Terry Tate

Hey, don't sell yourself short there - I never said I wasn't retarded.

Nobody got it? Man, best absolutely crazy perfectionist movie role, Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest. No wire hangars, EVER! I thought Wire safeties would sound funnier - guess it was too obscure, should have provided some point of reference.

No, I don't think you understand exactly what I'm talking about, because I never made a moral argument against gambling. You must have missed the part where I said I've gambled. I'm saying a casino run by another nation is not economic development. A giant store is not real economic development either. They supply some jobs, but in the end not much more. The time and effort put into making these happen is poorly spent, and should be focused on attracting real economic development - things that bring greenbacks into the area, like a company that manufactures something, sells their items everywhere, so that in addition to jobs, greenbacks come into the area, not go out of it. A casino run by another nation supplies some jobs, and sucks money out of the area. People are arguing about how much of that money being sucked out is going to the government - why that would seem like a good idea, I cannot imagine. A store supplies jobs, but the profits don't remain local, so it's not an economic driver for the area, either. If that's the best they can come up with, fire them. I'm an amateur, and I have better ideas than that.

I was nearly old enough to gamble legally before you were born, so yeah, I been in just a few casinos in several countries. I don't feel a great deal for a guy who pisses away his paycheck; his family gets my sympathy, though. I have nothing against going to a casino or gambling in general. But if you think the payoff of a relatively small number jobs is worth letting a sovereign nation put a money vacuum in your town, you're not thinking it through. But like I said, I'm not trying to stop you, so best of luck with that.

The Bills WILL have a perfect season and win the Superbowl, even if I have to kill somebody to get it done. No... Wire... safeties. What's Wire safeties doing on this team when I told you: no Wire safeties EVER? I work and work 'till I'm half-dead, and I hear people saying, "Ralph's getting old." And what do I get? A team... who cares as much about the beautiful jerseys I give them... as they care about me. What's Wire safeties doing on this team? Answer me. I buy you beautiful jerseys, and you treat them like they were some dishrag. You do. Three hundred dollar jersey on a Wire safety. We'll see how many you've got if they're hidden somewhere. We'll see... we'll see. Get out of that bed. All of this is coming out. Out. Out. Out. Out. Out. Out. You've got any more? We're gonna see how many Wire safeties you've got on your team. Wire safeties, why? Why? TD, get out of that bed. Get out of that bed. You have the most beautiful team in Buffalo and you don't care if your defense is stretched out from Wire safeties. And your training camp looks like some two-dollar-a-week furnished room in some two-bit back street town in Okalahoma. Get up. Get up. Clean up this mess. Look at this field. Do you call that clean? Do you? Mularky said it was clean? Do YOU think it's clean? Do YOU think it's clean? Look at that, DO you? Don't f*** with me fellas. This ain't my first time at the rodeo. When I told you to call me fanatic, I wanted you to mean it.

Very good. Three different threads, and still no reason advanced for why the President should meet with her. Maybe she should threaten to hold her breath until he meets with her. We could break into regularly scheduled programming for that.

By the same guys who think a casino is a good idea. Oh, but this time it's a stroke of genius. That sucking sound you hear will be a good amount of what little greenbacks there are in the area going into the money vacuum. If some coming out in minimum wages sounds like a good idea to you, best of luck with that. I'm sure the idiots who can't run the government responsibly now will become mensa members when a portion of your pissed-away dollars gets into their hands.

I feel sorry for her husband. He also lost his son. Now he's lost his wife, too.

The thing I like about Walken is he makes such an impression you can imagine his voice just by reading his lines. And I don't think anyone does as good a job of self-parody while still in character. He's made some good movies for sure, but he's also made some bad movies a lot of fun to watch.

Best internet hoax since the "send me money, or I'll eat this bunny" site. "If you want to learn how to build a house, build a house. Don't ask anybody, just build a house." The people taking it seriously are even funnier.

The Bills ST averaged about 24 yards a return and took 3 for TD's last year. I probably would want to get a touchback against them if I didn't have a solid coverage team. However, the Bills coverage team held opponents to an 18 yard average with no TD's; dropping a kickoff at the goal line would put the average starting position inside the 20, with the possibility of a turnover. So no, I do not ALWAYS want a touchback. I understand it's a gamble; that's why I enjoy it.

I trust the ST more now. If you have a good coverage team, make them advance the football from the goal line. ST's can get in their face at the 10-15, maybe cause a turnover. Touchbacks bore me. Live a little!

I'm out of my league here.

I've seen more than a few QB's do that. Never stops being funny.

I tried. Hippo Birdie Two Ewe

I noticed he's been booming his KO's so far - very nice. I hate to see the other team get a KO return starting at the 15 yd line. You don't want line drives or touchbacks - a high KO landing between the +5 to -2 yd lines is perfect. If he keeps that up, that's a valuable improvement - at least 1 more first down required by the opponent. OTOH, it used to kill me when Steve Christie's KO's would come down at the 15 yd line, until Mr Clutch kicked the game-winning FG - then it didn't seem so important. Waiting to see if Lindell has shown any improvement on FG's also...

It's a nice post. I would suggest creating a blog, cutting and pasting it there, and adding a descriptive link/sig line in your profile to link to it.

Put these together.

Thanks for doing that, seeing all the backwards arrows on the nfl.com live update last night was making me nuts. Hope they clean it up before the season starts. The D can overcome some mistakes, but penalties will kill the offense at this point. I'd be pulling out my hair watching that - and considering what's left of my crewcut, I really don't want to go there.

I don't understand keeping Wire over Prioleau either. But they took a chance on Wire, and it doesn't look like it's working out so far. I wouldn't have a problem with replacing him (in the taking-a-chance-on-someone department) with Baker or Leonhard based upon how they perform in pre-season. Leonhard's pretty short at 5'8", but he's not that small (190lbs), so he should be able to hold up to physical punishment - it'd just be the height disadvantage when the ball is in the air that would be an issue. And the guy looks like a real player so far. Baker is 5'10" 200lbs, so I don't think that it's that much of an issue if he is better at being in the right place at the right time.

I had half-screen of the nfl.com's live update in one window, and half-screen of the chat in another window, and it was a pretty decent way to follow the game if you're unable to watch it on TV. Much quicker updates on the chat than NFL, and NFL gives you all the official stats. Of course, then I tried to actually join the chat, and my firewall blew everything up. So I either need to disable my firewall to chat, or just stick with lurking.

See, I didn't even know they had separated. I was in homeroom with Lenora in middle school, I'm sure we had some classes together, but I don't recall. Maybe she was in Mr Fronczek's chorus with me too? That was a lot of fun. Man, just too long ago. I have a lot of fond memories of that neighborhood when I was 12/13/14/15 - little league football practice (Green Acres!) and ice skating over at Brighton park, playing tennis or launching home-made rockets over at the Glendale school grounds, etc. My friend and I would walk down Greenhaven to the Library, and if the creek/ditch was frozen enough, change into our skates and skate through the weeds all the way down to the trestle at Ellicot Creek Rd, put our boots back on to cross the trestle, and play pick-up hockey games at the pond right on the other side in the park. Sounds like you moved before you had a chance to see some of the houses on Parker Blvd on the edge of the golf course covered in snow drifts in the '77 Blizzard - that was a sight. Then I became a teenager and lost my mind when HS started, and was not the kind of kid you would want your kids hanging around with. Never saw Lenora again. Oh well. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Then stay tuned after the game for the news with Irv Weinstein, Tom Jolls and Rick Azar.

That's when the rest of the platoon's recruits beat Private Frez with bars of soap in the end of a sock.

Good question; I haven't noticed Wilson yet. I'll have to watch for him. I think you're right on this. I'm not sure where R Lee fits in. Hasn't looked any better than Burns to me so far, but I only recall a couple plays. For this week, this is much more DISAPPOINTING than missing Roscoe to me. I was really eager to see how they dealt with: defensive end Dwight Freeney (shoulder), defensive end Raheem Brock (hip), defensive tackle Josh Williams (sports hernia), defensive tackle Montae Reagor (groin), cornerback Donald Strickland (groin), cornerback Nick Harper (foot). Dang right they should dominate whoever's left to play. I want to see some pancakes goin' on! The D is going to blow these guys up. I thought Vincent's move was permanent. Haven't watched much of King; I only recall noticing him on a blitz. I always enjoy seeing the Bills play, but man, the Colt's DL being out just kills me. Oh well, crawl/walk/run I guess. Probably better for JP not to have Freeney all over him at this point anyway. I haven't seen anything except the scrimmage, so I will watch every minute of it.