Terry Tate

Not only camp reports, but on-the-road camp reports? Awesome. Thanks, IndyMark.

oops DT. The thought of making this defense better is making me short-circuit.

I was pretty surprised to hear this too. The Bills getting better at DE would make an already tough defense pretty dominant. ST's are no longer hold-your-breath scary - in fact, they're one of the best. The defense and ST's are going to hand JP a LOT of short-field drives to work with. If the Bills have a solid running game, this kid is not going to have to be the second coming of Jim Kelly. If there's not a total disaster at LT, Trent Dilfer-level play could take this team to the playoffs. Still big ifs; I'm just saying. Get better at DE? Holy crap.

As much as I like "Born under a bad sign", and I can't recall if I've ever even seen My Fair Lady, but I googled the lyrics, and it comes closer to describing me than anything else I've seen here. Nice choice, Pickering.

I coulda swore they said there was going to be a report from the Bills camp. Watched the whole stupid show, nothing. They had a fantasy football discussion where the Bills were mentioned for their ST/Defense. Whoopee. After cutting half of the "Game of the week" Bills vs Dolphins to show a Bill Parcells press conference, I'm not too happy with the NFL channel today.

I just get the daily update from major news outlets on how many servicemen have died so far. I wish they'd tell me what milestones I should be focused on, and what happens then. What, is there something else I needed to know?

jzmack went over to Ralph Wilson's house this summer. Ralph was in his tight little shorts, no shirt, with his little red hat, and he was doing some farming or something because he was covered in dirt. It was awesome. jzmack gave him a hug like he does every year, and shook his hand before he left. That's when Ralph threw up his hands and said "What the !@#$?". jzmack then went on a drinking binge and passed out, sleepwalking all the way to Green Bay to give aussiew the shirt off his back.

Driving directions into DC should always be accompanied by a prescription for a sedative of some sort.

Which is stapled to a printout of a Bengals logo, both of which are held onto a filing cabinet by a large magnet.

Asked my wife if I can go. Getting the evil eye att...

When you've served in the military, you tend to have a shorter fuse for things like "shooting unarmed, injured enemy combatants", people saying "I want you to know our government is against this war" to a grieving relative of a fallen serviceman, comparing Islamofacists to our minutemen, comparing our servicemen at Gitmo to Nazis, running military recruiters off school campuses, etc. It's a cumulative thing, but there's no shortage of examples.

If the drum-beat of "if it bleeds, it leads" by the media is wearing on you, if repetitive servings of Terrorist Helper® by the media are getting you down, you can always turn to sites like Arthur Chrenkoff's blog, which details undercovered good news from Iraq. Good news from Iraq, part 24.

You work on PA Lt Gov Knoll's staff by any chance?

I'm not interested in what the other teams' cheerbabes look like; I assume most other major cities are ahead of Buffalo on the plastic surgery curve. There's been a few scary looking girls on the Jills in years past. A few. But last year's page you linked is the best looking squad I think I've ever seen for them. Any single one of those girls walks into your office, all work would immediately stop.

That would explain Lemur King's indian name: "Dances with boxers".

Well, the majority seems to be on board with the federal government funding everything deemed important, which is exactly what the founding fathers had in mind - a massive, centralized government that is everything to everyone. All that is left to argue about is priority and how much. The good news is we can all live forever, free from disease, never wanting for food and shelter if we just raise enough tax money and get the right people in Washington to prioritize spending properly. I recommend everyone take their tax owed on their next return - double it, and send it in to Washington. Think of all the good we could do!

If you're both holding up "Hello Two Bills Drive" signs, it'll be easier to spot each other!

Hate to see a young QB get happy feet, but on the other side of it, when I think of what can be when you have a QB who can run, I don't think of Michael Vick - I'm reminded of Steve Young. Because sooner or later, a QB's gonna have to use his feet.

Mayor Quimby: Can't we have one meeting that doesn't end with us digging up a corpse? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mayor Quimby: And now, I'd like to turn things over to our Grand Marshall, Mr. Leonard Nimoy. Leonard Nimoy: [referring to the monorail] I'd say this vessel could do at least Warp Five. [crowd laughs] Mayor Quimby: And let me say, "May the Force be with you." Leonard Nimoy: [annoyed] Do you even know who I am? Mayor Quimby: I think I do. Weren't you one of the Little Rascals? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Homer is driving Mayor Quimby's limo] Mayor Quimby: Just remember... you represent the office of the mayor. So always comport yourself in a manner befitting - quick. Honk at that broad.

Gonna watch/Tivo that scrimmage. Hold up a Hello Two Bills Drive sign and wave!

Nobody mentions "the Block" or the all-night Korean bars? Oh, family - never mind.

Wait a minute, you guys got helmets? All I got was some tinfoil.

I stated the funeral attendance, though inappropriate, was probably a forgivable offense, if done in a honorable and respectful manner. It was not. It would be just as distasteful, though perhaps not quite as horrific as Knoll's statement, if a Republican politician showed up uninvited with media in tow, showing off his "patriotism". I don't recall the posts you reference, but they sound like they would bore me, and I would choose to simply ignore them. I criticized a Republican here; enjoy yourself. Sorry not everyone on "the right" fits your generalizations. I do try to hold everyone to the same standard about things that matter to me.

There oughta be a law that says if congressmen don't show up for work, they don't get paid. Oh wait, there is - Title 2, Chapter 3, Section 39 of US Code(The Congress, compensation and allowances of members, Deductions for absence) According to Congressional Quarterly (subscription required), the draft Legislative Branch conference report, approved Tuesday by conferees, would exempt senators from that requirement — which hasn’t been enforced for as long as anyone can remember, according to Wayne Allard, R-Colo., Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee chairman. "If you’re going to ignore a law, let’s get it off the books,” Allard said. “That’s just good government." Actually, Wayne, good government would be obeying the law. Good government would be holding yourself accountable for the same standards normal people abide by, which is you don't show up for work, you don't get paid. Sorry I can't provide a free link on the story, nobody seems to be reporting it except the blogs, on which the above is cut and pasted repeatedly.

PA Lt Gov Catherine Baker Knoll has been in the habit of attending fallen servicemens' funerals. Which is fine, if you're invited (I believe wakes are for the public; funerals are private). She was not. Ok, so a faux pas on her part, but in a genuine show of honor and respect by a representative of the state government for one of it's citizens, I think it may be a forgivable offense. Last week she attended a funeral mass for Marine Staff Sgt Joseph Goodrich. She sat down next to a Goodrich family member and, during the distribution of communion, asked who they were. Then she proceeded to give the grieving relative her business card and told them "I want you to know our government is against this war." It would've taken an awfully large bodyguard to pry my fingers from her throat. How can someone be so oblivious to time and place as to think that statement was appropriate? I mean, I'm sure she probably thought those words would actually be of some comfort! Ed Rendell is a smart politician. He quickly apologized, saying it was inappropriate to attend a private funeral uninvited, and that the state government has no business taking a position on national defense. Knoll has been AWOL since the story broke. I bet she's not on the ticket next election. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05204/542520.stm