The Dean

His versatility is really what hurt his rep with many here, IMO. The Bills D has been pretty ravaged with injury the past few years and they used Donte to fill whatever position needed to be filled. That really can't help your overall development at any position. Also, as most here know, the Bills tended to take a passive defensive approach. All-in-all it has been pretty effective, but it doesn't highlight Donte's strengths. Oddly enough, he might have been better off having less versatility and limited to playing one position.

+1

Putting the disgusting aspect aside for one moment... Who the hell marinates LIVE animals? Do they marinate the cow/chicken/lamb before they kill it?

Might just watch it on the Intertubes. If this is true, RIP Ted.

Good. Hear me now and believe me later: Every thought you have is not worthy of a new thread. Every tidbit of Bills info you read or hear does not require a new thread in order for you to share that tidbit. There used to be a poster around here who went by Skooby. He never learned that and was roundly disliked by many here. You should try hard to not be like him, IMO.

Selective licking?

For a while, anyway.

I have a little something like that. Only works when women touch it, though.

I believe so. I tell you what. These dried cigars might be ugly and they tend to smell bad, too. But they are 100% tobacco (unlike many of the drugstore cigars), fairly strong and don't need to be in a humidor. They are pretty good for a camping trip, or any road trip that is tough on real cigars. I also will use Backwoods Smokes for this purpose, but the Parodi/De Nobili style is much better, IMO. Then again, I'm an old WOP. What would you expect?

I'm not Anti-Trent, and I hope this is true. But I think getting excited over every bit of TC hype is a bit excessive. (Is this skooby the same skooby that was the old skooby? If so, that might explain things.) I'm very excited about the season starting and can't wait to see what the new staff can do. But I think I'll wait for guys like Trent to actually perform on the field before I get too excited. I've heard this all (or at least most of it) before.

I try to only use personal insults when dealing with trolls. Or morons. Or intractable douchebags. Or, occasionally, with posters I simply don't like.

I'm happy to report Parodi and DeNobili are still available. I probably haven't smoked one since I last left The Falls. In a pinch, and with a strong espresso, they do the job.

I believe this same thing was said last training camp.

Why would you think that? Of course you have a game plan in preseason. It isn't a game plan necessarily designed to WIN the game, but to give you the info you need to prepare your team for the season, decide on cuts, etc. Um...no. DJ was a crappy coach (particularly a crappy game-day coach) but he wasn't one of the Three Stooges. I'm positive DJ had preseason game plans, too.

Deep REM is very affected. When you are waking up all the time you don't really get good solid REM the way you should. You still dream though. At least I do. As for your third question, I am proud to say I woke up with a case of morning stickness today. Edited.,

Most of the incidents are very short and minor, or so I am told. (Again, I don't mean that in the way you may think I mean it.)

Nothing as naughty as I think you think I think.

Ground Round (Sung to the tune Downtown by Petula Clark) When you eat meat but hate the meat that you're eating then you've surely got, GROUND ROUND It's so unnerving when they're constantly serving in an eating spot, GROUND ROUND It may be called a chopped steak, a salisbury or beef patty No matter what it's called it's always overcooked and fatty What can you do? Go up to your waiter there, and loudly pound on your table, stand up on your chair, and shout: GROUND ROUND, always you're serving me, GROUND ROUND, always you're conning me, GROUND ROUND, why must it always be, GROUND ROUND, Ground Round, ground round... (This was from Mad Magazine sometime in the 60's I think)

How many did you count?

I bet you would. Apparently not.

...and? What did you think?

Outstanding!

I agree for the most part. I'd prefer a place with better atmosphere where I can get a beer or a drink. But for "fast food"/take out, it's a pretty damn good burger and terrific fries, IMO.

I'm in the plain fry camp. I also recommend a minimal use of condiments. 5 Guys serves good quality burgers and fresh cut fries. I try to appreciate the quality of these sorts of thing with minimal bells and whistles. I'd have a cheeseburger (maybe a bacon cheeseburger) plain. I might put a little malt vinegar, or Tabasco, on my fries. But they taste fine with just a bit of salt. But hey, that's me.

I can never find nice bots in my size.