camel's back, but this year they didn't let it phase them.  The players sacked up and got the job done.  Now that's something I never thought I'd ever say about the Cubs.