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In other LOST news, I was reading that there was a convention thingie last week. Most of the stars and writers were on stage to take some questions, etc. So, Abrams came out and said that they are not in purgatory, this is a theory he wants to nip in the bud. And in the Locke: Good or Evil debate, the stars were all asked to raise their hands if they thought Locke was a Good character. They all kind of looked at each other. No one raised their hands. Then the guy who plays Boone started smiling/laughing and raised his hand, kind of a joke b/c his char and Locke are tight.

There was also the fact that when he was arrested, he had a large knife, a hacksaw, plastic bags, etc. in his trunk, and directions to Amber Frye's workplace that he'd downloaded that day. Think he wanted to take her out to dinner at the Roadkill Cafe?

Last week they were saying no new eps until 16 April, but they now have bumped it up to 30 March. I also hear the season finale is going to be 2 1/2 hours. Sweet!

This is the myth that never dies.

The state is making bones to fund the Jets stadium, but Ralph was left to wrestle with the county to do some refurbishing? No double standard there.... Not that gov't should be financing a private business that brings green in hand over fist.

The apples don't fall too far from each other.

Already have their quota w/ Uyi Osunde, LB/DE from my alma mater, on the roster.

Get ready for hypothermia and sunburn on the same day. (To answer the question, yes. On a chilly morning and blazing hot afternnon of haying on a dairy farm about 50 miles east of Roch.)

Eight or nine hundred million? Guess.

I was actually going to say Jim Croce. Been listening to him a lot recently. "I Got a Name," "Alabama Rain" and "Railroad Song" especially. Didn't know his son was picking up the family business. Have to check it out.... Jeff Buckley. I keep worrying that b/c I listen to him so much, it's going to get old. It hasn't yet. There's just so much on so many levels w/ him. To my dad who says Buddy Holly was the biggest loss for music/rock 'n' roll, I say bullsh--. Not even close.

I was going to say something along the same lines. Having a low-round (esp. Top 5) pick is NOT a good position to be in unless you desperately want to screw your cap over. But what really boggles the mind is when teams actually trade up into this area where one fuggin' guy is making $10M/year. You don't do this unless acquiring him guarantees you a Super Bowl, which is problematic in that the draft is a crapshoot. NFL awards the crappiest teams the first picks, thinking this gives them an advantage. Reality is it puts them deeper in the hole. If there's ever incentive for "winning for pride" at the end of a season w/ nothing on the line or making the playoffs, here you go.

The eligibility is probably questionable b/c she was under attack by him. Doesn't matter that he was wallowing over murdering four people, a POS like him could change moods in a second. She was a de facto hostage; police resources were spent to rescue her. How bad is it that our society pays someone for simply not being a murder victim? Is being alive not enough? Shouldn't people call the police out of being a good citizen? And why did they even need to offer a reward? Everyone wanted him off the street.

Hey, Big Mac didn't use steroids. Ask him. He'll tell you.

Don't know. I'd keep the royal; w/o it, they look like the Pats or Broncos, which is part of the problem that's attempting to be corrected. Plus, and I don't know if people think of it, getting rid of the royal blue would mean replacing the stadium seats and some of the FieldTurf. Besides, it is traditional, which is the main reason to use it. Navy makes a good minor accent color for the top of the socks and facemask. (Chalkie, a royal facemask looks like arse. I tried it.)

Be kind. Done in Paint, and I really need to get Elements 3.0. Redesign. Went w/ the navy mask, which I think balances well with the socks. i.e. on the white jersey, the scheme goes from top to bottom.... red, navy, white, white, navy, red. Also put the logo on the shoulders, charging ahead, and slightly changed the current piping to a tapered red block that ties in w/ the one in the logo. One of the things it's going for is feasibility. (I don't especially like the red jersey and admittedly creating a new pant just for it is superfluous.)

Only if it was a Garbage Plate. And only if it came out the way it came in..... Ahh, who am I kidding. It looks the same either way. (And yes, I have had one before.)

I meant that as in, ready to be on the field moreso than you'd probably want a backup to be. I.e. "Put me in coach, I can do it." I.e.2 Flutie. But having his helmet at the ready for three straight hours? That'd take a blue pill, and he'd only have one hour to spare before he'd need to call his doctor. And that's if the game doesn't go into OT.

Word on the street is Harrington is wearing out his welcome in Day-twah. In a better world, he should get another year w/ all of his receivers healthy, but this is the NFL. Garcia's going to be the kind of backup that stands close to the field and keeps his helmet at the ready.

Only bc they can't do other things, I hope the ream the needle when they put it in his arm. F---er.

Good thread and discussion here. I'm sorry, but I have some cold water to throw around in here. First, bear in mind that, traditionally, the Bills devote only 9-10 roster spots for OL. What I'm counting here, if more FAs are signed that means someone currently in the group gets the red card in the locker on cut day. This kind of talk also implies that JM doesn't know how to do his job, which includes development as one of his fortes. I'm all for drafting a C high and possibly a G later and cut L. Smith. If a FA is signed, that wastes the input to either McFarland or Peters. But the one-track acquisition frenzy isn't the best mindset, played out in how TD is operating. But the team also has a big hole on the line on the other side of the ball. Don't think this is going to be ignored. DT will also be a priority on day one if the right guy is there.

For the revenue-sharind reason, yeah. But also, unlike their regular programming, ABC can't so much put on re-runs of MNF to double or triple their ad take. $500M for (hmm... let's do the math here.... 17x3... carry the 2...) 51 hours of showtime each year? That's a lot of green. And the guess that it's "one of the higher rated shows on Monday" is wrong, wrong, wrong. In the past several years it has tanked. Utterly. Why do you think they tried Dennis Miller and reeled in Madden thinking these moves might boost ratings? They didn't. Don't be surprised if you have to watch MNF on ESPN next year, but you could see SNF on the network and Desperate Housewives moved to Mondays. Sunday is the natural day for football.

There's probably a reason for that. Such that decisions are best made rationally than rashly. The marginal value of adding Womack over what is on the roster isn't such that TD needs to "beat down the doors." There will be 53 players on the roster come August and it really doesn't matter that much, w/ McNally doing the job he's paid to do, whether the front office goes all NY Rangers on us. Signing high-priced vets doesn't guarantee anything other than a name on a jersey and salary cap grim reapers. The off-season just doesn't seem to mesh w/ your personality. It's a slow process. Relax(!) and nurse a Genny or something.

He is very good throwing the long ball the two times a game coaches might call it. Too bad he can't throw a 10-yard out to save his arse. If you want to go long every play, Drew's your guy, but you're not often going to win like that. Parcells has lost it in trying to relive the past.

If you knew the mettle of the current class in the CT police officer training course, you would be singing a better tune, and it's not unrepresentative of the rest of the country, either. About 60 percent of them flunked the lie detector tests for questions that'd have any law-abiding citizen going . And they take them b/c they're so shorthanded and they just don't pay very much in the first 5 years. I'd hazard that 75 percent of police do a great job and are to be commended for the stuff they do and the risks they take. And then there's the 25 percent who are the type to break your headlights w/ their Mag-Lite, get a BJ in exchange for not giving a ticket, going WAY overboard in physical restraint of a suspect, etc.

Too bad they've neglected the D in trying to be Colts-Lite. They've really been down on Harrington, too. If Garcia signs there, it's an open competition in camp.