SageAgainstTheMachine

All I can say is that I've been through this hell...now it's your turn. Don't say I didn't warn ya

Hey all, As you might know from the official happy bday thread, it's my 21st today. Seeing as it's finals week here at Cornell, I'm waiting until the weekend to hit the bars...but I have to fulfill my obligation for buying alcohol on my birthday, so I'm looking to patronize one of the great local vineyards around here. Problem is, as much as I enjoy wine, I know nothing about. Is anybody willing to provide helpful suggestions?

Wow, I don't know what else to say, besides thank you. It is obviously greatly appreciated and I will not forget this favor. Having said that, a couple questions... 1. How will I know Ennifer when I see her? Will there be a color coding scheme? 2. I understand you're helping her to program a GPS for Ithaca. Should I use the same methodology to return her home?

Beautiful, it was 23 AD and they were speaking English. I guess you have to suspend reality about everything.

Interesting. How so?

I don't know if it is such a head-scratcher. IMO even the best players in any sport will have the odd off-day. Sports cliches tell us that truly great players always rise to transcendent greatness when there is a lot on the line...but in reality, a lot can be attributed to random chance. Gretzky laid a couple eggs in big games. Jeter has had his share of 0-5 performances in the playoffs. Favre has blown a few playoff games. Hell, even Jordan had a handful of awful playoff performances...the difference being that Pippen or somebody else usually picked up the slack. Lebron didn't shoot the ball well (or do much else well). It happens. Unfortunately for him, his teammates seem incapable of shouldering the load when he's off his game. If Lebron plays like an MVP in games 6 and 7, I don't doubt that the Cavs will pull the series out. One more hiccup, however, and it's the end of the line once again. Just like last year, all the analysts and experts opined that the Cavaliers would just walk into the Finals for the destined (and disgustingly overhyped) Lebron vs. Kobe matchup, without ever stopping to think that the Celtics and/or Magic would have something to say about it. Fools. Even if the Cavs scratch and claw to win this series, they won't beat the freight train that is the Magic right now. I still can't get over how bad they made the Hawks look.

I always have to laugh when somebody refers to any NFL player as a pus*y. Darth, I'd love to see you walk onto the gridiron and take the type of hits Trent takes.

Yeah I agree. You're basically describing what happened to the X-Men movies. Decently done, but they were just too much of an overload on characters. Avengers would be the same way.

Without getting too graphic, why was it "the bomb"? I'm really just curious. How is it any different from sex with any other woman, aside from the virgin being really inexperienced (and probably in pain).

Dude, that sucks. I'm very sorry to hear it. If you don't mind me asking...did she come clean herself out of guilt, or did you find out in some other way? Forgiveness might be an option for me if she genuinely confessed...otherwise, I'd kick her to the curb.

I don't understand the fascination with deflowering a virgin...virgins are horrible at sex. I know that some Islamic suicide bombers are convinced they're getting 73 (or something) virgins in heaven. Really, that sounds more frustrating than anything.

Oh yeah, not bunting is rolling over. Nice strawman. Nobody would ever suggest that the batter should intentionally try to make an out, but trying to collect a cheap hit instead of putting together an at-bat and trying to make solid contact IN A BLOWOUT for the sole purpose of ruining the guy's accomplishment is douchey.

The "unwritten rule" is indeed very stupid...but don't paint the whole sport that way, because there are many many many fans and players who disagree that it should be an unwritten rule. This game, in particular, was a close game. 4-0. Plenty of teams have come back from 4 runs down in the late innings, so if a player felt that bunting was his best opportunity to reach base, then he should have bunted. Now, if the score was something like 15-0 in the 9th inning, and a guy bunted just for the satisfaction of breaking up the perfect game...that would've been more than a little douchey and spiteful.

If the tradition of the season tickets and the relationships you've built are very important to you and your father, why would you guys give all that up because the team isn't performing well? That's just a question...I'm not trying to be prickish.

No, he's a prick because he was hired to do a job, and he probably showed 5% of the commitment necessary to do his job. He's a professional athlete who couldn't even be bothered to stay in good shape...that makes him a prick in my book.

I think a better analogy would be Canada celebrating the Massachusetts holiday, Patriots Day, which commemorates the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in Mexico, but predominately in the state of Puebla.

LT is just a mess of a human being, and a disgusting creature if these allegations are true. Nobody will forget his contributions to the sport of football, but I wouldn't mind if he never saw the light of day again...again, assuming this is all true.

But I thought he was doing so much better ever since he started on NutriSystem and lost more weight than Dan Marino?

I know you said no sympathy, but I just wanted to offer my best wishes. I know divorce is tough. I've always hoped to find a girl who doesn't want a ring (but I'm not sure one exists )

1. He's 16 2. Lil' Justin clearly understands what the guy is saying, as he repeats "German? I don't know what that means. German...we don't say that in America".

Is it? I personally can't comprehend how a Canadian kid (who I assume went through normal schooling before becoming a pop star this past year) can possibly not know what German is. Has he ever seen a map of Europe? Does he even know about World War I? World War II? If he didn't know about Burkina Faso, that'd be understandable. But Germany? Gimme a freakin break...that's just stupidity and ignorance.

And could you live with yourself, as a cop, if the guy got away from you and stabbed one of the players? If you're enough of an idiot to run onto the field, you have to accept the consequences.

For those of you who don't know, this crappy pop idol is pretty huge among the pre-teen crowd. As usual, God knows why their taste in music is so horrible, but there you have it. Anyhow, somehow this kid has managed to get through 16 years of life without ever hearing of Germany, or more specifically, German. I weep for the future. Enjoy. http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1935017

Yeah, I've heard that about him. Everybody talks about the fastball, but he's got a very nice splitter, slider and change-up to accompany it. To me, the biggest question about a young pitcher is whether or not he can locate the pitches...some very promising pitchers have been derailed from greatness by lack of control at the Major League level (I'm lookin' at you, Scott Kazmir). If Strasburg proves he can hit the corners effectively, I'm sold. If he debuts this season by walking 4-5 batters a game and serving up taters down the middle of the plate, I'll be more reserved.