BRH

OK, twin, this is where we part company!

White Castle, hell. I'd be too full from the Steak n Shake in Ashtabula.

Rap isn't poetry.

Yeah when I saw the pic at that link I was surprised it was a lot smaller than I remembered. When you're five years old that thing looks humongous.

It's worth it just for the Sooper Dooper Looper. Boring ride for adults, I think, but 30 years ago when I rode it I loved it.

Good man. I will never forgive Gretzky for saying on national TV that that was a goal. I know he and Brett Hull are tight but that smelled so much like a setup by the league. You could just picture Bettman begging him to say something before he went on air "for the good of the league" or some stojan. All he did was destroy my respect for him, and I absolutely idolized the guy when I was a kid. Anyone who played in the NHL that year knew that was no !@#$ing goal.

Oh how could I forget Midnight Run? ========= "I got two words for you. You ready? Here they come. SHUT THE !@#$ UP!" ========= "I knew you had money. I didn't know you HAD money." ========= "His REAL name's Moseley." "I'M MOSELEY!" ========= "You're looking at ten years for impersonating an FBI agent." "Ten years?" "Yep." "How come no one's after you?" ========= "Did he give you any trouble?" "Did you give me any trouble?" "!@#$ YOU, MAA-" "-He didn't give me any trouble." ========_

"A man's got to do somethin' for a livin' these days." "Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy."

And past the Little League stadium in Williamsport. We usually stop for lunch at the diner near the Little League Museum, which has some good views of the stadium below. Since the wife's cousin was on the 1989 LLWS winner from Trumbull, we check the museum out every now and then. A buddy of mine makes that trip a lot; he said he found out from a trucker that there's a shortcut around Lewisburg (Bucknell) that cuts about 20 minutes off the trip. Not sure exactly what it is, but if you look at the map it ought to be apparent.

Yeah and all your other ones are good choices too. Eerie!

Not to bring the thread back to the point or anything, but here's my memory. Chris Drury is a friend of my wife's family. At the time he was still playing for Colorado, of course. When I saw him in Connecticut at the family's Christmas party that December, I said, "I just want to know one thing, Chris. Was that a goal?" He said, "Well, it was a stupid rule, but it was the rule, and it wasn't a goal." If he wasn't already my favorite player, he became my favorite player right then. (By contrast, Wayne Gretzky dropped about a thousand points in my estimation of him with that bullshiit he spouted at the NHL awards later that month.) As far as that night goes, my wife and I stayed up for the whole game. She was nearly nine months pregnant with our first child, who will be 6 on July 3. The kid learned all her swear words in utero that night, I'll tell you that. But nobody's remembered the worst sound from that night yet: CLANG. The sound of James Patrick hitting the crossbar in the opening minute of the 3rd OT. Anyone remember the NHL draft later that summer? Bettman called the Sabres up to the podium and stuck out his hand and Lindy walked right past him!

Mapquest's directions suck. That will take you through some seriously mountainous terrain over Appalachia and around Pittsburgh. I concur with the previous poster but a better way might be to take Rt 15 up past Corning and then a shortcut to I-90 via routes 36, 63 and 98. Like so.

Nobody's on mine. I had Darin on it for a few weeks once though

The Godfather: "Leave the gun. Take the cannolis." The Godfather Part II: "I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart." Goodfellas: "Henry, hurry up will you? My mother's gonna make some fried peppers and sausage for us." Stripes: "I wanna party with you, cowboy. The two of us together? ForGET it." Fast Times At Ridgemont High: "My father's a television repairman. He's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it!" Jaws: "We're gonna need a bigger boat." Chasing Amy: "You get some of that filet-o-fish sandwich action going? You know what I'm talking about, right? Yeah. What's up?" Bad News Bears In Breaking Training: "Shut the damn door!" Field of Dreams: "Ty Cobb wanted to play, but nobody could stand the sonofabitch when he was alive so we told him to stick it!" History of the World Part I: "You look like the piss boy!"

Bart, I agree with all your points. Just to clarify though, I don't think John "hates" Kobe at all.

19. That's it for me.

I'm just wondering what you think is worse, cheating on your wife or not giving a kid an autograph?

This wasn't a "goofy practical joke." A goofy practical joke is something your friends play on you. This was designed, plain and simple, to set him off and try to get some video of Cruise attacking the interviewer so they could sell the pics and video for beaucoup buckage. In my view it was just stupid and Cruise handled it about as well as you could expect anyone to.

Incidentally, I just shot a 24 on that golf game with holes in one on #8 and #17. Yep there is actually a way to get enough swing to make aces on those holes.

Disagree. I was on the 18th fairway when Shaun Micheel stuck that seven-iron two inches from the pin to win at Oak Hill. Got a free ticket that day from a guy who parked his car at my house and didn't want to pay $20 for parking. Let's see... a 20-spot to let him park on my lawn, or a ticket worth $100? Easy decision.

What, when he called him a fine young man?

Got my kids' pic in my profile. It's an old one tho

I believe he said it was a Sunoco. But yeah, time was I could fill my Explorer's tank with 20 bucks' worth of gas. Now that doesn't even give me half a tank.

All my prayers are with you as well. Never met you either but I've always liked your posts (not that I wouldn't offer prayers if I DIDN'T like your posts ) and you've always seemed like a stand-up, knowledgeable guy to me. We all know you're gonna beat this thing. I had two buddies with the same thing ten years ago and, ten years and three beautiful kids apiece later, they're both doing fine. Hang in there.

And me. I live two blocks away and managed to make it to exactly zero practices last year. Hopefully the night practices will change that.