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The point is, we all have to pray that we don’t “Pull Another Elam” any time soon in the draft. I wish him well and all that, but it was not a fit here and I’m glad to move on. Every team has whiffs. I think we’re due for lighting to strike with a home run. From the returning guys, I’m curious about Solomon for some stupid reason.

Scout is a female Golden Retriever and currently at my feet. Along with the younger Bella. Waiting for dinner. They’re following my wife in the mornings for breakfast. Fickle little creatures! The last fun thing we did before Covid shut things down was add a long weekend after my wife’s work in NYC and we saw To Kill A Mockingbird. That is where we got her name. She’s sweet, and normal. Something may be up with Bella, my 8th and final Golden. Sweet as can be, but a slooooow learner and the tiniest Golden I’ve ever seen. Tremendous breeder, but never a guarantee. Last visit she was 52lbs and she was almost 18 months. Tiny head and pointy nose. But she wins with sweetness! The vet even mention she didn’t think it was genetic like Downs Syndrome for dogs, but she wasn’t very convincing. Extremely sweet, once she learned that she’s here for people pleasing. She can snuggle now, where she used to flinch if you touched her leg. All good! Sorry, you opened the door. 😂 😂. EDIT: Bella also appears to be bow legged/chested up front unlike other dogs, but she sure is sweet. Yes indeed, spending so much time together can shock a relationship. I saw it when my FIL retired. “How dare you question the detergent I’ve been washing your clothes with for the last forty years!” Little things like that. I’m retired and my wife is not too far away. She’s worried about how to spend her time. It is 5:02pm, and I think they know it’s late for dinner but they are trained NOT to get up and beg. You will NEVER be fed while begging.

I don’t know the answer, but I’d be curious to know how much Rousseau, Elam and Kincaid cost collectively vs what Diggs was paid.

Do you happen to clap a lot?

If the electricians have a low success rate, you have to hope the firefighters and the EMTs do better.

It’s strange, but after decades together I learned a LOT about my wife during the lock down. To see and hear her in action was very different from what I always imagined her work life was like. She’s the person who tries to be upbeat as much as possible, the person you feel better after talking to. It’s often very different from her actual mood that I get when she takes a break, but that’s OK. Oh, and it’s true…..the boss is a B word! Let it out! It was also a nice time for us to add a puppy to our household. It was perfect timing, and we were not alone. A LOT of people we knew got a dog during that time. Our breeder told me “If I had 200 puppies, I could sell them all this weekend.” It was tragic, but not all bad at the same time. .

That would be worth it, for entertainment purposes at least. This place would be hysterical! 😂

My hair is/was medium brown (before it started turning gray and falling out). I grew out a beard once in college and it was scraggly and very red. Long brown hair, blue eyes and a VERY RED beard. There is a pic of it on the digital picture frame in our family room. Every once in a while it will pop up when someone is visiting and they notice it. The reaction is generally “WTF??? Who is….is that YOU?” 😂 .

I’m almost all Irish, with a hint of Portuguese I’m told. A few other things sprinkled in according to my sister who was tested, but mostly Irish. So imagine my surprise when my wife’s Lebanese nieces start traveling all over the US and Europe to do something called Irish Dancing. Goofy looking stuff! I don’t know if I wasn’t properly introduced to my heritage, or if I just got lucky and was sitting at the cool Irish kids’ table during that period.

They paid a QB and 2 WR’s. They will cheap out on guys who do stuff like blocking and tackling…..and all the other football stuff. You can’t pay everybody top dollar. If they had done it sooner they could have had the same stuff a lot cheaper. Poorly played IMO, but at least they are not the Browns.

This is the kind of PPV event that just might get me to tune in.

I wish him well. And one shoe.

OK, are you saying we should rule them out now? Things rarely go the way I want, but I do love our QB! What the hell do I know??? 😂

Thank you, for doing what I lack the energy to do. 😊

That just gave me a funny thought. In college one of our buddies was willing to let people write anything on his dorm wall because he was going to paint it before leaving. Odd, I know…..but it was fun. Anyway, I only put two things up there, but one of them was a Neil Young line from Old Man. “It doesn’t mean that much to me, to mean that much to you.” He should have adopted that. It’s worked well for me in life.

As to the bold, that’s exactly what happened, right? When they learned they told Beane, and for the reasons he explained they decided to proceed regardless. I get it. Do you? .

He only got played if others knew first. It was apparently fresh news delivered by the Steeler's Man of the Year. Sometimes stuff just happens. I’d need to know exactly when everybody became informed before making judgments. .

Did you watch the press conference above? The whole thing? I think what he says makes sense, and I think some people just like to blame others.

The way I see it, better to know it’s coming now while you are still forming your roster than to get surprised later when far fewer options exist. So, there is my little ray of sunshine.

Now I just have Dorian Williams left to deal with.

I think he should stop worrying about previous relationships with ho’s and start worrying about the new friends he will meet in prison. But hey, maybe that’s just me. 🤷‍♂️

Yes, let’s see him play some concussion-free football for a while before committing a fortune. I think that actually hurts Benford’s leverage to some degree. His leverage is no greater than any other player, and maybe a bit less due to health concerns. I have seen nothing that makes me fear any kind of a holdout, so I won’t worry about it yet.

If we could contain it like that, I’d be a happy man.

I don’t follow that closely, so it’s nice of you to clearly announce yourself as a Ravens fan.

So, are you going to skip the parade? 😊