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Every Dad at a Renaissance museum:

Whatever it is, it seems to have generated quite a buzz around this place.

Little boy sit on the corner and cry Big man come and he ask him why Says "I can't do what the big boys do" Man sat down and he cried too

That was my first thought but I wasn't sure if there's a limit to how many ineligibles can declare as eligible. They already have an extra lineman at one of the TE positions, so he must be declaring.

I felt that way for a long time. The 600-mile drive (each way) in the winter, across the Great Lakes region, is bad enough. Our families are okay for the most part, but they're 40 miles away from each other and both have events that we "must" attend and people we "have to" visit. Every trip was stressful from start to finish. When our son was a few years old, I told my wife that I wanted to start having Christmas at home, and we've enjoyed peaceful holidays ever since. I think we went back for Christmas twice in the past 30 years. We go back pretty much every summer, though.

Yeah, I like them - I had some as recently as a couple of years ago - but I don't like them enough to splurge on the fat and sugar. In fairness, I will splurge on something with nearly the same nutritional content as Pop Tarts, but those are things that really taste good to me. Chocolate, for example, is one of my guilty pleasures. The taste vs. health tradeoff is different for everyone.

I'm quite familiar with the double-slit experiment. Show me the part where the observer's desire for one particular outcome can force the results into that outcome. Is it because when you set out to observe particles, you see particles, but when you set out to observe waves, you see waves? So if I watch a game expecting a win, that makes a win more likely? What about upsets? I mean, in the double-slit, when you look for particles, you'll see particles 100% of the time; likewise for waves. And his statement that it exists does NOT imply that it exists at both the macro and subatomic levels. I'm done now.

If you're using Schroedinger's Cat as a rationale, you've misinterpreted it. Schreodinger's thought experiment says that if there's a 50/50 chance of the cat being alive when you open the box, then the act of opening the box forces it to be either alive or dead. If 100 people conduct this experiment, then on average, you'll have 50 dead cats and 50 living cats. Now, according to what you wrote, the observers influenced the outcome. But if all 100 observers said, "I hope the cat is alive," then on average, 50 of them will be disappointed. It should also be noted that quantum physics only applies at a subatomic scale. The laws break down at the macro scale. Conversely, Einstein's General Theory of Relativity only applies at a macro scale, not at the subatomic level. The great mystery of physics is how to reconcile the two theories which have been, at their respective scales, proven to be correct. Sorry for the physics lesson, but I've seen far too many examples of people twisting/misinterpreting science to support a faulty hypothesis. Schroedinger himself said that the thought experiment was an analogy and he was horrified at the numerous misinterpretations of his idea.

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming We're finally on our own This summer I hear the drumming Four dead in Ohio

It's almost time for the pregame show to start. (Because two measly weeks of hype just doesn't cut it anymore.)

Preferably five games in a row. The next five sound like as good a place as any to start that trend.

Detroit was good last year. The Bears are the same old Bears.

Before I read labels and paid attention to fat and sugar contents, my favorite Pop Tarts were frosted chocolate, followed by strawberry as a distant second, and brown sugar/cinnamon as an even more distant third. Since I started paying attention to nutritional info, my favorite "toaster pastry" is a bagel. (And like Pop Tarts, they can be eaten toasted or untoasted.) Don't get me wrong - I'm not a full-blown health freak, but I have a family history of diabetes and heart disease. I can't change my genetics, but I can adjust my lifestyle. I'll still splurge on wings or Italian sausage sometimes, but it has to be worth the nutritional hit. For me, wings and sausage are worth it; Pop Tarts are not.

A long, long time ago I can still remember How that music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance That I could make those people dance And maybe they'd be happy for a while

Is that a Zen koan?

Newtonian physics. F=ma Heavier body = stronger force.

Give her the party she wants but exclude aquatic mammals from the decorations.

Yeah, but I wish they'd use a fullback or a blocking TE behind him instead of putting a RB there.

Battle of McDs "Playoff caliber" versus "Wish it were colder"

I see skies of blue And clouds of white The bright blessed day The dark sacred night And I think to myself What a wonderful world

Then you should feel free Not to participate in Dolphins Haiku week But those of us who Enjoy the old tradition Will keep Haikuing

And some people around here were complaining about using Josh to get the first down that sealed the game.

A Haiku presents a creative challenge: to fit a certain thought into a strict syllabic structure. It's literally the opposite of having a pet rock, which requires no creativity or skill. In other words: Creative challenge Thoughts in seven syllables Pet rocks: trivial