Thompson Campaign

Is it me, or is the Fred Thompson presidential campaign a bit like a Windows operating system release?

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Really, its coming out soon!

Just wait...

The Raffi Playlists Only Rule

Fond du Lac Reporter has an article about the influence of music lyrics on kids and how one middle school is handling CD players and iPods.

According to the article:

...students must follow rules when they bring their iPods or CD players on campus this fall. Students may bring their players but must not listen to explicit music.

A $250 iPod will put 7,500 songs in your pocket. Yeah, this policy is going to work...

Stop right there, Billy! Show me your iPod. Don't you dare hit shuffle!

Continued White Sox Analysis from the Oz

Chicago Tribune:

"Well, they're killing me," Guillen said. "They're killing my family. They're killing my coaching staff, killing the White Sox fans. They kill the owner. They kill everyone. I hope they feel the same way we feel."

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"You don't see this today," Guillen said. "You've seen this since April. I keep giving people a chance to succeed, a pat on the back. I wish I played for a manager like that. I swear to God I wish I could have played for a (expletive) manager like that. Every time you fail and keep putting guys out there who fail day in and day out, that's easy to play.

"A $100 million payroll and those guys don't show how much they make in the field. Well, Kenny [Williams], I don't say what he has to do, but we play like this and spend all that money on the club like that, I will shut the payroll and go with Double-A kids if we have to, because it's not easy. I know those guys go out there and they care about it."

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"I hope somebody out there cares the way we care," he said. "Good guys or nice guys finish (expletive) last. I'm tired of seeing that (expletive), day in and day out. And I don't want to spend a miserable September seeing the same (expletive). If I have to see the same (expletive), I told Kenny, 'Bring somebody up. (Expletive) it.'"

Garland on Trading Block, Floyd's Future Uncertain?

The Chicago Sun-Times is looking into the future and speculating that more changes in the White Sox pitching staff might be in the cards:

Mark Buehrle and Javier Vazquez seem to be bookends heading into 2008, while Jose Contreras and his two-year, $20 million contract seem to be the book no one wants -- nor can lift. Jon Garland has set the stage to be moved in the offseason, while rookie John Danks has the inside track to being the No. 5 starter.

But if Garland is moved, that leaves a hole. The hope was that Floyd would have shown enough to allow the Sox to trade Garland and not blink. Now they are hoping that youngsters such as Gio Gonzalez and Jack Egbert continue their fast tracks and no longer are counting on Floyd.

Garland, if you're wondering, is 8-10 with a 4.90 ERA this season and 90-78 with a 4.49 ERA.

White Sox Season Recap

Chicago Sun-Times:

''I finally have to admit it -- we're horse [expletive],'' Guillen said. ''I thought we were just playing bad, but, no, we're horse [expletive].''

The Hot Stove Tracker is Back

It is not going to surprise anyone when I say that the White Sox have been miserable this season.

So what to do? Start thinking about next year, of course.

The Chicago White Sox Hot Stove Tracker hereby is back. Time to get great for '08.

Today's entry: Torii Hunter (I'm guessing this one will keep popping up throughout the winter)

Chicago Tribune, 8/23/07:

Guillen acknowledged the price and dearth of effective leadoff batters means it's possible Jerry Owens will bat first again next spring. Owens has played better than Guillen expected in center field. Owens could shift over to left if the Sox land a marquee free-agent center fielder such as Minnesota's Torii Hunter.

Letterman's Great Moments in Presidential Speeches: Rumsfeld Resignation

Opening Tomorrow!

Signature Psychology

There's a great piece on Information Week entitled, "What Does Your E-mail Signature Say About You?" It is so accurate its creepy:

Important people don't bother with e-mail sigs.

Your e-mail signature reflects how powerful you are. If you were profiled on 60 Minutes, you don't need no steenkin' e-mail signature.

The primary purpose of an e-mail sig is to let people know who you are and how to contact you. If you're really, really important, your e-mail recipients had better already know that.

If you're a billionaire, you write your e-mail entirely in lower-case and sign it with the one-syllable nickname you had in prep school:

get on this right away. biff

The longer your e-mail signature, the lower down the food chain you are.

Some people put a whole novel in their sig:

Their full name, including "Jr." or "Sr."

Job title, which generally includes both the words "deputy" and assistant.

Street-mail address with mail stop.

Business phone number, with different versions for people dialing from the internal corporate PBX vs. people dialing from outside.

E-mail address. 'Cuz it's not like it's in the "From:" line of every e-mail or anything.

And finish it off with an inspirational quote from Battlestar Galactica.

If that's a description of your signature, then you're a flunky. Time for a Starbucks run, Commander Starbuck.

The billionaire/powerful CEO name only or initials only signature is so true. Perhaps I'll start signing initials only...

You Lost Me At Daddy Day Care

Does the TV commercial for Daddy Day Camp really begin with the words, "From the studio that brought you Daddy Day Care..."?

Really?!? Really? Is that a selling point?

A Daddy Day Care sequel, huh? Um...nope, I'm out.

Kinda like I was for Daddy Day Care...

Letterman's "George W. Bush: Fakin' It"

I Am McLovin