Tom Strange

You have no idea why you keep getting the top? OR You have no idea why it makes you crazy? Be careful... these are important questions!

Safe travels starman... I think those continually successful pitching coaches have a philosophy that they teach... whatever that philosophy might be... and they get ALL of the pitchers to buy into it, and the catchers to call the games accordingly... that's what Leo Mazzone (the Atlanta guy that's now in Baltimore) and Dave Duncan do... A sound philosophy and great talent will go a long way... as most of you know, the last couple of years here (with Orel and now Connors) the stRangers are going for the 'ground ball' pitching plan... well, duh... given that the freakin' DFW air traffic controllers have declared this area a no fly zone because of all of the balls flying out of the Ballpark... Anyway... I think that's why they continue to be successful... but the reason I asked was because it just seems that the Cubbies Starters spend an awful lot of time on the DL each year...

Thanks Chas... I know a lot of folks use it... but they use it a lot... I don't know if I've ever heard a BonJovi song without it... of course, I haven't heard many... wait, it's not in that Cowboy song is it? ...now, what was the latest clue?

chatty's on the top... chatty's on the top...

Not me... and I'm not going to that big blockbuster summer movie that's out now either because I HATE SNAKES

The Sand Pebbles? (it's my rice bowl)

No need to apologize chattingKathy (IMO)... I always liked Pee Wee's Playhouse... Some folks did, some didn't... definitely an acquired taste... I liked that show as much (if not more) for all of the nitwit characters that were on it... it was a nice respite during my temporary sojourn back into cannibas... I figger I can still be 'friends' with George even though he didn't like the little squirrel... (oh... and Penny was hot! She made my little pre-teen hormones go crazy before I knew what they were!)

He pitches for the cubbies? ...I'm not even going to bother checking on him then... Dusty will probably ruin him before the end of the season... ...or is it the pitching coach/program that kills all of their pitchers? What think the Cubbie faithful Simon?

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity . . . Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities.

Welcome Mrs Medic! ...er... uh... just one question please... Does he take that finger out of his ear when he's home stateside?

sounds like a three stooges movie...

I don't think they have much trouble with Spanish... besides there's always a catcher or infielder to translate for them... they probably could just hold up signs with the characters on them and the other team wouldn't know... unless they had a Korean or Japanese on their team...

that's neat... did she know her aunt was in a cult?

Let's see... last year he was "manager of the year" in the AL wasn't he? Now folks are thinking there was something to the stRangers taking 3 of 4 from the Tigers just happening to coincide with Buck's suspension... Others are wanting Hicks to dump him because it's his fourth year and you know what happened the next year when he was dumped after four with NYY and AzDbacks... I don't know what the answer is... this team has too much talent to play this poorly... but then, the other team is getting paid to play as well...

happening day dude!

I forgot what the subject was... has the little jumping frog from Canadia forgotten how to color her grey?

My dog does that to this day TBone... notice how the couch is in complete submission:

Reckon you make me some biscuits. I like them French fried potaters. and then towards the end, these words of profundity from the alleged "idiot": I don't reckon you have to go with women to be a good daddy to a boy. You been real square-dealin' with me. The Bible says two men ought not lay together. But I don't reckon the Good Lord would send anybody like you to Hades. That Frank, he lives inside of his own heart. That's an awful big place to live in. You take good care of that boy. Of course Raf, it's Sling Blade... I don't know about the rest of you but I was very pleasantly blown away by that movie... it was just a story about a few days in the lives of a few people... the cast and their performances were just one of those times when everything comes together and something really special is made...

ahhh sooo... the Bon Jovi thing... I see them whenever they're the band playing at a sporting even on the television... do every one of their songs have that "mouth/guitar" sound in them?

some spirit hath overtaken the fingers of our eighth brethren as now they are set to furiously typing words in cyberspace...

say it (in your mind) with a deep, gutteral voice...

key wrecks dion [something] ford kahn tree correction _______ ford country?

She really loves her family... even when locked out of the house!

yeah... and here's another... At Duke University, there were four sophomores taking chemistry and all of them had an "A" so far. These four friends were so confident, that the weekend before finals, they decided to visit some friends. They had a great time, but after all of the fun, they slept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. Rather than taking the final then, they decided that they would wait until after it had been administered and then they would explain to their professor why they had missed it. They said that they visited friends but on the way back they had a flat tire. As a result, they missed the final. The professor agreed that they could make up the final the next day. The guys were excited and relieved. They studied that night for the exam. The Professor placed them in separate rooms and gave them each a test booklet. Each quickly answered the first problem worth 5 points. Cool, they thought… Each one in separate rooms, thinking this was going to be easy.... then they turned the page. On the second page was written.... For 95 points: Which tire?

Is it... "It's my life"?