Mr Info

Did you see the Cheese when they were at the Fairgrounds in August this year as part of that festival show? Good show but the local promoter went belly-up he lost so much $.

A bit obscure but, nonetheless, our team shows up again in the Wall Street Journal. In the weekend section, the wine column discusses New York Reislings and there is a sketch of someone working at a vintner with a Buffalo Bills t-shirt on. The new charging Bills emblem is on the front of the shirt. Subtle but cool. Better if the throwback Bill was on it.

My son, William, and I will be flying up for the game. Sold my opener season tix to Dr. Fong so this is the opener for me. Plan to park at Hammer's but I have to show Kenny's setup to my boy, who has never had the privilege of viewing it.

I am a season ticket holder but live 500 miles away and try to sell my tix right here on TBD if I cannot go to a game. I sell them at cost to a fellow Bills fan but sometimes there is no response. So, I sell them at a premium to the other team.

Yeah, we got one: Takeo. And if we won the Super Bowl, they might give us one more insignificant clip in the following year's football opener halftime song. What adds to us getting boned in that video is all the flak I am getting from fans of other teams about the BK commercial.

c'mon - the read was entertaining until those last 5 words.

Good thing it wasn't on. Don't watch the repeat, it'll be a waste of 3 hours.

FoxSports Adam Schein

So.....apart from work it has had no impact on you?

Recent updates to the blog are frightening.

I am all for it but it appears too sensible.

WWLTV blog For those wanting to know more. It is the CBS affiliate.

I am in your area and we just came back from France & Italy through Dulles (IAD). I checked RIC, IAD, DCA, PHF, and BWI and the best overall cost/efficiency was through IAD. But, as one previous poster mentioned, it depends on your final destination. I could have paid nearly the same to fly out of RIC but I would have had one more stop in the US (because no direct from RIC) with another stop in Paris, Milan, London or Amsterdam before our final destination. Dulles was direct to CDG and had a much shorter total travel time because no extra stop and even figuring in the 2 hour trip to IAD. And long-term parking is cheaper at IAD than RIC. But now, the price of gas adds another factor, besides time, into the equation. You might try Sidestep, Mobissimo, etc., where you can quickly switch or expand airport departure/arrival locations.

First, all my hope and prayers go to the folks affected by Katrina. I no longer live in WNY not because I do not like snow - I ski whenever I have the chance. But I do not like snow (or cold) 4-5 months a year. I live in central VA and we have had bouts with hurricanes, tornados, and ice storms, but fortunately, where we live it has only resulted in minor inconveniences. For us, trading these potential risks against the guarantee of 4-5 months of cold & snow every year was a relatively easy decision to make.

Great stuff Mark, thanks. Your report on TD made me recall about three years ago when I had an opportunity to speak with him one-on-one at training camp. He was all public relations but his piercing blue eyes look right through you. Though our conversation was brief, he made quite an impression on me.

I think MM is not as willing to utilize this position as his predecessor. I apologize but it was a tough read. In another life I was an editor.

We returned a few days ago from another great vacation. We went to Corsica for 10 days and the views, beaches, hikes, food, etc. were outstanding. It is an out-of-the way place and not your typical tourist destination - we only saw one American while we were there. We stayed in Tiuccia which is away from everything but the beach. We return every year because we have family there. If you can converse in French or Italian, it is much easier to visit but the more intrepid souls will enjoy even if you are unable to speak either of these languages.

Mark, Congrats on the new addition to your family! Tony

Maybe it is the fried cow brain sandwiches.

Hate is a strong word. Have you had the opportunity to know any people from France? Have you spent any time there? Have you purchased Michelin tires? Do you own any RCA or GE consumer electronics (under Tompson SA of France). I could list many more. I am in Corsica right now staying with some of my extended family on vacation. Fortunately, I have the opportunity to meet and speak with quite a number of very personable, engaging, and thoughtful citizens of the island and mainland. Certainly there are jerks in any nation but it might be short-sighted to make a gross generalization such as you have. Certainly, I disagree with some of the French political views but that is also true for my homeland, the USA. However, applying deductive reasoning that hate equates to a disagreement with someone or some political view seems a bit unusual.

Thanks for thinking about me guys but I am in Corsica for a couple of weeks and will have to follow through updates in the Chat Room.

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Rich - thanks, we're OK. Just took a new job and built a house. Lots of other crap to do right now. But I will be at the Falcon game and one or two others. I will miss the opening bash and seeing everyone. Our best to you & the Mrs. (PsychoWard).

Jerry O is in an article "The Push to Turn Men Into Appliance Shoppers" in the Wall Street Journal section D in the July 14 edition. The public link is not available yet so I will just post the text. There is not too much to it. "Retired pro-football player Jerry Ostroski recently splurged on a hulking piece of steel equipment that he's been showing to his buddies on weekends. A new workout machine? The latest All-Terrain vehicle? Actually, a giant freezer/refrigerator, Whirlpool Corp.'s "Freezerator", at $1,099, comes with rugged tread-like pattern on the steel." . . . "Mr. Ostroski, who played for the Buffalo Bills and now lives in Tulsa, Okla., says he'd never thought much about refrigerators until he saw the "Freezerator", which is part of Whirlpool's Gladiator GarageWork's line, on a TV segment about two months ago. "I thought it was awesome - there's nothing feminine about it," says Mr. Ostroski, who adds that he had always let his wife pick their appliances. He installed the Freezerator in a part of his garage where he hangs out with his friends to watch TV, drink beer and play videogames." There was no picture of Jerry O with the article. It's a great fridge/freezer along with the Frigidaire Beverage Center (holds 16-gallon keg & spigot on front, $899) and the Heartland Ten50 fridge (black doors with Harley flames, chrome detailing, & motorcyle handlebar style handles, $6,000).