HopsGuy

No, no. That's not a fashion model. It's the new Fudgems from Domino's.

Trying to rebound from last week: SYRACUSE -6.5 over Miami (Ohio) Notre Dame -3.5 over MICHIGAN STATE Baltimore -6.5 over CLEVELAND INDIANAPOLIS -9 over Jacksonville NEW ORLEANS Pick over Atlanta* *Best bet The 'Cuse is playing better. The Irish need to rebound (like me). Is Baltimore for real? Jax letdown after huge MNF shutout. Saints return to NO feels good. I hate the lines this week, but I'm in a pool and these are my picks. You just might make a killing going against me.

I miss Jackie Johnson.

I know how I would have said it: "Hey LaVerne. I was just thinking about that game, 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon'. See, I play on the Bills. The Bills just played the Jets. You, LaVerne Coles... what's that? Oh sorry, LaVerneus, play for the Jets. You were molested as a child. Kevin Bacon was in a movie about child molestation, "Sleepers". That makes me 3 degrees from Kevin Bacon. Pretty cool, huh? Hey wait, where you going?"

Dwight's grandfather was quite a man. In WWII, he killed 20 men and spent the rest of the war in an allied prison camp. In last season's finale, Dwight wore the tuxedo he was buried in.

Not bad form at all, especially since you're young and your resume will make that obvious. I have a friend that started out as a rep for Merck and now he's a regional sales manager in Chicago. He's done very well for himself. It's purely a sales job, so you must like sales which is a lot of hustling. I've met many sales people that truly believe that they've never worked a day in their lives. Good luck!

You answered your own question. For one year, 3 works best, for another 5, for another 4. I'm not saying these numbers aren't interesting, but your analysis fits the textbook definition of curve-fitting. I do this for a living. We have a marketing term for it: optimization. If you look at enough toast, eventually you'll find the Blessed Virgin. What your analysis really tells me is that Peyton Manning doesn't get injured.

Not to pick nits, but what you've done is called curve-fitting. You've selected data that show a desired result. That being said, I think we can all agreee that PM is a pretty good quarterback. Why anyone would choose to have him as a spokesman for their product is another matter altogether.

I'm probably going in October for the Broncos game. I'll get back to you.

The Drais - Barbary Coast, 4 AM Friday (Thursday night). Check my blog. I was having the time of my life right up until my buddy had a stroke. He's fine now. Poor guy is a Dolphins fan and we were at the game on Sunday. Anyway, hit the Drais. You won't regret it. As far as strip clubs go, the Palamino in North Vegas is the only place that is fully nekkid and serves alcohol as well. Last time I was there it was $30/man, but he lap dances were only $15-20.

Wow. Got nothing for ya there, Htown. It's like saying you're a fan of "The Three Stooges", but you prefer the ones with Shemp. To each his own.

I'd just like to let everyone know that when you beat the Dolphins, you beat the entire city of Havanna.

She's looking for a wing -(wo)man. Aussie & Lana at Hedo III. Now there's a mental image that will get you a few extra Hail Mary's from the priest.

My 7 year old Nissan Sentra has, get this, <55k on it. It rides like a dream, though it has no pick up. I'll drive it for 3 more years and it will still probably be around 80k. That's when I start making breakfast on the hood.

Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got till it's gone They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot

I've got: Carolina -3 over MINNESOTA SEATTLE -7 over Arizona PHILADELPHIA -3 over NY GIANTS* College: LOUISVILLE -4.5 over Miami (FL) Michigan St +2.5 over PITTSBURGH * Betting 2x normal bet That Baltimore line keeps going higher. It was 9 on Tuesday.

True. Substitute "care about" for like, and it works better. On another note, my tickets were just left on my desk. Look for the guy in the Bobby Chandler (#81) jersey with the big smile.

Allow me to translate: "Their fans like them more than our fans like us."

I was in Cleveland for the "T.O. has B.O." game. I still snicker when I think of that. For Rich/Ralph, I'll go with "Kelly is God".

Carolina BBQ is entirely different from what you'd get at the Dinosaur, which is Kansas City-style more than anything. Carolinians (?) prefer a mustard/vinegar mix. The Dinosaur's stuff is very sweet compared to what you find in the Deep South. Memphis is big into spicy rubs with a lot of apple juice sprayed on during cooking. I love 'em all, but I'm easy.

One sportswriter said that the annual Miami fade was like Hannukah. It happens sometime in December every year, but no one really knows the exact date.

It's about following your heart. In Gabriel's case, it was about leaving Genesis to follow his own song-writing. My heart going boom boom boom, Hey, I said, you can keep my things they've come to take me home. "They" are the fates that are leading him in the right direction. Of course, I just might be full of it.

"Hallelujah" was written by Leonard Cohen. I had never heard it before Buckley's version was featured in an episode of "The West Wing". It's at the top of my pile of sheet music I've been working on (along with Five for Fighting's "100 Years".) The song is about a woman's "O", according to the author. It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Been there, done that.

The whole thing has a "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" feel, but drug angle just seems too easy. I'm having trouble reading between those lines. Sounds apocalyptic. Anyhoo, on the paranymphic glider? Seems born out of the junk sculpture I mentioned earlier. Can't you see Fagan pound out.. "We could take a swig of cider... no... We could set up a divider.. crap... We could rent a paranymphic glider... yeah that's it." Imaginary conveyance to take you away from all of this. How about this one from the Cure: oh it's opening time down on fascination street so let's cut the conversation and get out for a bit because i feel it all fading and paling and i'm begging to drag you down with me to kick the last nail in yeah! i like you in that like i like you to scream but if you open your mouth then i can't be responsible for quite what goes in or to care what comes out so just pull on your hair just pull on your pout and let's move to the beat like we know that it's over if you slip going under slip over my shoulder so just pull on your face just pull on your feet and let's hit opening time down on fascination street so pull on your hair pull on your pout cut the conversation just open your mouth pull on your face pull on your feet and let's hit opening time down on fascination street Yeah baby!

I probably shouldn't be posting this, but I went back at looked at this and now I'm really mad. I'm going to go drink now.