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Yes, but what does that have to do with Flutie being released?

The guy has been mentally ill for a long, long time. Nothing would surprise me at this point.

St. John Fisher College, Class of 1990. Double Major in Communications and Psychology.

I guess it depends on how much exersize and attention you will be able to give them and the size you think your family can handle. I've always been partial to Labs, Goldens and Cocker Spaniels. I also like Newfoundlands, but they are quite big. We have a cocker spaniel right now - about a year old - and she is awesome. Very affectionate & pretty damn smart. She's black & white. If you decide to go the Cocker route, stay away from the tan colored ones. They have a tendency to have more problems than others because for a while that color was very desirable and they were overbred. Sophie is great with kids and loves other dogs & people. Here's some pictures of her: http://vallie.com/pictures/soph/

If you are that close to the field, how will everyone be able to tell the difference between you & the pretty cheerleaders?

Excuse me sir, but do you have any KY Jell... uh, I mean Gray Poupon?

Pretty cool! It tells you something when residents are pissed off enough to shake off complacency and boot the local government. IMHO, Buffalo government has tried to keep things "just good enough" so that something like this doesn't happen. Too late for that. The ratio of county employees to citizens is amazing! How could they get away with something like that?

Nah. Someone will get hurt in training camp and we'll trade Henry then. Happens every year. Or maybe someone will decide to retire like Wickey.

To be more accurate, he was in the trenches during WWI, the first real mechanized war with chemical warfare, tanks, airplanes, machine guns, etc. When Hitler was doing his crazy crap in the mid-late thirties is when he really started writing these books. His relationship with CS Lewis & their discussions about Catholocism, his experiences in WWI as a doughboy, and his observations of WWII while getting bombed in England helped shape the story as it relates to the struggle between good & evil. He clearly had strong opinions about the use of technology for violence. But that's the stuff that makes you think and distracts you from the special effects. Not to mention the conflict between good & evil in Gollum, which you can write forever about. I actually did in college.

Ronnie Jones, no question.

David Boston's frame can't support his weight. That's why he's hurt all the time. He gained all that weight by taking steroids. I'd never want that wanker on the Bills.

Well, it certainly isn't for everybody. If you're into computers and stuff the giant linux cluster they used to render all the battle scenes is pretty wild. But I'm a geek.

I would suggest that people read The Hobbit before watching the trilogy. That is much more accesible, and sets up the trilogy well. It's also a pretty quick read. I think the books AND the movies are amazing. Of course I love to read and have read the trilogy 6 or 8 times. There's more to LOTR than just being entertained with special effects, although that is really cool. The story itself is excellent. Tolkien actually invented his own friggin LANGUAGE for the Elves, with grammar and everything. You can actually learn to speak this language. Pretty friggin amazing, IMHO. I hate to sound like a snob, but if what you want to get out of a movie is to be entertained by explosions, go rent Die Hard or something. LOTR will make you think. If you don't like to think, don't bother.

We may not agree on Donahoe, but we're in 100% agreement on this one.

Good one! Much funnier than I expected.

Say something good about Tom Donahoe. I dare you.

Just one question: Why?

Absolutely. I know of far more extremists that hate TD and find it difficult to see that he has done ANYTHING good at all. I think mostly what people disagree on are what TD's mistakes are. For example, I think TD's biggest mistakes are: GW, the kicking position, and not getting rid of BOTH RJ and Fwootie that first year.

What are you suggesting? That I'm a moron? Here's what I asked: My original post If someone doesn't care to give details for me to refute, why should I?

Of course being a fan doesn't necesitate being a student of the game, but I don't think it's too much to ask for someone to have just a little understanding of a process if they'd like to discuss it.

Nice try. I have nothing to refute - there's no substance to his examples. BTW - you didn't answer my question properly either.

Let's not forget to mention the faith that our Bills organization put in him by drafting him and paying him despite his desire to fulfill his AF committment. Not every team would do that.

Whatever, Mick. I mentioned the word moron, because to tell you the truth there are plenty of people who ARE morons. I know it sounds elitist, but when you read 100 posts saying "we should sign XXX" or "we shoulda done xxx" it drives me nuts. What kind of MORON thinks that decisions are made in a vacum? I'll stand by my moron statement not because someone disagrees with me - that's where you are completely wrong - but because if someone is incapable of supporting an argument with logic, they ARE a moron.

Again, the Pitt starting o-line played the entire game. Let's not rewrite history.

Actually, if you watched the game you would realize that the Steelers' starting OL played the entire game.