The Dean

They've sucked since the mid 70's.

Out-freaking-standing. Renee is going to be fun this season.

My first live professional sports experience was in Forbes Field. Stargell hit one out of the stadium. Clemente is the closest I have ever come to having a "sports hero". Next year is their year, for sure!

Red Sox Pirates (God I am sad) Steelers Penn State football Tar Heel B-Ball Colts

Now THAT'S authentic.

I trust you aren't one of those who bash professional athletes who complain when they are asked to play a different position, or don't start, etc. For the record, Conan's ratings were below Leno's (from a year before) BEFORE Jay started the 10PM show. Of course, the weak news lead-in from Leno didn't help.

I'm not an Idol fan by any means, but this is a pretty impressive audition, IMO. She picked the right song.

OK then.

So this thread is now like Steely's hot babe thread?

7 of 9 Missed: Chang (I should have know that) Stiegl

David Boreanaz, who plays Booth, sees pictures of the old Channel 7 crews on a wall and makes several comments. No link. It just happened on a new episode on Fox. Just thought some might be interested.

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Thanks. I will check those out, too.

Really? I will check it out here. Thanks

Yes, I have several people using iGoogle. But the email piece is essential. Many of my customers are older and less flexible. Trying to switch them to Google Mail (even with keeping their current email address) is a deal breaker. I recall having used something like this years ago, but don't remember what it was. Maybe it was something custom made. Thanks for the input, PF.

I'm looking for a nice homepage for some of my customers who currently use Yahoo/MSN/Comcast/AT&T, simply because they have an email account with that service and like the instant access to the webmail mixed with news, sports, weather, etc. I know this sounds really basic, but does anyone use (or know of) a good Internet Portal that is customizable and allows the user to pick the news sources, use different (and maybe multiple) email accounts on the home page, pick weather and sports sources, etc? In the long run, I should probably design them a custom homepage that does just that, but until then...can you help a brother out? I know this should be moved to the Consumer board, but if you can leave it here for a little while, I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

Outstanding! For that price, I would buy the Lenovo, too. (But for the record, my flyer says that HP deal is good until 1/18. What kind of show are these guys running? )

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6122_102-0.html?threadID=98574

I agree about the 14" laptop (that's what I have). If he travels it really can make a difference. I think that Lenovo is a pretty good deal. This HP has the same processor as the Lenovo and specs out to be quite similar. On sale at Staples this week for $549.90: http://www.staples.com/HP-Pavilion-dv4-154...3?cmArea=SEARCH All things being equal, I'd take the Lenovo. But for $150 less, I'd take a good hard look at the HP.

I haven't played with the Y-Series yet, but in general I like Lenovo laptops. This is the least expensive Y model I would look at: http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/control...000F3:000024D6: It has a Core 2 Duo processor (only 2.2 GHz, but that should be fine for most people I think), 4 GB Ram, 6-Cell battery and 1 year warranty, If you got the cash, this might be more to your liking, I'm just not sure the upgrade justifies the price difference from the other model: http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/control...000F3:0000255C: The Dell Inspiron 14 is fine. However, if I were going Dell, I'd look at the Vostro line from the business line. This is a good deal, IMO, but is a little bigger than the 14: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/con...s=bsd&cs=04 In my experience the business models (essentially the same as the consumer line) seem to be slightly better constructed and you can get some very good deals. Based on a quick look, it doesn't seem like the deals are as good as usual today. I'd also consider HP and Sony laptops. You can sometimes find very good HP deals. I'm in a hurry now. I'll do some more checking for deals when I get back tonight, if you haven't made up your mind yet. In the meantime, my advice is to make a Core 2 Duo your minimum acceptable processor. If you can wait another couple of months, Dell will be blowing out the Core 2 Quad and maybe even the Core i5 machines...or so I hear.

I can't help, either. But wanted to say "Attaboy!" for doing this.

A gum-flapper with enough talent probably does more to improve the "human condition" of his/her audience than just about anyone else on this planet. Never underestimate the power and value of humor!

Ditto. Jay was acceptable as a sub, but his act gets old quick. Conan may be a terrific comic writer, but he sucks at delivery and is a horrid interviewer. He doesn't mangle the humor as bad as, say, Colin Quinn, but he kills enough of it that I don't find him funny in any way. Fallon is awful, too. I don't watch Letterman any more, but he's still the best of the bunch, IMO.

Diana Krall is very photogenic. In person she looks just OK.

The last line of the show, when the cashier reveals she really did see Romano in his office, made me laugh very loudly.