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How about something to the tune of "Elenor Rigby"? "All the lonely Bills fans / Where do they all come from"

Until watching the DVDs, I didn't remember catching that either. I think I may have chalked it up to 'Oh. They'll probably just disappear like they did on the Ajira flight.' But Richard says, "They all died." If they had disappeared, Richard would've said they disappeared. (He had just recently seen time-traveling Locke disappear after taking the bullet out of his leg, so one would assume Richard should know the difference.) Also, if you're waiting for any sneak peek in the previews as it gets closer to 2 Feb... Darlton are intentionally not showing a single scene of the new season in the previews. They say that showing even a second of material will give up what they are doing in S6.

I was going to post this a few days ago but wasn't ambitious enough to dredge up the thread. There is another skull in the recess of the large rock at the left edge. In all of the promos so far, it's been heavy with religious tie-ins (e.g. Willy singing "Amazing Grace") but that's not really out of sorts for the show. This show is kind of like a second bible (since the original bible's story finished. Armeggedon as it was described actually already happened during the Roman Empire. That book has been fulfilled. Just, lots of people in this world who are nowhere near ready to let it go). Here, we have new examples of sacrifice, forgiveness, love, begetting, kidnapping, future-seeing prophets, miraculous healings, people who worship false idols (e.g. Nikki and Paulo's diamonds, the heroin statues), death and resurrection, killing, doubt, acceptance... all the themes are covered. I know this is probably not the primary avenue of intent, but it's interesting to think of it that way. For some predictions, after watching S5 on DVD.... I think the Jughead detonation will work insofar as the Swan's energy pocket is nulled and the future is affected by that. But, Richard said something key last season... that he saw all of the O6 + Sawyer, Jin and Miles die in '77. Now, he wasn't there at the Incident. That tells us that there isn't a nuclear blast as such. Something else happens to that group. Now, the Swan construction was a violation of the Truce, which would allow the '77 Others to kill the offenders and then the war with Dharma would be back on. But, even if they are killed in '77 (this will likely be a shocker of a episode for the uninitiated), but the Swan is never built, 815 never crashes. They die, but in another, alternate timeline. Still, the island has it in for these people, and through Jacob's touch, they will be back.

I think The British Museum has it.

If Jauron has someone keeping his worst inclinations in check (like Coughlin), he can be a good coordinator. If told, "You're going to run this kind of D, and these guys are going to be your players," he'll probably be a lot more successful. When he has the reins of roster management, though, look out for some serious DB homo-eroticism. Also, the Giants struggles in games I saw this season seemed to be pass D... along with getting guys back from injury, DL and LB won't be their problem so much as CB and S. DJ can develop a secondary, if nothing else.

Oh, come on, Lori. What would our friend Roland Hedley do?

From a coach who only finally won the Super Bowl with a rookie QB?

If it is Cowher, what's the deal with him and Bobby April? I remember there being some friction which led to April's departure from Pitt. Then again, this was also the case with Cowher and LeBeau in on-again off-again stints. Have he and April patched it up since?

This is nothing like a top priority. The point is that most everything required for a switch could be done in about 4 minutes, by an intern. That's no exaggeration. All that is needed is say-so from Russ Brandon.

And it would be simple enough. Both home and away designs are now designed, copyrighted, etc. Send a note to the league saying, "We're switching unis to the throwbacks. Regards." Leave this decade behind.

Donahoe actually initiated the creation of the throwbacks. It was probably his best move at OBD. As I've written before, I wouldn't expect a change until a new owner takes over.

To be pretty clear, Iran doesn't have a representative government anymore (if they ever did). They have the Revolutionary Guard. And throwing rocks against machine guns and tanks, is yet another example of why any truly free people must have the individual right to bear arms, and exercise that right. Not sure what is meant by "opportunity for true greatness." The U.S. is in no kind of position to threaten much of anything. If you're talking toughening sanctions more, they'll just crack down even harder, moderates will hate us, and it'll drive them full-bore into their nuclear activity. Military action is just about impossible. It's sad to have to watch, but it's how their country is run. Can only hope that someone pops Kohmeni and Amadinejad.

This is going to be a drubbing. And as for the interest level... it took until 6 minutes in for a game thread to start.

Pete, Volek could have thrown for 1,000 yards a game and it wouldn't have mattered, given his mindset to be a career backup. He was an unrestricted free agent, received interest from several teams, and chose to stay in Tenn behind McNair. Volek got on Fisher's bad side by "lying" (the circumstances are nebulous, as Fisher hasn't said any more on the subject) and then forcing a trade when he had a prime shot to succeed McNair a couple of years later. Traded to SD, and as an UFA last year he re-signed for 3 year under Philip Rivers. He had two opportunities while he was in his prime, squandered one and lost the other, then had a third chance and stayed in SD. (Admittedly, at 32, I'd stay in SD too). Don't write that Volek has not had an opportunity to be a starter. This is a league where opportunity for most guys, never comes, or comes around once and is usually derailed by injury, etc. He's had the opportunity three times and declined each.

He had the opportunities. He declined to take them. Now he's 33. I'm not knocking the low key. I'm low-key myself. But I also know that this is not usually a character trait of successful QBs.

This team could do a lot worse than getting either Suh or Cody (actually, the current and past FOs have shown time and again that they absolutely can do worse). A proven DT who brings a big body to plug the middle along with Stroud. Then, we need to pick up a starting LB to supplant Ellison. LBs get hurt; it's the nature of the position. Unfortunately, it was the nature of Dick Jauron to man-love DB physiques and put them at all manner of positions. Mitchell and Poz are tolerable; DT doing more dirty work should free them up more. Add in better schemes (you know, like one that doesn't force LBs & DEs(!) to cover WRs) and you'd see a difference. We need to rebuild our LB depth and get a handle on roster management that Jauron totally screwed over with ST players as 'depth.' We need to get bigger on the lines and emphasize the point of attack. Getting killed in run defense, and that goes to LB but it also goes toward the DL getting some kind of initial contact. Not knocking KW. If Suh or Cody (prefer Cody) is picked, he would still play an important role in the rotation/change-up and mitigated drop-off should a starter go down.

+1. Volek turned down a very good chance to be a starter (for several teams, not just the Bills). Tells us all we need to know about him.

The past couple of holidays, it's been

The writing doesn't seem to suggest that planes will be forced to go back to the gate at T plus 3:00:00. It's that passengers must be given the option to disembark and return to the terminal. This could be done fairly easily with the portable stairs and shuttle transport for anyone who does want to do this when hearing a report of their specific situation. You would hope that if the problem was communicated to the passengers, e.g. that the part is being installed right now and we'll be ready for take-off in X minutes.... everyone would understand and be able to wait a bit longer. This would require good faith on both sides (something that the airline industry hasn't shown a good deal of in the past, tho...). Of course, some airlines might do exactly what you write if the flight will no longer be a net profit to them with the remaining passengers. I'm also fairly sure that this rule has been discussed with the airlines, and this is not willy-nilly.

Until it's you who literally gets trapped for 6-8 hours on a plane and cannot leave, yeah, I guess a few people probably won't understand the intent of this rule. Yeah, no ****, it is easier to strand passengers out on the runway so they're not all up in the hizzle. Hurrah for someone who can punch out and say, "Hey, I just work here!" or "Looks good from my house!" that argument is pretty weaselly. It may make for an inconvenience for airport workers, but this is for the rights of the passenger. If the plane isn't going anywhere soon, let people off so they can make alternate plans if they can/want, get a hotel room, etc. As I wrote, it's sad that this apparently needs to be codified because of situations that have happened. It's sad that companies actually treat paying customers like that. You would hope that in the application of this, the common sense would prevail. In your first scenario at least, the pilot would come on the intercom and tell his/her passengers that they will be taking off w/in 20 minutes and it would be cool. A lot of the situation's resolution would be proper communication. You'd hope this. A lot of times the world isn't like that. The rule seems more geared toward some employees who seem to think of passengers as cattle rather than humans, as was evinced in the article.

As much as I dislike a lot of what the past couple of administrations have done, I do try to make an effort to applaud certain of actions that are wholly good ideas, in the interest of not being a critic all the time. Among these for Bush was the creation of the coral reef preserves, whose size (IIRC) was more than the cumulative area of all the national parks combined. U.S. Limits Tarmac Waits for Passengers to Three Hours Buying a plane ticket and boarding should not mean airlines can literally hold you hostage when their equipment doesn't work. I more than understand that sometimes things happen, but three hours would seem a fair limit in the whole 'Sh-- or get off the pot' milieu. Sad that this has to be codified, but I guess that's the age we live in.

This is mine. People driving too close. You should be one car length behind for every 10 mph of speed. That means, on the highway, you should be about 7 lengths behind the car in front and try to maintain 7 lengths in back. But no. People have to ride everyone else's bumper. Ever notice on the highway that there are clusters of ~20 cars every few hundred yards? Then there's a few hundred yards with two or three cars, then another cluster. That's from people putting their snit in everyone else's snizzle. Then, emanating from this is the phenomenon of drivers who feel the need to thread the needle while changing lanes. A few weeks ago, a car about 200 yards in front of us did such a threading and forced a black VW Golf to swerve left, then right to avoid hitting, and the VW almost rolled. For my next car, I'll have to ask the salesman if a blivet gun is an available option. Seriously, people. Back the !@#$ off! This is not NASCAR!

Well, it is Cleveland. That may be the best they can attract with the state of their franchise. Like a house infested with termites, there's not too many people itching to go into this scenario. It's a !@#$ing mess. And, yes, the Bills are in a similar situation. Ralph can talk $10M all he wants, but I doubt anyone worth that will ever walk through the doors of OBD.

+1 Tea & Crumpets with Dick Jauron did not inspire any kind of fear in our opponents. Is this going to be a guy that the next coach can work with? Is he a Shanahan-type OL? You've gotta be a little crazy to play in the NFL. If the Bills can get him to tone it down even just marginally, this could be a heck of a pickup.

Hmm. Where has that happened since? EVERY SEASON IN BUFFALO. Jauron defenses are too small to compete/last over a 16-game season. Not to mention playoffs. [Jim Mora voice] Playoffs!!?!?!? Playoffs!?!?! You talkin' to me about playoffs?!!!? Playoffs?? Are you kiddin' me?? I just hope we can win one more game. Playoffs!!?!?! [/Jim Mora voice]. Good thing that Jauron offenses are enough to compensate. Oh. Wait.... When your scheme involves trying to play DBs at 7 defensive positions and lightweights at the other 4, there's something really wrong with your scheme. Not to mention, there's something wrong with Jauron's homoerotic man-love for secondary players. Generally, they just go after the coach or the QB. That's about as much as they understand about football. Dunno about him, but I was saying, "Run, run, pass, punt. Run, run, pass, punt. Run, run, pass, punt. Run, run, pass, punt."