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He declared for the supplemental draft b/c he became academically ineligible, iirc. Now, in a program like that, they really pull all the strings they can and put him in cakewalk classes. Flunking out as an athlete takes something like PlayStation 24/7.

I understand the loyalty issue boomer is raising, but someone who's loyal in return doesn't ask you to sacrifice your own dream. Offer up some alternatives. If this is an "all-inclusive resort" what about being a best man by proxy? Offer to host a get-together in NYC for those who couldn't go (there will certainly be quite a few) but want to be there for him, and have a webcast of the ceremony, etc. Maybe you'll start the next big craze....

I knew someone who rescinded a scholarship and did a transfer for swimming and stayed for the spring semester, to start with the new uni the next fall. Don't ask me why, but pro'ly an issue with the coach. Depends what UB has for a registration system. If you have to manually disenroll from classes on a PeopleSoft system (I had to when I took a leave of abscence; takes all of 3 minutes) or whatever UB has, it's a stupid mistake by him. He expected the administration to hold his hand and drop his classes for him?

OMFG. The worst of ABC merges with the worst of ESPN. Michaels isn't bad when he talks about football, but he goes off on tangents lots. Is Madden still there? Absent the Bills, it's truly a reason to turn in early on Mondays.

That was a really great idea. The wedding, after all, is about two people. The rest are just there to witness. Maybe RTDB could suggest this to his buddy when he mentions that --- surprise, surprise --- a lot of people are turning him down. Financial troubles are BY FAR the No. 1 reason for divorce in this country (No. 2 is differences in how to do collective household maintenence tasks). Starting out $30K in debt is simply stupid. Get a padre in a field, and have a pot-luck afterward. What is so hard about this? Folks, if wifey has to have a dreambook wedding, do yourself a favor and reconsider the marriage, b/c you're marrying an idiot.

If it were up to me, I'd go with the Mafia's way of dealing with diddlers and rapists. In a secluded shack in the woods, hang a wire from the ceiling and attach a Chinese finger in which to place the offender's genitalia. Have them propped in a chair so there is just enough tension on the wire, and handcuffed so they can just reach as far as necessary for the next step. Give them a dull butter knife. Step outside, lock the door and set the shack on fire. Stand outside with a shotgun just in case they actually do cut it off. If there's anywhere that can put this manner of punishment in the legal code, it's 'Bama. There is no rehabilitation for these scum.

Well, let this be his introduction on why he shouldn't ever have soft spot in his heart for the Cards. Even if they're the local team, and even if their play inspires weeping pathos. Hope your son gets some kind of instruction from the h.s. coach, and I'd bet he will. If there's nothing for linemen instruction, you might mosey over to the coach and ask him about it. People who do these things for love of the game tend to do better than those who are doing it for the $/NFL brandname promotion.

Guess that phrase is just on his mind lately. Good one. Yeah, saving a kid from drowning is a good deed, but that only raises him a notch above pond-sucking scum.

He's from Buffalo, too. Another white male. He'll probably nominate a woman to be Chief when Renquist steps down, and chalk that up under his 'legacy' thingy.

I'm just surprised that when he hit the water, he didn't scream out, "I'm melting! I'm melting!"

I've got 4 of my presets for NPR stations (the last is to a really good classic rock station I've been listening to recently) and usually do the same. Yesterday I caught an interview a guy was doing with soldiers' wives in Mississippi, about how they read a blog written by one of the husbands in Iraq. They really do have good news, much more varied than commercial media. Terri Gross is one of the better interviewers out there (she must have a face for radio). Just those fundraiser drives always annoying! I sent a five-spot last time. Why anyone would listen to Rush is beyond me. I have no idea what the book gets into, but Al Franken was correct in his title appraisal.

I thought you were going to say it had broccoli and baked beans.... Now that can be a powerful weapon in the wrong hands!

It would also make sense b/c I think it was her who doesn't have much of a "paper trail." You bet your bippy that Dubya doesn't want to be making the same mistake his father made (by appointing one of the more liberal judges), so he probably wants someone where he knows the gist of how they come to their ruling. I don't agree with a good deal of his domestic policy, but as President, it's his right to nominate who he wants, (and people who reluctantly voted for him lose all bitching rights). Then it's to the Senate to decide whether to confirm. What grates my elbow is that all along, this admin has been whining that their nominees should be confirmed with a big check mark, just because. As if it's just a rote, symbolic gesture the Constitution is calling for.

ABC is saying that their sources are saying it isn't Clement.

Joe, No. 3 is absolutely true and let it be your motivation. I'm close friends with a woman who was raped at 10, twenty years ago, by her sister's drug dealer. It never goes away is right. If you can prevent this POS from doing the same thing for a long stretch of time, you do it. There is no such thing as rehabilitation for sexual predators. Push the prosecutor who is handling the case. Tell him/her that you want this to go to trial; no plea deal unless it's too good to pass up. If they don't want to go to trial, write two letters a week to the D.A. expounding upon, "If you let this dirtbag back on the streets in five years, in ten years, he will rape again. I know it. You know it. And when it does happen, the responsibility will be on your shoulders. And I will do everything in my power to see that you are fired and have it proclaimed from the rooftops that you let it happen. I will make dragging your name through the mud my mission in life."

Let's look at history.... Rodney Thomas rushed for nearly 1,000 yards in 10 starts the year before the Oilers/Titans drafted Eddie George. Never heard his name again.

He's hosting the NFL QB Challenge that's airing this weekend on CBS. I watched it yesterday. That's when you know you're hard up for football season to start already.

Double-edged sword. If we were more technologically advanced, then we wouldn't have any wagons to circle!

What about candor? I wouldn't like someone playing f--karound with me like Tenn has done somewhat since the draft, but Jax especially has done in the past few days. They say they're interested in a trade and that it's almost a done deal, but when it gets right down to it, they only offer the (conditional?) 2nd a day late and a dollar short. I wouldn't want to deal with people like that either.

Excelling on ST and playing defense well in relief or injury replacement are entirely different spheres. Ask Coy Wire 'bout that (Oh, come on, Coy. We still like you!). I know those people who say Posey's been disappointing and I'm not one of those; he holds his own at least. Maybe with a more consistent backfield, he can be set loose more. I love Stamer's playing style, Haggan and Crowell may have great expectations, but until they see some extensive game time, you can't say we're "deep." At this juncture, it rings like TD saying a few years back that Travis Brown could be our very own Tom Brady.

Except that they call a water fountain a "bubbla."

Granted, he's serviceable, but still unspectacular from what was expected of him. Simply trying to point out the lamebrain-ness of the reporter saying that our LB corps is "very deep." The Ravens are very deep. The '85 Bears were very deep. Having two stars and then that big dropoff doesn't make you deep. That's not the meaning of "deep."

Plus, an important point, was it just that the 2nd was the "conditional" one that he was looking for and not a hard 2nd? If the conditions aren't met, then you're about 20 picks behind Tenn's.

Well, factor in that Jax's 2nd will probably be in the upper tier as they are up-and-coming, and Tenn's 3rd will be in the lower tier since they've dumped a lot of their good players. So, if you go with the reasonable gamble, they won't be that far apart. Then, you figure how much TH might help which team he goes to. Do you really want to give him to a team where he might be the one missing piece and have an Antowain Smith again, or do you send him to a team that probably will not threaten your chances at the playoffs? I'd send him to Tenn, too.

Another of today's articles states, "the Bills linebacker corps is very deep." Besides the starters... oh wait.... Besides Spikes and Fletcher, no. No it's not. The unspectacular Jeff Posey, and untested Crowell and Haggan do not depth make. Ezekial has a good shot at making the team, and Fletcher's eventual replacement should be drafted in the 1st or 2nd next year. This from the "Sports Xchange," which is probably yet another website started by amateurs. I've never clicked it b/c besides their just being wrong in their conclusions, on the front page I've noticed several times they're factually wrong, and add in that they're usually a day late and a dollar short. But the ones you cite are from established newspapers. Too bad many either don't have copy editors anymore or have one for the whole section. Then they wonder why fewer people buy newspapers.