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Yeah..... except for the 'rape' part, the planning was flawless. Because he's the evil one? He didn't want to sport the goatee, so he went with ink. It's all very beguiling.

NC - Can't remember the exact number, but probably around $35. But there is another vehicle tax for Mecklenburg County that was $115. Also, we have a yearly inspection requirement (FL doesn't IIRC) that runs about $30.

That's a lotta goddamn work for a stoner.

"The Terrorists have won."

This was in "Charlie Wilson's War".

I thought the exact same thing, Tcali. Why do I take this abuse? I could just walk away. Here's the horrible truth: we need 2.5 wins to make up for a loss. That's what studies of gamblers have found. Rarely do NFL teams win 12 games (11.4 rounded up) in a season. We all need therapy.

Exactly. The two are uncorrelated and thus meaningless. Now if you want to talk about stats that mean something, Jeter's lifetime Adjusted OPS+ is 121, good for a tie for 307th all-time. Gerhig's was 179 (4th). Williams was 191 (2nd). Babe Ruth's was 207 (1st). Disclosure: I was brought up to be a Yankee-hater. I ended up being a Phillies fan, and still am. My favorite player was Mike Schmidt (career OPS+ 147). I don't hate the Yanks with as much passion as I did as a kid. I actually like Jeter & Posada. I liked Brosius, O'Neill & Leyritz (before everything that went down). I think Yankees fans should appreciate Mariano Rivera more (try enduring Mitch Williams AND Brad Lidge in the same lifetime). I think the Red Sox are just about as bad a the Evil Empire now. But I'm okay with it. You know why? Because the Phillies are (NSFW) That's why.

I guess my point is that the all-time hit record for the Yankees is low, and had been for quite some time.

Perspective: Roberto Clemente, 3000, all with Pittsburgh Craig Biggio: 3060, all with Houston Tony Gwynn: 3141, all with San Diego Robin Yount: 3142, all with Milwaukee George Brett: 3154, all with Kansas City Cal Ripken: 3184, all with Baltimore Carl Yastrzemski: 3419, all with Boston Stan Musial: 3630, all with St. Louis Two more more: Ty Cobb: 3900 just with Detroit Pete Rose: 3358 just with Cincinnati Jeter would still be third on the Orioles (B. Robinson 2848) & Pirates (P Waner 2868). So, y'know, congrats Derek. But let's not get all crazy. OBTW, number of hits don't necessarily correlate with how good a hitter you are. Ted Williams was the best hitter ever and he never had more than 200 in one season and ended up with 2654 total. He did manage to serve as a pilot during WWII and Korea. No word on how many Hollywood starlets he infected with herpes, though.

Fly the Bills' & Sabres' flags upside down (International Sign of Distress).

I was working on a trade desk in Boca Raton FL, so we had TVs all over the room tuned to CNBC. Like everyone, I thought that it must have been an amateur pilot flying a small plane. When they cut to a live shot a sales guy and I were talking. And he said, "That's quite a fire for a small plane." As the helicopter came around to the side where it struck, you could see the size of the hole. We looked at each other and both of our faces fell: "That's a jet-liner", he said. "That's an act of terrorism", I said. A few minutes later, the room was buzzing about how the futures were falling. I looked up at the TV again and I could see a shadow in the background. It was moving fast, but I thought it was just another news helicopter. No one else was looking at the TVs. Then the enormous fireball exploded from the second plane. "Oh My God!" I yelped. I called my folks because that seemed like the only thing to do. A minute into the conversation about how this was like Pearl Harbor, my mom said "Now they're saying the Pentagon was hit by a plane." A few hours later, the SEC announced that the markets would not open. They sent us home for the day. The markets didn't open until the following Monday, so for the next 3 work days we were all like zombies. It was horrible.

I watched the whole thing last night thinking about that scene in "Mars Attacks". Ack, Ack!

Please Hire Calligrapher

Dear Mr. Moore, Please . Thanks.

Yup. The thing to remember about warfare is that it an extension of politics [von Clausewitz]. The entirety of the nations armed forces exist to support the soldier (or Marine) in the task of saying, "Ummm... we're here and you folks are going to do what we say." Think about that. Another thing: Usually when we win a war, we set up shop to remind people of that. Cuba, Germany, Japan, Korea, Kuwait. I wonder what the Pentagon has planned for Iraq? Band of Brothers is fantastic. I think my favorite is "The Last Patrol", but they're all pretty good.

Ummm... I was told there wouldn't be any math.

Less Dirty, More Dirty, or Just As Dirty as you felt the first time you saw Natalie Portman in "Beautiful Girls". It's okay, you can admit it.

Stellastarr* bassist/vocalist Amanda Tannen Another one A third Real nice work on a two-part harmony: My Coco She's even better on this song (couldn't find the studio version): I guess what I'm getting at, is that I would gut any one of you mopes with an oyster shucker for her. So there.

Katy Mixon was the guest on today's Adam Carolla podcast. You may know her from "Eastbound & Down" on HBO. She's in "All About Steve". It was a decent interview. Despite her southern drawl, you easily sense she's smarter than the average bear. Her dad, a physician, played football at LSU. Adam kept ranting about how much cooler her family was than his. She mentioned that they will start filming a second season of EB&D early next year.

Boston? Now I know what company you work (shill?) for. If you see a tall blonde girl in the hallways who's really into skiing (I mean really into it, like she won't STFU about it), could you tell her Hops said "Hello" and "He's sorry things didn't work out, but we'll always have that Buffett concert"? Thanks man.

Airplane Ted Striker: I flew single engine fighters in the Air Force, but this plane has four engines. It's an entirely different kind of flying altogether. Dr. Rumack, Randy: [together] It's an entirely different kind of flying. I probably didn't get that joke until about the 20th viewing. I was 12, but still.

One-upper note: James Brooks is shooting a movie where I did all of my ROTC training in college. Notable cast list: Jack Nicholson, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd & Reese Witherspoon. I'm sure it will suck. Cousin Larry from Perfect Strangers is in it. Nice to see that guy get some work.

If so, I'll insist Poojer's Wall handle become "Polyester". Hey-O!

MLB scheduled twi-night double headers. The first game(s) I ever attended was a twi-night DH in Pittsburgh.

Christoph Waltz was the guest on today's Adam Carolla Podcast. Two other Pitt performances I like: (1) Achilles in "Troy", and (2) Floyd in "True Romance"*. *Tarantino's original spelling "Troo Rowmantz"