UConn James

Where're the exit polls?!! I want my crack! Now!!

And the soon-to-follow chorus of Tingles and Toure pointing to the camera, gesticulating, and screaming "Racism!!" Next week, Toure will be back to his standard, "Butter your toast beforeyou put jam on? That's racist!"

I, for one, think this is a terrible idea. Politics should stay on PPP and off of the main board. Even on Election Day. It just sends the wrong signal WRT posting habits. Or do you just enjoy the hypocrisy that's allowed as a mod/admin?

"Garbage yards" as I've always heard it, is when you're down by like 20 in the 4th quarter and your QB is making non-defended completions of 10 yards as their D plays heavy contain and safeties slightly deeper. You know... like Fitz got against the Jets in the opener.

I'll see that and raise you! If Fitz is starting Week 1 next year, I will be done with this team. A quarter-century fan. Done! I'm tired of this stevestojan of sticking with limitations, sticking with a known mediocrity who doesn't have the tools and physically can't make the throws / arm is Kelly-Holcomb-shot, and rarely even trying to field a decent QB. I did some outside chores today and missed the whole game. That has been unthinkable. But I was more than OK with it. Like 'Didn't get kicked in the nuts' OK.

OK. Maybe they should remember that it's generally the Republicans that have the guns. Come to my house to do harm, Obama will be buying lots of ACORN flags to drape over closed caskets. As happens in riots, tho, they'll really only manage to burn their own community and kick themselves in the nuts.

Judging 2012 support based on 1990 numbers, when the league's popularity dominance, not to mention its cash intake, has literally skyrocketed since then is completely disingenuous. And for the poster who requires proof that the Billsnare moving imminently.... Well, no. That's not what anyone's saying. But the next available franchise that can possibly be moved without creating too much of a ripple will be going. The best case would be that the Chargers, who need a new stadium and aren't going to get it in SD, move a few miles north --- best for the fans, best for the league. But make no mistake that LA will make a grab, and we have an owner who's in his mid-90s and has repeatedly gone on record as saying that the Bills will be sold by his estate to the highest bidder. We don't really need evidence, we have those two facts that loom closer with every day. A lot of how this chess game all plays out is going to depend on the luck of timing. And Lady Luck is a fickle b----- especially for this team.

The way things are transpiring just puts me into the mindset of inevitability. Even if there's a twelve-year lease tomorrow, it will be broken the second the next owner takes possession. And for all the talk, I just don't see how a guy committed to keeping them in Buffalo can buy 'em. Whether that's due to $ issues, LA people simply opening up a bidding war until Golisano or whoever simply caves, or the required two-thirds of NFL owners don't approve of a sale to a Buffalo-committed owner. Sorry for the pessimism, but that's what I get when I think with my head and not with my heart.

Pete, I believe. We got power back overnight. There was a light on in a house nearby that we know doesn't have a generator, so I unhooked ours, threw the switches and flipped the main back on. Lights! Internet (cable) came back shortly after. We survived, as ever. Lots of wind. Very strong gusts even here in NE CT, which generally has a nice buffer and our unique spot which is surrounded by hills on three sides. Whitecaps on our lake... but I got a picture of some damned fool who was !@#$ing kayaking at about 4 p.m. right before the height of the storm. Trees were blowing fierce and I'm really glad that our power company had come around this summer and cut lots of trees, including a huge hulker V-notched red oak in our front yard. Seriously, it had a 6 1/2 ft. base and was 128 years old, according to the ring count. It'd been losing branches for a long time and had a serious cavity right at the notch where water collected and come to find out, went right down to the base. That water freezes, splits the tree and takes down power lines it would've been a cold mess. Averted. Some people have been pissed about the cutting. It's fine by me.

I just made this soup tonight: http://www.biggirlssmallkitchen.com/2012/03/the-naptime-chefs-chicken-sausage-ravioli-soup.html Your base is the onions and sausage. It will stick to the bottom of the pan and turn a dark brown. That's great. That's what you want!!! Then you throw in a bit of wine and it comes off easy as can be. It's not !@#$ing dirty. It's cooking. It's caramelized. That's where the flavor is!!! Why bother washing a pot that's literally going to instantly get dirty again? I'm also a neat-nick such that people call me 'Felix Unger'... and I hate making more dishes than is absolutely required because We don't have a dishwasher... but the time to clean is after. I'm normally extremely softspoken and patient but when someone messes around with what I'm doing in the kitchen and just gets in my way, I'm just like "GTFO!!!!!!" and I really don't care whose feelings I may hurt. Usually, it's a more tactful "You know what? I'll take care of this. Why don't you do ____?"

Much too soon to be saying things like this. And the naked bravado/machismo might be something if Biden (or even his son Beau) served in a fighting capacity, at least there would be *some* rapport there.... But as it stands, complimenting a grieving father while trying to sometime use the attack as a political tool for reelection and sometime deflect the growing criticisms --- as more and more facts come out about what actually went on WRT the administration watching the attack live in the WH Situation Room and as Panetta says, not sending in reinforcements because they didn't understand the situation. http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/25/panetta-benghazi-attack-occurred-too-fast-for-us-m/?page=1 Is it just me, or does it require perfect intel to understand that a U.S. Ambassador and three consulate workers are going to be killed without military help? !@#$ you Panetta, Biden and Obama for sitting there and watching. !@#$ing spineless pieces of ****! They were allowed to die because if anything went wrong, it might damage reelection. Images of U.S. helicopters mowing down murderous thugs surrounding our embassy just clashes with this administration's marketing. And yet, Biiden's still trying to rub off some cachet with some tough-guy words. !@#$ HIM!!!

I'm not seeing anything about snow. Temps here in CT throughout this thing are still projecting 60s as a high and 50 as a low. It's going to be wind and rain.

Bayonets! I'll grant that Obama's probably not intentionally lying. He's just !@#$ing clueless about the military. Infographic: https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/561792_500560579957078_368077649_n.jpg?dl=1

Gotta say that Romney was channeling Reagan last night. Tough but cool.

So, let's just go over something here.... Obama said that AQ has been "decimated" and terrorists are "on the run," we've made friends with all the world, and terrorists have gotten the message that when they attack Americans, they'll be brought to justice.... the most important national security risk for the future is.... terrorism. Wait. Are they decimated... or are they America's biggest threat? I'm sorry, but a nuclear Iran --- as Romney said --- would make no compunction about bombing Israel and from there, EVERYTHING goes to stevestojan INSTANTLY the whole world over, not just isolated pockets of opportunistic attacks.

Sophomore slump, like Marcel Dareus?

Coke... is a HELL of a drug!!! But seriously, that sugar and caffeine combo? More addictive than heroin. http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-12-12/entertainment/17912875_1_sugar-dopamine-sweet-addiction People can laugh and mock this all they want. It is a struggle. The note's worked so far! And I gave the chair away this afternoon, so I'll be getting an exercise mat (tile floor in the basement) and that's going to become my Crunch Corner, and I'll get a few dumbbells. Nothing fancy or outlandish. I really don't need to lose pounds --- just need to tone up what I've got.

There are also sources out there who blame Romney for the roof panel collapse in that Big Dig tunnel that crushed a woman. Of course... Romney had wanted to replace the (Republican) head of the transportation authority left over from the previous admin due to his incompetence but the MA legislature tied both hands behind Romney's back... until the collapse, when they let Romney fire the dude and then blamed him for the shoddiness of a project for which he was governor for the final two years of wrap-up construction. There's probably sources out there who blame him for the 100-year flooding and dam failure that threatened Worcester in 2005 when we had 22 straight days of heavy rains in the northeast. But back in reality, Romney stepped in, closed down tunnels, ordered inspections and began the process of holding the contractor of faulty securing bolts liable according to the terms of the contract. Then, he directed resources to replace piping and do necessary repairs on the break. Most other governors would have been at that microphone getting all the free publicity they could. Romney talked for like 5 minutes, then stepped aside and got back to work and ordered dam checks on public and private properties. Frankly, there are a lot of media outlets in MA that have no compunction about lying about Republicans' records and pull stories like this straight out of their *s.

Don't worry, Connecticut's illustrious tax-and-spend-Democrat-then-tax-and-spend-some-more Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is building enough light rail, bike paths, and bus lines (~$130M per mile from Hartford to New Britsky) to keep Pete's quest for movement avenues satiated. For now.

Well, it's also his fault for taking that gamble not to sign for whatever was offered and hoping to cash in for even bigger after this season. He just lost the gamble.

Well, the stevestojNny thing would be to get a reader-oriented one and then when they get comfortable with it, they're like, "Wouldn't it be great if it also had good Internet, camera, etc. It's cheaper to buy the one thing that can do multiple functions --- even if it's not used to full capacity --- rather than get all these things separately a little down the road. Definitely less clutter and makes life a little easier too. I wasn't impressed by the camera on the Nook. I dunno about the Fire. But the iPad's is great and has the retina display. Can be used as a digital photo display up the mantel, even. At the rate it uses electricity with just 10w (about 41 cents per year if you do a full charge every day. Which even as a heavy user, I don't). Use it to watch movies while washing the dishes, as a recipe reader while cooking, as a music player around the house, an alarm clock with an RSS feed as a free app.... It's all the ways that you don't know how they would want to use it with all the features it has & how it will be supported going forward with both updates and apps. And Fez, I use it to read in bed. It's fine. But even so, might be interested in the iPad Mini in that case. I haven't seen a price point for that yet....

Yeah, if Potter can't send KOs into the end zone as has been the case the last couple-few weeks, then WTF is he holding a roster spot for? Lindell can't do that? Lindell's gonna get leg fatigue from KOs in addition to his 2/2 FGs and some XPs through 1/3 of the season?

NYPost Exclusive: Obama campaign accepted foreign web donation --- and may be hiding more http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/bam_blind_eye_to_illegal_donors_8SWotytr1RvbhyDCRyyrEL That's a statistically significant gap, I'd say.... Also from the above posts, it is perfectly allowable to hold overseas fundraisers as long as any donations received come from U.S. citizens who are living/working in those countries. Being an "Expat" does not mean/imply rescinding citizenship --- at least most of the time it means they retain citizenship but are living abroad for reasons of pleasure, work, love, etc.

My father uses the iPad. And in case you're not gauging the affect of that statement... my father, the !@#$ing DINOSAUR uses the iPad!!!! My brother got a Nook b/c it was cheaper. The thing's a POS and the GUI is terrible. Again, MY FATHER(!) checks his email, marvels at the maps that he can zoom in and out on and even use as a GPS (even tho his nickname with us is "Rand McNally"), goes right in and opens up Netflix and plays a movie on the iPad. He can barely turn the Nook on before throwing it against my brother's sofa. It doesn't play Flash. That's the biggest knock I have. And, well, it costs more, at least at start-up. But I'll tell ya, I have a notebook and I literally haven't turned it on in two weeks.

WRT "binders" is this more of a New England word? It means a notebook to keep a collection of papers --- and in using it, Romney was saying he got a bunch of resumes of qualified women for his administration in MA. .... You know, during the debate, I kind of flashed on that old Calvin & Hobbes comic strip series where Calvin submitted a shoddy one-paragraph book report that he expected to get an A on it from Mrs. Wormwood because it was in "a clear professional plastic binder." I gotta admit that I was a little nonplussed when people the next few days were bringing up "binder" in some kind of sadomasichism toy sense. Again, is it New England word? I don't know. WRt the substance of the answer... well, here. Read this: http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/binders-full-of-women-and-the-partisan-mind/ While it didn't become 50-50 on his watch, Romney's administration hired significantly more women than previous MA governors'. It's not something that can be changed / equalized overnight. He did hire a number of women in prominent posts in his cabinet / directors. You can't dispute that. You can be a skeptic and say it was 'political pressure' and whatever other excuses you want to come up with for why he did the right thing, but... he did the right thing. And he'll do the right thing as president. You know, admittedly, he kind of whiffed on the question. If he didn't support the Lily Ledbetter legislation, he should have said why. I think it's probably because it falls on any employee to have some idea of their value to a company and to demand that value. Twenty or thirty years ago, it might have a point. But this day and age, we have computers and an amazing breadth of and access to information. If you look up your job's comparative salaries/wages and see that it's not in line with what you should be earning, then you talk to your boss and/or send out resumes. That's how it works. But from the hiring side, of course employers are going to try to get help for as cheap as they can --- for anyone, regardless of gender. Same way people take the cheapest bid for designing their kitchen or plowing their driveways. Is it fair? Maybe not. But it's incumbent on people to take some interest on what they're worth, and not sit in the same job for 20-30 years, never look into it, and assume they're getting paid equally. I don't think we really need to or ought to legislate and add more bureacracy for something that people should be doing their damn selves. Romney also whiffed that question in the sense that he didn't point out Obama's hypocrisy on the Lily Lebetter Act. It was reported some time ago that women working in the Obama White House --- right then, after LLA was signed sealed and delivered--- are making less money for the same job title as men! Some women were making $60K compared to men making $71K for the same exact job in 2011. So, with all due respect (... and it's not much) Obama can take his speechifying on 'equal pay' and shove it up his *. http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/101812-629933-obama-white-house-pays-women-less.htm