UConn James

You know, you can turn that annoying announcement thing off in the options. When that thing goes off and the volume is way up, it can scare the bejeezus out of ya! I had the same thing earlier. Rebooted and then there was no problem.

Because then, congressional committees get involved WRT anti-trust issues.

Mitt Romney announced his Presidential Exploratory Committee this afternoon. Link w/ a short video statement.

If they wanted to get the guys' attention, they probably should have stood up, grabbed the oar and rowed, and/or shouted much louder than they did. As it was, they just sat there and snarked until Vixen went in the drink. I admire the gumption, but shake my head at the sheer stupidity.

Democrats past and present have shown they want no part of non-defense spending cuts. And if they increase taxes in the name of [fill in the blank], they've just shown time and again that they'll spend it on something else. We need good faith. Cut as much as can be reasonably cut to reduce the deficit, then ask for the difference and ensure in the language of the bill that it can only be applied to the deficit / national debt. I don't think people would have nearly as big an issue with this. Nobody wants this looming over our heads and the time to act is before Greece-style crisis hits (which we're not all that far away from). Problem is, that Democrats get their snit in a snizzle over even a few billion in cuts --- $68B was a drop in the ocean. Like a figurative Real Housewife of D.C., they're happy to keep putting their frivolous crap on the country's credit card right up until the moment it's maxed out, and then they'll just try to transfer the balance to another card or raise the credit limit some more. They really don't give a **** about where the money comes from or what has to be done to get their money. All they know is they want the money so they can keep funding their habits. You can fully expect that if and when they get majority control of budgeting again, they'll do the same thing with it as they did with Social Security monies. They'll put it in the general fund kitty and it won't be used where it was intended, and then we'll have an even bigger federal government to support.

That's not at all what the Wonderlic is designed to test. I've read in a few places that Ponder's arm will allow for about a 50-55-60 yard in-the-air throw, whereas there are a number of QBs in the league who can throw from 70-80 yards. I don't know if this will get better as there's more time away from the injury. To me, looking at Gailey's offenses and the dink-and-dunk the NFL has become, I'm a lot less worried about the long ball than his being able to connect on short-and mid-range passes. We had a guy who could deliver am amazing long ball which the team either lived or died by (mostly died). If we could get a young Chad Pennington, even with arm limitations, that would be manna from heaven.

Hmm. I'm finding some evidence for shaving the morning of the first playoff game, and growing it from then. NHL Beard-A-Thon sponsored by Remington Then again, this and its main Facebook page appear to be very corporatized. It does not appear to be very extensive, and there are several disparities b/w Remington's rules and other traditional playoff beard guidelines I've seen. I have always operated under the assumption that the playoffs start after the horn blows at the final game of the regular season for your team. I don't understand how anyone can think differently. For facial hair-challenged individuals, those who absolutely must shave for their employment, or for those "men" who cave to WAF (or GAF), behold, there is the Beardo.

I missed about the first 20 minutes, doing laundry/folding. Didn't see what happened to the cowboys. After two weeks, it's a little hard to remember where everybody was and I got to the teevee a little before they were making sh-- bricks. I don't know why anyone would have done that challenge over moving a bale a hay --- you always avoid challenges that involve feces. Gary was using his bare hands! Kent was reaching new levels of douchbaggery last night. He told Gary they would work together on the 'holy man' challenge and then bailed on him when he was finished with some kind of 'I considered our arrangement over.' And then when trying to take the river, Vixen jumped into the friggin' Ganges --- where they bathe, urinate and **** in the water, and also bathe their dead and cremate them at the waterline. The news out of India is that it is the origin of a so-called superbug that's resistant to all but a couple of antibiotics. Nevermind that Vixen can't swim / has trouble in water. Kent was annoying there, but he was right. As the redheads and this show, you don't get into a form of transport until you know it's ready to go and can take you the whole way. It's been written before, and last night was just more confirmation that Christina's father is a !@#$ing buffoon. Just kept walking in the wrong direction. It really sucks that she was stuck with him. I can see it now: he's 30 minutes late walking her down the aisle because he's arguing with the florist about the hue of the stamens in the lilies. Christina must have the patience of a saint; I don't get impatient easily, but I would just be screaming at him. Re: Gary and Mallory... Really? What did they do? They really seem to be going at it in good humor. I was when Mallory was talking about their multiple fecal-themed challenges last night. I think they're my favorite team. As much as one might pull for the cowboys because they work so efficiently once they're on track, they sometimes have problems getting on that right track for some reason that is readily apparent to most anyone else. After a couple of moments, especially the bag incident that they mishandled badly, the Globetrotters have been playing a good game.

I've always been under the impression that you begin with what you've already got once the regular season ends. Shaving now would surely invite the wrath of the hockey gods. I don't tempt fate.

I'm currently watching the new run of "Doctor Who." It's a little zany, but quite enjoyable.

*cough* *cough* There's so much smoke blowing in that article, it looks like your avatar is there. Looks like someone caught wind that a certain team in the mid-1st likey the Kaepernick and wants to push his value up. Looks like that team is either the Raiders or the Vikings. I'm not getting this, other than hype factor.

The Scum-Sentinel has done some thorough evaluations on QBs. The Colin Kaepernick File Before you start orally pleasuring each other, give that a read & view. Accuracy isn't good from the pocket; did not often look past his first read (good defenses read his eyes like a book) or look off his receiver; little/no pro-style experience; good arm, yet does not have touch on the deep ball. He has great size & athleticism, but that's not nearly enough to succeed. CK needs a lot of work, and even if he develops, it's hard to see him as anything but a 3rd QB in his first contract. If Gailey feels he can work with him, I'll trust that judgment. But at best, he's an early - late third. Any sooner than that is a real reach, especially with other QBs still there.

Time's up. That was Adolph Rupp, legendary basketball coach at Kentucky. Next not-so-famous quote... In light of today's marquee match-up... I will identify it myself b/c it was in a senior-year class I was in. We all --- especially us Red Sox fans. "The Yankee fans in the class will now have to write an extra 30-page paper and they must write it sitting naked on a pile of broken glass." -- John Reynolds, ENGL 271W instructor, the day after the Yankees eliminated the Red Sox in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS

Yep. It's a case of picking your ancestors carefully (ha ha), stimulating your body and mind with exercise (crosswords, sudoku, new learning subjects, etc). Eat fish a couple of times a week and remember those leafy greens! Like I wrote above, my grandfather and many of his side of the family reached into their 90s and 100s, without losing it. I don't think it's a coincidence that kale, chard and other leafy greens were a staple in their diets. My grandfather grew kale in his victory garden (he was a farmer) every year. I do the same in my own victory garden and freezer storage. Several years ago, this was correlated by scientists and is a part of the new food pyramid. They also ate a lot of garlic.

I didn't cheat, but that may not have been entirely fair. I routinely put quotes in e-mail subject lines rather than some stupid descriptor, and put a lot on my blog, etc. That's one I've seen before and is very memorable because it's doubtless that many view of her as some stodgy elite who disliked Churchill when in reality she was good-humored and, more than that, witty. I don't agree with her politics, but she must've been a fun person to know. To keep this going: "Don’t speak unless you think you can improve the silence."

Eleanor Roosevelt. That's actually a pretty well-known one.

You mean this country can't afford to support 100M free riders? Yes we can! WAAAAHHH! (Using Dave logic, that's the basic Democrat position.)

The release didn't expound on the choreography. Probably the latter scenario. Then again, this year's draft is going to be very different. I know they've issued invitations to likely top picks, but has there been any word if any of them will actually be showing up w/o a CBA? I mean, if the Bills can't have a uniform unveiling with players, it's questionable if the union will be OK with draftees attending.

Jeff Probst's blog entry is up. Says that the challenges are designed and scheduled far in advance, so it was fate coinciding that Matt had a challenge tough on the feet the day after his cut. I also didn't realize until I just read it that Andrea voted for Matt, since there was only one vote for Steve. That's just a wow factor right there. Per a bonus video, Matt really pissed her off by revealing all to Rob on the cliff there, without having consulted with her first. At that point, she needed to show loyalty over her connection with Matt. Probst questions what this does to Matt's worldview, even outside of the game. I think Matt's smart enough to realize that it is a game, and at least in last night's broadcast, he could probably see the strategic error of his way with flip-flopping. Probst also comments about Redemption, that he loves it, and is "shocked" that anyone could be bored about it (and the complexity it adds to the game). It was such a small sophomoric detail, but the whole Murlonio tribe-naming thing is just a testament to how much Rob is controlling this game. I dunno about it. That's a hell of a chance to take / volunteer for (assuming that Grant volunteers rather than being sent by Rob). If it were attempted, it would certainly have to come later, probably after about 4 or 5 tribals. They're probably content right now to see if anyone they send can knock Matt off in the meantime. For now, they need to concentrate on winning the individual immunity and picking off the remnants of Purple. And at this point, owing to his "genius" comment last night and his problems among Purple, I think it's very possible that Dave might join the Yellow alliance until the rest of Purple is sent packing. Gotta assume that they target Mike first.

On the Bills' Facebook page:

I'd rather look like Al or Ralph than Peter Pan Man. At least old fogies have an excuse. That said, I am surpassingly disappointed there's no "MY PREEECIOUS!!" caption on the first photo there.

I wasn't my intention to say that depression is not a physical condition. Wasn't worded properly. I wrote that I don't think it can just/entirely be a rise in congenital hard-wired depression. It's the machinations of society and environmental experience (everything is part nature, part nuture, will you not concede that, Tom?). The little snarks that are so common these days, the overwhelming bad news, etc. that get in, bounce around and mess with what had been 'good enough' wiring. I may regret this analogy, but, societal input would be like a computer virus that invades, attaches code, attacks software and perhaps shuts down the cooling fan.

How many times a day do you ****?

My grandfather was lucid almost until his dying day at 96. His mind never went, it was his body that failed. By that time, the immune system is much less able to handle things that come on suddenly. Can't say this is the case for everyone. But, to the point, the last several public communications from Ralph haven't seemed out of sorts. He's still got his faculties; it just may be that he didn't have great faculties to start with.

Access to medical care, even top-notch, can only do so much. At that age, when things start going downhill, they go downhill fast.