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December - 2004

Happy New Year 2005
Plan C
Blowing My Own Horn
Plan B
Merry Christmas...
A Bunch Of Miscellaneous Stuff For A Tuesday Afternoon
Never Mind
I'm Bored, So...
Movie Review: "Million Dollar Baby"
Proof That People Will Buy Anything...
New Sammy Sosa Rumor!
Rumor Central!
Never Mind
Thinking Outside The Closer Box
National Treasure
Next!
Cubs Blog Army Updates
Garciaparra And Walker Signed
Cub And Steroid News
Movie Review: "Ocean's Twelve"
This Sign Is Still Wrong!
NOT Yawn

November - 2004

Yawn
Movie Reviews And Cub News
A Sosa Rumor You Haven't Heard
Movie Review: "The Phantom of the Opera"
Some Meat With Your Turkey
A Step In The Right Direction
Rusch To Judgment
It's Kasper
Ticket Renewals For 2005
This & That
Movie Review: "Alexander"
It's Just This Simple
The Sosa Saga
Never Mind
Read Between The Lines
A Few Cub Notes
Movie Review: "Ray"
Cubs Sign Neifi Perez
For Your Convenience
2005 Cubs Spring Training Schedule
Sammy Sosa Must Go

October - 2004

The 2004 Bottom-Of-The-Heap Awards
The Steve Stone Resignation
I'm Almost Speechless
Cubs 2005 Schedule, Updated Already
Cubs 2005 Schedule
Movie Review: "Stage Beauty"
I Goofed!
We're Off The Hook!
If Only...
In Memoriam, Simon Shuttlewood
Tomorrow...
Movie Review: "Friday Night Lights"
Movie Review: "Shark Tale"
Ding, Dong!
A Cautionary Tale
Movie Review: "Cellular"
Hilarious!
Take A Deep Breath And Step Back
Requiem For A Season
Congratulations, You Are A Winner!
Summer's Last Gasp

September - 2004

Theater Of The Absurd
Want To Make Your Eyes Glaze Over?
Bring Me The Head Of LaTroy Hawkins, Part Deux
Do NOT Panic!
OK, You Can Breathe Now
Thank You, Dodgers
Bring Me The Head Of LaTroy Hawkins
Schedule Change
When You Come By, Bring My Stomach
It's Just This Simple
Happy To Be Wrong
Got Any Fingernails Left?
Secret Weapon
Quiz Time!
It's Been Thirty-Two Years
Ouch
Here's Why I Like Neifi Perez
Aramis!
Correction
Sweep!
Coming Of Age
Doubleheader!
Yes, I'm Going
The Little Things
Finally!
Congratulations!
Cause And Effect?
Thoughts Before The Doubleheader
Aftermath
It's Over
Wow!
It's Official
A Single Step
Here's The Good News!
The Waiting Is The Hardest Part
All-Star Break #2
Interlude Musings and Movie Review: "Vanity Fair"
Looking For Clues
Now What?
Rationalizations

August - 2004

Looking Back, And Forward
That Sound You Thought You Heard...
Today's Fiasco
A Long Day's Journey Into... Wet
Correction
OK, That's It.
What I Won't Do For This Team...
They Never Learn, Do They.
Rats!
So It Rained. Who Cares?
Thirteen!
That Was Fun, BUT...
OK, Here's The Good News
Who Are These Guys?
This & That
How The Other Half Lives
A Long Day's Journey Into Night
The Beginning Of The End
Musings On Closing
This & That...
Where Do I Begin? (Part Deux)
Gut-Check Time
Catching Up
Where Do I Begin?
Meet The Team, Have A Ball
I Came Back From San Francisco For THIS??
For Whatever It's Worth
Cosmic Things Are Happening... Again
Lessons In Defense
History
Crop Failure
Taking No Prisoners
Now, That's More Like It!
Tomato Power!
An Explanation
Almost Perfect
What Number Nomar?

July - 2004

CUBS GET NOMAR!!!!
Kyle's Excellent Adventure
Doing It With A Net
Cosmic Things Are Happening
Bleah!
I Want This One
Glendon Rusch For President!
Owning Up
World Series, Here We Come!
Napster
Catching Up
Commencing Countdown, Engines On
One Day At A Time
The Beginning Of The End
Wendell Kim Must Go
Writer's Block
A Blast From The Past
Who The Heck Are We Kidding?
Relax!
And So, It Begins Again
Even In Salsa...
And So, You'll Remember...
Interregnum
The Power Of The Tomato
Some Encouragement...
Lesson Learned
If The Cubs Win Today...
Uh-Oh...
Striking A Chord
This Has Got To Stop
The Domino Effect
Movie Review: "Spider-Man 2"
Mirror Image
Correction Section
Sweep!
Halfway Home
Correction Section
It All Depends On Your Perspective
You Can Put It On The Board ... Nope!
Bewitched

June - 2004

Staccato
Corrections and Updates
Corey, You Still Suck
Rationalizations
So You Were Saying?
Dee-Fense!
Short People
Gut-Check Time
Movie Review: "Troy" (and Cub game report for 6/22)
Cosmic Things Are Happening...
Happy Father's Day!
Two Hours And Thirty-Two Minutes Of Boredom...
A Gloomy Day
Sweep!
Why, I Oughta...
It Was Forty Years Ago Today
Just What The Doctor Ordered
So, Just How Much Is A Hollands Worth?
Brian & Kristy's Wedding
Untitled
Movie Review: "The Terminal"
Not To Be Left Out...
Corey Patterson, Five-Tool Player
The Hidden Game Of Baseball
Asking For Trouble
Stupid
Groundhog Day
Dave Was Impressed
Wasted
What's Wrong With This Picture?
What A Difference A Year Makes
This Is Absolutely No Surprise
SHHHHH!! Don't Tell Anyone!
Correction Section

May - 2004

Starting Over
Nothing's Ever Easy
Boda de Laura y Sam
Want To Waste An Evening?
Ka-BOOM!
I Know You've Felt This Way
Movie Review: "Supersize Me"
Quiz Time!
Steve Stone, Broadcaster Extraordinaire
This & That
We Have A Winner!
Who Wants To Be In Pictures?
Don't Rusch Me
Phil Almost Comes Through
Carole's Birthday
Stylin'
One For The Ages...
Confirmed!
A Scoop!
Correction Section
Sweep!
Plan Of Attack
A Blast From The Past
Miscellaneous Stuff That Happened Today
If You Think The Cubs Always Get Victimized By Umpires...
An Afternoon At The Cell
Yawn
Sixth Sense
An Eerie Resemblance
What Is It About Mother's Day?
My Big Fat Baseball Game
Nearly Perfect
Movie Review: "The Return"
Wow, They Actually Listened!
Congratulations, You Are A Winner
I Hate Steve Finley
How To Amuse Yourself When Your Team Doesn't Show Up For The Game
Another Thought On The AC Sign
This Sign Is Wrong!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr
An Imperfect Night

April - 2004

Movie Review: "I'm Not Scared"
This & That
Deja Vu
An Afternoon At The Ballmall
Surrealism
Late Night With The Cubs
Stuff I Forgot Yesterday
An Unexpected Day
Kaz Matsui
Shut Up, Phil
I Really Have To Go!
Rainout Theater... Movie Review: "The Alamo"
Never Again
Never!
Stuff I Forgot Yesterday
Haz-Matt
And Now For Something Completely Different
This Has Got To Stop
Freaky Friday
Notes From Yesterday's Game
Spring Training Redux
The Shape Of Things To Come
Thanks For Proving Me Right
How The Other Half Lives
A Few More Notes From Yesterday's Debacle
Bad Baseball
A Taste Of Things To Come
Oh, Well
Notes
Yawn
This Could Be Dangerous
Baseball With Breakfast
Culture Vultures
Go Figure
One Down, 161 To Go
And Now, It Begins
Tuning Up
Back To The Drawing Board, Part Trey
Al's 2004 Major League Baseball Predictions
And Death Is Not An Option
A Note From Yesterday

March - 2004

Spring Training The Way It Used To Be
Back To The Drawing Board, Part Deux
Comments From John A.
The Blame Game
NOT Ernie's Fault!
Back To The Drawing Board
More Roster Cuts
Movie Review: "This Old Cub"
Making A List, Checking It Twice
Cruz For Pratt
Kerry!
It's Ernie's Fault
Credit Where Credit Is Due
No Surprises Here
Dee-Fense!
A Few Notes
The Transformation Is Complete
Five Months And Five Days Later...
A Day Without Baseball
Postcard From Arizona
You Expected Perfection?
Okay, ONE Baseball Item For Tuesday
You Can Read This Anywhere, But...
Believe It Or Not, This Is A GOOD Sign
Look! There They Are!
Movie Review: "Miracle"
The Cubs Lost To WHO?
Cubs Roundtable
It's Split-Squad Day Again
Wrigley Field Construction Update
A Loss! A Loss! My Kingdom For A Loss!
Wish I Could Have Seen This One
Cubs Blog Army Roundtable
Well, That Was A Complete Waste Of Time
The First Crack In The Armor
It's Weird
Credit Where Credit Is Due
Movie Review: "21 Grams"
An Inauspicious Beginning
Tomorrow!
It's Official

February - 2004

I'm Kind Of Dumb This Way
Not That Anyone Cares...
More On Cubs Ticket Sales
Cub Ticket Sales
Movie Review: "Girl With A Pearl Earring"
Stuff I Don't Want To Talk About
The Dream Continues
Welcome Back
Let There Be More Lights...
Stand Back...
Wrigley Field Night Game Deal Approved
Movie Review: "Japanese Story"
Let There Be (More) Lights
I Love Bashing Scott Boras
Scott Boras: Who Does He Think He's Fooling?
16 Days Till Pitchers And Catchers Report

January - 2004

Correction to Movie Review
Movie Review: "House Of Sand And Fog"
Wrigley Field About To Be Landmarked
A Bit Of Baseball
Theater Review:
Cubs Sign Ryan Dempster
Movie Review: "Monster"
The 2004 Cubs Convention
2004: this is the year
Winter Can't End Soon Enough
"Informed Sources Say"...
Cubs And Rooftop Owners Agree, But...
Blowing My Own Horn
You Guys Are Nuts!
Movie Review: "The Cooler"
Movie Review: "Calendar Girls"
Happy New Year...

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