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Agreed. But there's not very many players who'll go in the first that are worth giving up a 1st in next year's stronger draft. Not worth it in the contract to get 2nd round talent at a 1st rounder's price tag. If TD makes any trades, it will be calculated to get a certain player if he falls to a certain spot.

And a late wake-up call to those athletes who always said "Who needs a degree?" and were pushed through by taking sociology 101, pool management, etc. I hope Shaud tears it up. The big knock was that he wasn't tall/big enough, which for a RB is much less of an issue than other positions. UDFAs go where there is an opportunity for them based on depth charts. Dorenbos came to Buffalo last year b/c there were no other LSs on the roster. It's not so much a thing of going to specific teams.

To be fair, I'd say 98 percent of Americans think they know the words to the Anthem when probably only 50 percent do. The key it's sung in (the words were plopped into an old English drinking tune) doesn't help the flow. To say nothing of the nervous pressure singing before 20K+ people. Try it sometime and see how you do. It's for this reason I don't judge. But they should have gotten someone else to sing them in her stead.

Somehow, this pope doesn't seem to me to be one who forwards jokes via email, but no matter. ---------- A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the Monsignor for some tips to stop his nervousness. The Monsignor replied, "When I am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, I put a glass of vodka next to the water glass. If I start to get nervous, I take a sip." So the next Sunday he took the Monsignor's advice. At the beginning of the sermon, he got nervous and took a drink. He proceeded to talk up a storm. Upon his return to his office after mass, he found the following note on the door: 1. Sip the Vodka, don't gulp. 2. There are 10 commandments, not 12. 3. There are 12 disciples, not 10. 4. Jesus was consecrated, not constipated. 5. Jacob wagered his donkey, he did not bet his ass. 6. We do not refer to Jesus Christ as the late J.C. 7. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not referred to as Daddy, Junior and the Spook. 8. David slew Goliath, he did not kick the sh-- out of him. 9. When David was hit by a rock and was knocked off his donkey, don't say he was stoned off his ass. 10. We do not refer to the cross as the Big T. 11. When Jesus broke the bread at the Last Supper he said, 'Take this and eat it for it is my body'. He did not say 'Eat me'. 12. The Virgin Mary is not called Mary with the Cherry. 13. The recommended grace before a meal is not Rub-A-Dub-Dub thanks for the grub, yeah God. 14. Next Sunday there will be a taffy pulling contest at St. Peter's, not a peter pulling contest at St. Taffy's.

HA!

I didn't mean to say that the Bills were in the first SB ever. Was referencing that they beat the Chiefs in '93 or '94 when Joe Montana finished up his career with them. The D knocked him out, literally, with a concussion. That was a great game if only b/c the "We're baa-aack!" chants. True enough. CWN can take care of it, maybe.

Based on how long round 1 and 2 took last year, I'd guess around about 5 or 5:30.

Bills beat the Chiefs at Rich to reach the first SB vs. the Cowpukes. Were the NAs buried in the Sheldon plot slaves? This area of CT didn't have much African slavery back in the day, but there were a number of NA slaves who built many of the stone walls in town. Which is funny, in a way, b/c I do this now. Truly some dark days in this country's past. It'd be interesting to investigate this further; a cleansing ritual might be in order, if only to be sure sure.

Steve, you're sniffing the crack-infused Florida air while unpacking your moving boxes, aren't you? Go outside and breathe in the Buffalo air (through a HEPA filter, o' course).

The PSD machine-sorting system has really changed how the mail is put up; a carrier can make the case a lot faster b/c it's prebundled except for magazines, etc. It's being implemented pretty widely now, and the theory is that it will take less time and save money. There's been a lot of dogging during the counts tho. The carrier on my route has went at it honestly (he drives way too fast tho), and has gone from ~2 p.m. delivery to, most of the time, 11:30 a.m. to noon. As time passes, I would guess there will be fewer carriers needed for fewer routes as efficiency grows (unions be damned, b/c the PO really needs to cut their spending to stop raising stamp prices, which is killing their volume). The test is probably the same as it was, tho, b/c it is a bureacracy. And then there's always the argument What if the machines fail, etc. Still, it's like making a math major learn the abacus. Don't know about the driving test, but a little birdie told me those trucks handle like a pig. Especially in the snow.

Sorry, but those look like arse.

Colin Powell has apparently played a part in raising doubts about Bolton to some of the Repub senators. I usually don't make too much of management styles, but his are a little beyond the pale. We don't need a diplomat who's going to tell everyone off, especially at a time when we need fewer enemies. People try to make the UN out to be more than it is or should be. As originally conceived it was a place for diplomats of all countries to have informal or formal talks, and to settle a few international issues, like use of the oceans, etc. A great idea to 'keep the back channels open.' Then they took off from there to the morass it is today.

Then there's the argument just like the photos of the woman falling from the fire escape in Boston. The paper had done stories about how they were unsafe. Only when people found out what really happens, they got off their butts to do something about it and the fire escapes were fixed throughout the city. It sucks for the family, I agree. But they know the details already, I'm sure. Sweeping it under the rug doesn't do them any good, and I hope the father never stops speaking out. We've read more and more for the past five years stories just like this. The best thing I can think of to honor and remember Jessica is to try to stop it from happening again to another little girl.

I could think of a few punishments. There was an old mafuch one for diddlers. They brought them out to a shack in the woods, suspended him from the ceiling via a Chinese Finger attached to his you know what. Gave him a dull knife. Walked out and set the shack on fire. And they waited outside with shotguns just in case he made it. Something really has to change in how sexual offenders are prosecuted and sentenced, tho. For the last hundred years the justice system has been blind... to a raging epidemic. The bills for 25-year mandatory sentence is a start, but that's not even enough.

Cpl. Sergei Korinskya protests the label 'Victory Day' because, as he shouted in his slogan, 'How can there be a winner in a split republic?'

They're staying w/ white helmets. It'd be stupidity defined for them to switch to black jerseys in the Arizona sun. (Never mind a design atrocity). And by using Dennis Green logic, I expect that's exactly what they'll do.

He's in his Congressional death throes. Next week he'll be calling the Constitution unconstitutional.

Shining example of employment through the Good Ol' Boys Network.

Guys, it sounds like the hard braking (and subsequent revelation that one didn't work) was done out of necessity, not for sh--s and giggles. As for the injury, Pete, get a date with a nurse.

What gets me more are those people saying TD should trade back into the first, then trade down and stockpile picks. Pardon my English, but... HUH?!!? If trading down were so easy, everyone would do it, especially this year. Not to mention that there would be no net gain other than wasted time. 2+1-2 still equals 1. But I guess by doing something, anything, there would be headlines. Why don't people who only know the cliches of draft-day activity just wait until camp starts before opening their mouths? Abe Lincoln had some good advice on remaining silent, don't you know.

Unless the NFL has added several teams, that's a low 2nd. I don't get the logic of this scenario. Then again, it was conjured by armchair NFL pundits. There's lots of them these days. TD will get something tangible for Travis, not merely moving up a few spots in a craptacular draft. If not, expect to see #20 back in red, white, two shades of blue, and silver.

Yeah, we want the straight dope. Edwards at times seemed like a spring chicken, and other times he was genuine and showed a lot of tact. What I've heard from the backroom is that he knew he didn't have a chance for pres. but was gunning hard for the VP slot so he'd be a shoo-in down the road. I didn't like that about him. Kerry should've picked a stronger VP, but then again, Kerry should've had a solid spinal column.

Saint Malachy(?) who has very accurately predicted the line of popes in the 12th century, wrote that the next would be "the pope of olives" or something along that line. Perhaps he saw Ratzinger as a de facto continuation of JPII's papacy. B/c that's what it is.

I predict that w/in 10 years, Bill Clinton will be a Republican. Mostly b/c of the "making the world a better place" happy horsesh-- only w/o the sky blue helmets along w/ the snafu that is NAFTA. The Clintons are no friends to the Democratic Party.

I must've been jumping to conclusions.