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King Nick uses the "Royal We."

Dude, that is so Jeremy Davies' voice! 'Bad Robot' spy! 'Bad Robot' spy!

(Except, AAD uses "!@#$ing" as a verbal form rather than an interjection/intensifier).

Well, it is supposed to be equipment from the '70s... and also there may be magnetic interference issues on the island. <shrug> But it sure does make it easier for them to leave some gaps to fill in a little later. People who can't take the suspense by now probably don't watch the show.

Lindelof and Cuse released a few small foreshadows of some things at Comic Con. There's also a video they played featuring Marvin Candle. Just some little tidbits to tide us over until January. Link. So, it appears evident to me that it's Faraday's voice on the tape (my only question is whether I hear Desmond's as well. I think so). They have gone back in time to the 70s and apparently informed Candle --- tho he gives his real name, finally --- of what has happened in the future. Reading over my last post above about Jack's father.... I just wonder. Could he have been a previous Dharma volunteer (say, along with Claire's mother? Hmmm?!?!) who knows the future b/c Des and Faraday went back in time and told them? That would be a pretty good explanation of why he doesn't let things like a child dying on the operating table personally, is seriously depressed/disillusioned, drinks like a fish, he doesn't care, because nothing he does matters in the grand scheme --- he knows he's going to be back on the island c. 2004, somehow, someway. He just has to go through the motions of his life until he gets there. What an awesome character to be playing! Tgreg, you're a lucky man to be working with these people. The show was also nominated for an Emmy in the Best Drama category last week. Certainly deserves it; the Desmond-centric Constant episode has been called by quite a few people the best hour of television last season. I was watching the presser where they announced them and I don't watch 90 percent of the shows that appeared (I'm still trying to see where "Pushing Daisies" is going). Network TeeVee is on life support right now.

This is carry-over from the PPP board. Three pages of him asking Darin to provide him with the links to Darin's previous posts re: global warming, and that if he didn't, it meant that he lost the argument. I wish I could get other people to fall all over themselves to do my work for me as well as elegant elliot, but unfortunately, I don't live in a dream world. And, now that I see what vile concoction you've brewed in that link, I'll add a hearty Thank You.

BTW --- What is this "continuity" concept of which you speak, krazykat? Go around to the other 31 teams and you might get hit by the clue stick that few teams enjoy this luxury in part or parcel on their roster even from year to year. The NFL is about constant change and purging. Just like the economic sector --- take the electronics industry --- some companies show awesome things at CES and they never make it to market (vaporware), or when they do get to market it's a shell of what was proposed. This happens to every company in the world. It falls under the "Sh-- happens" milieu. If you're going to constantly B word and moan every time something doesn't go according to your initial envisioning, you must be the most bitter person in this world next to Heather Mills. And if life is this disappointing for you such that you prattle endlessly about the direction of a friggin' sports franchise, they make ropes, razor blades and tall buildings every day.

You know his name. Even a friggin' Wiki search will tell you. It takes all of two seconds to highlight the name, right-click and scroll down to "Search Google for 'Darwin Walker'" and open the first link. I'm not going to tell you if he's still with the Bears. I want to make you show a modicum of effort. Jesus Christ on a stick! Stop trying to get other people to do your work for you!

Maurice Clarett The very definition of 'Million-dollar talent, 1 cent brain (only b/c they stopped issuing the half-cent).'

If only we had NJSue here to ask for a website to figure the current dollar-to-carbon-credit exchange rate. How much bread will a carbon credit buy me at Piggly Wiggly?

Actually, the translation was "Why the !@#$ should I do your work for you!??" If you want to read the contrary opinions so much, why won't you put in a modicum of effort to do so (if you can call typing "Alaska Darin" AND "global warming" in the search box 'effort')? People like you who expect everything on a silver platter delivered to their seat really burn me up.

To be fair, ABC pulled the plug on a shallow bath after they saw it was a pile of warm sh-- that came out of the tap. The film's producers dished it off to some cable network iirc.

And the FO are "morons" b/c they didn't agree with you about the Edwards/JP situation and took one step back (some would argue they simply took a side step b/c hate to break it to you, but JP didn't play well last year) so they can take four steps forward. Got it. BTW --- how is this thread substantively different from your earlier Edwards thread? Besides the fact that that thread slipped off the front page? He's going to B word about how we should have kept JP, or that we got nothing in return for JP. That, and that the stadium concessions should have signed an exclusive contract with A&W root beer.

Close enough. Wikipedia 2008 Draft entry: We traded the Ravens' 3rd this year, along with a spare 5th previously acquired from Chicago, to Jax for Stroud. Not a bad deal based on things so far, I'd say.

The problem with krazykat is he focuses way, way, WAY too much on the QB position as the root of every problem with the franchise. And specifically, his opinion that JP didn't get enough time to prove he has game. Get a new schtick, dude, this is getting a little old.

I'm sure there will be plenty of competition through camp. Royal is the incumbent who's coming off of knee surgery and had some problems with dropsies/mental mistakes, Schouman had some good showings in limited time last year, and Derek Fine (remember him?) is a 4th round rookie who could surprise some people.

Caption contest for the tattoo above her babymaker! "Insert payment below before use"

This is an issue where I, too, have been alarmed at the lack of discussion. However, I would say to anyone who's going to originate a topic on PPP, please provide something to go on from both angles --- it shows you're actually interested rather than making some partisan point or other. These are some rather good primers: Obama plan McCain plan Comparison b/w the two plans Obama plan: I'm probably not alone in my qualms about this kind of tinkering that doesn't really accomplish anything. Getting the federal govt involved in the reinsurance business is just asking for bad news. He plans to spend a boatload of $ upfront to first get everyone in the system, then preaches that his cost savings (where so many others' cost savings plans haven't held water) will keep the annual cost at $50-65B, which many say isn't feasible (even Hillary has it at $100B), even with an optimistic view. Like most of the criticism about Obama up to this point, his plan is a little vague in how it will actually cut costs. His plan takes a big bite that I'm not sure the country can chew. Then again, we can't keep up the current stresses on the system before it breaks for everyone. McCain plan: He has a pretty classic conservative viewpoint. Reduce costs, and more people will be able to have access to health insurance. I think he's intimating that the best thing would be for people to purchase their own insurance in a market-based way. Some of the tenets in his plan have me making a face. Short on details of how his changes would impact a broad range of average people... from the sick vs. the healthy, the old vs. the young as it relates to the possibility of employers dumping their insurance programs and giving employees the difference in wages and the deal with the $5K tax credit. There's a lot in his plan that makes me believe that it could actually substantially increase the number of people who are uninsured. Also, there's the problem of... if he picks Romney as his VP as many in the Republican circles are leaning toward, it opens up a can of worms on this issue. Then again, living w/in the Boston market, I heard lots about this at the time and there are major differences in the size, scope and fundamental structure of healthcare in Mass. and simple geography/logistics as opposed to how such a plan would work in other states or nationwide. The Mass plan has spurned health care proposals in other states (California? and here in CT with the Charter Oak Health Plan) to cover the uninsured with lower-cost plans; I think encouraging individual state-by-state plans would be a more practical solution than one-size-fits-all on the federal level. Right now, I'm looking at both and not liking either one overmuch.

So, various persons' bullsh-- reasoning for why they're voting for Candidate X affects anyone else's vote how? Neither McCain nor Obama can control who votes for them or for what reason. I don't get why some people get so worked up by endorsements. And I had dinner last night with my uncle who hanged Howard Stern out of a window (and he was this ][ close to letting go) back when Stern was at WCCC in Hartford. Stern was an * then and he's an even bigger * now.

I was just sayin', guys.... Like I said, I don't know how much it matters. Anyway, I think RG's problems are mostly mental. For throwing accuracy, the mechanics seems all right, it's just that something doesn't click in the head to determine the right spot/placement where the ball needs to go. This isn't Trent's problem at all. If he survived last season... and I'm not even going to type on from there b/c there's no wood to knock here. Saw that JP started a beard and greased his hair back. Kind of a weird look, but I guess whatever gets him away from the Adam Sandler comparisons. Good to see he's out there, having fun and accepts/understands his role for this year.

Yeah, that struck me too. Thought it might've been the angle but it's the same in other shots. I'm not sure how much they can be built up, nor am I sure how much it really matters. His legwork last year wasn't a problem, but it may go in the 'durability' category --- I think this was a similar knock on Rex Grossman when he was drafted.

Wiki link A little flitty for my taste. But hell... it's a free country.

Link the First Link the Second Good stuff, man!

What with the Olympics coming up very soon, this is a chance for countries around the world to put animosity aside, and for the best to compete against the best on an equal stage and show good sportsmanship to the winners as much as to those who finished last. At its best, all the flags of the world come together in peace and depart in peace. I was incensed at the protests that spouted into rioting during the Olympic torch relays. Political statements and rhetoric are not what the Games are intended to showcase (one of the reasons why the Salt Lake 2002 presentation of the WTC flag didn't quite sit well for me). I will be cheering on the Netherlands/Holland (heritage) and the USA. So, it's now disappointing that Iraq will not be represented in Bejing. Admittedly small, with only four competitors, it's the ceremonial aspect that stinks, that they won't be included. Like in so many other instances, the pols ruin things for their citizens.

Actually, in this specific case, there is room for the Hula Hoop company to claim trademark infringement. I don't think that's overstepping authority. Someone shouldn't be allowed to name themselves Coca-Cola if the company takes umbrage. Then again, the Red Sox CF is named Coco Crisp. In most cases, a name issue fleshes itself out in time (i.e. this girl tells people to call her K, which might lead to a spelling of "Kay" or what have you), just it's pretty sh--ty that childrens' parents do this to them. I wouldn't be opposed to a change in paperwork wording that a name must consist of nouns. I also wouldn't be opposed to someone slapping these people alongside the head.