The Dean

I'm getting the idea this is an item normally sold in the store. I also think they don't typically stock this many, or place them front and center.

Isn't this just something the store sells all the time? Do they sell any items that need inflating (balls, balloons, etc)? Seems like a legit item the store would always sell. Maybe they just optimized the product placement in the store this week.

What does Matt Cassel have to do with this?

You are completely missing the point. It played no factor in my decision to do it. You are talking about outcomes, which happen with and without drug and alcohol use. And, yes, bad outcomes are more likely to occur with drug and alcohol use (and with many RX medications, age-related decline if reflex ability, sleepiness, screaming at your kids in the back seat, etc). Prohibition only really works if it discourages behavior. Truthfully, I am pretty good at monitoring my drinking so I never get close to .08. I've only been breathalyzed once and blew a .03. I'm sure I regularly break .05, but I try to stay relatively safe. And I so rarely smoke pot (nothing to do with the legality), it's hardly an issue. When I do it's just a bit and I typically give plenty of time for the effects to subside before I drive. When I decide to take the scenic route and make many stops, I take my time. One 4-hour trip took me just over 11 hours. I stopped in a park and smoked a cigar while I walked on a nice path, had a meal, etc. But the point is, none of my behavior is dictated by fear of the law. I just try to stay safe, and would hate to be responsible for hurting anyone--even myself. I live in Florida. A large percentage of the people driving have no business being behind the wheel, even though it is perfectly legal for them to drive.

Well, rhetorically. The answer is, for me it played NO factor.

They're probably not bad, in Canada. But they just don't make it in the cereal big leagues.

Everything in moderation---including moderation. Booze is legal, pot is illegal (in Florida) and I was doing both. How do you think the law played ANY factor in what I did? Then again, I am a professional. I don't recommend trying this on your own.

Pretty funny, actually.

Well done, Fearless Leader.

Indeed. The Pats* run more pick/rub plays than any other team, as far as I can tell. Some are clearly legal. Most, I think, are in that zone that makes it tough to tell. And some are clearly illegal (they ran at least one of those against the Steelers).

I love the Ig Nobel Prize stuff. Last year (or was it the year before?) I was driving from Orlando to St Aug---the scenic route. Country roads, several very cool bars to hit (the Cow Catcher Lounge, one of my favorites). And the Ig Nobels were on NPR. Very entertaining drive. Almost passed by a bar because I didn't want to miss any of the show. But I managed to smoke a joint in the lot and stall for awhile. I'm crafty like that.

"You'd think all we'd have to do is follow the track … but it is not that easy."- Burton Lansdown, NCR spokesperson Really?

I thought maybe you'd get me out of this like you did with Marios.

Get the fuc# out of here. Seriously? That's freakin beautiful. They HAVE to be better than Flutie Flakes (which were awful).

"heada$$" ? WTF does that mean?

What is a Mario (other than a man's name) and how can it be thrown. Seriously, I have no idea what this means.

Somebody please explain why, when a ball is ruled not catchable, they totally waive off a PI penalty? Shouldn't at least be an illegal contact penalty? I mean they call PI (and illegal contact) when the receiver is nowhere near where the pass is thrown? This has always seemed very bizarre to me.

Not sure if you are kidding, but I tend to agree. Skin Flutie? I hear she prefers to call it the Meat Whistle. And, yes, though I can't believe it wasn't asked. But she actually looked better in the picture as a teacher. 'Course her breasts weren't out there.

So how you cooking this, Chef. You have to serve it with the head on. No doubt.

C'mon. Both teams have 17 points and the game's not over.

That's nowhere near the old Mandina's. I looked it up, Mandina's is still at the same location on Canal.

Thinking the Louisville C is on the take. Did you see that snap a few plays before the end of the game? WTF was that guy thinking?

Now I get it. How's Mandina's since reopening after Katrina? Been that long for me. Tells you all you need to know. About both of them, actually.

Kirby, sounds like you have something planned for Sunday.

Completely agree. Exactly what I do. And on the other side, if visiting fans come around and seem cool, I'm all for letting them hang out and banter. If they're clearly ass#oles and looking for a fight, let them find it elsewhere.