WhoTom

Brown-eyed women and red grenadine, The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean.

The truth is that in order to teach something, one must be able to do it. The reason the "lesser" players make better coaches is that top-notch players have a gift - an intuition. They aren't consciously aware of the subtleties that make them better than the rest, so they can't explain them to others. They also don't understand why others don't "get it" the way they do, so they often become impatient. On the other hand, people who are competent at their jobs but not necessarily at a virtuoso level tend to be good teachers because they understand the struggles of the students. For example, people like to say Jordan Palmer failed as a QB (i.e, he can't "do" so he teaches). But think about it. He DID play QB in the NFL, albeit briefly, which makes him an excellent QB compared to the general population, but not compared to HOF-worthy NFL QBs. He most certainly CAN do it. Jimmy Page would probably be a lousy guitar teacher. You're better off taking lessons from a guitarist who plays in a local bar band - still competent, but closer to the student's level than a master like Page.

Well, you can knock me down, step in my face Slander my name all over the place Do anything that you want to do But uh-uh honey, lay off of my shoes

It's not just the interest rate that's bad, it's the fact that interest starts to accrue the moment you take out the loan. When I got my student loan in the early 80s, the interest didn't start to accrue until six months after graduation. Now, the rates are high and the interest starts accumulating on day one. When a kid graduates with a bachelor's degree, they could already have four years of interest racked up on their loans. That's just wrong.

No matter where you go There will always be a place Can't you see it in my face, girl? Ooh girl, want you

Hap is still here, just posting under a different name and no longer a mod.

I staggered back to the underground And the breeze blew back my hair I remember throwin' punches around And preachin' from my chair

"Sorry, Tremaine. Terry left his wallet on his private jet."

Ever since I was a young boy I've played the silver ball From Soho down to Brighton I must have played 'em all

To confuse the defense. Didn't we all watch it unfold and think, "WTF is that?" Well, the defense probably did too, which gave the offense an extra split-second advantage.

I don't know if anyone can explain dark matter or dark energy. The "dark" part of the name implies "unseen," as in, we can't detect it directly but we can see its effects on the universe. It would be naive to think that reality is limited to what we can observe and measure. There are creatures that live in caves or deep undersea—places where sunlight never penetrates. Those animals have no eyes and no concept of light. They evolved—or God designed them, if you prefer—to survive in an environment devoid of optical stimuli. Nonetheless, we know light (or more generically, electromagnetic energy) exists because we have sensors that they lack. So I'm open to the possibility that another type of energy exists—one that we have no way of sensing. If there's an eternal soul, perhaps it exists in a form of energy we simply can't detect.

True. There are some questions that science will never be able to answer, which is why science makes some people uncomfortable - they want everything to fit into those neat little boxes, so they gravitate toward systems that claim to know absolute truths. Scientists accept uncertainties - it goes with the territory. I don't deal in absolutes, I deal in degrees of confidence. The more empirical evidence there is to support an idea, the more confidence I have in its veracity. I don't necessarily rule out things that can't be supported by evidence - as long as they're not flat-out refuted by overwhelming evidence - but I don't base my life choices on the assumption that those things are true.

Every year is the same And I feel it again I'm a loser - no chance to win Leaves start falling Come down is calling Loneliness starts sinking in

For me, it was a football game I played in when I was a young teen. I was a DT and the coaches always drilled it into us that if we see a loose ball, don't try to scoop it up, just fall on it and let the offense take over. During a passing play, I got past the blocker and had a clear shot at the QB. I knocked the ball out of his arm and saw open field between me and the end zone. But I heard the coach yelling, "Fall on it, Tom, just fall on it!" So I did. The offense proceeded to go three and out, we lost the game by less than one score, and I had blown my shot at a strip-sack-TD return.

The clip above is an example of anecdotal evidence. As you said, many people have had NDEs which are very real to them, but don't meet the criteria for empirical evidence and serious scientific consideration. That's why I'd always attributed NDEs to random brain activity that continues after the heart stops. But last year, I saw an article in Discover magazine that briefly discussed the book "After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond." The article piqued my interest, so I read the book. The physician who wrote it has done extensive scientific research on the subject. He was raised in a secular environment with no discussion of an afterlife, so he has no preconceived notions that would bias him toward believing that there's anything beyond the here and now. Yet, he offers some empirical evidence that there may, indeed, be more to it. If nothing else, he convinced me that the subject warrants further scientific research.

You can select your area so it only gives local hits.

Four pages in, and apparently, nobody got ...

And the men who hold high places Must be the ones who start To mold a new reality Closer to the heart

That's what we called them too. I think the can said, "chick peas" on one side and "cici beans" on the other. I've seen it spelled "cici" and "cece" too. I don't know why, but for some reason, I call them garbanzo beans now.

I never said it was a simultaneous catch - I said the defender didn't maintain possession after hitting the ground, therefore it's not an interception.

The defender has it initially, but if we use the "survived the ground" rule (assuming that's a thing in the XFL), then he lost possession upon hitting the ground. Since the ball didn't touch the ground and the receiver snatched it away, they gave it to the offense.

In my mind I'm going to Carolina Can't you see the sunshine? Can't you just feel the moonshine?

I wouldn't necessarily go that far, but I'm guessing he's not very successful on dating sites either.

He also confused this forum with PPP.

Agreed. Even now, people say his (or Frazier's, depending on whom you believe) defense is too conservative. If he's such a conservative-minded coach, then why is the offense so overly aggressive? Either he's not as conservative as people think, or he takes a hands-off approach to the offense. The truth is somewhere in the middle.