UConn James

Maybe the London food will help her lose weight....

Light-colored eyes on a dark-haired woman always freaks me out a little. I dunno. I'm sure I could get used to it tho. Rachel may have the personality of a battle-axe but what Vanessa was going on and on about there ("I can see her entire ______" Did they bleep "ass"... or was she saying she could see something else? ) was really unnecessary to give voice to. I, too, don't get this impression, Rico. E.g. last night they were saying 'If we don't get first place with this lead time something is wrong with us' since they finished the watermelon challenge so quickly while everyone else was having difficulty. They didn't say they'd finish first because everyone else sucks, they were talking about their own gameplay. Now, if you want to talk about who thinks they're better than others, why don't we point to Brachel's use of "poopyheads." I'm glad we finally made it through an episode without hearing the phrase "tears of a clown." What's up with the eliminations on three of three legs? Phil's showing no mercy! There's gotta be a break next week. And I'm expecting something that will level the timeline. First team showed in bright noon sun; last team came to the mat in darkness.

I don't mean this to be a Tom-Donahoe-Drinks-Baby's-Blood post in any way, but it's just another log on the fire of learning things about Pres. Obama that I had never heard before. There's a story in the AP Exclusive today that confirms that Obama's nanny in Indonesia when he was a boy was/is a transvestite who is now living in fear in the streets. Seriously. I couldn't make this up. Now, I'm not going to make any comment... it takes all kinds in this world, I suppose. It doesn't reflect on him any more than that... let's go with... he had an odd upbringing.

All kinds of truth in this thread! We've seen the castration of defense.

Damn near everyone but Melody Gardot and the woman who does the "Jane (U.K. English)" voice on my TomTom.

If the Bills face sanctions after an appropriate investigation, then so be it. A couple of things to note: What was described in the Graham article, if it was an accurate depiction of what went on, doesn't have the hallmark of an institutional system. N.O.'s problem is that the coach, FO and subsequently even the owner were aware of the goings-on. And even when it was ordered by the owner to end, it didn't. In a sense, the NFL caught the Saints red-handed. Very different from saying "Oh, 10 years ago, GW..." Because how far back are they going to take this issue? If they dug around, they would shortly find damning evidence from every team. Just like the steroid scandal, this is a bag of stevestojan Goodell doesn't want to open up very wide. There's vague public knowledge that many players in the 60s, 70s and 80s used, it's not something the league wants to investigate very thoroughly and uses those eras as a vague justification of why testing for substances and heavy penalties is needed so badly. There's a history of the NFL sweeping nasty things under the rug, and indeed, destroying evidence. And even with any legal liability, I wouldn't expect the gov't to get involved in something that could damage such a tax cash cow as the NFL. GW will take the fall and the league will be like, "OK, from now on, let there be NO mistake..."

I believe we can counter ANY claim that Gregggggggg Williams was doing this as Buffalo's HC with videographic evidence of Eddie Robinson getting juked out his shoes by Chadwick Pennington circa 2002 as he bumbled in for a TD --- on 4th down (and it wasn't even 4th-n-short). That D wasn't organized enough to tackle, much less injure.

I believe we can counter ANY claim with videographic evidence of Eddie Robinson getting juked out his shoes by Chadwick Pennington circa 2002 as this joke of a QB bumbled in for a TD --- on 4th down (and it wasn't short). That D wasn't organized enough to tackle, much less injure.

I just watched all three parts of the "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" series. The Swedish ones, not the blah American redub, as I've seen it called by many viewers. (Netflix just added Extended Edition versions as well.) Wow!!! is all I can say.

An interesting article on this topic... Razzies vs Oscars: Can bad movies ever be good? As Ebert writes, "There is truth here. Bad movies these days are often content with being disgusting. Not long ago they wanted to be fun. They grinned instead of spitting."

Mm-hmm. I'm also on the Do-Not-Call list. And lately I'm getting a lot of calls from 877 (especially), 800, 888 and RESTRICTED numbers. I tried googling / reverse directory of some and a lot of people report answering only to discover dead air. What seems to be the case is telemarketers/survey-takers/etc. making multiple (6-10) calls at a time on spec that just a small percentage of lines will be open or will get someone who picks up. Whatever, I too am getting REALLY sick of this. I just recently ported the landline over to a cellphone (we didn't want to lose this number; it's the one everyone in the extended family knows) and now if I were to just blindly pick these up, it uses minutes. Answer is, now that I have the caller ID thingy on the cell, I don't pick it up if it has these numbers or others that I don't have in my contact list or recognize. If it's important, they'll leave a message. But it is a bother of me washing dishes or something and having to rush over to the cell 10 times a day... only to see it be one of these. There's not even an option for a block list (at least, I don't think there is).

Actually, more like a sponge. And if the right could form an ad campaign centered around that... maybe with some Seinfeld-ian "sponge-worthy" metaphors, that would really be awesome. Anyone who uses that, I want some credit.

They're lettin' 'em in younger and younger these days....

Well, to be entirely honest I think each side is just following the script as it's been written. They've all been given their parts to play in our nation's political theatre. A good deal of the right's indignation on the issue is misplaced. Romney has probably had the sanest response to it that I've seen. The misunderstanding of the reporter's question aside, he supported yesterday's Senate bill because he has a problem in who's being asked to fund it... not because he's a misogynist, thinks standard contraception is vile, or all that. And then he begged off the topic because beyond stating that the people who use it should be paying for it, this is not a question that is the burning issue of our times for the federal government, as much as Democrats would like to make it so to steer the conversation away from deficit/debt, the economy and jobs. As I wrote, especially if this is proves successful, sooner or later, Ms. Fluke will be gifted a seat in Congress if she wants one.

Look for this girl to be running for Congress from somewhere Dem-safe inside of 5 years.

You realize those are the numbers from "LOST," right?

Child of the '80s... Everlasting Gobstompers Runts (just thinking about the combination of banana and strawberry makes my mouth water like Pavlov's dogs) Root beer barrels Buftex, for some reason, black licorice anything (even that gum) made me gag. Literally gag.

4 8 15 16 23 42. Oh, crap... [James waves his hand around a bit] 49.

See, this is one of the worst points about soccer. Teams are like, "We've got a guy who's good? Well, definitely, let's NOT keep him and win matches --- let's sell 'im for MILLIONS!!" Stevestojan(!), even baseball has talent spread out more than soccer.

Don't ask non-military employees to take a bath! Senator Ben Cardin (MD) sez: federal employees' jobs are "more complicated and difficult" than analogous non-government jobs.

You're advocating cannibalism*?!? * Tom was "Crap-Throwing Monkey" for a while

It was a friendly match, but a nice symbolic win. (I didn't look at the roster... did Italy put their third-stringers out there?)

What do you mean by "seems"? That apology really worked wonders, huh? 1 March | Afghan Gunmen [Dressed As and Believed To Be Soldiers] Kill 2 U.S. Troops We apologize for some burning paper. Where is the demand to Kharzai for an apology for our dead soldiers shot by Afghan troops? Oh, a president can't control every little action by his grunts --- imagine that! But in the Afghan mind, overreaction and heightened offense is the norm. If Kharzai asks for another apology for some piss-ant reason, tell him to go !@#$ himself. We can leave and he can have his decapitated head set on his stomach 5 minutes later. I'm !@#$ing sick of these clowns. If we're not going to commit to an appropriately-numbered surge amid the hope that what worked in Iraq can work in Afghanistan (and for the record, I don't think it can) then what the !@#$ are we doing there shoveling stevestojan against the tide? OBL is dead. When the !@#$ do we get out of there?

That's a lot of Hanes commercials....

Is this going to fill in some dates?