HopsGuy

The phrase "just as soon" should be used when the speaker has no preference (i.e. "I would just as soon have a Legend Pilsener as a Budweiser". For a preference, you should use, "I would rather have a Legend Pilsener than a Budweiser." I think.

Congrats Ed. I actually made a bet on Rutgers after you brought up the line a couple of days ago. I knew Navy was good, but Rutgers is finally playing like the State University of New Jersey should. Did you get a bet in?

I remember it like it was yesterday. I was at the game and I turned to my buddy and said, "Boy I wish Reed had scored there. The short field makes the endzone crowded. I wish we had Robb Riddick right now." Ruined a perfect day.

Here's Marc Cuban's take. I think there is a nice corrollary here between Cuban selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo, and the YouTube guys selling to Google. No one knows what the future will hold. A year from now; we may be waxing poetic about the good old YouTube days like Napster. Congrats to Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. I wish I had a good idea just once.

The guy had a past. Here's video evidence.

I swear if you say "Angry American" by Toby Keith, you've lost all credibility.

1. Squash, may be zucchini. Some sort of gourd. Gourds are underrated and good for you. Like Marv. 2. Strawberry Twizzler. 3. "Empty Sky" - Bruce Springsteen 4. Pam. Pam is cool. I like Pam. 5. Sam I Am? The Lorax? I'm out of my league here.

After the 2nd sack, Bennett was helping Randall Cunningham to his feet. He said, "You better get someone to block for you, or I'm gonna kill you today."

I was out in downtown Ft. Lauderdale last year with some friends. She walked right by us, and we all did a double take (is that her?). One of my buddies yelled, "Tara!" and she turns around with those brilliant blue (glassy) eyes. It was her. At the time, she was about 60% breasts.

One of the South Florida disc jockeys, Paul Castronovo, was talking about this today. He said he knew Foley back in the day, and his discription reminded me of David Wooderson, Matthew McConaughey's character from "Dazed and Confused". The guy was 22, but not in college. He let the football players from the local high school hang out at his apartment. Castronovo was one of them. He said they did it because to them, he seemed like a rich cool dude, but looking back it was kinda creepy. "Alright, alright, alright" takes on a new meaning.

Jive Lady: Oh stewardess! I speak jive. Randy: Oh, good. Jive Lady: He said that he's in great pain and he wants to know if you can help him. Randy: All right. Would you tell him to just relax and I'll be back as soon as I can with some medicine? Jive Lady: Jus' hang loose, blood. She gonna catch ya up on da' rebound on da' med side. Second Jive Dude: What it is, big mama? My mama no raise no dummies. I dug her rap! Jive Lady: Cut me some slack, Jack! Chump don' want no help, chump don't GET da' help! First Jive Dude: Say 'e can't hang, say seven up! Jive Lady: Jive ass dude don't got no brains anyhow! Hmmph!

Just 5 minutes ago, a Fish fan came over and was reminiscing about Jim Kelly. He said that it seemed like whenever he would see the "10 minute ticker*" come up the Bills would be up 7-0 at 1:10 PM. He finished "Kelly was awesome". *For you youngsters, NBC used to give the scores of the other games every ten minutes rather than having constant updates at the bottom of the screen. Also, pizza was delivered by covered wagon.

I agree wholeheartedly. If you flashed me enough $$$, I'd probably do a lot of things of which I wouldn't be proud. As I quoted in a post last week "The lure of easy money has a very strong appeal." - Glenn Frey I'll give you one of mine: "If it ain't hurtin' anyone, go for the money. You can't retire on 'integrity'."

Strangely enough, that song was supposed to be an "screw you" to all of Green Day's old punk fans that loved them when they were struggling, but turned on them when they gained some success. They wanted to write a "so long, go eff yourself" song to them that was as anti-punk as possible, so they made sure the had a ballad complete with a string arrangement. I think they're even a little embarrassed the song is used this much. How about, "Call Me When You're Sober?"

Just wait. Soon enough, NFL games will be so plastered with ads in every conceivable space, it will make NASCAR blush.

The US women's softball team coaches developed this. They would have the hitters in the cage trying to identify the number on the ball. This has shown to be an effective "eye training" method and its use is spreading. 150 MPH seems pretty fast, though.

The one on the left reminds me of the brunette from "Weird Science". I do agree that "contrast" is what the photograher was going for. I just wish he had done it with better looking chicks. They're okay, but if they're wearing that much makeup and a pro photog can't make 'em look better than that, they ain't that great. Just my opinion.

"Ask why, !@#$." Excellent movie/documentary. I heard "Smuggler's Blues" on the radio the other day. One of the lines is "The lure of easy money has a very strong appeal." Truer words have never been spoken.

I can't believe Fabio spoke to you that way. What a jerk!

Happy Happy AiO, you bastage. This is quite a thread. I've never seen such a collection of horrible human beings.

He's 34, he's at least up to the fryer. That's when the big bucks roll in. Ink - sounds like you're making the right decision as far as I can tell. I think the spirit of "some things are more important than money" is not lost on you. Good luck. I hope everything works out for you.

Gregg Easterbrook, ESPN.com's Tuesday Morning Quarterback, wrote a book on this called "The Progress Paradox". Here's an excerpt from today's column.

I probably don't have enough information on your situation to give any worthwhile advice. However, I do know one universal truth: If momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. Good luck.

To add insult to injury, I got a small ($50) bet in on the Giants just before kickoff. 10 minutes later when Seattle was up 14-0, a guy at our table said, "I can't understand how anyone would bet on the Giants." My friend then said, "If you want to punch him in the face, I'm not going to stop you."

No way that guy wasn't high. His lawyer is already working on a "non-guilty by reason of excessive munchies" defense.