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I'm thinking no. I would think it's more likely that he's Meeno Peluce.

For the wife or the cheese?

That was actually a group "The Divinyls". Saw the chick up close once. Nasty.

Well, she was in a 3-way in "Easy Rider". Extenuating circumstances, as it were. But I agree. This makes the RnR HOF about as legitimate as Elvis' blackbelt.

Off the top of my head: Traci Bonham "Mother Mother" Fiona Apple "Criminal" Joan Osbourne "One of Us" Stacey Q "Two of Hearts" Jill Sobule "I kissed a Girl" Shawn Colvin "Sunny Came Home" I'd add Liz Phair ("Supernova") & Julianna Hatfield ("My Sister"), but they did have quite a few others hits. The real task is finding the rare "Two Hit Wonder". My entry is Paula Cole "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" and "I Don't Want to Wait".

Mel Kiper's take shortly after the 2002 draft: I'm not one to cast blame. I put as much analysis in my stock picks (maybe more) than these guys do in draft picks. And still it's about 50/50 whether it'll pan out. The key is to keep your winners and cut your losses. They cut a loss today. Let's move on.

I had a video that commemorated Mike Schmidt's 500th HR. There were lots of behind-the-scenes stuff during spring training '87. (I swear that if reality TV was big back then, Glenn Wilson would have had his own show.) I remember a conversation between Schmidt and Daulton that led you to believe that he wasn't the brightest bulb. Later he seemed to be a bit more polished for interviews, but that thought always lingered. I supposed it could be worse. The guy lives in the Tampa area. He could have been scooped up by the Scientologists.

Boy, I'm old. They're all lyrical poets. Some good, some great, some bad. It's all subjective (IMHO). You like what you like, I'll like what I like. "Music is the soundtrack of your life." - Dick Clark

Now I ain't sayin you a gold digger you got needs You dont want ya dude to smoke but he can't buy weed You got out to eat and he cant pay y'all can't leave There's dishes in the back, he gotta roll up his sleeves But while y'all washin watch him He gone make it into a Benz out of that Datsun He got that ambition baby look in his eyes This week he moppin' floorz next week it's the fries So, stick by his side I know his dude's ballin but yea thats nice And they gone keep callin' and tryin ' But you stay right girl But when you get on he leave yo a$$ for a white girl

My folks lived in Fredonia while I was in college. I had a few Olean friends who came over for a night on the 'town'. We called a girl we went to high school with and she said, "Hey perfect. We just got a keg." So we go over expecting a huge party, but it turns out it was just the 6 of us. We pre-gamed pretty hard there then hit the town (BJ's etc). Of course, we got separated. We hit a pizza joint and then headed back to her place. She wasn't home yet, so we broke in (credit card to open a window). She was none too pleased as she shooed us out the next morning. I brought it up to her at a wedding last year and had good laugh about it.

Last time I was at Three Rivers was for a pre-season Raiders-Steelers game ('94? Don't ask). Ice beer was all the rage at the time, so everyone had an IC Ice. When in Rome*. Note: I never needed a doctor, though. I once saw Mike Schmidt hit an HR at Three Rivers. I was 9. Ah memories. I had a Rock a couple of weeks ago. It still had a bit of a 'skunk' to it, but I agree Dean, it's better than that majors. * 'When in Rome' is the name of the band that performs the sappy 80s ballad at the end of "Napoleon Dynamite". (You never know when you might need that information.)

Recent brokerage commercial (from memory): Customer: How are your margin rates calculated? Sales Guy: Well, we take current margin rates, uhhh, take 50% of that, double it, ummm, divide it by itself. Then we say "Hello margin rate!" Nice work on the cap pages, CP.

You look fat in that dress.

I've only ever played offline with some friends. I really have no skills, but I do okay because neither do any of my friends. Actually, I take that back. One of my friends has qualified for two World Poker Tour events (Aruba & San Diego). He's pretty good, and a much better player than the rest of us. The thing is, he says, most newbies play so aggressively they're hard to read. I play a pretty tight game, so I usually end up amongst the final 3 and then I have to try to grind it out. I'd get smoked against experienced players, but I'm probably up a couple hundred over the last few years. True Story: When my buddy played in the San Diego WPT event, another friend tagged along for company. The night before the tournament, there were some cash games going on. They sit down at a table and about 10 mintues later, James Woods sits down next to the tag along (TA). The TA is the kind of guy that doesn't really pay attention to celebrity, so he has no idea who James Woods is. After a hand or two he introduces himself to the stranger: "Hi I'm Brian (not his real name)." Woods: "I'm James Woods." Brian : "Nice to meet you James. Can I call ya Jimmy?" Woods: (thinking he's being screwed with) "Sure." After Woods takes a bad beat. Brian: "Tough beat, Jimmy. Hey, what do you do for a living?" Woods: (Now looking around for Ashton Kucher) "Ummm, I'm an actor?" At this point my other friends has his head buried in his hands. Good times.

I'll go with Metzelaars (68 in '93?). The guy was a great blocker and he lead the team in receptions one year. He wan't really flashy, but if it was 3rd and 7, he'd run 8 yards, curl, catch the ball and fall to the ground. First down. Can't ask for much more than that, right?

It's a lot of grunt work. The main responsibility will be breaking down film. Gregg Williams was a QC for Tennessee for his first year. MM had the same job when breaking in with Tampa under Sam Wyche. I would imagine that they'll have AVP sit in on the QB meetings.

'Skank' Marden: I play hockey and I fornicate, 'cause those are the two most fun things to do in cold weather.

I thought for sure it was going to be pics of chicks fishing. Mmmmmm.... Snapper.

None of this really seems to conform to "Don't Be Evil", does it? I'm beginning to question the decision these guys made to go public. I think they could have lured enough smart folks away from the competition with profit sharing. Jeff Matthews blogged today about the increasing costs of keywords for click-throughs. It made me look at the June 250 puts.

They're selling Girl Scout Cookies in the office. That's what made me think of it. Mmmmmmm...... cookies.

Is your Windows logon on both computers the same (e.g. ssarama)? If so, there might have been a ssarama@hockeymonkey.com cookie on both PCs. I dunno. Just talking out my butt.

That's what I was thinking. Dante - about a week after "No Goal", at the NHL awards ceremony in '99, there was still a lot of buzz about Hull's "skate in the crease". #99, before presenting an award, said something to the effect of "I thought it was a good goal."

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Well... I do eat lunch, even though it's for wimps. It's just that someone goes and gets it for me. True story... I took Monday off. I asked for it a couple of weeks ago. My boss said, "No problem." Friday, the feces impacts the atmospheric kinesis device and I work until 8 PM. I remind him that I'm out Monday. Of course, he forgot and asks, "Why? What for?" I say, "I'll be recovering from the Super Bowl party." Monday I awake to a phone call from him asking if I can come in for the afternoon because he'll be out (legitimate work reason) and another guy has a dentist appointment. I ducked those calls all day. I also work 4 hours on Sunday once a month for options expiration. This whole thread is going to make me go work on my resume.

I get 5 sick and 3 personal days. If you don't use 'em you get paid for them. Any unused vacation is lost. I get 15 vacation days/year. I also work 11 hour days with no lunch. I need a gov't/union job.