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I really enjoyed this one, even though it wasn't a particularly good game.
For the life of me, I don't know why more teams don't use a hulking, powerful defensive player in short yardage situations like the Bears used the Fridge. On fourth and one, I'd be comfortable letting big Sam Adams bull his way into the line!
Anyway, the Bears' 1985 season was fun to watch. I always root for blue collar teams that play outside in frigid weather.
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>>> Is Rob Johnson still in the league? <<<
One could make a case that he never really was.
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I've grown philosophical about it over the years and look at it this way: It takes something special to be a true Bills fan, and most rank and file NFL fans aren't up for the task. We will win a Super Bowl someday - and it will be the sweetest victory in all of sports, and only true Bills fans will be able to savor it!!!
That said, I simply do not subject myself to watching the end of Super Bowl XXV. What's the point?
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The cottage industry that has sprung up around the success of Apple's iPod is amazing in itself. Here's a cool little gizmo that is totally unnecessary but totally cool: I want one - and I don't even have an iPod yet!
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agree 100%.
Now do you REALLY want to be blown away?
watch all six discs that make up the appendices. It'll take a spare couple of days, but start with the first one and go through them all.
You will be constantly ASTOUNDED by what they achieved and how they achieved it.
You will feel like you haven't done ANYTHING in your life.
You will feel like everyone working on those films is smarter and more talented than you and you'll be right.
You will come away with a thousand times more respect than you had for them after being blown away by watching the end product.
Make sure you watch every piece that involves design and weta workshop. But don't skip things you might be inclined to skip, like the costume work. Even that will astound you on many levels. The care and artistry and detail they went to for things that they knew would never even be seen on film....incredible. Non-stop incredible.
Yes, indeed! I have watched everything there is to watch in the extended versions of the first two and it is truly astounding, as you say! I would have LOVED just being a part of the design crew or something, helping to create even the most minute implement of one of the cultures of Middle Earth. The enormity of creativity and effort that went into those movies is nothing short of spectacular, from the work of the swordsmiths to the script writers (what to leave in, what to leave out) to the dedication of even the most extraneous extras!
As a Christmas present I got the extended (gift) version of The Return of the King and I'm looking forward to watching every last disc in its entirety. My hope is that there's even a FULL TRILOGY extended gift version in the works for Christmas 2005! (Although it's hard to imagine that there are any new tidbits to add...)
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To me, the collective LOTR trilogy is the best movie I've ever seen. After three years, I was sincerely bummed that there wouldn't be another at the theaters this past holiday season. I have the regular and extended gift versions of all three movies - and I plan to watch the extendeds all in succession when I have a few days off. (Last fall I watched the extended versions of the first two the day before I went to see The Return of the King.) It's funny - I thought that each movie was better than the one preceding it, yet they are all equally my favorite. That cliche about the whole being greater than the sum of its part seems to fit here.
I had read the Hobbit back in college, but never read much of the LOTR books. My goal is to read them this year.
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Where I used to work, we had strict guidelines that we never gave references without the written permission of the employee. Also, phone references were verboten; we only gave them in writing and kept a copy on file.
I'm not sure if this practice was required by law, or if it was just the organization covering their butts. Either way, it seemed to be a good practice and fair to everyone involved.
Don't know how this info helps you, though.
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You could get a Mac as your next computer!
Sorry, I haven't done that in a long time and I just couldn't resist. Hope you get it figured out. Listen to Fez; he knows what he's talking about.
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The Patriots, Brady , Bellichick are excellent at what they do foolish to say otherwise, its a marvel to see them take apart teams when it s counts
What has been wrong the past few years and hard to put up with are Patriot trolls coming to this board , spouting off ragging on the Buffalo Bills and Bills fans . Its rude to Bills fans and this board such folks should go to their own site, just as decent Bills fans are not going to go to another teams site and cut them up, To that extent I agree with LA, but to knock the team or not acknowledge their fine play like it or not they have a great Coach Quarterback and unequaled team ethic just cannot be watching the games. Better to watch people who know what they are doing and learn from it then pretend it isnt happening and carry on as usual. Its bogus to knock Bills fans who are football fans after having watched the most important games of the year for commenting about. them.
The Patriots are indeed a great football team, but that doesn't mean I can't despise them. As long as they remain the darlings of the zebras, as long as Bills fans have to endure the mediocre play of their worthless, over-paid refuse players, and as long as their troll fans infest this BILLS board like dirty little cockroaches, I will continue to hate them.
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No point in watching it either.
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How about a Catholic that makes a boy suck on his penis, and the leadership's refusal to accept any semblance of resonsibility for shuffling pedophiles below the radar of police involvement and directly leading to that boy's suicide 20 years later?
That is indeed a terrible thing, but your analogy is lacking.
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Whatever helps you sleep at night, Brit. Sounds like you have the dhimmi lingo down pat to keep your throat intact.
Just ask Theo Van Gogh and the Coptic Christian family from New Jersey. -
Did the mauling by the pit bull happen before you got her? How old was she at the time? At any rate, it was undoubtedly a very traumatic experience and your dog seems to feel extremely threatened in certain types of encounters with other dogs. My best advice is to consult a knowledgeable dog trainer who specializes in dog aggression. Your dog needs to be slowly and patiently desensitized to other dogs' perceived aggression toward her. Keep in mind that it may well be a long process.
There is a couple down the street from us who adopted a rescue dog that had been mistreated by people (men, mostly) and it had a real aggression problem with men it encountered during leashed walks. They worked with a dog trainer and, over about a year's time, the problem was pretty much resolved. Every dog and situation will vary, though.
Hope this helps.
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She's adorable, Mike! (Your son's a cutey, too!) When she's old enough to walk, teach her to kick a football. If she can learn to kick field goals at a young age, she might just be the first female kicker in the NFL. It wouldn't hurt for college scholarships either.
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All I know is that it took place in western Iran. It's a story from November of last year, and I did watch some of the video until it got to the actual punishment phase and I couldn't watch anymore. Also, my memory did not serve me well and my facts were not straight - the boy was whipped to death, not stoned. (Don't know which is worse.) The video link I had bookmarked is now dead, but I will look for another.
The point is that this would be like Catholics killing a boy for eating meat on Friday during Lent or something similar. Whether the punishment was decreed by the central government or by some rogue clerics taking things into their own hands, it sheds some light into the mindset of islam.
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The code of law in Saudi Arabia is not the same as throughout Islamic countries. To say 'they behead for xyz reasons' is an indictment of Islam is wrong, since most (all?) other Islamic countries do not have the same code of laws in place.
Beheading is the punishment of choice as it is seen as a (comparatively) quick and painless method (in essence it is seen as a humane method of execution). There is a dislike of beheading in the West as a method of execution that it sees this as worse than any other but as BigAl correctly states in what way can it be deemed worse than some of the methods used in the US?
No, the law of the land in other muslim countries is very civil indeed. Like in Iran, where recently they stoned to death a 14-year-old boy for eating before sunset during Ramadan. (I'll post for you the horrifically gruesome video to watch if you like.)
Hope you're taking dhimmi lessons so you know how to behave when Europe becomes Eurabia in the next couple of decades, Brit.
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I don't see much difference between what he does and what the state of Texas does on a regular basis. Would you feel better if he shot them up with drugs to stop their breathing, or strapped them to an electric chair? He's carrying out the laws of the land just like the guy that pulls the switch or injects the drugs. The biggest difference I do see is that they have more offenses that are considered capital crimes.
So you're into the philosophy of Moral Equivalence. Good for you. Read up on the quaint little practice of "honor killing" (there was even one in Rochester last year!) and see if you still believe that.
BTW one of the myriad of those "capital crimes" according to their laws of the land, as you call them, is simply leaving islam. Oh, and adultery.
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Frequently, I totally forget how old I am and have to do the math.
(OT) The Jets West Side Stadium
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This is a little dated, but I still agree with it: Upstate Should Secede from Metro NY. I'd like to know how much (if any) NY taxpayer money went to refurbish the Ralph some years back... anyone?
BTW if NYC does get the 2012 Olympics, then I am friggin' moving out of this area of SW CT that summer. Traffic is already a joke and would become unbearable throughout the games.