UConn James

Last time I got one was an authentic Kelly jersey in '96. Kind of grew out of wearing sports stuff tho, besides UConn sweats and wool cap. It's fine for going to games and bars on the day of the game, but I don't do that very often. If I were to get a new one, I'd do what SDS did and pick a number and have my own moniker on the nameplate. Smart guy, him.

I would actually guess Hurley. He's seen the numbers that were on Danielle's map and hasn't told anyone what they mean to him. The cat's been out of the bag for a couple of weeks.... They're his winning lotto numbers. Freaky stojan. As for the time aspect, 42 minutes of show in an hour-long episode is pretty standard. An empty casket on this island isn't like an empty casket on any other. Either Jack's father is brought back to life (similar to Locke's miracle) or they find the body and the Jack vs. Sawyer storyline goes buh-buh-buhmmm. If they caught Sawyer w/ the pistol, they would have found that it had been fired or done ballistics. I doubt they would let him go w/ a slap on the wrist for murder.

Right, forgot to ask. Does anyone know how Jack's father dies? I missed the ep, but have read that his coffin was on the plane, and that it was empty (was that in a dream sequence?) Anybody think Sawyer may have gone back and given him what-for for suggesting he go kill the shrimp-stand guy, or to get rid of him as a possible witness? Also, was anyone curious when Locke asked Jack about Claire's amnesia, like what the odds of something like that happening, and it seemed more like he was asking about his own miraculous recovery. I don't know about that. If my wife suddenly started speaking Russian, I'd probably turn around and look with about the same expression. I could well be wrong. Jin is a very proud man, in the worst sense of the word. For those who hold to the Walt-controls-the-universe theory, they're going to be sorely mistaken in the season finale. That's all I'll say. Probably will be a major cliffhanger. And from the sounds of it, the writers are still making up the storylines. Maybe there is a "bible," but it's pretty generalized.

Except that she has no arse at all. Besides that she's very pretty, and esp. after allowing for the cultural differences, you can understand a little of what Jin might've been thinking. In the wedding scene where she's changing her dress... they obviously have Wonderbras in Korea. And anybody who wants a lot of good spoilers.... Here you go.

That's kind of what I was getting at.... something along the lines of the need for positive parental role models. And the islanders all seem to have had none. Don't forget Sawyer's father. And Kate and the farmer guy seemed to be a father figure/protector relationship. Sounds like Boone and Shannon were absent a father, or had a stepfather that didn't shiv a git. Michael (tho this seemed to turn around but then we discover that Walt burned his boat) and... oo... what was the guy's name who didn't want Walt.... Looked like Danielle will be making a return appearance. Sayid had been helping on the boat, pro'ly gets back to the maps.

Who was doing the commercial? I didn't even catch it.... Interesting ep that made me both like and hate Jin. Liked his answer to the father, after he agrees to work for him and he's accused of giving up his dreams so easily --- "She is my dream." On the island he finally has a chance to start over, as Sun puts it, and he leaves for spite. Yet another inadequate father figure. Two, actually, altho I was pissed when he says he was "ashamed" of his father b/c he's a fisherman and instead said he was dead. Cultural difference where there is no such thing as marrying outside of your family's social/econ class. Sawyer made mention of my "Lord of the Flies" reading.... Tho it's probably wrong. Boone is emerging as the Island's very own Ed. So, Walt burned the boat. Can say this fits in the Walt controls the universe theory. I think it's wrong. At this point, all of these things can be explained (OK, except for the carnivorous giraffe that got the pilot). The turning point has yet to come where anything can really be deduced. Read somewhere that the Flash comic book that had the polar bear was about him and Green Lantern attacking an alien that was actually there benevolently.... Here's something interesting too, rumor is this was created by the creators of the show. Next week's is about Hurley. That really had me in stitches at the end. SOB!

A smug smile and, 'So what. That is SO last year!' Karnak the Magnificent predicts this is going to be Michael Jackson's defense too. The stink of it is, it'll work.

Ache-man wore #8.

I'm not Bill Gates, but.... Try right-clicking on the file and go down to Properties. Where it says at the bottom, "Read-only" uncheck it. Then try to open it. Hope that works.

Last week when they were building for the "house-less" families, they were going off on so many tangents (like Ty doing the community center on top of everything else) it was like watching Oscar Schindler at the end of the movie taking off his ring and sobbing, How many more would this have saved? They want to do so much but there's no Ben Kingsley to say, You did enough. The show on Sunday did go overboard. 5,300sq. ft. for a four-person family? My brother is building one that's 1,800 and they don't even know what to do with the entire upstairs. Don't mean to pee in the Cheerios, but I'm sure they could have found another family in the same town and built them each a normal-sized home....

Drew takes it on himself to defy what the coaches tell him, b/c he certainly knows better. Good guy who did things his way and had the occasional smelly, chair-creaking brain fart. And then there's JP in a relief appearance vs the Pats who went in with about 10 seconds notice. No whining, no bitching. How high, sir? I'll take a QB that knows his place.

Some of the sundry links on these are NSFW.....

Didn't you read the headline? Shelton doesn't like girls, he likes bears. (Someone should tell him those claws hurt if the lucky she-griz is a scratcher).

It means the player salaries will have to come back down to reality. There are too many people who think the NHL is somehow on par w/ the NFL, simply b/c it's the Major League! And until this same thing happens in baseball, that league will continue to be a joke. B/c it gets boring for the Colorado Avalanche playing the Red Wings 40 consecutive times. And the Avalance/Red Wings cannot play against the Avalanche/Red Wings in a regular season game.

As I recall, it is up to the teams involved to work that out. Say the Jets have franchised DE Abraham. If the Bills offer him $20M/year (let's just go with this hypothetically to show something), the Jets can either match that offer or negotiate to their satisfation w/ two first rounders being the maximum. Sometimes it is just one 1st. I think the Pats did this w/ the Jets in their multiple incestuous player and coach dealings (Curtis Martin, Belichick compensation) and the 1st round picks were spread over two years.

Yeah, it was 45 years after the 1919 non-SC year that the Bills won in '64. And then they repeated in '65.... FF to 2051: "Ladies and gentlemen, the back-to-back NFL Champion Buffalo Bills!"

Actually, the Canadians have you beat on the world domination thing. CWD!

If that really is the case of what you want, Shaud Williams wears jersey No. 40. I do think a lot of people here sell him short. The height factor is actually a positive for him, (lower center of gravity --> harder to tackle). Played pretty well in what relief appearances he had in SF. You're not really going to find anyone who's got as good stats or heart as him. That said, they still pick another one up for the PS in case of injuries. And I respectfully disagree, but Bettis and Willis are very different type backs. Power and size, you say. Really watch their running styles and you'll see they do lots of things differently. And it's small details of their style, but it matters big. Yeah, Willis can, but he doesn't do them nearly as well as his speed game (and you'll be seeing a revert more to this when he heals fully). I'm not convinced of his goal-line presence yet. I think Bettis could show him a few moves in camp.

I don't know (and it's hard to explain) but Bettis does it a lot differently. Willis seems to be more speed with stiffarm, running toward the sides on sweeps than a full-ahead steamroller. Bettis almost aims for the pile and busts it open. Kind of like Sam Gash, only he carries the rock while he's doing it. And still, you can't say the man is without finesse. He brings a very weird, but useful combo of size and skills to your table. He always gave our Ds fits.

Mick, the reading around here is a lot better ever since I quit PPP and didn't look back, and discovered the Ignore feature. It's really beautiful.

Valid point that there are going to be a lot of good RBs to be had for cheap in the draft and as UDFAs. I do think, tho, that Bettis would be a satisfactory "change-of-pace" back. Signing another speed & power guy would be getting esentially the same style runner. Bettis brings a lot more than that. And he's a good goaline runner/decoy.

I actually think w/ his size and style, he'd complement Willis well. He brings to the table pretty much everything Willis doesn't have (not much, at that tho) --- a bust it up your gut and you're still not going to stop me 'cause I'll run you over, guy. I'd only be concerned b/c of his age, but as a 2nd if/when Travis gets the axe or block, I'd be very happy to sign the Bus.

Here, here! (or is it 'Hear, hear!'?) For all of the in-fighting that could have gone on and didn't; Drew, thanks for taking the helm for a few years to guide the ship. And thanks for stepping aside fairly graciously. Good luck with your next team (except when you're playing the Bills or have any Bills-related tie-breakers requiring you to lose).

Actually, his quote was "particularly for J.P." Why particularly for J.P.? If Dallas isn't interested and Drew doesn't want to be a backup, then I'd say his playing days are over. When it comes down to it, he probably will land as a No. 2 somewhere. There are worse things in the world than getting paid $2M to analyze film, make fart jokes in the scout team huddle, and hold a clipboard on Sundays. Much worse things.

Thanks, I missed the first few minutes (they do start it earlier than 8) and had a few coughing-up-a-lung spells in getting over the flu. That sense of "community" that some people were saying is lacking on the island is plainly obvious in Locke's story. He might not know the particular's of Sawyer's life, but it is pretty textbook of an abusive father. There's a lot of other types of communication that goes on, especially for Locke, but it may be a Sherlock Holmes kind of Knowing things. It seems magical that he might know about this something until you find out his ordinary reasoning. Let's face it, Jack's father isn't the best of men. Which leads to another thing he said. Jack as the Good/Great Man. Who's going to emerge as his nemesis (you can't have a great man w/o a contrasting evil one)? Initially, I thought it was going to be Sawyer. And now I'm not at all sure. Call me crazy but it may actually be Boone with Locke as a medium. Trying to fit this all in to the Lord of the Flies-type reading I've been kicking around.... One'll get you ten that when they get to Hurley's backstory in a few weeks, with the clues there and what's been in the show, he had won the lottery.