HopsGuy

When I'm dictator, sign language will be the national language. It's just too darn loud these days. Congrats to your daughter and your entire family!

I've said this before... SDS with the Hooter's chicks. Bills were 2-0 in '03 before he changed it to Travis Henry. It's been downhill since.

I think Scott should put up two fences with an access road in between. There will need to be gun towers manned by sharp-shooters every 50 meters. Infrared cameras will monitor any movement. Wait, maybe a moat filled with live alligators will work better? I dunno. I'm too busy worrying about how gay marriage is tearing at the fabric of America to worry about late night partying in Saramaland.

Gregg Easterbrook (Tuesday Morning Quarterback) wrote about this: True, only Buffalo has a stadium named for its current owner. The new crowd of max-marketing owners such as Robert McNair and Daniel Snyder have a point when they note Wilson wants them to share the wealth in part so that he can keep his stadium named after himself; while if Snyder or McNair named their teams' fields after themselves, they would be accused of egotism. The point that can be made in Wilson's corner involves succession. Wilson may leave the team to his wife Mary, engaging no estate tax, or to his daughters, which would involve them borrowing to pay the estate tax. In either case, if the franchise stays in the family, Mary or the daughters would be deeply hesitant to move the team away from a stadium named for Ralph. Whereas if the place were named Call Now for Papa John's Spicy Buffalo Wings Stadium, there would be no sentimental attachment and new Bills management might say, "Los Angeles, here we come." Ralph Wilson choose the stadium name in part to increase the odds the Bills remain in Buffalo after his death, a point that isn't widely known. Yours truly loves (and slightly knows) Ralph Wilson, but lobbied for the Orchard Park facility to be named Robert Kalsu Field. The sole American professional athlete who died in uniform during the Vietnam War, Kalsu voluntarily left the Bills in order to serve his country, surrendering an exemption. Whatever you thought of the Vietnam War, there is no higher patriotism than to serve voluntarily from the sense of duty, not owing to conscription. Though I wish the Bills' facility were named for Kalsu, the fieldhouse adjoining Wilson Stadium is now Robert Kalsu Fieldhouse, and a statue at the stadium stands in his honor. That's pretty good when you take into account that Kalsu died before the 24-7 cable era -- 99 percent of those who follow sports have never so much as heard his name. Which brings us to the question of a man whose name definitely has been heard. The new football facility rising in Glendale, Ariz., has the working designation Cardinals Stadium. If on dedication day its name is not Pat Tillman Field, the Cardinals franchise, and the whole National Football League, should be ashamed. Here's the link.

Two Counting Crows songs: "Angels of the Silences" "A Murder of One" "Sweet Jane" - Velvet Underground "Hurricane" - Bob Dylan I have many others, but those are the first that come to mind.

Too tightly wrapped? I'll admit that I was a bit disappointed with last night's episode, but I'll assume that Chase & Co. were treating it as though it was the mid-point of the final season. The only prediction I will make is that something bad will happen to either AJ or Meadow. BTW, I'm still disappointed that nothing came of the hottie red-headed tennis pro and Ade. I keep hoping that there will be something in a weird dream sequence.

I'd be interested in how many TVs in that second joint are tuned to the Spelling Bee tonight.

Tomorrow, actually. Trust me, it's a great show. TV snobs will say that it's inferior to the original UK version, but I think it's just as good (maybe better). Dwight Schrute is quickly moving up my pantheon of great TV characters (Kramer, Rev Jim, Homer Simpson, Exedor, etc). EZC - I think the idea behind "dinkin flicka' is that Darryl was making up fake 'urban' phrases for Michael.

I'll give Gorrie some credit. Without him, there wouldn't be any Slurpees. Carrier was the big thinker, though.

I thought the Flyers' ice was purposely "slushy" to slow down the Sabres' superior speed. I suppose there could be some truth to it, but then it didn't exactly help the Sabres out last Friday, did it? That idiot should be told that there would be no southern hockey, or anything other than an agrarian South if it weren't for the Buffalonian that invented air conditioning.

Missed this thread yesterday, but I would have suggested this: Lindy Ruff: No one, and I mean no one, comes into our house and pushes us around. Today I'll go with this: Freak: I can't think of a single movie that couldn't be improved by a lesbian sex scene. Hey, it's an off day.

Tiki Bar. I'll send you some pics.

Leon Spinks

"Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal outright." I wish I had said that.

Y'know plenz, I had no idea what your avatar was until I saw the re-run of "Earl" last night. That's a good one.

Either that, or they wanted to squeeze a few more dollars out of that Budweiser Dry formula?

About two years ago, I got a similar email. There were some coffee stains on the kitchen floors. The maintenance guy figured that if he supplied lids, that would rectify the problem. He did not realize that the spills probably occurred when the coffee was being poured into the cup. Also, most folks use their own coffee cup rather than the styrofoam ones in the kitchens. So now we have these cup-top dispensers in each kitchen that no one uses. The stains appear from time to time. The maintenance guy was fired. And so it goes.

That's part of it VA. Gregg Easterbrook (TMQ) wrote a piece on this about 2 years ago. The driving force for this was the GI Bill. After WWII, more and more middle class kids were able to afford a college education which led to more and more applicants. He theorized that since the 'elite' schools weren't accepting more applicants, these kids ended up at 2nd tier schools. This raised the level of the 2nd tier schools and so on down the line. More college grads led to a greater population of academics to teach more students. There's the 'virtuous circle'. Ivy League undergrads are overrated. Give me a middle-class SUNY product. They're hungrier.

Grady carried that show for half of a season when Redd Foxx was in a contract dispute. I think Redd wanted to change his name a second time to Reddd Foxxx, but I can't confirm that. You don't mind if I laugh at these jokes, do ya?

I used to work in that area (Near West Side). Longtime residents complain the neighborhood has gone to hell. They're right.

Anyway..... I heard that someone offered Mr. Monday $1,000,000 for the flag and he turned them down.

It was more than just the line. Quayle had just stated that his age should be of no relevance because Kennedy was younger than he when elected to the Presidency. Bentson cocked his head to the side, smiled wryly and must have thought to himself, "Did this dunderhead just tee it up for me, or what?", and then delivered the line. Beautiful.

Midget Football: We ran a T-formation where the QB would pitch to me and I'd hand-off to the "fast kid". This was very successful one game and the fast kid was probably averaging 30 yards/carry. Coach says, "Let's switch it up. Hops - fake the reverse and keep it yourself. They'll take off after FK, so you should have clear sailing." Nope. About 6 guys tackled me for a 10 yard loss. Shortly thereafter, my dad got me a used set of golf clubs.

I heard a story where Lucas was visiting Scorsese on the set of "Gangs of New York". They were looking at the vast set for one of the outdoor scenes and Lucas commented, "You can do all of this on computers now."

Nope. Flair. Unless you meant to shoot a flare. I dunno.