UConn James

Barring a miracle....

Damn!!! $68 for +- 30 pounds.... Dogfoodadvisor has it as a five-star. I love my dog, but at those prices, I need something more than a wet nose in my face in the morning. As above, we go with AvoDerm and yeah, you notice a big change in BMs. Our previous guys (also German shorthaired pointers) were on the Big bag of Purina from Sam's because I just didn't put much mind to it back then... and they were usually pretty loose and they had some skin/coat issues. Now I understand why The corn industry has a lot of clout and a lot of product that they want to get rid of, and they'll do it cheap. Unfortunately, many dogs don't react well to corn and it's just junk for their bodies. Anyway, we also supplement with leftover boiled potatoes, some carrots (he loves em!), eggs, drippings/fat from meats, and occasionally put a can of anchovies in there instead of the can mix. Love the standard poodles. Was looking at one b/c of allergies WRT hair shedding/dust, but I was outvoted for our current rascal. Been meaning to get some video of him now that we got this iPad, just haven't gotten around to it....

What brand do you use? We went to AvoDerm Naturals awhile back. No corn filler. Rated four stars on dogfoodadvisor.com. it's $39.99 for 26 pounds @ Petsmart ($13 cheaper per bag than at Petco ).

Geez, when they try to sing falsetto I can't make out a flipping' word of what they're saying. I'm just getting vague intimations of lyrics. And the stress on the forced pitch makes the vocalization sound terrible. Not many guys can pull that off and sound good --- Plant and Jeff Buckley are the only ones I can think of. Seriously, leave the high notes for women. On a side note: I'm still feeling out Melody Gardot's latest. I've heard critics say that you have to listen to an album anywhere from 10 to 20 times before you can really say an album is good... so I'll give it more play. Love the "Amalia" track but the Afro-Caribbean style on much of the rest is a little... I don't know. Then again I didn't like Paul Simon's "Graceland" at first blush and now it's a regular rotation. [shrug]

A UConn football player, Jasper Howard, was stabbed to death outside of the student union a couple-few years ago. Also a comment about a woman... one that neither group knew. It seems as if the killer took more offense to a comment that was made than the girl did / he wanted to prove how dedicated to this girl he was so maybe she'd $)&@ him or something... whatever...he and his friends went to their car to get the knives and such, and a few minutes later a star CB was dying in the arms of the place kicker. All because people can't just let anything go these days. Gotta escalate everything. The black-on-black violence doesn't magically stop when these kids set foot on a campus. This stabbing happened about 200 yards from the UConn PD. People can fool themselves into thinking that more cops is the answer, but until we have teleporters, police are still going to be minutes away when every second counts. Just because some people are idiots and criminals doesn't mean law-abiding gun owners should have to concede one iota of their Second Amendment rights.

This is always an impossible question due to the specialty requirements over such a broad range of sport. 'They' say that the toughest/fittest pure athletes are swimmers. Michael Phelps merits consideration. Also have to give some props to Carl Lewis and Hershel Walker, who did multiple events and even multiple sports (Walker competed in bobsled in the Olympics ~ 10 years after football). But for my money, a guy who is fit, fast, powerful, dedication to training regimen, mental toughness, and has supreme hand-eye coordination to go with superior feel for placement of a ball or what have you.... I'd have to go with Raphael Nadal. Watching right now, and he's basically owning Djokovich, running down stuff that just looks like there's no way anyone could get there in time... and then to make down-the-line perfect shots on top of it? As more stuff comes out about concussions and such from contact sports, I find myself more comfortable being a fan of ones that aren't about legitimized bodily violence. I like football, and recognize that these guys play by their own choice and that ordinary people take risks on their jobs (I'm in construction) but the Junior Seau thing was perhaps the tipping-point eye opener for this generation of fans. Is beating each other up really a sport? [shrug]

Don't quite get the folks that are intimating that learning 6-8 plays of offense is going to irreparably harm the kid's development at CB. This would not be an instance of having to learn the entire offense. It's merely using a body with certain physical skills to achieve a certain objective for, at most, once or twice a game. Billicheat surely doesn't quibble with all this crap... DEs as FBs, WRs as CBs. If a guy can do it, it's an option. McGee returned KOs from the get-go, did that hinder him? You've gotta maximize the resources when you've only got 53 guys. Learning from the offensive side might also help him on the defense of it. Just sayin'. Nor do I get the people arguing that it would increase his chance of injury, as if NFL players must be preserved in Tupperware. Go by the number of snaps a guy's taken or whether he feels up to it, but don't EVER say 'Oh, let's save him for exclusive use at CB' as if that's going to guarantee anything. Injuries happen; you can't live your life based on the fear of them or keep a dude on the bench and use someone who's not as good because you can 'afford to lose' a lesser player.

Watched "Mozart's Sister" (2011) after seeing it on Roger Ebert's daily streamer list a while back. Gotta say that Marie Feret is a really, really pretty girl. (Not saying this in that way, just to be sure.) For those who appreciate costume drama and historic settings, this doesn't disappoint.

It smacks of Reverend Lovejoy loudly chiding his huge dog for pooping on Ned Flanders' lawn, while whispering for him not to stop. Anything that distracts from the economy, jobs and deficit/debt... Barry's all over it.

Question... at the current rate of progress, how many more seasons is this going to be on? Really like Peter Dinklage's portrayal. Haven't read the books either, but it's something I might get around to. Still, there's a whole 'I don't want to spoil the show' factor there that's the corollary to the old complaint.... Despite my academic achievements (3.9 GPA, Phi Beta Kappa) I am a really slow reader. Might put it on my iPad and run the text-to-audio thing while I'm washing dishes and such.

According to an in-state poll conducted by EPIC, Romney is +1 in Michigan. In their previous polling in April, Obama had been ahead by 4. The RCP electoral college map has now dropped 20 points on Obama in the past week. Link

Here in CT it's a billion-dollar busway between Hartford and New Britain. Link. Why is it that liberal govs have such a hard-on for public transportation? Like providing yet another means of getting from one poor urban area to another poor urban area 10 miles away is the silver ing bullet to solving actual problems that face the entire state. It's just throwing money down yet another bottomless pit with the initial cost, upkeep, staffing, etc. More gubmint Jobs For The Boys! An additional stink to this is that Gov. Uh-Uh-Uhmmm-Uhhhh Malloy said this was to create jobs in CT and then they hire a company in Massachusetts to build it. This comes not two years removed from being $3.5B in debt, then his $3B increase in spending over two years, and the largest tax increase in CT history on all those "rich" people who make over $50,000 a year. This is the essential battle b/w Democrats and Republicans/Tea-Partiers: tax-and-spend-end-without-end-amen versus living within our means and keeping places affordable. As it stands, I don't think I can justify staying here for much longer.

Laura Vandervoort I don't think I've ever seen the Aliens movies in their entireties as they just weren't my genre, but the Prometheus trailer looks good and didn't seem to have any slimy aliens.... Highest hopes, sight unseen anything about it is "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World." I don't remember a Carrell disappointment on the big screen (I didn't watch The Office) and this story/scenario has a lot of promise.

http://www.firstrowsports.eu/ YAR!!

I don't mean to sound like a richard here, but... you'll pay for a DirectTV package that you almost never use plus cable, but you're still using a VCR? I mean, DVR and Tivo have been around for a while. I'd kill the DTV, get a DVR box (which probably cuts out the need for a digital adapter) and live the good life. Then go to a buddy's, a sports bar or watch online ( ) for games.

If that is what you believe, as that's what most people say the path is... there is every indication that Obama will simply kick the can down the road. Why? Because that's what he did last year when the House Repubs had begrudgingly agreed to DEEP DoD cuts (and Cantor had to work it to get that support, but they got it lined up) to accompany DEEP entitlement cuts/reform AND a marginal tax increase that Republicans were prepared to take the political hit for) that was earmarked to pay off debt. I believe it was WSJ that broke the news a few months ago that it was Obama who had walked away from the deal, that had met the initial goals, at the 11th hour. It was naked politics and Obama needing to preserve the class warfare narrative for the election. If he didn't move on it when Republicans were making huge concessions, what makes you think we'll be able to get a debt deal done in a hypothetical second term? He quite evidently doesn't want to put this country on a track of fiscal sanity.

♫ Out of the blue and into the gray On RCP, Nevada's now in play. ♫ Also now a tie in Iowa and a toss-up in Colorado and these are NBC/Marist polls....

As clear an example of the Peter Principle as I've seen in football. DC? Yes. Having anything to do with offense or the overarching management of the entire team? Nope.

Twenty minutes to read, review, debate and vote on a 200-page bill? Yeah. If it were my job to represent my voting district and stevestojan like this kept happening by the decree of one person/party to harangue legislators, I'd start getting pissed too. This is one of the methods for sneaking in unsavory laws or being able to say that Rep. X voted against Bill Y and ain't he a bastard because that would've made manna rain from heaven. Twenty minutes for 200 pages? You've gotta be kidding me. Remember the previous NFL CBA and why Ralph Wilson voted against it because there wasn't time enough to read it? Because the NFLPA and league office tried similar tactics to stuff it down the owners' throats so they could say they got something done. Then, less than 2 years later, every owner was saying what a bad CBA they'd signed.

Link

Hope you watched this and it inspires you to action!

Yeah, I wish there were a scene at the end with TLJ to close the loop, but...

Watching my dog do circles on his long leash in the field/boat launch next to our house, tennis ball in his mouth, going full-bore and loving it. Have to appreciate these moments, b/c they're not here for long enough. Tuesday night spaghetti when my brother and 4-year-old niece come over after he picks her up from his ex's. Also.... every Tuesday night ~8:30 p.m. when she goes home and I say/think to myself, "Oh my dear Lord, I'm NEVER having kids!" That's the good thing about nieces and nephews --- you get the good moments and mostly don't have to be there for the bad. Mowing the grass on a nice non-humid morning. I know a lot of people hate this chore, but I'm liking it so much more now that we picked up an old Cub Cadet to do the aforementioned field next to the house. Watching old Bob Ross painting shows on PBS and drifting into a non-medicinal dream state. I don't do drugs and rarely drink, so this is as close as I'll ever get to being high. Also, Saturday naps during MLB on FOX baseball games (Red Sox, most often). A cold Vanilla Coke on a warm day. Pre-roadtrip (over 100 miles) excitement, when we start out at ~ midnight. It's weird --- I just get a little giddy.

I liked MIB3. It closed a number of open questions that had been brought up in the first two. And that ending was so poignant. Great casting for Josh Brolin as Young K. That was just a spot-on impression --- that's something that's been tried before in any number of movies and it's a gambit every time because I've seen it fail miserably. I'm sorry if you were looking for a Woody Allen movie or something, but that's not what MIB is. Agreed about Depp. He's basically played the same character in different garb in almost every one of his recent movies. Likewise, there's a reason why many people can't stand DMB or Nickelback.