UConn James

And when you look at the career-span for a RB, TH lasted longer than the average of ~ 2 seasons... then, we got a 3rd in a trade. Not bad value for him (even tho there is a sad chew-'em-up-spit-'em-out quality to the story), I'd say. But then, that requires someone who types for a living to realize that not every RB will have a 15-year career like Emmitt Smith.

Shake hands with the Flyers players, or with each other? ... 'cause, !@#$ the Flyers! Also nice to see Day-Twaa brought down a notch.

Paul, I finally had to put Barry Brady/Fake-Fat Sunny/Pyrite Gal on ignore. Not b/c he's a prick, but rather b/c my brain hurts after reading his posts. Talk about someone seriously needing an editor. Brevity is a virtue.

I'll see dev/null on the and raise him a .

Living in Patsie-land, I can say that Mankins did start right away, that was somewhat dictated by the situation (nevermind that the Pats seem to have a system where they could plug in my grandmother at Center and not skip a beat...). And I wouldn't say "very good"; more like "above average" at this point. He took quite a few holding and false start penalties last year, something Bellichick wasn't pleased with on his segment on the "Patriots: All Access" show the local affiliate has.

Only three Guards were taken yesterday. Don't know if that's a censure of the quality of the position this year, or that teams are just waiting and stocking up on other spots. McNally has gone on the record that he's not enamored/dazzled by high-round picks, ala his input on getting Preston and Geisinger last year. Not sure how smart that is and it takes someone with a bit of an ego to say he doesn't need a prospect. Some names are left, but I wouldn't be averse to taking Setterstrom late or if he's an UDFA. Decent size and he was durable (never missed a game --- something we can't say about our guards of late) at Minnesota.

11 September 2001 was a 'disaster of a day.' Today is a day when you just have to shrug and grab a beer.

I'd say they now have a pair of OL we're going to have a tough time with for the next 7+ years.

Me neither. But I've been thrown out of nicer places than that.

League sources tell me that Marv is going to use it to draft Tim Russert as the next Commissioner of the NFL I just didn't feel right including it in the list b/c he's not going to be on the football field.

You poor... poor man! The judge sentences you to a lifetime prescription to Wellbutrin.

I heard he only scored a 1 on the Wonderlich. And he doesn't have a good 'bubble.'

My mock draft for the Bills is so good, I'll publish it right now! 1. D'Brickashaw 2. Vince Young 3a. Matt Leinart 3b. Huff 4. Bunkley 5. Ngata 6. Vernon Davis 7. A.J. Hawk 7. UConn James I'll be disappointed and disavow the Buffalo Bills forever unless Marv can draft all of these guys.

The most important question, however.... Has the retatta been sprinkled with pickle juice? Otherwise, it's like calling the stuff in the pot 'chili' when it doesn't have a few dashes of Lawry's, black pepper or some hot peppers. Or as Jeff Foxworthy likens to a man who's gotten a vasectomy --- "You can point it at anybody now; they don't care!" All of retatta's lethal qualities derive from the pickle juice. I'd do my part by flirting with LanaK, asking if she "wanted to be strung up with me in one of Rousseau's traps ," but you know, she lives in the Pacific Northwest and I live in the Atlantic Northeast, and not on Lostaway Island. My dashing good looks, lottery-bolstered bank account, knowledge and creativity, and 9 inches would surely scare her off. Plus, I never really liked Crayonz anyway.

Where's that fyou smilie.... But, really. Jane Austen spun a good tale, and Emma T. did an excellent job to put it in movie form. And just b/c it doesn't have nudity and swearing, but so what? I'd party with Emma T. any day; she's got that whole humorous but eminently classy air about her.

Hmm. Good thread. In "Stripes" when the recruits first get to boot camp. It starts off with the stuffy Captain, John Laroquette, bumping into a metal stake on the ground, and saying "Have that removed." One of the best takes of that movie and it was an ad lib. Then, Warren Oates as the drill sergeant; he played that to a T. One that'll probably get me laughed at here, but Emma Thompson's screenplay adaptation of "Sense and Sensibility" was phenomenal. I look at that movie not in terms of individual scenes, but the whole work --- much like seeing the whole building rather than an individual brick. Pretty much all of "A Fish Called Wanda." Especially any scene with Otto. The auction house scene in "North By Northwest" always gets me, with Cary Grant trying to be an ass so they'll call the cops. "Scent of a Woman" has a few (Pacino sure can take that role of the angry man and he ran with it there, all the way to a deserved Oscar). His speech in defense of Charlie at the disciplinary hearing near the end is something to look to in this age where being an unprincipled, stoolie prig is expected by our teachers, our bosses, our... and it's so great b/c he was supposed to have left, and he came back to stand by Charlie. Also, the scene in the hotel when the Col. explains his reasons for why he's going to off himself and asking why Charlie gives a sh--. To wit: Slade: "When were you born, son? The time of the Round Table? Haven't you heard? CON-SCIENCE is deee-aahh-d. Charlie: No, I haven't heard. Slade: Well, then, take the... fu--in' WAX outta your ears! GROW UP!.... It's... fu-- your buddy. Cheat on your wife. Call your mother... on Mother's Day. [pause] Charlie, it's all sh--.

<raises hand> And, yeah, ditto LA's second line. I am trying to get a legit Capital J job. It's hard, tho.

Not much of a change in his job description....

51-3.

This was the thing w/ McVeigh as well. You make him a martyr to his fellow loonies.... Well, in a de facto sense, he's already a marytr b/c he got caught and won't ever have vision without bars in the way. When he dies, whether by suicide, natural causes or if he has "help," he's comforted that his type will chant his name, supposedly. In the meantime, while he's still alive, he presents a security risk at the prison he's kept; AQ has staged prison breaks before (not to say that they'd do that for Moussaoui). For those that say he's an idiot, a doofus, and looked upon as such by AQ itself... well, I'd say that they look that way on all of the suicide-murderers they recruit. I don't want to see any 60 Minutes interviews. Put this sh--bag to sleep.

At times, I understand the frustration of the athletes. They play a sport that can earn an AD millions of dollars, and in exchange they get about $75K+ worth of tuition, room and board, and if they're really good, a chance to play said sport for millions of dollars. And then I think back on my summers spent as a mason's apprentice where I got next to nothing (but I learned a sh--load) and I suddenly feel less sympathetic. Someone should tell these brats to GROW UP!

There's a smart-ass in every crowd.

Sleezy Chucklebreath. Hmm. I don't even like Chuckles.

Then again, Ted Kennedy chaired it a while back.... Don't be surprised when big-group decisions make no sense to the individual.

Just in the way that 'Adam and Eve' as Locke called them, were positioned in the cave. Implied they loved each other as they were lying side by side (Question remains did they die at the same time? Or were they placed there?). There was also the bag, which contained two small, smooth (polished?) stones, one black, one white. Here we have Bernard and Rose. Bernard is using black rocks to form an S.O.S. signal. (Aside from the obvious, Rose is black, Bernard is white). Rose is healed by the island and even if rescue boats come, she says she won't leave and Bernard makes the decision to stay too.... Does anyone suppose that 'Adam and Eve' elected to stay on the island? --- I also think that with the food drop, the Lostaways are now forced to accept that someone knows that people are on the island, and tho they provide food, they're all right with people dying while being forced to participate in their experiment. Up to this point, it's been possible that a plane or boat might pass; this was a revelation that there's some entity that wants to keep them there and can probably block any attempts by rescuers. If they want to get off the island, it's going to have to be at their own intitiative, not Dharma's.