SageAgainstTheMachine

How many cups of coffee are you on so far today?

I've probably got the wimpiest story here, but this is probably the closest I was to dying. I had a pretty bad cold for a few days when I was 15 and one of the symptoms was heavy sneezing. After taking a shower, I stepped out to dry myself off. As I approached the bathroom counter to brush my teeth/shave/whatever, a sneeze suddenly came upon me and I sneezed so hard that I smacked my forehead against the iron, which my Mom had left out. Knocked me out for about 5 minutes, and I only came to after my family found me lying naked on the bathroom tile with blood seeping out of my head. I had a fracture in my cranium and it gave me a very bad concussion...I got bad headaches for a while, but those have gone away. I still have a trianlge-shaped dent in my forehead.

Modern political leaders could learn a hell of a lot from George Washington. To lead, you don't need a fancy education (he didn't have one), or an impressive political pedigree. You need two things...to be a leader, and to be a good person. Unfortunately, we've been very short on men and women like that in political office recently.

234 years ago today, our nation was born (or 11 score and 14, for our lincoln enthusiasts). No matter what your political beliefs are, your level of trust/distrust in the current administration, or past administration, or administrations before that, no matter which pundits you listen to, no matter what you think of the economy....please take this day to remember that we live in the greatest country on earth, and it's because of the people.

The greatest relief pitcher of all time, and he's not slowing down even at the age of 40. His cutter has dropped from 95 mph to 93 mph over the course of a 15 year career, and that's the only difference between 25-year old Mariano and 40-year old Mariano. Amazing. Just look at his stats, he's just as good as he ever was, maybe better. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riverma01.shtml Also the best postseason pitcher of all time. Is he the most dominant athlete at his position in the history of American sports? I think you could make that case. And to think, the Yankees almost traded him in the minor leagues.

That option exists in every thread...don't click the link.

So Broward County is footing the bill for Lebron, and not the Heat? That sucks.

David Lee is a scrappy center with some surprising offensive abilities and a tenacious rebounder, but he is a defensive liability.

Same here...I've always thought superstars should stay with their team, because they are such a part of the city's identity. Except for end of career identity crises (Jordan playing for the Wizards, Montana with the Chiefs, Favre with the Vikings, etc.), superstars shouldn't just up and switch teams in their prime. People talk about which location will be best for Lebron's legacy...that is without a doubt Cleveland, IMO.

Since I don't see the whole Lebron/Wade/Bosh in Miami thing happening, my vote is that he stays with Cleveland for the time being.

Ok, let's think this one through...we've got Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, and Alberta So, that leaves us with the Canadian domain code, which I'm pretty sure is .ca so, we have C-A-N-R-O-A-L which anagrams to ummm...Car Loan? That doesn't seem quite right, but it's the only thing I can think of.

I'm pretty good at making moonshine, if that's something you want happening on your farm.

I thought Up was Pixar's best work so far. The final 20 minutes of the movie aren't so great because they add an unnecessary antagonist, thinking "well, there has to be a bad guy to defeat.". Other than that, though, it was spectacular. I'm usually not a crier, but I was already weeping like a baby after the first five minutes And, yes, Ratatouille was excellent too. Cars was just awful, I think Pixar chooses to forget about that one. I enjoyed Finding Nemo even if it was designed to be a cute kids' story. There were enough funny moments and good voice-actor performances to keep it afloat for me.

By the way, bart-shan, thanks for these daily puzzles. They're hard enough to be challenging, but simple enough to not be incredibly frustrating. Do you use a web-site that posts these things, or do you write them yourself?

The letter is Y. 1. Stylish 2. Eyelet 3. Century 4. Nymph I focused on the fourth word because the puzzle form contained no vowels, so it had to be A, E, I, O, U, OR Y.

What happened to LSD? The green-mauve dragon in my brain ate all of it with the skills of his up-down-vanish sorcery.

http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/index.php?showtopic=115138 He's also mentioned wanting to do her from behind or something. Personally, I think openly fantasizing about statutory rape should be an immediate ticket off the board, but that's just my opinion.

Strange thing I've noticed about peoples' reaction to the draft. When most positions are drafted, there are pretty much zero expectations if they were drafted after the 3rd round. When a QB is drafted, on the other hand, it seems that he's expected to compete for the starting job no matter what round he was taken in.

I'm convinced that one of mankind's greatest ills is the fear of natural death.

That's kinda disturbing. You do realize that she's 16 and looks even closer to 14 right?

This can't be right. I just broke my urfew last month.

You absolutely can't go wrong with Pixar, plain and simple.

The answer to number 2 is 14285. 142857 * 5 = 714285. I got this because it ties into the decimal manifestation of 1/7. .142857 repeating. Number 1, I am drawing a complete blank.

Booster, it does indeed sound like this teacher might be an idiot, but the old "he was misbehaving because he was bored" excuse is pretty lame...being disruptive in class is disrespectful to both the teacher and the other students, no matter which way you slice it.

No, it's a vapid pseudo-intellectual piece of tripe trying to point a finger at a problem that doesn't even exist, probably written on account of the author's own misplaced sexual frustration. It's laughable that Ms. Paglia believes our entertainment culture can have such a profound effect on our sexual desire. News-flash, buddy...people haven't stopped f*cking. If there's been a small decline in birth rate, it's because of an increased fear of raising children in the recession. The drugs you mention are not for those looking to procreate, they are for those who want to have sex past the point where they were physically supposed to.